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While I enjoy listening to a wide variety of music genres I've always enjoyed rock music the most. Growing up I remember being able to see rock music videos on all of the music channels and we had multiple radio stations in the city that played nothing but new rock. I went to see countless rock concerts in big arenas with huge crowds. All of that now seems to be gone. All of the strictly rock radio stations have died out. The only one we have now only plays older music.  < ="text/">1337x When rock < ="text/">KissAsian  acts come < ="text/">MangaStream through town now they are usually in a small bar or pool hall. Is this common in other areas? Is rock music just dying in popularity? What do you think caused that? What do you think it will take to bring it back?

Edited by Divinejames - November 29 2018 at 03:08

Divinejames wrote: While I enjoy listening to a wide variety of music genres I've always enjoyed rock music the most. Growing up I remember being able to see rock music videos on all of the music channels and we had multiple radio stations in the city that played nothing but new rock. I went to see countless rock concerts in big arenas with huge crowds. All of that now seems to be gone. All of the strictly rock radio stations have died out. The only one we have now only plays older music. When rock acts come through town now they are usually in a small bar or pool hall. Is this common in other areas? Is rock music just dying in popularity? What do you think caused that? What do you think it will take to bring it back? I know rock isn't dead. I still listen to it and discover new bands through last.fm, spotify etc. There is a lot of really good rock music still being made... it just seems to have fallen completely out of the mainstream. I always wondered if it had something to do with the increase in popularity of screamed vocals in hardcore and post-hardcore? For a while that seemed to have taken over the "rock" scene and I'm guessing that type of music isn't really radio friendly. The popularity of those styles seem to be fading somewhat as well in recent years. Do you think that is going to open the door for a more traditional rock revival?

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