In a recent interview with USA Today, Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash spoke about current state of music industry. He said that rock isn’t mainstream anymore.
“Rock isn’t mainstream anymore, and in some ways, I like that. It harks back to when rock ‘n’ roll was more of an underground concept – when people were speaking about things that they weren’t necessarily comfortable saying in the mainstream arena.
As far as hip-hop is concerned, it’s become so generic at this point. It’s definitely taken on a very Top-40 thing.”
He also revealed his favorite rock band:
“I love the Foo Fighters. My favorite band consistently has been Queens of the Stone Age because they always put out cool, interesting records. But I still listen to a lot of old stuff because the rock ‘n’ roll that turned me on as a kid, not too much of it exists.”
fuzi0ndet on September 24th, 2018 at 00:19 UTC »
I love it for a selfish reason, I get to see my favorite bands in small venues very often. The kind you'd have to kill to get into to see a T40 artist like Taylor Swift. And these are the best shows, no matter what you like.
I just know how hard life is on the road for these folks. I think the myth of living like a rock star probably only applies to the top 1% in the game. I want more success for them.
I also love that there's not as much pressure on these artists like there is on a big budget T40 artist. We get more of what that band wants to put out, depending on the label. I know that's not the rule of thumb but I bet the odds are better than other main stream music.
leonardsquigman on September 23rd, 2018 at 23:39 UTC »
Rock is still here with great bands bubbling up all around us just beneath the surface.
One of these days we're going to hear something completely new from an unknown band who will be the next rock gods...it will scream & shred and blow us all away...I can't wait!
EDIT: Oh ffs I said something completely NEW. not rehashes/tribute bands pleeeeze (nothing wrong with that but that's not what Im talking about). completely new blood is what the patient needs.
CrusherMA on September 23rd, 2018 at 23:00 UTC »
His full comment:
“Rock isn’t mainstream anymore, and in some ways, I like that. It harks back to when rock ‘n’ roll was more of an underground concept – when people were speaking about things that they weren’t necessarily comfortable saying in the mainstream arena.”