Top 10 Things That Killed Rock and Roll

I remember the Linn Drum and how Steve Gadd had been recorded to make the sound on it. Steve, what were you thinking? You have it made, but we poor drummers out here still need to work. This was the beginning of the end for rock and roll as the technology got cheaper to make, and eventually keyboards could emulate any sound except for singers. Now there is Vocoder for all the crappy singers out there. The advent of the drum machine was the start of DJs playing the clubs and taking all that work from rock and roll.

Really, any more of this top 10... Lost art, my friends. Rock overcame disco, '80s synth pop, and pop rock, but the internet, auto-tune, MTV, EDM, cell phones, Vevo, YouTube, and every song being made solely on a computer with no instruments... That cannot be overcome.

Some rich Texas oilman who hated rock and roll decided to buy all the radio stations in America and make them play only what he liked. Rock and roll was about diversity in songs, so it had to be heard elsewhere.

Big gateway to make sure nothing creative gets through to public ears. Only conformity. Well-produced but market-research-driven music that's so simple anyone can make it at home makes it through the gateway because money changes hands to put it there.

Thanks to this chart of crap, you are basically being told what to listen to. The painful thing is that most of it is trashy pop music. Whenever rock music pops up on there these days, it's just pop music with a barely audible guitar.

A list made by corporate idiots to tell people to listen to songs that are nothing but cheap beats and bad lyrics.

I can summarize how it killed rock in just one word: Nickelback.

The internet has changed everything in the world, and rock music is no exception. It has made obtaining and listening to music so much easier and more convenient than ever. As a result, people are no longer confined to what the radio plays. Instead, they can listen to hundreds of bands and/or artists in an instant. This should be #1.

Currently, I'm listening to Judas Priest on YouTube. For me personally, the internet hasn't killed rock and roll. Quite the reverse. Sometimes, it's the only place where you can find rare rock records.

Mainstream is the equivalent of popular. While popular can change (fifties rock became popular during the sixties, later on it was disco that was the most popular, then rap, techno, etc.), mainstream means the category of a certain type of music that went from popular to accepted by all.

It usually becomes mainstream when big money can be made by record companies, radio stations, or promoters for concerts. When something new and fresh gets many bad critics (not accepted by all) but then becomes accepted by cultural standards, it becomes commercial. Rock and roll should be for an elite, should be dangerous against political correctness, and most of all, it should be the property of singers, songwriters, instrument players, and fans, not some executives who decide what everyone should hear and buy (the commercial aspect of music).

Mainstream rock began in the late sixties, and by the seventies, it was so mainstream that it opened doors for other kinds of music to take over rock.

It ruined the art of music videos in ways I can't describe. Idiots.

The greed! The idea is to eliminate anyone who has talent - they're expensive! Use alternative, rap, hip-hop, and grunge to reduce listeners of rock and roll. Replace talent with autotuned and snap-to-grid junk. Begin with talent like Cher and even new talent like Katy Perry, but eventually, you will not need anyone talented. You can modify the sound in the studio and make billions for the corporation.

Especially rock stations: By playing the same late '70s and early '80s songs over and over, an entire generation of great artists were lost to the mainstream. For example, when have you ever heard Clutch on the radio?

Drugs can destroy creativity. That's why many artists start going downhill after one or two records.

Disco came along as a means for non-cool people to get out and have some fun. Square dancing had become the fun for country folk, who were seen by those outside the country scene as backward and crude. Disco was a blend of soul, country dancing, and the new electronic keyboard sounds that became available during the late seventies. This music effectively made rock fans angry, and a divide was created among rockers. "Disco Sucks" was the cry from devoted rockers who swore hatred for anyone who played disco music.

Paul McCartney and Rod Stewart are two who come to mind as artists who crossed the line and were forever banished. But the real damage to Rock and Roll was the divide this music brought to rockers. Before disco, rockers were open to everything. Disco ended that, and rockers finally slipped back into the narrow-minded thinking their parents had. Destruction from within.

Freddie was the reason I came here. I really expected him to be at number one. There's no one else like Freddie, and there never will be. He was just such a happy, loving man that no one could ever compare to in voice or personality.

I know your birthday isn't until the fifth, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY FREDDIE! We miss you SO much.

Fred, you were the best! Your music has inspired us all. RIP.

Real rock music died when Freddie Mercury died.