Acoustic Rock

Subject: Acoustic Rock
From: glueman
Date: 04 Feb 10 - 04:38 AM

Given the noise surrounding acts like SoH do we need a new title for their genre?

Subject: RE: Acoustic Rock
From: Will Fly
Date: 04 Feb 10 - 04:51 AM

Ermm... something like death-punk-acoustic-garage-techno-folk-rock-thrash...?

I think I'll let you nominate the particular hair you'd like to split! :-)

Subject: RE: Acoustic Rock
From: Hamish
Date: 04 Feb 10 - 04:53 AM

Absolutely. A new pigeon-hole is just what we've been crying out for. Just don't mention horses.

Subject: RE: Acoustic Rock
From: glueman
Date: 04 Feb 10 - 05:12 AM

Title with one eye on the combustible nature of the material and an approved H&S rig. Even so, acoustic rock seems to fit SoH in a way that it doesn't for Mawkin Causely, Bellowhead, The Unthanks and other NFAs.

I doubt many of SoH's audience are folkies anyway. SoH, Billy Bragg, OysterBand - acoustic rock.

Subject: RE: Acoustic Rock
From: GUEST,KP
Date: 04 Feb 10 - 06:54 AM

SoH are alt-country, of course. Its just that the country in question is the west country, not America.

KP

Subject: RE: Acoustic Rock
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 04 Feb 10 - 07:27 AM

Folk 'n' Roll

Subject: RE: Acoustic Rock
From: GUEST,Spleen Cringe
Date: 04 Feb 10 - 07:28 AM

All rock's acoustic rock. I ain't never heard a horse use telepathy etc etc...

Subject: RE: Acoustic Rock
From: Paco O'Barmy
Date: 04 Feb 10 - 07:37 AM

Rock without electricity is pointless.

Subject: RE: Acoustic Rock
From: GUEST,Spleen Cringe
Date: 04 Feb 10 - 07:42 AM

Rock without electricity is pointless

Have you heard of skiffle?

Subject: RE: Acoustic Rock
From: Paco O'Barmy
Date: 04 Feb 10 - 07:54 AM

Skiffle isn't rock!!

Subject: RE: Acoustic Rock
From: GUEST,Spleen Cringe
Date: 04 Feb 10 - 07:56 AM

Skiffle isn't rock!!

How very dare you! Matron!

Subject: RE: Acoustic Rock
From: Bobert
Date: 04 Feb 10 - 07:57 AM

The entire term "acoustic" is such a nebulis term anyway... I have an Oscar Schmidt resonator that has a ceramic pickup in it... Most folks would look at it and say, "Yup, that is an acoustic geetar" and leave it at that... Then I plug in and run it thru a Fender Blue Junior tube0type amp and mess with the setting and all of a sudden what looks like an acoustic instrument sounds like Leslie West of the band "Mountain"...

But, hey... I can play it anywhere else where supposed acoustic music is being played...

Used to be acoustic meant just that... Now everyone plugs in..

B~

Subject: RE: Acoustic Rock
From: Paco O'Barmy
Date: 04 Feb 10 - 07:58 AM

Skiffle is skiffle, WAY before my time. Rock ain't rock without a Les Paul or a Strat surely? Imagine 'Freebird' played on Martin's???

Subject: RE: Acoustic Rock
From: glueman
Date: 04 Feb 10 - 08:00 AM

I think we all know what we mean by acoustic - the definition you won't find in the books.

Subject: RE: Acoustic Rock
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Feb 10 - 08:09 AM

"Imagine 'Freebird' played on Martin's"

That would be fantastic. Even better on washboard, jug, stand-up base, banjo and melodeon...

Subject: RE: Acoustic Rock
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Feb 10 - 08:51 AM

On Martin's what? His tummy?