Can anyone explain to me the difference between rock & roll and hard rock. I see new bands (post 2010) that label themselves as rock & roll (ie. The Gods of Macho) but they really seem like hard rock to me. Did hard rock as a genre die out in the 80's? Is it a passe term? Are we on neo- hard rock yet or post-classical hard rock?
Most of the bands I'd consider to be true rock & roll are much older bands, perhaps even predating "classic rock" as "oldies". I listen to a lot of newer music with crazy specific genres (anti-folk, cave rock, dark cabaret, Industrial Goth, Neo soul, PBR&B, Power pop, power noise, baroque pop, and EBR/ EBM / new German hardness). These are genres that I was unaware of when I was a teen. We had rap, pop, alternative, punk rock and metal (don't even get me started on subgenres of metal). That was what the young people listened to. We still had classical and I did work at a folk festival so there was at least folk music it just wasn't "popular." But we didn't have crazy sub-genres of genres- or at least not that I was aware of.
So what do you think are good examples of modern rock and roll vs. modern hard rock. Or, for those of you who are musically inclined please explain the difference in musical terms like you would if you were explaining it to a kid. I'm a listener not a musician
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