The Decline Of Mainstream Rock Music (music video, house, indie, rap)

Rainard Jalen · 01-10-2008, 12:50 PM

Before reading on, please note, this is not intended to create controversy or as flame-bait. Actually it's been a personal concern for a while and I think it's an interesting topic worthy of some discussion.

The essence of my claim is that mainstream rock music has been undergoing a sharp decline for an exceedingly long period of time, to the point that I feel that quality has slipped to an all time low. Plaguing the charts seem to be insipid songs of an extremely highly commercialized, over-produced format, by completely faceless bands with virtually no identifiable sound or vision of their own. Not only that, but I speak to friends who tell me that bands such as Breaking Benjamin, Papa Roach, Finger Eleven, 30 Seconds To Mars, Plain White T's, Three Days Grace, Silversun Pickups, Sick Puppies, and other bands of their ilk, are examples of "tremendous" and "brilliant" rock bands and not only that but are even better than other mainstream fan-favs like the Chilis and the Foo Fighters. I can vouch for the state of mainstream rock music in Britain being even worse: popular up and down the airwaves at present are bands boasting the mediocrity of The Enemy, The Feeling, The Fray, The Hoosiers, The Pidgeon Detectives, Scouting For Girls, The Kaiser Chiefs, Razorlight, and some more assortments of creatively bankrupt uselessness that for some reason nobody can seem to get enough of.

There was a time many many MANY moons ago when cutting edge bands were all the rage. We have come so far since then. Why is it that the modern consumer is content for such garbage? Why, in this age of information in which we live, are we neverless content to have such low, undemanding standards?

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Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,219	The Decline Of Mainstream Rock Music Before reading on, please note, this is not intended to create controversy or as flame-bait. Actually it's been a personal concern for a while and I think it's an interesting topic worthy of some discussion. The essence of my claim is that mainstream rock music has been undergoing a sharp decline for an exceedingly long period of time, to the point that I feel that quality has slipped to an all time low. Plaguing the charts seem to be insipid songs of an extremely highly commercialized, over-produced format, by completely faceless bands with virtually no identifiable sound or vision of their own. Not only that, but I speak to friends who tell me that bands such as Breaking Benjamin, Papa Roach, Finger Eleven, 30 Seconds To Mars, Plain White T's, Three Days Grace, Silversun Pickups, Sick Puppies, and other bands of their ilk, are examples of "tremendous" and "brilliant" rock bands and not only that but are even better than other mainstream fan-favs like the Chilis and the Foo Fighters. I can vouch for the state of mainstream rock music in Britain being even worse: popular up and down the airwaves at present are bands boasting the mediocrity of The Enemy, The Feeling, The Fray, The Hoosiers, The Pidgeon Detectives, Scouting For Girls, The Kaiser Chiefs, Razorlight, and some more assortments of creatively bankrupt uselessness that for some reason nobody can seem to get enough of. There was a time many many MANY moons ago when cutting edge bands were all the rage. We have come so far since then. Why is it that the modern consumer is content for such garbage? Why, in this age of information in which we live, are we neverless content to have such low, undemanding standards?