I personally date the ‘death’ of Rock N’ Roll at 1975 or thereabouts. Everything after that is derivative... copies of copies. Many of the classic rock acts kind of went into hibernation as Disco took hold.
Rock n Roll’s been going downhill ever since Buddy Holly died.
In a sense you may be right in that Rock was the dominant genre of music.
Everything after that is derivative... copies of copies. Many of the classic rock acts kind of went into hibernation as Disco took hold.
Rock's always been derivative. But at least innovation continued thereafter...until IMO 1986 or so.
Rock did go into hibernation and even hemorrhaged once Disco screwed up rock's evolution. A few years back, even Glitter hurt rock in about '73-'74. One could argue it was a gay conspiracy :-) After Glitter and Disco producers weren't so apt to promote only straight rock acts and the music itself.
Woodstock killed rock and roll. It wasn’t even the only big festival that year. But it was the one with a movie and a soundtrack album. And a lot of non-rock acts.
The industry changed. They realized how much money could be made packing stadiums on regular ocassion (not just “Beatles” type events).
Hendrix didn’t have to play 2 shows at the Fillmore East in a night anymore.
Bands and audiences learned their roles. And the prices went higher. And the energy went down. And the 60s rock acts became adults and spouses and families and gave up the rock for moms&dads music. But they didn’t want to say that they were no longer rock and roll. So rock died a bit.