Randy Rhoads is a prime example of a guitarist who took a wide range of influences and stretched the parameters of hard rock. I always liked reading magazine interviews with my guitar heroes-especially when I discovered some of their unexpected influences. So, what's a budding young rock guitarist to do? I believe and maintain that it's simply a matter of thinking outside of the box and breaking the mold.Įxpand your horizons. Taking into account CD purchases and streaming in the U.S., rock sits in second place after hip-hop/R&B (23 percent to 25.1 percent, respectively). I do think there is a lot of truth to what Rowley says, and a 2017 mid-year report from Nielsen Music seems to support his thinking. “Rock is eating itself, moving in ever decreasing circles, recycling its greatest hits." “And who do their bands sound like? Zeppelin, Free, Sabbath, Gun N' Roses, Thin Lizzy, AC/DC," he contends. Rowley goes on to note that asking today's young bands about their influences will result in a predictable role call: Zeppelin, Free, Sabbath, Gun N' Roses, Thin Lizzy, AC/DC. Joe Strummer would rave about Beefheart, King Tubby, and Johnny Cash."
Even the second generation: Angus Young would rave about Chuck Berry more than he would about Eric Clapton or Jimmy Page. “You'll get Tony Iommi raving about Hank Marvin, Jimmy Page talking about Scotty Moore and James Burton, Glenn Hughes banging on about Otis Redding, Rod Stewart about Sam Cooke. “Ask any of the first generation of hard-rock stars and you'll get a similar story," Rowley continues. According to the author Scott Rowley, “Rock music isn't dead it's just going 'round in circles and eating its own tail… It explores the theory that rock has become somewhat stagnant and is therefore losing popularity. “Has rock music run out of ideas?" is the title. Not too long ago, while on a Facebook guitar forum, I came across a recently posted link to an interesting, thought-provoking piece on TeamRock's website. So it naturally concerns me that rock music seems to be in a bit of a crisis recently. I grew up listening to all kinds of music, but rock 'n' roll was (and always will be) my number-one musical love.
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