Good news, rockers! The rumors about the death of your favorite super-unique genre, Rock Music, were wrong—dead wrong. See, your pals at Slacker Radio have taken it upon themselves to prove once and for all that rock is NOT dead, and guess what? They were right! Not only is the very specific and in no way varied music genre of Rock still doing just fine, it's taken over whole swaths of this great nation! According to Slacker's totally scientific new study, they polled their listener base to figure out once and for all where the true home of ROCK lies. Their results might surprise you.According to the Slacker database, which state is the rockingest of all? Is it Texas with Austin, the so-called "Live Music Capital of the World"? Nope. Is it Lousiana, thanks to hard-partying New Orleans? Naw. California, the birthplace of Metallica, Slayer, Exodus, and so many others? No way, José. Is it the home of bustling New York City, the city that never sleeps? Hell no! The ROCK capital of the US of A is… North Dakota!That's right, the Roughrider State comes out way ahead of the competition, earning the title through the power of headbanging. Slacker doesn't share their numbers, but, it makes sense, right? A oil-rich, isolated state with the third lowest population density in the continental United States must be full of raging rock-heads! The rest of the strongest rockin' states occupy the American Heartland and the Rust Belt, where proud, red-blooded Americans like you and me can pop a can of Bud, fire up the Dell, and settle in to stream some Candlebox in peace. Maine sits pretty at number 2, pulling ahead of Iowa, West Virginia, and Nebraska.Sorry, Bruce Springsteen—New Jersey only rocked its way to a number 40 spot, and we're guessing that those hippies out in California forgot to turn their dials to ROCK. Hawaii came in dead last, but as Slacker noted sympathetically, "That's no slight to our friends coming in at #50 who have long made the decision to turn it down and relax. We don't blame you, Hawaii, you're chill and we like that about you."And that's not all! Slacker also took the time to figure out exactly which bands our rocking nation were blasting over the internet-waves, and discovered that there's one clear contender for America's favorite rock—definitely not warmed-over, neutered nu-metal— band. Metallica, The Beatles, and Journey topped a few lists, but the data was clear: god-fearing, soldier-supporting, camo-wearing rawk gods Five Finger Death Punch are America's favorite rock band. Hell yeah, boys! God bless!The study seems like it just might be a promotional tool for Slacker's new Summer Rock Fest station, which is totally cool by us, 'cause that bad larry comes front-loaded with all of your favorite incredibly talented, super relevant, and in no way stale or derivative radio-friendly rock bands: Five Finger Death Punch, Godsmack, Korn, Three Days Grace, Butcher Babies, Chevelle, Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin, Pop Evil, Halestorm, and tons more. Basically, it's a handy library of all the bands you're undoubtedly super pumped to see at this year's Monsterbull Walmart Doritos Ballbag Rock Dude Fest. The gang's all here, and they're here to help you rock!Here is Slacker's full list of states that rock (and those that don’t). If you're currently stuck in one of the bottom ten, might we suggest you seriously consider packing up your Drowning Pool boxers and Load-era Metallica bobbleheads and moving to the gloriously rock-friendly, open-minded fields of the Midwest!1. North Dakota (Five Finger Death Punch is #1 rock song)2. Maine (Five Finger Death Punch)3. Iowa (Five Finger Death Punch)4. West Virginia (Five Finger Death Punch)5. Nebraska (Five Finger Death Punch)6. Vermont (Five Finger Death Punch)7. Wisconsin (Five Finger Death Punch)8. Minnesota (Five Finger Death Punch)9. Ohio (Five Finger Death Punch)10. South Dakota (Five Finger Death Punch)11. Michigan (Five Finger Death Punch)12. New Hampshire (Five Finger Death Punch)13. Pennsylvania (Five Finger Death Punch)14. Alaska (Five Finger Death Punch)15. Indiana (Five Finger Death Punch)16. Kansas (Five Finger Death Punch)17. Wyoming (Five Finger Death Punch)18. Idaho (Five Finger Death Punch)19. Kentucky (Five Finger Death Punch)20. Connecticut (Five Finger Death Punch)21. Utah (Five Finger Death Punch)22. Montana (Five Finger Death Punch)23. Illinois (Five Finger Death Punch)24. Missouri (Five Finger Death Punch)25. Delaware (Five Finger Death Punch)26. Oregon (Five Finger Death Punch)27. Washington (Five Finger Death Punch)28. Alabama (Five Finger Death Punch)29. Arkansas (Five Finger Death Punch)30. Colorado (Five Finger Death Punch)31. Oklahoma (Five Finger Death Punch)32. Massachusetts (Five Finger Death Punch)33. Arizona (Five Finger Death Punch)34. Tennessee (Five Finger Death Punch)35. New Mexico (Five Finger Death Punch)36. Mississippi (Five Finger Death Punch)37. Nevada (Five Finger Death Punch)38. South Carolina (Five Finger Death Punch)39. North Carolina (Five Finger Death Punch)40. New Jersey (Metallica)41. Louisiana (Five Finger Death Punch)42. Virginia (Five Finger Death Punch)43. Rhode Island (Metallica)44. New York (Metallica)45. Maryland (Five Finger Death Punch)46. Texas (Metallica)47. Georgia (Five Finger Death Punch)48. Florida (Five Finger Death Punch)49. District of Columbia (Five Finger Death Punch)50. California (The Beatles)51. Hawaii (Journey)God help us all.
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