13-11-2014, 20:25
I did not go off music completely, but came close from about 1982 to 1989, when we had a tsunami of synth-pop in the UK. I hate to say it, but the LA big hair bands of the late eighties, like G'n'R brought hard rock back to the radio and then grunge created a resurgence of interest in heavy and progressive rock. I also liked some of the grunge bands like Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Temple of the Dog. The late eighties/early nineties saw the return of Black Sabbath, Golden Earring and ELP, while there were some interesting new groups like Blue Murder, Badlands, The Tea Party, Masters of Reality, Cry of Love, Stiltskin and others. By the mid-to-late nineties there were some great progressive rock bands like Spock's Beard, Dream Theater and Transatlantic. During the noughties, rock music began to suffer again in the face of the continuation of rap, boy/girl bands, noisy girl singers, whiny-voiced bands and computer created stuff.
Bands like Nirvana and Oasis were not my flag in a thick pea, but they did at least write their own songs and use guitars, putting a nail in the coffin of synth-pop!
I should add that I am not saying all synth-pop (Human League), rap (Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel), boy bands (Il Divo) and girl bands (En Vogue) are bad, I just don't want to see and hear them all the time!
In answer to the question(!), I find myself not wanting to hear a lot of new music, because I feel I won't like it anyway. By this I mean a lot of heavy and progressive rock, which is what I have always liked. One of the good things about the internet is that I can go back and hear a lot of old music which was previously hard to find.
Bands like Nirvana and Oasis were not my flag in a thick pea, but they did at least write their own songs and use guitars, putting a nail in the coffin of synth-pop!
I should add that I am not saying all synth-pop (Human League), rap (Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel), boy bands (Il Divo) and girl bands (En Vogue) are bad, I just don't want to see and hear them all the time!
In answer to the question(!), I find myself not wanting to hear a lot of new music, because I feel I won't like it anyway. By this I mean a lot of heavy and progressive rock, which is what I have always liked. One of the good things about the internet is that I can go back and hear a lot of old music which was previously hard to find.
âThe fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.â William Shakespeare, As You Like It
