1. Pearl Jam
2. Queens Of The Stone Age
3. Mark Lanegan
4. The National
5. Arcade Fire
6. Soundgarden
7. Smashing Pumpkins
8. Metallica
9. Faith No More
10. Rem
Cool. I'll play along. This list w/original OP criteria.
1. Pearl Jam
2. Soundgarden
3. A Perfect Circle
4. Tool
5. Alice in Chains
6. Incubus
7. Smashing Pumpkins
8. RHCP
9. Jack White (all incarnations)
10. DMB
01. Pearl Jam
02. Tool
03. The National
04. The Tragically Hip
05. Radiohead
06. Alice In Chains
07. Nada Surf
08. Metallica
09. Rage Against The Machine
10. Foo Fighters / Soundgarden / QOTSA
VERY honerable metion for more recent bands:
Tame Impala, Bon Iver & Local Natives
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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?
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?
I've seen them at the Bridge School Benefit and at the Hangout Festival where they headlined the Saturday in 2011. I like them but wouldn't put them in my top 10 of the last quarter century.
On another note...if it were the last 30 years I would have put Metallica but not the past 25. Ride The Lightning and Master Of Puppets are my 2 favorite Metallica albums and are not in the last 25 years.
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- Al Swearengen
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?
Actually, no. That's on the list though. I don't have a really good reason for them not being in my top
10. I don't listen to them by choice very often, but I do like them ALOT. Fantastically talented and Dave Grohl...sigh...love him.
I've given them a few listens, but I find them obnoxious; especially when they release singles that are seven minutes long. I also think that all of their songs sound identical. There's no denying that their sound was original in the early 90's, but, to me, it hasn't changed at all in twenty years. That's just lazy.
Also, I prefer Meg White's drumming over Tool's; much more raw sounding. I'm not one who cares about how talented a musician is.
I think they've only released on single that was that long and it's easily one of their catchiest tunes. They do come off as pretty obnoxious in some interviews, but the way they handle their art is the exact opposite.
I'll be the first to admit that alot of their songs have similar things going on, but to say they sound identical is off base. They've moved from a really raw guttural sound to a more and more precise, clean, almost clinical sound on the more recent stuff. Their sound has evolved as much as almost any band I can think of, PJ included.
I think "lazy" is the last thing I'd call those guys.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
__________________________________________ not a fan of what's below the line, but mad props to:
Aerosmith
Metallica
Tool
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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.
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.
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.
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
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
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!
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
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.
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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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)
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
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2. Queens Of The Stone Age
3. Mark Lanegan
4. The National
5. Arcade Fire
6. Soundgarden
7. Smashing Pumpkins
8. Metallica
9. Faith No More
10. Rem
1. Pearl Jam
2. Soundgarden
3. A Perfect Circle
4. Tool
5. Alice in Chains
6. Incubus
7. Smashing Pumpkins
8. RHCP
9. Jack White (all incarnations)
10. DMB
2013 Wrigley
2013 Dallas
2013 Oklahoma City
2013 Seattle
How I choose to feel is how I am.
There's just one word I still believe...and it's LOVE.
"Take care of one another..." -EV
02. Tool
03. The National
04. The Tragically Hip
05. Radiohead
06. Alice In Chains
07. Nada Surf
08. Metallica
09. Rage Against The Machine
10. Foo Fighters / Soundgarden / QOTSA
VERY honerable metion for more recent bands:
Tame Impala, Bon Iver & Local Natives
2006 Arnhem & Prague
2012 Amsterdam I & II / EV Amsterdam II
2013 Buenos Aires & Wrigley Field / Brad Utrecht / Soundgarden Oslo & Amsterdam
2014 Amsterdam I & II, Vienna, Berlin & Leeds / Soundgarden Santiago, Utrecht & Tilburg
2016 MSG I & II, Quebec City, Fenway Park I & II
2018 Amsterdam I & II, Krakow & Berlin
2022 Stockholm, Copenhagen, Amsterdam & Toronto
2023 Austin I & II
2024 Manchester, Barcelona I & II, Melbourne I & II, Sydney I & II
I've seen them at the Bridge School Benefit and at the Hangout Festival where they headlined the Saturday in 2011. I like them but wouldn't put them in my top 10 of the last quarter century.
On another note...if it were the last 30 years I would have put Metallica but not the past 25. Ride The Lightning and Master Of Puppets are my 2 favorite Metallica albums and are not in the last 25 years.
- Al Swearengen
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Actually, no. That's on the list though. I don't have a really good reason for them not being in my top
10. I don't listen to them by choice very often, but I do like them ALOT. Fantastically talented and Dave Grohl...sigh...love him.
2013 Wrigley
2013 Dallas
2013 Oklahoma City
2013 Seattle
How I choose to feel is how I am.
There's just one word I still believe...and it's LOVE.
"Take care of one another..." -EV
Pearl Jam
Radiohead
Hole
GNR
Fiona Apple
Warpaint
Garbage
Madonna
Tribe Called Quest
I think they've only released on single that was that long and it's easily one of their catchiest tunes. They do come off as pretty obnoxious in some interviews, but the way they handle their art is the exact opposite.
I'll be the first to admit that alot of their songs have similar things going on, but to say they sound identical is off base. They've moved from a really raw guttural sound to a more and more precise, clean, almost clinical sound on the more recent stuff. Their sound has evolved as much as almost any band I can think of, PJ included.
I think "lazy" is the last thing I'd call those guys.
Fugazi
Sonic Youth
Radiohead
Pearl Jam
Arcade Fire
Nirvana
Wilco
Pixies
Black Keys
Bon Iver
St Pete '94
FL '96
WPB 1 and 2 '98
Atlanta '00...WPB 1 and 2 '00...Tampa '00
WPB '03...Orlando '03 ...Tampa '03
Kissimmee '04
WPB '08...Tampa '08...Camden 1 and 2 '08
KC 10
Clearwater 1 '12 (EV)
Wrigley '13
Fl '16...Miami '16...Tampa '16...Jacksonville '16...Fenway 1 and 2 '16
Oakland 2020 (Canceled Covid)
Camden 2022 (Had to sell got Covid)
Raleigh 1 and 2 2025
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.
2012: Arras, Berlin 1-2
2013: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires
2014: Milano, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin
2016: NY MSG 1
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.
If this was a best/influential musician of the last 25 years, Dave is top 5.
In no order:
Pearl Jam
Radiohead
U2
Dave Matthews Band
Smashing Pumpkins
Foo Fighters
Jack White + co.
__________________________________________ not a fan of what's below the line, but mad props to:
Aerosmith
Metallica
Tool
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.
REM
Radiohead
Tool
Nine Inch Nails
Soundgarden
Alice in Chains
Queens of the Stone Age
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Depeche Mode
If I knew where it was I would take you there.
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.
2012: Arras, Berlin 1-2
2013: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires
2014: Milano, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin
2016: NY MSG 1
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.
2012: Arras, Berlin 1-2
2013: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires
2014: Milano, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin
2016: NY MSG 1
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!
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
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.
If I opened it now would you not understand?
11. Cage the Elephant
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.
Wilco
Black Crowes
DMB
Radiohead
REM
Ben Harper (various backing bands)
Avett Brothers
Soundgarden
Alice in Chains
Widespread Panic
My Morning Jacket
REM
Tool
Rage Against the Machine
Alice in Chains
The Cure
Drive By Truckers
Phish
PJ * 10/21/00 - Phx * 6/7/03 - Phx * 6/29/06 - Milwaukee * 6/30/06 - Milwaukee * 11/19/13 - Phx *
EV * 11/4/12 - Phx, AZ *
-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)
this
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
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