What happened to all the GOOD bands.. ?

Suckbird · #1 04-03-2007, 01:28 AM

Can someone explain?

The 60's, 70's, 80's exploded with great bands,
do you remember when:

the beatles,
the who,
creedence clearwater revival,
the police,
jefferson airplane,
alice cooper,
queen,
led zeppelin,
deep purple,
iron maiden,
judas priest,
van halen,
scorpions,
kiss,
abba,
jimi hendrix,

etc.. etc.. was the biggest bands in the world ?

And what happened then:

Backstreet boys,
nickelback,
n' sync,
spice girls,
britney spears,
take that,
westlife,

etc.. now he have a bunch of pop artists who can't even write their own music at the center of attention.. we also got a new wave of EMO bands, rap etc..

I dont listen to more than 1 or 2 bands formed later than the 80's, i think most of the music today is complete worthless in all genres..

Is music dead?

D Von · #2 04-03-2007, 01:29 AM

yes, you just killed music

AxtoOx · #3 04-03-2007, 01:38 AM

Oh I don't know. Things change all the time.
Breaking Benjamin
Incubus
Jet
Nine Inch Nails
Stain
Les Claypool will go down in history
just to name a few

You skipped the whole Grunge movement.

D Von · #4 04-03-2007, 01:46 AM

and let's not forget 90's supergroup DEFAULT.

**Rune Bivrin** · #5 04-03-2007, 02:36 AM

I'm quite sure that if you were to make a list of ALL the bands from the '60s and '70s, you find that dominated by lame stuff as well. Over time those have been forgotten, and now we think the good bands are the only ones that existed back then.

Still, bands of the Beatles caliber can't be expected to appear regularly. Just like Mozart was a one-off kind of guy.

bassist 4 life · #6 04-03-2007, 02:36 AM

Maiden released an album in 06... ACDC are releasing an album this year, as well as Dio, Metallica, Scorpions, Megadeth,Rush is releasing a new album this year, The Police are back... and Dio formed Heaven and Hell, there are rumors of Zeppelin touring too.

07 is going to be a good year, there are going to be a lot of comebacks.

Cambass · #7 04-03-2007, 03:22 AM

It's all in the eye of the beholder IMO.

AxtoOx · #8 04-03-2007, 03:42 AM

I wouldn't pay much attention to the Zep rumors. They are just that.
Last I heard. Jimmy says he's up for it. Robert says no way. JPJ thinks they've lost his phone number.

*smb · #9 04-03-2007, 03:55 AM

I think music today is the best its been in 20 years. There are so many great bands around! The pop crap that the threadstarter listed all peaked in popularity ten years ago - I wouldn't think of them as todays music.

Modern music I listen to a lot at the moment: Mastodon, High On Fire, Isis, Tool, Queens of the Stone Age, Brant Bjork, Mondo Generator, Fu Manchu, Mark Lanegan, Death From Above 1979, Cansei der Ser Sexy, Desert Sessions, Lacuna Coil, The Atomic Bitchwax, Pelican and Yawning Man.

AxtoOx · #10 04-03-2007, 04:04 AM

One thing that was forgotten was those great bands from the 70's? Yeah well, they had to make it in spite of disco. Things have been worse.

Jezz8me · #11 04-03-2007, 04:07 AM

your just looking in the wrng places, pop sucks but alternitive and indie music is where its all at they are about real good sounding music

anechoic · #12 04-03-2007, 05:24 AM

Well, don't forget, the 60's through 80's also had their share of forgettable pop crap, except that it's all been, well, forgotten. I really doubt that the Pussycat Dolls or Fallout Boy are really going thought of terribly highly of in 20 years.

jomahu · #13 04-03-2007, 06:41 AM

if you think music is dead, you're not looking hard enough.

IMO, i'm kinda tired of the whole 'britney, christina, nsync, music is dead' argument. heck, it's been ten years, get over it!

besides, i'm sure people were saying that about the monkees, herman's hermits, new kids on the block, duran duran (who are actually really good), kajagoogoo, 4 non blondes, dishwalla.......

but i guess it depends on what you're looking for. i kinda like that there are no superbands, just a lot of great bands all over the world. and more importantly, that we have the technology to access and learn more about them.

so, in essence, all this talk about 'music is dead' is really just a bunch of laziness. but that's just me.

SGT. Pepper · #14 04-03-2007, 07:14 AM

You Forgot The Stones!

Baryonyx · #15 04-03-2007, 07:21 AM

the beatles-yay
the who-boo
creedence clearwater revival-boo
the police-boo
jefferson airplane-boo
alice cooper-boo
queen-yay
led zeppelin-boo
deep purple-boo
iron maiden-boo
judas priest-boo
van halen-yay
scorpions-boo
kiss-boo
abba-boo
jimi hendrix-boo

Rated by "yays" and "boos", we can clearly see that they have always been bands that suck, often outweighing the good bands.

bocasfx · #16 04-03-2007, 07:25 AM

If you are interested in finding about new "independent", "alternative" bands check out this sites, I've found really interesting stuff there:

http://www.paperthinwalls.com/
http://iguessimfloating.blogspot.com/

Enjoy!

Against Will · #17 04-03-2007, 07:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suckbird

Can someone explain?

The 60's, 70's, 80's exploded with great bands,
do you remember when:

Is music dead?

I don't know where you were in the 80's, I was still a baby, but when I grew into a teenager in the 90's, I remember thinking how much of a musical wasteland the 80's were. All the great hardcore and punk bands that came out of it I never thought of as 80's bands because I associated the 80's with bad bad bad hair metal and uber-cheesy synth pop. Beyond a few great Brit bands like the Cure, Smiths and Joy Division/New Order and some underground American acts, I still think the 80's were a pretty bad time for music.

I also don't want to be judgemental, but a few of the groups you listed would probably be considered "what is/was wrong with music " as oppsed to "great bands". Abba, The Scorpions and Queen to name few.

superbassman2000 · #18 04-03-2007, 08:40 AM

Good music is still out there, its just a matter of just looking for it. The music industry has seemed to cater more to the business end of things, so mainsteam music hasn't really caught my attention, but there are still good bands around.
The easiest thing you can do is go to a local bar that has a band and support your local music scene. there may be a band better than the Beatles in your own hometown but you'd never know if they can't get any kind of following.

Also the mainstream audience has an evolving taste. back in the 70s maybe more people liked guitar solos--today that has evolved into more on an emphasis to either dance, talk about murder, money and women as fast as they can, show off their parts, or talk about how sad they are (despite the fact they are making millions

)

the only way that music is dead is if you kill it. If you are sick of the music scene, then get a band together and improve it

Fassa Albrecht · #19 04-03-2007, 09:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Against Will

I don't know where you were in the 80's, I was still a baby, but when I grew into a teenager in the 90's, I remember thinking how much of a musical wasteland the 80's were. All the great hardcore and punk bands that came out of it I never thought of as 80's bands because I associated the 80's with bad bad bad hair metal and uber-cheesy synth pop. Beyond a few great Brit bands like the Cure, Smiths and Joy Division/New Order and some underground American acts, I still think the 80's were a pretty bad time for music.

I also don't want to be judgemental, but a few of the groups you listed would probably be considered "what is/was wrong with music " as oppsed to "great bands". Abba, The Scorpions and Queen to name few.

The 80s are often a love or hate thing witb most people. But I'm one of the few who LOVES the Eighties. I'll certainly agree that New Order/Joy Division and the Smiths were good, but the simple fact is that many other good 80s bands have been buried and forgotten about. Like Level 42.
Their bassist/lead singer Mark King is one of the best slap bassists ever, and an excellent singer also.
Also try the band Status Quo. They're strictly a 60s band but their album In The Army (released 1986) is typical of their unique sound.
Try LOOKING for good music instead of being stereotypical.

tycobb73 · #20 04-03-2007, 09:36 AM

Music is not dead, it is splintered. All entertainment has splintered with easy access. For example, the TV show Freinds. In its final season it was the #1 or 2 show on TV. But if you take the number of people actually watching it at that time, it wouldn't have cracked the top 10 a few years ealier. By that time the TV population had gotten accustomed to watching HBO, A&E, etc. Mutch wider spectrum than when Friends first came out.

Everyone can make a decent sounding cd. Music is out there, you just have to look for it harder.