Gene Simmons on the Current State of Rock 'N Roll

[@BillOReilly]

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[@donaldshoemaker6437]

As a tail end baby boomer so glad I got to see and live in the times of muscle cars , beautiful skinny women with out tattoos, hardware in there faces, natural colored hair and the greatest music of all time!

[@pulsarlights2825]

There were fat women in the 70s....lol

[@peteshallcross787]

The 70s, yeah!

[@stephenyoutubin4476]

Same here!

[@stopthehate6843]

Thankful for old time rock n roll!!!

[@mrsbluesky8415]

“Rock is dead” is a very heartbreaking thing to hear.

[@chrisoakley5830]

It really is, but at this point, it's nothing new, Rock has been dead now for many years. The internet, for all of its good, has also destroyed much of what we once had in the world.

[@kensilverstone1656]

And what is this crap they are playing today and for the last 20 or more years.

[@josephtafur]

No it's not

[@chriswallace9113]

@@josephtafur The last rock song to hit #1 on Billboard was almost 24 years ago. As a cultural influence or even having any cultural impact at all, rock is dead and has been for some time. As a rock musician, it pains me to say it but it’s a fact. Based on the most popular songs of the last couple of years, it appears young males, typically rock’s key demographic, aren’t even interested in music. It’s almost all female pop artists singing to little girls.

[@Bitterstone3849]

🎶 It's all been done !

[@bobbyjonkey13]

I am a musician/ songwriter and I still play rock and roll and have songs on the internet but it is not the same as years ago..

[@RedEyeC]

Ditto 😓

[@massapower]

EXACTLY !! These Days, Money is not made with new Music. It's made with TOURING😎🤘

[@lionheartroar3104]

Gene speaks the truth, but also consider what passes for music these days.

[@kevinh5349]

I have never found myself humming anything by Bieber, Perry, Cardi, Swift, etc. - or "gettin' down" to it either.

[@BellaCroyda]

Ugh. Hate rap. Hate it with a passion. Don't much care for hip hop.

[@SpartacusColo]

Lots of musical styles died away well before internet came along. Video didn't kill the Doo-wop star.

[@chrisoakley5830]

​@@BellaCroydathat's because there's not much to care for, it has very little lasting quality.

[@BellaCroyda]

@@chrisoakley5830 actually I was introduced to RAP in 1968. The Last Poets. I hated it then... I hate it now with an everlasting hatred. Now it's purely SATANIC to me. The extreme gutter lyrics and worse. Back in the day "rap" was a way of speaking one on one that was considered profound. Everybody did that, but especially in the black ghetto of the inner cities. In the 80s it started again in the music industry and exploded. Now it seems eternal. It all over the world now. Ugh.

[@paulac1234]

100% facts here from Gene. The Internet/ social media has robbed the music industry and their fans of great music and talent that never gets heard. Instead they would rather promote music full of sex, nudity, drugs, violence, etc. When was the last time you heard a “chills down the spine” love song or ballad? Or even rock song with amazing instrumentals? I can’t remember, hence the reason I only listen to 80s, 90s, and early 2000’s stuff when music was still good.

[@RedEyeC]

"Talent" is at the very bottom of the list.

[@canyonproductions7683]

Thank you Paula!

[@peteshallcross787]

Huh? The 70s was the best most creative music, hands down! The promoters and record companies couldn't dictate what the artists recorded but that all changed in the 80s.

[@rockit6553]

A big part of killing rock was the emergence of rap. Very sad.

[@ThinkerMan-v6g]

Rap is crap.

[@JerryCarr909]

nope, streaming did it

[@ThinkerMan-v6g]

@JerryCarr909 Either way, rap is crap. Vulgar cultural cancer..

[@haydenmalesky2518]

Grunge and rap

[@larrybaker5316]

1960's-70's were by far the best era for music/bands...bands would crank hit after hit, but no more, sad to see it end....but I have my CD's to still rock to the Beach Boys

[@Weltempfänger]

80's was the peak....all genres where Born

[@paisteplayer1040]

80's for me.. Metal's hayday... But metal is still very much alive

[@p44r]

He is actually right …Rock is dead …. you’ll never see bands like that ever again

[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

The problem with bands in America is they are independent minded groups where solo artists are super easy to hire and then put studio musicians in place to prop the solo artist up. The record companies can do this with ease and control the entire product from beginning to end. No different than the Monkees and all the boy bands, now they just do solo artists to make it completely controllable. There are no bands under 10 years of being together on any music chart. Only the old established ones who did it before the worm turned.

[@paisteplayer1040]

No its not..He just doesnt like hard rock metal which is alive and kicking and many bands that write better music than kiss's lame crap.

[@massapower]

EXACTLY

[@massapower]

​@@paisteplayer1040YA OK GENIUS. Let's see how far you can GO !😏🙄

[@paisteplayer1040]

@@massapower Im already retired and never liked Kiss. BS gimmick, lame songs.. But if thats your thing cool...

[@judycolson6047]

Today’s rock is definitely dead. Long live the classic rock of the 60s and 70s. There will never be another era of music than those days. Thank goodness we can still hear those grand old songs of yester year. Still enjoy the memories of those years we grew up with.

[@nileswillis7992]

80's and 90's as well...

[@billgoforth7426]

I totally agree but check out dirty honey. They are new school with an old vibe/soul. 🤘

[@marklangevin9939]

"Art takes time, time is money, money's rare...and that ain't funny." - Kinks 1978.

[@user-bl6ne3hc6n]

Greatest Xmas gift from Santa I ever got, 1977, Alive 2, I just stared at the album cover for hrs, of course listening to it, and I had it LOUD, tell my mom told me to turn it down, AND I DIDN'T!!!!!😊😊

[@rolandvillareal9337]

Younger generation don’t care about rock music or the history of it, we were the lucky ones.

[@thegood9]

So amazing to see Mean Gene on with Bill. And he gives EXACTLY the reason why I quit the music business. It will NOT pay the bills anymore in the old fashioned records/tapes/CDs way, but...there are other avenues, as artists are figuring out. It's just different avenues nowadays.

[@stevepeterson5943]

I watch Bill O'Reilly every night . . . And part of every day.

[@SpartacusColo]

Nicely done!

[@rchydrozz751]

He's not relevant any more.

[@fastted9390]

Simmons is a very astute individual, especially about the music 'business.'

[@bitburg40]

Rock and roll isn’t dead still many great musicians pushing the envelope of creativity but Gene is right that the business definitely is dead. It’s darn near impossible to make a living as a musician. Now people like me play and write simply for our own benefit. I consider it my diary or my form of journaling.😁

[@GrumpyMeow-Meow]

This is the guy who ranted at people for not taking the Clot initiative.

[@canyonproductions7683]

LOW point for Gene big time. He is right about Rock being dead here thiugh

[@pulsarlights2825]

"safe and effective" will Biden pardon Fauci?

[@josephzummo9685]

Music in all is dead. This generation killed it. Internet buried it.

[@motospotter365]

I lucked into a roadie job for KISS. Toured for a short time with them. Great people to work for.

[@pulsarlights2825]

Did Paul Stanley ever hit on you?

[@willhorting5317]

​@@pulsarlights2825 considering that Stanley is not gay, it would have been very unlikely.

[@RichardBinder-dx7fk]

My dear friend was the luthier Steve Carr who built some of Gene's first Axe basses and Ace mini Explorer among others. He told me KISS treated him great and he really appreciated them. Cool you got to work for them.

[@pulsarlights2825]

@@willhorting5317 Are you sure he is not gay, beyond a reasonable doubt?

[@willhorting5317]

@pulsarlights2825 yes, I am certain. The topic has been debunked multiple times over the decades...by Stanley; by Simmons; by Stanley's former girlfriends; by Stanley's wife; by Frehley; by Criss; and by many other people. I still get a good chuckle from a comment he said during an interview a couple of decades ago: quote, "If you want to persist in believing that I'm gay, that's fine. I will just be over there f***ing your girlfriend."

[@randall9000]

The heart of rock n roll is still beating. In Cleveland. Detroit.

[@petercondos1018]

Gene Simmons is a Business man !

[@rickbort7875]

Simmons is correct, rock music became a casualty of high tech, the internet specifically. Rock's legacy artists- Dylan, Fleetwood Mac, Devo, The Beach Boys, Motley Crue, The Pretenders, Paul Simon, Sting, etc. all have sold their song catalogs because they can't make money on royalties alone anymore. The business model of grooming a rock act for the big time no longer exists, except for American Idol type of acts, which is based on image, looks, social media appeal, not on musical talent. It is a sad world where the biggest touring act is now Taylor Swift, and not a younger rock n roll band.

[@pulsarlights2825]

You do realize that you turned into your grandparents right before our very eyes, lol The same way they complained about bands like Kiss or Deep purple, now you are complaining about young girls listening to Taylor Swift....:)

[@america1st721]

R and R will never die. In regards to no talent in the music industry that is a reality.

[@Mr316niles]

I dont think rock and rock is dead, i mean look at artists like Jack White, The Black Keys, The Rival Sons, or even Greta Van Fleet who are keeping rock music alive! But the business of it yes, people simply don't buy music anymore.

[@nileswillis7992]

Never heard of any of them...

[@Nobushido]

Guys this happened 30 years ago.

[@Mikethemerciless11]

It's more than the Internet, but that's a huge thing. It's a combination of things. Prior to about the year 2001, most radio stations in the country were owned by about a couple of dozen companies. Back in 1996, Congress passed the Telecommunications Act, which basically revamped the radio frequencies to allow wireless Internet and cellphone coverage. They also tried to deregulate the radio industry to allow new people to jump into having their own radio station. Now, conspiracy-minded people out there might see what I'm about to say next as "this was what was intended," but I don't think it was. What happened was that two or three companies began consolidating most of the radio stations in the country, by amassing capital and buying out these stations. So, now, it's Cumulus and Clear Channel, and I think one or two more, who own most of the radio stations. What they then did was, like any corporation, they decided to trim out the "fat," so to speak. They saw all these stations had a program director, the guy who's responsible for anything that goes on the air, to include programming. So, they eliminated them and consolidated program directing to their HQs in places like NYC and LA. Prior, we had a program director for every station, today it's like a few for hundreds of stations across the country. The DJs used to have a lot of leeway in picking new songs to play on the air, because back then radio stations wanted to be the one who discovered the next big star. Today, they have almost no autonomy to do anything like that, and only play what has already been pre-programmed to play. This severely narrows the gateway to entry into the music business for new musicians. If you ever wondered why most new music sounds the same, it's because most of the execs at Cumulus and Clear Channel have the same basic tastes. By the way, this is also what helped kill country, which hasn't existed as real country music since at least 2000. Because of all this, record labels take fewer risks with new artists. It used to be that they might bankroll a new artist they thought had potential, and would, at their own expense, put them into their own studio to make songs. Today, all of that has changed. They now charge artists, new or existing, exorbitant amounts of money to use their studios. This is because, thanks to streaming services, nobody buys whole records anymore, and new artists would be lucky if anyone heard their song on a streaming service, because most people prefer to stream songs they like, rather than to try something new. This means that a record label can't reliably make money off an artist as they once were able to do. And streaming services don't pay anyone very much money for their work. Maybe a nickel every time a song is streamed, at the most, due to how streaming services work. Back in the day, most musicians didn't make a whole lot in royalties off their own albums, but now they make even less. All of this, by the way, is why you see a lot of performers out there touring for years on end without making a new album. That's because they make little to no money on the albums themselves, as they personally have to pay for the recording room and the time for the session. A typical session to crack out an album might cost a band upwards of $300,000, minimum, and there's no telling if and or when they'll make their money back on that. So they have to tour. Something has got to be done, and I think the best thing to do is to A) break up the radio monopolies, and B) attack the streaming services. Artists need to demand more money from them. I think, also, PROs (Performer Rights Organization) contracts need to be revised to help artists make money in this regard off of royalties from radio stations.

[@sithlord7530]

Rock is not dead!!! and will never die!!!! The artist maybe , but not the music!!!

[@kbittar9264]

Welcome to the club. Many great painters have been working for nothing since the invention of the camera. They were in high demand in bygone eras.

[@Weltempfänger]

Austria had a great painter too

[@ryanthompsonthompson820]

​@@Weltempfänger🇩🇪

[@toothnail605]

Rock is not dead, it's just the business part of it is dead, which is beyond excruciating and terrible. If you only knew how much time effort and money musicians put into their work. Peace

[@stormbringercoming8105]

This little device that we hold in hour hand has laid waste to many things. Rock music being one of them. Even worse is the way we stopped interacting with each other.

[@michaelpatrickhamilton3384]

Rock is still alive and well 😊

[@bobbycox9541]

It’s sad to realize IF a new Rock band w/ the talents of the super groups of the 60’s 70’s and 80’s tried to succeed they would be totally overlooked and ignored. Rock & Roll is in hospice on life support.

[@chrisoakley5830]

And will probably never recover.

[@charliesmith4229]

Correct

[@MrClewis97]

The Winery Dogs (Richie Kotzen), Big Wreck (Ian Thornly), and Tool. Rock is not dead, and all three of the above bands are on point as 21st-century rock giants.

[@krisj827]

What's ironic is the older generation used to say that rock music was bad too. Nothing new under the sun.

[@dave9351]

Well said, "New Boss Same as the Old Boss"... No More !

[@sboy1955]

Small local gigs are about all that’s left for rock and roll bands.

[@randall9000]

Or being famous on youtube, insta, etc. But that’s lame. Bands used to own their own planes, impregnate whole towns, party

[@sboy1955]

@ - they were Viking Gods

[@jamesbrent2504]

New artists play small clubs and support their travel by selling t-shirts, CDs and vinyl. The good news is that fans - especially older ones with disposable income - still love collecting stuff and hanging out at the merchandise table with the acts and other fans. I like the idea of telling folks "I met them when they were starting out."

[@michaelklassen9486]

Through this snippet, Gene is just interested in his purse,not so much of the longevity rock'n'roll. Rock is here to stay millions of bands made it so.

[@judgedread-q4t]

The corporate internet is great, so great that it smothers everything that came before it.

[@beckyeobrien777]

2 of my favorite Rock Stars. You both are total bada**es. Mr. O'Reilly my Dad has been a member of yours for years. He started having my daughter&I watch your daily show. We all love you.

[@Slavatoremondo]

Thanks

[@BellaCroyda]

Oh yes. I have heard this during the 80s and 90s. Especially the 90s where people download tons of recorded music. They have said many times that music should be free. The artists HATE IT.

[@LilyGazou]

I still buy CDs at live performances and at shops. I don’t want to depend on streaming services.

[@grouchosfoil7509]

Whatever his personal flaws may be, Gene is absolutely right about the music business. As an artist, you can spend thousands of dollars and countless hours making a great record or song, yet you have virtually no chance at making any money with it. Pennies for streams. The industry sold the artists out to the streaming services years ago. They make millions while the artist starves.

[@bobbysays]

Rock isn't dead, the music industry is, or at least it's in zombie mode

[@Abner_Devereaux_Jr]

I agree with Gene 💯

[@rogerreed905]

Checkout a band called . . . The Warning . . . 3 sisters playing rock . .

[@CarmineLombardi-e9f]

This also means that all the great bands and artists in rock from the Beatles to Zeppelin and everything in between will be immortalized soundtrack of rock.

[@paulcossu8107]

Hey Hey, My My…Rock and Roll will…………..never mind.

[@jasonlesauvage3435]

gene says the unvaxxed have no place in this world....gene is a big d-bag, bill...this one i cannot watch...nothing breaks his heart about the new artists struggles....he doesnt care. nothing but optcs

[@piggyroo100]

Absolutely

[@massapower]

ROCK is somewhat DEAD. New bands have NO chance of ever achieving Stardom like the BIG bands have enjoyed. Too much CRAP RAP and stupid Taylor Swift kinda bands with ABSOLUTELY no Creativity. All brain dead candy. GENE Simmons is ABSOLUTELY RIGHT !😎🤟

[@pulsarlights2825]

Some people would argue KISS were a clown show they helped kill Rock and Roll back in the 70s...

[@fulloppositelock6778]

🎯

[@chaznaps5679]

Rock and Roll died in the 90's. Some older musicians tried to make new "super bands" like the Winery Dogs, etc. but anybody who had a knack for playing rock are gone. I don't even see younger guys even playing an instrument anymore.

[@billgoforth7426]

Check out dirty honey / rival son/dead daisies

[@jimcope9417]

It’s a lot of work and Talent to be a good Rock band. That’s what’s missing these days in these young bands. 😂

[@LilyGazou]

Maybe it’s because young people have college debt, high rent, high bills. And they have to work many hours. Not much time to hang out and practice and create.

[@haydenmalesky2518]

Rock is back where it needs to be: Underground. Back in the mid in late 80’s, rock became very formulaic and with over saturation the quality suffered since most of it sounded the same.

[@chrisclayton584]

need the entire segment on youtube.

[@kylee2942]

While I respect the free market, it is failing to reward the actual artists producing quality music. I'm a capitalist, but we need regulation with big tech.

[@fredfishers2656]

Agreed. The increased uncertainty of being able to at least earn a decent living by being a creator leads to more mediocrity overall as well. Big companies dominating competition

[@johnanthonycafe2993]

What Gene Simmons says is true. Kiss were a mediocre band and they made a fortune.

[@BarryRosenstein-b9u]

Gene Simmons the past 35 years “Rock is dead, Rock is dead, Rock is dead, Rock is dead, Rock is dead” THEN FUCKING FIX IT!!!!!!!!

[@markb8330]

Gene is still living in the 90s. While piracy was a significant issue during the rise of Napster and similar piracy platforms, the music industry and musicians have since adapted to legitimate music streaming services, KZbin, Patreon. etc. Of course, the opportunity for massive money might not be as attainable as it was in the past; maybe that's a good thing. Give them incredible wealth and suddenly, they want political power through obnoxious soapboxing and endorsing candidates.

[@markb8330]

@@RedEyeC Yeah, I didn't say just streaming revenue. Look at music groups like Voiceplay, Home Free, and Pentatonix. They're making money from streaming, Patreon, sponsorships, channel memberships, direct sales, live performances. Much like popular KZbinrs that aren't musicians.

[@CristianGarcia-kh6bl]

The 60s was the best time for music in general, what a great time to be alive!!!❤

[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

The problem with bands in America is they are independent minded groups where solo artists are super easy to hire and then put studio musicians in place to prop the solo artist up. The record companies can do this with ease and control the entire product from beginning to end. No different than the Monkees and all the boy bands, now they just do solo artists to make it completely controllable. There are no bands under 10 years of being together on any music chart. Only the old established ones who did it before the worm turned.

[@owenparkerjr.6588]

Requiem for Hollywood. For the last few years, the entertainment industry has failed the American people miserably with its never-ending liberalism. It has breathed its last breath. What follows I know not of, so please allow Hollywood to rest in eternal peace.

[@paisteplayer1040]

Rocks not dead it has evolved.. Many bands from the 90's- to today with better music than Kiss

[@flitetym]

… vinyl is dead … CDs are dead … all consumption media are dead. … and the internet will be dead once the government finalizes the technology to directly access your brain. “Matrix”, anyone? 🤔

[@re8746]

Bands in the 80's use to make $.50-1 per album. When downloading began, record sales disappeared.

[@Jjones-t9t]

Now days kids aspire to be influencers no talent required simple as that

[@Hammondguy88]

I just have fun playing my Hammond B3 organ and other keyboards at home now. Have no desire to play in clubs anymore making the same money I made 40 years ago.

[@derekthomas8529]

Question ❓ what has this to Do with ... Persimmons ... Well , the Fruits of ones Labor & ... Based on a Cross cut section ... The look of a ... Quasar ❔ Ok , how's about the ... Ghost and mr. Chicken ( movie ) ... Uh , oh ... The old Simmons mansion ... Whoa , it's a Cut Throat business ! And ... How !

[@CampsitePyro]

Well, that was enlightening

[@peteshallcross787]

The 70s was the best, most creative music cuz the promoters and record companies for the most part couldn't dictate what the artists recorded but that all changed in the 80s. There was some pushback already starting in the 70s, eg. Skynyrd's Workin' for MCA and Floyd's Have a Cigar. REM's Record CO, I believe Atlantic, told them they needed an album now! So they put out songs with silly lyrics but the riffs were so hot it worked for them!

[@scottjohnson9404]

He’s right.

[@royjohnson465]

Bill O’Riley don’t cut Gene Simmons off and cut it short and don’t let them talk properly please.

[@massapower]

These Days, Money is not made with new Music. It's made with TOURING

[@michaelogden5093]

The music business was always a rip off for the artist but now, unless you get scads of subs and likes on KZbin, it's just a hobby you "spend" money on and not the other way around.

[@getoffenit7827]

I earned every penny i spent on Concerts,T-shirts,Records,Cassettes,CDs,VHS tapes. Gasoline& Tolls to and from concerts. Rock is not dead..its in my garage being used as i type this..curiously 'I love it loud' from 'Creatures of the night' was on deck when this clip popped up. I do suppose 'Rock' is dead in the concert form and the atmosphere that was 'Rock'..We will never see bands like KISS,Zeppelin,Nazareth,Metallica,and a whole menagerie of others that dragged their balls thru 1000 miles of broken glass on the unforgiving highway of Hell to reach the pinnacle of fame,wealth and super stardom. Those decades 60s,70s,80s and 90s are gone..and when the last rockstar from those decades sings his last lyric or the ax man windmills his last riff as the drummer hangs up his sticks..Rock will truly be dead...we will never have bands like that again.

[@IanWhite-i9n]

Very interesting videos! Thank you for your creativity and dedication! 💞✨

[@WeSRT4]

All music is dead. There is very little real talent in mainstream music today to top it off. I listen to stuff from the 80s and 90s because of this.

[@sandrawadsworth5173]

True unfortunately! So very sad.

[@StarwaterCWS]

I am a guy that bought albums to play on my turn table. 8 tracks, cassettes. Then CDs for my CD player. Then paid for digital songs to build a computer library. All $$$$ that pays for the privilege of listening to music. Today, without a subscription, I can tell Alexa to play ‘Aerosmith’ and Alexa will ask if I want to subscribe for 30 days free and pay monthly afterwards. I always say no. You know why? Because Alexa follows up to my ‘no’ by saying, ‘okay. I can play similar songs with advertisements for free’ followed by song after song of Aerosmith. Why should I buy what I can get for free? I would be a fool not to.

[@Bethoflife]

Nowadays, it's not talent that gets you in to the business, it's money. I have great memories of the days when people played actual instruments and made REAL music.

[@rustinpeace9303]

Everybody wants to listen to that stupid hippity-hop same beat different words all day long over and over Untalented junk

[@tedrufledtjr.3573]

Rock & Roll is NOT dead! Check out The Warning... Three sisters out of Monterey, Mexico. Their latest album, Keep Me Fed, is one of the best rock albums ever. The have opened and or toured with Guns & Rose's, Foo Fighters, Halestorm, and many others. The future of Rock & Roll is brightened by The Warning!!!

[@chriswallace9113]

I hope you’re right. I find myself listening to more and more progressive country and bluegrass so I can hear actual musicians play instruments.

[@prestonbozeman3405]

The Warning are amazing.

[@Tyrant_13]

The analysis is superficially right. But what the creatives are now doing is starting subculture followings and being rewarded through more personal connections.

[@Youreplywasalie]

I don't need his opinion. It's a joke.

[@kevincassidy3091]

Rap didnt kill rock n roll, it was the emergence and popularity and brilliant marketing of crappy sub standard country music. Many of the rock fans gravitated to crappy country. As they phased out the smelly fat guys w cowboy hats.

[@cindysimpson6428]

THE HORROR OF IT ALL !!!!!

[@EternalSelenaQuintanilla]

Rock has been dead for a while and modern music sucks. Just look at the bb top ten entertainers of the 21th century and compare that to the artists from the 20th century. MJ & The Beatles alone were so massively talented.

[@BudinVegas]

I'll tell you about the current state of music. Songs with no melody whatsoever. The lyrics are mostly ignorant and monotone at best. One good thing, the rhythm. And more, no inspiration to lift the spirit, and worst part, one chord, the whole song.

[@AdamLocke-h8d]

Gene Simmons has beeen talking about this for years, I like gene but it's more than that.

[@stunner55]

Rock n Roll is there you need to find it and support it. The companies find it more lucrative to push these simpler cheaper manufactured acts. Gene should know he pushed Baby MEtal.

[@SpartacusColo]

I think it's more complicated than simply pirating music online. Touring makes a lot of money for a good band, and getting a lot of music out there, even if much of it is free, can equate to publicity. The "old way" of the actual, breathing DJ; down at the radio station, spinning records, wasn't exactly a money hose for bands. There were numerous musical styles which went out of fashion way before the internet came along.

[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

A) Artists can and do make money off sharing their music here on youtube. You can make millions if your videos do well. B) The idea that musicians get paid for recorded music instead of live performances was a 70 year blip, that treated some people in that 70 years very well. Now musicians are back to the long line of history where they must sing and play for their supper again. The business model has returned to the norm. The recording phase for money is what's dead. But then again, if your video is a hit, well you are still set to make money there.

[@Mine-z6w]

Blo hard

[@freqenc]

At this point we need to stop listening to celebrities. Hasn't done any good.

[@kyleb9439]

Lawnchair youth

[@JamesBaker-q1h]

“I don’t care for the rock and roll.” Norm McDonald.

[@davidh7423]

Most up-and-comers are going country, where the mainstream support is. But never fear, kids like Wolfgang VanHalen are going to keep rock and roll alive.