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Did last decade produce any modern rock/alt rock classics?

musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited September 2010 in Other Music
i know most of us hate modern rock or alt rock as defined by the stuff that is played on any alt rock/modern rock radiostation in the country, linkin park, creed, nickelback, three days grace. those bands.

but of the bands that fit that mold, does anyone think any classic albums were released from say 2000-2010 in the alt rock genre?

Im not talking indie here. Im talking bands like seether or hinder. bands who litter the radio all day every day.

So, did 2000-2010 produce any classic albums in this lowly genre, or was it all...crap
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  • TheBeardedFellowTheBeardedFellow Posts: 325
    My favorite album from last decade is easily The Raconteur's Consolers of the Lonely. Everything about that album kicks ass all the through to my favorite Jack White song from any band, Carolina Drama.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    TheBeardedFellow wrote:
    My favorite album from last decade is easily The Raconteur's Consolers of the Lonely. Everything about that album kicks ass all the through to my favorite Jack White song from any band, Carolina Drama.

    yeah i love carolina drama too.


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  • BenzorBenzor Posts: 886
    decent albums perhaps? classics..highly doubtful.
  • pjfan021pjfan021 Posts: 684
    i think that the last decade gave us the black keys; pretty badass rock and roll in my book.
  • Still In HidingStill In Hiding Posts: 370
    Maybe Kings of Leon "Because Of The Times"
  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    This past decade

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJgOsA4Co0Q

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfuxWfVapqw

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG08nB9c-ts

    true acclaim is yet to come give it a decade or two

    classics :D
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    edited September 2010
    I think this might be an answer that is personal or subjective.

    For instance, there are a number of records that have been released in the past decade that I consider to be classics in my mind because they hold a certain sentiment.

    There are obvious ones, but most of the albums I'd select aren't necessarily the majority of the definite ones. Like Lateralus...an excellent, obvious choice in my book. It would make my list for sure.
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  • BenzorBenzor Posts: 886
    I'm confused...we're now comparing Seether and Hinder to Pearl Jam, Kings of Leon, and the Black Keys? Uhhhhhh...
  • DiRtyFranK38DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    kings of leon - because of the times
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Benzor wrote:
    I'm confused...we're now comparing Seether and Hinder to Pearl Jam, Kings of Leon, and the Black Keys? Uhhhhhh...

    Perhaps we should expand to just rock as a general category. Genres sometimes put up boundaries for people.

    To clarify, I am not advocating the likes of Nickelback, Hinder, and all others of this type.
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  • okblueduckokblueduck Posts: 427
    I'd say
    The Killers- Sam's Town
    Fenway 1 & 2 2016
    MSG 1 & 2 2016
    Central Park 2015
    Barclays 2, Seattle 2013
    MSG 1 & 2 2010
    Boston 1 & 2 2006
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  • craigbcraigb Posts: 806
    Anything by or involving Jack White
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  • smithnicsmithnic Posts: 1,563
    craigb wrote:
    Anything by or involving Jack White


    Agreed!
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  • slightlystonedslightlystoned Posts: 229
    how about Queens of the Stone Age? rated R, songs for the deaf and lullabyze to paralyze are just fantastic. Plus Josh Homme has proved that anything he touches turns to gold
  • foofan1990foofan1990 Posts: 139
    QOTSA - Rated R, Lullabies to Paralyze
    TCV - S/T (as the other guy said, pretty much anything Homme)
    KOL - Aha Shake Heartbreak
    The Whigs - Give Em All a Big Fat Lip (not a classic, but I love it)
  • phillypjheadphillypjhead Posts: 123
    Assuming we mean non-PJ...
    QOTSA- Rated R and SFTD
    White Stripes-Elephant
    Wilco-YHF
    Mars Volta- De-Loused...
    KOL-Aha Shake Heartbreak
    Drive-By Truckers-Southern Rock Opera
    BRMC-Howl
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    slightlystoned wrote:
    Plus Josh Homme has proved that anything he touches turns to gold

    I usually say the same thing about Mark Lanegan. 8-)
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  • Drop1The0LeashDrop1The0Leash Posts: 954
    foofan1990 wrote:
    QOTSA - Rated R, Lullabies to Paralyze
    TCV - S/T (as the other guy said, pretty much anything Homme)

    Could not agree more. Id also add Riot Act, Binaural, and Avacado from PJ and QOTSA-Songs for the Deaf

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  • UpSideDownUpSideDown Posts: 1,966
    I think people are throwing around the term "classics" way too liberally here.....

    To the original poster, I would answer with a simple no.

    The only album in recent memory that I consider stellar from start to finish is Because of the Times, but it wasn't mainstream rock.
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,478
    I think youd have to ask someone that listens to that stuff-doubt youd find them here

    Id guess that some might marilyn manson has a classic record or two

    but then that would be "goth" and not "modern" or "alt" rock :roll: :roll:

    you cannot neatly classify bands into genres where the lines are blurred
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    Why not include bands like Arcade Fire and Wilco?

    No one listens to or cars whats on the radio anymore. Bands like TV on the Radio and Arcade fire would have been the Alternative bands if they came out in the 90's.

    Just my opinion. By closeing out those bands you are really giving the 00's a bad name. There was a great deal of wonderful music from that time period
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  • Indifference71Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,874
    okblueduck wrote:
    I'd say
    The Killers- Sam's Town

    Definitely. Love that album. I was so disappointed in 'Day & Age'. Hopefully their next one is better.
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    I dunno how many there are. Plenty of personal classics, but I don't think some of them really have the widespread appeal to be really considered classic.

    Lateralus
    Them Crooked Vultures
    White Stripes-Elephant, Get Behind Me Satan
    Johnny Cash-American IV
    The Mars Volta-De-loused....., Amputechture, Octahedron
    Mastodon-Crack the Skye
    PJ-Binaural..don't think the other stuff measures up, are any b-sides comps considered classic...Lost Dogs has the stuff'
    APC-Mer De Noms
    RHCP-By The Way, Stadium Arcadium
    Black Crowes-Warpaint, Before the Frost
    Dr. Dog-Fate
    Drive By Truckers-Southern Rock Opera
    Modest Mouse-We Were Dead.......
    My Morning Jacket-It Still Moves, Z
    System of a Down-Toxicity
    Tom Petty-Last DJ
    Velvet Revolver-Contraband
  • adam42381adam42381 Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,515
    Anything by Jack White, The Black Keys and Kings of Leon not named Only By The Night.
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  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    Kid Rock - American Jesus :mrgreen:

    Seriously, while there was lots of really good to great stuff released in the last decade, I can't think of one I would call a classic. Drive-by Truckers "The Dirty South" might fit the bill though.
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  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,478
    DewieCox wrote:
    I dunno how many there are. Plenty of personal classics, but I don't think some of them really have the widespread appeal to be really considered classic.

    Lateralus
    Them Crooked Vultures
    White Stripes-Elephant, Get Behind Me Satan
    Johnny Cash-American IV
    The Mars Volta-De-loused....., Amputechture, Octahedron
    Mastodon-Crack the Skye
    PJ-Binaural..don't think the other stuff measures up, are any b-sides comps considered classic...Lost Dogs has the stuff'
    APC-Mer De Noms
    RHCP-By The Way, Stadium Arcadium
    Black Crowes-Warpaint, Before the Frost
    Dr. Dog-Fate
    Drive By Truckers-Southern Rock Opera
    Modest Mouse-We Were Dead.......
    My Morning Jacket-It Still Moves, Z
    System of a Down-Toxicity
    Tom Petty-Last DJ
    Velvet Revolver-Contraband
    thats not a bad list

    but c'mon "modern" alt" compared to nickleback :lol::lol::lol:

    I think rogue wave and death cab might be on that list-but not sure if any of it rises to the level of classic
  • evenflow82evenflow82 Posts: 3,892
    My opinion of some great or possibly future classic albums from 00 to 10:

    QOTSA: Rated R, Songs for the Deaf, Lullabies to Paralyze
    Dr. Dog: Fate
    Black Keys: Rubber Factory, Thickfreakness
    Dinosaur Jr. Beyond, Farm
    Beck: Sea Change
    Mark Lanegan: Bubblegum
    Black Angels: Passover
    Drive By Truckers: Southern Rock Opera
    Eagles of Death Metal: Heart On
    Green Day: American Idiot (I struggled to put this one on since it got overplayed so much, but it's still a great rock/pop punk record)
    My Morning Jacket: It Still Moves
    Sharon Jones: 100 days 100 nights
    The Strokes: Is This It?
    White Stripes: Elephant, Get Behind Me, Satan
    Wilco: Yankee Foxtrot Hotel
    Ryan Bingham: Mescalito

    About 75% of the music I listen to is before 2000, so I'm not the best one to comment on modern music, but the above albums are pretty strong imo and I think will stand the test of time to be classics (At least on the PJ message board :-P )
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