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Originally Posted by Raine (Post 291235)

I didn't like the St. Anger album. And it's not saving rock music although I don't think it needs to be dead because I think it's still alive.
I was look for an example of rock music that was good.

And it's not really abuot whether a band is talented or not. It's about the music int he rock genre that's been coming out lately. Not necessarily from a particular band.

If not St. Anger then what metallica album? I wouldn't exactly consider the 90s very recent, especially if you're talking about it keeping the genre alive.

What has been coming out lately then? I've seen plenty of great rock albums in 2006.

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Originally Posted by Crowquill (Post 291243)

oh sure there are plenty of great rock bands out there of the new millenium. No doubt.
But in an effort to answer the question as to whether or not real rock is dead i just mentioned st.anger. It's not a particularly great album but it was mde by an extremly talented band.

once again, i do not think the genre is dead

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Originally Posted by Raine (Post 291246)

Okay, so as long as the bands talented they're saving rock regardless of the fact they're putting out shit? That makes quite a bit of sense.

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Originally Posted by Crowquill (Post 291247)

Okay, so as long as the bands talented they're saving rock regardless of the fact they're putting out shit? That makes quite a bit of sense.

i don't think rock needs to be saved.
but yes. St Anger is one of the worst metallica albums ever. They should definitely stop making music. They've fulfilled their quota of good songs and bad songs.

StoneMagnet pwnz

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Originally Posted by Raine (Post 291250)

i don't think rock needs to be saved.
but yes. St Anger is one of the worst metallica albums ever. They should definitely stop making music. They've fulfilled their quota of good songs and bad songs.

"When you've got bands like Metallica every so often releasing a good album rock can't die."

Well obviously they havn't been releasing much often...and seeing as you admit their most recent released sucked..

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Originally Posted by Raine (Post 291228)

I don't think real rock is dead.
When you've got bands like Metallica every so often releasing a good album rock can't die. But I think Lynkrd Skynrd released an album within the last 3 years that wasn't too great. And they were pretty good back in their day. SO I guess it's about perspective.
And I will admit that I haven't heard too many new rocks bands that I actually liked.
So i guess talented rock bands just aren't emerging as frequently as we would like.
And good rock music in general (regardless of band) isn't emerging too often either.

From that post, I assumed you meant rock was needing saving or to be kept alive. But hey

With crap like Greenday and MCR being considered the top rock music, and equally crappy bands like Avenged Sevenfold being considered the non-mainstream "saviors" of rock, yes, real rock is dead. But there's still time to resussicate it!

ahem Tool-10,000 Days sold over a million copies.

There are rock bands, some good some bad, thriving everywhere. What the hell constitutes a genre being dead anyway?

There are REAL rock bands however the buying public is no longer interested and neither are the record companies. The real cash cows are modern country and adult contemporary, rock and roll records rate relatively low on a major label's earnings. Rock and roll records have a tendancy to need major marketing buzz because the target audience is so fickle, in short it just costs more money to make a rock and roll record.

Yes, I still call them records :(

Rock will only be dead if we stop listening to it and if we like something we hear we will listen to it. I will always buy the next metallica album in the slightest hope that they remember where they came from and what really made them who they are and we all know it was the first 4 albums before they become known in the rock genre. Metal and rock will never die as long as fans stay true to what they enjoy listening to.