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What Are Your Favourite Bands From Each Decade?

Emdeee
10-04-2005, 16:15
Preferably just one for each decade from the 60's onwards, maybe do something like mine.

60's
Beatles

70's
Queen

80's
:eek:

90's
Oasis

00's
Sum 41
Kanabia
10-04-2005, 16:21
60's - The Doors

70's - Led Zeppelin

80's - Dead Kennedys

90's - Nirvana

00's - Queens of the Stone Age

(Yeah, Zep formed in the 60's, the DK's in the 70's, Nirvana in the 80's, and QOTSA in the 90's. I don't care. :p)
Sdaeriji
10-04-2005, 17:01
60s - The Doors

70s - Led Zeppelin

80s - Metallica

90s - Soundgarden

00s - Coheed and Cambria
ProMonkians
10-04-2005, 17:04
60s - Beatles
70s - Queen
80s - The Smiths
90s - Manic Street Preachers
00s - ???
Soviet Narco State
10-04-2005, 17:54
60s The Who
70s Clash
80s Social Distortion
90s Rancid
00s Tiger Army
Melkor Unchained
10-04-2005, 18:10
50s: Kinks
60s: The Who
70s: The Who
80s: Warren Zevon
90s: OAR
00s: You're joking, right?

The more I listen to Led Zeppelin, the less I like them. They're not bad: all musicians in the band are in fact technically proficient, but the songwriting as a general rule [I'm talking the music here, but not so much the words per se] is subpar. It's all starting to sound the same to me; what with the driving guitar parts and John Bonham's unmistakable yet predictable drumming. That and Robert Plant posed off Daltrey so much its nowhere near funny.
Arenestho
10-04-2005, 18:15
80's
Iron Maiden

90's
Too Many

00's
Too Many
Audio Assault
10-04-2005, 18:21
My favorite bands from each decade... Lemme see here...

60's - The Doors
70's - The Who
80's - Van Halen (David Lee Roth)
90's - Pantera
2K's - System of a Down
Mental Hospital
10-04-2005, 18:32
80's - Bad Religion (formed in 80's at least)
90's - Alice in Chains
00's - Avenged Sevenfold / Nothingface / Mushroomhead
Soviet Narco State
10-04-2005, 18:34
80's - Bad Religion (formed in 80's at least)

Their best albums in my opinion Suffer and No Control were both in the late 80s anyway.
The Jovian Worlds
10-04-2005, 18:37
60s: Stones and Jimi. Toss up really.
70s: Rock->Floyd until '73. Miles Davis until '75. U2 and Police until 80. Late 70s->early 80s. Talking heads.
80s: U2 until '83. Talking heads, The Cure. Prince.
90s: Radiohead, Medeski Martin and Wood, The Dismemberment Plan, Nirvana
00s: Lake Trout, Radiohead, Medeski, Martin, and Wood, The Mars Volta, The Postal Service, Blackalicious.

Edit: Of course the sad thing is that most modern rock bands are basically covering U2 and Police of the late 70s and early 80s. The mars volta is basically a proggy throwback to middle zepplin. You take what you can get. :/
The Mycon
10-04-2005, 18:43
60's- Joni Mitchell

70's- The Clash

80's- The Replacements

90's- Sublime

00's-N/A. I think I like Linkin Park, so far, but they have a low replay value to me.
Arribastan
10-04-2005, 18:44
60's: Beatles + anyone at Woodstock
70's: Floyd < Led Zeppelin < The who < *
80's: Bad Religion
90's: Nirvana / Radiohead / Soundgarden
00's: Avenged Sevenfold / Atreyu / Anti-Flag
Angry Pakis
10-04-2005, 18:46
The mars volta is basically a proggy throwback to middle zepplin. You take what you can get. :/

The Mars Volta incorporates so many diffrent styles of music I think it's kind of foolish to say that they are just a throwback of Led Zepplin.
Evil Arch Conservative
10-04-2005, 18:49
We're going by the decade they formed in, right?

60s: Led Zeppelin
70s: Rush
80s: Primus
90s: Radiohead, honorable mention for Godspeed You Black Emperor
00s: I'd laugh at this, but some very good post-rock bands have come out in the last few years. Explosions in the Sky, 65 Days of Static.
The Internet Tough Guy
10-04-2005, 19:01
1960s
The Beatles

1970s
David Bowie

1980s
Violent Femmes (?)

1990s
Beck

2000s
Modest Mouse
Zotona
10-04-2005, 19:04
Well, I'm only been a part of the 90s and the 00s, *giggles a bit*, but I have been exposed to a lot of 70s and 80s rock, via my dad's hard rock/heavy metal obsession. I'll just go with the 90s and 00s.

1990s-
At the time, my fave was crappy stuff like Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys.

NOW my fave 90s stuff is definitely Garbage.

00s-
Evanescence, WITHOUT A DOUBT!
Gartref
10-04-2005, 19:53
What Are Your Favourite Bands From Each Decade?
1840's The Virginia Minstrels

1850's Jenny Lind

1860's Stepen Foster

1870's Anton Rubinstein

1880's James Bland

1890's Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band

1900's Scott Joplin

1910's Scott Joplin

1920's Fats Wahler

1930's Benny Goodman

1940's Frank Sinatra

1950's Buddy Holly

1960's The Beatles

1970's The Who

1980's The Police

1990's R.E.M.
Potaria
10-04-2005, 21:05
1960's: The Stooges (so, they were late-1960's. So what?)

1970's: The Sex Pistols

1980's: The Professionals

1990's: REM
DuQuesnia
10-04-2005, 23:19
My knowledge doesn't go that far back but:
40s Frank Sinatra
50s Don Maclean [so what if he only had one hit, it was brilliant. Good stage show too, if you believe my grandad
60s hard, Doors vs Led Zep but too many others to count
70s Queen
80s The Clash, Def Leppard, Guns 'n' Roses if they count [formed 87, first album iirc Oct 89
90s G'n'R [see above], Oasis, Beautiful South
00s so far probably The Darkness, honourable mention to Scissor Sisters
Red Hot Chili Peppers could be 80s [founded 84] 90s [current lineup, first real hit] or 00s [hit mainstream properly, big hits] so just generally good.
1840's The Virginia Minstrels

1850's Jenny Lind

1860's Stepen Foster

1870's Anton Rubinstein

1880's James Bland

1890's Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band

1900's Scott Joplin

1910's Scott Joplin

1920's Fats Wahler

1930's Benny Goodman

1940's Frank Sinatra

1950's Buddy Holly

1960's The Beatles

1970's The Who

1980's The Police

1990's R.E.M.
Tonissia
11-04-2005, 18:06
60's Doors
70's Pink Floyd
80's ZZtop
90's The Black Crows