Best band, past 20-25 years....

[Mr. Cleanface]

Alright, once again drinkin' and arguin' music on a Sat. night. These are the bands we all pretty much agreed on so what do y'all think. Basically just wondering who you guys think has been the best/most influential/most original band of the past 20-25 years, basically since 1980. If other, please reply and state your case!!!


Me - RHCP hands down!


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[greengirlie]

I would maybe have to say Bob Dylan.....his lyrics.... blow meaway. his guitar style..... incredible. and not just guitar, he is multi-talented at many instruments.This question/poll is way tooooo hard for me to narrow it down to one band.


I was almost going to vote for phish b/c if you've everSAW them live, then you know what im saying.


Then i was almost going to vote for the beastie boys b/c they paved the way for white boys to get down and funky.... hehe


and of course I would say GlASs.... b/c they are my FAVORITE


AHH too hard of a questionEdited by: greengirlie

[Jaykob]

Oh man! Great question, way too hard for me though! All the bands are really inovative and one of a kind for the era. Yikes, I just can't do it!

[Mr. Cleanface]

Greenie - yo, I am talking about bands that were formed, and started playing from 1980 on. Dylan is the greatest songwriter ever IMO, but he doesn't fit into this. Cool?


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[LipstickVogue]

for me its a toss up between Elvis Costello and G. Love & Special sauce. both very original and distinctive, E.C. has been around a bit longer, so probably more influential, but G.L.A.S.S. is probably a wee bit more of an original sound for his time...

[G'sLuva]

U2 and GLaSS-that's my vote.

[greengirlie]

okay then beastie boys, phish and glass...





sorry i realized that later... iwas like hmmm 20-25 yrs... that was abt 1980 and on...so yeah. sorry

[ramble on rose]

wow, that is a really good question.....if I had to pick from your list I would have to say the beastie boys. They came with there sounds in the early days of the rap hip hop evolution and are still going strong!! They have done and continue to do what they feel and love and just don't give a f@#* what anyone thinks, they reinvent themselves all the time yet stay relatively the same crazy dudes they have always been."brass monkey that funky monkey" I also have to add Sublime, they may not have been around for a long time, but they had a way with all types of sound you couldn't label them, they were punk,ska, reggae, rock, and anything else. When Brad sang you felt his pain, or whatever vibe he was trying to give off. Most of the bands on this list are great choices though.


btw-hell yeah Bob Dylan is the greatest EVER!!!!Edited by: ramble on rose

[the beav]

pearl jam.

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I would deffinitly add PJ.

[Mr. Cleanface]

I knew I should have included Pearl Jam!


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[Fox1]

Nirvana


They changed the face of music!!!


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[Bimdog]

pearl jam.


I agree.

[ramble on rose]

pearl jam hell yeah!!!

[Monica*]

Nirvana


They changed the face of music!!!


Fox

that's who i voted for too.

[Fox1]

Great minds think a like. I was just listening to the unplugged cd the other day and wondering what if. Such a tragedy that he did that. I hate Courtney.http://209.41.161.96/forum/smileys/smiley7.gif


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[B-Love]

Me personally, I think it is too tough to even make a decision, never the less feel some great bands would have to be added to a poll like this: Radiohead, The Smashing Pumpkins, DMB,Metallica..you could go on for a while, and every band up on the poll is great, and deserve to be there, but a lot of arguments can be built for a lot of great bands.

[gmail]

Very True B-love!! It personally opinion and you can't really slap a label on it! Can't forget the dead!!!

[B-Love]

its just personal preference in the end, It is good to get an idea of what one would choose, but I am sure we can all make very good arguments for OUR favorite musicians and bands. smileys/smiley1.gif

[Buhloone]

Other.i agree it all comes down to personal preference. i think all those bands are equally great, with a personal exception for U2, and Phish.Social Distortionis my favorite group.Edited by: Buhloone

[gmail]

personal exception for U2, and Phish??? are you serious......

[kelli420]

hhhhmmmm..really hard one man id have to say nirvana.beastie and glass cause they're all origional in their time!!

[ramble on rose]

yeah nirvana!


"It's better to burn out,then fade away. Hey hey my my, rock and roll will never die."


Don't think I agree with Phish. While I am a huge Dead fan Phish never did it for me, and they are not as influential as other bands mentioned. As for U2, the early stuff was great, but I just think after rattle and hum, they just got too weird. But the beauty of music is there is so much of it out there for us to discover what moves us and speaks to us. One love!


Ok, how could we not say 311 yet?? Are we a bunch of burnouts, or is it just me?Edited by: ramble on rose

[B-Love]

yeah nirvana!


"It's better to burn out,then fade away. Hey hey my my, rock and roll will never die."


Don't think I agree with Phish. While I am a huge Dead fan Phish never did it for me, and they are not as influential as other bands mentioned. As for U2, the early stuff was great, but I just think after rattle and hum, they just got too weird. But the beauty of music is there is so much of it out there for us to discover what moves us and speaks to us. One love!


Ok, how could we not say 311 yet?? Are we a bunch of burnouts, or is it just me?





Phish not influential, now now, If you follow the jamband scene closely, Obviously the Dead are the creators, but a Long list of bands today in that genre of music are heavily influenced by Phish.examples: Umphrey's Mcgee-Great Band, SCI- great band, and many more.You just mentioned 311, but you would disagree with Phish? See this is why I feel a thread should be made called: YOUR favorite and Your most influential bands of all time. It just makes sense to do so, cause its all personal preference. Case in point, I wouldnt even consider 311 in the top100 bands of the last 20 years, and I like them.Personal preference...

[ramble on rose]

I totally agree with you. It is all about personal preference. What moves you may not move me, as we have proved. I mean I can totally see your point about 311. I love them, but they really have not influenced to many others bands that I can think of. Which shows that they are more of my preference then any thing else, however I stand by mythoughts on Phish. I am not saying they suck or they aren't good musicians, they just aren't on my list. No worries! I do have to say whether we agree or not I do immensely enjoy discussing music with all of you. one love.


I did want to add B-Love that I totally agree with Metallica, I was going to mention it myself, but I went into a ramble about The Beastie Boys in my first response I forgot. But, man talk about influential. I don't like alot of the stuff after the black album, but Ride the lightening is one of my favorite albums ever.Edited by: ramble on rose

[gmail]

thats why we should leave it to mtv to tell what we like!!!!!

[ramble on rose]

zombie chants- "all hail mtv, all hail mtv."

[B-Love]

I totally agree with you. It is all about personal preference. What moves you may not move me, as we have proved. I mean I can totally see your point about 311. I love them, but they really have not influenced to many others bands that I can think of. Which shows that they are more of my preference then any thing else, however I stand by mythoughts on Phish. I am not saying they suck or they aren't good musicians, they just aren't on my list. No worries! I do have to say whether we agree or not I do immensely enjoy discussing music with all of you. one love.


I did want to add B-Love that I totally agree with Metallica, I was going to mention it myself, but I went into a ramble about The Beastie Boys in my first response I forgot. But, man talk about influential. I don't like alot of the stuff after the black album, but Ride the lightening is one of my favorite albums ever.





Funny thing is, I am not even a Metallica fan, I like some stuff way back when, but Its an obvious choice. Oh I love to talk music with all of you too. I just feel in a discussion like this is hard.

[gmail]

well even though this is deffintly a very personal topic. It's It rephreashing to get other people views on music.

[ramble on rose]

I totally agree with you. It is all about personal preference. What moves you may not move me, as we have proved. I mean I can totally see your point about 311. I love them, but they really have not influenced to many others bands that I can think of. Which shows that they are more of my preference then any thing else, however I stand by mythoughts on Phish. I am not saying they suck or they aren't good musicians, they just aren't on my list. No worries! I do have to say whether we agree or not I do immensely enjoy discussing music with all of you. one love.


I did want to add B-Love that I totally agree with Metallica, I was going to mention it myself, but I went into a ramble about The Beastie Boys in my first response I forgot. But, man talk about influential. I don't like alot of the stuff after the black album, but Ride the lightening is one of my favorite albums ever.





Funny thing is, I am not even a Metallica fan, I like some stuff way back when, but Its an obvious choice. Oh I love to talk music with all of you too. I just feel in a discussion like this is hard.





I agree,and while it can be hard,I enjoy itbecause we are respectful abouteachothers thoughts and opinions.


Gmail I like to hear others talk about what they dig too, it gives you a good sense about a person, who they are.Edited by: ramble on rose

[gmail]

Gmail I like to hear others talk about what they dig too, it gives you a good sense about a person, who they are.


Definitely!!

[louweezles]

Geez this is tough - but i'm goin for Janes Addiction!


They just landed from some other planet and turned my world upside down.

[Mr. Cleanface]

Excellent Louweezles; I agree 100%. Along with the Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction was the most influencial band on me in my younger years. Love em.' "Ritual de lo Habitual" changed my life.


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Edited by: Mr. Cleanface

[kelli420]

janes additction put on a great show....when i saw them it was outdoors and when they played jane says it started actually raining while it was sunny and by the end of the song the rain stopped! thought that was pretty neat how it went right together

[ramble on rose]

ok so we have been disscussing the best bands and I saw this article about the newest inducties to the rock and roll hall of fame to take place in march. check it out.


http://entertainment.msn.com/celebs/article.aspx?news=175836

[ragmop]

Not the most impressive list, but still . . . Of that list, U2 has most range and depth.O'Jays were fun with their music but short-lived. (Whether they influenced other artists? Dunno about that.) I'm very happy for Percy Sledge, and I was surprised he wasn't in already. He deserves it. C'mon, how many of ushaven't danced to that song? Killer song. Pretenders probably deserve it as well . . . Hell, they all deserve it! I say let'em all in. (Man, I'm easy . . .)