Sting Proclaims Rock Music As Boring

"Rock music has come to a standstill, it's not going forward anymore, it only bores me," Die Zeit German magazine quoted Sting as saying.

I could very well have said that on my own.

Because it is true. Rock music has become bland, boxed, and unexciting. Especially with American bands nowadays dishing out their own brand of 'rock' songs that are enough to send me into catatonic state.

It surprises me much that The Creed, The Calling, and all those Eddie Vedder-grunge-remnant sounding bands actually sell records and top the charts. Or that rap-rock (is that what they call it?) genre perpetrated by Limp Bizkit and many other tattoed motorcycle gang big guys. It plain sucks, man!

Very few rock bands can catch my attention these days. Of course, there's my favorite U2. REM, Greenday, Foo Fighters, Garbage... but these bands have surpassed the decade mark and were able to shape their own authentic sound.

What's new in rock when the new century ushered in? You can count 'em using fingers of your one hand: Franz Ferdinand, White Stripes, The Killers, Coldplay... I dare you to make a list of 10 bands carving out their own niche in rock history today.

So, yeah. Rock indeed has become utterly boring.