ITT We Figure Out the Mainstream Rock Format

I listened to the active rock station for a little bit in the car last night, out of curiosity. It's an interesting contrast to what these charts are like, since almost every song was familiar: iirc,
Foo Fighters - Making a Fire (only song from this year; I knew it but only bc I listened to it when I saw it on the chart - it sounds like it could be from the 70s)
Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills
Green Day - Longview
The Glorious Sons - Kill the Lights (only song I didn't recognize; four years old but could be 20)
My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade
Something by the Tragically Hip

I actually don't dislike any of these and actively like a few but it was a exceptionally unchallenging, unsurprising listen; as noted above, it's basically a heavier contemporary take on classic rock in a way that doesn't come across when reading charts.

Other than Iron Maiden and Green Day, you might as well have just listed

Shit Band- Stupid shit song
Bad Group- Really Dumb Bro Song
Wow our band is Bad- Fucking Abysmal Song

Wow our band is Bad don't get much love on ILM, maybe it's their name?

Clap Your Hands Wow Our Band Is Bad

I can’t believe how many albums the foo fighters have made. I would have assumed they’d have all literally died of boredom after having to record their 7th album of undifferentiated “rock music” flavored audio product

Cool article, unperson.

yeah, great article unperson.

The new Big Wreck single is honestly really good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZImrFEkGjGs

Shit Band- Stupid shit song
Bad Group- Really Dumb Bro Song
Wow our band is Bad- Fucking Abysmal Song

It would be handy if Wow our band is Bad would add "UK" to their name, so I stop getting this weird Belgian microhouse group with a similar name on my Spotify "release radar" each Friday