plato

Well, Justin Bieber is really well-known, not that I like his music, but you got to admit: everyone knows him. One Direction as well, I don't know anybody that doesn't know them. Katy Perry / Rihanna / Beyonce / Taylor Swift are all very famous people as well. I don't like their music, just want to make that clear, sorry haha

Gavin B.

I don't think there's been any groundbreaking rock bands since Nirvana. In a sense Nirvana was the last gasp of rock music's glory days and when Nirvana came out, rock n' roll was already losing ground on the charts to rap music and mainstream dance pop music.

Early in the 2000s I thought the Strokes might restore rock to it's rightful place but they fizzled out on their second album and never found a large audience for their music. Radiohead still has a large following but their experimental methodology is somewhat outside of the rock music framework. U-2 ran out of ideas after about 5 or 6 albums. R.E.M. also lost momentum toward the end of the 80s.

Most of the current pop music is either prefabricated girl/boy vocal groups, pretentious artpop singers like Madonna, Katie Perry and Lady Gaga, or former reality show competition winners... It's really a dismal music scene.

I hold on to the eternal hope that some magnificent rock band will come along and have the same seismic impact of the Beatles, the Stones, Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, the Sex Pistols, the Clash or Nirvana. When the Beatles arrived in America in 1964, rock and roll was all but dead and over with and they revived the entire genre with one appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show.

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Psy-Fi

^ The Strokes don't do anything for me musically, but I agree with everything else in that post.

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Taxman

I agree with all you said expect that part about Strokes.
But you said it well, I was going to say something similar but you said it better than I could ever say it.

Ninetales

Why does there have to be one band that becomes massively successful? Times have changed. There are now so many faces of music that it's impossible to have one that arches over all of it. And I am glad this is happening. It's music showing that it can evolve. There's a lot more diversity now and music isnt just about white english speaking guys playing guitars.

Music is in a great place currently. God forbid you have to actively look for it. We dont need a figurehead

Mr. Charlie

I agree with Gavin B. I wouldn't say it's about wanting a hugely successful band or figurehead, it's simply a desire for a band to come along who are as talented and influential as The Beatles, The Stones, Led Zep etc. It's about wanting truly great music, music that blazes a trail for others to follow.

Ninetales

There are many of those now that dont sell out stadiums.

The Batlord

But we've got those kinds of bands. They're just a bit under the radar these days.

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Mr. Charlie

I'm not dissatisfied with today's music, there's loads of great music around, but are any of today's artists as talented as The Beatles, Hendrix and their ilk? I don't think so.

The Batlord

Yes. Those groups aren't magically the best just because they're from the sixties, or because the hippies in charge of Rolling Stone won't shut up about them. They're as good as any other bands from any other era.

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