What is your favorite era of rock/ rock and roll?

brianlux

Yet another thing I'm curious about.  Which era of rock is you favorite?  It's a bit hard to break these down because, of course, they overlap, but I'll do my best to break it down with as much degree of accuracy as I muster.  Pardon any egregious errors!

Cropduster-80

90's Rock: Grunge, later laternative, rap/ hip hop: Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Guns 'n Roses, WuTang Clan, Tupac, etc.

Probably going to be skewed to whatever age people are.

I like all kinds of music from all eras, but I’ll always default to the music of my youth

F Me In The Brain

My versions of the 70s, 80s, and 90s are  different but I like the idea.
Gonna think on it...

goldrush

90's Rock: Grunge, later laternative, rap/ hip hop: Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Guns 'n Roses, WuTang Clan, Tupac, etc.

With the caveat that it also includes 90s Neil Young!

brianlux

80's Rock: metal, paisley underground, alternative, early hip hop: R.E.M., Dinosaur Jr, U2, Go Go's, Metalica, etc.

goldrush said:

With the caveat that it also includes 90s Neil Young!

For sure!  I seriously could not decide where to put Neil.  He's covered so much ground for such a long time.  Whenever I'm in the mood to listen to Neil, I have to decide where in time and space do I want to go.  Recently, I've been listening to Trans and getting back into the Live in Berlin DVD with Nils.  Great stuff!
Tomorrow, Le Noise? Everybody Knows? Broken Arrow?  Who knows!

OffSheGoes35

Neil Young. OK, haha, but seriously, where do you put Neil?

I would put Neil with the great singer/songwriters of the 70's, which is what I grew up listening to because of my mom. She listened to Cat Stevens, Carly Simon, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Elton John. That's primarily my comfort music. 
I'm not great with categorizing music though.
This is what mom listened to in the 80's, she didn't care for the 80's music so much.

Cropduster-80

90's Rock: Grunge, later laternative, rap/ hip hop: Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Guns 'n Roses, WuTang Clan, Tupac, etc.

goldrush said:

With the caveat that it also includes 90s Neil Young!

Agreed. 

90’s Petty as well for me 

dankind

brianlux said:

goldrush said:

With the caveat that it also includes 90s Neil Young!

For sure!  I seriously could not decide where to put Neil.  He's covered so much ground for such a long time.  Whenever I'm in the mood to listen to Neil, I have to decide where in time and space do I want to go.  Recently, I've been listening to Trans and getting back into the Live in Berlin DVD with Nils.  Great stuff!
Tomorrow, Le Noise? Everybody Knows? Broken Arrow?  Who knows!

Skinny tie era

Hobbes

'65-'75 arguably had the finest output of music in a 10-year span. But that's not an option, so...

OffSheGoes35

Neil Young. OK, haha, but seriously, where do you put Neil?

Hobbes said:

'65-'75 arguably had the finest output of music in a 10-year span. But that's not an option, so...

I want to change my era to this one.

Hobbes

OffSheGoes35 said:

Hobbes said:

'65-'75 arguably had the finest output of music in a 10-year span. But that's not an option, so...

I want to change my era to this one.

An era errah?

brianlux

80's Rock: metal, paisley underground, alternative, early hip hop: R.E.M., Dinosaur Jr, U2, Go Go's, Metalica, etc.

Hobbes said:

'65-'75 arguably had the finest output of music in a 10-year span. But that's not an option, so...

That was an amazing period of time in music, for sure!  And yet not one vote in that time period here- not even from me, and I lived through it. 

I think I was born 10 years too early.  I relate better to people a half generation younger than myself than I do most of my contemporaries, and certainly not all, but much of my favorite music is post 60's- basically late 70's to pre-2000's.  I have felt like a fish out of water until I heard that Neil Young line, "People my age, they don't do the things I do."  I often wonder if he feels a bit the same way I do.  He certainly didn't get stuck in the 60's.  A lot of boomers never got past all that stuff.

mookeywrench

2000's Rock/ Hip Hop/ Emo: Foo Fighters, Linkin Park, Chilli's, Dashboard Confessional, Coldplay, Deathcab for Cutie, etc.

2000's, but not for any of the bands listed.
Once Web 2.0 came around the surge of bands who couldn't reach the major labels went their own route and indie music exploded.

Music also went back to having an emphasis on touring and being able to play live instead of being dependent on all releases.

brianlux

80's Rock: metal, paisley underground, alternative, early hip hop: R.E.M., Dinosaur Jr, U2, Go Go's, Metalica, etc.

mookeywrench said:

2000's, but not for any of the bands listed.
Once Web 2.0 came around the surge of bands who couldn't reach the major labels went their own route and indie music exploded.

Music also went back to having an emphasis on touring and being able to play live instead of being dependent on all releases.

I have to admit to being a bit weak on 2000's bands.  I've sampled many, but nothing much has caught on for me (which is not at all meant to be a criticism of any music).  The only 2000's that I've caught on to a lot are Carlton Melton, La Hell Gang, and Föllakzoid . 
What are some 2000's favorites of yours?

mookeywrench

2000's Rock/ Hip Hop/ Emo: Foo Fighters, Linkin Park, Chilli's, Dashboard Confessional, Coldplay, Deathcab for Cutie, etc.

Well for starters I think the thing most up your alley would be the re-imurgance of Dinosaur jr with their 2007 release on Jagjaguwar. They fell of the earth for 10 years after some band turbulence and major label flops.

brianlux

80's Rock: metal, paisley underground, alternative, early hip hop: R.E.M., Dinosaur Jr, U2, Go Go's, Metalica, etc.

mookeywrench said:

Well for starters I think the thing most up your alley would be the re-imurgance of Dinosaur jr with their 2007 release on Jagjaguwar. They fell of the earth for 10 years after some band turbulence and major label flops.

Dinosaur Jr is a favorite band of mine, for sure (I have 32 Dino/ Mascis LPs, so I guess that would make me a fanatic, lol). 
But what I was wondering was, what are some of your favorite 200's bands? 

Malroth

The era of my life, where I can see live music, is my choice.

LB260405

This poll is too difficult. I will chime in on the 2000s bands discussion, as this would definitely be one of the candidates for me.

The National

Spoon

Band of Horses

Patrick Watson

The Strokes

Arcade Fire

The Mars Volta

Sparta

mewithoutYou

The White Stripes

Arctic Monkeys

Death Cab for Cutie

Modest Mouse

The Decemberists

The Shins

Bon Iver

The Black Keys

Interpol

The Killers

I return to all of these bands' discographies quite frequently, and would go as far as saying a handful of them are in my top 10 musical acts of all time. But, of course, that top 10 list changes often.

mookeywrench

2000's Rock/ Hip Hop/ Emo: Foo Fighters, Linkin Park, Chilli's, Dashboard Confessional, Coldplay, Deathcab for Cutie, etc.

Building off the post above some, 2000's bands I routinely re-visit:

Yeah yeah yeahs
TV on the radio
My Morning Jacket 
Black Mountain/Pink Mountaintops
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Reigning Sound
Beach House
Thee Oh Sees
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
Karl Blau
The Walkmen
LCD soundsystem 
Wolf Parade
Of Montreal
Dungen
The Hold Steady
Devendra Banhart
Broken Social Scene
Animal Collective 

Then bands who didn't start in the 2000s, but had their best output in that time:

Radiohead
Sigur Ros
Flaming Lips
Yo La Tango
Beck
Wilco
Cat Power

brianlux

80's Rock: metal, paisley underground, alternative, early hip hop: R.E.M., Dinosaur Jr, U2, Go Go's, Metalica, etc.

^^^ Holy smokes, you two!  I know some of those bands, but I can see I have some homework ahead of me. 
Well alright!  I like that kind of exercise!

LB260405

Homework:

The National - Boxer
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Patrick Watson - Close to Paradise
Sparta - Threes
mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights

tempo_n_groove

Late 70's/ to mid 80's: Punk/New Wave/ Hard Core era: Sex Pistols, Ramones, Patti Smith, Television, Lou Reed, Black Flag, etc.

The only real heavy hitter from that list is Oh Sees so I added a few more, lol.

For the 2000's don't forget Linkin Park, Ty Seagal, Jay Reatard, Killswitch Engage, Bedouin Soundclash, Jack Johnson, The Weeks, Bombay Bicycle Club.

I know I'm forgetting some... Dillinger had an album in the 90's and so did Converge. It will come to me.  Good job on that list.

tempo_n_groove

Late 70's/ to mid 80's: Punk/New Wave/ Hard Core era: Sex Pistols, Ramones, Patti Smith, Television, Lou Reed, Black Flag, etc.

Throw Metallica, Maiden, Priest, Motley Crue for this era too and I would be happy.  I dug WASP, ACDC and other hair bands from the early to mid 80's along w Minor Threat, Misfits, DK and the like.

Edit:  I forgot to add in the 70's soul too as I love what spawned the birth of hip hop.

g under p

80's Rock: metal, paisley underground, alternative, early hip hop: R.E.M., Dinosaur Jr, U2, Go Go's, Metalica, etc.

Wow another great thread....well while being a dj back in school mostly spinning dance music of ALL sorts to dorms, student unions, house parties off campus the 80' rule for me. Man, our crew FCC (FUN CITY CREW) played the dawning of rap/hip hop, funk, disco etc. The birth of something called music videos and THE CHANNEL to watch back then MTV. 

That channel gave way to the start of bands such as U2, RUSH, Metallica, Talking Heads, Michael Jackson, Prince, Def Leppard, Tina, Fugazi, David Bowie, The Clash, Van Halen etc etc. I could go on and on, in fact right now THE only 📻 station I  listen🎶 to down here in here in Palm Beach County FL is sunny 107.9. Which plays only 70s, MOSTLY 80s and 90s. Great Station of which there's an app so I can listen in anywhere I might be in this country.

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brianlux

80's Rock: metal, paisley underground, alternative, early hip hop: R.E.M., Dinosaur Jr, U2, Go Go's, Metalica, etc.

tempo_n_groove said:

Throw Metallica, Maiden, Priest, Motley Crue for this era too and I would be happy.  I dug WASP, ACDC and other hair bands from the early to mid 80's along w Minor Threat, Misfits, DK and the like.

Edit:  I forgot to add in the 70's soul too as I love what spawned the birth of hip hop.

Make it so!  All categories included "etc."  Those you listed belong, for sure.

LB260405 said:

Homework:

The National - Boxer
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Patrick Watson - Close to Paradise
Sparta - Threes
mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights

Alrighty!  I will check them out, thanks.

g under p said:

Wow another great thread....well while being a dj back in school mostly spinning dance music of ALL sorts to dorms, student unions, house parties off campus the 80' rule for me. Man, our crew FCC (FUN CITY CREW) played the dawning of rap/hip hop, funk, disco etc. The birth of something called music videos and THE CHANNEL to watch back then MTV. 

That channel gave way to the start of bands such as U2, RUSH, Metallica, Talking Heads, Michael Jackson, Prince, Def Leppard, Tina, Fugazi, David Bowie, The Clash, Van Halen etc etc. I could go on and on, in fact right now THE only 📻 station I  listen🎶 to down here in here in Palm Beach County FL is sunny 107.9. Which plays only 70s, MOSTLY 80s and 90s. Great Station of which there's an app so I can listen in anywhere I might be in this country.

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Being a D.J. sounds like a blast!  Cool that you got to do that!
I was sort of a home D.J. for my nephews when they stayed with me for the better part of a couple of years.  They seemed to like a lot of the stuff I played, especially Neil Young and even (surprisingly for their age) Lou Reed.

tempo_n_groove

Late 70's/ to mid 80's: Punk/New Wave/ Hard Core era: Sex Pistols, Ramones, Patti Smith, Television, Lou Reed, Black Flag, etc.

g under p said:

Wow another great thread....well while being a dj back in school mostly spinning dance music of ALL sorts to dorms, student unions, house parties off campus the 80' rule for me. Man, our crew FCC (FUN CITY CREW) played the dawning of rap/hip hop, funk, disco etc. The birth of something called music videos and THE CHANNEL to watch back then MTV. 

That channel gave way to the start of bands such as U2, RUSH, Metallica, Talking Heads, Michael Jackson, Prince, Def Leppard, Tina, Fugazi, David Bowie, The Clash, Van Halen etc etc. I could go on and on, in fact right now THE only 📻 station I  listen🎶 to down here in here in Palm Beach County FL is sunny 107.9. Which plays only 70s, MOSTLY 80s and 90s. Great Station of which there's an app so I can listen in anywhere I might be in this country.

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MTV was the start for a bunch of bands but Fugazi and Metallica aren't 2 of them.

What early hip hop were u spinning?  When that music was becoming a thing MTV wasn't playing it so DJ's, word of mouth and some radio were the only way that music was spread around.  Look how big it's become now too.  Wild.

g under p

80's Rock: metal, paisley underground, alternative, early hip hop: R.E.M., Dinosaur Jr, U2, Go Go's, Metalica, etc.

tempo_n_groove said:

g under p said:

Wow another great thread....well while being a dj back in school mostly spinning dance music of ALL sorts to dorms, student unions, house parties off campus the 80' rule for me. Man, our crew FCC (FUN CITY CREW) played the dawning of rap/hip hop, funk, disco etc. The birth of something called music videos and THE CHANNEL to watch back then MTV. 

That channel gave way to the start of bands such as U2, RUSH, Metallica, Talking Heads, Michael Jackson, Prince, Def Leppard, Tina, Fugazi, David Bowie, The Clash, Van Halen etc etc. I could go on and on, in fact right now THE only 📻 station I  listen🎶 to down here in here in Palm Beach County FL is sunny 107.9. Which plays only 70s, MOSTLY 80s and 90s. Great Station of which there's an app so I can listen in anywhere I might be in this country.

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MTV was the start for a bunch of bands but Fugazi and Metallica aren't 2 of them.

What early hip hop were u spinning?  When that music was becoming a thing MTV wasn't playing it so DJ's, word of mouth and some radio were the only way that music was spread around.  Look how big it's become now too.  Wild.

When I referenced Fugazi and Metallica it was NOT with any play on MTV. It was in general that they rose to my prominence in the '80s. In fact I believe Metallica was reluctant to make any videos until the idea for 'One' came about late'80s and was played to that movie I can't remember. Johnny's Got A Gun I think?

As far as what we spun in the early '80s started with some that actually came out in '79 but were so huge they carried over into '80 and beyond.

Fatback Band..... I like the girls summer '78
Sugarhill Gang....Rappers Delight September '79
Funky Four + 1.....It's The Joint
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five....The Message
Curtis Blow......These Are The Breaks...this one was huge
Whodini.....The Freaks Come Out At Night

In our crew we distinguished ourselves from others in that we had our own rappers when we had battle of the dj crews/bands. We had male and females, no other crews had this so we always won and got paid extra for it. I even somewhat rapped lol, through in a few lines even though I couldn't rap worth shit. Only thing I can remember saying is something like 'Easy Earle here to rock your world' but I could scratch mix and kept the party in beat.

 I wish I still our old 🎶 party cassettes tapes another way we made some money to buy more remixed extended versions that no one else had. Fun days, damn that was around 40 years ago time flying by.

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tempo_n_groove

Late 70's/ to mid 80's: Punk/New Wave/ Hard Core era: Sex Pistols, Ramones, Patti Smith, Television, Lou Reed, Black Flag, etc.

g under p said:

tempo_n_groove said:

g under p said:

Wow another great thread....well while being a dj back in school mostly spinning dance music of ALL sorts to dorms, student unions, house parties off campus the 80' rule for me. Man, our crew FCC (FUN CITY CREW) played the dawning of rap/hip hop, funk, disco etc. The birth of something called music videos and THE CHANNEL to watch back then MTV. 

That channel gave way to the start of bands such as U2, RUSH, Metallica, Talking Heads, Michael Jackson, Prince, Def Leppard, Tina, Fugazi, David Bowie, The Clash, Van Halen etc etc. I could go on and on, in fact right now THE only 📻 station I  listen🎶 to down here in here in Palm Beach County FL is sunny 107.9. Which plays only 70s, MOSTLY 80s and 90s. Great Station of which there's an app so I can listen in anywhere I might be in this country.

✌️

MTV was the start for a bunch of bands but Fugazi and Metallica aren't 2 of them.

What early hip hop were u spinning?  When that music was becoming a thing MTV wasn't playing it so DJ's, word of mouth and some radio were the only way that music was spread around.  Look how big it's become now too.  Wild.

When I referenced Fugazi and Metallica it was NOT with any play on MTV. It was in general that they rose to my prominence in the '80s. In fact I believe Metallica was reluctant to make any videos until the idea for 'One' came about late'80s and was played to that movie I can't remember. Johnny's Got A Gun I think?

As far as what we spun in the early '80s started with some that actually came out in '79 but were so huge they carried over into '80 and beyond.

Fatback Band..... I like the girls summer '78
Sugarhill Gang....Rappers Delight September '79
Funky Four + 1.....It's The Joint
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five....The Message
Curtis Blow......These Are The Breaks...this one was huge
Whodini.....The Freaks Come Out At Night

In our crew we distinguished ourselves from others in that we had our own rappers when we had battle of the dj crews/bands. We had male and females, no other crews had this so we always won and got paid extra for it. I even somewhat rapped lol, through in a few lines even though I couldn't rap worth shit. Only thing I can remember saying is something like 'Easy Earle here to rock your world' but I could scratch mix and kept the party in beat.

 I wish I still our old 🎶 party cassettes tapes another way we made some money to buy more remixed extended versions that no one else had. Fun days, damn that was around 40 years ago time flying by.

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I figured that's what you meant about Metallica and Fugazi, yeah both were anti video, well Metallica was up until One came out.

Very cool about the DJing.  I watched The Getdown and enjoyed their take on that part of history. Check it out if you can.

Any Afrika Bimabata or Kool moe Dee in there?

Also where were you located?  I know the mix tape is how stuff got around back then.  I sometimes forget the importance and provenance of them...

g under p

80's Rock: metal, paisley underground, alternative, early hip hop: R.E.M., Dinosaur Jr, U2, Go Go's, Metalica, etc.

tempo_n_groove said:

g under p said:

tempo_n_groove said:

g under p said:

Wow another great thread....well while being a dj back in school mostly spinning dance music of ALL sorts to dorms, student unions, house parties off campus the 80' rule for me. Man, our crew FCC (FUN CITY CREW) played the dawning of rap/hip hop, funk, disco etc. The birth of something called music videos and THE CHANNEL to watch back then MTV. 

That channel gave way to the start of bands such as U2, RUSH, Metallica, Talking Heads, Michael Jackson, Prince, Def Leppard, Tina, Fugazi, David Bowie, The Clash, Van Halen etc etc. I could go on and on, in fact right now THE only 📻 station I  listen🎶 to down here in here in Palm Beach County FL is sunny 107.9. Which plays only 70s, MOSTLY 80s and 90s. Great Station of which there's an app so I can listen in anywhere I might be in this country.

✌️

MTV was the start for a bunch of bands but Fugazi and Metallica aren't 2 of them.

What early hip hop were u spinning?  When that music was becoming a thing MTV wasn't playing it so DJ's, word of mouth and some radio were the only way that music was spread around.  Look how big it's become now too.  Wild.

When I referenced Fugazi and Metallica it was NOT with any play on MTV. It was in general that they rose to my prominence in the '80s. In fact I believe Metallica was reluctant to make any videos until the idea for 'One' came about late'80s and was played to that movie I can't remember. Johnny's Got A Gun I think?

As far as what we spun in the early '80s started with some that actually came out in '79 but were so huge they carried over into '80 and beyond.

Fatback Band..... I like the girls summer '78
Sugarhill Gang....Rappers Delight September '79
Funky Four + 1.....It's The Joint
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five....The Message
Curtis Blow......These Are The Breaks...this one was huge
Whodini.....The Freaks Come Out At Night

In our crew we distinguished ourselves from others in that we had our own rappers when we had battle of the dj crews/bands. We had male and females, no other crews had this so we always won and got paid extra for it. I even somewhat rapped lol, through in a few lines even though I couldn't rap worth shit. Only thing I can remember saying is something like 'Easy Earle here to rock your world' but I could scratch mix and kept the party in beat.

 I wish I still our old 🎶 party cassettes tapes another way we made some money to buy more remixed extended versions that no one else had. Fun days, damn that was around 40 years ago time flying by.

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I figured that's what you meant about Metallica and Fugazi, yeah both were anti video, well Metallica was up until One came out.

Very cool about the DJing.  I watched The Getdown and enjoyed their take on that part of history. Check it out if you can.

Any Afrika Bimabata or Kool moe Dee in there?

Also where were you located?  I know the mix tape is how stuff got around back then.  I sometimes forget the importance and provenance of them...





Omgoodness, I totally forgot about Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force...Looking For The Perfect Beat. We would play that extended version and it would bring down the down house. Especially the way we would mix it. It was an easy go to cut that would get everybody on the floor. The only other track I can recall that could do the same or more was Funkadelic's 'Not Just' Knee Deep extended remix. Fifteen minutes of straight up dancing, everyone was sweating after those cuts. We steamed up the the student union with condensation. Peeps from that era I'm sure still talk about the fresh cuts we would play and how we played them. Awesome stuff.

Yeah, back then I went to school in VA, Hampton. We were the middle of the road, they were the DC peeps, Philly and of course the NJ/NYC peeps. Home now is WPB, FL trying to stay cool only in Florida  as I close in on retiring.

https://youtu.be/rHQ11l4uiM4

https://youtu.be/_20BvG3H6DY

The guitar solo around the 7 minute mark is classic Funkadelic playing and one of the best ever.

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g under p

80's Rock: metal, paisley underground, alternative, early hip hop: R.E.M., Dinosaur Jr, U2, Go Go's, Metalica, etc.

Oh one more thing on that Funkadelic track Knee Deep. It's The creator George Clinton came up with the word *TWERK*. Instead of saying work he sang twerk near the beginning and this was back in '79-'80.

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HughFreakingDillon

90's Rock: Grunge, later laternative, rap/ hip hop: Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Guns 'n Roses, WuTang Clan, Tupac, etc.

mookeywrench said:

Building off the post above some, 2000's bands I routinely re-visit:

Yeah yeah yeahs
TV on the radio
My Morning Jacket 
Black Mountain/Pink Mountaintops
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Reigning Sound
Beach House
Thee Oh Sees
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
Karl Blau
The Walkmen
LCD soundsystem 
Wolf Parade
Of Montreal
Dungen
The Hold Steady
Devendra Banhart
Broken Social Scene
Animal Collective 

Then bands who didn't start in the 2000s, but had their best output in that time:

Radiohead
Sigur Ros
Flaming Lips
Yo La Tango
Beck
Wilco
Cat Power

love Steve McBean.