It thrived during the teen-driven TRL era but seemed to have more in common with boy bands than nu-metal, an alignment crystallized by the existence of pop-punk boy band 5 Seconds Of Summer and the work of music journalist Maria Sherman. Radio-friendly pop-punk has traditionally been an inherently youthful genre, music for snotty adolescent pranksters and budding rock fans who haven’t yet ventured beyond the radio. Much stranger than the idea of the Strokes as classic rock is the prospect of mall punk as classic rock. (Also they haven’t released a good album in 13 years, and it feels more like 26.) It’s not weird to think of them as classic rock because they aspired to be classic rock from the beginning. Julian Casablancas sung with an aloof bellow that made him seem much older than he really was. They won over a ton of young people, my 18-year-old self included, but they adhered to archetypes that immediately ingratiated them with the old-guard music press on both sides of the Atlantic. The Strokes always carried themselves like classic rockers anyway: worshipful of their forebears, spearheading a revival of decades-old sounds, rendering Vinyl redundant 15 years before it went on the air. That includes the Strokes, as Pitchfork’s Jeremy Gordon pointed out while wisely noting, “Becoming classic rock means a band can recycle their iconography without losing their edge, as far as casual and younger listeners are concerned… It also means, weirdly, that they’re no longer expected to be good.” ( Wazzup, ’90s Fest?) Even some acts from after Y2K pass for classic rock these days. From grunge to rap to their bastard child nu-metal, the entire ’90s has aged into profitable nostalgia, including (especially?) the weird parts. If you pay attention to the music business, you already know this. And for those of us who came of age in the 1990s, it’s been happening in a big way lately.
It’s something every generation has to grapple with, but like college, marriage, raising children, and watching your loved ones die off one by one, this phenomenon feels new and uncharted when it happens to you.
For the sake of this article, the definition of classic rock is music created between the 1960s and early 1980s with an emphasis on guitar-focused compositions.Hey you! Out there in the cold, getting lonely, getting old: Everything you grew up on is classic rock now. While bands like Aerosmith and The Doors are often considered to be the fathers of classic rock, the fluid lines of what defines a "classic" will vary depending on the part of the world you're in. Of course, the definition of classic rock has been under contention for years, with some people arguing a rock song of any genre merely needs to be 25 years old to be considered a "classic." Meanwhile, others find there's a difference between classic rock, punk rock, pop rock, alternative rock, and, well, you get the idea. In fact, one could argue that classic rock is the staple of American music culture. These rockers are true icons of the classic rock genre.Ĭlassic rock in itself has long been established as a true American music genre. Not only has Aerosmith made an impact in the music industry, but they've also devoted time to philanthropic efforts over the course of five decades. Two days before the Grammy Awards, Aerosmith will be honored with the 2020 MusiCares Person of the Year award. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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