Artists with successful careers spanning over 20 years

[chipdip18]

What are your favorites? What makes you think they had a long and successful career? Do you see any similiar characteristics between these artists? Which artists who have been around for ten years or so do you think could last that long?

[SanePsychotic]

U2. 32 years. Consistant and innovative music. :nod:

[Angylion Gefell]

U2. 32 years. Consistant and innovative music. :nod:

/thread

[versus_god]

NOFX? Maybe perhaps.

[Dr. Acula]

U2. 32 years. Consistant and innovative music. :nod:

What I came in here to say. U2.

[IWasaCamera]

Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen

[SanePsychotic]

If you want strictly punk, Bad Religion. 22 years.

[SanePsychotic]

Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen

Since you're including them, Johnny Cash even though he's no longer with us.

[hockeyguitar99]

Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen

These.

The only other one I can think of is U2, and they were already mentioned.

[versus_god]

If you want strictly punk, Bad Religion. 22 years.
28. Technically.

[Angylion Gefell]

Now that we've broken away from U2, I'll toss Crue out there.

[versus_god]

Tom Waits.

[xriotx]

Red Hot Chili Peppers.

[Dr. Acula]

The Cure.

[SanePsychotic]

Now that we've broken away from U2, I'll toss Crue out there.

Crue?

[IWasaCamera]

Stevie Wonder
Paul Simon
Neil Young

[versus_god]

Costello.

[SanePsychotic]

28. Technically.

I went with the longest stretch of them being together. :shrug:

[SanePsychotic]

The Eagles.

[Dr. Acula]

Which artists who have been around for ten years or so do you think could last that long?

AFI. 15 years or so and still running.

[Dr. Acula]

The Flaming Lips.

[SanePsychotic]

Green Day.

[Kid B]

Green Day.
Like 17 or 18 years I believe.

[IWasaCamera]

Oh, and R.E.M.

[SanePsychotic]

Like 17 or 18 years I believe.

Started in 1988. 20 years.

[Angylion Gefell]

Crue?

As in Motley.

[SanePsychotic]

As in Motley.

Ah, I figured.

[chipdip18]

So do you see any similiarists between any of these artists? any correlation to them being successful for so long?

[Angylion Gefell]

A willingness to change their music with the times without changing their character or selling out. And then, when it's all done and over with, a willingness to return to their roots and still deliver.

[chipdip18]

A willingness to change their music with the times without changing their character or selling out. And then, when it's all done and over with, a willingness to return to their roots and still deliver.


What a good way of putting it. This what we all sort of wish for with the artists we like and their new releases.

[micahistheballs]

Bob Dylan would be my personal favourite.

[SanePsychotic]

Forgot a few:
BB King
Eric Clapton
Buddy Guy

[Kid B]

Started in 1988. 20 years.
Well fuck lolz.

[lew_1987]

Nofx.

[Regards]

Red Hot Chili Peppers.
What she said.

[SanePsychotic]

Well fuck lolz.

Yeah, I'm a Green Day freak.

[secretsociety92]

Judas Priest, nearly 4 decades and they are still able to make an album that can hit the charts.

[CellarGhosts]

Tom Waits.

If you want strictly punk, Bad Religion. 22 years.

Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen

NOFX? Maybe perhaps.

Costello.
I agree with all of these; what I came in here to post.

[FeynmanWannabe]

Oh, and R.E.M.
Yes.

Also, Leonard Cohen.

[chipdip18]

So a lot of people are posting people who are still making music now (still qualifiies) but would you say that some of these artists have already hit their peak and are on a decrease now? Would you still consider a solid 20 years of their career to be all successful?

[PunksNotDead!]

rush
i dont know if theyre still successful though
pink floyd.
thats like 30 years

[SLoT]

paul mccartney.

[chipdip18]

paul mccartney.

Are you including The Beatles?

[underthetalking]

Rush
Clapton

[SLoT]

Are you including The Beatles?
yeah. the thread is artists with successful careers. doesnt say anything about having to be in the same band. he's definitely an artist.

[chipdip18]

yeah. the thread is artists with successful careers. doesnt say anything about having to be in the same band. he's definitely an artist.

Yeah i'm not saying it doesn't work, i was just curious.

[PunksNotDead!]

chris cornell
when did pearl jam start?

[SLoT]

Yeah i'm not saying it doesn't work, i was just curious.
oh. okay.

[IWasaCamera]

Yes.

Also, Leonard Cohen.
There was a Cohen tribute at the jazzfest last week. :-)

[absolutecrunk]

Started in 1988. 20 years.
DQed. They were hardly successful until 1994. I wouldn't count them.

[heyzombiehitler]

Bad Religion (28 years), the vandals (27 years) and the offspring (25-ish years)

[FeynmanWannabe]

There was a Cohen tribute at the jazzfest last week. :-)
There's a Cohen tribute in my house pretty much weekly. :woot:

[SanePsychotic]

Rush
Clapton

Yay, another for Clapton!

DQed. They were hardly successful until 1994. I wouldn't count them.

They were successful in the Gilman scene when they started, they just weren't nationally successful until '94. If they have to start off with a certain amount of sucess to qualify then a lot of bands that are being mentioned here wouldn't count. I'd still count them.

[underthetalking]

Yay, another for Clapton!



They were successful in the Gilman scene when they started, they just weren't nationally successful until '94. If they have to start off with a certain amount of sucess to qualify then a lot of bands that are being mentioned here wouldn't count. I'd still count them.

Dude, its Eric Clapton.

[CellarGhosts]

My best friend saw Clapton in concert a little while ago, all while various tornadoes had touched down across the state. Apparently the show had to be cut short by a little bit, and there were roadies running around trying to catch alot of gear that was starting to blow offstage.

[Troggy]

Bands that will make it to 20 succesful years:

Opeth (18 years) - even if they don't put out another record before 2010, i think they have been a success enough

Incubus (17 years) - They are on hiatus but if they come back with one more good album that will be 20 good years

Converge (18 years) - duh...

[SanePsychotic]

My best friend saw Clapton in concert a little while ago, all while various tornadoes had touched down across the state. Apparently the show had to be cut short by a little bit, and there were roadies running around trying to catch alot of gear that was starting to blow offstage.

I wanted to see him so badly. What sucks is that when my dad and I heard about it he said, "Well we could have gone had we not got the Tom Petty tickets." As much as I love Tom Petty I would have much rather have seen Clapton.

[KatieKutthroat.]

paul mccartney.

Agreed.

[AlternateToLife]

I think every artist I came to say has been mentioned. But I agree with pretty much everything said. :thumbup:

[GuitarR0cker1]

NOFX and Bad Religion for sure. Green Day and Pearl Jam also are pretty good.

[KatieKutthroat.]

I think every artist I came to say has been mentioned. But I agree with pretty much everything said. :thumbup:

haha, same here. I hate getting to these threads late so all of my answers have already been said.

[chipdip18]

Okay the title of this thread is successful careers over 20 years, what i meant by that is that at least 20 years of their career was successful. So i don't think Green Day would really count.

[GuitarR0cker1]

Okay the title of this thread is successful careers over 20 years, what i meant by that is that at least 20 years of their career was successful. So i don't think Green Day would really count.
Oh, oops.

[Chris Fallon]

Green Day has only been successful for 14 years of their career. Pearl Jam will be at 20 in a few more years.

I'd say U2 and Bad Religion come to mind immediately, as well as Springsteen and Costello.

[chipdip18]

Oh, oops.

haha it happens.

[AlternateToLife]

So I guess if you want to take the thread title to it's literal points (which is fine), then Green Day does not count. If you feel like letting it be stretched, they do count.

[chipdip18]

Yeah exactly

[Chris Fallon]

Key word: successful

Green Day has been around since 88-89, but they found success in 94. I think it's fair to be specific because otherwise, too many other bands fall into this category. As much as I like Green Day, let's not shove them in this thread quite yet.

[AlternateToLife]

:appl:

[SickOfStars]

Sonic Youth? or would we count "success" at Daydream Nation in '89?

[Ouch]

LL Cool J

[SanePsychotic]

So I guess if you want to take the thread title to it's literal points (which is fine), then Green Day does not count. If you feel like letting it be stretched, they do count.

I went with the stretched idea.

Key word: successful

Green Day has been around since 88-89, but they found success in 94. I think it's fair to be specific because otherwise, too many other bands fall into this category. As much as I like Green Day, let's not shove them in this thread quite yet.

You could argue that they had a different level of success (local success, their our in Europe could be considered successful). But I really don't have an issue with not putting them in this catagory yet. It's only a few more years.

[underthetalking]

I think that also depends on how you merit success. Some can argue that Green Day was successful for the first few years of their career.

[SanePsychotic]

It all really depends on how you want to argue it. I really could care less one way or another as I know that they're a solid band and that they'll make the 20 "successful" years easily.

[handlikesecret]

Goo Goo Dolls. :shrug:

[underthetalking]

Yeah, they're pretty much shoe ins either way.

[SanePsychotic]

They've been around that long?

[handlikesecret]

They've been around that long?
who, Goo Goo Dolls?

[SanePsychotic]

who, Goo Goo Dolls?

Yeah. Obviously, I'm not a huge fan.

[handlikesecret]

Yeah. Obviously, I'm not a huge fan.
ohh yeah they're working on their 22nd year. they're one of my favorite bands.

[Brokenhill]

Pink Floyd (Roughly from '67 to '94). Popularity wise...41 years though.

Rush

Led Zeppelin

[SanePsychotic]

ohh yeah they're working on their 22nd year. they're one of my favorite bands.

Ah, I see. I've never been into them, although I do love their singles.

[chipdip18]

ohh yeah they're working on their 22nd year. they're one of my favorite bands.


How much of that would you consider successful? Didn't they reach their peak in the late 90's/early 00's? Are they still successful?

[SanePsychotic]

How much of that would you consider successful? Didn't they reach their peak in the late 90's/early 00's? Are they still successful?

According to Wiki and iTunes they released Dizzy Up The Girl in '98 and I remember hearing songs from that album ("Slide" and "Iris") on the radio when I was a kid. So probably about half of their career is "sucessful".

[chipdip18]

According to Wiki and iTunes they released Dizzy Up The Girl in '98 and I remember hearing songs from that album ("Slide" and "Iris") on the radio when I was a kid. So probably about half of their career is "sucessful".


Yeah that is the album and those are the songs i was referring too. What have they been doing since then?

[SanePsychotic]

Yeah that is the album and those are the songs i was referring too. What have they been doing since then?

I know Gutterflower was pretty big and I believe they're putting a new single out sometime soon.

[chipdip18]

I know Gutterflower was pretty big and I believe they're putting a new single out sometime soon.

Sweet. Only one album since 98? Wow

[SanePsychotic]

Sweet. Only one album since 98? Wow

No, they've put out other albums, they just don't come to mind as I'm not a fan of them. Gutterflower is just the one where I liked all the singles that were released.

[chipdip18]

No, they've put out other albums, they just don't come to mind as I'm not a fan of them. Gutterflower is just the one where I liked all the singles that were released.

Gotcha. My mom loved Dizzy Up the Girl.

[SanePsychotic]

Gotcha. My mom loved Dizzy Up the Girl.

My uncle's into them. Other than their singles I really don't know shit about them. :shrug:

[chipdip18]

My uncle's into them. Other than their singles I really don't know shit about them. :shrug:

Same here

[SanePsychotic]

To throw in another artist that's been successful for 20+ years, Tom Petty. Seeing him on Thursday with the family.

[KatieKutthroat.]

To throw in another artist that's been successful for 20+ years, Tom Petty. Seeing him on Thursday with the family.

Have fun, it's a great show. I saw him a few weeks ago.

[SanePsychotic]

Have fun, it's a great show. I saw him a few weeks ago.

Is it? I'm really excited for it - I've been listening to him since I was a kid.

[KatieKutthroat.]

Is it? I'm really excited for it - I've been listening to him since I was a kid.

I had fun. He sounded great. Although he was really baked, which made the between-songs banter quite entertaining.

[SanePsychotic]

I had fun. He sounded great. Although he was really baked, which made the between-songs banter quite entertaining.

As long as he sounds great I don't care! I just hope my mom doesn't get wasted.

[murrich]

The Blind Boys of Alabama.

[IWasaCamera]

There's a Cohen tribute in my house pretty much weekly. :woot:
haha sweet.

[Ouch]

Metallica.

[xerovision1]

rush
iron maiden
alice cooper

[SanePsychotic]

Metallica.

Bah!

[AP_Punk]

pennywise

lolol

[SanePsychotic]

pennywise

lolol

Why did they have to name their band after that fucking clown?

[AP_Punk]

hahahaha. probably because they were young at the time?

it's funny though.

[versus_god]

WOOOOOOOOoOOOOOAH

[SanePsychotic]

They all float. They all float.

[EchoPark]

Forever The Sickest Kids
The Maine
The Cab
Boys Like Girls
All Time Low

[SanePsychotic]

Forever The Sickest Kids
The Maine
The Cab
Boys Like Girls
All Time Low

DQ! DQ! DQ!

Obviously.

[Regards]

Forever The Sickest Kids
The Maine
The Cab
Boys Like Girls
All Time Low
qft

[handlikesecret]

How much of that would you consider successful? Didn't they reach their peak in the late 90's/early 00's? Are they still successful?
yeah, they released A Boy Named Goo in 1995, which 3 or 4 singles, which did become huge hits i believe. i wasn't sure if the thread meant bands who have had 20 successful years, or bands that have been around for 20 years and are successful.

so yeah, they're still doing well, their last cd, Let Love In. "Better Days," "Let Love In," and "Stay with You" were from that album and did pretty well.