I'm a former metalhead from the 80's. Back then if you could play a killer solo, you were a kickass band. Now only a few bands try solo's. It shows that there aren't that much original talent out there.
2007-06-11 20:48:32 · 25 answers · asked by Bone Daddy 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
Because every band listens to MCR and Panic! at the disco and think theyre hardcore so none of that is EVER coming back because of those queers/
2007-06-11 20:51:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Cause they can't play guitar! There is no talent in today's music anymore. Try Porcupine Tree, they're one of the only modern band that still have guitar solos (Strip the Soul, Buying New Soul, Sound of Muzak) and sound good.
2016-05-17 23:55:25 · answer #2 · answered by daphine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because guitar solos require the ability to do more than strum a few basic bar chords, which appears to be well beyond the abilities of most of the "artists" that have come out within the past 10-15 years. Today's overproduced music is all pose-y, whiney, hypersexualized, overcommercialized crap that tries to masquerade as "deep and meaningful" when it's really just packaged to sell quickly and be forgotten to make room for the next round of crap.
I miss 80's hair metal guitar solos, too.
2007-06-12 02:20:54 · answer #3 · answered by badkitty1969 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's still solos to be found even in new stuff, Dragonforce sounds like the stuff on Shrapnel Records in the 80's, Shadows Fall has some killer ones, Trivium lays some good ones down too. And let's not forget that Zakk Wylde and Dave Mustaine are still playing killer stuff.
2007-06-12 20:06:02 · answer #4 · answered by Wedge_Antilles_72 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rock bands don't play solos because,
First: They can't
Second: Sometimes the songs don't need a solo
Last: Solos have also gone out of style, look at weezer for instance, before they use to just rock out, now they hold back.
2007-06-12 09:52:16 · answer #5 · answered by jdrodil 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
80's metal \m/
My guess as to why new rock bands don't play solo's anymore is probably because it doesn't suit the "now" style of music and if they don't write in solos. They don't have to play for long, they can dish out more lesser quality songs and that way more albums can come out. Thus, allowing to make more money rather than further their capability.
2007-06-12 00:49:03 · answer #6 · answered by shadowgatetheory 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they all suck. I can play most emo guitar stuff on my bass, including chords (using Stanley Clarke's finger technique where he strikes the strings with the back of his fingernails by opening them). It's stupid easy. By the way, you're an 80's metalhead, tell me, do a lot of these emo bands just sound like watered down talentless Iron Maiden wannabes?
2007-06-12 12:11:04 · answer #7 · answered by punkkarrit182 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They would probably cut the solo out on the radio anyway to make an originally 4 minute song last 2 minutes and 50 seconds.
2007-06-11 20:56:49 · answer #8 · answered by xrhett 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
New Rock bands don't play guitar solo's because they can't. They're just not good enough. Back in the 80's it was pretty much manditory.
2007-06-11 21:12:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Most of them are in Europe right now. Nightwish, Nocturnal Rites, Atrocity, Dragon Force. Check out Century Media's website. There are dozens an dozens of bands.
2007-06-11 20:59:30 · answer #10 · answered by iroteb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually I think it is a fad that goes in and out of style, kind of like using the word 'The' in front of the band name. Until recently it was passe. Now you hear of bands like The Killers, so maybe it will come back, too.
2007-06-11 20:52:53 · answer #11 · answered by tigger 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋