Rammstein rocker Richard Kruspe has spoken out about the current state of the rock scene, saying “the rebellion in rock music is kind of over.”
In a recent interview with Summa Inferno to discuss his new album from his Emigrate project, Kruspe reflected on what rock music used to represent to fans, saying that it is far different in today’s climate.
“The thing with rock, it used to have, or every kind of music has a certain kind of mission,” he began.
“Rock music used to be music that we would [use] to rebel against our parents. I remember when I was small, I was cranking up rock music, and my parents would come in and say, ‘Can you put it down?’ Nowadays, when my kids play rock music, I come in and say, ‘Can you make it louder?’ So the rebellion in rock music is kind of over.
“That’s why I think the rebellion these days is more in lyrics,” Kruspe continued.
“That’s why I think hip-hop is so popular — because the young generation needs to rebel. But this will also [be] over, and the next generation [will move on to] something else. I don’t know if rock music comes back, but at the moment, obviously, it has changed and it’s not high priority in the music business.
Kruspe continued, “[Acts like Rammstein and Metallica] all like dinosaurs. I mean, of course, but think about it — all those dinosaur bands, they’re old,” he said. “We’re old people [by] comparison.
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“The young generation, they’re listening maybe also to rock, but they’re also interested in other kinds of music. And the other problem is that those big bands, they’re not coming after.
“I always talk about those stadium bands. It’s almost over. What’s the last stadium band you know? Maybe Muse was the last one. I’m talking about huge stadium bands that can play in a stadium. They’re getting less and less and less, and certainly, they will die out.”
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