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I posted a blog earlier today called "WTF Happened To Rock Music?!" and towards the end of it I stated:

"What about NEW singers/bands that formed in the 2000/2010's? The NEW
groups/singers of the 2000/2010's were Britney Spears, Christina
Aguilera, Pussycat Dolls, Danity Kane, Justin Bieber and Jonas Brothers
(to name a few)."

The most popular artists tend to have more than a million listeners. To give you and idea of the popular artists that started (formed) in 2000's-2014's I will go by Last.FM's number of listeners to give you an idea. Keep in mind that Last.FM is only ONE place to hear music on the internet... there are several other online and offline radio stations.

1. Britney Spears (2,885,103 listeners)

2. Christina Aguilera (2,501,538 listeners)

3. Pussycat Dolls (1,893,984 listeners)

4. Justin Bieber (1,073,034 listeners)

5. Jonas Brothers (548,137 listeners)

6. Danity Kane (500,855 listeners)

The above artists I do not listen to... yet I have heard of them due to their popularity. I have sampled some of their music but do not find it at all appealing, in-fact I find the sound appalling. The "mainstream" Rock Music of today is not my cup of tea.  These modern "hyped" artists do not have sound nor the feel of the older REAL ROCK MUSIC. In my opinion the "popular" rock of today has defaced Rock Music... they are trying to sound more hip-hop while calling it Rock Music.


I stated in my earlier post "WTF Happened To Rock Music?!":

"If you want to hear "REAL ROCK MUSIC" today you will have to find a band that has been together before the 2000's or search hard and deep "underground". By "underground" I mean a group/singer is NOT "mainstream" or "popular"."

Over the last few weeks of listening to a handful of "underground" modern bands I found a few that I actually like. What I like is the retro sound/feel to the music. They are influenced by "REAL ROCK MUSIC" that most of us have enjoyed over the years and it shows in their music.  The modern "underground" bands take their influences from groups like Jethro Tull, Black Sabbath, The Cure, The Beach Boys etc. while maintaining their own unique Rock sound. The bands below is what "Modern Rock" should sound like (IMHO). Below are a handful of "new" bands that I am enjoying listening to.

 DIIV (2011 - present)

Song: "Doused" has a new wave, post-punk, surf rock sound about it.





She Wants Revenge (2005 - present)

Song: "Written in Blood" is  post-punk, new wave and gothic rock

 





Jex Thoth (2007 - present)

Song: "The Places You Walk" a psychedelic, heavy metal (doom), (neo) folk sound.


If REAL ROCK MUSIC is to survive then we should not call the Hip-Hop sound Rock Music. This ruins both genres. If the two sounds are mixed then it should be tagged/stated as such. Hip-Hop is what it is "Hip-Hop".  Rock Music is "Rock Music". A fusion of the two genres one might call Hip-Rock or Rock-Hop but certainly NOT Rock Music.

The "mainstream" bands/singers that started out in 2000-present should listen to the older Rock Music or the modern "underground" Rock Music to know what REAL ROCK MUSIC should sound like.

I'm still in hopes that in the future (2020's) that the new bands/singers of that era will bring about REAL ROCK MUSIC once again. Whether it be Punk, New Wave, Psychedelic, Progressive, Folk-Rock, Disco, Rockabilly, Gothic, Heavy Metal or some new form of Rock - as long as it it REAL ROCK MUSIC on the modern Rock Stations once again.


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