New Rock N Roll

[Kiki]

Rock N Roll needs a new stereotype to move forward. Like... everyone involved in it needs to find a new way to behave and copy each others. A new scene for Rock N Roll. Something different. Any ideas?

[Kool Keith Sweat]

I think rock music needs more African music. Yeah, we got Graceland and Vampire Weekend, and everyone and their mother was into the drummers of Burundi in the '80s, but I wanna hear some psychedelic electric kora over Gibby Haynes or a drone highlighted by some mbira.

[sp4cetiger]

I hope that the next rock revival will be something I couldn't expect or predict. If I had to guess, though, it will be very loud. Much like soft, sentimental indie music was the "rebellious" response to grunge/alternative in the 90s, I think there will be a backlash against the indietronica landfill. In fact, the situation right now is very similar to the mid-70s, when heavily produced art rock, such as Sgt. Pepper, Ziggy, and Dark Side of the Moon, were very trendy. The punk rock movement was the response back then... we can only hope for something half as interesting in the coming decade.

[lightmyway]

I'd like to hear something new. I don't think stripping rock down yet again and getting loud will do it anymore. I like ppnw's idea of bringing in some world elements. Rock is sort of in hibernation right now with all these indie pop bands. The phase we're in right now reminds me a LOT of the days right before grunge when madchester and indie/synth pop were the chic sounds.

[HazeyTwilight]

I'd probably like the new rock movement to be some kind of fusion of two preexisting genres. I know it may seem a bit of a stretch but I could see some development in the works. For example, I could see a fusion of punk and classical or riff-rock with eastern influences or progressive rock mixed with some reggae - kind of like Easy Star All Stars.
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[Kiki]

I'm not talking about "genre" or what the music sounds like.

What I would like is a new way of doing things, a new idea, people dressing some other way, different tropes to do with Rock N Roll. Sex, Drugs and Rock N Roll is getting old. Festivals are corporate ventures.

How about ridding the notion of analyzing and critiquing the music. What would it be like without that? What about changing the song structures? Realizing on different formats?

I don't care how things actually sound. Also the idea of combining two "genres" is what produces the music which is usually bashed here, there and everywhere.

[sp4cetiger]

So you mean something analogous to, for example, the DIY ethic or glam fad?

[Guest]

[alelsupreme]

Vuvuzelas man, vuvuzelas.

[Robert Anton Wilson]

More cowbells.