Greatest Bands/Artists of Each Generation

[Mike Smith]

I scoured the forums and didnt see a thread quite like this so i figured id post and hopefully make it a worthwhile thread to everyone.

I want to hear what you think. Post your top 10 bands/artists of each generation here, going back all the way to the 60's and going up until where we are right now in the 2000's

Here are my picks in no particular orders:

60's
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The Beatles
Creedence Cleerwater Revival
The Monkees
The Who
Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin
Jefferson Airplane
Ray Charles
Marvin Gaye
Bob Dylan
70's
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Led Zeppelin
Stevie Wonder
Black Sabbath
Aretha Franklin
Queen
The Velvet Underground
Bruce Springsteen
Bob Marley
The Ramones
Billy Joel
80's
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Prince
The Rolling Stones
Guns N Roses
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Ac/DC
The Police
Phil Collins
Elton John
Billy Idol
90's
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Third Eye Blind
Nirvana
R.E.M.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Pantera
Tupac Shakur
Alice In Chains
Metallica
Dave Matthews Band
Matchbox Twenty
2000's
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U2(Since theyre making a comeback and have had good shit in the 2000's)
Sum 41
Muse
Disturbed
Priestess
Opeth
Radiohead
Blink 182
Incubus
Staind

[Chromefox]

I thought you were kind of serious until I got down to the 00's.

[DilesMavis]

Oh......

[Velvetground]

You missed The Velvet Underground, and everything you put in the 00's is shitty nu metal post-grunge rubbish.

[Mike Smith]

You missed The Velvet Underground, and everything you put in the 00's is shitty nu metal post-grunge rubbish.

Damn it! I forgot about them =/

And for the 2000's i named random bands cause i couldnt think of many good ones at the moment because theres not that many good ones that have stood out to me lately, but im thinking im going to revise the list b/c after i posted i got to thinking, dan these bands arent that good.

[what_ever]

please never post here again.

and Led Zeppelin in the 80's? do your homework.

[Mike Smith]

please never post here again.

and Led Zeppelin in the 80's? do your homework.

Zeppelins in thge 70's ;]

[sajamie81]

The Beatles for the win of all time greatest band of ANY generation.

[Mike Smith]

The Beatles for the win of all time greatest band of ANY generation.

True =]. I jus have to ask though. What the fuck were they thinking when they wrote and recorded Yellow Submarine?!

[Tambourine]

True =]. I jus have to ask though. What the fuck were they thinking when they wrote and recorded Yellow Submarine?!

"Yay drugs"

[xJesusFreakx]

2000's
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1. U2(Since theyre making a comeback and have had good shit in the 2000's)
2. Sum 41
3. Muse
4. Disturbed
5. Priestess
6. Opeth
7. Radiohead
8. Coheed And Cambria
9. Incubus
10. Staind

Worth quoting before it gets edited again. Sum 41 totally deserves to be five slots over Radiohead. Underclass Hero > OK Computer for sure.

[kearn1tm]

You've confused "decade" with "generation."

[Mike Smith]

Worth quoting before it gets edited again. Sum 41 totally deserves to be five slots over Radiohead. Underclass Hero > OK Computer for sure.

Im not 100% sure if you were being sarcastic or real about that, but even then these arent in any particular order. But this list wont be edited again because those are my fave bands of the 2000's so far unless better ones beat them out.

[Mike Smith]

You've confused "decade" with "generation."

Not really haha. The 60's, 70's 80's and 90's and even the 2000's now are generations. Not just decades lol. Cause a decade, where it may be 10 years, doesnt really have to do with it. Generations sounds better b/c generation is 10-15 years.

[Tambourine]

Not really haha. The 60's, 70's 80's and 90's and even the 2000's now are generations. Not just decades lol. Cause a decade is only 10 years. If i name doff the best bands of each decade that would take wayy too long.

...what the fuck?

[what_ever]

Zeppelins in thge 70's ;]

nice edit.

[fly_guy]

The Early November

[|adr3naLine|]

Not really haha. The 60's, 70's 80's and 90's and even the 2000's now are generations. Not just decades lol. Cause a decade is only 10 years. If i name doff the best bands of each decade that would take wayy too long.
...That makes no sense.

Along with your choice of Sum 41. Do you really consider them to be better then Blink-182/Green Day? (Not saying I'd put any of the 3 on my list, but if you're going to put Sum 41, why not the latter two?)

[what_ever]

Not really haha. The 60's, 70's 80's and 90's and even the 2000's now are generations. Not just decades lol. Cause a decade is only 10 years. If i name doff the best bands of each decade that would take wayy too long.

do a little research on "cohorts"

[Mike Smith]

...what the fuck?

Haha i realize i sounded a bit weird in the last post

But a generation is between 10-15 years, so technically either of us is right.

[Mike Smith]

...That makes no sense.

Along with your choice of Sum 41. Do you really consider them to be better then Blink-182/Green Day? (Not saying I'd put any of the 3 on my list, but if you're going to put Sum 41, why not the latter two?)

I'm not sure why i didnt put Blink 182 on the list...I'll have to edit that because they were definitely one of the best bands of the 90's/00's

[xJesusFreakx]

Im not 100% sure if you were being sarcastic or real about that, but even then these arent in any particular order. But this list wont be edited again because those are my fave bands of the 2000's so far unless better ones beat them out.

Have you listened to Underclass Hero before?

Not really haha. The 60's, 70's 80's and 90's and even the 2000's now are generations. Not just decades lol. Cause a decade is only 10 years. If i name doff the best bands of each decade that would take wayy too long.

:-|

The Early November

Wait... You like TEN?

[micahistheballs]

There is no way you know anything about music.

[fly_guy]

Have you listened to Underclass Hero before?



:-|



Wait... You like TEN?

I guess you could call it that

[Heart-A-Tact]

Almost forgot why I liked the 2000's so much.

[sajamie81]

True =]. I jus have to ask though. What the fuck were they thinking when they wrote and recorded Yellow Submarine?!


Yellow Submarine is a Ringo song...so we don't count that as a beatles song..ha.

[kearn1tm]

Not really haha. The 60's, 70's 80's and 90's and even the 2000's now are generations. Not just decades lol. Cause a decade, where it may be 10 years, doesnt really have to do with it. Generations sounds better b/c generation is 10-15 years.

Generations -- group of contemporaries: all of the people who were born at approximately the same time, considered as a group, and especially when considered as having shared interests and attitudes

Decade isn't particularly a "group of contemporaries" but a preset timeframe that cannot be altered, wherein "generations" in relation to a distinct sound or particular sect of influential artists achieving fame can and has started within one decade and extended to another, and it isn't relegated to an unchangeable amount of time, as you've used in your initial post.

For example, you list Bob Dylan in the '70s, when, in fact, other than Blood on the Tracks and Desire, most of his most luminary works were in the '60s, though BotT was a career defining work in and of itself. Therefor, Dylan's artistic reach and pique transcends the limited "decades" format you've chosen, and would be an example of a generational reach, but you've decided to use "decades" as the template for your post, and have erroneously labeled it as a "generation."

It's not necessarily a big deal, but they're different, and you've misued it here.

[Mike Smith]

Have you listened to Underclass Hero before?



:-|



Wait... You like TEN?

Yes i've listened to underclass hero lol

And i know that decade comment was a brain fart on my part :P

There is no way you know anything about music.

Why? Because i posted some amazing bands for the 60/70/80/90's and then the 2000's werent as good?

[xJesusFreakx]

I guess you could call it that

Well, that's weird. You really don't come across as a TEN fan. I guess everyone has some curve balls in their musical tastes, though.

You surely agree that Underclass Hero is the second best album of the generation, though, right?

[micahistheballs]

Favorite Bands
Trivium (http://www.absolutepunk.net/memberlist.php?do=getall&field5=Trivium), Black Sabbath (http://www.absolutepunk.net/memberlist.php?do=getall&field5=Black+Sabbath), Black Label Society (http://www.absolutepunk.net/memberlist.php?do=getall&field5=Black+Label+Society), Disturbed (http://www.absolutepunk.net/memberlist.php?do=getall&field5=Disturbed), Iron Maiden (http://www.absolutepunk.net/memberlist.php?do=getall&field5=Iron+Maiden), As I Lay Dying (http://www.absolutepunk.net/memberlist.php?do=getall&field5=As+I+Lay+Dying), Killswitch Engage (http://www.absolutepunk.net/memberlist.php?do=getall&field5=Killswitch+Engage), Dio (http://www.absolutepunk.net/memberlist.php?do=getall&field5=Dio),

It makes more sense now.

[Mike Smith]

Generations -- group of contemporaries: all of the people who were born at approximately the same time, considered as a group, and especially when considered as having shared interests and attitudes

Decade isn't particularly a "group of contemporaries" but a preset timeframe that cannot be altered, wherein "generations" in terms of a sound or particular sect of influential artists achieving fame can and has started within one decade and extended to another.

For example, you list Bob Dylan in the '70s, when, in fact, other than Blood on the Tracks and Desire, most of his most luminary works were in the '60s, though BotT was a career defining work in and of itself. Therefor, Dylan's artistic reach and pique transcends the limited "decades" format you've choosen, and would be an example of a generational example, but you've choosen to use "decades" as the template for your post, and have erroneously labeled it as a "generation."

It's not necessarily a big deal, but they're different, and you've misued it here.

Sorry. I just thought generations would sound better and fit this thread better, but maybe i was wrong.

[xJesusFreakx]

Yellow Submarine is a Ringo song...so we don't count that as a beatles song..ha.

I like Ringo. :shrug:

[micahistheballs]

Yes i've listened to underclass hero lol

And i know that decade comment was a brain fart on my part :P



Why? Because i posted some amazing bands for the 60/70/80/90's and then the 2000's werent as good?
That has something to do with it, but I'll just point out a few claims you make that are odd to say the least.

1. Decades =/= Generations. Todd tackled this better than I could.
2. Dylan's major works were in the 1960's where you fail to mention him. You saying that Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, the Times They Are A-Changin', Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde, and the rest aren't as important as Blood on the Tracks and Desire is just foolish. Dylan's impact was in the 60's and while he made great music outside of it, to call the 70's his greatest era is just stupid.
3. Having Radiohead behind Sum 41, U2, Muse (who is the most shameless Radiohead ripoff there is), Priestess, Disturbed, and Opeth when Radiohead is the greatest band of both the 90's and the 2000's.
4. The Rolling Stones failed to release one good and/or notable album in the 80's. Most fans say their last great work was in either 72 or 78. Ditto for Elton John only he fizzled out after Captain Fantastic in 75.

I'll leave it at that for now before I have a fucking aneurysm.

[Mike Smith]

That has something to do with it, but I'll just point out a few claims you make that are odd to say the least.

1. Decades =/= Generations. Todd tackled this better than I could.
2. Dylan's major works were in the 1960's where you fail to mention him. You saying that Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, the Times They Are A-Changin', Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde, and the rest aren't as important as Blood on the Tracks and Desire is just foolish. Dylan's impact was in the 60's and while he made great music outside of it, to call the 70's his greatest era is just stupid.
3. Having Radiohead behind Sum 41, U2, Muse (who is the most shameless Radiohead ripoff there is), Priestess, Disturbed, and Opeth when Radiohead is the greatest band of both the 90's and the 2000's.
4. The Rolling Stones failed to release one good and/or notable album in the 80's. Most fans say their last great work was in either 72 or 78. Ditto for Elton John only he fizzled out after Captain Fantastic in 75.

I'll leave it at that for now before I have a fucking aneurysm.

Ok well

1. I understand now
2. Ok i will change it jesus
3. Did you not read the original thread? I said they are in no particular order...Meaning Sum 41 isnt before anyone, i just put them there. My god people need to start ACTUALLY reading shit on here.

4. I can change that too if it means you shutting up

[|adr3naLine|]

Ok well

1. I understand now
2. Ok i will change it jesus
3. Did you not read the original thread? I said they are in no particular order...Meaning Sum 41 isnt before anyone, i just put them there. My god people need to start ACTUALLY reading shit on here.

4. I can change that too if it means you shutting up
Word of advice, if you want it to be in no particular order, don't number them.

[Mike Smith]

Word of advice, if you want it to be in no particular order, don't number them.

Haha you can number things and still not have them be in no particular order, its just more organized. But thanks for the advice

[fly_guy]

Well, that's weird. You really don't come across as a TEN fan. I guess everyone has some curve balls in their musical tastes, though.

You surely agree that Underclass Hero is the second best album of the generation, though, right?

Nope.

For All of This EP > Underclass Hero > Every Radiohead album > The Beatles

[|adr3naLine|]

Haha you can number things and still not have them be in no particular order, its just more organized. But thanks for the advice
Haha I know, I'm just saying that's where the confusion came from.

[Chromefox]

Okay, I'm calling the claim of Muse being a huge Radiohead ripoff a load right now. I listen to far too much of both bands, and I'm telling you right now that you can't make such an accusation when all you have to go on is falsetto vocals and one band citing the other as "influence".

Muse follow a much more structured song formula, completely lack Radiohead's jazz and classical influences, and base their songs on hooks provided by spacey, but completely reasonable riffs. They've barely touched on electronic experimentation on Black Holes and Revelations, but even then there's absolutely no way you could mistake a Muse song for a Radiohead song, unless you'd only ever heard a couple by either band. The elements they actually do share in common even differ considerably. Thom Yorke's vocals are soft and his range is greater; Matt Bellamy's are more abrasive and shrill in the upper register. Radiohead's use of piano is more subdued and less dramatic than Muse's, though more eloquent.

Radiohead is by leaps and bounds the better band, but to label Muse as a ripoff band is not only wildly inaccurate, but a disservice to the former.

[xJesusFreakx]

Nope.

For All of This EP > Underclass Hero > Every Radiohead album > The Beatles

Well, I haven't heard much from that EP, but unless it sounds like one big song (as Underclass Hero does), I'm not sure if I can agree. I do agree, however, that Radiohead and the Beatles can't compare to those timeless classics.

[xJesusFreakx]

I think we forgot a pretty important band.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Q3iedCLPCSc/SJ3uXQ4Q-5I/AAAAAAAAATk/7QAdEmFTljY/s320/51sZyK3IXYL._SS500_.jpg

Where would the modern day scene be without them? They are still early in their career, and already they have become the most influential band of our generation.

[Mike Smith]

I think we forgot a pretty important band.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Q3iedCLPCSc/SJ3uXQ4Q-5I/AAAAAAAAATk/7QAdEmFTljY/s320/51sZyK3IXYL._SS500_.jpg

Where would the modern day scene be without them? They are still early in their career, and already they have become the most influential band of our generation.


LMAO! I fucking hate brokencyde

[Velvetground]

That is some great album artwork.

[Mike Smith]

That is some great album artwork.

Oh yes b/c its totally one of the BEST i've ever seen lol

[fly_guy]

Well, I haven't heard much from that EP, but unless it sounds like one big song (as Underclass Hero does), I'm not sure if I can agree. I do agree, however, that Radiohead and the Beatles can't compare to those timeless classics.

Great minds think alike!

[BlinkxExists21]

lol how many times has this been edited?

[Mike Smith]

lol how many times has this been edited?

Lol only 2 times :P

And i'm about 90% sure its not going to get edited again :]

[wroteurname]

Radiohead is number 1 of the 90s, not number 7 of the 00s.

[Mike Smith]

lol at Radiohead being #7. horrible list

Radiohead is number 1 of the 90s, not number 7 of the 00s.

LOL At you both as you obviously didnt read my WHOLE post where i specifically say that the bands happen to be in NO PARTICULAR ORDER, meaning thats not in the order of which i think they should go, its just to make it organized lmao

Read the thread fully before posting shit like this alright?

And Radiohead is one of the best of the 90's and 00's so it could have been either. I mean In Rainbows was a great album thats why i put them on the list for the 00's instead of the 90's b/c where they had good albums in the 90's the other bands had just as good of ones, if not better.

[wroteurname]

LOL At you both as you obviously didnt read my WHOLE post where i specifically say that the bands happen to be in NO PARTICULAR ORDER, meaning thats not in the order of which i think they should go, its just to make it organized lmao

Read the thread fully before posting shit like this alright?

And Radiohead is one of the best of the 90's and 00's so it could have been either. I mean In Rainbows was a great album thats why i put them on the list for the 00's instead of the 90's b/c where they had good albums in the 90's the other bands had just as good of ones, if not better.
LOL at you for numbering things that are in "no particular order"?

[wroteurname]

was about to say this too
There's plenty there to LOL about.

[wroteurname]

Other bands like Third Eye Blind and U2

[Getup and Dance]

He also forgot Michael Jackson for the 80's

[Mike Smith]

LOL at you for numbering things that are in "no particular order"?

If you had read the previous posts yet again you would have noticed i did it to make it more organized, well neater and it worked.

Now if you have a difference in opinions for bands then post your own list ok? :]

[wroteurname]

Thank God he didn't forget Staind though.

[VampiresRevenge]

:popcorn:

[wroteurname]

If you had read the previous posts yet again you would have noticed i did it to make it more organized, well neater and it worked.

Now if you have a difference in opinions for bands then post your own list ok? :]
Ever heard of hyphens or bullets?

[xJesusFreakx]

Thank God he didn't forget Staind though.

wVC1iBVnKJk

[wroteurname]

wVC1iBVnKJk
:headbang:

[Broclee]

Dear Jesus, this list, and this thread, gives me a fucking headache.

[IWasaCamera]

Can't tell if the initial list is a joke. Anyway,

60s needs Coltrane, The Kinks, Miles, Coleman, The Velvet Underground, etc.
70s needs Can, Neil Young, Nick Drake, Miles Davis, Herbie, Kraftwerk, etc.
Don't particularly care for the 80s.
90s needs Talk Talk in addition to Palace/Oldham/Bonnie "Prince" Billly, Boards Of Canada, Pavement, etc.
00s needs Radiohead, The National, Madvillain, Iron & Wine, etc.

[kearn1tm]

Can't tell if the initial list is a joke. Anyway,

60s needs Coltrane, The Kinks, Miles, Coleman, The Velvet Underground, etc.
70s needs Can, Neil Young, Nick Drake, Miles Davis, Herbie, Kraftwerk, etc.
Don't particularly care for the 80s.
90s needs Talk Talk in addition to Palace/Oldham/Bonnie "Prince" Billly, Boards Of Canada, Pavement, etc.
00s needs Radiohead, The National, Madvillain, Iron & Wine, etc.

Sum 41 > all this trash

It says so right in the first post. They're the best of, um, a generation that looks conspicuously like a decade. Sum 41: the band of all generecades.

[IWasaCamera]

It makes no difference to meeeeeeee.

[kearn1tm]

It makes no difference to meeeeeeee.

Best song of the generation that happens to start in 2000 and will end in 2009.

[IWasaCamera]

U2 is apparently the voice of our generation. Un, dos, tres, catorce!

[Mike Smith]

wVC1iBVnKJk

Great Song Right There =]

Can't tell if the initial list is a joke. Anyway,

60s needs Coltrane, The Kinks, Miles, Coleman, The Velvet Underground, etc.
70s needs Can, Neil Young, Nick Drake, Miles Davis, Herbie, Kraftwerk, etc.
Don't particularly care for the 80s.
90s needs Talk Talk in addition to Palace/Oldham/Bonnie "Prince" Billly, Boards Of Canada, Pavement, etc.
00s needs Radiohead, The National, Madvillain, Iron & Wine, etc.

Those are just my personal feelings. Like i said in the beginnning, the point of this thread is to make your own list and share your opinion. I would like to see your list for this =]
Sum 41 > all this trash

It says so right in the first post. They're the best of, um, a generation that looks conspicuously like a decade. Sum 41: the band of all generecades.

You obviously didnt read the post well enough ;]. Go back and read it again

[IWasaCamera]

Those are just my personal feelings. Like i said in the beginnning, the point of this thread is to make your own list and share your opinion. I would like to see your list for this =]
Too much work. Besides, your picks weren't horrendous for the 60s and 70s. Jazz and krautrock are glaring omissions though.

[kearn1tm]

You obviously didnt read the post well enough ;]. Go back and read it again

Oh, I read it. Why would you want to suggest I go back and do so again. Are you a sadist?

Too much work. Besides, your picks weren't horrendous for the 60s and 70s. Jazz and krautrock are glaring omissions though.

No Wave, early Industrial and better Punk for the '70s as well.

[kearn1tm]

The Velvet Undeground in the '70s? Loaded and Squeeze? Really? Billy Joel? Really? Of all the complaints I could have, just these two? Really? I'm still posting in this thread? Really?

[micahistheballs]

I looked at the list again and just got upset.

[chipdip18]

I don't think you could limit a decade/generation to ten artists.

[kearn1tm]

I don't think you could limit a decade/generation to ten artists.

In all fairness, it was his personal ten favorites of each generation. It appears as though he wasn't trying to compile an entire list of defining acts, and in that case, it could be limited to ten.

[bard]

it looks like he's a retard