What Happened to Rock and Roll ?!


What Happened to Rock n Roll?
by Adam Yorkshire
Rock and Roll was a musical genre born from the ashes of American Blues. With its popularity, came excess, sexual expression and ground-breaking cultural revolutions that cemented the genre as the permanent enemy of parents all over the world. Yet, today's Rock music seems to not only be best friends with most parents. It has become completely irrelevant, repetitious, predictable, and faked.
70-80s were high times for rock Musicians, but now they are very few new rock Bands such as QUEEN, RUSH, Pink Floyd, Boston and many more! You may be asking yourself "Who killed Rock and Roll?" and the answer is a mixture of the fans, the artists themselves and the record giants. Also, the more important question is what happened to rock n roll?
Evolution of Rock Music
Rock and Roll, to the dismay of many a frightened parent, was here to stay. The kids became the focus of record company executives. The music does not only introduce a new genre, but it also created a new culture. Self-expression became the chant of a new generation and the new music was the vehicle for their experimentation.
The 1960's saw offshoots of the genre spring up. Folk-rock enjoyed notable popularity during this time and the Beatles came on the scene with the British Invasion. The 70's saw the full bloom of heavy metal and by the end of the decade, America was deep into disco dance music. The 1980's saw the decline of disco and the birth of punk music. The punk movement still today claims some die-hard fans yet had short-lived popularity with the masses.
There would be categories and sub-categories such as: soft rock, hard rock, pops rock and classic-rock that would surface over the next 20 years. The fact remains that, they are considered to be under the rock and roll umbrella because they possess many elements of the original rock and roll style of the 1950's.
Modern Rock Music
The main ingredients that define the Rock and Roll style music are the instruments combined with the melodies. Guitar, piano and drums are the main instruments found in rock music. Technology is believed by some to have reduced the true essence of rock music. With so much of today's music being computerized, the raw talent of a singer and or musician is said to no longer exist.
Over the last 10 years, a revival of the pop style of rock music with vocals and a microphone has taken place. The insurgence of talent shows like American Idol has once again demanded talent from aspiring rock or pop artists. Contestants are required to stand on their talent alone with only their voice and a microphone. They can't depend on the manipulations of technology to give them what only God can bestow.
It comes as no surprise to see the success of modern rock bands slowly dissipating as the general public gets their rock star fix from the veteran classic rock bands or even rap. If Rock and Roll wants to make a comeback, it needs to go back to the basics. The veteran bands are proof that there is still demand for rock music. Only time will tell if the artists can fill that demand.

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