Decades of Rock

[thegreekdog]

TRIPLE POST!!!

I really can't decide. I would say the 1990s since that's my "generation" so to speak, except that the 1970s are fucking awesome. I can't decide.

[Gypsys Kiss]

What is the definition of a 'hair band'. In my day(I was born in 1970) any rock band worth its salt had copious amounts of hair.

I'm torn between the 70's and 80's. The 70's had some awesome bands and tunes, but I'm am a child of the NWOBHM. I shall think on it.

[Gypsys Kiss]

Oh....and stick Hawkwind and Whitesnake in the 70's. Or possilbly the 80's for Whitesnake

[Neoteny]

If I were to vote as a casual listener, I'd probably pick the aughts, but, again, that's my "generation," and I think the history of rock has progressed well (except for the eighties; ftr I think the whole spectrum from pop rock to heavy metal was bathing in ridiculous, especially popular rock). If I were to get up on my music throne, I would vote for the fifties (for "starting it all," or as much as one can in a linear progression) or the seventies (for really defining the genre).

[frankiebee]

The Scorpions !?
Rock you like a huuuuuricane !!!!

[muy_thaiguy]

To note, AC/DC began in the 1970s, not the 80s.

I tried to put bands where they were at their peak. I'd say AC/DC was it its peak in the 1980s, but you'd know WAY better than me considering your affinity for the band. If you want, I'll move them.

Please.

[InkL0sed]

I don't see why bands can't be on multiple lists. U2 and Radiohead (especially Radiohead) for instance could easily be both in the 90's and 2000's

[Army of GOD]

Jonas Brothers ftw.

[thegreekdog]

I don't see why bands can't be on multiple lists. U2 and Radiohead (especially Radiohead) for instance could easily be both in the 90's and 2000's

Because the Earth would end.

I don't know... I wanted a situation where you had to pick a decade. So, if you're a huge AC/DC fan... you gotta vote 1980s even if you hate the rest of the bands instead of voting 1970s where the bands are largely awesome. That AC/DC thing got thrown out the window by Mr. AC/DC.

[jonesthecurl]

Well, obviously the first thing you do (or am I alone in this) when you see a list is to check out who's not in it.
Blah blah define "rock" blah blah.
and...The Who in the 70's? When I think of the Who I immediately think Substitute (one of the finest singles of all time),My Generation, Magic Bus, Pictures of Lilly, all from the 60's...

People that might affect people's votes that are not in your list:(apologies if some of them are there after all)
The Animals
The Kinks
Velvet Underground
The Jam
Alice Cooper
The Pretenders
Simple Minds
Thomas Dolby
Ocean Colour Scene
Tears for Fears
The Tourists
Gary Glitter (well, his most famous song was Rock and Roll)
The Police
Wings
Cream
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Dr Feelgood
Ian Dury
The Sweet (ever heard their version of My Generation?)
Prince
Lennie Kravitz

...and has nobody but me ever heard of The Movies?

[theusual1]

...and has nobody but me ever heard of The Movies?

Yes, that's where i go to see films

[SultanOfSurreal]

If you have better bands to put in the aughts (and not obscure bands... can't do obscure, I'd be here all day), please let me know.

off the top of my head (and in alphabetical order, natch)

Arctic Monkeys
Blonde Redhead
Cake
Death Cab for Cutie
EELS
Electric Six
Flogging Molly
Franz Ferdinand
Gorillaz
Iron and Wine
Metric
Neko Case
The New Pornographers
Of Montreal
OK Go
Rammstein
The Raveonettes
Rilo Kiley
Scissor Sisters
Sigur Ros
Spoon
Stars
Vampire Weekend
Wilco

Awesome bands you managed to include (almost certainly by accident):
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Strokes
The White Stripes
Interpol
Muse

[jonesthecurl]

Free!
Free aren't on there - all-time classic single All Right Now, all-time classic album Fire and Water.
And Bad Company!

[pimpdave]

If you have better bands to put in the aughts (and not obscure bands... can't do obscure, I'd be here all day), please let me know.

off the top of my head (and in alphabetical order, natch)

Blonde Redhead
Cake
Death Cab for Cutie
EELS
Flogging Molly
Rammstein
Wilco

Aside from Death Cab for Cutie, who really didn't come of age until the Aughts despite starting in the 90s, those are all really 90s bands. Maybe you can make the argument that they span decades, but if Radiohead is more of a 90s band, then Wilco, Cake, and Blonde Redhead certainly belong in the 90s.

I think when the band began is where they belong, honestly. I still disagree with the decision to put Iggy and the Stooges in the 70s, when their most influential (and successful) album was released in 69. While that album may have helped usher in the 70s, it was borne of the 60s.

Of course, all this really does is just underscore the idiocy of a somewhat arbitrary 10 base number system, but whatever. This is an important argument worth having!

More bands to add to this list of the most influential:

80s
Minutemen

90s
The Mummies
Pavement
Fugazi (or possibly in 80s)
Green Day
Smashing Pumpkins

[SultanOfSurreal]

If you have better bands to put in the aughts (and not obscure bands... can't do obscure, I'd be here all day), please let me know.

off the top of my head (and in alphabetical order, natch)

Blonde Redhead
Cake
Death Cab for Cutie
EELS
Flogging Molly
Rammstein
Wilco

Aside from Death Cab for Cutie, who really didn't come of age until the Aughts despite starting in the 90s, those are all really 90s bands. Maybe you can make the argument that they span decades, but if Radiohead is more of a 90s band, then Wilco, Cake, and Blonde Redhead certainly belong in the 90s.

I think it's best to put a band in the decade that their best work was in. Wilco's best album was released in 2001. DCFC's best album was released in 2003. EELS best album was released in 2005 (yes, I just called Blinking Lights and Other Revelations better than Electro-Shock Blues). I suppose Cake IS more a 90s band -- Fashion Nugget was 96 or 97.

The others -- I'm not entirely sure where their albums are between the late 90s and early 2000s since I'm not personally a gigantic fan of them.

[Neoteny]

Shut the f*ck up.

Learn to buck up.

[jonesthecurl]

The Doors, man! You forgot the frikkin Doors!

[Timminz]

All I can say is (in no particular order) - "oops," "sorry," "thanks," "f*ck off."

POTY 2010

sig'd

[Army of GOD]

Man thegreekdog, you are HORRIBLE AT MAKING LISTS!

[thegreekdog]

I should just kill myself now. I'll update this.

EDIT - Updated for some suggestions (and orders)... not all.

[jonesthecurl]

I have to say the 80's is making a strong showing.

btw - the Movies, one of the best bands you never heard of...http://www.mp3.com/albums/37319/summary.html

[john9blue]

Should've given two votes...

[Neoteny]

I didn't vote for the seventies, but I feel that it should probably take this poll.

[strike wolf]

It's a tough choice between 60s and 70s. Each decade had its share of fluff (bubble gum, disco, bad techno, boy bands....) the 60s are awesome from a standpoint that they really set the platform for taking rock to the next level but the 70s I think has the best music.

[clapper011]

music is the way to a mans heart?..oh..wait..thats "stomach is the way to a mans heart"?....