Asked for his views on current rock music, he said: "I just feel that this whole generation needs to all eat a steak. Maybe they just need to quit eating vegetarian food and get out there and get some blood pumping in their system. Rock 'n' roll is not about 'Happy happy happy, everything's okay. We're The Lumineers, let's clog dance.' Hey, there's a place for that. If I wanted to see a great clog dancing band, I'd see The Lumineers."

Using Mumford And Sons as an example, meanwhile, he went on to add: "Mumford And Sons are great at what they do. But it's not rock 'n' roll. Don't call it rock 'n' roll. It's an offence to rock 'n' roll.

"I get they want to be folk rock, and I guess they want to look like everybody else," he continued. "I'm old school when it comes to if you're in a band, you're an outlaw. You don't play by those rules, you're a rock 'n' roll outlaw. It doesn't mean you have to be on drugs,, but when you get onstage you don't play the guitar up here, and it's not an acoustic guitar. You play the guitar down here. It doesn't come from your brain, it comes from your guts. It comes from your groin. It's sexual. It's tribal."
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Tiernan;1472539 wrote:Alice was irrelevent 2 weeks after "Schools Out" hit the charts. Real rock n roll bands have laughed at him for 40 yrs.

ccrunner609;1472598 wrote:Alice is right. Rock is dead (minus the foo fighters)

sherm03;1472602 wrote:Red Wanting Blue is a perfect example.

ccrunner609;1472598 wrote:Alice is right. Rock is dead (minus the foo fighters)

Sonofanump;1472618 wrote:There are only two bands that are current that I would pay money to see. Foo Fighters and Black Keys.

said_aouita;1472657 wrote:How about individual artists? Neil Young, Chris Cornell and Trent Reznor I'd pay to see.
Also would like to see the band Radiohead.

believer;1472658 wrote:Good rock has been dead essentially since the late 80's. Frankly it's been pure crap. New wannabe rock bands since that time have fallen whoafully short of the talent we once enjoyed from the great bands of the 60's, 70's, and 80's.

There are absolutely no "fresh" rock acts that will ever compare or rise to level of the Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, AC DC, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Styx, Journey, Foreigner, Genesis, Aerosmith, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, ZZ Top, etc.

Like some above there are very few true rock bands still on tour that I would pay money to see and most of those would be old skool bands like Rush...and Rush is getting ready to call it quits.

Manhattan Buckeye;1472679 wrote:^^^

Be that as it may, Believer's point is true. Even the crappy bands of glam rock (Kiss) or 80's butt rock (Poison) were at least entertaining. It wasn't a decision to go see Justin Bieber or Beyonce lip synch, but rather to actually watch people perform. As horrible as boy bands like Menudo or New Kids on the Block were, they had a short shelf life. Now it appears that we're going to be Ke$ha'd forever with terrible music. Ask yourself this question: if money was no object and you could see any show, who would it be. My wife and I would say Fleetwood Mac, which had their heyday 30 years ago.

Manhattan Buckeye;1472699 wrote:It seems strange to me that living in the information age we have to work harder to find good music than we did when we had 3 FM stations (and maybe 1 AM stations) that showcased new talent.

Classyposter58;1472742 wrote: Seriously it's crazy how in the last 5 years everyone has started listening to country more

Sonofanump;1472618 wrote:There are only two bands that are current that I would pay money to see. Foo Fighters and Black Keys.

Midstate01;1472828 wrote:I wouldn't consider the black keys rock at all. They're more alternative.

Rock music definitely sucks right now.