Jan Paparazzi
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So what happened to rock music? And I hope this doesn't turn into a rant, but I seem to have trouble finding some good new rock bands since 2006-2008. I can hardly find anything. I am always looking, but it's though. Let me explain where I come from. I am pretty much a nineties kid, but I also grew up with the classic rock stuff my dad listens to. So when the nineties broke out I was really into all the so-called alternative bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, RATM, Tool, Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, The Chili Peppers, Faith No More etc. Early 2000's I found a lot of replacement bands in QOTSA, Muse, White Stripes, SOAD, The Hyves etc. Of course I also like the old stuff like Led Zep, Deep Purple, AC/DC, the Stones, the Kinks, Guns & Roses etc.
And then it kinda stopped. Rock became more rare after 2006 and took a nosedive after 2010. I started listening to more metal, because the metal scene seems more healthier than rock in terms of fresh ideas and different bands doing different things. But I am not really a metalhead. I discovered some bands that I like. For example I like The Oh Sees and Idles and some weirder stuff like Black Midi and Melt Banana. But it remains difficult.
When I check on best rock bands and lists online I often find lists with bands that aren't rock at all, like Imagine Dragons, Bastille and Twenty One Pilots. Those bands sound like overproduced millenial pop to me with all the compression, autotune and beat detective work. Or I find lists with a shit load of bands in them that are so heavy they aren't rock at all like finding Avenged Sevenfold and Trivium on those lists. They are metal, not rock and my metal taste is pretty particular. Or it's list with mostly indie rock ... I mean lists with band like Arcade Fire, the National, Vampire Weekend, the War on Drugs, Death Cab for Cutie etc. And those bands are so not my cup of tea.
Does anyone have any good tips for some new bands I may like?
And then it kinda stopped. Rock became more rare after 2006 and took a nosedive after 2010. I started listening to more metal, because the metal scene seems more healthier than rock in terms of fresh ideas and different bands doing different things. But I am not really a metalhead. I discovered some bands that I like. For example I like The Oh Sees and Idles and some weirder stuff like Black Midi and Melt Banana. But it remains difficult.
When I check on best rock bands and lists online I often find lists with bands that aren't rock at all, like Imagine Dragons, Bastille and Twenty One Pilots. Those bands sound like overproduced millenial pop to me with all the compression, autotune and beat detective work. Or I find lists with a shit load of bands in them that are so heavy they aren't rock at all like finding Avenged Sevenfold and Trivium on those lists. They are metal, not rock and my metal taste is pretty particular. Or it's list with mostly indie rock ... I mean lists with band like Arcade Fire, the National, Vampire Weekend, the War on Drugs, Death Cab for Cutie etc. And those bands are so not my cup of tea.
Does anyone have any good tips for some new bands I may like?