Would this transition to an electronic sound be more comparable to the musical revolution in the mid 1960s (at the time of the British Invasion) or the punk revolution of the late 1970s? I'd like to say the punk one, but really don't know. And what caused bands to take up a more electronic sound? I don't mind a lot of the semi electronic pop-rock from 15 years ago, which might have consisted of a keyboard and a minimal amount of Auto-Tune on the vocals alongside traditional instruments, but it seems to have gone a step further since. It's like when I see a DNCE or 2010s Coldplay music video, they are playing a keyboard, drum kit, electric guitar and bass, but then on the studio track I hear only the keyboard and bass.
Metal is actually still pretty common, as well as electronic music. What I'm not seeing anymore is the middle-ground indie/pop-rock/alternative that was popular 20 years ago. I've done an extensive search for underground music, and most of it seems to be metal. As I said earlier, the only groups/people I can think of that do music comparable to what a lot of younger people were doing at the time are those that started in the 1980s or early 1990s - Bob Mould or Dinosaur Jr for example.
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