Destroy Rock & Roll

Bland and boring. Rinse and repeat.

If you toss an album at me with a title like "Destroy Rock and Roll". You better come at me. Especially since I just listened to Nevermind 15 minutes before. This is a repetitive sampling mess. The fact I am not a fan of techno/EDM certainly doesn't help its cause

Rock & Roll will never be destroyed, but I guess it can be bored to death.

absolutely dreadful, incessant and grating. the kind of music you put on to teach someone a lesson. mylo should have seen jail time for sunworshipper

Absolutely listen to this album before you die if you need to feel bored

Just kill me

It did not destroy rock n roll

Ugh... What the hell, did I really need to listen to this one in particular?

bleeeeeeh

My interest level in this album is a negative number but the lowest I can rate it is 1 star or F-.

1.5

I do feel like this is music while on hold. And repetitively annoying. Or annoyingly repetitive.

p899. 2004. 1 star. Tedious background music for hipster bars. It speaks volumes that the best track on it is samples from the hits of two other artists.

As I've hit the home stretch of this 1001 album endeavor, the generator has resorted to spewing forth all of the shitty, generic British electronica albums that I've largely been spared thus far. Majority of them are mostly bland and fade into the background. But THIS, THIS alternates between bland background music, and highly irritating spoken word passages that make me want to pull my hair out. Under no circumstances does anything by Mylo need to be listened to before you die. If this was a list of 1,000,001 albums you needed to hear, and there were a total of 1,000,000 albums in existence, THIS would still need to be left off the list.

Odd that someone born on the Isle of Skye is eventually responsible for music like this. I would have thought that somewhere along the line he would have been influenced by the Gaelic music which typifies that part of Scotland but there is precious little evidence of that. Maybe this is a straight rejection of that type of music which I would have thought was hard to escape from in his formative years. I cannot think of any other type’s of music so diametrically opposed to than this and the organic sounds produced at the local ceilidh. I’m sure that Mylo would be able to explain to me this chasm but I don’t think he would be able to convince me that this album is of any value to my life and that it is imperative I must listen before I snuff it. Indeed when I hear what he has done to Judy Tzuke’s beautiful song it would have been better for my ignorance of this record to have continued. As penance for this rubbish entering my earholes and to cleanse them I’m off to listen to some true Gaelic tunes courtesy of Julie Fowlis and others. 1/5 17/2/25

Annoying, repetitive, uninspiring.

Pata pasar un rato

From his Wikipedia bio, Mylo seems like an interesting chap. But I found this album dreary dull stuff. Not something I'd be keen to play in the future.

Day359 - there’s 58 minutes i’ll never get back

Artiste inconnu. Titre très prétentieux, c'est plutôt cet album qui a été détruit, et pas le Rock & Roll. Rien d'intéressant musicalement, c'est très répétitif. Il vaut mieux écouter les versions originales que ces bouts de samples qui n'apportent absolument rien ... Je n'ai as été au bout, j'ai arrêté après le massacre de "Bette Davis Eyes". =>1/5

Ei anna minulle mitään, en kuule mitään tunteita.

A bad version of daft punk. I had to turn it off in the middle of the song that was repeating the names of rock musicians

Nahhhh. This ain't it. Welcome to the exclusive club of albums I couldn't force myself to finish.

Didn't really care for it and there were a few tracks that I had to skip.

Skipped it all

Girl Talk for grandmas

It doesn’t (destroy) and you don’t (need to hear it) Google “free loop pack” - it’ll take less time

A DJ, who's only album is built around his love of 70s and 80s soft rock. 'Nuff said.

Destroy rock & roll? Not with this bollocks. Besides, Oasis are already doing a grand job.

This literally sounded like the same song over and over with the same beat over and over.

I found this album incredibly annoying. It might have been a wrong fit for my state of mind, but I just couldn't handle the repetitive sampling and music. At times it feels like this is specifically calibrated to drive somebody insane. The final track is pretty nice, though (at least for the first couple of minutes before that also repeats itself to the point of making you insane)

Meeget kedelig EDM. Så meget det samme, gentager sig selv. Du ved det bliver røvsygt når det her er hvad de spiller på floor. Måske også lidt provokeret af pladens titel, for hvis dette skulle erstatte rock er det virkelig en nederen musikverden der er tilbage

This was such an annoying album.

для лифтов, ТЦ и модных забегалок - хороший музон. я вот пока работал тоже слушал без напряга. ну а в целом тут ребята хз. хотел 2 поставить, но дафт панк единица, поэтому из солидарности тоже опрокину

I was almost along for the ride, but by track 2 I had become actively hostile against the album. Track 2 featured this small sample of a guy talking about giving up his material wealth and getting on a bicycle to look for a new path and it just repeated the sample SO MANY TIMES that I finally had to skip the song. After that my attitude never recovered. The album just strikes me as an amateur fiddling with knobs in his DAW and thinking a filter sweep counts as a composition. There have been other albums on this list I didn't get but still recognized were important to other people. This one I formally object to. There's no way this is important to anyone except the person that made it, and I hope they've moved on to more inspiring songs. By the time the title track came on and a spoken word sample started playing and then it started REPEATING I said enough, I hate this, and I found something else to listen to. I hated this.

Elevator Muzak

Not the style of techno I like.

If Mylo really did want to destroy rock and roll, this mediocre GarageBand crap didn’t do much to help the cause.

This is one of the blandest albums that has appeared on this list so far. It sounds like one of those youtube playlists made of AI generated music titled something like "ez listen ur workday away 2024 ~~stress free~~ :p :p :p". There are no interesting mix-ins or lead-ups to any instrumental or vocal quips. They come in over the original beat, play for 40 seconds, fade-out and then the next one comes in, fades-out, then song ends. Each time I was able to apply any amount of focus to the music I was almost repulsed by the predictability and simplicity of what I was listening to. Ironically contrasting my previous comment, the only reason I was able to finish this album was because I had it on in the background while working; which sure, maybe this is meant to be background music, but not really what I expect from a 'best-of all time' exclusive list.

I just really don't enjoy this style of music. Just kind of goes and goes and goes.

This is just genetic trash

New lows for the 'need to hear'

Didn’t really get into this one. Too repetitive

Just one and done for Mylo? Produced his magnum opus right out of the gate and called it a day? Shocking. No doubt being featured on this list has generated more revenue for old Mylo than anything he ever did on his own.

Not enough energy to destroy rock and roll

I think my issue is that I simply cannot vibe with dance music. It does not move me in any way.

Nope. I really hated everything about this album.

Garbage drum and synth machines. Droll. Repetitive. Awful

Drop The Pressure

Dance dance dance. Not me, brother.

Drop the pressure is a hit In my arms it's boring but at least it's catchy The title track Destroy Rock and Roll has a nice rhythmic vocals that reminds me of "Salvini che elenca cose low fi" (and no, it's not a compliment) The rest of the album is boring as hell I think Mylo never wanted to introduce variation in the loops and in hindsight it's a mistake (see Music for the Jilted Generation or The Fat of the Land by Prodigy for comparison, actually this album makes me appreciate those two I mentioned more because it shows that it's really hard to mix very good loops) Definitely not a must listen album

Like being stuck in a dressing room at a tragically hip clothing store at the mall in the early 2000s. Pass.

Now here's an album that provides a great deal of food for thought. Mainly, who the hell thought it was a good idea to greenlight this album? Unless you're a fan of generic, public domain music anyone can use, run away. Rock and Roll may one day be destroyed, but it's demise will have nothing to do with this album.

Not familiar with at all.

It's a no for me. Didn't make it through this one ... why is it on the list?

Seriously?!? This is ass sweat. It smells interesting, but really, you just shouldn't do it. And what is up with the Scottish fetish in this list?

hard to listen to... why does it sound like there's a skip?

Immediately put me to sleep, but I was trying to work. The second track, Sunworshipper, almost made me turn this off. Hearing about that guy getting on his bike one more time.... Track 5 really wants me to know that motherfuckers gonna drop the pressure. The title track, Destroy Rock & Roll, features a wing nut reading a list of all the rock artists that he can identify over a single musical phrase that modulates between two chords for four minutes and four seconds. FOUR PEOPLE HAVE A WRITING CREDIT FOR THIS TRACK! I'm done. That's the problem here, I think. There's this idea that obscurity is the same as depth, and if you just repeat some obscure clip enough times, people will assume that you are deeper than a puddle. This album is not deeper than a puddle. This is the sonic equivalent of that one "painting" hanging in every budget hotel room. Corporate music. I fail to understand how this is worth my time.

Not really into this sort of stuff. Would never really want to hear this unless I am on the md

I am really tired of the number of boring white boy EDM albums on this list. This one while being more varied is somehow worse than other electronic vibe albums I’ve been tossed. It lacks a humanity and just pummels away… how do you make dance music boring and not fun.

Brother, the only thing that your album destroyed is my will to live.

Elektronische muziek is voor mij soms echt een dikke hit, een home-run, maar het is minstens net zo vaak een gênante miss. Heb te weinig affiniteit met het palet aan hedendaagse elektronische stijlen, waardoor ik het lastig vind om aan te wijzen waar op het spectrum het voor mij volledig de afgrond in kiepert. Na het beluisteren van dit album ben ik er wel volledig van overtuigd dat Mylo zich nabij dit kantelpunt bevindt, en ik vrees aan de verkeerde kant daarvan. Dat zijn positie niet ver verwijderd is van dit omslagpunt valt te verwijten aan een paar fases van de plaat die ik toch associeerde met elektronische acts die ik wél kan waarderen. Het eerste en vooral het tweede nummer channeled de chille down-tempo muziek van Air. 'Drop the Pressure' ruikt naar Daft Punk, en heeft an sich een aanstekelijk beat. Maar mijn hemel, wat zijn een hoop vocalen op dit album gewoon regelrechte cringe. ''Motherfuckers Gonna Drop The Pressure'', kom op zeg. En dat nummer over muscle cars, waanzinnig kut. Naast de tenenkrommende vocalen is de selectie aan samples nog een issue die mij ervan gaat weerhouden ooit nog in de buurt te komen van dit album. Het beheersen van verscheidene sample technieken en het hebben van een fundamentele kennis van de muziekhistorie stond aan de wieg van de subtiele kunst van het fabriceren van unieke sounds op basis van uiteenlopende genres. Sampling is één van mijn favoriete aspecten van moderne muziek, en als het goed wordt gedaan dan creëert het echt een venster waarmee je terug kan kijken naar vervlogen tijden. Deze techniek bevestigt dan echt dat Westerse muziek één verbonden continuüm is. Het indiscreet overnemen van één van de bekendste synths uit de jaren 80, zoals Mylo Garrix dat doet met Bette Davis Eyes van Kim Carnes in het nummer 'In My Arms', sluit niet aan bij mijn romantische idee van sampling. Dit gebeurde helaas nog een paar keer, en is tekenend voor de algehele zielloze sfeer op dit album. De titelsong krijgt het daarnaast voor elkaar om ongeveer alle artiesten waar ik de vlektyfus van krijg op te noemen, een soort Losing My Edge van LCD uit een hels parallel universum. Skip forward door een hoop meuk en we komen uit bij de afsluiter 'Emotion 98.6', waar hij z'n muzikale vernuft toch nog even laat doorschijnen. Puike melodie en de Orbital-achtige breakbeat zorgen toch nog voor een positieve noot op een ladder vol ongeïnspireerde tonen. Wat ik Mylo moet meegeven is dat hij ook had kunnen kiezen voor een album vol cheesy nu-disco zoals in 'Into My Arms' en tot zeker hoogte 'Drop the Pressure', maar dat deed hij niet. Hij hielt het in ieder geval nog wel interessant door allerlei elektronische stijlen te implementeren. Het was daardoor niet perse een saai album, maar wel zo kil als een EDM afterparty op Ibiza. 5/10 Highlight: Emotion 98.6

Ik zie absoluut niet hoe Mylo met deze plaat Rock&Roll zou destroyen. Het is een vals voorwendsel en zit me de hele plaat dwars. Het idee is leuk. Samples van rock songs en er een eigentijdse plaat van maken die het (hopelijk) goed doet in het clubcircuit. Maar maat, maak er dan wel iets interessants van. 'Music to listen while on hold' las ik in de reviews en dat deel ik wel. Achtergrondmuziekje, prima. Maar ik had dit ook niet hoeven horen vóór mijn doet. Doet me bijzonder weinig, snel door. 3/10 Highlights Zenophile

Not sure how this could be considered an album anyone must listen to before they die. Just an odd choice for the list

It's soulless, it sucks.

Tiresome

Pero qué mierda es ésta?????

Never heard of them, not really interested in this style

Definitely could have missed that one before I die.

Für mich ist das irgendwas zwischen Lo-Fi und 80er Synthie-Pop. Aber in langweilig. Ausnahme: Drop the Pressure geht gut ins Tanzbein.

Nah, probably one of those albums where you had to be there at the time.

wow this blows

Someone compared this with Sneaky Sound System and Pnau, another mentioned The Avalanches. All three of those acts are solid 1-star acts that manage to mix tedium and irritation. I'm about to listen to this so I'll let you know whether tedium or irritation won. Boring intro followed by trap beat followed by aimless vocalisation. Tedium is well in front. WAIT! There's an interlude. It's fucking dull! Back to the vocalisation. Skip time. Second verse (song)! Same as the first. (Actually even duller) Do people dance to this shit? It's so dull. Final score: Tedium easily won. Rock and roll didn't feel any pain at all.

So boringk. Presumably danceable but only cause so simple. Would make me embarrassed to be British.

Blind album and artist. This album did the opposite of destroy rock and roll. It made the genre look way better compared to whatever this album is.

AJ: Good luck

Nah

Never heard of this, vaguely heard the name but thought he was a rapper. Only know what's on Wikipedia as it's not in the book, and first impressions are this will be inessential at best. As it goes, we've just learned that I'm prepared to give Weather Report 2 stars, so let's see. Oh I see, this is pure background music, which was very much the thing those days, stuff to stick on in at parties that absolutely noone would pay attention to and just provided a general hazy mood. Right Mylo, you just ruined the mood, what is this Dr Beat bullshit you are doing? This is gym music for arseholes. Oh I have actually heard In My Arms. My opinion is unchanged. In fact if anything it's reinforced. Far too many intrusive samples which are just people listing things throughout the whole track. This is trash, really. Glad he only made one album. Spotify tried to start playing something by "Layo and Bushwacka!" after this ended, whatever they are, which probably tells you everything you need to know about this record.

Why? It is bad album. I don't need a full album of DJ music and it wasn't even good mixed music. Skip it.

Not a dance music guy

Sunworshipper is a poor use of spoken word to music. The songs on this album are pretty skippable and by skippable, I mean annoying and overstaying their welcome. Also, if you're going to use a bunch of names in your songs... at least bother learning how to pronounce them.

did nothing for me, thought it was pretty bland and lazy

Dreadful repetetive durge. I could only take half the album. I know it takes all sorts, but this was absolutely awful.

Not for me at all, looping dance music that feels like each song could easily be 30 long instead of 4-5 minutes

Boring

I ALREADY RATED THIS YOU IDIOTS

Spoiler alert: that extremely mid album didn't destroy rock & roll.

What was that? Did they leave their mentally disabled cousin alone with the list?

55 minutes where I totally blacked out and didn't feel anything else than pure nothingness. I almost liked 2 songs, what a deal!

Bad. Amateur level. Sounds like I made it....

While I do feel bad giving albums on this list a 1, the bar set by “albums to hear before you die” is pretty high. With that in mind, I would never casually listen to this album again. It had a couple decent tracks, but more often than not I was just annoyed by it. The name drops on the title track did give me some ideas on other artists I’d rather be listening to other than Mylo.

Obnoxious, repetitive and irritating.

Elevator music at its worst.

Annoying

If I could give it zero I would. Who decided to put so much electronic on this list. Enough.

Vanilla electronica for people who lived in Clapham, London between 2004 and 2006.

only giving this a 1 because 0 isnt an option

Not for me. It didn't connect on any level.

The music is benign but the lyrics ruined it for me.

Didnt enjoy this one much

I will never be high enough to enjoy this.

Usually I only give 1 star to music that is actually, physically painful to listen to for me. That's not the case with this album. But it is sooooooo uninteresting, repetitive, minimalistic and meaningless that I just really longed to turn it off toward the end of the fifth track. So that's what I did.

If the premise here was to take cheesy ‘80s songs and strip them down and use their best parts to make something better I could get behind it. I somewhat enjoyed the fun that the disco/80s sources brought to it. But I guess I just don’t like this genre because at best this just felt unfulfilling. At worst, anytime there was a vocal sample, sooner or later I was forced to skip. “Drop the Pressure” was particularly bad. The word that came most to mind while listening was “insufferable.” I wanted to like it, but upon full consideration, I can’t deny the conclusion. I hated it.

Mylo please don’t destroy rock and roll, destroy another genre instead with you’re mellow arse generic beats. I assume (from messing around on garage band) that electronic house music is much more fun to make than rock and roll but for the listener ( well me anyway) it just comes across as boring background “study music”. I don’t like these craftwerky daft punky robot albums it really doesn’t appeal to me so there’s no chance that i’am going to give this a high score (sorry I’ve tried but they’ll never work on me for the foreseeable future). Every song to me just feels like they’ve placed a beat down add a slower moments and repeat the same line 100 and something times. The only track I find notable is the title track because I feel so bad for duran duran and I wanna now destroy mylo and house music, oh well I guess I have to punish you with a 1/5 for that behaviour.

Not my style I guess. The record feels like a very cheap version of Daft Punk but without any of the experimentation or funkiness that made Daft Punk so infectious and excellent. Most songs feel bland and overall the production sounds boring. The album is almost an hour long but somehow it feels so much longer and just really seems to drag on. It reminds me of elevator music at points. Favorite Track: Sunworshiper Least Favorite Track: Drop the Pressure, Musclecars

No.

Not impressed…seem like the same beat throughout…rather boring

Seriously?

70's and 80's soft rock sampled into electronic/House music. Hard to imagine a worse fit for me. Listened to about 5 songs and realized there was no point in going farther. Life is too short for this record. Even if you like this style of music, this seems bland. Hard to imagine this being a record worthy of anyone's time before they die.

Generic techno

Elextronica? Gotta be honest, think rock and roll won.

Not unpleasant as muzak supermarkets an lifts.

Agradable, muy house muy bueno de fondo, pero nada muy destacable, es bueno pero por respeto a los anteriores solo 1 estrella

Hate it. It does not make me feel anything, same as car sounds outside. Just annoying, not music.

Tortura. Se pudesse eu dava zero.

Not for me.

Destroy Rock and Roll fracassou totalmente na destruição do Rock. Tecno não é a minha vibe, mas isto foi chato e repetitivo, algo que nunca voltaria a ouvir, talvez seja eu que não entenda, mas a meu ver é um álbum fraco e com falta de criatividade. Nota:2/10

Otro disco irrelevante. Si te gusta la música electrónica/disco lo mismo te entretiene pero que no se merece estar entre los 1001 discos ni en broma.

This notes feature doesn't work very well. I did not enjoy this album much. It has not aged well and it is wholly unremarkable. In fact as I type these notes, my memories of having heard the record are fading...

elevator music

meh