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Can anyone suggest a bunch great rock bands and rock songs between 1950 to 2010?

Discussion in 'Off-topic Discussion' started by YellowBlob64, Apr 27, 2020.

  1. YellowBlob64

    YellowBlob64 Fapstronaut

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    e.g. Rock, Psychedelic, Orchestral Rock, Hard Rock, Soft Rock, Punk Rock, etc.

    Feel free just to leave a list of links or even talk about them :)

    Just trying to pass the time!
     
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  2. fredisthebes

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    The Who (1964 - ?)
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    Didn't invent rock, but most of the cliches started here. Marshall stacks? Power Chords? Blowing things up onstage and smashing their instruments at the end of gigs? Wrecking hotel rooms? The Who did it all years before, and better.
    Proper working class too, not posh boys pretending like the Rolling Stones :p

    Their albums are great - again, highly influential with their 'rock opera' concept albums - but I had to post a live take, really. Here is 'Won't Get Fooled Again' from 1978, Keith Moon's last gig but still on top form, and displaying their incredible live energy and stage antics (as well as a solid performance):
     
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  3. Rush
    Yes
    Jimi Hendrix
    Pink Floyd
    Led Zeppelin
    King Crimson
     
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  4. Iamcryinginside

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    Albums

    WIRE - 154
    The Libertines - The Libertines
    Weezer - Weezer (Blue Album) (They have multiple albums that are self-titled only distinguishable between colour of album cover)
    The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
    The Strokes - Is This It
     
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  5. Check out Seventh Wonder. Amazing singer and very bright and fun soundscapes


     
  6. Awedouble

    Awedouble Fapstronaut

    Rush, Distant Early Warning.
     
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  7. Radiohead. If you just want a great rock album, try The Bends from 1995. Their later more experimental stuff is amazing too.
     
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  8. The White Album by the Beatles. This one is not just rock. It’s a bit of everything.
     
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  9. drac16

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    Check out the album Elephant by The White Stripes. I typically only listen to metal, but the White Stripes are an exception. :D
     
  10. I'm a middle aged musician, and I always fight a battle in my mind over who is the best.

    Sometimes I want to give it to The Police because they combined Sting's amazing songwriting,

    with Andy's genius guitarwork and Stewart's powerful and/or syncopated drumming.

    But then I think about Van Halen, especially in the Van Hagar years.

    I usually can put Ed & Al as two of the best rock musicians in the rock era.

    But I can't skimp on praise for Mike and Sam too, they were firing on all cylinders in those years.

    If I don't mention Yes, I feel like a blunderbus, because they are the band that should go down

    as most epic or virutosic.

    Then I'm like, wait, I didn't mention Queen, they go in the top 5 at WORST.

    I am a Who fan, but too many of their B sides, with the exception of It's Hard,

    were filler-esque.

    The Beatles and Stones were foundational to rock, I agree, but I can't sit down and

    pick one of their albums and listen to it, beginning to end.

    The Beatles had a lot of good songs, but coming up in the 1980s era of MTV

    didn't set them on the same level as 1980s bands, they sounded archaic.

    The Stones have a massive fanbase as legacy artists, but too many songs

    just sounds like guys trying to drive through a song that

    lacked contour, or was overly simplistic.

    That brings me back to Aerosmith, and I've bought 3-4 of their albums

    and I have to say, I like ALL of their B-sides and hits,

    so they are stronger than the Beatles and Stones for me.
     
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  11. YellowBlob64

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    I love these guys, I can actually play the song on guitar (not chords yet, unfortunately).
     
  12. ahighertruth

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    depends what you like dude. you can never go wrong with these bands:
    Queen
    Led Zeppelin
    Guns N' Roses
    Beatles
    Jimi Hendrix Experience
    Nirvana
    Red Hot Chilli Peppers
    Metallica
    Black Sabbath
    Linkin Park
     
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  13. Never heard of them. Are they local?
     
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