"we thought rock was dead when punk came out. but later punk became alternative, which is...uh...rock, mostly."

I don't really follow that. The 70's were a great year for rock weren't they? Punk is Rock'N'Roll without question. Rock to its bare essentials. Three chords and simple melody.

If you listen to older punk (proto-punk bands) like New York Dolls, MC5, Velvet Underground, Iggy and the Stooges the line is really blurred even further. Some of the earliest punk was just sped-up blues.

Punk (well the music) was about reviving the early days of rock and did. It made it raw again.

I'm sure there are bands out there writing songs like Stairway to Heaven. I really don't know that much about rock in the classic sense cause to be honest I really don't listen to much of it and I wasn't around for most of it being born in the tail end of '85 and all.

I mean I sort of dig the Animals and the Hermits and the Who. i'm a lot more about punk and ska. The Jam, Stiff Little Fingers, The Clash, X, The Dwarves, The Hives, The Ramones, The Descendents, The Icarus Line, The Angry Samoans, The Specials, The Avengers..

Anyway.. is rock dead? Nah.

*kisses*

-Circle Jerk

[Edited by circle jerk on 12-30-2000 at 11:17 PM]