Rock Timeline: From Classic Rock to Modern Crap [COMIC]
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What the hell is everyones problem with Nickelback? I mean sure, they aren't breaking new musical ground, but they also never claimed to. It's just catchy music that makes s**t tons of money.
ReplyMusic is on life support currently and unfortunately a bunch of untalented assholes think that by making meaningless noise and plagiarizing each other they're gonna save it. How many f*****g times has an artist popped up out of nowhere and said "I'm gonna break the chain" then ended up breaking down and make s****y music? Too many times for my liking. It's like watching a dude push a lead ball up a huge hill. Only with more auto tune and less clothes. Mainstream music used to be mostly damn good, and then some s****y bands. Now it's the opposite. Unfortunately with artists like lady gaga and nickelback, bringing real music back is going to be pretty hard, especially since each artist totes a pack of morons behind them that advocate for them. Dammit sometimes this world just pisses me off.
ReplyThe above comment represents every opinion ever
I mean I agree, but seriously, everyone thinks the above. Everyone.
You forgot the more recent archetype of "Kickass internet musician."
ReplyTrocadero. Miracle of Sound. Sam Gorski. Not all internet musicians are good, but the ones that are kick so much ass they can manifest bubblegum from the f*****g ether when they run out.
I love Winston Rowntree.
ReplyI think it's the best possible ending. This comic implies that the really soulless era in music is over with, the "profitability" is tanking (arguably what poisoned the well in the first place [remember Poison the Well? Me neither]), and things are finally resetting in tone and subject matter, making it all poised to start again. Listen to the Black Lips and tell me music sucks now.
Replypoison the well is still awesome.
loved the 80's guy touching himself during the thievery section
ReplyYeah... you like that... Don't ya?
The only thing I can think of right now is... sword guitar.
ReplyYAY more BS about music because the author doesn't bother listening. Talk about bandwagon. Its cool to hate on modern music.
ReplyYou're not all wrong, but you forget what the music industry has turned into.Sure there are many bands/musicians that can even outbest many classic artists, but the majority is not even close to something like that.The impact is perfectly depicted, it doesn't mean there are no artists no more, just that 9/10 of them are crap that THEIR OWN AUDIENCES CREATE AND DIGEST.
The author needs to publish a comic book! I'll totally buy it!
ReplyEVERYTHING WAS BETTER WHEN I WASNT AROUND TO SEE IF IT WAS REALLY BETTER, GUYS
ReplyYou, sir, made my day.
i think the competition is probably the reason for most of the recent downward spirals the author seems to be implying in more recent years. the more bands are out there, the less impact a band will have, the less profitable a single band will be, and more thievery will be happening simply because there are more influences to "steal" from. as for the subject matter, i have no explaination, only a petition for more songs on the subject of space wizards.
ReplyPretty awesome band: Alestorm. It's pirate-themed speed metal.
So sad, so true.
ReplyThe bandwagon toppling is great, but the internet makes it apply to all art mediums and will undo both pop and indie models alike. You can't make them listen and you can't complain that no one is listening.
ReplyThis makes me sad to love music.
ReplyNothing is different. Everything is the same. Music has always been a slurry of mass-produced bullshit with the occasional gem hidden inside. Winston Rowntree is a terrible f*****g hipster who doesn't understand that joking about how your comics are overly verbose doesn't make it okay to be overly f*****g verbose.
ReplyHe makes it pretty clear from the first timeline that he's charting archetypes with all these, i.e. the defining "gems" of each genre.
Fat virgin basement trolls irritate me.
ReplyPoor hipster is having his girl jeans made fun of.
Johnny's in the basement mixing up the medicine.
lol @ 1980s stealing from himself
ReplyMore like wanking id say
*make comic of vague opinion, sit back and watch the commentators argue and rush out their own opinions on how 'wrong' you and everyone else are, smoke cigar, masturbate and laugh*
Reply(...lol'd hard at the burglars' long arms while thieving, btw.)
1. Make comic of vague opinion.
2. Sit back and watch the commenters argue and rush out their own opinions on how 'wrong' you and everyone else are.
3. ???
4. PROFIT!!!
You people are out of touch.
ReplyMusic peaked in 1750 dude.
ReplyBefore Christ.