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Don’t Be Ashamed of Listening to Divorced Dad Rock

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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Susqu chapter.

Thereā€™s a genre of music thatā€™s beloved by divorced dads who grew up in the 80s and 90s thatā€™s highly underrated and looked down upon by Gen Zā€™ers. I donā€™t know why, because objectively speaking, itā€™s one of the best genres of music in the world today. Hereā€™s why you shouldnā€™t be ashamed if you listen to divorced dad rock.

This music is actually incredibly written and performed. Itā€™s rare nowadays to find music with substance. Dads talk all the time about the 90s, when they were young, back in the good ā€˜ol days when real music existed. Well, donā€™t you want to join the club? It satisfies an urge to scream and complain about your current wife, or how much your life sucks, or just preach about whatever you want. Bands like Creed, Audioslave, Bush, Hinder, Pearl Jam, Fuel, Live, and Candlebox to name a few, cannot be replicated no matter how hard anyone tries. That is peak music. Here are several songs that I think you should listen to before you die because they just might capture your soul. These songs are of the highest caliber and you wonā€™t regret listening.Ā 

  1. “Far Behind”- Candlebox
  2. “Hemorrhage”- Fuel
  3. “Simple Man”- Lynyrd Skynyrd
  4. “Like A Stone”- Audioslave
  5. “All Over You”- Live
  6. “18 And Life”- Skid Row
  7. “Lips of An Angel”- Hinder
  8. “Higher”- Creed
  9. “Glycerine”- Bush
  10. “Bed of Roses”- Bon Jovi
  11. “Self Esteem”- The Offspring
  12. “One Headlight”- The Wallflowers
  13. “Behind Blue Eyes”- Limp Bizkit
  14. “I Hate Everything About You”- Three Days Grace
  15. “Hunger Strike”- Temple Of The DogĀ 
  16. “Second Chance”- Shinedown
  17. “What Itā€™s Like”- Everlast

Hereā€™s a link to a Spotify playlist with more divorced dad rock songs on it in case you want to feel depressed and pretend your life is falling apart. I can confirm that most of these songs are listened to by divorced dads, as Iā€™ve heard them on repeat in my own home for the past 10 years from my own divorced and remarried dad.Ā 

Divorced Dad Rock šŸ‘“ – playlist by Colin Frost | Spotify

Maddie Kuhns went to Pennridge High School in Bucks County, Pa, where she graduated in 2023. She now attends Susquehanna University as a sophomore and English Secondary Education major and will graduate in 2027. Before college, Maddie played field hockey for four years, was an active member and leader of the school's German club and participated in Women Supporting Women and International Cultures Club. She is the Vice President for Her Campus. In her free time, Maddie likes to read, write, and watch movies. She loves spending time with friends and family and listening to music. She's always ready to do something fun and loves trying new things.