all things good or bad must come to an
end and music trends are no exception
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 music genres that died out before we
begin we publish new videos every day so
be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
the most significant musical genres to
ever burn out or fade away to be
considered any given John renews to have
experienced a period of relative
mainstream popularity before
subsequently falling out of favor with
the Mattress sure there are likely
plenty of bands still playing in each of
these musical styles but if a genre is
featured on this list its heyday has
undeniably come and gone
[Music]
number ten third wave ska you might not
remember this genre by name but unless
you’ve been living in a bunker like
Brendan Fraser’s character in blast from
the past
that’s your back or you’re some sort of
recently discovered caveman like wealth
Brendan Fraser in Encino man yet
definitely remembers this song God music
has had three distinct phases of
popularity the first wave originated in
Jamaica in the 50s before giving way to
a UK based second wave in the 1970s with
groups like madness and the special the
third wave was really an American
phenomenon groups like the Mighty Mighty
Bosstones and no doubt made the third
wave a mainstream success
but by the late 90s the nation’s youth
had moved on and SCARA treated back to
the underground how you’re making out
number 9
emo emo was actually born in the
mid-1980s the hardcore punks interested
in expanding the emotional range of
their music but the music of these early
pioneers bears little resemblance to the
music fashion and culture that took over
mainstream America in the early 2000 he
more I’d like some sort of a magically
quaffed Pied Piper
leading a generation of alienated kids
off to the newly reinvented female
centric Vans Warped Tour parents were
confused and concerned but hey Jimmy Eat
World Green American and taking back
Sundays tell all your friends were damn
catchy and relatable
[Music]
like 2010 however the scene was pretty
much comatose the music had grown into
an endless flow of offshoots but most
importantly the band who made the genre
popular had for the most part moved on
to different sounds number 8
Krong this distinct sub-genre of hip hop
was pioneered in the 1990s by the
heavyweights three 6 mafia but it really
broke into mainstream in the mid 2000
thanks in no little part to the main man
with the chalice grills and seemingly
permanent sunglasses Lil Jon such
memorable hits as get low and get crunk
he took the essential characteristics of
the genre high energy bass heavy
instrumentation and how did repetitive
lyrics polished them with some pop
sensibilities and successfully change
the club scene across the nation any
musical genres that just think of a
sound can only hold out so long and by
2009 the genre that began as crazy drunk
had entered its hangover phase I like
the way
[Music]
number seven dubstep bro step
so where did all the email kids go some
likely outgrew it but others made a
distinct genre transition alongside
sunny more the one-time frontman of
influential screamo groups from first to
last they retreated from the emo scene
in 2007 and re-emerged alongside the
American wave of newly formed dubstep
artists being labeled as gross at second
perhaps only to emo broseph is one of
the most polarizing genres in recent
music history
at 1-over oars of diehard fan and
seemingly overnight while simultaneously
earning itself plenty of judgments
hatred and criticism amongst longtime
fans of the genre from overseas
Google Trends showed the dubstep reached
peak public interest in 2011 and had
since fallen to just 14% of the
attention it garnered at the time
[Music]
number six hair metal with its distinct
fashion scent stadium ready music and
most importantly copious amounts of
hairspray ser metal rules The Rock
airwaves of the 1980 Motley Crue poison
Guns and Roses these are just a few of
the bands who brought their spectacle
centric brand of metal also known as
glam metal to arenas around the world
[Music]
big catchy guitar riff pop sensibilities
raw energy and huge personalities
captured the attention of the nation few
albums have had such significant impact
on pop culture like Guns and Roses
Appetite for Destruction such as selling
debut album in history by the mid-1990s
however the shiny studs of glam metal
had dulled and a new generation of
American youth whose disenchanted with
the excess of the genre with some
calling grunge a direct reaction to hair
metal
[Music]
number five Britpop humility misconduct
grunge was a response to her medal but
as the new genre
grunge was bound to instigate a counter
movement of it’s very own
Britpop if there’s one thing that’s
defined a brick pop it was a focus on
British culture of our tune to
explicitly British subject matter and
irreverence for the British music that
came before it
[Music]
nonetheless fans like blur Oasis and the
verb began making a splash overseas in
America with no attempt to bury their
accents but sometimes the genre hit so
hard and so fast attached hope it
implodes shortly after impact its heyday
was in 1995 when Blur and Oasis went
head-to-head in a chart battle but
Britpop was deemed dead just two years
later when Oasis his third album failed
to meet expectations
[Music]
number four new way what you know ed
class what is the exact definition of
the genre well there really isn’t a good
one the term new wave was first apply to
groups in the 1970s such as the New York
Dolls and The Velvet Underground who
defied classifications playing rock and
punk music and its fears of greater
experimentation than either genres
[Music]
later evolved into a classification of
any energetic alt rock or punk inspired
music with modern pop tendencies and a
willingness to experiment with more
sense and electronic information any way
to use exceedance die exactly it’s more
that’s the term without a vote while
band developed their own more specific
genres like post-punk power pop sent off
and many more
[Music]
[Music]
number three nu-metal
even more so than emo music
nu-metal had parents terrified and music
critics ready to retired what happens
when you age metalheads appropriate rap
culture incorporate into their music
along with elements of electronica hint
a funk and grunge then wrap it all up in
pop music song structure put match well
you get extremely questionable fashion
choices and a youth movement founded on
nihilism culminating in the disaster
that was Woodstock 99 even amongst bad
classified under the genre like Korn
the label is an unpopular one that
groups would rather distance themselves
from pre-con although there was a mild
nostalgia filled revival in 2010 the
music under the new metal banner had
fallen out of fashion by the early 2000
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
number two grunge it’s gotten name-drop
a fair amount on this list already a
testament to just how much cultural
impact grunge had despite its short
lifespan grunge rejected the excess and
glamour of the various incarnations of
rock music that came before it
the only similarities are shared with
its predecessors apart from musical
influences for the self-destructive
tendencies by the late 1980s fans like
Mudhoney had brought some attention to
the Seattle born music scene but it was
groups like Soundgarden Alice in Chains
and most notably Nirvana that made
grunge huge
by the turn of the century however the
genre felt the weight of its own success
seeing a rise of radio-friendly post
brunch acts like creed and stain gonna
watch while pioneer and grunge groups
disbanded
[Music]
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mention number
one disco no other word has appeared on
more t-shirts followed by the word sucks
than disco while the other genres on our
list had a period of peak popularity
followed by a sweep or steady decline
disco is the only genre to have had a
literal death date on July 12 1979 disco
demolition night was held at Comiskey
Park in Chicago not even Harry Caray
then the White Sox announcer could
control the frenzied crowd a crowd of
50,000 showed up to their deep hatred
for the genre the event culminated in a
riot as fans rushed the field after the
ceremonial exploding of a box of disco
vinyl it’s been called a night that
disco died and sure enough it marked the
start of a rapid decline in the
popularity of the genre that was until
Daft Punk made it cool again with the
release of those 2013 album random
access memories do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and subscribe for new
videos every day
end and music trends are no exception
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 music genres that died out before we
begin we publish new videos every day so
be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
the most significant musical genres to
ever burn out or fade away to be
considered any given John renews to have
experienced a period of relative
mainstream popularity before
subsequently falling out of favor with
the Mattress sure there are likely
plenty of bands still playing in each of
these musical styles but if a genre is
featured on this list its heyday has
undeniably come and gone
[Music]
number ten third wave ska you might not
remember this genre by name but unless
you’ve been living in a bunker like
Brendan Fraser’s character in blast from
the past
that’s your back or you’re some sort of
recently discovered caveman like wealth
Brendan Fraser in Encino man yet
definitely remembers this song God music
has had three distinct phases of
popularity the first wave originated in
Jamaica in the 50s before giving way to
a UK based second wave in the 1970s with
groups like madness and the special the
third wave was really an American
phenomenon groups like the Mighty Mighty
Bosstones and no doubt made the third
wave a mainstream success
but by the late 90s the nation’s youth
had moved on and SCARA treated back to
the underground how you’re making out
number 9
emo emo was actually born in the
mid-1980s the hardcore punks interested
in expanding the emotional range of
their music but the music of these early
pioneers bears little resemblance to the
music fashion and culture that took over
mainstream America in the early 2000 he
more I’d like some sort of a magically
quaffed Pied Piper
leading a generation of alienated kids
off to the newly reinvented female
centric Vans Warped Tour parents were
confused and concerned but hey Jimmy Eat
World Green American and taking back
Sundays tell all your friends were damn
catchy and relatable
[Music]
like 2010 however the scene was pretty
much comatose the music had grown into
an endless flow of offshoots but most
importantly the band who made the genre
popular had for the most part moved on
to different sounds number 8
Krong this distinct sub-genre of hip hop
was pioneered in the 1990s by the
heavyweights three 6 mafia but it really
broke into mainstream in the mid 2000
thanks in no little part to the main man
with the chalice grills and seemingly
permanent sunglasses Lil Jon such
memorable hits as get low and get crunk
he took the essential characteristics of
the genre high energy bass heavy
instrumentation and how did repetitive
lyrics polished them with some pop
sensibilities and successfully change
the club scene across the nation any
musical genres that just think of a
sound can only hold out so long and by
2009 the genre that began as crazy drunk
had entered its hangover phase I like
the way
[Music]
number seven dubstep bro step
so where did all the email kids go some
likely outgrew it but others made a
distinct genre transition alongside
sunny more the one-time frontman of
influential screamo groups from first to
last they retreated from the emo scene
in 2007 and re-emerged alongside the
American wave of newly formed dubstep
artists being labeled as gross at second
perhaps only to emo broseph is one of
the most polarizing genres in recent
music history
at 1-over oars of diehard fan and
seemingly overnight while simultaneously
earning itself plenty of judgments
hatred and criticism amongst longtime
fans of the genre from overseas
Google Trends showed the dubstep reached
peak public interest in 2011 and had
since fallen to just 14% of the
attention it garnered at the time
[Music]
number six hair metal with its distinct
fashion scent stadium ready music and
most importantly copious amounts of
hairspray ser metal rules The Rock
airwaves of the 1980 Motley Crue poison
Guns and Roses these are just a few of
the bands who brought their spectacle
centric brand of metal also known as
glam metal to arenas around the world
[Music]
big catchy guitar riff pop sensibilities
raw energy and huge personalities
captured the attention of the nation few
albums have had such significant impact
on pop culture like Guns and Roses
Appetite for Destruction such as selling
debut album in history by the mid-1990s
however the shiny studs of glam metal
had dulled and a new generation of
American youth whose disenchanted with
the excess of the genre with some
calling grunge a direct reaction to hair
metal
[Music]
number five Britpop humility misconduct
grunge was a response to her medal but
as the new genre
grunge was bound to instigate a counter
movement of it’s very own
Britpop if there’s one thing that’s
defined a brick pop it was a focus on
British culture of our tune to
explicitly British subject matter and
irreverence for the British music that
came before it
[Music]
nonetheless fans like blur Oasis and the
verb began making a splash overseas in
America with no attempt to bury their
accents but sometimes the genre hit so
hard and so fast attached hope it
implodes shortly after impact its heyday
was in 1995 when Blur and Oasis went
head-to-head in a chart battle but
Britpop was deemed dead just two years
later when Oasis his third album failed
to meet expectations
[Music]
number four new way what you know ed
class what is the exact definition of
the genre well there really isn’t a good
one the term new wave was first apply to
groups in the 1970s such as the New York
Dolls and The Velvet Underground who
defied classifications playing rock and
punk music and its fears of greater
experimentation than either genres
[Music]
later evolved into a classification of
any energetic alt rock or punk inspired
music with modern pop tendencies and a
willingness to experiment with more
sense and electronic information any way
to use exceedance die exactly it’s more
that’s the term without a vote while
band developed their own more specific
genres like post-punk power pop sent off
and many more
[Music]
[Music]
number three nu-metal
even more so than emo music
nu-metal had parents terrified and music
critics ready to retired what happens
when you age metalheads appropriate rap
culture incorporate into their music
along with elements of electronica hint
a funk and grunge then wrap it all up in
pop music song structure put match well
you get extremely questionable fashion
choices and a youth movement founded on
nihilism culminating in the disaster
that was Woodstock 99 even amongst bad
classified under the genre like Korn
the label is an unpopular one that
groups would rather distance themselves
from pre-con although there was a mild
nostalgia filled revival in 2010 the
music under the new metal banner had
fallen out of fashion by the early 2000
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
number two grunge it’s gotten name-drop
a fair amount on this list already a
testament to just how much cultural
impact grunge had despite its short
lifespan grunge rejected the excess and
glamour of the various incarnations of
rock music that came before it
the only similarities are shared with
its predecessors apart from musical
influences for the self-destructive
tendencies by the late 1980s fans like
Mudhoney had brought some attention to
the Seattle born music scene but it was
groups like Soundgarden Alice in Chains
and most notably Nirvana that made
grunge huge
by the turn of the century however the
genre felt the weight of its own success
seeing a rise of radio-friendly post
brunch acts like creed and stain gonna
watch while pioneer and grunge groups
disbanded
[Music]
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mention number
one disco no other word has appeared on
more t-shirts followed by the word sucks
than disco while the other genres on our
list had a period of peak popularity
followed by a sweep or steady decline
disco is the only genre to have had a
literal death date on July 12 1979 disco
demolition night was held at Comiskey
Park in Chicago not even Harry Caray
then the White Sox announcer could
control the frenzied crowd a crowd of
50,000 showed up to their deep hatred
for the genre the event culminated in a
riot as fans rushed the field after the
ceremonial exploding of a box of disco
vinyl it’s been called a night that
disco died and sure enough it marked the
start of a rapid decline in the
popularity of the genre that was until
Daft Punk made it cool again with the
release of those 2013 album random
access memories do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and subscribe for new
videos every day
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