# Is Imagine Dragons rock 'n roll? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 15, 2018, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-imagine-dragons-rock-n-roll/817935 "2018-07-15T06:57:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-imagine-dragons-rock-n-roll/817935/41 "2018-07-19T05:05:37Z")
A good answer! ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-imagine-dragons-rock-n-roll/817935/42 "2018-07-19T05:55:28Z")
I voted “who?” Not because I haven’t heard of them, but because I dont know that I’d recognize a song of theirs unless it was pointed out. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-imagine-dragons-rock-n-roll/817935/43 "2018-07-19T05:58:16Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > But are they? Is there any popular singer or band out there that embodies the same spirit of youthful rebellion and sense of danger we saw in rock at its best? Because all I see is overproduced production-line pop and R&B. Even hip-hop has become stagnant and moribund, busy repeating the same old tired shit for the past 20-odd years. Where’s the fire? The passion? Maybe not ‘youthful’ per se, but have you have of Kendrick Lamar? He’s as rebellious and dangerous as anything rock has ever offered. And yes, the kids have chosen their own music (in reference to a post above). It’s generally hip-hop with electronic influence. Trap music as well (the dreaded triplicate beat). Rock is… Well secondary at best. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-imagine-dragons-rock-n-roll/817935/44 "2018-07-19T06:02:56Z")
Imagine Dragons sounds like a group that is desperately trying to get picked up for a beer commercial or a movie trailer soundtrack. The trailer, not the movie. It sounds like they’ve sold out even before the get-go. It sounds like they’re trying really hard to say something deep, but when you listen to it, there’s nothing but these vapid tryhard cliches. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-imagine-dragons-rock-n-roll/817935/45 "2018-07-19T06:16:57Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > Imagine Dragons sounds like a group that is desperately trying to get picked up for a beer commercial or a movie trailer soundtrack. The trailer, not the movie. It sounds like they’ve sold out even before the get-go. > > It sounds like they’re trying really hard to say something deep, but when you listen to it, there’s nothing but these vapid tryhard cliches. I find 90% of bands/lyrics are like that. Even bands I love. Very rarely will the lyrics make a song better. To me, the singer is just another instrument. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-imagine-dragons-rock-n-roll/817935/46 "2018-07-19T10:19:00Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > In all honesty, it’s shame we’re still talking about rock. Kids today should have something completely different…something undefined by geriatric boomers and aging Gen X. They should be doing their own thing without trying to get some sort of affirmation from us. Is “Dubstep” still cool? ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-imagine-dragons-rock-n-roll/817935/47 "2018-07-19T10:26:32Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > Imagine Dragons sounds like a group that is desperately trying to get picked up for a beer commercial or a movie trailer soundtrack. The trailer, not the movie. It sounds like they’ve sold out even before the get-go. > > It sounds like they’re trying really hard to say something deep, but when you listen to it, there’s nothing but these vapid tryhard cliches. So IOW…“rock”. I’m not sure how Imagine Dragons could be considered anything BUT rock. I mean insomuch that pop music today can be characterized by specific genres. A lot of modern music sounds like a corporate homogenized mishmash of rock, hip hop and dance beats. But Imagine Dragons are certainly more on the “rock” side of that, sandwiched somewhere between Coldplay and Kings of Leon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-imagine-dragons-rock-n-roll/817935.md?page=2)