Nirvana the last real band?

Originally posted by StTito
Can you think of a band in the last 20 years that changed the scope of rock and roll so profoundly?

i remember the epoch well my friend. Metal was dying, the Americans had taken it and turned it into a pantomime. Michael Jackson was in the charts, the superficiality of the eighties had come and gone and we sat disparagingly wondering why The Cure were on the front cover of NME and why people really liked The Smiths! Gay bikers on acid were featured, Sultans of Ping and the manic street preachers wore eye-liner and were being touted as the next best thing.

i remember the moment like it was September the eleventh, i had an old stereo hooked up to as many speakers as i could scrounge, and as i sat placidly in my bedsit, listlessly stirring some twenty pence packet of noodles, it hit the airways like a Jimi riff played on a chainsaw! Smells like teen spirit, and i wondered, was this a retro punk station that i had stumbled upon, but no, it was what we had been waiting for. It was messianic in its appearance, a hallowed chariot and harbinger of hope amid the dismalness of events, and we could lay back, with a sigh of relief, they were here and we were ready!

Originally posted by katlin85
what about Radiohead?

90's band

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
i remember the epoch well my friend. Metal was dying, the Americans had taken it and turned it into a pantomime. Michael Jackson was in the charts, the superficiality of the eighties had come and gone and we sat disparagingly wondering why The Cure were on the front cover of NME and why people really liked The Smiths! Gay bikers on acid were featu ...[text shortened]... lness of events, and we could lay back, with a sigh of relief, they were here and we were ready!

nail on the head

Originally posted by StTito
Can you think of a band in the last 20 years that changed the scope of rock and roll so profoundly?

Well, the impact of Nirvana has been mostly cultural rather than musical, so this is quite easy.

Melvins
Swans
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
My Bloody Valentine
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Plus all rock related stuff by Mike Patton, John Zorn and crew

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
Well, the impact of Nirvana has been mostly cultural rather than musical, so this is quite easy.

Melvins
Swans
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
My Bloody Valentine
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Plus all rock related stuff by Mike Patton, John Zorn and crew

Nirvana influenced John Zorn?

Controversial and alleged details please!

Nirvana accomplished some important things. Although they aren't my favorite band, I respect what they did.

Musically speaking, I sincerely doubt, 50 or 100 years from now, anyone will remember them very much. Now, I feel the same about pretty much all modern pop music, understand.

So, my answer to the question is 'no.'

If I had to name one recent band as the 'best,' musically, one who MIGHT be remembered, it would certainly have to be TOOL. You ask any ten of your favorite, crappy pop or rock artists what recent band is the best or the biggest influence, nine of the ten will say TOOL.

Originally posted by FMF
Nirvana influenced John Zorn?

Controversial and alleged details please!

No no, I'm just listing some artists who had more impact on rock music than Nirvana. I don't think Nirvana influenced many decent artists.

Originally posted by shiloh
Nirvana accomplished some important things. Although they aren't my favorite band, I respect what they did.

Musically speaking, I sincerely doubt, 50 or 100 years from now, anyone will remember them very much. Now, I feel the same about pretty much all modern pop music, understand.

So, my answer to the question is 'no.'

If I had to name one recent b tists what recent band is the best or the biggest influence, nine of the ten will say TOOL.

I never really "got" Tool. What good modern bands have been heavily influenced by them?

Originally posted by StTito
Can you think of a band in the last 20 years that changed the scope of rock and roll so profoundly?

Slint.

All of them.

Come on, young men and women, there is great music being written and played from all over the world. Try ethnic Scottish, Polish or S American for example. You'll even here instruments that you didn't know existed. Or try jazz.

I love rock and roll but if were to only listen to it i would have been a burned out music fan which is what I see is happening to some of you.

Originally posted by badmoon
love rock and roll but if were to only listen to it i would have been a burned out music fan which is what I see is happening to some of you.

Name names.

Originally posted by darvlay
Name names.

No, don't...he's going to get us all blacklisted at Hop Sing's! 😲

Originally posted by darvlay
Name names.

When I see messages that state that there hasn't been any profound changes in music in the last twenty years I simply reply that that person isn't listening. There is more to music than rock and it's derivatives.

you're a seeker, darv, i'm not pointing at you. Hell, you turned me on to portishead. Now i own Dummy and am looking for more. By the way, the Portis singer sound similar to Imogen Heap who I also enjoy.

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
I never really "got" Tool. What good modern bands have been heavily influenced by them?

I don't know, but there's not enough of them.