Gene Simmons: Rock is Dead

[Kamen_Kaiju]

There is truth to that, but it's more of a truth for musicians as a whole rather than just rock musicians. I didn't hear him declaring that blues and jazz are dead as well.

he did say that.

Read the Esquire interview, it makes more sense then the soundbites flying around.

He said Country, Rap, and Pop are the styles getting backing,...everyone else is on their own.

 

[six-string]

i would strongly recommend reading David Byrne's (Talking Heads) book called How Music Works. it is a very well written and enlightening truthful book about music.
he discusses in detail all sorts of important things to consider about why we make music, why we like music, how people do and do not make money in the music business. why the music industry is in decline etc. etc.
and contrary to the common belief, there is a lot of good music out there still being written and performed by all sorts of very talented folks.
and you can still make a decent living in the music "industry", but the chances of some A&R guy walking into your bar to see you play and signing you up with a big $ advance are about less than your odds of winning the Powerball these days.
so wise up and take responsibility for your own success (ask Joey he's big on personal responsibility i hear..)

 

[dsmcl77]

Rock is dead!
Long live Rock!

 

[hrfdez]

Gene Simmons: Rock is ‘Finally Dead,’ Killed by Entitled, White Middle- and Upper-Class Young People « Radio.com

Do people actually listen to anything this hack says? Another old dude scared of the oogy boogy scary internet. This shit always kills me

He should be scared of himself. With all those plastic surgeries he could be Frankenstein stunt double

 

[MikeyTheCat]

he did say that.

Read the Esquire interview, it makes more sense then the soundbites flying around.

He said Country, Rap, and Pop are the styles getting backing,...everyone else is on their own.

That's too much effort, easier to just pizz on the geezer than listen to what a guy who has been in the business for 30 plus years (and still filling large sheds) has to say.

 

[Chicago John]

This should tell you all you need to know about "Mr. Rockstar":

Studio legend Carole Kaye gives Gene Simmons a lesson on bass - YouTube

Gene's fingers have become too fat to play bass properly

 

[Groove Toad]

Here's advice from Dick Dale about the music industry from 2007.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AJxc3Lxn4o]Dick Dale Interview - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Kamen_Kaiju]

I love that video.

Dick Dale rocks

 

[markbastable]

The Who had something to say about the longevity of Rock and Roll before "professor Simmons"... The interviewer was his son...... More blatant self promotion.

THE WHO - Long Live Rock (1973 UK TV Appearance) ~ HIGH QUALITY HQ ~ - YouTube

That's disillusioning. When I was a kid, I really thought the performances on the Whistle Test were really live, like totally really...

 

[VerbalPuke]

I might believe this when Lemmy or Iggy Pop declare it. Until then Gene should stick to his midget Dr. Pepper commercials, or make another Disco album.

Seriously, nobody that has ever recorded a disco album should ever comment on the state of rock and roll.

 

[cynic79]

That's too much effort, easier to just pizz on the geezer than listen to what a guy who has been in the business for 30 plus years (and still filling large sheds) has to say.

That's pretty much the crux of this. He's in "the business," which is about the least rock and roll thing you can do.

 

[Spot]

I remember seeing a KISS video in the 90’s and Chaim Weitz stated he didn’t care what Rolling Stone editors/writers thought of his band because they “were a bunch of aging hippies”. And now because Mr. Bat-lizard man, in his later years, is unable to appreciate current the younger bands running the show he’s now pronounced rock “dead”.

Ironic that he says “Rock didn’t die of old age; it was murdered” because I feel the same way about what he single-handly did to the legacy of one of the coolest bands of my childhood.

Now that I’ve got that off my chest I’ll just go ahead and throw up one more raccoon-nest-head

 

[MikeyTheCat]

That's pretty much the crux of this. He's in "the business," which is about the least rock and roll thing you can do.

Considering the most rock n' roll thing anyone can do is die in their musical prime at the age of 27 of an overdose or some other sexy way to go out, I'll take being in the business.

Anyone making money by playing, recording, producing, booking, writing is in the music business. Opera, show tunes, country, blues, Jazz and even rock are all businesses.

 

[FLICKOFLASH]

Rock has been murdered . Anyone here making a living playing Rock ? Making bank selling recordings ? Who was the last iconic star or band who has sustaining popularity in the last twenty years ? Do record companies still excist ? If so does bands get any money up front ,tour support or A & R treatment ?

New musicians stopped being rockstars & have lost creativity. Everything these days is very perfected ,stale & the same as the next guy. Just listen to how drummers played in the past to what is played today. Music used to be off the cuff & did not follow a perfect tempo.

Hip hoppers are making $$$ because they know they have to sell bling bling & project the $$$ lifestyle which their fans crave. They are in then their out.

 

[VictorB]

Rock has been murdered . Anyone here making a living playing Rock ? Making bank selling recordings ? Who was the last iconic star or band who has sustaining popularity in the last twenty years ? Do record companies still excist ? If so does bands get any money up front ,tour support or A & R treatment ?

Uhhhh... Foo Fighters? Green Day? Joe B? Jack White?

Just because they don't wear lipstick and spandex doesn't mean it's not rock.

 

[MikeyTheCat]

But compare that to the number of great bands in the 60's, or the 70's and even the 80's and 90's. We just don't have depth in the bench anymore. Now I will say that country is where you'll find a lot of bands playing live and scratching out a living.

 

[Kamen_Kaiju]

that was kind of the point of the article, rock hasn't been promoted since the 90's.

 

[FrankieOliver]

Hanging on by a grey pube, but it isn't dead...yet.

 

[VictorB]

Hanging on by a grey pube, but it isn't dead...yet.

Ewwwwwww.

 

[SteveGangi]

Hanging on by a grey pube, but it isn't dead...yet.

It's just resting.