Even though KISS' Gene Simmons thinks rock music is dead, the Beatles' Ringo Starr thinks otherwise.

"The saving grace for me I have to admit I'm not a big fan of the boy bands dancing and that stuff but the thing that saves me is there's always bands out there."

"There's always bands playing somewhere, and they come through in the end."

Starr also name dropped one band he thinks will keep rock music alive and well.

"I think people wanna see people playing and singing. Earlier on I heard Kasabian doing a BBC thing. They're a great band.

They played like the rest of us — pubs, clubs, and now they're the festival band. So I've always felt 'the band' will come through."