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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:20 am
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ok im in middle school and i really feel that im "Out of my times" because all my favorite bands were in somewhere through the 60s-90s and the main reason is there is only like 3 modern day bands i can stand and the rest is just crap so basically good rock music went out with the 90s.

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Post subject: Re: The state of rock-like music today?
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:26 am
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I seem to be missing something. When I search for rock music on I-Tunes, almost the only thing I see is oldies music, like Led Zeppelin and the other music from the 60s through about the early 80s.

Surely there is plenty of good music being made today. There have to be more musicians, and all of the technology is better.

Where is the good music that is rock-like? Is there a new genre name I should be searching with? It doesn't have to be nostalgic, all I'm looking for is music that is lively, energetic, and performed with vivacity and enthusiasm. Of course, it has to sound good too.

I try sampling the pop/rock music at places like Borders books, where you can wander around for hours listening to samples of the various CDs that are on sale. Can't seem to find much that I like.

I did have one sensational find in the "California Guitar Trio", which is an instrumental acoustic guitar group that is really, really good. Highly recommended!!!
It pisses me of when someone calls them "Oldies" the correct term is Classic Rock.

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ok im in middle school and i really feel that im "Out of my times" because all my favorite bands were in somewhere through the 60s-90s and the main reason is there is only like 3 modern day bands i can stand and the rest is just crap so basically good rock music went out with the 90s.


I beg to differ, but to each his own. This is just opinions after all. There are numerous great bands today, but most of them are under the radar because they don't play generic, radio-friendly rock. You really just have to look around and try to find some gems, because there are lots of them out there.


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If you are looking for some more classic rock sounding bands try looking up Airbourne or "The Last Vegas". They are fairly new and have a classic rock sound to them. I highly recomend it. You can find both on youtube and they both put on an AMAZING show, when I saw Airbourne thier lead guitarist climbed to the top of the stage(about 20 feet in the air) and played his guitar, It was Freaking cool.

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Check out Earl Greyhound, great indie rock band from NYC. If you can see them live, do it, amazing energy and the drummer can flat out rock.

Also, here's a great resource for expanding your horizons.

Pandora.com. it's an internet radio site. You type in a band(s) you like and it comes up with similar sounding bands/artists.

I typed in SRV and got 5 great blues artists that I've got on my list that i've never heard of and probably wouldn't of had it not been for that site.

It sounds like i'm hawking the product, but really if you want to expand your musical taste you need to check it out. Also a free app on the iphone, too.

anyway, airbourne is good too, running wild is my favorite track off that CD.


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I'm a fairly old guy and what kills me is that some of the artists from rock's older and newer heydays are still with us - from Fleetwood Mac to Clapton, Eagles to Velvet Revolver, STP to the Rolling Stones. These bands get no airplay. Stations will only play "classic" rock and even new music from the same artists can't get play. How do we learn about the music and decide if we like it etc. with no airplay.

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mexstrat mike wrote:
Check out Earl Greyhound, great indie rock band from NYC. If you can see them live, do it, amazing energy and the drummer can flat out rock.

Also, here's a great resource for expanding your horizons.

Pandora.com. it's an internet radio site. You type in a band(s) you like and it comes up with similar sounding bands/artists.

I typed in SRV and got 5 great blues artists that I've got on my list that i've never heard of and probably wouldn't of had it not been for that site.

It sounds like i'm hawking the product, but really if you want to expand your musical taste you need to check it out. Also a free app on the iphone, too.

anyway, airbourne is good too, running wild is my favorite track off that CD.


Agreed fully on Pandora. That's an amazing site for broadening your musical horizons. I've found quite a few bands there that I normally would have thought wouldn't have been "for me".


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Try a search for "Alternative" on iTunes or at your local music store.

I would suggest:
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Coheed and Cambria
Rise Against
Thrice
Foo Fighters
AFI

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mexstrat mike wrote:
Check out Earl Greyhound, great indie rock band from NYC. If you can see them live, do it, amazing energy and the drummer can flat out rock.

Also, here's a great resource for expanding your horizons.

Pandora.com. it's an internet radio site. You type in a band(s) you like and it comes up with similar sounding bands/artists.

I typed in SRV and got 5 great blues artists that I've got on my list that i've never heard of and probably wouldn't of had it not been for that site.

It sounds like i'm hawking the product, but really if you want to expand your musical taste you need to check it out. Also a free app on the iphone, too.

anyway, airbourne is good too, running wild is my favorite track off that CD.


I also use Pandora.com I recently figured out that you can have multiple stations for different types of music, or you can just smash it all together on one station,pretty cool :D

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Yeah, www.padora.com is pretty cool, my wife's nephew intro'd us to it.

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Yeah, www.padora.com is pretty cool, my wife's nephew intro'd us to it.


www.pandora.com :D

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Christ, I must be getting old, because a lot of this new stuff that's coming out today sounds a lot alike. Most of these new bands even look alike with their Emo haircuts and inability to play the guitar.Give me classic rock and hair Metal anyday of the week. Today's so called rock music sucks!


Yep, and the music you listen to, the generation before you said the same thing about.


I think a lot of today's music sounds the same, too. I haven't chimed in before now because every time I make a statement like this, I get chills up my spine along with the dreaded thought that I have turned into my parents.

Most people tend to lock into the music that was popular in their formative years. I went to jr. high and high school from '67 - '73 (you can put away your carbon dating equipment now) and I feel absolutely fortunate that I grew up during (arguably) the most creative and fertile period in the history of popular music.


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I find a great way to find new music is the late-night shows. I've seen quite a few new bands on Letterman that I've liked.

I wrote this a few weeks ago in a blog:

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I'm asked, and even criticised, quite often about my preference for "old" music, rather than modern music. In reality, however, I do not prefer one decade to another. There is an abundance of excellent music being produced today, by both new and established artists. The Internet is largely to thank for the popularity of it.

I was introduced to independent music (that's independently-financed, not "indie," which I still do not understand) last spring, when I met Gabriel Mann, Garrison Starr, Jay Nash, and Adrianne. There has always been a singer-songwriter movement in the United States, though in the past it was called "folk" and characterized by artists such as Bob Dylan. I also cannot ignore the presence of Johnny Cummings, a product of my own high school.

The singer-songwriter movement has renewed my faith in modern music. Through the artists I mentioned above, I became familiar with the works of other independent artists, such as Kyler England and Camilla Grey. Some of these independent artists are moving into the mainstream, for lack of a better term. I am not afraid to admit that I am in love with Sara Bareilles, a product of the Los Angeles clubs, who played and worked alongside Gabriel Mann. You may have heard of her, she has a huge radio hit called "Love Song."

I also believe that there is a second-coming of the British Invasion. It started in the sixties with groups such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, finally finding an audience in the United States that no other European acts had. The difference today, forty years later, is that the majority of the artists are women. The first, as far as I can tell, was KT Tunstall, who dazzled people by recording different tracks (on stage) and playing them to create a complete sound. That impressed people who could actually see her, at least. The people who only heard her were simply impressed with the music.

This may not have made a lot of sense, or answered any questions that people had, but, like a true musician, I wrote it at two in the morning. I have no aversion to modern music. I just don't like all of it, just as I don't like all "old" music. The main difference is that there are no radio stations dedicated to playing the songs of the sixties and seventies that everyone's forgotten about, they play the songs that have stood the test of time. Modern Top 40 stations are playing songs that are only months old, a great majority of them which will be forgotten months from now, let alone several decades.


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I remember reading in a previous thread a quote that said..

"There is no bad music. There is music that speaks to you and music that doesn't."

Personally, being a 13 year old going into my first year of highschool, todays alternative music is the kind that speaks to me. But what makes me mad is how people think todays music is all "emo and crappy". How none of these new bands have skilled players. The music may suck to you but to others, it's what THEY relate to.

With that aside, i'll recommend a few bands for the first guy who posted:

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Foo Fighters
Alter Bridge (Give them a listen and you'll proboably be suprised)
Three Days Grace
Breaking Benjamin
Finger Eleven


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Red Hot Chilli Peppers is not a new band, this year is their 25th anniversary. I remember listening to them in HS growing up. Now, their still affecting youth and adults alike still. Very good band.

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