Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Doors, AC/DC, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Rage Against the Machine, and Boston are just a few bands I can list of the top of my head. These bands defined and set the bar for what rock n’ roll is meant to sound like. Although, a few of these bands and bits and pieces of others play now, they have not created any new songs since their reign of time. Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd in the 60’s and 70’s, Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana in the 80’s and then came the 90’s….What happened? Unless I’m deaf, the rock genre died completely. Alternative, emo, and indy was born out of the corpse of rock. Don’t get me wrong, I am not trying to bash any other type of music. I listen to Incubus (Light Grenades is a very good album by the way) and other alternative bands, but what happened to the greats? The unreal guitar solos like free bird (Lynard Skynard), Sweet Child of Mine (Slash for Guns n Roses), or Voodoo Child (Jimi Hendrix) not the three cord solos by Green Day. Has musical talent gone down the drain? Voices are synthesized, solos kept to a minimum, and instrument talent withered (Compare Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Paige or Eric Clapton to Dave Matthews or any other guitarist today then come talk to me). What happen to the music world we know today?
