I always see this word being thrown around alot but never really had a real explanation for it
>what is dad rock
>what qualifies something to be dad rock
>can it be good
Dad Rock is popular rock music that Dad's listen to
Good examples of Dad Rock would be Waters' Pink Floyd, The Beatles, and Led Zeppelin
And despite what some may believe, yes, Dad Rock can be excellent
>>69041906
>>what is dad rock
it can only be intuited
>>what qualifies something to be dad rock
it can only be intuited
>can it be good
no
>>69041906
Dad Rock is music that your dad likes and tries to get Millennials to appreciate unsuccessfully.
Old music that is popular with today's kids is not Dad Rock.
King Crimson is Dad Rock, The Beatles is not.
Dad Rock is Dad Rock irrespective of Genre.
Dinosaur Jr and Ultramagnetic MC's are Dad Rock.
It can be used in a sentence like this.
"Kanye West thinks he's a genius just because he samples a lot of Dad Rock"
Dad Rock is pejorative term used defiantly by fans of Dad Rock.
>>69041906
Derogatory slang for classic rock
donovan and simon & garffunkle are the only good dad rocks
My dad's "dad rock" is bands like the jesus lizard, swans, minutemen, shellac, melvins, slint, volcano suns, cows, the birthday party, etc. He is into a bit noisier bands, and I attribute this to him being a fan jazz and avant garde music before he was into rock. So I guess I'm a dad rock fan.
Dad rock used to be Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones etc. but now that's grandad rock so Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Metallica etc. is the new dad rock
>>69041906
the kind of "classic rock" they still play on the radio ad nausuem
>>69042468
>Dinosaur Jr
>dad rock
Well i never
>>69042468
Dinosaur Jr. is not dad rock you pleb. It refers to mainstream shit on the radio dads rock out to and think is "real music" like CCR, Allman Brothers, the Eagles, Molly Hatchet, lynyrd skynyrd, the cars etc.
>>69043060
Foo fighters is THE dad rock band today.