What happened to Rock Music?

Question

It was so popular in the 90's, but now it seems like punk rock and pop rock are dead. Hip Pop rules it all and honestly it sucks. i hate rap.

Answer 1

If you insist on living your life in the MTV dungeon, of course you'd be inclined to think that. However, you're wrong. Dig a little deeper.

Answer 2

rap does suck
but punk rock and pop rock are in no way dead
the bands that play it just aren't on the radio
try:
all time low
alesana
anti-flag
the audition
blink- 182
cute is what we aim for
the maine
we the kings
dropout year
daphne loves derby
mayday parade
say anyting
over it
poisen the well
set your goals
silverstein
sum 41
+44
the academy is...
the bled
bright eyes
drive by
funeral for a friend
meg & dia
motion city soundtrack
rufio
scary kids scaring kids
forever the sickest kids
senses fail
emery
thursday
something coporate
the starting line
biffy clyro
bloodhound gang
boys like girls
against me!
the briefs
teenage bottlerocket
guster
nada surf
hawthorne heights
incubus
interpol
jimmy eat world
jack's mannequin
the killers
matro station
modest mouse
misery signals
my chemical romance
new found glory
only son
osker
secondhand serenade
the secret handshake
the rocket summer
self against city
sufjan stevens
sugarcult
taking back sunday
the used
valencia



hope that helps
tell me if you need more bands

Answer 3

I agree with you! I always say 'music today seems to have been dropped into some kind of toxic waste that has morphed the sound into something disgusting.' I don't mean to sound like an old fart because I'm not. But I hate what R&B has evolved into and the same goes for this so-called rock. I'm disappointed with the new sounds and I think hip-hop and rap sucks. Nothing there but "songs" about sex, prison, murder, money, treating women like whores, and phony-tough macho BS. I hate it!... Thanks to Freedom Of Speech we're free to trash anything we don't like and not care. A lot of brain-dead people sucking up that hip-hop.

The interesting part is that BLONDIE was the first person to put out a rap song. (Rapture)....What happened after that is just a mess in my opinion.

Answer 4

I guess it has just changed.But I think there're still a few quite good rock bands and artists...the good old rockers who survived like Bruce Sringsteen.Or Velvet Revolver which is made up from some huge rockers of the past.I would like to put here Bon Jovi too,but unfortunately they changed to this kinda country style.
Anyway,I still have to say that there was nothing better than the 80's and 90's rock,and there will never be better music than that.

Answer 5

Pop rock is still living and unfortunately well.

Punk rock died in the 80's, and had a small revival in the 90's, but that was screwed up because the most famous band of that era sold out quickly.

Answer 6

there's a lot of good new rock bands out there. Of course old rock such as Led Zeppelin will always remain the best, but bands like Velvet Revolver, Spoon, John Butler Trio, Radiohead, Rocco Deluca & The Burden, are all recent rock/indie bands. I agree with you, today the new pop and rap bullshit totally blankets everything else, so to find the good rock bands, you gotta dig deep and look hard.

Answer 7

lets face it, in the last several years rap has seen its popularity fall, and punk has given way to emo(not a big fan of emo) but it is becoming more popular. Me I find metal to be a great genre even though alot of people dont like it, I think eventuallt rock will outlive rap

Answer 8

Yeah I hear you rap sucks... it's crap it's a sorry excuse for music. I don't know what happened to Rock but personally I'm not worried that it's not popular because alot of times when things become popular there annoying... so I don't know.... I will always be a true Rock fan =]

Answer 9

Rock lives maybe u were not around in the best days 60`s 70`s the who go 4 it the best

Answer 10

I know...I miss it too :(

I guess some of it has to do with our changing culture. Rock music is largely white and Eurocentric, and our popular culture is becoming increasingly influenced by and geared toward African Americans and Latinos, so the music is reflecting that.

Rock is still out there....it's just no longer the prevailing, mainstream form of popular music.

Answer 11

There's still good Rock bands around but your not going to find them on the radio or MTV who are just a bunch of corporate whores anyway. You must get out there and dig to find that elusive great Rock of today.

itsxclaire,
Misery Signals is a Death Metal band, but a good one!