Roger Daltrey Says There’s Not Enough Anger In Rock
The Who’s Roger Daltrey has opened up about the current state of rock music and says there’s just not enough anger in music anymore. Speaking with the U.K.’s London Evening Standard, Daltrey said that art is no longer at the center of the music business and the quality of work is lagging as a result.More »
By on March 15, 2015
The Who’s Roger Daltrey has opened up about the current state of rock music and says there’s just not enough anger in music anymore. Speaking with the U.K.’s London Evening Standard, Daltrey said that art is no longer at the center of the music business and the quality of work is lagging as a result. “There’s not enough anger out there in the music,” he said. “And theres not a lot of contemplation in the lyrics, it’s all very sweet . . . but that’s the iPhone generation. The music business . . . it’s been stolen. Nobody wants to put in any money on nurturing artists – if you don’t have the first hit, ‘Goodbye!’ In our days, people wanted to take chances and we were allowed to. The artists ran the business. Now, business runs the artists. You get accountants and lawyers basically deciding who’s going to make it and who’s not.” He went on to say that the Who are not likely to tour extensively any more in the future. “We will always do shows for charity, when we can, because it’s of enormous value to people and Pete [Townshend] and I love to play. But we won’t do long, schlepping tours. It’s killing us,” he explained. Copyright(c) 2015 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «