Butt Rock: radio-friendly pop disguised as rock music written to be a hit, not to be an artistic statement. See: Nickelback, Creed, Hinder, 3 Doors Down, Poison, Buckcherry, Shinedown, etc.
one who plays butt rock, obviously. “accessible, mainstream-friendly hard rock,” as Google AI describes it. 3 Doors Down. Seether. Hinder. Nickelback. Gravelly tenor voices with Affliction T-shirts and Rock Revival jeans.
EDIT: got a rep “lol so everything from the year 2000 on a local rock radio station?” Yes, pretty much. Do you like that music? Congrats, you like Butt Rock.
Im honestly having Deja vu, I swear I explained this on the board somewhere else. Not recliner-replacement levels of Deja vu, but still.
I am guessing most of the Original Van Halen albums in the 70s to early 80s would be considered butt rock then.
Personally, I separate hair bands from butt rock. Maybe people older than me would disagree, but hair bands was more about high-pitched wailing vocals, and shredding guitar. And hair, obviously. butt rock is short hair, chugg chords, not singing into the stratosphere, but more beer-drunk yelling melodies. EDIT: I originally used the term “hair metal” but I don’t think that was correct. Hair bands and hair metal are different.
No, they have to be no talent ass clowns as well as playing radio friendly rock. Eddie Van Halen had more talent in his neck held cigarette than all of the late 90s butt rock bands combined. Funny I randomly Wikipedia rabbit holed this term last night after seeing a post about Cameron Crowe’s movie “Singles.” Butt Rock was basically 3rd wave grunge which was just softer and meaningless compared to early 90s grunge. Myself I include heavier, but just as talentless bands, like Disturbed, Drowning Pool, and Godsmack. If bar chords and drop D tuning are your only tools. You are butt rock.
The United States Armed Forces do not appreciate your disparagement of their early-2000s recruiting strategy.
Back before the Epstein files, when being sexually attracted to 17 year olds was cool and worth celebrating with song. And the heyday of Charvel guitars.
“Warrant” used to film themselves having orgies with their groupies.…..average age of a Warrant fan in 1989? Fifteen. I got that from Pop-Up video. There’s always just a part of culture at large that hits you differently older than when young. While on the topic, like so: …I watch and/or listen to that now and all I can think is “Thank Christ my daughter is gay.”
I have been interviewed by the FBI because Skinny Puppy was being investigated for transporting 15 year old (sex) groupies across state lines, back when I was IT Manager at Nettwerk Records. Fun times.
When I was on the road, one of the superfans of the artist I played for was 16, and would help with merch and stuff. God, she was annoying. Grew up into a cool, attractive woman though. We’re not friends because I treated her like shit.