AC/DC Rock or Bust

DeadChannel · 01-06-2015, 07:03 PM

Sure, and maybe in the coming months I'll give it a shot. I have a lot more pressing still to listen to right now, though. I won't pass judgement on an album I've not heard until I've heard it.

AudioShooter · 01-06-2015, 07:03 PM

I honestly didn't think too highly of this album. If you ask me AC/DC sounds too much alike. Rock or Bust reminded me a lot of the previous studio album. The only positive I see from the putting out a record is that they will tour this year. Seeing AC/DC is still on my bucket list, so hopefully I'll be able to check that off in 2015.

GioMetaxas · 01-06-2015, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by DeadChannel

Sure, and maybe in the coming months I'll give it a shot. I have a lot more pressing still to listen to right now, though. I won't pass judgement on an album I've not heard until I've heard it.

That's the right move in my opinion. You never know what you might come across, even on those tunes at the back of the album!

GioMetaxas · 01-06-2015, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by AudioShooter

I honestly didn't think too highly of this album. If you ask me AC/DC sounds too much alike. Rock or Bust reminded me a lot of the previous studio album. The only positive I see from the putting out a record is that they will tour this year. Seeing AC/DC is still on my bucket list, so hopefully I'll be able to check that off in 2015.

The tour is surely a positive thing. It is also on my must-do list! As for the connection with "Black Ice" that you referred to, I think that because of various changes in the recording procedure, that was the biggest 'change' in the sound of AC/DC.

RideTheTiger · 01-06-2015, 07:20 PM

Yeah that makes sense. I mean it ain't impossible to change your image but first impressions go a long way. If you get on a stage and say 'I'm x' it won't be easy to later convince people that you are not what you told them you were!

Kyriako5 · 01-06-2015, 08:01 PM

I didn't hear their new album yet but yes most of their songs are based on the same chords and ideas. I believe they just keep using the same style just because most of their older songs are famous. Of course no one said that is easy to come up with something new that will become a success, so for what it seems to be their last album it seems natural to stay on the same direction. Complexity is good but usually simple songs have much more success and they express some aspects much more than complex songs.

Moss · 01-06-2015, 08:53 PM

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I haven't heard Roc k or Bust and am not a fan of ACDC really, so I guess I don't have an opinion here.

I have not heard it either and don't care to hear it. My point is that rejecting music because it's simple is stupid. Some of the best songs ever written are 2 or 3 chords and no complexity at all. Now if you don't like AC/DC because you don't like the music, that is a different beast and perfectly acceptable.

DeadChannel · 01-06-2015, 10:29 PM

Some people's taste tends towards more musically complex stuff, which is fine imo. I do like a (well written) simple punk song, though.

CoNtrivedNiHilism · 01-06-2015, 11:30 PM

You know what...

Sometimes, in certain circumstances, saying a bands entire discography sounds the same, it sort of makes whoever is saying it, look a bit ignorant. A band like AC/DC does not need to change their sound, fact is the band has had a pretty solid run and I feel each album is good in their own way. Metallica tried to experiment with their sound on a few albums, it didn't work for them, and so they went back, or tried going back to their sound from earlier albums, that also didn't entirely work in their favor. Metallica is a bit bland now, have been since the late 90's...

AC/DC though, they are not a band where experimenting with their sound to remain relevant, is necessary. AC/DC is a great Rock band, and their music is more than good enough on its own without trying to do new things with it. My fourth time saying it now, or around that, but AC/DC changing their sound has never been necessary.

@ Moss

Haha, you've said what I've said without making it a rant. AC/DC has written some of the best Rock songs, some only on a few simple chords. I've heard two songs off of Rock Or Bust, liked them. It's the AC/DC I've listened to since I was a little kid, good enough for me.

**Frownland** · 01-07-2015, 12:57 AM

So people who say that they never change are ignorant (insert Michael Jackson gif here)...but AC/DC never needed to change? I'm a little confused man.

To add on to my confusion you suggest that when a band makes a horrible attempt at alt-rock being an attempt to stay relevant? Bands that **** out the same album time after time (I'd name some, but just look at most of the classics) were already huge by the time that they were trying to stay relevant and had a rather sizeable fanbase that would buy whatever X Group would shove into a cd case and ram it down their throats for a couple of months saying it's the **** when it's just **** (see: Endless River; same **** I hated about all of your albums, different albums; you died an ugly swan, Pink Floyd). Metallica would definitely be one of those groups.

A band may not NEED to change their style, sometimes it's even preferred, but when Back In Black is running its course through your digestive system once again, you might want to head off to the grocery store and buy something fresh before you regurgitate it back onto your family who's really too nice to say anything about how awful it is.

01-07-2015, 12:57 AM	#20 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	So people who say that they never change are ignorant (insert Michael Jackson gif here)...but AC/DC never needed to change? I'm a little confused man. To add on to my confusion you suggest that when a band makes a horrible attempt at alt-rock being an attempt to stay relevant? Bands that ** out the same album time after time (I'd name some, but just look at most of the classics) were already huge by the time that they were trying to stay relevant and had a rather sizeable fanbase that would buy whatever X Group would shove into a cd case and ram it down their throats for a couple of months saying it's the when it's just (see: Endless River; same ** I hated about all of your albums, different albums; you died an ugly swan, Pink Floyd). Metallica would definitely be one of those groups. A band may not NEED to change their style, sometimes it's even preferred, but when Back In Black is running its course through your digestive system once again, you might want to head off to the grocery store and buy something fresh before you regurgitate it back onto your family who's really too nice to say anything about how awful it is. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

01-06-2015, 07:03 PM	#11 (permalink)
DeadChannel Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Canada Posts: 1,259	Sure, and maybe in the coming months I'll give it a shot. I have a lot more pressing still to listen to right now, though. I won't pass judgement on an album I've not heard until I've heard it.

01-06-2015, 07:03 PM	#12 (permalink)
AudioShooter Groupie Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 3	I honestly didn't think too highly of this album. If you ask me AC/DC sounds too much alike. Rock or Bust reminded me a lot of the previous studio album. The only positive I see from the putting out a record is that they will tour this year. Seeing AC/DC is still on my bucket list, so hopefully I'll be able to check that off in 2015.

01-06-2015, 07:20 PM	#15 (permalink)
RideTheTiger Groupie Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 2	Yeah that makes sense. I mean it ain't impossible to change your image but first impressions go a long way. If you get on a stage and say 'I'm x' it won't be easy to later convince people that you are not what you told them you were!

01-06-2015, 08:01 PM	#16 (permalink)
Kyriako5 Groupie Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 1	I didn't hear their new album yet but yes most of their songs are based on the same chords and ideas. I believe they just keep using the same style just because most of their older songs are famous. Of course no one said that is easy to come up with something new that will become a success, so for what it seems to be their last album it seems natural to stay on the same direction. Complexity is good but usually simple songs have much more success and they express some aspects much more than complex songs.

01-06-2015, 10:29 PM	#18 (permalink)
DeadChannel Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Canada Posts: 1,259	Some people's taste tends towards more musically complex stuff, which is fine imo. I do like a (well written) simple punk song, though.

01-06-2015, 11:30 PM	#19 (permalink)
CoNtrivedNiHilism Because I Am, I Can! Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 1,128	You know what... Sometimes, in certain circumstances, saying a bands entire discography sounds the same, it sort of makes whoever is saying it, look a bit ignorant. A band like AC/DC does not need to change their sound, fact is the band has had a pretty solid run and I feel each album is good in their own way. Metallica tried to experiment with their sound on a few albums, it didn't work for them, and so they went back, or tried going back to their sound from earlier albums, that also didn't entirely work in their favor. Metallica is a bit bland now, have been since the late 90's... AC/DC though, they are not a band where experimenting with their sound to remain relevant, is necessary. AC/DC is a great Rock band, and their music is more than good enough on its own without trying to do new things with it. My fourth time saying it now, or around that, but AC/DC changing their sound has never been necessary. @ Moss Haha, you've said what I've said without making it a rant. AC/DC has written some of the best Rock songs, some only on a few simple chords. I've heard two songs off of Rock Or Bust, liked them. It's the AC/DC I've listened to since I was a little kid, good enough for me.