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SkyHog

SkyHog

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I was discussing big, huge rock bands....can anyone from the 90s or 2000s be considered a huge band like Metallica, Black Sabbath, the Beatles, etc? I can think maybe Nirvana, and I know some people will say Oasis, but I mean REALLY big.

Not bands you like, but big, universally famous bands. Garth Brooks might fit the bill.

Anyone?
 
Off the top of my head:

U2. (though they've been around longer, they're still huge and still released a lot of stuff in that timeframe).

Madonna (gak), though I might not classify as "rock".
 
Dave Matthews is big, too, though might not be "big enough".
 
wsuffa said:
Off the top of my head:

U2. (though they've been around longer, they're still huge and still released a lot of stuff in that timeframe).

Madonna (gak), though I might not classify as "rock".
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U2, much as I hate them, is a perfect example!

I would disagree with Madonna, however.
 
OK - second question then - what band would you say really, really encapsulates the 00-10 decade?

In the 90s, much as I hated them, Nirvana really defined music. In the 80s, AC-DC and Metallica defined music. In the 70s, there was Led Zeppelin....60s were Beatles, etc.

What about 2000-2010.
 
SkyHog said:
OK - second question then - what band would you say really, really encapsulates the 00-10 decade?

In the 90s, much as I hated them, Nirvana really defined music. In the 80s, AC-DC and Metallica defined music. In the 70s, there was Led Zeppelin....60s were Beatles, etc.

What about 2000-2010.
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Early nineties I would have to say Grunge (Nirvana, Pearl Jam etc.), ever since it's been the suck pop of boy bands, and mouseketeer rejects
 
smigaldi said:
Jonas Brothers, Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus.... SIGH! :(
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LOL! Jonas Brothers makes me laugh. Britney and Miley seem to be more for a specific type of person to me....gay men/teenage girls.

Certainly, there had to be a genre crossing, adult band that defined the 00's. My fiance suggested Korn, but I don't think that's really a defining band.
 
Music development died by 1980. You forgot the greatest, unmatched, unduplicated band of all time:

PINK FLOYD!!!!!
 
bstratt said:
Music development died by 1980. You forgot the greatest, unmatched, unduplicated band of all time:

PINK FLOYD!!!!!
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Good call. Another genre transcending band (before Metallica, I believe, but still).

Of course, I am not a big Pink Floyd fan. Too hippieish for my tastes.
 
SkyHog said:
LOL! Jonas Brothers makes me laugh. Britney and Miley seem to be more for a specific type of person to me....gay men/teenage girls.
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LOL. But I do admit the guilty pleasure of a few Britney songs.

SkyHog said:
Certainly, there had to be a genre crossing, adult band that defined the 00's. My fiance suggested Korn, but I don't think that's really a defining band.
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Not Korn, too much of a niche IMHO.
 
Even though it was well before my time, the best rock music ever created was from about 1967 to 1972.

It was from the soul then. Big money wasn't around yet and it wasn't overproduced.

Just about everything after '72 takes a back seat. There are a few exceptions but they are rare.
 
I don't much like the shows -- but I would say that reality TV has pretty well defined the music of 2000-2010.
 
I think with the rise of the Internet age and the reinvention of the music "industry" we won't see any huge bands any more and haven't for a little while, which is why you have a hard time thinking of one since 2000. There are those with popular longevity that come to mind - Radiohead for one example, U2 for another.
 
The one who comes to mind from the 80's to today is King George Strait.
The man is approaching 60 number 1 hits. Truly an American icon and overall great guy.
 
I'm not sure I agree with "money wasn't really a part of it" before 1970s... I think it's always been a part of it, maybe better hidden from the masses.

How about Black Eyed Peas? Not huge, but pretty big.

ps. otherwise I agree with the teeny bop pop crap ruling the waves right now..
 
woodstock said:
I'm not sure I agree with "money wasn't really a part of it" before 1970s... I think it's always been a part of it, maybe better hidden from the masses.
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Back then, it was drugs as much as money (See: Jim Morrison).

Money has always been part of it, though fame was a driver for many.
 
colomtnflyer said:
I can't believe nobody has mentioned the


ROLLING STONES

They are about as old and big as it gets....
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Yeah but I don't think of them as being from the 80's or 90's.

Seems like no one has mentioned Sting.
 
I think it remains to be seen what band will define the "00s" ("aughts"? the "nothing" decade? Cripes, I'm glad it's almost over, even though "the Teens" doesn't sound any better, LOL). I'm thinking "hit the scene between 2000 and 2010" and nobody sticks out, really.

I can't speak with much authority, because I have no idea who's selling the most product or has the most fans right now, but I'll bet it will turn out to be a "pop" group or performer, as opposed to a "rock" act. Just one of those decades... it happens. Doesn't mean the decade was not "happening"; the #1 single or album does not a decade make, really.

There was a lot of amazing and very popular music (pop, rock, jazz, soul, doo-wop) out there in 1953, for example, but the #1 hit in the USA was a syrupy version of a song from the late 1800s!! It has more to do with the way music was marketed back then than with what people were listening to, but still... that ditty sold more records in the US that year than any other recorded single. Based on this alone, one might assume that half of the 50s was nothing but insipid fluff, music-wise.

Yes, I'm talking about:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AkLE4X-bbU&feature=fvw

:rolleyes:



It was supplanted in 1954 by "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and the Comets... who, for many people, defined the "50s sound". Definitely one of my favorites from that era! :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud_JZcC0tHI
 
I thought of another one, although its not rock, but pop: Michael Jackson (not sure how I missed his sorry pathetic attempt at music)
 
wsuffa said:
Back then, it was drugs as much as money (See: Jim Morrison).

Money has always been part of it, though fame was a driver for many.
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The money has always been there, just a different scale. Back in the '60s, it was less common for bands to go gold (1 million units). New scales and new milestones have been created and reached. 20 million units of albums is hardly an exception any more.
We may bootleg more music, tv, and movies but we also BUY a lot more.
I don't think there have been many BIG bands, groups, or single during the 'aughts. Overall, I think it's media hype.
 
What about Godsmack or Disturbed for the 00s. Seems their shows always sell out, and they're usually pretty big venues.
 
Music died around 1991. Most stuff since then is just noise. Thanks Kurt, may you rot in hell.
 
EdFred said:
Music died around 1991. Most stuff since then is just noise. Thanks Kurt, may you rot in hell.
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Ed don't dispair, I'm pretty sure Winger is still on the county fair circuit :D
 
How are we going to define "big?"

Record sales, or impact on music?

If we go by the former, the Backstreet Boys are "big."

If we go by the latter, however, a group like Sigur Ros is "big."

If we want a combination of the the two, Dave Matthews would probably be a good example - excellent (i.e., proficient) musicians, unique style that's had a significant impact, and pretty good record sales (i.e., broad appeal).
 
By the way, the fact that no one has mentioned Dire Straits as defining music both before and after its existence is just...offensive. :)
 
Sting was in there, too. (and the Po-leece).

And who could forget Tommy Tutone! *Everyone* knows one of their songs.
 
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