Your fave bands/solo artist from each decade

Manstis1604

Matty Boy wrote:

This is a great thread!! I'm going under the premise that you can only list a band once.

50's-Chuck Berry
60's-The Roling Stones
70's-Led Zeppelin
80's-Guns N' Roses
90's-Pearl Jam/Oasis
00's-Nothing as this decade fucking sucks ass. It would be an insult to the great musicians I listed above to pick some second rate hacks from this decade.

Matty Boy...throwing Oasis in there was far more insulting then a lot of stuff you could've picked from this decade. There's some great stuff out there, good music just doesn't get popular anymore so you have to find it.

Todd76

Matty Boy wrote:

00's-Nothing as this decade fucking sucks ass. It would be an insult to the great musicians I listed above to pick some second rate hacks from this decade.

please refer to post #16 in this thread

.....I gotta stop hanging out on this board - I have NOTHING in common with 95% of the people here.

The Neon Bible/Arcade Fire bashing in one of the other threads may be the straw that broke the camels back

.....I'm gonna go hang out on the Decemberists message board with all the other indie rock snobs

LONG LIVE GRUNGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (and Zeppelin)

gabers

hippiemom wrote:

Man, this is hard! I'm having a really tough time picking just one from any decade.

50s - Chuck Berry

60s - Bob Dylan

70s - Led Zeppelin

80s - U2

90s - Pearl Jam

00s - The White Stripes

I could change my mind about any of these except PJ at a moment's notice. The list of bands that are *this close* to being my #1 is long.

Wow! Mine's the same but I'd have to say Johnny Cash from the 50's. Or the King. Definitely not my era.

Matty Boy

Manstis1604 wrote:

Matty Boy...throwing Oasis in there was far more insulting then a lot of stuff you could've picked from this decade. There's some great stuff out there, good music just doesn't get popular anymore so you have to find it.

Definitely Maybe and Morning Glory are two of the best albums of the 90's. You can rag on Oasis all you like for their arrogant personalities, but those albums are fucking classic, and far superior to any albums that have come out this decade.

I don't give a shit about post 16. I've always thought the music of my parents generation The Stones, The Doors, CCR, Zeppelin, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, The Kinks, The Who, Velvet Underground, The Animals, and numerous other bands was better than the music of my generation, which would be the 90's I guess.

Sathogwa

50's -- Elvis
60's -- The Doors
70's -- Led Zeppelin
80's -- Gun's N' Roses (It would probably really be Jane's Addiction--who started in the 80's and are one of my all-time favorites--but, they seem more like a (very) early 90's band to me. Hence, what I consider a better choice: GNR who seem to more indigenous to the 80s.)
90's -- Pearl Jam
00's -- Derek Trucks Band. (While he's been around since the late 90's, it was in the 2000's that he really started coming into his own. Especially with his lat 3 albums.)

lucylespian

intodeep wrote:

50's- Miles Davis His career spans many decades and his brillance is showcased in each. I adore Kind of blue and it was born in this decade. To me he wins on that album alone (although he had many other great albums this decade to go along with it)

60's- Bob Dylan- I always liked bobs acoustic side and he did some marvolous work in this decade. Can't go Wrong with Bob

70's- Neil Young- Many great groups and heavy competition, but to me this was neil's watershed decade. Mainstream success such as Harvest and fan favorite albums such as on the beach. He was burning up inside during this time and his music showcased that.

80's- Dinosaur Jr- J, Murph, & Lou making music that i'll never forget. J melted faces at an unimaginable rate. (and still does)

90's- Pearl Jam of course. I don't think i need to explain. This decade like the 70s had many for me to choose from but i love the 90's albums.

00's-I'm changing my orginal pick for the 00's to Mastodon. These guys rock so hard i love them. I can't get enough of them. Once i see them in May it will be the 4th time i've seen them live in 9 months.

That said wilco, arcade fire, mars volta are all makeing very good music too. Perhaps in another hour i'll switch it to one of them.

You really need to listen to some White Stripes. Under Blackpool Lights, De Stijl, Elephant. Ignore the hype, it's very good !!

catefrances

50s - ????? how old do you think i am?
60s - ladies and gentlemen, miss janis joplin
70s - the band
80s - springsteen
90s - nirvana
00s - the drones

ArtMars

50's- Elvis (afterall he was John Lennon's biggest musical influence)

60'- Tough choice. The Who, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Hendrix......I can't really decide. I'll just say Pink Floyd, but not by a wide margin. I mean most of their best work was in the 70's, but this is where they began! And without Syd Barrett, Roger Waters would have never had the inspiration for Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and even the Wall.

70's- Queen. Freddie Mercury is one of the greatest singers of all time and Bohemian Rhapsody is one of the greatest songs of all time. Great band all around!

80's- Iron Maiden. My favorite metal band. While just about every band was killing their hair with hairspray in the 80's, Maiden were one of the few that didn't. They just went out and played the type of music that they loved. There isn't a band in metal that deserves more respect.

90's- Pearl Jam. This one is an easy and obvious choice. Nirvana may be the band everyone talks about now, but if Kurt hadn't been murdered (I mean committed suicide...cough...cough) do any of you think Nirvana's album Nevermind would be number 2 on VH1's 100 greatest albums? Anyways, as far as the big 4 from the 90's go....I rank them: Pearl Jam, AIC, Soundgarden, and then Nirvana. Pearl Jam are easily the most diverse of the 4!

2000's- System of A Down. I didn't really have much of a choice here. Anyways, I really like this band. It's just too bad I heard they might be splitting up.

intodeep

lucylespian wrote:

You really need to listen to some White Stripes. Under Blackpool Lights, De Stijl, Elephant. Ignore the hype, it's very good !!

i own de stijl, elephant, white blood cells, and get behind me satan. I have seen blackpool lights and i liked the rancontors (my baby's on the LEVEEEL)

I like Jack's work a lot. I do enjoy the other bands i listed a little more though.

Espcially Mastodon \m/