Reggae, by far, would’ve stopped shortly after the deaths of Marley, Cliff, and Tosh (he’s dead, right?), 20 years short of the likes of Sean Paul or the dozens of Marley descendants tarnishing their father’s good name.

You are an ass Jr. Gong rocks.

I’d say there’s certainly been some good reggae since Marley, etc., but it sure would’ve been nice if the dancehall scene had never discovered violent homophobia…

Do you ever re-read what you just wrote, Liz? Or do you just assume it’s up to your always awesome standards.

Would it be too broad to say Rock & Roll? I just heard a 20-yr old kid on Houston street exclaim “ONE STEP BEYOND!” a few minutes ago, btw. Kinda fun to see this post right after.

i agree with mike…i’d save rock, because after the death of cobain, rock kinda went down the tubes….nowadays, all rock bands sound the same…hell, i can’t even tel them apart most of the time…

80’s techno. Now that was a musical genre we can all be proud of :-p

Save Disco from being raped by Madonna.

definitely agree on the reggae comment. Marley meant so much and now it’s being tainted with “lyrics” of bitches and 40’s. very mediocre.

Save ska from the early nineties pop-ska movement. It was never as groundbreaking or essential as other genres, but it was at least a little bit interesting before Smash Mouth and their kind decided to kill it.

Punk has to be number one on this list since it’s already dead…and to add insult to ummm, death, it’s remains have been consumed by filthy scavengers.

The death of Bradley Nowell certainly stuck a shiv into the heart of the unique blend of reggae/ska/pop that Sublime was developing. Who knows where that genre would be had he kicked the junk and released just two more albums into the void that No Doubt had left behind?

LONG LIVE MADNESS

You ppl ae impossible to please anything thats up here u dispute it trash it or just plain piss on it. why dont u go outside and play or something

There are rock bands out there that are different. Not all of it is corporate blandness. Even if you are yelling at the major labels, you must admit there is a difference between Coldplay, The White Stripes, Disturbed, Fall Out Boy, and Queens of the Stone Age? While some or all of these acts may not appeal to you, it does say something about the alledged lack of diversity in modern rock.

I’d smack some sense into punk rock.

This is a time where we should have seen an explosion in punk music (due to the climate in society).

Instead all I heard was snickering over kids who shop at Hot Topic and pointless rants about how Green Day are not punk.

Maybe punk died when The Ramones and Joe Strummer died.

Don’t kill him please.

Punk should just be left alone. It was great to bring back the stripped down rock & roll back when. If you claim to be a punk rocker today, bring something “punk,” something new. Inherit the spirit, not the style. In these 30 years, did anybody play that kind of music better than the originators such as the Ramones, Pistols, and Clash etc?