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The Last GREAT band

#61
No Rush yet? You guys need help!

I also really like what Coheed & Cambria are doing.

Soulive and Lettuce are brilliant.

Robert Walter, Stanton Moore, and Will Bernard are all incredible solo artists, and they are criminal when they play together as The Stanton Moore Trio. Witness:
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=/&gl=US#/watch?xl=xl_blazer&v=CKK7ezn2tig



Edit. I see Rush was mentioned as I was posting.
 
#63
Currently, The band I can't stop listening to is
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The Dead Weather

but the term "great" could mean so many things....

By any measuring stick of success however, you'd have to include Green Day, 23 years & one pretty serious comeback with American Idiot.....
 
#64
Difficult question to answer because everyone has different tastes. Unfortunately, I don't think there have been any great bands in a long time. Most of them are too concerned with image instead of making great music. Many of today's so-called great bands are jam bands that play the same song for half hour at a time. To me, jam bands are nothing more than self indulgent crap. It's boring for an audience to sit there and listen to a band jam out the same song for an extended length of time. I think in order to answer the question we must define what makes a band great. Is it longevity? If so, Aerosmith, KISS and U2 come to mind. Is it musicianship? Led Zeppelin, Dream Theater, Weather Report, Spyro Gyra would be considered. Is it based on hit songs? There is no real way to define which bands are great.
 
#66
It's hard to define a great band until they are no more in my opinion. How does the work hold up over time? Were they great musicians, or was the whole greater than the sum of the parts? Did it have a cultural as well as musical impact? Was every song on every album great? With this criteria, it's hard to find a great band. Even the Beatles had a few songs that don't quite work.
 
#67
Velvet Revolver is the last "Rock N' Roll" band. They aren't current, as in recording or touring, but are on 'hiatus' looking for a frontman. AC/DC is 'hard rock', and Guns N' Roses is a joke these days.

However, I do like older Nightwish stuff up until "Once". And the Red Hot Chili Peppers are still pretty good.

As of today, there is not much music that's popular that has all that much talent. Let's face it, Lady Gaga can be played by one person. It takes a synth and an autotune prgram on a computer.

So, I guess I'm trying to say popular music is headed downhill.:atoz:
 
#69
D.M.N. said:
Rose Hill Drive
The Answer
Back Door Slam
Radio Moscow
Buffalo Killers
The Steepwater Band
Wolfmother


There has yet to be the Last GREAT Band. These guys all kick major rump. I've seen Rose Hill Drive and The Answer in concert (opening for the Who and AC/DC respectively), and they were definitely on par with the main acts. Seriously awesome.
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+100 on The Answer, also Glyder, Alter Bridge
 
#72
Intrigued by Radiohead, I'll have to check them out more.

However, all I need these days is Dream Theater. Sooo many tasty flavors, so many varied textures. Twinkly piano ballads to death metal riffs all on the same CD. Frikkin amazing musicianship.
 
#75
I guess we all have very different definitions of "great". To me, greatness requires some longevity and influence. Popularity is great, but not at the expense of integrity. So I eliminate any bands that haven't been at it for at least ten years, had serious critical and commercial success, and influenced bands that came after them. Under those criteria, Radiohead is the most recent to accomplish those things. Before them it was Pearl Jam.
 
#76
+1 on Soulive and Lettuce, and yes, yes, on Stanton Moore Trio. Really loved seeing that trio by themselves at the Blue Nile in Nola, and then that trio (with diff guitarist) joining Anders Osborne at Mid-City Lanes. Love seeing Stanton with anyone, including his day-job band, Galactic.

I'll be seeing Soulive and Lettuce at Bear Creek this weekend. Saw those two bands (and a bunch more) plus Robert Walter Trio there 2 years ago.

GrooveWarrior said:
No Rush yet? You guys need help!

I also really like what Coheed & Cambria are doing.

Soulive and Lettuce are brilliant.

Robert Walter, Stanton Moore, and Will Bernard are all incredible solo artists, and they are criminal when they play together as The Stanton Moore Trio. Witness:
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=/&gl=US#/watch?xl=xl_blazer&v=CKK7ezn2tig



Edit. I see Rush was mentioned as I was posting.
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#77
beggar98 said:
I guess we all have very different definitions of "great". To me, greatness requires some longevity and influence. Popularity is great, but not at the expense of integrity. So I eliminate any bands that haven't been at it for at least ten years, had serious critical and commercial success, and influenced bands that came after them. Under those criteria, Radiohead is the most recent to accomplish those things. Before them it was Pearl Jam.
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I'm with you on Radiohead, but I think Wilco would fit your criteria, too.
 
#80
beggar98 said:
I guess we all have very different definitions of "great". To me, greatness requires some longevity and influence. Popularity is great, but not at the expense of integrity. So I eliminate any bands that haven't been at it for at least ten years, had serious critical and commercial success, and influenced bands that came after them. Under those criteria, Radiohead is the most recent to accomplish those things. Before them it was Pearl Jam.
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There are a ton of bands that fit this criteria. Nine Inch Nails, Foo Fighters, RHCP, Metallica, Megadeth, Green Day, Bad Religion, Rise Against, AC/DC... Oh yeah, and I freaking hate Radiohead. :D
 

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