Nate Armbruster
Music is subjective. What some people love, others will despise. One thing for sure is that people will share their opinions about it.
Fans are sharing their unpopular rock music opinions in this AskReddit thread. See how many of these you agree with.
What’s your unpopular rock music opinion?
#1
You can like both rock and metal and not give a fuck about where the line is drawn between hard rock and metal. There are so many times where I’ll say I like an artist and someone will be like actually, their genre is this. And I’m like well buddy I love that genre too. I’m no less of a metal fan for liking songs or artists that are considered more rock, no less of a rock fan for enjoying heavier music
#2
Certain rock bands’ secret for their “It” factor is just that they had a jazz drummer.
They make decent tracks great and great tracks timeless.
#3
Rock and Metal CAN be as bland and soulless as shitty pop music. In fact, a lot of it is.
Tattoos and an electric guitar don’t make you cool if you are singing about your sugar baby butterfly.
#4
A lot of gatekeepers in this genre.
#5
It’s okay to not like certain periods of a band, it doesn’t make you less of a fan.
TXGunslinger419 Replied:
I agree, but it is also OK to allow people to enjoy those periods you don’t care for w/o calling them fake fans. Also, acting like the band came into your house and kicked your dog when they made an album or 2 that is different from their earlier work is pretty lame imo
#6
The reason rock/metal has fallen so far from its glory days is that rather than seeking out and supporting new bands, a large portion of the fan base refuses to move on from the bands who have been playing the same songs for 2+ decades now.
#7
Axl Rose wasted his gift. He had a three-octave range and he had a lot of skill and talent as a songwriter and a performer. He pushed everyone away.
While Axl was dicking around with “Chinese Democracy” Slash formed “Slash’s Snakepit”, recorded two albums, and toured extensively. Velvet Revolver formed, recorded, toured, and had a career. The rest of Guns n Roses had multiple side projects that became their main gigs all while waiting for Axl to finish the Chinese Democracy album.
Now it’s pretty much over for him. None of Axl’s old bandmates want to spend months sitting around while Axl procrastinates and throws tantrums.
#8
If it wasn’t for Dave Grohl’s past in Nirvana, Foo Fighter’s music could’ve just as easily ended up with the same level of hatred as Nickleback.
#9
MCR is a great band. It feels like a lot of people like to hate on them, but they have solid albums and they’re great LIVE.
My advice: Like what you like, and don’t try to change your music tastes to fit in.
#10
I’m not sure how unpopular this is, but I tried some more KISS because of reading most of Paul Stanley’s autobiography, and they’re just awful. I have no idea how they sold half as many units as they did.
Edit: I’m reminded that the hot rumor in my 3rd grade, which we all believed, was that the drummer from KISS had shoved his sticks down the throat of Shaun Cassidy. I guess this just proved what horrible people KISS were…
Edit 2: Allmusic.com has their debut album as being pretty good, but I just punched through it, making sure to hit all the songs, and it’s so ordinary that it’s remarkable in its mediocrity. There’s almost no sense of melody. Shouting “Black Diamond” isn’t a chorus. The guitar solos are embarrassingly free of invention and melody. This album is probably what all rock music sounds like to my mother (admittedly because she won’t pay attention). These are almost random snippets in a certain key. Do you have to get drunk at their live show to get into this? I completely sympathize with radio music directors who basically refuse to play the band. It’s like Billy Squier with the songwriting at a whole other level down, and that guy put out “The Stroke”. It’s like the winner of the best high school band in the USA competition.
#11
#12
More people should know about Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
#13
The hit songs have been played so many times for so long that they’ve lost all meaning to me. Like repeating a single word over and over again.
Tre_Vortni Replied:
The radio at my work is on a classic rock station every day, that plays artists that have massive back catalogs, but you’d think those artists only ever recorded 5 songs each. And they play those same songs every day. Why hasn’t anyone started up a radio station that can aim to go a whole week without repeating a song between 9 and 5?
#14
You can like rock whilst liking pop too, you’re not gonna look weak or anything.
The other day I got downvoted for saying that Fall Out Boy’s “Save Rock and Roll” and Taylor Swift’s “Reputation” were insanely good albums. I mean Taylor’s music might not be your cup of tea but she’s amazing at songwriting I’m still bitter kfjgkhj
Unless I got downvoted for saying a Fall Out Boy album was good which if true, shame on them lol.
#15
#16
The fact that most of the headliners at metal and rock shows/festivals consist mostly of bands that are 20+ years old gives me the feeling that the genre isn’t going to last forever since new bands aren’t taking the helm.
I hope I’m wrong but I have that feeling.
#17
For every masterpiece, there are a thousand shit songs
#18
Idgaf if a band “sells out” or not, if I like their songs, I like their songs.
#19
Way too many music snobs in the genre. Some people like Taylor Swift and one direction, get over it.
Nothing worse than being at a gig and some douche is banging on about how no one here is a ‘real fan’ who liked them before they were mainstream.
Yeah, if everyone here was you’d be in a tiny crowd and your favorite band probably wouldn’t be making music anymore.
#20
The Eagles aren’t shitty or bad. People love to regurgitate this hot take just because they saw the big Lebowski. Guess what? We all saw this movie and it’s just a quirky line from a quirky guy in a quirky movie – get some real opinions of your own you dorks!
That said, I love that movie. The Eagles ain’t my favorite band by any means but they certainly don’t suck. I also enjoy CCR – it’s ok to like it all
#21
AC/DC is extremely overrated and I personally can’t stand listening to 99% of their music. They have some good songs but the majority of their music is nothing special.
wholewheatscythe Replied:
Didn’t Angus Young even joke that all of their albums sound the same?
AC/DC found their niche and stayed there. If you like their sound, great because you’ll get that album after album after album. Then again not every band has to ‘evolve’ into new artistic directions I suppose.
#22
Alice in Chains is a much better grunge band than Nirvana and should be the poster band for grunge.
suckgodsteapot Replied:
I grew up loving Nirvana and not really giving a shit about Alice In Chains. Over the last few years, I started to really grow to appreciate them more.
I don’t know if this is a popular or unpopular opinion, but I think Alice in Chains’ unplugged album is superior to Nirvana’s.
#23
Nickelback is a good band. Not great, but good. Their 1996 release Curb – in the words of one critic – nearly gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to grunge music singlehandedly… and yeah, that first record is well-baked in the Seattle sound.
The State takes things into different territory, with great experiments in songwriting and some absolute gems like “Diggin’ This,” “Old Enough,” and “Hold Out Your Hand.”
Silver Side Up is the one that broke them with “How You Remind Me,” but the back half of that record is killer. “Good Times Gone” is easily a top-five song for them.
The Long Road is their first metal outing. Hell, when you popped the CD into iTunes the genre they labeled was straight-up metal. “Do This Anymore,” “Believe It Or Not” and “Because Of You” are all great deep cuts.
After that, they settle into post-grunge AOR. All The Right Reasons is a blockbuster for a reason – holy shit is it a star-studded tracklist. We’ve heard this before but the polish and songwriting skill is second-to-none. No wonder Joey Moi would eventually become country’s next hitmaking producer, “Photograph” is the blueprint for modern pop country for the next ten to fifteen years.
Dark Horse is the last record where they displayed any consistency. It’s the record Devin Townsend modeled Addicted after and it’s just a fun, raunchy hard rock party album.
