

Which band best represents Rock to you?
#1
Posted 22 September 2019 - 01:29 AM
#2
Posted 22 September 2019 - 03:32 AM
#3
Posted 22 September 2019 - 07:28 AM
Stones - rock knows when to retire after 30 years of shit material
aerosmith - once upon a time yes, but not after years of pussy power ballads
ac/dc - all about rock, nothing but rock. no pretension.
van halen - more about shitshow drama than eddie's prowess.
foo fighters - possible, but not quite.
ac/dc it is.
#4
Posted 22 September 2019 - 07:57 AM
HemiBeers, on 22 September 2019 - 07:28 AM, said:
Stones - rock knows when to retire after 30 years of shit material
aerosmith - once upon a time yes, but not after years of pussy power ballads
ac/dc - all about rock, nothing but rock. no pretension.
van halen - more about shitshow drama than eddie's prowess.
foo fighters - possible, but not quite.
ac/dc it is.
2005’s A Bigger Bang, 1994’s Voodoo Lounge and 1989’s Steel Wheels, all great rock albums, take us back 30 years. Tattoo You was released in 1981. Some Girls was released in 1978. Exile on Main Street was released in 1972. Beggars Banquet was released in 1968. They weren’t active in 1938. What 30 years do you mean?
#5
Posted 22 September 2019 - 07:59 AM
#6
Posted 22 September 2019 - 08:42 AM
HemiBeers, on 22 September 2019 - 07:28 AM, said:
ac/dc - all about rock, nothing but rock. no pretension.
ac/dc it is.

#7
Posted 22 September 2019 - 09:15 AM
Given a potentially different set of nominees? Led Zeppelin would be my first pick.
Motorhead for a sneaky choice?
#8
Posted 22 September 2019 - 11:29 AM
#9
Posted 22 September 2019 - 11:54 AM
#10
Posted 22 September 2019 - 12:13 PM

#11
Posted 22 September 2019 - 12:27 PM
#12
Posted 22 September 2019 - 12:29 PM
invisible airwave, on 22 September 2019 - 12:13 PM, said:
Umm, neither rock nor roll. Fail.
As for the list, I voted AC/DC because to the best of my knowledge, they never played a ballad. All rock, all the time.
#13
Posted 22 September 2019 - 12:50 PM
"Other" doesn't even start to cover it.
Edited by stoopid, 22 September 2019 - 12:50 PM.
#14
Posted 22 September 2019 - 12:53 PM
Plus, when you talk about the rock lifestyle, they were it. Shout out to AC/DC though, and Led Zeppelin and Sabbath.
#16
Posted 22 September 2019 - 01:06 PM
#17
Posted 22 September 2019 - 01:08 PM
Fordgalaxy, on 22 September 2019 - 12:29 PM, said:
invisible airwave, on 22 September 2019 - 12:13 PM, said:
Umm, neither rock nor roll. Fail.
As for the list, I voted AC/DC because to the best of my knowledge, they never played a ballad. All rock, all the time.
Huh? You mean The Jack wasn't a ballad?
#18
Posted 22 September 2019 - 01:14 PM
J2112YYZ, on 22 September 2019 - 01:08 PM, said:
Fordgalaxy, on 22 September 2019 - 12:29 PM, said:
invisible airwave, on 22 September 2019 - 12:13 PM, said:
Umm, neither rock nor roll. Fail.
As for the list, I voted AC/DC because to the best of my knowledge, they never played a ballad. All rock, all the time.
Huh? You mean The Jack wasn't a ballad?
#19
Posted 22 September 2019 - 01:39 PM
As for the Foo Fighters, I included them because they represent modern rock to be in a way no other band can match. Every other latter day rock band seems like a slight deviation from the modern rock playbook compared to them.
And I chose Aerosmith because, in spite of the ballads, no other band screams rock quite like them. When I picture a great rock band, I picture a band comparable to Aerosmith. Just the right guitar tones, just the right back beats, just the right bass lines, just the right lead vocals. And just the right image as well. In my head The Stones are a bit too bluesy/southern (just a bit), AC/DC are too hard, and Van Halen is too high energy. These aren’t cons for any of them, but just slight differences from what I see as Aerosmith’s pure rock formula.
#20
Posted 22 September 2019 - 01:44 PM
Entre_Perpetuo, on 22 September 2019 - 01:39 PM, said:
As for the Foo Fighters, I included them because they represent modern rock to be in a way no other band can match. Every other latter day rock band seems like a slight deviation from the modern rock playbook compared to them.
And I chose Aerosmith because, in spite of the ballads, no other band screams rock quite like them. When I picture a great rock band, I picture a band comparable to Aerosmith. Just the right guitar tones, just the right back beats, just the right bass lines, just the right lead vocals. And just the right image as well. In my head The Stones are a bit too bluesy/southern (just a bit), AC/DC are too hard, and Van Halen is too high energy. These aren’t cons for any of them, but just slight differences from what I see as Aerosmith’s pure rock formula.
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