Go back in time and save music.

[unoleian]

Id go back in time and stymie any efforts of other time travelers to f*ck up what is a perfectly fine music scene.

 

[Lexodus]

i would do something terrible to the jonas brothers so that none of them could ever touch an instrument without bursting into flames

I love you.

OT: Since a lot of mine have been taken, I'd save Nick Drake and help promote his music.

 

[Lexodus]

KILL YOKO ONO

Good call. I was torn between killing her or saving John Lennon.

Spoiler: Wouldn't that be the same thing?

 

[Dirkie]

Saving Frank Zappa and Freddy Mercury comes to mind.
If you keep innuendo and the miracle in mind, what would the word have been if queen had continued?

 

[TheRundownRabbit]

Assassinate the parents of every rapper, pop artist, and Nu Metal artist.

 

[RedBeta22]

Id go back in time and Stop the Beatles. It seems like after the Beatles everyone was like, Well fuckit we'll never be as good as the Beatles so lets not even bother trying. Plus I just hate their music.

 

[BlumiereBleck]

Let cobain die, let lenin die. But Stop Buddy Holley from getting on that plane and telling The Rev that those will kill him. BOOM saved music

 

[BlackStar42]

I'd assassinate Mr. Cowell and prevent the horror that is the X Factor. God, I hate that show.

 

[The Seldom Seen Kid]

Music was in danger?

Funny,I never thought it was in danger...

Sarcasm? Please don't reply sarcastically, too. (Ex: "No, that wasn't sarcasm.)

As for me, I don't think it's dead. I just think it's on hold. Indefinitely. Actually a lot of pop or rap music recycles the same notes and beats from classical music, which I love.

As long as Koji Kondo is alive, I still hold hope for music. ^_^

 

[TrogdorCronus27]

People here seem to be thinking that popular music is music, which isn't the case. There's still plenty of good and great music being made, no matter what your tastes. You just have to know where to look.

OT: I'd stop other time travelers from preventing World War II. We'd probably lose a lot of good music without that war.

 

[Lionsfan]

I would keep it the same. Everything that's happened musically is a result of past events.


But if I was gonna ignore the whole fate let it be bs, I would probably put John Bonham in the HAINES position to keep him alive. I would save Freddie Mercury and probably Bon Scott. Those are just my top three, music has too many figures who died just as they were getting interesting.

 

[open trap]

I would kill the guy who came up with mtv and save Cliff Burton, i would ensure pop music and glam metal did not dominate mainstreem music and keep Metal the number one Music ever.

 

[Levitas1234]

I'd kill Ozzy, and let the snowball roll. No Ozzy, no metal, indie reigns supreme.

Good metal is indie which is what makes it reign supreme

 

[silversnake4133]

I'd first kill the people responsible for tasteless rap music (not R&B, but selfish, desire-driven, hate spewing rap), then I'd kill the person who thought up the idea of American Idol.

 

[Wintermoot]

prevent the birth of every disney star Terminator style

 

[Outright Villainy]

I wouldn't bring back any dead guys either. It's easy to deify people who died before they ran out of creativity... if Kurt Cobain was alive today for instance he'd probably be making crap music these days like almost all the other guys from his scene who are still alive...

Well, pearl jam were doing pretty well until their last two albums. Though it has been 10 years since they've made a great album... I do however think it's completely unfair for everyone to dismiss what they've done post vs/vitalogy, I think No Code or Binaural is far better than their earlier stuff. Oh, wait, why am I ranting? Oh well.

I guess I wouldn't change anything really, I'm pretty happy with where music is at right now.

 

[Nadlice]

Target:Korn,Slipknot,Pantera,Lamb of God
Task:Assassinate.

Just to see Metal purified.

Good sir, what's you quarrel with Pantera and Lamb of God?

What's wrong with Pantera? They're absolute classics.

Gonna quote wikipedia here, because i agree here.

*Legacy and influences

Pantera have been influential to the development of both metalcore and nu metal.[28] They have also been called one of the pioneers of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal.[29] Popmatters has claimed that, "Darrell Abbott's influence on the entire genre of heavy metal is massive; after Cowboys From Hell and Vulgar Display of Power, every notable young American metal band since has, in some way or another, copped their guitar style from those records: Tool, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot, Avenged Sevenfold, Hatebreed, Lamb of God, Shadows Fall, Mastodon... the list is endless. *

Not that Tool or Mastodon is bad.
Pantera also spawned BFMV and Disturbed.

Why i have a quarell? Well most of these bands are commercialised metal, and Pantera in a way spawned them, and i generally despise commercialism within metal.

Also i dont see anything particular that is classic about Pantera.

So it is not Pantera you want to eliminate, just some of the bands that idolized Dimebag? I suppose I can agree with you then. Pantera was a fantastic band with memorable riffs, and at the time fairly unique style. I can't stand some doom metal, but I don't fault Sabbath for crafting the mold most doom metal bands are cut from.

Lamb of God isn't as heavy or amazing as their hardcore fans seem to believe. That being said, their music is fairly complex and interesting (clearly my opinion), and they hold a place in my heart as the first and possibly only NWOAM band I enjoy. Plus the put on a hell of a show when I saw them.

Poor musicianship and a wannabe metal attitude spawned BFMV and Disturbed: Pantera's music was just there to be.... defiled.