Trancending Rock Band Via Post-Rock

[Eponym]

I think it would be a great experience to put post-rock in the game. It would be awesome to be apart of the layering process (think of the music game Frequency) like the band Mono. The only trick to post-rock... is that there wouldn't be much for the mic. Though there might be a couple of bands appropriate (Sigur Rós comes to mind) but I would imagine it very difficult to speak 'hopelandic.' To counter that, some might say many falsetto voices of classic rock would be equally hard to replicate.

It would be kickace to have on bands like:

Explosions in the Sky
Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Anyone else have post-rock band suggestions? maybe some with vocals? :P

[benjamin]

I somewhat enjoy the music but I really dislike the name. What in the name of creamery butter does Post-rock mean? It just feels like they put two words together.

[c0nd0rd4myt]

there also wouldnt be much reason for more than one player.

I say go buy a copy of Sony Acid/Soundforge and make some layered songs, and than find a rythm game and put it in.

[Eponym]

Benjamin: The criticism of the term post-rock is somewhat controversial but regardless, it is still used to describe the genre.. however close to progressive rock it may sound.

c0nd0rd4myt: Many bands like Mono prefer to layer live and they're a four piece band (two guitars, bass, drums) Even their studio recordings are done in a single take with very little manipulation. Though I understand how Soundforge could work to achieve this sound, the energy just isn't there.

I am curious of the dynamics in song selection for Rock Band. I can clearly understand their reasoning for mainstream and classic rock and I wouldn't blame them for their exclusive uses. After all not that many people care about indie or some of the more experimental alternative sub-genres. But I know the guys at Harmonics are a bit more open to feedback than other companies and try to do their best to appease the masses. So I would hope that they would at least give a nod to the less popular genres in the spirit of music.

[c0nd0rd4myt]

I somewhat enjoy the music but I really dislike the name. What in the name of creamery butter does Post-rock mean? It just feels like they put two words together.

i'm with benny on this one. the term Post-Rock makes it sound like Rock Music was more of a fad or some sort of socio-economical-political movement than it is a broad genre of music. it also makes it appear that Rock Music is dead,which it clearly isnt.

and from your description of Mono (cause i've never heard them personally) they sound like a Rock band that just uses computers a little bit to help them.

[Eponym]

c0nd0rd4myt: I am somewhat shocked (mildly since this is a video game forum) that you would state that post-rock infers that rock is dead. Please at least read the wikipedia article on post-rock before making such comments. Post-Rock does not imply anything about rock but simply they are using rock instrumentation for entirely different purposes. Don't complain about post-rock making assumptions that rock is dead, when in fact you yourself are making assumptions about post-rock; it's very hypocritical. Though I would hate to get side-tracked into a debate about post-rock. As I originally stated, this isn't a discussion about the term post-rock but its music.

Secondly you cannot say a band 'sounds' like anything unless you've listened to them. I was emphasizing that Mono 'minimally' uses post-production equipment/software to produce their albums (vs say NIN's heavy use of post production). The importance of their sound comes from the raw (unedited) power of their music. At least myspace them?

[benjamin]

He was not saying post-rock the music infers that rock is dead. He was saying that the name Post-rock, as if rock is over and this is the new wave, infers that rock is dead.

[damnfinecat]

Post-Rock is a genre where the songs are very long and mostly ambient, but build up further and further into a thundering crescendo and then crash back down into calmness again.

Bands like A Silver Mt. Zion, GY!BE, Mum, Sigur Ros, Explosions in the Sky.

It would incredibly boring to play, in my opinion. Mostly because about 4 minutes of a typical post rock song is one chord held.

[damnfinecat]

Also, I can't believe you're arguing about about the name of the genre. Post-Rock is what post-rock is. It doesn't mean that rock has ended, it just means that this kind of music is happening in a more advanced stage than traditional rock. It's pretentious, but it's an applicable term.

Also, Post-Rock does NOT mean that it's anything that uses traditional rock instruments for alternative purposes. Cawing a can open with a Bass is not post-rock. I described what the genre is as best I could above. However, there are bands like Mogwai and Pelican that often get called post-rock, when instead they are really just slow and heavy. It's sludge-rock, or doom-metal, or any of the other millions of terms people have given the genre. But Post-Rock defiently has a sound.

[c0nd0rd4myt]

He was not saying post-rock the music infers that rock is dead. He was saying that the name Post-rock, as if rock is over and this is the new wave, infers that rock is dead.

exactly, the term post-rock, in a literal translation, does infer that Rock is Dead.

lets say for a second that i know nothing of Post-rock, or of music in general. the term Post-Rock in itself does suggest that Rock is dead and gone. Post means after, or following. Rock is it the thing that it is after or follows. and for that to happen that means that Rock would have to end, to stop, to no longer exist, in order for Post-Rock to exist.

and i was also saying on how it sounds basedon your description, in a similar way one says if a movie,game,book,cd,meal "sounds" good or bad by the person telling them about it. this term "sound" is because more often than not we are told through communication (usually relying on the sense of sound) about something, and if what is audible description given to us is appealing, than we say "ey that sounds good",

[damnfinecat]

Post doesn't have to mean the thing it is coming after has ended. People still paint in both modern and post-modern styles.

[c0nd0rd4myt]

well that is debatable. in a vernacular case, your right. but from a literal view of it, the the thing that is being Post-ed must either end or an event must happen that made a large impact (i.e. in a historical even Post-9/11 or Post-Katrina)

[stanislas]

Hello,

My band has a song on RBN. I think it should please post rock listeners. Worth a try ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI2o6_kliPU&NR=1

[Coldplayer]

Playing Untitled 8 by Sigur Rós or The Mighty Rio Grande by This Will Destroy You in Rockband would be the most amazing thing in Rockband ever.

But this is a dream that will probably never come true.


Hello,

My band has a song on RBN. I think it should please post rock listeners. Worth a try ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI2o6_kliPU&NR=1

Holy ****!
So, there actually is a post rock song in RB! Awesome!
And it's not half bad!

Btw, if you want to check out my band as well: http://www.cinematiquemusic.com