Your TOP 5 Bands From Each Decade

[The Cat 3]

 

O my I forgot all about No Doubt. I smell a crazy marathon brewing...

 

I may just have to join you on that journey my little Rush brother!

Edited March 29, 2015 by ReGorLaTroy

[Segue Myles]

Redoing my list:

 

(Note: Bands listed in "Italics" are Top Ten bands)

 

1950's:

Miles Davis (Career greatness started here, went on to peak in the 60's)

 

1960's:

The Beatles

The Doors

The Kinks

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Love

 

Honourable mentions: King Crimson (career high: 1970's); Yes (see 1970's); The Rolling Stones; Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac; Cream; The Small Faces; The Who (peaked in the 1970's);

 

1970's:

Rush (Great in this decade, yet peaked in the 1980's)

Bruce Springsteen (Streak of greatness peaked this decade, but continued to this date)

Kansas

Yes (Formed in the 1960's, peaked in this decade)

Fleetwood Mac (Founded in the 1960's, peaked in this decade with the introduction of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks)

 

Honourable mentions: Styx; ABBA; Starcastle; Foreigner; Journey; Trillion; Jethro Tull; Genesis; King Crimson (bulk of great work this decade); Camel; ELP; Eagles; Toto (see 1980's)

 

1980's:

Toto (Formed in the 1970's, peaked this decade)

Madonna (Greatness began in this decade, peaked in the 1990's)

Iron Maiden (Peaked this decade, greatness revived in the 2000's onwards)

Bon Jovi

Michael Jackson (Greatness began in the 1970's, peaked this decade)

 

Honourable mentions: Strangeways (Native Sons is a Top Ten album); Cyndi Lauper; Flock Of Seagulls; The Cure (Formed in the 1970's, peaked this decade); REM (Formed this decade, peaked in the 1990's); majority of my favourite artists this decade carried over from the 1970's. Would be an ass pain to mention them all.

 

1990's:

No Doubt

Jimmy Eat World

The Juliana Theory

Paradise Lost

The Gathering (Founded in the 1980's, peaked in this decade)

 

Honourable mentions: Nightwish (See 2000's); Lacuna Coil (See 2000's); Mineral; Massive Attack; Weezer; Opeth; Dream Theater;

 

2000's:

Lacuna Coil (Formed 1990's, peaked this decade and continued further)

Nightwish (see above)

H.I.M. (Formed 1990's, peaked in this decade)

Alter Bridge

Khoma

 

Honourable Mentions: Mastodon; Within Temptation (Formed 1990's, peaked this decade); Paramore; Arcade Fire; Fightstar; Muse (Formed 1990's, peaked this decade); Thrice; Evanescence; The Killers; Taking Back Sunday; Brand New; Idlewild (Formed in the 1990's, peaked this decade)

 

2010's:

The Gentle Storm

Royal Blood

Bastille

 

Went OTT, because it is a boring afternoon.

Edited March 29, 2015 by Segue Myles

[Tony R]

Dumb thread answers abound.

 

... says the one who can't even answer the question

 

This is meant to be fun - not dissected and analyzed

I'm not calling you, merely the asses that responded.

 

[Narps]

Dumb thread answers abound.

 

... says the one who can't even answer the question

 

This is meant to be fun - not dissected and analyzed

I'm not calling you, merely the asses that responded.

If you only answered for the decade of the 70's are you just a small portion of an @ss or even more of one?... ;)

[bathory]

Dumb thread answers abound.

 

... says the one who can't even answer the question

 

This is meant to be fun - not dissected and analyzed

I'm not calling you, merely the asses that responded.

If you only answered for the decade of the 70's are you just a small portion of an @ss or even more of one?... ;)

 

yes.

[Tony R]

Dumb thread answers abound.

 

... says the one who can't even answer the question

 

This is meant to be fun - not dissected and analyzed

I'm not calling you, merely the asses that responded.

If you only answered for the decade of the 70's are you just a small portion of an @ss or even more of one?... ;)

Anyone who rates Yes as a 60s band is a moron. You didn't and aren't.

[Rick N. Backer]

LED ZEPPELIN I and II were released in the 60's !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( I got LZ II for XMAS '69 :codger: )

 

we know.

 

I still don't consider led zeppelin a 60s band, no more than I consider nirvana an 80s band even though nirvana put out their first album in 89

 

Spot on.

How f***ing stupid do you have to be to consider Led Zeppelin and Yes as 60s bands?

 

It's like when someone asks "Name your top five favourite bands" and 50% of the responders here exclaim that they can't be limited to 5. Dumber and dumberer.

 

How do you determine what decade a band is "from" for the purposes of this fun little exercise then? Are The Stones a 60s band, a 70s band, an 80s band and an 00s band (A Bigger Bang is phenomenal)? Is Aerosmith a 70s band and an 80s band (anything after Pump stinks)?

[Rick N. Backer]

Dumb thread answers abound.

 

... says the one who can't even answer the question

 

This is meant to be fun - not dissected and analyzed

I'm not calling you, merely the asses that responded.

If you only answered for the decade of the 70's are you just a small portion of an @ss or even more of one?... ;)

Anyone who rates Yes as a 60s band is a moron. You didn't and aren't.

 

Totally agree. Yes is obviously an 80s band, because their best album by miles was released in that decade.

[gudbuytjane]

This will change within moments of posting, but it's something to do. ;)

 

1960's:

The Who

The Kinks

The Beatles

The Velvet Underground

 

1970's:

Rush

Queen

Genesis

Yes

Roxy Music

 

1980's:

Hüsker Dü

Simple Minds

Iron Maiden

Bauhaus

Marillion

 

1990's:

Sleater-Kinney

Pearl Jam

Nirvana

Sloan

The Flower Kings

 

2000's:

Queens of The Stone Age

The New Pornographers

Mastodon

Metric

Edited March 29, 2015 by gudbuytjane

[RushBoingo]

60s

Yes

 

70s

Rush

(I don't really listen to 70s and before that much

 

80s

They Might Be Giants

Oingo Boingo (Technically they were a theatre troop in the 70s, but their rock debut album was in 81)

Weird Al

The Buggles

R.E.M

 

90s

Daft Punk

Beck

Green Day

The Smashing Pumpkins

Queens Of The Stone Age

 

00s

Animal Collective (Panda Bear included as a solo artist)

Owl City

Muse

Phoenix

Paramore

 

10s

Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks

Sharon Van Etten (technically 09)

Lindsey Stirling

Courtney Barnett

 

Well that's the best I can do for the moment. At least I can say I have a decently sized 10s section.

[Segue Myles]

Dumb thread answers abound.

 

... says the one who can't even answer the question

 

This is meant to be fun - not dissected and analyzed

I'm not calling you, merely the asses that responded.

If you only answered for the decade of the 70's are you just a small portion of an @ss or even more of one?... ;)

Anyone who rates Yes as a 60s band is a moron. You didn't and aren't.

 

Totally agree. Yes is obviously an 80s band, because their best album by miles was released in that decade.

really? Which one was the best?

[Digital Dad]

70s

 

Billy Joel

Barry Manilow

The Bee Gees

Bob Welch

Three Dog Night

 

80s

Rush

Pink Floyd

Yes

Genesis

Iron Maiden

 

90s

Frank Zappa

Peter Hammill

Meat Puppets

Phish

Grateful Dead

 

00s

The Kinks

 

 

10s

Procupine Tree/Steven Wilson

10cc

 

 

As you can clearly see Im not finding much new music that I love. Oddly enough music I listened to in the 80s and 90s are pretty much what I listen to today.

 

 

:)

 

 

[Digital Dad]

Dumb thread answers abound.

 

... says the one who can't even answer the question

 

This is meant to be fun - not dissected and analyzed

I'm not calling you, merely the asses that responded.

If you only answered for the decade of the 70's are you just a small portion of an @ss or even more of one?... ;)

Anyone who rates Yes as a 60s band is a moron. You didn't and aren't.

 

Totally agree. Yes is obviously an 80s band, because their best album by miles was released in that decade.

really? Which one was the best?

 

Drama

[Disk98]

1960s

 

The Beatles

Led Zeppelin (Yes, LZ1 was great enough)

The Doors

 

1970s

 

Queen

The Who

Rush

Yes

 

1980s

 

Rush

Metallica

Boston

Guns N' Roses

 

1990s

 

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Rush

Primus

Metallica

 

2000s

 

Rush

Dream Theater

Avenged Sevenfold if I really have to have another

 

2010s

 

Rush. That's it. Music is complete garbage now.

[Segue Myles]

Dumb thread answers abound.

 

... says the one who can't even answer the question

 

This is meant to be fun - not dissected and analyzed

I'm not calling you, merely the asses that responded.

If you only answered for the decade of the 70's are you just a small portion of an @ss or even more of one?... ;)

Anyone who rates Yes as a 60s band is a moron. You didn't and aren't.

 

Totally agree. Yes is obviously an 80s band, because their best album by miles was released in that decade.

really? Which one was the best?

 

Drama

wow...never thought id ever hear someone say that

[Digital Dad]

Its not my favorite but its my favorite of rhe 80's

[Rick N. Backer]

Dumb thread answers abound.

 

... says the one who can't even answer the question

 

This is meant to be fun - not dissected and analyzed

I'm not calling you, merely the asses that responded.

If you only answered for the decade of the 70's are you just a small portion of an @ss or even more of one?... ;)

Anyone who rates Yes as a 60s band is a moron. You didn't and aren't.

 

Totally agree. Yes is obviously an 80s band, because their best album by miles was released in that decade.

really? Which one was the best?

 

Drama

 

Bzzzt. Oooh. I'm sorry the correct answer was 90125.

[Segue Myles]

Dumb thread answers abound.

 

... says the one who can't even answer the question

 

This is meant to be fun - not dissected and analyzed

I'm not calling you, merely the asses that responded.

If you only answered for the decade of the 70's are you just a small portion of an @ss or even more of one?... ;)

Anyone who rates Yes as a 60s band is a moron. You didn't and aren't.

 

Totally agree. Yes is obviously an 80s band, because their best album by miles was released in that decade.

really? Which one was the best?

 

Drama

 

Bzzzt. Oooh. I'm sorry the correct answer was 90125.

 

I can understand that. I love the proggier stuff, but as pop rock goes 90215 is about as great as it gets!

 

Love it myself!

[custom55]

LED ZEPPELIN I and II were released in the 60's !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( I got LZ II for XMAS '69 :codger: )

 

we know.

 

I still don't consider led zeppelin a 60s band, no more than I consider nirvana an 80s band even though nirvana put out their first album in 89

 

Spot on.

How f***ing stupid do you have to be to consider Led Zeppelin and Yes as 60s bands?

 

It's like when someone asks "Name your top five favourite bands" and 50% of the responders here exclaim that they can't be limited to 5. Dumber and dumberer.

 

How do you determine what decade a band is "from" for the purposes of this fun little exercise then? Are The Stones a 60s band, a 70s band, an 80s band and an 00s band (A Bigger Bang is phenomenal)? Is Aerosmith a 70s band and an 80s band (anything after Pump stinks)?

 

For 'me' it's when I first heard the band and bought their album(s).

 

I heard Led Zep in 1969 and bought both albums that year. True they gained popularity and continued to product fine music into the 70's but for Led Zep ( for me ) is a 60's band because that's when I got into the band/music. My friends were big Yardbirds fans too so Led Zeppelin when hand in hand.

 

Again, this thread is labeled 'your top 5'. When a troll start calling me names because I voice my own opinion/experience, I lose interest in even responding. I'm done with this thread.

[Tony R]

LED ZEPPELIN I and II were released in the 60's !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( I got LZ II for XMAS '69 :codger: )

 

we know.

 

I still don't consider led zeppelin a 60s band, no more than I consider nirvana an 80s band even though nirvana put out their first album in 89

 

Spot on.

How f***ing stupid do you have to be to consider Led Zeppelin and Yes as 60s bands?

 

It's like when someone asks "Name your top five favourite bands" and 50% of the responders here exclaim that they can't be limited to 5. Dumber and dumberer.

 

How do you determine what decade a band is "from" for the purposes of this fun little exercise then? Are The Stones a 60s band, a 70s band, an 80s band and an 00s band (A Bigger Bang is phenomenal)? Is Aerosmith a 70s band and an 80s band (anything after Pump stinks)?

 

For 'me' it's when I first heard the band and bought their album(s).

 

I heard Led Zep in 1969 and bought both albums that year. True they gained popularity and continued to product fine music into the 70's but for Led Zep ( for me ) is a 60's band because that's when I got into the band/music. My friends were big Yardbirds fans too so Led Zeppelin when hand in hand.

 

Again, this thread is labeled 'your top 5'. When a troll start calling me names because I voice my own opinion/experience, I lose interest in even responding. I'm done with this thread.

Boofuckinghoo gramps!

 

 

[greyfriar]

http://youtu.be/itO68AsFY-0

[pip65]

Here goes. I'm sure I've forgotten some and at the risk of upsetting some, I've bent the rules a bit. For me, the golden era comprises bands who formed in the late 60's but (arguably) released their best work during the 70's, so I've combined the 60's and 70's allowing myself 10 in total. However hard I try I can't come up with 5 bands from the 80 or 90's. I've only included each band once even if they have produced work over a number of decades.

 

60's/70's

The Beatles

The Who

King Crimson

Pink Floyd

Genesis

Rush

Camel

Yes

Jethro Tull

Abba

 

80's

Marillion

The Police

Asia

Radiohead

 

90's

Porcupine Tree

Muse

Opeth

Anathema

 

2000's onwards

Steven Wilson

Riverside

Lunatic Soul

Haken

Mumford and Sons (yes indeed. Probably the only current, mainstream band I like)

[Segue Myles]

Here goes. I'm sure I've forgotten some and at the risk of upsetting some, I've bent the rules a bit. For me, the golden era comprises bands who formed in the late 60's but (arguably) released their best work during the 70's, so I've combined the 60's and 70's allowing myself 10 in total. However hard I try I can't come up with 5 bands from the 80 or 90's. I've only included each band once even if they have produced work over a number of decades.

 

60's/70's

The Beatles

The Who

King Crimson

Pink Floyd

Genesis

Rush

Camel

Yes

Jethro Tull

Abba

 

80's

Marillion

The Police

Asia

Radiohead

 

90's

Porcupine Tree

Muse

Opeth

Anathema

 

2000's onwards

Steven Wilson

Riverside

Lunatic Soul

Haken

Mumford and Sons (yes indeed. Probably the only current, mainstream band I like)

 

ABBA, Tull, King Crimson, Rush...I love your list!

 

For some reason yours is my favourite, I dislike Mumford And Sons, but that is all I disagree with (I prefer Fleet Foxes for modern folk myself...which reminds me, I forgot all about Fleet Foxes!).

[Rutlefan]

60s

The Beatles

The Kinks

The Stones

Velvet Underground

Simon and Garfunkel, though their crowning achievement BOTW was released in Jan 1970

 

70s

Led Zeppelin

Aerosmith (through Draw the Line)

Rush

Pink Floyd

Elton John (through Greatest Hits)

 

80s (hardest decade to pare down to five)

Wire

Swell Maps

Tones on Tail

The Smiths

The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy/The Jazz Butcher (though they continued to be great into the '90s)

 

90s

Pixies though their great four albums straddle the 80s/90s as I love Trompe le Monde most

The Wedding Present

Nirvana

My Bloody Valentine

Teenage Fanclub

 

00s

Radiohead though my favorite -- OK Computer -- was released in '97

Sufjan Stevens

Wire who released the greatest comeback album ever, Send

The Church, who released their best stuff in late '90s/early '00s

XTC for the amazing Apple Venus I&II

 

10s

Rush as I discovered they continued to make music after HYF; and discovered I love VT and most of S&A.

Wire for the amazing Change Becomes Us

Continue to love The Church

Continue to love The Wedding Present (and alter ego Cinerama)

Continue to love Radiohead

[pip65]

Here goes. I'm sure I've forgotten some and at the risk of upsetting some, I've bent the rules a bit. For me, the golden era comprises bands who formed in the late 60's but (arguably) released their best work during the 70's, so I've combined the 60's and 70's allowing myself 10 in total. However hard I try I can't come up with 5 bands from the 80 or 90's. I've only included each band once even if they have produced work over a number of decades.

 

60's/70's

The Beatles

The Who

King Crimson

Pink Floyd

Genesis

Rush

Camel

Yes

Jethro Tull

Abba

 

80's

Marillion

The Police

Asia

Radiohead

 

90's

Porcupine Tree

Muse

Opeth

Anathema

 

2000's onwards

Steven Wilson

Riverside

Lunatic Soul

Haken

Mumford and Sons (yes indeed. Probably the only current, mainstream band I like)

 

ABBA, Tull, King Crimson, Rush...I love your list!

 

For some reason yours is my favourite, I dislike Mumford And Sons, but that is all I disagree with (I prefer Fleet Foxes for modern folk myself...which reminds me, I forgot all about Fleet Foxes!).

Looking again I don't know how Led Zeppelin got missed off the list although I don't know who would come off to accommodate them. Honourable mentions also must go to Caravan, Alan Parsons Project, Dire Straits, Fleetwood Mac and Supertramp.

You are not the first person to recommend that I listen to Fleet Foxes. I have given them a couple of goes, but although I feel I ought to like them, they just don't do it for me. Maybe I should give them another chance sometime.