Rock is Dead? Full Film: Steve Albini Nirvana Metallica Guns N Roses KISS Greta Van Fleet Pink Floyd

'Rock is Dead?' is my most recent music documentary. It features musicians and/or producers from KISS, Nirvana, Scorpions, Greta Van Fleet, Sum 41, Nightwish, Kamelot, Dream Theater, Grand Funk Railroad, & more. The cast in alphabetical order: Steve Albini, Ellen Allien, Tyler Bryant, Gary Cobain, Black Coffee, Courtney Cox, Troy Donockley, Jack Endino, Waka Flocka Flame, Emma Hewitt, Sam Kiszka, Dylan Kongos, John Kongos, Bruce Kulick, Cone McCaslin, Linda McDonald, Wanda Ortiz, Charles Peterson, Mike Portnoy, Kristen Rosenberg, Eddie Trunk, Danny Wagner, Alice Wheeler & Thomas Youngblood.

My original music documentary, 'What is Classic Rock?', features musicians from Guns N' Roses, The Doobie Brothers, Twisted Sister, Jethro Tull, Billy Talent, Grand Funk Railroad, The Guess Who, Korn, KISS, Triumph, Styx, Alice Cooper, Suzi Quatro, Randy Bachman, Country Joe McDonald, Megadeth, Blood Sweat & Tears, Mr. Big, Black 'N Blue, OHM, LA Guns, Sweetwater, Vince Neil & more.

'What is Classic Rock?' - Canada & USA:

'What is Classic Rock?' - Worldwide:

[DanielSarkissian]

If you'd like to see my previous film *WHAT IS CLASSIC ROCK?* the links are available here:

'What is Classic Rock?' - Canada & USA:

'What is Classic Rock?' - Worldwide:

Both *Rock is Dead?* and *What is Classic Rock?* are completely self-funded DIY films, thanks for watching.

Cheers,
Daniel

[michaelarias]

“You were not born in the wrong generation you were born in the right one to keep rock alive” -slash

[lorddeathspit]

Rock fans are partly to blame for the downfall of Rock as the top genre. When a new band comes along that does well we tend to shit on them cuz we only like music from our past. We gotta embrace the young rock talent.

[danialm]

"If you see some guitar in music store. It means rock still alive." - Keith Richards.

[harrr]

Telling rockers that rock is dead is just about the best way to fuel the feeling of rebellion and non-conformance that drives it. So keep it coming. Art does not need to be mainstream to be valid, beautiful, important, or inspiring.

[genjimm]

I was once a musician, I had a hundred and one projects going. Always tried to make the best songs possible with my band, fully believed in what we were doing. I was right on that transition period were you still had to make demos and send them around but on the other hand things like Myspace started to pop up very soon after. After the twentieth band or so, the social media aspect and 'blowing things out of proportion' like a manager or someone told us to do just didn't rub me the right way. I'm here to make music, not work on a fucking theater play you know. So I quit. But seeing this now kinda makes me think it's a shame. Someone's gotta push the fucking cart man. So to all my struggling fellow musicians, trying to survive in this digital wasteland. Don't you dare go hollow my friends. I love you all!

[MourningCoffeeMusic]

Rock isn’t dead, the industry is! There’s so many new bands that are good but, as it’s pointed out throughout this doc, the internet has completely changed the game for better AND for worse. Selling records is just not what it used to be for anyone, and the big players (record labels, radio and TV) have all lost a lot of the power they had to break an artist. Us artists must adapt in order to survive. It’s that simple.

[levikeeling]

You cannot destroy the metal... the metal will live on

[-WolfMan-]

"You can't kill Rock 'N Roll - IT'S HERE TO STAY!!"
(Ozzy Osbourne)

[oliwl]

So what do you do when your born in the wrong time? You make it yours.
-Nikki Sixx

[abolishwelfare]

Rock isn’t dead, it’s just on an extended vacation in Europe, South America and Asia.

[locksmithdb]

I am 8 years older than my wife and she has always said the music i grew up listening to is the BEST. The 90's Nirvana, NIN, Smashing pumpkins, Alice in Chains, Tool, ..etc. Now my daughter is 16 and she loves the same music. Hip hop is so "flavor of the week"

[VinayKumarMusician]

Nice job! Thank you for making this film and reminding us that Rock has always been a vehicle for questioning the status quo. A computer could never have written "Smells like teen spirit", "Stairway to heaven" or "Purple Haze". And that's why Rock will never die.

[kendrabell]

Rock was my upbringing, I was just a little girl who grew up listening to Metallica, Guns’n’Roses, and many more rock artists! I’m 19 years old now in 2020 still listening to the same rock bands. Who says rock is dead? I’m making my own kids listen to the classics man!

[maddymud]

By the time my parents music was done (Swing) — it was no longer filling concert venues, but high school auditoriums. R&R is off the Top 20, but it can still sell tickets at large live venues, festivals, etc

[Mraquanetchris]

Our society today is so economically different from then. 80's and '90's one could have a crappy job, apartment or studio, get an instrument and have time to create. Those days are gone.

[rockerbob]

“They” have been saying rock is dead for years and years. It’s like the tide, it ebs and flows. Or waves...you gotta wait for sets for good ones. They can’t all be the Beatles, Black Sabbath or Nirvana but there will be another “big thing”! MUSIC WITH VOCALS, GUITARS and DRUMS will never die!

[bennyioa]

Im 25 and have been building my vinyl collection over the past few years, it is nostalgic almost for me, not because I had vinyl specifically as a kid. I'd say in my mind the feeling of ripping open the plastic, inspecting every little piece that came with it, takes me back to buying games when I was younger, and opening it in the car on the way home and reading the manual (sadly gone now). It's so exciting getting home and seeing the vinyl sized delivery on the doorstep, I always play them straight away.

[thedddemon]

Fantastic work! I'm amazed by how eloquent Albini and Endino are. Their spoken word is almost at philosopher level. Knowledgable and balanced.

[DeformedConscience]

"why would anyone pay for something that they can get for free" -

I own over 10, 000 physical music albums. and am always buying more. I will never let the hard copy die. I guess I am just a modern day fool.