Satanstoenail
My Larpstyle determines my Derpstyle
Oh you mean "Bland Rock". Seems quite the tight pigeon hole you've got going there.
Where should I start with these guys? I've been meaning to buy something of theirs for ages.
Greatest Rock Bands Of All Time?
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Oh you mean "Bland Rock". Seems quite the tight pigeon hole you've got going there.
Where should I start with these guys? I've been meaning to buy something of theirs for ages.
There you go, you nailed it... bland "rock". Not a real small pool because there has been lots of it but many short lived or few bands that remained "on the charts". Great place for one hit wonders, where the hardrock or progressive bands pushed the boundaries and for the most part stand out more. That is why I said it takes no effort especially on a forum loaded with metal and prog heads to say Zep, Floyd, Rush, Tull but they were all so much more than just "rock".
But being as "rock" seems to have no boundries to this audiance I have found the ultimate in long lived notoriety and popularity.
Glen Miller and his Orchestra, rocking the air waves of western civilization long before rock was cool.........
The Ozzman
Melted by feels
Badbird
Never banned
Aside from Rush which I don't care for,and Van Halen who I can't stand, that a great list. Need to check some more King's-X music. Dogman kicks ass.
Get their best-of, Air Raid Serenades. It's got a great mix of songs on it from throughout their career, so you can really hear how they developed and changed sound-wise.
Fucking brilliant band.
damnromulans
Klingons do not faint
Satanstoenail
My Larpstyle determines my Derpstyle
I think the boundaries are pretty defined; rock, rock & roll, hard rock, blues rock, country rock, punk rock, psychedelic rock etc is the only stuff that has been mentioned. It's all rock. Not classical or electronic or pop or reggae. I think that's what the OP was after judging from his first few posts in the thread.
I'll add another that hasn't been mentioned: The Police
Cheers, I'll check it out.
SouthernTrendkill
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In my eyes, rock music is rock music. There's nothing demeaning about being a rock band, as prog rock, art rock, hard rock, they're all just a part of rock. To say that Hendrix is above rock is to say that Kreator is above metal for playing thrash, Darkthrone is above metal for playing black metal, and trad metal bands are the only metal bands.
metal is also rock across such broad boundries, so is pop, R&B, traditional blues, disco... this is where lies the problem if someone always wants to paint "rock" with such a wide brush and ignore the vast stylistic differences.
Unfaithful is correct reference a steady evolution but where exactly did this evolution begin, we should know Blues was a major player. Then Im checking out Glen Miller for other purposes... I have always been into that sound but upon listening to In the Mood again... I realize my parents generation was also rocking only they called it Swing. SO one is a rocking chair and the other a swing ?
Perhaps it all boils down to two roote catagories, blues and classical with metal obviously mixing the two and all thier modern branches. But blues... then we can tear blues apart with jazz, country, ragtime... even further classical with traditional folk... but that also fed bluegrass country and its subject to arguement where this celtic traditional folk/bluegrass/country fed blues or gospel and field chants or vica versa... its a fucking mess.
A "rock" example I can think of here if I can say it right would be that Metal is no different to Zeppelin than Zeppelin is to Elton John. My thought about Pink Floyd and what they ever did that even rocked raised my brow abit, are they rock simply because its a four piece band in modern times that used electronic instruments ? Or because their music appealed to the same crowd that also liked "rock"... so just exactly what the fuck is rock ? I believe the origional term Rock 'n Roll was peged due to the vib of the music in a descriptive sense. Upbeat fast tempoed 1-4-5 progressions... but these existed in blues... then must be it became rock when its progressions and tempos spred out abit but come the late 60's it grew legs and required sub-divisions, R&B, hardrock, bubblegum, R&B into disco, jazz ideas were fused with rock and electronic instruments, others, then by the late 70's early 80's it spred further again into metal, new wave, R&B disco into rap/hip hop, come early 90's commercial metal was out grunge and its influence that followed was in... so wheres this line when painting "rock" with such a broad brush ? And if someone can draw that line how is that anymore different than I when I want to always draw it and request people be more specific when addressing the subject of "rock".
Just the term Rock is becoming a very fucked term... there been so much variance of it hows to know what someone is talking about... even the person talking ?
Unfaithful is correct reference a steady evolution but where exactly did this evolution begin, we should know Blues was a major player. Then Im checking out Glen Miller for other purposes... I have always been into that sound but upon listening to In the Mood again... I realize my parents generation was also rocking only they called it Swing. SO one is a rocking chair and the other a swing ?
Perhaps it all boils down to two roote catagories, blues and classical with metal obviously mixing the two and all thier modern branches. But blues... then we can tear blues apart with jazz, country, ragtime... even further classical with traditional folk... but that also fed bluegrass country and its subject to arguement where this celtic traditional folk/bluegrass/country fed blues or gospel and field chants or vica versa... its a fucking mess.
A "rock" example I can think of here if I can say it right would be that Metal is no different to Zeppelin than Zeppelin is to Elton John. My thought about Pink Floyd and what they ever did that even rocked raised my brow abit, are they rock simply because its a four piece band in modern times that used electronic instruments ? Or because their music appealed to the same crowd that also liked "rock"... so just exactly what the fuck is rock ? I believe the origional term Rock 'n Roll was peged due to the vib of the music in a descriptive sense. Upbeat fast tempoed 1-4-5 progressions... but these existed in blues... then must be it became rock when its progressions and tempos spred out abit but come the late 60's it grew legs and required sub-divisions, R&B, hardrock, bubblegum, R&B into disco, jazz ideas were fused with rock and electronic instruments, others, then by the late 70's early 80's it spred further again into metal, new wave, R&B disco into rap/hip hop, come early 90's commercial metal was out grunge and its influence that followed was in... so wheres this line when painting "rock" with such a broad brush ? And if someone can draw that line how is that anymore different than I when I want to always draw it and request people be more specific when addressing the subject of "rock".
Just the term Rock is becoming a very fucked term... there been so much variance of it hows to know what someone is talking about... even the person talking ?
Badbird
Never banned
damnromulans
Klingons do not faint
Do you think Rock is dead? Serious question. I have no idea what would be considered "rock" now. Nickelback and Breaking Benjamin and those jerks?
The Heartbreak Kid
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Everything is dead. I havent liked a new band since Andrew W.K, and thats more for the lulz than the actually music.
Its all fuzzy lines and has been for decades. All I know is plain old rock was middle of the road popular music, not too agressive, not too experimental, not too cheezy toward teeny pop, something ones parents might actually approve of, average Janes and Joes would like, you get the idea. But as can be seen from this topic it is also a cap that is thrown over top of everything since 1960. So for the most part "rock" covers all western music since the 50's or 60's depending on where the line is drawn between RnR and rock. It seems all that might be exempt of this would be smooth jazz, remaining pure strains of jazz, classical, traditional folk (which a few of the bands mentioned here played lots of). Country is fucked because rock clearly made its way into country along time ago, reversely some country even became RnR and rock... as I said its just a big friggin mess all lumped under the banner of "rock".
Yes I'd say Nickleback plays some rock as well as hardrock, I like their hardrock, there seems to be a few butt kickers every album.
I bought that Breaking Benjamin album a few years ago because I thought that one song... gotta go look it up... "So Cold" was unique and well done, the album however let me down with nothing else special but there was one song there that was a wicked throw back to something I never figured out, maybe almost a 60's sound.
Buckcherry is probably a good example of current yet old school hardrock, similiar to Matts mention of Black Crows and their somewhat retro sound.
All decent bands if you pick and choose music for fun, less serious times.
Yes I'd say Nickleback plays some rock as well as hardrock, I like their hardrock, there seems to be a few butt kickers every album.
I bought that Breaking Benjamin album a few years ago because I thought that one song... gotta go look it up... "So Cold" was unique and well done, the album however let me down with nothing else special but there was one song there that was a wicked throw back to something I never figured out, maybe almost a 60's sound.
Buckcherry is probably a good example of current yet old school hardrock, similiar to Matts mention of Black Crows and their somewhat retro sound.
All decent bands if you pick and choose music for fun, less serious times.
damnromulans
Klingons do not faint
It seems like around 2000, stuff classified as "rock" fell off the boat and now everything is "indie," "metal," "~core," "prog," "jam," "retro," "~punk," etc.
yet to me I saw this happen in the 70's because really it had too with such diversifacation. In fact my first recollection of the use "alternative" was applied to new wave in the late 70's as in refered to as both.
damnromulans
Klingons do not faint
Yeah I wasn't around then. I didn't really get into music until I was 12 or so, which was around 1998
Wow, a good amount of mentions of The Clash. It looks like thats on a long list of bands I really need to check out. =P
Also, I'm not sure if I heard King's-X, if they are a prog rock band, then I'm sure I have and great mention if so. Otherwise, I'd need to check them out. Also I love some songs by Rush (What I've heard), nice mention Ozz.
Also, I'm not sure if I heard King's-X, if they are a prog rock band, then I'm sure I have and great mention if so. Otherwise, I'd need to check them out. Also I love some songs by Rush (What I've heard), nice mention Ozz.
Satanstoenail
My Larpstyle determines my Derpstyle
If this song isn't rock I dunno what is. Sure it's got elements of metal and blues but it's a ROCK song primarily.
Razor, you're over-analyzing this whole thread and genre and twisting other people's words for some unknown reason. No-one here is trying to claim pop, hip hop, disco, classical, folk, or traditional blues are rock.
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Einherjar86
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I don't think so. I'd say bands like Them Crooked Vultures, some of Jack White's projects (The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, etc.), and even Jet represent a kind of reinvigoration of a 70s "classic," hard rock sound. I don't think they're particularly revolutionary bands, but I think they're carrying on that traditional rock n' roll sound/mentality.
Dogman, was a great song.
Im not twisting anybodys words, dont know where you got that from. Im only displaying the problems with white washing everything as simply "rock", and that pop, hip hop/R&B/disco are also full of "rock" because of the influences of their era as well as they all decended from traditional blues, country and progressive and metal added elements of classical and jazz. So everyone should straighten up and be specific...
I fail to see the problem, its a music forum for christs sakes not a bunch of house wifes sitting around stereo typing everything... " oh... rock, you mean that ya ya ya stuff ? "
Everybody (here)knows who the greatest hardrock bands were
Everybody knows who the greatest progressive rock bands were
Everybody knows who the greatest bluesrock bands were
So who were the greatest rock bands ?
Rolling Stones
Elton John
Springsteen
Eagles
?
?
?
not that tuff people
so whos yer favorite ya ya ya band ?
Im not twisting anybodys words, dont know where you got that from. Im only displaying the problems with white washing everything as simply "rock", and that pop, hip hop/R&B/disco are also full of "rock" because of the influences of their era as well as they all decended from traditional blues, country and progressive and metal added elements of classical and jazz. So everyone should straighten up and be specific...
I fail to see the problem, its a music forum for christs sakes not a bunch of house wifes sitting around stereo typing everything... " oh... rock, you mean that ya ya ya stuff ? "
Everybody (here)knows who the greatest hardrock bands were
Everybody knows who the greatest progressive rock bands were
Everybody knows who the greatest bluesrock bands were
So who were the greatest rock bands ?
Rolling Stones
Elton John
Springsteen
Eagles
?
?
?
not that tuff people
so whos yer favorite ya ya ya band ?
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