Is rock dead? Not if you look at the data.
Fred Jacobs is a radio and music tech consultant who loves to dive into data about music trends and consumption. One of his latest pieces (via Hypebot) gets pretty nerdy when it comes
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Worried about the future of rock? Don’t be. A new revival might just be around the corner
“Rock is dead!” they bleated. “It’s over!” That’s what they were saying in 1957 when Elvis was inducted into the army. Rock’n’roll was still young, still being treated as a fad, and with
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New data suggests that alt-rock is growing in popularity
There’s been much discussion about the death of rock over the last couple of decades, but despite all the eulogies, the genre just won’t go away. In fact, it might actually been getting
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Rock isn’t dead. I have stats to prove it.
[This was my weekend column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] It hurt to see Pete Townshend, one of my musical heroes, succumb to the notion that rock music is in decline. “Hip-hop is rock
Read MoreRock is still king when it comes to the concert industry. Here’s why.
I had yet another conversation about the myth that rock music is dead. To hear the people in this bubble talk, things are so hopeless that us rock fans might as well roll
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Random Music News for Saturday, January 27, 2018
This was the first day of the Great Blizzard of 1977. People in the Great Lakes still talk about how bad it was. Unreleased Prince music is coming “very soon.” SONOS is fighting
Read MoreRandom Music News for Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Now that Blue Monday is behind us, we can concentrate on getting through the second half of what’s been (generally) a brutal month. Here’s your music news for January 16, 2018. Please don’t
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Is There Just a Crisis in Rock or in All Music? Are We Doomed? These People Think So.
While I’m whinging about the lack of loud guitar music in modern rock/alt-rock, other people are taken a dim view of popular music in general. And who’s to blame for the state of
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Coldplay Thinks That Rock Music Has Nowhere Else to Go
Oh, dear. It’s another “rock is dead” bleat, this time from Coldplay, a band that done their best to kill it. In the past, I would have gone to great lengths to refute
Read MoreWho Says Rock Is Dead? [UPDATE]
What’s this about rock being dead, murdered by unscrupulous pirating kids? That notion spouted by Gene Simmons received quite a bit of attention earlier this month, caryring all the way up to CNN.
Read MoreSo What’s This About Rock Finally Being Dead? I Beg to Disagree, Gene Simmons [UPDATE]
Oooo boy. Here we go again. Gene Simmons–never a man short of opinions–has declared rock to be dead in an interview with Esquire. I quote: Rock is finally dead.I am so sad that
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