Any new band that can compare with the legends?

[Thunderbird91]

Me.

So... I might be an elitist tool... big deal. At least I'm honest about it!

[neatobassman]

The Mars Volta IMO. Greatest thing happening musically right now IMO. They have one of the great thrash bassists from the 80's (Juan Alderete), and the best young drummer out there (Thomas Pridgen) and Omar Rodriquez-Lopez is a great composer AND the music is original. How can you beat that?

And Tool is a given though. They are played on every rock station and still make great music and still aren't overly publicized.

[fleabee]

In 10 years there will be no record companies...everything will be home produced and distributed...sorry to hijack

[drden]

Some may not agree with me, but I think Mastodon deserves to become a legend. It's absolutely amazing music straight from the hearts of four men, but at the same time it's Br00t@lz

One of my favorite bands now

anybody agree?

[groooooove]

absolutely, yes.

http://www.archive.org/details/TRLS2009-05-29

[Richland123]

Decemberadio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEK6z...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NokRCW_oFec

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz5G6JgG110

http://www.myspace.com/decemberadio

[metallicafan18]

I think Five Finger Death Punch will end up being one of the greatest metal bands of all time.

[Alcyon]

Originally Posted by metallicafan18

I think Five Finger Death Punch will end up being one of the greatest metal bands of all time.

Sarcasm, right?

[petersenbass]

There's a lot of talk about Led Zep on this thread.

www.myspace.com/themothershiprocks
www.youtube.com/themothershiprocks

[metallicafan18]

Originally Posted by Alcyon

Sarcasm, right?

Nope. I think those guys reinvented metal.

I'm with Tool, Queens of the Stone Age, and Coheed and Cambria as the future "Legends"

[Alcyon]

Originally Posted by metallicafan18

Nope. I think those guys reinvented metal.

I couldn't disagree more... I think they're derivative and pretty whiny for a metal band. If you want to talk about the most legendary metal group of this time period, Lamb of God is the dominant band, I think. Whether they are the most creative or most innovative they are definitely the most popular and have been for quite a while, and those are the bands that last in people's minds. These sort of flash-in-the-pan metalcore groups will be remembered for their very specific time period as a generic lineup of bands, IMO, except for the first few in the genre.

Metal is kind of a weird genre though as so many bands are emulating, to a large degree, older groups and genres like thrash, speed metal, etc. and of course interpreting them in their own ways, but if you look at the majority of most metal fans' iTunes libraries these days you will find mostly older material, I think. Bands like Bolt Thrower, Metallica, Slayer, Obituary, Death, have all been around for decades at this point.

[Lulz]

I would not say that Avenged Sevenfold is "real" metal. Probably like pop-metal or just hard rock. The reason I say that they should be one of the "new legends" is because their playing is not just shred like these other crappy bands. They have soul and feel, its not all about speed. That is why I placed Gunslinger as an example.

So according to you speed nullifies "soul" and "feel" which aren't even present in the notes?

[ack]

Clutch

[DeluxeRed]

(Late to the party as usual, but full of opinions as always...)

Post-war America invented the "teenager", a completely new species never before seen on the Earth. That created a huge market that no one knew what they wanted or how they would behave, so it was a lot of throw things at it and see what sticks.

Now enough stuff over time has stuck that there is no (perceived) need to try anything new. Why take a risk when the formula works, and the connected population is large enough that even niches reach critical mass?

"Art", and especially but not exclusively music, hardly anymore is created as an expression that will sink or swim on its own merits ("What do I the artist what to express?") but is the result of trying to pre-guess the audience's/market's response ("What will they like/buy?"). Hey, you raise a generation or two that venerates and rewards MBA's and that's what you get (as opposed to the previous generation's veneration of manual labor, loyalty and duty, and invention).

So we have conceptual saturation combined with a change in motivations, and the possibility of creating another Beatles is virtually extinct. Which is too bad, but the way it is.

I don't think anyone will re-invent pop/rock music. I do think that what will happen is that a new artform, maybe--like rock--as much a child of changing technology as anything, will emerge, and the true new artists will be found there. Maybe direct neural stimulation--invented for other reasons, just like amps and radio were NOT invented for music--or something like that. I think inventing a new artform is more likely than inventing a new demographic like the "teenager".

And their kids' kids will be on the TalkBrain forum wondering why the current Stim artists all seem derivative of the pioneers...

[Melodicgroove]

Maybe an unknown band with the potential. These guys are all 17 years old.

http://www.myspace.com/jivemothermary