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Originally Posted by demonrail666
I can definitely see a time soon when the saturation of bands like Coldplay, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, etc, creates a massive critical backlash that will pave the way for a new Guns n Roses type outfit to once again clean up - which will, in itself, lead to yet another Radiohead-of-sorts, and so on. The depressing predictability of Rock is how it never seems able (at least in terms of its more commercial A-List) to break out of this cycle. There's always another Slash waiting in the wings, just as there's always another Jonny Greenwood.
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Yeah, and while both have their strengths... one is always infinitley more entertaining to see.
I mean part of teh fun of rock and roll is that its supposed to frighten the elderly... I mean I'm sure part of the fun of liking metal in the eighties was the fact that the pmrc and religous groups were throwing an absolute fit about it..
When your parents music was more scandolous and rowdy than your generation's is something's wrong.
I mean like I've said there's always room for the mellow artists, but when even the "rock" bands have no real star quality there's a problem.
There also seems to be a lack of classic singers either (no morrisons, plants, or hell even osbornes...)
Another truth that I think isn't really faced is that in mainstream music culture, rap is the new rock... it still shocks, and while there is barely any creativity going on in the genre any more, there are still some genuine stars of that genre.
Rap is where music went after Kurt Cobain died and people got tired of the lame post-grunge shit thruted upon us by the radio.