9 Reasons Rock And Roll Is Dead (And Never Coming Back)

2. Cross-Pollination Is The Present And The Future (And The Past)

Pop rock, punk rock, soft rock, hard rock, indie rock, acid rock, garage rock, alt rock, art rock, surf rock, space rock, rap rock, skate rock, glam rock, goth rock, folk rock...there's even Viking rock. So just what the hell do people even mean when they're talking about rock and roll? It seems to be more about an attitude than any clear genre boundaries, but it's still worth exploring what types of bands usually fall into the category. We give bands like Guns N Roses and AC/DC a lifelong pass onto the hollowed grounds of rock and roll, even though their styles are closer to blues and heavy metal than the sound of Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis. The fact is, there hasn't been a "pure" rock and roll band in mainstream music for a very long time. Really, ever since the first major pop-rock groups came onto the scene in the 60s (The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, etc...), rock and roll was already becoming a thing of the past.