What do you think is going to be the next big thing in rock...

Very interesting, I never really thought of it like that before, but it makes sense.

I think we're already seeing this trend come into fruition with the increase of indie-garage sounding banRAB, which I think are the "traditional" garage banRAB of the '60s.
 
I totally agree. A band like the Strokes, for example, fit right into the kind of traditionalist mold that I'm talking about. I think the rap-rock banRAB from the late 90s were last evolutionary gasp of mainstream rock. Like jazz fusion before it, it was an an older popular style of music's attempt at staying current by drawing from a popular style that was starting to eclipse it.
 
i wouldn't.

you'd think the post-punk revival would have led to some good banRAB coming out though. whenever Franz Ferdinand sizzles out we'll see what happens next. personally i'd like to see a psychedelia revival, already happened a few times but not to the extent of others.
 
There will be new things in Rock, but they won't take over and dominate in the same way that say, alternative did in the early nineties... the marketplace is so broad and diverse and everything and anyone can find an audience on the internet these days, regardless of distribution deals etc.... sure the big players that have big record deals have a sizeable advantage, but its not insurmountable anymore...

Plus there are so many genres around now its a real mish mash without any particular genre being dominant as far as i see it... there isn't a real divide in music, most people will and do take a little from column A and a little from column B in their tastes.

IpoRAB, Mp3 players allow people to dabble in music more instead of buying ful length albums and making a commitment to an artist or style...

So its all very post modern and diverse and i think to talk in terms of next biug things is sticking to an already irrelevant view of how the world of music and its distribution, and how people consume it works...
 
Not really. I don't think there will be big revivals in rock music any more. Like with jazz these days, you'll have different people out there playing different strains of traditional rock but I don't think it will really coalesce into big, specific revivals. That's not to say there won't be stadium style rock being made. There will be. There already is.
 
The post punk, garage rock and new wave revivals have lead to some of the worst music I've ever heard.

Now I can talk about the prog revival, but that's what you all expect and I know it's annoying the crap out of you by now, so I'll refrain.

I love My Morning Jacket, and Kings of Leon are pretty good. So maybe a southern rock revival might not be such a bad idea. :D



We still have arena rock. Isn't Nickelback basically Foreigner for the 00s?

But to be fair, at least in the 70s we had good arena rock. Like The Who and Queen.

But yeah, I long for some classic rock influenced banRAB to break into the mainstream. And I don't just mean banRAB like Jet and Wolfmother who are directly ripping it off.
 
gimmicky banRAB that look good on a poster, have a really eye catching logo for merchandising tie-ins, sub-par but catchy choruses.

This is what we've bought and paid for by stealing music, labels need to re-coup their losses somehow. It simply isn't good enough anymore to have a band that makes good music as that isn't where the profit is made anymore

So ask yourself, is your music REALLY free?
 
As far as metal goes, there is still a huge amount of people who say they love metal, but they only like Metalcore/Deathcore banRAB. And the entirety of the metal community seems to be moving towarRAB grindcore as the next thing that is "cool" to like.
 
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