What the hell ever happened to a bit of rock and roll eh?

What up good people! You know after 3 months worth of revision and exams, I finally turned off the radio. Its my company whilst I'm revising when most of the time you feel like testing out the strength of your walls with either your head or knuckles (I prefer head generally although it can counteract all that revision you did). Anyway, I realized something horrific in those 3 months - what happened to the radio

Flash back a couple of decades. I wasn't alive then (sadly) but the radio and record stores were full of rock and roll. Led Zep, Queen, The Clash, Nirvana, Metallica. Need I go on? Alright they weren't on all at the same time but my days would they not have been the BEST thing that came on the radio? Can you imagine just hearing the chilling beginning of Enter Sandman or the power behind Bonham's drums as the intro to Rock and Roll makes every hair on your body stand on end?

You just don't get that anymore and I feel like we've been robbed or certainly people of my generation have. I didn't even really listen to the punk rock days of Blink, Sum 41, The Offspring because I was only about 8-9. The first band like that I heard was New Found Glory and by the time I'd really gotten into all that, it'd just faded out. And what are we left with? Dance, Hippidy Hop, Rap. Where is the soul? Where is the passion? Where is the drunken guitarist who despite being completely off his head still brings out the most blistering solo? I'm sorry, where is the music?

Call this a rant but it's just not the same listening to the records knowing these bands will never make them again. Today we're left with an incredibly sorry period in music where most look to people who in years to come will never go down as 'greats'. The Gaga's and Beiber's of this world will never be great musicians; merely over produced junk. It is left to the likes of Foo Fighters to wave the now lonely flag of Rock n Roll. Music like all good things in this world appears to be dying a little bit. Perhaps one day, one day the great times will return. Perhaps not.

A sad day for all.

Peace, Linus