OT: Who are the current monsters of rock?

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:48 pm

GTHobbes wrote:They're not anywhere close to being there yet, at least not in this country, but I think the Kings of Leon have a chance of becoming a monster of rock someday in the AC/DC mold. Hopefully their next album in April will contain some more of the old fashioned hard rocking done on their first two albums. I've had enough of the emo garbage that's been ruling (ruining) the rock scene. I don't want to see a return to the terrible rock that led the 80s either, and that's why I'm hoping bands like the KOL can take us back to what so many of us liked about rock in the first place.

I love Kings of Leon, but I've heard the new record - it might take a few more albums.

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:19 pm

Interesting AP article (Nickleback takes a beating....)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070320/ap_ ... _we_hate_4

Spooky · Post by **Spooky** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:36 pm

greggsand wrote: I love Kings of Leon, but I've heard the new record - it might take a few more albums.

Yeah...just obtaned a copy and it's pretty good, but not where I'd hope they'd be for their third effort. There are almost as many throw away tunes as there are good ones and only a couple gems IMO.

JRod · Post by **JRod** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:45 pm

Coldplay is one album from jumping the shark. Great potential but I think the Euro/UK pop is hurting a lot of bands from there. Too much techno and not enough rock.

I always think that the best Rock n Roll music is civil disobedience (from being with a girl or social unrest) wrapped in a nice tune that permeates our culture. U2's early work certainly did this. Can you believe that Pride (in the name of love) is a song about MLK? Springsteens early work again was like this, he hit on the blue-collar chord in the late 70s. At the end of the day it's a great song that touches on the human condition. The monsters of rock don't just release one song, they release albums of it.

Sadly I think the days of true monsters getting to the mainstream or very close to over. Commercialization of music is even more prevalent than in the 80s or 90s. Just like the movies, the music industry hasn't adapted to the internet and they are like crack addicts running out of smack. They will look anywhere to get their next hit.

I'm still waiting for an album to blow me away like the first time I listened to Dark Side of the Moon.

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:25 pm

JRod wrote:I'm still waiting for an album to blow me away like the first time I listened to Dark Side of the Moon.

Take a listen to "Frances the Mute" by the Mars Volta. It blew me away, especially when I saw them live. Fantastic album.

GTHobbes · Post by **GTHobbes** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:04 pm

Spooky wrote:
greggsand wrote: I love Kings of Leon, but I've heard the new record - it might take a few more albums.
Yeah...just obtaned a copy and it's pretty good, but not where I'd hope they'd be for their third effort. There are almost as many throw away tunes as there are good ones and only a couple gems IMO.

Sorry to hear ya say that...but then again, that's pretty much how I felt about both of their records for the first few listens, even that On Call song took a few listens to really grow on me. Still really looking forward to hearing the whole album in a couple of weeks.