wolfsblood
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Doesn't it seem like guitar rock has been on the decline since the late 1980s?
In my eyes guitar rock as we know it formed around 1962-1964 with the blues-based and r&b styles of the Beatles, Yardbirds, Animals, etc. and also the classic rock and roll style of the Beach Boys.
By the late 60s and throughout the 70s rock as at its best. Classic albums like Sgt. Pepper, Abbey Road, Led Zeppelin IV, Dark Side Of The Moon, Van Halen, Cat Scratch Fever, Paranoid, Master Of Reality, The Wall, Rumours, Who's Next, Who Are You, etc. (The list goes on and on. I can't think of one album of that quality from the 1990s.)
In the 80s rock was still pretty good as Iron Maiden, Kiss, Motley Crue, Metallica, Slayer, and others maintained the old-school standards of screaming guitars and thrashing drums, plus great songwriting. Of course there was a lot of techno pop in the 80s, but for those who wanted real rock it was there.
It's depressing to see what happened to rock since 1989. Album lengths got too long with the CD format. Quality of music dipped. The best bands were older bands like Pantera, Slayer, Metallica, Kiss, etc. The newer bands were mostly boring: nine inch nails, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Rage Against The Machine, etc.
This decade, the 00s, has seen the end of great rock. Only the old guys like AC/DC and Metallica still no how to make a real rock record. Forgive me but Nickelback and other Creed clones sound very lame to me. The album format is pretty much a thing of the past thanks to digital downloads. I don't see any current bands making any lasting impact, they all suck.
Am I wrong?
In my eyes guitar rock as we know it formed around 1962-1964 with the blues-based and r&b styles of the Beatles, Yardbirds, Animals, etc. and also the classic rock and roll style of the Beach Boys.
By the late 60s and throughout the 70s rock as at its best. Classic albums like Sgt. Pepper, Abbey Road, Led Zeppelin IV, Dark Side Of The Moon, Van Halen, Cat Scratch Fever, Paranoid, Master Of Reality, The Wall, Rumours, Who's Next, Who Are You, etc. (The list goes on and on. I can't think of one album of that quality from the 1990s.)
In the 80s rock was still pretty good as Iron Maiden, Kiss, Motley Crue, Metallica, Slayer, and others maintained the old-school standards of screaming guitars and thrashing drums, plus great songwriting. Of course there was a lot of techno pop in the 80s, but for those who wanted real rock it was there.
It's depressing to see what happened to rock since 1989. Album lengths got too long with the CD format. Quality of music dipped. The best bands were older bands like Pantera, Slayer, Metallica, Kiss, etc. The newer bands were mostly boring: nine inch nails, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Rage Against The Machine, etc.
This decade, the 00s, has seen the end of great rock. Only the old guys like AC/DC and Metallica still no how to make a real rock record. Forgive me but Nickelback and other Creed clones sound very lame to me. The album format is pretty much a thing of the past thanks to digital downloads. I don't see any current bands making any lasting impact, they all suck.
Am I wrong?
