# Bringing back Why is there no good music anymore like in the 70s and 80s **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [January 16, 2026, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-back-why-is-there-no-good-music-anymore-like-in-the-70s-and-80s/1026736 "2026-01-16T04:15:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 52
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-back-why-is-there-no-good-music-anymore-like-in-the-70s-and-80s/1026736/52 "2026-01-16T20:08:30Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > One factor to consider: the era of rock music is over. It ended in the early 1990s. > [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > This is not a fact. > [@peccavi](#): > > In the US, maybe, possibly killed by old guys who refuse to listen to anything produced after 1995. But it is alive and well elsewhere… Good jazz is still being made, but we can all agree the jazz era ended decades ago. The same argument can be made for rock. In fact, [we had a lengthy thread on this subject in 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-rock-era-over-if-so-when-did-it-end/799324). --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-back-why-is-there-no-good-music-anymore-like-in-the-70s-and-80s/1026736)._