When will rock die?

[musiclistsareus]

I just read the most recent top 40 chart today-there were 4 rap albums on the list, and 13 rock albums on the list. So rap is approximately 1/3 the popularity of rock, by that standard. I know this is just one way of judging popularity, but it seems like a good one to me.

[Macrosa]

I want to hear your predictions on how long it will take for Rock n Roll to lose momentum and no longer be a dominant music genre. At what point will there be no more rock bands?

Rock is not dead so is punk music not dead !! But the Mainstream music is hip hop , rap and pop music now

May be in the future rock may make a big come back.

[dbuck]

Rock came out of the blues...so I would predict that when the blues die. Rock will soon follow. Everyone gets the blues now and then.

[musiclistsareus]

Rock is not dead so is punk music not dead !! But the Mainstream music is hip hop , rap and pop music now

May be in the future rock may make a big come back.

Pop is always going to be mainstream-it's in the name (pop=popular). But there has never been a time when independant music was so vibrant and rock is a major component of indie (along with folk, pop, etc.). Hip-Hop has some mainstream success, but I think Country music sells more albums-anyway you can still find albums of music by Palestrina and Gesualdo and those dudes have been gone for like 350 years-so I predict the Beatles music will endure for at least as long.

[Jack]

... but I already know how a lot of music is intercontected (especially in rock). I just find Elvis's music to be veritably boring, and the fact he didn't write any of his music doesn't exactly help either. He was just a pop star. Nothing more, nothing less. So, in that sense, I can't really appreciate him either (you can appreciate an artist without actually enjoying his or her music you know). I much prefer the jazz and experimental music that was occurring approximately around that time anyways...

Also, your point on rock existing through genres future/present, I know for a fact that rock will do this (it has been done already). I mean, with industrial music and Keiji Haino's music, it takes from the rawness of rock as well as its instruments, and transforms it into something entirely new. So really, rock will live on in its influence, but I don't really see any innovation coming from it (as an actual genre) anytime soon... I believe it has exhausted that aspect of it long ago.

[musiclistsareus]

recently published their list of the biggest moneymakers in music over the last year; pop was predominant, but there were 4 rock bands in the top 20, 5 country artists in the top 20, and 1 hip-hopper in the top 20.

[Axe Elf]

Since touring is such a big part of most artists' revenue (U2 was second on the list, despite relatively weak album sales, due to the success of their 360 tour), it's amazing to me that the Beatles were still #24 on the list of top 40 moneymakers in 2011--despite not touring and half the members being dead. Paul McCartney double-dipped, also appearing as a solo artist on the list somewhere in the 30s.

[jmhudak17]

Hopefully not any time soon. It seems to fade sometimes with all the rap and pop going around, but there's still a lot of people listening to rock.

[kschultz197]

I don't think "rock music" is going to die anytime soon simply because it's constantly evolving. Elvis' "rock music" is dead, but the genre of "rock" is still alive and well. Over the next 100 years, the genre will continue to evolve, leaving certain acts and groups dead on the side of the road and allowing new groups and sounds the opportunity to prosper.

[Flopo]

rock died in the early 90s....but i m glad that there was a scandinavian wave of nice rockbands....