What lead to the death of Rock music?

Answer 1

If we're talking about the Rock music (not Rock-n-Roll 1956-1966) from the 1970's through the 1980's, then, yes, it's dead. And buried.

I remember when it was "cool" to blare rock music out of your car driving down the road. Now, what do you hear? Rap music. I don't care if you're White, Black, or whatever, most young kids are blaring Rap music.

So what happened?

Well, for one thing, "Grunge" came along and took a portion of the industry. Second, Dance music with its' massive variations, i.e. Techno, Trance, House, Disco, etc. brought people back to the nightclubs where some clubs had multiple dance floors. People stopped sitting by themselves, smoking weed, and listening to some $15 Rock CD. They got up, went to the clubs, and danced. Dance music, aka Electronica is fun, upbeat, and can be produced so inexpensively that you don't need a bunch of overpaid musicians.

Next, the companies that own the music stations changed their formats to play to audiences that enjoyed Rap, Top 40's music, Dance music, and Talk Radio. There's no place for Rock music. In fact, the very same industry that purposely killed Disco music back in the early '80's because it was so expensive to make, is the same industry that shot down Rock music and kicked it into the gutter. There was a time when you could galvanize people into rioting for Rock music. For example, In the late '70's, Rock music fans gathered at Cominsky Park in Chicago at the behest of a disc jockey who made a living from hating Disco music. He organized an event between a double-header baseball game where people were supposed to bring in Disco albums and throw them into the field where they were to be destroyed!!

Unfortunately, much like a Nazi rally of the past, the hatred of the crowd against Disco music reached a fevered pitch that caused the crowds to start destroying the stadium itself!! They tore out seats, the turf in the field, and anything else they could wreck. The stadium suffered thousands of Dollars in damage, people were arrested, and the second game of the double-header had to be cancelled. Now, you couldn't organize something like that even if you were giving away free beer!!

Rock music is now a former shell of its' past. Many of the great musicians of Rock have gotten old and retired or are dead. There are some niche Rock groups but the final nail in the coffin of Rock was the massive illegal downloading of music. This expensive genre was finally done in by people who wanted to listen to it without having to pay for it. The Baby-Boomers have grown up and taken their Dollars elsewhere.

Rock Music
1956 - 1989
R.I.P.

Answer 2

Rock music hasn't died. If anything it has come full circle. Everything being released today has already been done. We just get different generational spins on it. Too much of what is being released nowdays sounds as if it just came off the corporate assembly line and is vieing for the soundtrack for the next movie of the week. Too much copycat and not enough individuality. As soon as a band comes up with a special sound and look, you end up with 1000 others playing the same stuff with an identical style. Add to that corporate and Top 40 overpromotion and the music scene goes into a coma.

Answer 3

Boi rock is still alive! And Lil Jon coming out with a CD called "Crunk Rock" but I know what u mean if u talkin about when turn the television to MTV and u mostly see Hip hop videos. I guess thats the answer, "Cuz the Hip hop Dont Stop" But dont get me wrong i jam to both rap and rock, but not that heavy creepy kind of rock, when they all goth and stuff!

Answer 4

MTV and top 40 radio stations. It has mainstreamed all forms of music into pop. Rap, RandB, alternative, rock. People are making music with the sole purpose of getting it on MTV. If Nirvana came out with "smells like teen spirit" today, it would play on MTV for what, a three weeks, maybe? All music is made for shopping malls and top 40 stations now.

Answer 5

Rock is still there. It has gotten me through so much.
Call me old, but...
The Beatles The Who
Queen Led Zeppelin
The Ramones David Bowie
Rush Roxy Music
Bruce Springsteen Elvis Costello
I think that you may get my point,,,Rock is not dead1

Answer 6

Death of Rock music? When did it die?

Answer 7

Where do you live? Rock music is not dead! It just depends on what taste you have, but no music will ever die. There are too many genres of music and too many musicians to please too many of us folks out here to ever end any genre of music. There are lots of rock concerts but you obviously don't like it or you'd know that. It's okay to only like "your" music but become more open minded and learn to be more agreeable to the fact that everybody doesn't think like we think. I believe in the saying,
"We need to learn to agree to disagree," so we won't appear to not know what's going on because our mind remains open to possibilities.

Answer 8

The 80's.

Answer 9

It's not dead...it's alive and kickin'! Check out a newer band called Kings of Leon. And what about Jet?

Answer 10

It was a song by the Buggles that said all: "Video Killed the Radio Star".