Any "rock stars" since 1990?
 

Not that I am a fan - but maybe Kid Rock?

His music kinda sucks - but I would say that he lives pretty close to a "rock star" life as the classic ones.

Probably one of the few.

How about Snoop Dogg?

agreed .

marilyn manson

Not really a "rock star" though.
I wouldnt really qualify rappers as rock stars.

Probably, but are there any the quality of Morrison, Jagger, Joplin, Hendrix, etc?

Marylin Manson.
Kurt Cobain.
Lenny Kravitz although he came in the late 80's as Romeo Blue

Those are the only guys who have anything to do with rock that are universally recognizeable and adored for both the music and personality.

Now, the title Rock Star becomes a question of semantics because technically Snoop Dogg and a few other rappers are really the guys who exude the whole "Rock Star" bad boy image that everyone knows.

Rock guys turned into pussies that men don't want to be and women don't want to fuck around 1995. Green Day? Dave Grohl? Fall Out Boy? I like the music but I'd hate to have them backing me up in a bar fight.

But he lives the life.

Yep - another good one

A ton of people - Chris Cornell, Eddie Veddar, Layne Staley, Rob Zombie, Scott Stapp, Trent Reznor, Marilyn Manson - many others but that's what comes to mind

Rock stars don't change their names.

How about rock stars that lasted more than five years?

I would guess the majority of people don't know who most of them are, which means they arn't are rockstar. Everyone knows who Hendrix, Morrison ect are

I only know a few from the list you posted

Thank you, I thought it was just me.

ummm... Johnny Allen Hendrix? Reginald Kenneth Dwight? Chaim Witz? Stanley Harvey Eisen? the list goes on forever - there's probably a shorter list of rock stars who didn't change their names

seriously? If you're under 40 you should know who all those people are

It's hard to be a Rock Star when everyone is playing cover songs...

I mean, they don't change their names after they set a name. Hendrix did not start off as Johnny Hendrix.

Besides, Kravitz is a copy cat, not an influence.

Chris Cornell - lead singer of Soundgarden & Audioslave, 2 of the biggest bands in the world - total rock star

Eddie Veddar - Pearl Jam - ring any bells?

Layne Staley - one of the best vocalists ever - Alice in Chains RIP

Rob Zombie - how can anyone not know Rob Zombie? total fucking horror movie king rock star

Scott Stapp - Creed - yea, I don't like them but he had the rock star image and that band sold more records then any rock bands in recent memory

Trent Reznor - Nine Inch Nails

Marilyn Manson - no explanation needed

That comment alone proves you should not even be reading this thread.

None.

Those days are gone.

The world is due for someone to step up and blow everyone away. Too bad most are just talk, smoke and mirrors these days.

I like the Doors and Zeppelin & Hendrix as much as anybody but Audioslave & Soundgarden are hugely influential in modern rock - Chris Cornell always had the swagger, the attitude and the voice of a total rock star (motherfucker can sing!) and those bands sold tons of albums so not really sure what planet you're on but he's about as rock star as it gets

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Soundgarden was started in 1984. Doesn't qualify.

Trent Reznor is the only one from that list imo.

i dont care much for joplins stuff, but i love me some jimmy hendrix

ok, you got me there - fair enough :thumbsup I knew they started pre-90 but they didn't get major popularity until the 90s so I always consider them a 90s band - actually Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine came out 1989 but everyone still considers them a 90s band

I think you are stretching the definition of "major popularity." :2 cents:

There is no argument that she led the life though.

They are one of 4 bands that were in the center of an entire musical movement that dominated the early 90s - I'd say that's majorly popular, not to mention:

[I]Badmotorfinger is the third album by the Seattle grunge band, Soundgarden. It was released in 1991 through A&M Records. The album was nominated a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance that same year. Guitarist Kim Thayil jokingly suggested the title Badmotorfinger as a joke on Badmotorscooter.

The album became a breakthrough hit for Soundgarden, and went double platinum. It was released the same year as Nirvana's Nevermind and Pearl Jam's Ten, both of which helped to break grunge into the mainstream.


Superunknown is the fourth album by the Seattle grunge band Soundgarden. It was released in March 1994 through A&M Records. The following year it was nominated a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album, and picked up 2 Grammys for the songs Black Hole Sun and Spoonman. Superunknown had 6 charting singles. No other grunge band had released an album with 6 commercially successful, charting singles - including Nirvana, Alice in Chains or Pearl Jam. The album went 6x platinum and granted Soundgarden huge international recognition. In 2003, the album was ranked number 336 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Noel & Liam Gallagher, Billy Corgan, Marilyn Manson, Billy Joe Armstrong...

I think it's so difficult now because bands are often just the flavor of the month. In many ways after the singles stop coming they are forgotten about until the next album.

There are a ton of bands breaking into the spotlight for a short period of time rather than a handful of bands hogging it. So we don't really have the music icons anymore.

None these days strike me as being as iconic and "huge rock star"-ish as a Hendrix, Robert Plant, Jagger, Roger Daltry, John Lennon, Elton John, etc etc.

Those guys are gods.

There are no new gods.

how bout Sebastian Bach from White Snake, he's singing opera as well

that's because MTV & radio kind of pushed this whole urban thing for so long; it really hurt rock music in general - now kids are finally getting sick of rap - hip hop sales are way down for the first time and rock is starting to make a resurgence - the icons have been rappers for a long time and they just don't have the same mystique as rock stars - hopefully it will keep turning around for the better...

Kurt Cobain

He's as close as it gets.

I would have said Axel Rose but they started in the late 80's. He and Slash grew to a high status in the early 90's though, so I'd say those two.


But neither strike me as anywhere close to those previously mentioned by Baddog and myself.

The definition of a rock star is an recording artist who is universally known.

He or she can go into a club full of the most ghetto black people or the most white trash rednecks and most of the people would not only recognize that person but they would also know some of his songs.

Not to mention being able to travel worldwide and not be able to walk down the street without being swamped for autographs.

Chris Cornell - He could walk into a mallrat shopping mall and most people wouldn't recognize him.

Eddie Veddar - Same for Eddie, unless he started singing over the PA... they might think its Daughtry though.

Layne Staley - Nope, not a chance.

Rob Zombie - Somewhat.

Scott Stapp - Nope. Doesn't fit the description.

Trent Reznor - I like trent and his music, I have even met him but I still might not even recognize him in a crowd.


None of them can even stand next to Snoop Dogg without getting trampled.

All the current Rockstars of the last 17 years are Rappers.

one other comment about this - I think who you consider to be a rock god also all depends on when you grew up - I respect Elton John, Plant, Morrison, Hendrix and all those guys, but a lot of people who came up in the 90s or even today consider Trent Reznor a god and think Roger Daltrey or Elton John are nothing but boring old farts :1orglaugh so it all depends on your perspetive :2 cents: