MR

Posted: **Wed Nov 02, 2011 5:33 pm**

This is a YouTube link to a rock band from Revelstoke, BC called 'Caldera'- they are a group of high school kids and pretty good! It sounds like rock is making a comeback:

http://www.youtube.com/user/CalderaBand ... D9TC4Gg2Hs

Posted: **Wed Nov 02, 2011 6:32 pm**

Rock is making a comeback? I thought it already did, in the forms of Bigelf and Black Country Communion!

Seriously, rock made a "comeback" when grunge reclaimed the landscape from the pop and hip-hop dreck that was souring everything throughout the '80s. Yeah, I'm not one to speak up for grunge, but that's what happened.

I'm a fan of the '70s fusion band Caldera, so who are these canucks using their name? :lol:

Posted: **Wed Nov 02, 2011 6:57 pm**

verslibre wrote:Rock is making a comeback? I thought it already did, in the forms of Bigelf and Black Country Communion!

Seriously, rock made a "comeback" when grunge reclaimed the landscape from the pop and hip-hop dreck that was souring everything throughout the '80s. Yeah, I'm not one to speak up for grunge, but that's what happened.

I'm a fan of the '70s fusion band Caldera, so who are these canucks using their name?

They're a group of teenagers, so they probably haven't heard of the 70s fusion band - I hadn't either and I'm a lot older! I had to Google them and since they weren't around long, their albums didn't sell, and they broke up over 30 years ago, I don't think the name will confuse anyone. :wink:

On a different note, I wouldn't say rock made a comeback with grunge, just a temporary and short-lived displacement. Pop came back bigger and worse than ever with the Spice Girls, Britney Spears, and up through Lady Gaga.

I had to Google Bigelf and Black Country Communion, but I'm almost 40 and more likely to listen to Dan's playlist of Barry Manilow's Greatest Hits than metal. :oops:

I think it's a good sign though, that when given a vote, the readers of Rolling Stone showed more music sense than its editors and chose a real rock band like The Sheepdogs to win the cover!

Posted: **Thu Nov 03, 2011 2:04 am**

SherriBerry wrote:
verslibre wrote:Rock is making a comeback? I thought it already did, in the forms of Bigelf and Black Country Communion!

Seriously, rock made a "comeback" when grunge reclaimed the landscape from the pop and hip-hop dreck that was souring everything throughout the '80s. Yeah, I'm not one to speak up for grunge, but that's what happened.

I'm a fan of the '70s fusion band Caldera, so who are these canucks using their name?

They're a group of teenagers, so they probably haven't heard of the 70s fusion band - I hadn't either and I'm a lot older! I had to Google them and since they weren't around long, their albums didn't sell, and they broke up over 30 years ago, I don't think the name will confuse anyone.

Wow, she's takin' the name for her Canadian young 'uns! :lol:

SherriBerry wrote:On a different note, I wouldn't say rock made a comeback with grunge, just a temporary and short-lived displacement. Pop came back bigger and worse than ever with the Spice Girls, Britney Spears, and up through Lady Gaga.

If all you listen to is what's discussed in this forum, then I understand why you would make such a conclusive statement, however ignorant it may be. :lol:

Posted: **Thu Nov 03, 2011 6:36 am**

verslibre wrote:
SherriBerry wrote:
verslibre wrote:Rock is making a comeback? I thought it already did, in the forms of Bigelf and Black Country Communion!

Seriously, rock made a "comeback" when grunge reclaimed the landscape from the pop and hip-hop dreck that was souring everything throughout the '80s. Yeah, I'm not one to speak up for grunge, but that's what happened.

I'm a fan of the '70s fusion band Caldera, so who are these canucks using their name?

They're a group of teenagers, so they probably haven't heard of the 70s fusion band - I hadn't either and I'm a lot older! I had to Google them and since they weren't around long, their albums didn't sell, and they broke up over 30 years ago, I don't think the name will confuse anyone.

Wow, she's takin' the name for her Canadian young 'uns!

SherriBerry wrote:On a different note, I wouldn't say rock made a comeback with grunge, just a temporary and short-lived displacement. Pop came back bigger and worse than ever with the Spice Girls, Britney Spears, and up through Lady Gaga.

If all you listen to is what's discussed in this forum, then I understand why you would make such a conclusive statement, however ignorant it may be.

I listen to a lot more than that, just not metal! Unfortunately too much of what is out there in music is ProTooled crap. (Hmmm, generational gap anyone? :lol: