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What happened to English rock and roll bands. A few years ago they were putting out. Now it's quiet.
 
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What happened to English rock and roll bands. A few years ago they were putting out. Now it's quiet.

It's still here, lots look to break the US, happy to be rid of Arctic Monkeys but we have kept some for ourselves.

Lemmy's love children - "Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs "



Wales' "Dream State"



and the disturbed "Puppy"



There are more, but we don't want you to steal them...
 
What happened to English rock and roll bands. A few years ago they were putting out. Now it's quiet.

Simon Cowell and music competition reality shows have fairly well distorted the music markets globally.
 
They became street fighting men instead.
 
Simon Cowell and music competition reality shows have fairly well distorted the music markets globally.

Also 'schools of performing arts' e.g : BRIT School - Wikipedia probably lead to a certain homogeneity of product in such a small, London-centric country.
 
What happened to English rock and roll bands. A few years ago they were putting out. Now it's quiet.

The sixties produced the best bands and the best music.
 
The sixties produced the best bands and the best music.

I give credit to the British bands of the 60's but Led Zeppelin and the Sex Pistols of the 70's should not be forgotten. I'm going to bypass the 80's but the 90's gave us Oasis and Blur; the 00's gave us Coldplay and Radiohead) I liked Kasabian.

I'm not saying 90's bands like Oasis / Blur or Radiohead were as good as the 60's Beatles or Rolling Stones but 70's bands like Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Motorhead, Sex Pistols, Black Sabbath certainly stand up to the 60's bands.

In fact, many might claim Zeppelin are the greatest British rock band ever.

EDIT: I forgot "the Cure" and "the Smiths" from the 80's, the Jam from the 70's. They probably never made it to the US but we loved them (well, not so much the Smiths, I hated them)
 
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Also 'schools of performing arts' e.g : BRIT School - Wikipedia probably lead to a certain homogeneity of product in such a small, London-centric country.

A&R works largely opposite the way in UK than it does in say America. The UK scouts will go out find and sign anybody they think could have some talent even if they don't have any success whereas in the US an act needs to have some success generally (save those reality shows) before A&R will show any interest in them. I think the British system likely creates more of that homogeneity because the talent is developed or discarded by committee as opposed to having fought and earned the opportunity to be there.
 
I give credit to the British bands of the 60's but Led Zeppelin and the Sex Pistols of the 70's should not be forgotten. I'm going to bypass the 80's but the 90's gave us Oasis and Blur; the 00's gave us Coldplay and Radiohead) I liked Kasabian.

I'm not saying 90's bands like Oasis / Blur or Radiohead were as good as the 60's Beatles or Rolling Stones but 70's bands like Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Motorhead, Sex Pistols, Black Sabbath certainly stand up to the 60's bands.

In fact, many might claim Zeppelin are the greatest British rock band ever.

EDIT: I forgot "the Cure" and "the Smiths" from the 80's, the Jam from the 70's. They probably never made it to the US but we loved them (well, not so much the Smiths, I hated them)
Lot of the septuagenarians would wander down this way to give a concert.

Went to see the Stones and hated them. Not their music but, considering them to be somewhat older than me, the way they danced all over the stage as if to say "see, YOU could be this fit if you'd taken up rock'n roll, instead of whatever lousy job(s) you decided to choose instead."

Mind you, I'd just done my back in and shouldn't really have been there at all. Still humiliating, though.

Saw Queen down here but it was, well.....errh.............ummh, no Freddie.

Same with Roger Waters, no Pink Floyd.

Speaking of 70s, Dire Straits of course are gone but I went to see Knopfler down here. Glad I also managed Cocker while he was still going good.

Those were the days before "got talent", you either didn't survive the pub circuit (not to mention the clubs), or you clawed your way to the top. Bands of the 60s and 70s, if they made it, are still un-equalled. Pretty much "un-plastic" too, not like some of the synthetic tripe of today (yeah, go ahead and call me an old fart, I deserve no better :mrgreen:).

Incidentally, I second your 90s choice.
 
~ Those were the days before "got talent", you either didn't survive the pub circuit (not to mention the clubs), or you clawed your way to the top. ~

Lots of bands here have made it without going anywhere near BGT but I agree it has somewhat muddied the water for a lot of bands. What I will say though is that a lot of bands now make their money from touring and concerts - selling merchandise rather than records and that's simply because the paying public want to go to concerts and buy merchandise - completely unwilling to pay for the actual music though.

Music is in a strange place right now and in my opinion, primarily due to piracy rather than Britain's Got Talent. I agree your comments about the Stones but then I felt they were never the same without Brian Jones. I'd say the same about Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac - I could never listen to them again without Peter Green and as for Pink Floyd.... always hated them though I do like "Wish you were here."

Queen without Freddie... to me, HE was Queen. Without him, nothing new was ever meaningfully released so it was just a money making machine and I know if I went I would just be wishing Freddie was there.
 
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