Music these days- it's really bad...

@DragonSlayer Said


Also, can someone please explain to me why everyone hates Skrillex? In all honesty, I don't get the issue here...

@IndieMonet727 Said

I am so sick of hearing those damn synthesizers, and every chorus being put on repeat, till it sounds like the artist has a severe stuttering problem.
And you know what? It isn't just the pop scene that is going down hill.


I was listening to my local rock station last week. They play everything from Metal, to Alt Rock, to Indie Rock, Grunge, everything. I was listening to some bands that I have liked in the past like Linkinpark, Chevelle, Foo Fihters....and I could barely recognize them. It wasn't rock. It was pop, with
a light delicate riff. Hell, even Country artists go harder on their guitars. And just when I was making sure that I was on the right station, Lourd with her Royals song came on. Then a beat later, Rihanna. Rock and roll is dying, music itself is dying. We need mouth to mouth at this point. Everything just sounds so glossy and artificial, like brightly colored plastic. It is REALLY upsetting me because I am in love with music, and when I try to find music that will prove to me that hey, theres a pulse out there somewhere, I just find new bands trying to sound like the rest of the crap thats being circulated. It isn't fair.

@Commander4th Said

Unfortunately this is the crap that sells nowadays, even the most talentless singer can get in the top 10 now with a bit of autotuning and some sort of sex scandal publicity.

@IndieMonet727 Said

I understand that because we're such a society built on the "Shock Factor", so artists have to do more to be remembered. But at the price of the music. And I believe part of that is our fault.

@Leon Said

I've noticed that too, as has the media, which noted there were zero rock acts at the recent MTV music awards (the one with Miley Cyrus' controversial performance).

It's normal for those a bit older to harp on current music being crap, but this is a bit different because it's a matter of missing an entire genre for the most part (there are exceptions) here in mainstream music rather than it just sounding different. I'm not talking about a small niche genre, either, but one that had been the backbone of mainstream music for over 50 years. Rock music truly seems to be dead these days.

@IndieMonet727 Said

I don't usually watch those award shows, but that night I caught the VMA's, and you're not. Not one single rock artist was in the building. Not even mainstream rock artists, like the Foo Fighters, or even Fall Out Boy. (they're not really
rock, but they do play their own instruments)
I wonder how long this stand still is going to last.