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Thread started 11/14/16 12:17pm

HuMpThAnG

So Who Is The Quintessential Rock Star Of Today?

Jimi will always be top notch

Prince was at one point during the Purple Rain era ( just my twocents)

So who is thee star of today? hmmm

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Reply #1 posted 11/14/16 12:19pm

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Jack White


HuMpThAnG said:

Jimi will always be top notch



Prince was at one point during the Purple Rain era ( just my twocents)



So who is thee star of today? hmmm

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Reply #2 posted 11/14/16 12:20pm

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MinneapolisFunk said:

Jack White


HuMpThAnG said:

Jimi will always be top notch



Prince was at one point during the Purple Rain era ( just my twocents)



So who is thee star of today? hmmm



I meant Jack White down here
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Reply #3 posted 11/14/16 12:50pm

dancerella

Axl Rose! He embodies everything that rock n roll should be.
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Reply #4 posted 11/14/16 12:51pm

dancerella

Axl Rose! He embodies everything that rock n roll should be.
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Reply #5 posted 11/14/16 1:08pm

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Axl Rose! He embodies everything that rock n roll should be.

Of today ... he's old as shit now.
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Reply #6 posted 11/14/16 1:09pm

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Reply #7 posted 11/14/16 2:32pm

bobzilla77

Sadly, I think it's Dave Grohl.

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Not that I have anything against him... great drummer, champion of lots of bands I like. He's done stuff I thought was great, or at least plenty enjoyable. Nirvana was great & he was great in them.

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But I find his music really vanilla. I'm not sure I could tell the difference between Foo Fighters & Nickelback in a blind test.

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Reply #8 posted 11/14/16 2:33pm

EmmaMcG

If you're talking about new artists then I'd say there isn't any quintessential rock stars around. Springsteen is still my number one but he's from the same era as Prince (in terms of peak popularity). Lenny Kravitz does it for me but he's been going since before I was born so he's hardly "current". I guess they don't make 'em like they used to.
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Reply #9 posted 11/14/16 4:17pm

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Much like there's no quintessential or monocultural star today, there's not a quintessential rock star that I can think of today.

Every star today is too polarizing to be quintessential and with this pop-centric view the industry has now, no non-pop act of another genre much less one of rock--which hasn't been popular on a mainstream front since the 90s--is in no positon to be considered quintessential. Even the current top names in mainstream music aren't that significant, especially when a fair amount of them have careers that span over a decade (some approaching 2 decades) and have experienced greater success in the past.

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Reply #10 posted 11/14/16 5:04pm

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Amy Lee, Andy Black, Adam Levine

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #11 posted 11/14/16 5:19pm

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Prince was always a star.

All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #12 posted 11/14/16 11:28pm

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Matt Belamy. Honorable mentions: Slash, Anthony Kiedas. (Besides those already mentioned.)
That's all I got.
Rock is dying, sadly.
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It's a hurtful place, the world, in and of itself. We don't need to add to it. We all need one another. ~ PRN
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Reply #13 posted 11/14/16 11:56pm

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Rock is dead and I'm fine with it.

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Reply #14 posted 11/15/16 2:38am

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EmmaMcG said:

If you're talking about new artists then I'd say there isn't any quintessential rock stars around. Springsteen is still my number one but he's from the same era as Prince (in terms of peak popularity). Lenny Kravitz does it for me but he's been going since before I was born so he's hardly "current". I guess they don't make 'em like they used to.

I was also thinking of Springsteen. Lenny Kravitz basically makes the same album over and over again, so he ain't the one either. I guess that's the problem with rock & roll today: everything has already been done. There's plenty of good new bands around, but they always make me think, oh this sounds just like... U2/ Beatles/ Kinks etc etc...
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Reply #15 posted 11/15/16 2:45am

EmmaMcG

Of the modern crop of rock bands I'd say my favourite is The Gaslight Anthem. They're hardly rockstars on Prince or Springsteen's level and they'll probably never be super famous but they're much MUCH better that the likes of the Foo Fighters and the White Stripes or whoever else is big now. (I hate saying things like that last sentence because it makes me feel old. sad)
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Reply #16 posted 11/15/16 2:49am

EmmaMcG

NorthC said:

EmmaMcG said:

If you're talking about new artists then I'd say there isn't any quintessential rock stars around. Springsteen is still my number one but he's from the same era as Prince (in terms of peak popularity). Lenny Kravitz does it for me but he's been going since before I was born so he's hardly "current". I guess they don't make 'em like they used to.

I was also thinking of Springsteen. Lenny Kravitz basically makes the same album over and over again, so he ain't the one either. I guess that's the problem with rock & roll today: everything has already been done. There's plenty of good new bands around, but they always make me think, oh this sounds just like... U2/ Beatles/ Kinks etc etc...


Yeah, I get that about Lenny Kravitz but in fairness, his last album was a slight departure from his previous ones. It was, dare I say, funkier than his usual stuff. I don't mind an artist sticking to what they do best if I like what they do best though. Bon Jovi are another band who never really change it up but I like their new album, corny lyrics and all.
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Reply #17 posted 11/15/16 3:40am

Chancellor

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I think Pink is a bonafide Rock Goddess...

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Reply #18 posted 11/15/16 4:45am

missfee

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Jack White....though it seems he's been doing more of a country/acoustic combo in recent years that was ok at first but now is a little annoying. I wish he would get back to that unique rock sound he used to do.

I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince.
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Reply #19 posted 11/15/16 5:33am

CAL3

Folks, time to get with 2016 and beyond!

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MattyB!

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Reply #20 posted 11/15/16 7:24am

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CAL3 said:

Folks, time to get with 2016 and beyond!

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MattyB!

omfg boxed

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Reply #21 posted 11/15/16 7:33am

namepeace

Of today?

Kanye West.

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Reply #22 posted 11/15/16 7:40am

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namepeace said:

Of today?

Kanye West.

boxed

Kanye West is not a ROCK star.

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

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Reply #23 posted 11/15/16 8:27am

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purplethunder3121 said:



namepeace said:


Of today?

Kanye West.

boxed



Kanye West is not a ROCK star.

Not in terms of music but he is most certainly one in terms of what rock as a culture represents.
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purplethunder3121 said:



namepeace said:


Of today?

Kanye West.

boxed



Kanye West is not a ROCK star.


He is.
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Reply #25 posted 11/15/16 8:57am

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Metallica

All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #26 posted 11/15/16 9:35am

namepeace

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purplethunder3121 said:

Kanye West is not a ROCK star.

Not in terms of music but he is most certainly one in terms of what rock as a culture represents.


yes. the question didn't ask for the "quintessential rock star" but "quintessential rock star of today."

The rock stars listed here hit their respective peaks decades ago, save for Jack White. And Jack White is not a quintessential rock star.

Capital-R "Rock" ceded rock star status to hip-hop about 20 years ago. And hip-hop has never looked back.

The only viable rock star with the cachet to overshadow the reigning rock star(s) of hip-hop is 67 years old. The only other one passed away 21 April 2016.


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Reply #27 posted 11/15/16 9:46am

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Kanye West is a "Hip Hop" star; he will never be a "Rock" star. He has nothing whatsoever to do with Rock music.

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

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purplethunder3121 said:

Kanye West is a "Hip Hop" star; he will never be a "Rock" star. He has nothing whatsoever to do with Rock music.


You don have to do Rock music to be a Rock Star. Rock Star is a way of life, not just a guy who plays rock music.

Eddie Murphy was considered a rock star at his peak.
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LittleBLUECorvette said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Kanye West is a "Hip Hop" star; he will never be a "Rock" star. He has nothing whatsoever to do with Rock music.

You don have to do Rock music to be a Rock Star. Rock Star is a way of life, not just a guy who plays rock music. Eddie Murphy was considered a rock star at his peak.

Not that I can remember. I don't know a songle person who considered Eddy a "rock star." lol He was always referred to as a comedian and a movie star.

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