From left: Sleep Token, Ghost, Wet Leg and Led Zeppelin Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment A decade ago, Gene Simmons of Kiss made a declaration: rock is officially dead. Or as he told Esquire, it was "murdered" by an era of piracy and file-sharing. The guitar, he lambasted, was becoming a relic. Over a decade later, it would appear that reports of the genre's demise have been greatly exaggerated.