top 10 bands of last 25 years? Whatcha Got?

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  • jumbojet
    jumbojet Posts: 1,484
    rr165892 wrote:
    I really thought Foo Fighters would be on everyone's list or higher on rankings.Surprising.I have them tied with PJ as my favorite 2 bands so I guess I'm a ill bias.Question for the posters who didn't include them, Have you ever seen the Foos live?

    After seeing so many hype about this band, I gave a listen to their Greatest Hits. I understand that judging a band with Greatest Hits is somewhat flawed but my feeling was; for a band receiving such hype, the Greatest Hits issue should have more going on with it. Somewhat left frustrated with it.

    And I dont think it is a 'need to listen a few times more' thing. Sometimes you listen to something and you feel like you dont get it yet but the depth is there and you need to endure sometime to get into it. With FF, there was this boy-band feeling to it, which kind of doesnt allow you to respect it.

    Sorry FF fans.
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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    jumbojet wrote:
    After seeing so many hype about this band, I gave a listen to their Greatest Hits. I understand that judging a band with Greatest Hits is somewhat flawed but my feeling was; for a band receiving such hype, the Greatest Hits issue should have more going on with it. Somewhat left frustrated with it.

    And I dont think it is a 'need to listen a few times more' thing. Sometimes you listen to something and you feel like you dont get it yet but the depth is there and you need to endure sometime to get into it. With FF, there was this boy-band feeling to it, which kind of doesnt allow you to respect it.

    Sorry FF fans.

    I think you can give a pretty fair assessment of FF with the hits collection. They've put out an album or 2 since its release, but if that didn't grab you, it's doubtful their full albums will do much for you. I'm sure there are some album tracks that stand out, but they usually put their best foot forward when it comes time to pick the singles.
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    rr165892 wrote:
    I really thought Foo Fighters would be on everyone's list or higher on rankings.Surprising.I have them tied with PJ as my favorite 2 bands so I guess I'm a ill bias.Question for the posters who didn't include them, Have you ever seen the Foos live?
    The Foos are good and I've seen them a few times, but they're no where near the best band of the last 25 years.

    If this was a best/influential musician of the last 25 years, Dave is top 5.
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  • Gibson
    Gibson Chicago Posts: 2,671
    Hoosiers wrote:
    Longevity counts, had to start in 90's or earlier.
    +1

    In no order:

    Pearl Jam
    Radiohead
    U2
    Dave Matthews Band
    Smashing Pumpkins
    Foo Fighters
    Jack White + co.
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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    edited August 2013
    South of Seattle wrote:
    If this was a best/influential musician of the last 25 years, Dave is top 5.

    He's a good drummer, and not bad at writing a hook, but I don't think I'd put him in the top 50 best musicians whether we're talking skill, influence or both. I don't think he's really been influential at all.
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  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    jumbojet wrote:
    rr165892 wrote:
    I really thought Foo Fighters would be on everyone's list or higher on rankings.Surprising.I have them tied with PJ as my favorite 2 bands so I guess I'm a ill bias.Question for the posters who didn't include them, Have you ever seen the Foos live?

    After seeing so many hype about this band, I gave a listen to their Greatest Hits. I understand that judging a band with Greatest Hits is somewhat flawed but my feeling was; for a band receiving such hype, the Greatest Hits issue should have more going on with it. Somewhat left frustrated with it.

    And I dont think it is a 'need to listen a few times more' thing. Sometimes you listen to something and you feel like you dont get it yet but the depth is there and you need to endure sometime to get into it. With FF, there was this boy-band feeling to it, which kind of doesnt allow you to respect it.

    Sorry FF fans.
    Wow!!! Boy band.Really ? I wasn't expecting that.Every time I watch Taylor Hawkins Rip the skin off a drum kit I think just like Backstreet boys.lol oh well each to their own.I would recommend a viewing of Foo Fighters live at Wembly stadium.May give you a different perspective.
  • -Buru-
    -Buru- Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 1,292
    Pearl Jam
    REM
    Radiohead
    Tool
    Nine Inch Nails
    Soundgarden
    Alice in Chains
    Queens of the Stone Age
    Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
    Depeche Mode
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    If I knew where it was I would take you there.

  • jumbojet
    jumbojet Posts: 1,484
    DewieCox wrote:
    jumbojet wrote:
    After seeing so many hype about this band, I gave a listen to their Greatest Hits. I understand that judging a band with Greatest Hits is somewhat flawed but my feeling was; for a band receiving such hype, the Greatest Hits issue should have more going on with it. Somewhat left frustrated with it.

    And I dont think it is a 'need to listen a few times more' thing. Sometimes you listen to something and you feel like you dont get it yet but the depth is there and you need to endure sometime to get into it. With FF, there was this boy-band feeling to it, which kind of doesnt allow you to respect it.

    Sorry FF fans.

    I think you can give a pretty fair assessment of FF with the hits collection. They've put out an album or 2 since its release, but if that didn't grab you, it's doubtful their full albums will do much for you. I'm sure there are some album tracks that stand out, but they usually put their best foot forward when it comes time to pick the singles.

    Thank you, man. I am doomed, I guess. There is this sympathy for Dave Grohl, so I cannot write them off that easily. Will try again.
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  • jumbojet
    jumbojet Posts: 1,484
    rr165892 wrote:
    jumbojet wrote:
    rr165892 wrote:
    I really thought Foo Fighters would be on everyone's list or higher on rankings.Surprising.I have them tied with PJ as my favorite 2 bands so I guess I'm a ill bias.Question for the posters who didn't include them, Have you ever seen the Foos live?

    After seeing so many hype about this band, I gave a listen to their Greatest Hits. I understand that judging a band with Greatest Hits is somewhat flawed but my feeling was; for a band receiving such hype, the Greatest Hits issue should have more going on with it. Somewhat left frustrated with it.

    And I dont think it is a 'need to listen a few times more' thing. Sometimes you listen to something and you feel like you dont get it yet but the depth is there and you need to endure sometime to get into it. With FF, there was this boy-band feeling to it, which kind of doesnt allow you to respect it.

    Sorry FF fans.
    Wow!!! Boy band.Really ? I wasn't expecting that.Every time I watch Taylor Hawkins Rip the skin off a drum kit I think just like Backstreet boys.lol oh well each to their own.I would recommend a viewing of Foo Fighters live at Wembly stadium.May give you a different perspective.

    I know, I know...I take back the boy-band expression, not proud of that. :(
    I am aware of the Wembley show. If Jimmy Page and J.P. Jones chose to perform with them, they should have something. The thing is there is the huge Dave Grohl factor, he himself deserves so much respect. So I will try again.
    What's your part, who you are?

    2012: Arras, Berlin 1-2
    2013: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires
    2014: Milano, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin
    2016: NY MSG 1
  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    Wow!!! Boy band.Really ? I wasn't expecting that.Every time I watch Taylor Hawkins Rip the skin off a drum kit I think just like Backstreet boys.lol oh well each to their own.I would recommend a viewing of Foo Fighters live at Wembly stadium.May give you a different perspective.[/quote]

    I know, I know...I take back the boy-band expression, not proud of that. :(
    I am aware of the Wembley show. If Jimmy Page and J.P. Jones chose to perform with them, they should have something. The thing is there is the huge Dave Grohl factor, he himself deserves so much respect. So I will try again.[/quote]
    You are a wise individual,and I am striking the before mentioned faux Paux.Rock on!
  • mustbechris
    mustbechris Posts: 228
    My, we have narrow focus, don't we?

    1. Pearl Jam
    2. Foo Fighters
    3. Alice in Chains
    4. Rage Against the Machine
    5. Type O Negative (!)
    6. The Roots
    7. Soundgarden
    8. Tool
    9. Audioslave
    10. Blind Melon
    Speaking as a child of the 90's
  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    1. REM
    2. Pearl Jam
    3. Soundgarden
    4. Guns N Roses
    5. Jane's Addiction
    6. Pixies
    7. Weezer
    8. Nirvana
    9. White Stripes
    10. Kings of Leon

    More or less in that order.
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  • broloco
    broloco Posts: 1,237
    Oh I forgot...here's an addition to my top ten:


    11. Cage the Elephant
  • liljoey90
    liljoey90 Long Island, N.Y. Posts: 213
    DMB has got to be on the list... Not trying to bias because they are my favorite band but they are phenominal.
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,818
    1) Faith No More
    2) Pearl Jam
    3) Tool
    4) Radiohead
    5) QOTSA
    6) Beastie Boys
    7) Jane's Addiction
    8) Nirvana
    9) Alice in Chains
    10) Mark Lanegan Band (I originally had RATM in this spot, but Lanegan's solo stuff has meant a lot to me over the last 10+ years, whereas Rage sort of lost me after Evil Empire)

    EDIT: It's no accident that I put FNM at the top of my list, no one will ever top them in my humble opinion.

    Honorable mentions: Mad Season, REM, Screaming Trees, Foo Fighters, (don't even love them that much, but Dave Grohl kicks ass) RATM, RHCP (Everything up to One Hot Minute, after that they kind of lost me) Morphine, Primus., Mr. Bungle, Tomahawk (can you tell I'm a bit of a Patton fan?), Black Crowes, Flaming Lips, At The Drive In, NWA, Soundgarden, A Perfect Circle, WU TANG CLAN (am I the first to mention the Wu?), System of a Down (even the later albums, which I don't like that much still blow my mind)

    I could keep going, I have about 50 bands in my top ten. . . . you get the idea.
  • gbpat54
    gbpat54 Posts: 69
    PJ
    Wilco
    Black Crowes
    DMB
    Radiohead
    REM
    Ben Harper (various backing bands)
    Avett Brothers
    Soundgarden
    Alice in Chains
  • Driftin'Along
    Driftin'Along Posts: 1,403
    edited August 2013
    Pearl Jam
    Widespread Panic
    My Morning Jacket
    REM
    Tool
    Rage Against the Machine
    Alice in Chains
    The Cure
    Drive By Truckers
    Phish
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  • WhyGo91
    WhyGo91 Posts: 639
    I'm going to mix it up quite a bit because I believe there have been some phenomenal "newer" bands that started later on. BTW, this list is in no particular order:

    -Pearl Jam
    -Incubus (even though I think Brandon Boyd is a snob sometimes)
    -Tool
    -Smashing Pumpkins
    -Foo Fighters
    -Soundgarden
    -Red Hot Chili Peppers (I only include this because you moved it to 30 years)
    -Queens of the Stone Age
    -R.E.M. (again because the list was moved to 30 years)
    -Chevelle (this is a huge personal one, always love anything they do)
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  • WhyGo91
    WhyGo91 Posts: 639
    broloco wrote:
    Oh I forgot...here's an addition to my top ten:


    11. Cage the Elephant

    this 8-)
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  • hamma
    hamma Posts: 88
    edited August 2013
    Here's my top ten, not in any order outside the top 2.
    Pearl Jam
    Buffalo Tom
    The Replacements
    Rancid
    Bouncing Souls
    Face to Face
    Local H
    The Sheila Divine
    Mighty Mighty Bosstone
    DKM
    Gaslight Anthem - favorite band from the last 5 years
    Pixies

    honorable mention in no order
    Radiohead- lost interest after the 4th album
    Weezer- 1st 2 albums were great
    Foo Fighter -see above
    Arcade Fire- incredible debut, looking forward to the next album
    Smashing pumpkins- loved the 1st 3 1/2 records, put out alot of crap. Not really a band anymore, just billy and bunch of hired guns
    Nirvana- what could have been
    Social D
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