This new breed of modern country is wearing me thin

[Wagster]

I'm filling in for a modern country band for a high paying wedding gig. They also have asked me to join their group as a full time member. They are all a bunch of nice guys but the amount of rock that they throw into their show leaves me baffled as to why they just don't do a rock gig. They remarked that the Jason Aldean tunes needed to be heavier so now they sound like Iron Maiden.

Their other guitar player plays Eruption during their show. The Paisley tunes sounded like GnR and they even do Metallica's Enter Sandman. I'm starting to see this trend in a lot of country bands. I love rock but it's kinda silly to rock that hard on a country gig.

I guess it's time to join a rock band so I can play a bunch of country licks

 

[Mayflower]

I would agree and that was my last gig for 3 years.
It got old and corny.

 

[Doublearon77]

New country is like a bad rock band with a fiddle.

 

[Wagster]

It's gotta be a little strange seeing people line dance to Paradise City.

 

[tiktok]

I think it was Brent Mason who said that he started doing country session work in the 80's to avoid playing Journey covers for a living...and now much of the stuff he gets called for sounds like Journey.

 

[buzzp]

It's gotta be a little strange seeing people line dance to Paradise City.

hahah yes, thank you sir- made the end of this bizarre Friday much, much funnier

 

[DWB1960]

Their other guitar player plays Eruption during their show.

PLEASE tell me that he doesn't wear a cowboy hat while doing it.....

 

[27sauce]

I play Nash trash for a living, and its not the rock thing that gets me. What blows my mind is how popular hip hop/dance music is with the country crowd. I have seen 3000+ rednecks do the wobble.

 

[Wagster]

PLEASE tell me that he doesn't wear a cowboy hat while doing it.....

Sadly he does.

 

[DWB1960]

Sadly he does.

 

[Turbo Gerbil]

sounds like a fun gig to me.

 

[Wagster]

sounds like a fun gig to me.

Maybe I should give you their number

 

[Shredtrash]

sounds like a fun gig to me.

I agree with you...to a point.

I don't mind rockin' it up a bit but I definitely don't want to play Metallica and G&R covers at my country gig.

 

[Wagster]

I agree with you...to a point.

I don't mind rockin' it up a bit but I definitely don't want to play Metallica and G&R covers at my country gig.

Exactly how I feel.

 

[GA19RVT]

New country is like a bad rock band with a fiddle.

With a bad-sounding fiddle.

My top modern country gripe is the sound of the fiddle.

 

[gixxerrock]

I like playing in rock bands, and I like playing in good country bands. I don't like it so much when they start mixing the two.

 

[Turbo Gerbil]

I agree with you...to a point.

I don't mind rockin' it up a bit but I definitely don't want to play Metallica and G&R covers at my country gig.

I totally would as long as it didn't turn into a Bob's Country Bunker situation.

 

[toneispower]

hmmm.....

 

[Wagster]

hmmm.....

That was pretty cool. It's a bluegrass band doing a hard rock tune in a bluegrass style. Not a bluegrass band trying to play metal.

This is what I'm talking about