What happened to Rock and Roll?

Rock music used to be loud and in your face. It was rebellious, dangerous and over the top. Groups like Megadeth, Def Lepard and Ozzy was what rock was all about. Now its just about a few wussies whining about their girlfriends. How and why did it stray so much. Yeah Nirvana was good but it turned the rock fans into pansies.

What happened to Rock and Roll?
You're throwing a loaded question out there for us. We could go even further and ask what happened to all of the garage bands of the 60's, etc, etc, etc. None of the three bands with a minor exception to Ozzy would be anywhere near my list of "what rock was all about". All three pretty much hit the mainstream and have generally faded in terms of popularity because tastes and trends have changed over time. Most rock fans would cite Ozzy's best work was with Black Sabbath. Megadeth's popularity peaked in part due to a general shift in rock music. While music may change quite a bit bands that are transitional tend to strike the historical chord moreso than those who follow in the wake.



Nirvana was a transition out of 80's hair bands, Green Day transitioned so-cal punk and brought a slough of bands up with them to the mainstream. Music is largely cyclical and while I agree with you that most music you hear on the radio is pooh, there's still a few bands worthy of merit out there that are not singing about their girlfriends.



Consider that the White Stripes were riding the tail end of the garage rock revival, bands like the Faint rode the 80's synth revival, Wolfmother and the Strokes are geared more towards 70's revival.



Other bands that are worth their weight in gold never break into the mainstream but are rock from sun up to sun down, from year to year: Steve Albini has carried his sound from Big Black to Shellac on the back of his Travis Bean - while the sound has changed, it is still what rock was and what it is and what it should be.



The music is still there, you just have to be willing to look for it. I would suggest going to Pandora.com radio, typing in a few bands and see what comes up - you'll be surprised at what is new and what is old that you may have missed.

I've found the better adventure is finding all of the music that I was missing growing up.
Reply:def lepard and ozzy r 2 much 4 2days groups 2 live up to. no one would listen 2 it cuz its just not the same. ima teen and i love rock and roll but if sum new group 2day tried 2 play rock and roll it wouldnt be as good.the 60s-80s was the rock n roll era and now its the rap and emo and punk era.
Reply:Rock and Roll will one day find its way back to the top

i am a HUGE classic rock fan

I hate rap because a lot of songs are nasty

Long live rock and roll



cheers to Freddie Mercury, Randy Rhodes, and Jimi Hendrix
Reply:check out some bands like wolfmother and black rebel motorcycle club
Reply:You got me chef, i dunno what the hell happened either! Evolution and direction of the music industry i guess , ....though i can't stand where it's taken us to. ....For me , i decided to chuck it all and go back and rediscover what lit my fire the first time, which meant breaking out all my old Queen , Thin Lizzy , Def Leppard , UFO , Sweet , etc. albums .....and i'm ok with that. Screw modern pop rock radio!
Reply:It died away after the 80's and when hip-hop/rap came around strong and in your face. Ewww...
Reply:I wish I knew. A lot of once-good bands and artists who used to play rock like it should be- loud, up-beat and catchy, are now coming out with stuff that's more likely to put one to sleep.

Like many other answerers, most of the rock CDs I listen to now are my old ones.
Reply:Dude, Music is Music.Giving it a name is so stupid.Wether it be Rock and Roll,Metal,Hard Rock,Punk Rock,Emo,Goth Rock, or Whatever.It's music and it impacts people thru the way it's expressed.It's all the same S**T cause it has all had a impact on culture.
Reply:It's hiding from the emos.
Reply:You got a point, all these new bands sound exactly the same to me...like they paid the same guy to sing in every freaking group...and yeah nirvana was good..but look what it did to us!
Reply:Nirvana killed Heavy Metal. But years later Heavy Metal started making a come back, with Kid Rock, Korn, Slipknot, and Limp Bizket. So, I don't know what happened. You either have to listen to 35 year old classic rock or try to find a few good bands of today, which is very hard to do.
Reply:It's still out there, it's just gotten harder to find.
Reply:cry, cry... :( we can still live with punk and emo... but still...
Reply:these new bands are trying to capture that sound to me is jus plain uncreative and almost poser like but there are lot of diffrent metal bands out nowadays you jus have to look at avenues of a musics genere. to its like alot of people are in bands in this generation of ours but theres a few people today who are musicians,they might not be the most popular or the next big thing,but they are there you jus have to take a listen and decide for yourself.
Reply:I have to agree.. I don't really care for much of today's music (and I'm only 18!!).. Classic rock is the BEST!!!!
Reply:I don't know, I gave up trying to listento the radio a dozen years ago.



As for the bands mentiones: Megadeth is was still out there lobbying bombs at the powers that be until this year's United Abomination, which sounds like Fox News is startings its own label. Love Ozzy, but he's pretty much a muppet now. Def leppard sold out in 87, setting a template for metallica. I never cared for nirvana; just never saw what the hoopla was all about.