Is Pearl Jam classic rock?

Spiritual_Chaos
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edited January 2020 in The Porch
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Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Green River, Screaming Trees, Mother Love Bone, Malfunkshun & more - The alternate rock / grunge movement of the late 80s / early 90s changed the musical landscape. The Seattle Sound revolutionized the musical world, bringing punk to the masses. Today, the musical landscape is changing again as alternative rock / grunge bands are being included on classic rock radio stations.
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,615
    Yes
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 32,032
    Yes
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  • sparky_fry
    sparky_fry Posts: 760
    Both current and classic. I was only 3 when ten was released and now I have my own baby. I would consider it classic rock.

    But, they have a new album coming out and are still gaining new fans so they are still a current rock band as well.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,311
    No.  Classic rock is the 60’s and 70’s.  

    Yes.  If classic rock is just stuff that is over 20 years old.
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 32,032
    I used that same evaluation.  When I first listened to classic rock it was 80s and 90s and the music was from 60s and 70s.
    That timeline makes PJ classic rock at this point 
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  • aurelgugus
    aurelgugus France & Luxembourg Posts: 499
    Yes. 
    Regarding bands from the 80s/90s, Sonic youth is one of the few that I would still consider Alternative.
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  • MisterEtake2
    MisterEtake2 Posts: 404
    Only Better Man is classic rock.
  • pearljammr78
    pearljammr78 Posts: 1,613
    Their sound is classic. Meaning it sounds just as good now as it did then. So yes, classic rock 🤘🏽
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,293
    Definitely classic rock.  The 90's was along time ago at this point!
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,311
    edited January 2020
    Does the moniker “classic rock” refer to age or to a certain style?    I will always view classic rock as 60’s and 70’s.  Everything else after is just “rock”.  100 years from now will 2080 music be classic rock when rock is 150 years old at that point?    


  • on2legs
    on2legs Posts: 16,114
    mcgruff10 said:
    Definitely classic rock.  The 90's was along time ago at this point!
    Agreed. We were closer to the release of Led Zeppelin's first album when Ten came out than we are now to the release of Ten.

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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,615
    We can't define classic as coming from two particular decades. Time marches on and beloved things that were once new get older and become classic. Think of cars. Pearl Jam has definitely become classic. 
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  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 18,186
    The more important question is does Pearl Jam drink Coke Classic?
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  • Kusy
    Kusy Posts: 351
    100% yes
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  • tdawe
    tdawe Posts: 2,091
    Short answer: yes.

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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,615
    edited January 2020
    It was jarring to hear Pearl Jam on WZLX in Boston for the first time, but it very quickly came to feel totally natural. They blend in perfectly and it just works. 
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  • handreads7-30
    handreads7-30 Posts: 329
    Yes....also “dad rock”
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  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,965
    bootlegger10 said:
    No.  Classic rock is the 60’s and 70’s.  

    Yes.  If classic rock is just stuff that is over 20 years old.
    This.

  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,581
    no classic rock is the 60s and 70s.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,311
    JimmyV said:
    We can't define classic as coming from two particular decades. Time marches on and beloved things that were once new get older and become classic. Think of cars. Pearl Jam has definitely become classic. 
    I don’t think classic necessarily means old.   New classical music is being made now and would be considered classical the day it is made.  I view classic rock as a style of its own versus rock that is more than 220 years old.    

    Is rap music today going to be called Old School rap in 20 years?   

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