What happened to all the rock gods?
 

Who are the latest guys that were the epitome of rock and roll?
When you think rock virtuosos certain names leap to mind (whether you agree or not) Guys like Hendrix, John Bonham, Keith Moon, Eric Clapton, Rick Wakeman, Jack Bruce, Jimmy Page - hell...it's like the rock gods are all fading away.

Who are the newest rock gods?

Right here!

Proove it.

Kill your idols.

No, seriously, here's a revolver. Godspeed.

Bye, bye, Miss American Pie...

Music has gone downhill since Buddy Holly died.

Check my hotel room. Borderline totally trashed. Mudshark and all.

Amy Winehouse, in terms of being fucked all the time. I prefer her music to the chaps you mentioned though.

Or Britney, she's a bit car crash, bless her.

We still have Thurston and Kim.

I don't think I could call them rock gods - as much as I love Sonic Youth.
For some reason I don't put them into that pantheon. Perhaps because I've only seen them in little venues and have always found them totally approachable and down to Earth - not bigger than life.

If you want one.

Claudio Sanchez



Shit sucks.

Don't you have to die to become a rock god? Have you ever heard anyone get praise comparable to Hendrix or Morrison who's alive? Let's see Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. Chuck Berry. I swear I haden't heard Elliot Smith praised until he died, until then he was just another musican in a long list of musicans playing tortured love songs. Just you wait and see when the singer of Counting Crows dies everyone will say he was amazing.

I guess there aren't any then. I almost think this is better, though. Rock musicians shouldn't be gods.

rock is dead

Jay-Z? Lil Wayne? Kanye?

Thom Yorke?

Miley Cirus?

I've never been able to get into Coheed and Cambria

That's because they sound like Wham! meets Dream Theater.

Long live rock.

No seriously, there are a ton of music gods but rock & roll is dead. That and music has diversified to the point of complete super-stardom becoming almost impossible. Thom Yorke is the new Mick Jagger. Sorry, world.

I'm sure my grandfather was upset when Mick Jagger was the new Benny Goodman.

Kurt Cobain killed the Rock God concept, Killed hair metal, changed the direction of what a "Rock Star" is, then killed himself. God bless him.
I hate rock gods

I don't think about this too much so I can't make a serious contribution.

But I did idolize Keith Richards from 1971 to 1978. Obsessively.

Meet the new Keith Richards.

He doesn't have any hair. He can't be the new Keef.

Dammit acoustic... I already said that on page 1. Stop biting my style.

Oh shit, you're right.

Lee is my god, but I'm atheist. I don't know if that counts.

No I know, all credit to you. I'm just sinking it in.

I can't believe noone has mentioned:

Unfortunately his sarcastic efforts are slowly being reversed.

He was good at that. He qualifies, but he's not modern. His irony makes it so.
I think even Billy Corgan qualifies.

Billy Corgan qualified 10 years ago.

What I meant by that, is that in my opinion Kurt was the last Rock God. Bollocks on Billy Corgan though, he gets under my skin sometimes.

although 1979 is a great song.

I kissed them all, and they ran away and cried.

No, that's a lie. I TRIED to kiss them, and they've all put out restraining orders on me.

Not much has changed really. The same people that once wrote 'Clapton is God' on a wall now have children that start threads in celebration of Lee Ranaldo. Which personally I don't see a problem with.

Would Ned Hayden count as a rock god?

Rock Gods du jour - Eyehategod (for the win).

I don't like him, but I can't help admire his career. He's a great promoter/businessman. He knew he was destined to be big, and he made it happen. Props, I suppose.