Current Events > What bands do you consider "Dad Rock"

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I guess it's all dependent on your age. I was listening to a podcast the other day and someone who is mid to late 30's was saying how his kid called Avril Lavigne "Dad Rock"

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Papa roach

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Anything before 2019.

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Rolling Stones will always be the epitome of dad rock to me. But more recent examples are RHCP and Foo Fighters.

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All bands at this point. Rock is a dying music.

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Led Zeppelin are the godfathers.
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For me growing up it was always Journey, Queen, Bon Jovi and Bryan Adams. These days Dad Rock is like Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

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None

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SquantoZ posted...

All bands at this point. Rock is a dying music.

miley is saving it by covering every rock song she will introduce it to the younguns who will in turn pick up the rock mantle

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EffectAndCause posted...

Led Zeppelin are the godfathers.

That's "dad rock" to me. I love the band though, it isn't me hating.

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Veggeta X posted...

For me growing up it was always Journey, Queen, Bon Jovi and Bryan Adams. These days Dad Rock is like Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

so dad rock is a pejorative term that evolves with time to mock what was immediately before for each new generation?

I can see kids 5 years from now going like bAd bUnNy iS dAd rOcK

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SPE posted...

so dad rock is a pejorative term that evolves with time to mock what was immediately before for each new generation?

I can see kids 5 years from now going like bAd bUnNy iS dAd rOcK

I think that's how it goes. It's what led me to the question.

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WrkHrdPlayHrdr posted...

I think that's how it goes. It's what led me to the question.

it seems kids 18 and below take pride on being stupid and not knowing anything older than 5 years.

im in my 20s and I know (and like) Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, etc.

are they my go-to? Nope. Will you find me rocking to them while driving my car? Hell no. But I can appreciate them and know about them.

these younger dumbasses act as if stuff like Avril Lavigne or Justin Timberlake were prehistoric and something their grandparents heard while farming dinosaur food with their stone instruments. Imagine telling them about The Rolling Stones.... but korok! The stones were a band before they were even alive!. I know, the stones were a band before I was even alive too.

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ride the lighting

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none of them, it's one of the dumbest terms for music i've heard

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SPE posted...

so dad rock is a pejorative term

It's not pejorative if dads own the label.

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Whitesnake

viewmaster_pi posted...

none of them, it's one of the dumbest terms for music i've heard

That and a lot of people who use it are the same ones who complain about people not liking new music.

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LivingLegend posted...

Thats not rock lol

exactly my point. Neither are Avril Lavigne (see OP). Everything older becomes dad rock. Bee Gees? Dad rock. Michael Jackson? Dad rock

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To me dad rock isn't so much about the era, though it is, but also the quality of the music.
Think Dad Sneakers.

So, in that sense, I would say Chicago is the epitome of Dad Rock.
I could name a few others. But it's mostly music I can't stand at this point.
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SPE posted...

exactly my point. Neither are Avril Lavigne (see OP). Everything older becomes dad rock. Bee Gees? Dad rock. Michael Jackson? Dad rock

Exactly. I think "dad rock" is any music the dad listened to when he was younger/growing up. And I think that's how people use the term.


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Pearl Jam is dad rock now.

But Springsteen is the primo dad rocker.
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i guess it usually refers to classic rock that your dad listens to.

dont understand whats wrong with that. heck some of the bands that fall in this category are actually cool. as if there's anything wrong with listening to older bands... lol

Bad Company and Aerosmith are quintessential.

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Nirvana and REM.

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Oasis, Stone Temple Pilots, Nirvana

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WrkHrdPlayHrdr posted...

Exactly. I think "dad rock" is any music the dad listened to when he was younger/growing up. And I think that's how people use the term.

That's the simplified answer. Like considering generations as 20 year periods rather than the circumstances of the time.

Dad Rock to me is tepid 'Rock and Roll' that doesn't say anything but pretend to be somehow hard.
For instance...

Hayame Zero posted...

Bad Company and Aerosmith are quintessential.

Bad Company, is Dad rock.
Aerosmith, only sometimes. ((Aerosmith is there own little thing))

The Rolling Stones, No.

Chicago, 100%.

Also, the cousin of Dad Rock and this is something I came up with is, Cubical Rock.
~Oh which, Phil Collins is the King.
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