Something old, Something new (my hypothesi on the Dad Rock genre)

And God said unto Abraham, "As long as there shall be dads, there shall be Dad Rock". And it was so.

And it was profitable.

Henceforth, this became the first evolution of Dad Rock, kids hating some of the music of their forefather's youth.

But alas, culture evolves, or in some cases, de-volves. And so Dad Rock too became an element in our cultural evolution of music. You must realize, Dads also write music and become rock stars, and thus become even more appealing to the masses of Dads out there, looking to connect. So a new genre was formed within the heirarchy of rock n' roll, Nu-Dad Rock. To completely steal a quote from American Slang,  "Sweaty, radio-ready rock vibrancy that could easily sweep across demographic boundaries." is the best way to describe it. Simply put, it's simple, catchy, tacky (in most cases) , and distorted (or sometimes acoustic to pull on the dad's heartstrings).

Nu-Dad Rock is often & easily confused with the alternative rock genre, but one must look deeper and find that the fan-base is mostly (but not all); are approximately 20-47 years of age, have either had a child and/or a belief that one can keep having as many children as they want, and/or a general belief that war is an o.k. thing. Subject matter of Nu-Dad Rock songs often include; descriptions of the joy/sadness associated with having a child, the awareness of soldiers and the appreciation of their plight, or the want for or participation in completely excessive lifestyles (Women, Drugs, etc.). Also, many Nu-Dad Rock bands are nominated for and sometimes win Grammy awards.

Examples of Nu-Dad Rock include (but are not limited to):

-Nickleback

-Creed

-Puddle of Mud

-3 Doors Down

-Live

-Everclear

 I would like the readers of this to participate and list some other Dad Rock bands from all eras. The plan is to have brackets (like March madness) and figure out who the ultimate Dad Rock band is.

Peace, Love & Dad Rock,

-Mozes