Best hard rock band by decade

[scoopscallahan]

60's - Stones
70's - Zeppelin
80's - Van Halen
90's - Metallica
2000's - Foo Fighters

Other opinions?

[Lonesomedave]

60's- Zeppelin
70's- Alvin Lee & Ten Years After
80's- Rush
90's & 2000's- Primus
2000's- Black Country Communion (and, depending on how you define "Hard Rock"), Joe Bonnamassa

[pat5150]

90s: KYUSS

and from the late 70's, primarily the 80's, and through to today: Motorhead!

[robertusf]

90's Pantera

[notverygood]

60's Stones
70's Black Sabbath or Deep Purple
80's Metallica or solo Ozzy
90's Alice in Chains
00's The Black Keys
10's So far Rush and the BK's are off to good starts

[Aussie Player]

60's CREAM
70's Sabbath or Purple (Zep were rock certainly, but hard rock?)
80's Metallica
90's Alice is close, but nothing really stands out and equals the above
20"s Hard rock is dead. Foo Fighters are rock, not hard rock. Nothing much out there and nothing interesting.

The interesting point from a dinosaurs perspective, mine, is that really good acts bust through the controlled music industry. While there are absolutely a few very good bands out there, they don't come at you like a Cream, Zep, Hendrix, Purple, Who, Sabbath did. Considering their age and the lack of technology as we know it today, they were rather special.

Remember what wasn't invented yet:
Guitar Stands
Long Guitar chords
Foldback Monitors
Bass amps that were able to be heard or sound clear
Road cases
Decent Mic's
Sound Boards
Lighting
"Clothes"
FOH sound mixing
Guitar tuners - a very big advance
EQ

And, we still got more gigs and more chics then too.

Long Live the baby boomers, Rock Music was our time.........

[OneAri]

60's: Stones (surprise)
70's: Sabbath - Zeppelin if you can count them
80's: Early GnR
90's: Kyuss
00's: Queens of the Stone Age- Like Aussie Player said Hard rock is no more so i suppose this counts?

Heard the Black Keys thrown around, whilst I love'em surely its too blues rock?

[Rumbledom]

60's Beatles

70's A three way tie: Zeppelin/ Jethro Tull/ Yes

80's The Police

90's Nirvana

2000's Pffft -- nobody knows how to rock anymore.

[MrGotBass]

70s: Motörhead
80s: Motörhead
90s: Motörhead
00s: Motörhead
Forever: Motörhead

[plankspanker13]

60's -the Who
70's -Rush
80's -Iron Maiden
90's -AIC
00's -??

[bassfran]

60's- (tie) JHE/The Who
70's- (tie) Black Sabbath/The Stooges/ AC/DC
80's- Bad Brains
90's- The Jesus Lizard
00's- Tomahawk

[Steve Dallman]

Hard choices...

60's, Jeff Beck Group or Cream

70's Zep

80's ZZ Top, or any of a number of "hair bands."

90's and later AC/DC

[That Sustain]

60's Steppenwolf
70's Led Zeppelin
80's Van Halen(both singers)
90's Nirvana
00's Lost Interest
10's Van Halen(A Different Kind of Truth)

[Buster Brown]

60s - Cream, Steppenwolf, Deep Purple, Hendrix, Traffic, Humble Pie, I could go for an hour
70s - Grand Funk Railroad, Triumph, Blood Rock, Uriah Heep, ZZ Top, I could go on for an hour
80s - Rush
90s - none
2000s - none





CRIPES!!!!! Forgot...

Add:

60s - The Who
70s - The Who
80s - The Who- Kansas
90s- None
2000s - None

[Lackey]

The Beatles? The Police? hehe, some not so hard names being dropped here. oh well. When I think hard rock I think AC/DC, Zep, Soundgarden, QOTSA.. Who knows who is the best by decade. I dont.

[Aussie Player]

A lot of nominations are rock, but definitely not heavy rock. Don 't forget the boomers invented it so have a mortgage on the definition. True.

[Richland123]

One of the best hard rock bands of the 00s - Decemberadio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X35zCEwBj-o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvMXp1cB4Pk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5whY23GlBY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvw7bKvfojo

[worxforme]

There can only be one list, mine:

60's: Beatles
70's: Led Zeppelin
80's: Guns and Roses
90's: Nirvana

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