Saying goodbye to classic rock
Summary
NEW YORK • While it might be foolish to bet against The Rolling Stones touring in, say, 2025, there is little doubt that the genre of classic rock - its practitioners, its fans and its clout - is in steep decline. To write Twilight Of The Gods: A Journey To The End Of Classic Rock, Steven Hyden, who was born in the 1970s, spent time immersing himself in the music he loves. He listened to albums, attended concerts, read canonical books on the subject and mused on several questions. Here, he talks about how English rock band The Who helped inspire the book, the connection between music and mortality and more. I wanted to write about the generation from the 60s and 70s that has stayed around for a really long time, in a way that rock stars dont typically stick around.