It died after the release of Abbey Road and the dissolution of the Beatles.
After that, it became louder, darker, more explicitly drug influenced, and monotonous.
Do I need to remind you about Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds? Drugs? Hello?
“It died after the release of Abbey Road and the dissolution of the Beatles”
Yes, The Beatles splitting was a huge hit. A lot of acts imitated them or were inspired by them. I’d say 1974 was the last good year. Taking corporate sponsorships was another death blow.
“After that, it became louder, darker, more explicitly drug influenced, and monotonous.”
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My neighbors—in two different states—play loud music that sounds like hurdy-gurdy.
“It died after the release of Abbey Road and the dissolution of the Beatles.”
I think it died when clubs like Studio 54 in NYC socialized disco. At the same time, clubs like CGBG’s hosted punk and alternative music. The 80’s rock scene now featured “Hair” bands and at the same time, the Seattle music scene socialized a whole different brand of music.
Sorry, but grossly disagree with that assessment.
70s were full of a lot of great music.
If anything 1 thing killed it, it was likely MTV, where how you looked became far more important than talent.. by the time Grunge came about, as lousy musically as most of that was, “rock” had largely become an unintentional self parody.
Remember, Beatles were beaten out by CCR as the best selling Band, before the beetles broke up. Of course CCR infighting ended them long before they likely would have.