Is Rock Music Dead? Whatever Happened too Rock Stars not Pop Stars?

[Don Jacob]

infinite= IGNORANT FOOL

[Diabolical]

Im going to listen to Appetite now.

[ToOoOoN!!!]

at the drive in rocks!

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE!!!!

[davida.b.]

Yes, Rock Music is dead, no doubt, say goodbye, African American's came up with something better, and that's hip-hop, so there is no need for Rock Music anymore.

And do we really miss it anyway?  No.  Atleast not me and many in my generation.  Many Rock artists like Ozzy Osbourne, Pantera and all those devil worshipping bands (which is about 3/4 of rock artists) released nothing but crap, but kids bought it because they wanted to rebel against their parents.  They thought these rock artists were bad dudes because they partied and put skulls and fire on their album liner notes. 

Well, now we have hip-hop.  And for kids that want to rebel they don't have to worship the devil anymore and listen to Meggadeath and Danzig, now they can listen to music that is actually artistic, and at the same time they can identify with rappers who are much more threatening to their parents than Rob Zombie ever was, Rob Zombie maybe got arrested once for public intoxication, but these rappers have murder trials, and not only that, they have homies in prison, and they make music that represents for black men locked up behind bars, many rappers have backgrounds in gangs or are gang-affiliated.... no matter how much hair spray Poison and Steven Tyler put in their hair, they can never be as "bad" as rap artists.   And alot of parents are racist, so kids that listened to Tool and all that crap to scare their parents can upset them much more easily by identifying with African American rap artists.

Basically, what I'm saying is that I don't think that their was much art involved in Rock Music, so most of their listeners were just kids going through a phase where they wanted to rebel against their parents.   But now gangsta's, pimps, and hustlaz, have replaced hair bands and devil worshippers.  And the real hip-hop music fans never bought into that Rock music crap in the first place, and now they listen to hip-hop, whether they be gangsta, conscious, or revolutionary.... because it is the illest and most thoughtful music on the market.

I only need to say 5 words: Dimebag Darryl SHITS on you.

[Don Jacob]

and i'll add to this by saying

black sabbath's (ozzy's band)  first 5 cds and pantera's first two cd's combined are musically more important than knuckle's whole 50 top rap cd's of all time

[MidoriHaze]

and i'll add to this by saying

black sabbath's (ozzy's band)  first 5 cds and pantera's first two cd's combined are musically more important than knuckle's whole 50 top rap cd's of all time

You mean Pantera's 5th and 6th

[[sepehr]]

Cowboys from hell and Vulgar display of power are their dopest, IMHO.

[Don Jacob]

and i'll add to this by saying

black sabbath's (ozzy's band)  first 5 cds and pantera's first two cd's combined are musically more important than knuckle's whole 50 top rap cd's of all time

You mean Pantera's 5th and 6th

yeah true, but good luck ever trying to dig up of get the first TRUE pantera albums,lol. after dimebad died those things' prices have gone up like gasoline prices on ebay.  so Vulgar Display and Cowboys might as well be their first two lol

[Diabolical]

at the drive in rocks!

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE!!!!

Killswitch are gay now, The first 2 albums are great though.

[white Boy]

^ no they suck and so does at the drive in.

[MidoriHaze]

yeah true, but good luck ever trying to dig up of get the first TRUE pantera albums,lol. after dimebad died those things' prices have gone up like gasoline prices on ebay.  so Vulgar Display and Cowboys might as well be their first two lol

yer true, Vulgar... is my favourite album of theirs, I never really liked Far Beyond Driven. Even though it was the first metal LP to debut at no.1.

Their four glam metal cds are around but extremely rare to buy, last time i saw one up on ebay it sold for $170US and that was prior to Dimebag's death. Even to download their pretty hard to get, i've only got Power Metal and I Am the Night.

I dunno if you've heard their glam stuff but i upload 'Hot and Heavy' off their '85 LP 'I Am the Night'
h ttp://s31.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2M7N0V6OAKP2J1PWI0IE6ORT2A

there if ya want it ^^


Oh..also should add Tool to the whole important 90's lists, even if APC are mediocore

[Don Jacob]

yeah true, but good luck ever trying to dig up of get the first TRUE pantera albums,lol. after dimebad died those things' prices have gone up like gasoline prices on ebay.  so Vulgar Display and Cowboys might as well be their first two lol

yer true, Vulgar... is my favourite album of theirs, I never really liked Far Beyond Driven. Even though it was the first metal LP to debut at no.1.

far beyond driven wasn't the first metal lp to debut at number 1 , some skid row cd was, infact metallica's black album debuted at number one as well and that came out before far beyond driven

[Rampant]

and i'll add to this by saying

black sabbath's (ozzy's band) first 5 cds and pantera's first two cd's combined are musically more important than knuckle's whole 50 top rap cd's of all time

ill definetly give you that, especially black sabbath

[Diabolical]

Sabbaths first cd alone was more important that the list.