{"id":9038,"date":"2026-10-30T04:45:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T04:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2026\/10\/30\/35-bands-we-need-to-admit-are-dad-rock-now-and-it-hurts\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T04:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T04:45:21","slug":"35-bands-we-need-to-admit-are-dad-rock-now-and-it-hurts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2026\/10\/30\/35-bands-we-need-to-admit-are-dad-rock-now-and-it-hurts\/","title":{"rendered":"35 Bands We Need to Admit Are &#8216;Dad Rock&#8217; Now (And it Hurts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Age comes for us all, including the bands we love, which means that, eventually, most of your favorite rock bands will become &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/tags\/dad-rock\" target=\"_blank\">dad rock<\/a>.&#8221; It&#8217;s the designation given to music preferred by older dads who tend to only listen to the songs from their youth even as they age.<\/p>\n<p>Your dad probably had his music that you thought was lame, even though it was popular before you ever made your entrance into this world.<\/p>\n<p>But here&#8217;s the thing, and I say this as a dad myself, it&#8217;s okay to embrace the dad rock tag. What&#8217;s wrong with being a dad who likes rock, anyway?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/best-album-millennial-dad-rock-bands\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Best Album From 5 Big Millennial Dad Rock Bands<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We found 35 bands that should most certainly be considered &#8220;dad rock&#8221; these days. And this isn&#8217;t about classic rock acts\u00a0such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/tags\/led-zeppelin\" target=\"_blank\">Led Zeppelin<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/tags\/journey\" target=\"_blank\">Journey<\/a>. We&#8217;re talking bands that you probably love that those younger than you consider to be dad rock.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/tags\/blink-182\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blink-182<\/a>&#8216;s first album arrived more than 30 years ago. Dads love &#8217;em.<\/p>\n<p>Some members of <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/tags\/korn\/\" target=\"_blank\">Korn<\/a> are about to enter their late 50s. They&#8217;re all a bunch of dads, too.<\/p>\n<p>Here are 35 bands we all need to admit are dad rock, no matter how much we don&#8217;t want to.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">35 Bands That Are &#8216;Dad Rock&#8217; Now (And There&#8217;s Nothing You Can Do About It)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>Dad rock comes for every band sooner or later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/author\/robc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rob Carroll<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">The Best Album by 11 Dad Rock Bands<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>We picked the best album by some of the greatest dad rock bands of all time, ranging from the 1970s to 2000s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/author\/laurynschaffner\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lauryn Schaffner<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=171&#038;gver=10&#038;bid=366&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DRRv3qtOHmtGBG8AXI2xRyXQoxt5kKsM0YQjZ&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/bands-that-are-dad-rock-now\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Age comes for us all, including the bands we love, which means that, eventually, most of your favorite rock bands will become &#8220;dad rock.&#8221; It&#8217;s the designation given to music preferred by older dads who tend to only listen to the songs from their youth even as they age. 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