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Originally posted by Esoteric
Kaiser Cheifs and Arctic Monkeys????

With the exception of COG (check em out), and The White Stripes nothing good has come out in the last 7 years. Most of it all sounds the same... 80's pop with distorted all-down strummed guitars and David Bowie signing.
As with any time period....some wheat, LOTS of chaff.
Personally, I thought Soul Coughing and Supergrass were the best of the 90s.
Kaiser Chiefs remind me a lot of early INXS.
As for this decade....well, Of Montreal is pretty interesting. I do like Arctic Monkeys as well...but the second release hasn't really caught me yet. Heartless Bastards are pretty damn good.

Best Rock band of all time? wow.....Deep Purple maybe? I still love Zep...but sometimes Plant's vocals just make me laugh too hard to take them seriously.

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Originally posted by Esoteric
Kaiser Cheifs and Arctic Monkeys????

With the exception of COG (check em out), and The White Stripes nothing good has come out in the last 7 years. Most of it all sounds the same... 80's pop with distorted all-down strummed guitars and David Bowie signing.
Check out the Kings of Leon.

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Originally posted by bbarr
Check out the Kings of Leon.
My mates used to be really into them. I never could stand them. The singer sounds like a goat and in my opinion the music is pretty avarage.

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Originally posted by z3ro
The Smashing Pumpkins for me. Favorite band for about 15 years now.
With you there bro - my fave rock band of all time -stand up against all the best. Jimmy Chamberlain, whilst not a great role-model, is a great drummer.

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Originally posted by Dragon Fire
A few more recent bands do come to mind. Kaiser Chiefs and Artic Monkeys for example. Early days to classify them with some of the above company but they certainly show the noughties has a chance of outclassing the nineties.
I could stick a kazoo in my ass and fart up something better than either of those packs of LoSeRZ could produce!

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Green Jellÿ

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Originally posted by Deathyx
Led Zep
Yep....cant be anyone better than the Zep !!!!!!😏

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Metallica! Unforgiven 2!

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Originally posted by Esoteric
Soundgarden, Tool, Rage Against The Machine, Alice In Chains, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Guns' N Roses, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Silverchair Just to name a few...
If that is the best the 90's produced, the match is done and the 70's didn't even have to come out for the second round because it was a stone cold knock out. Why didn't you claim Kid Rock while you were at it?

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Originally posted by shortcircuit
If that is the best the 90's produced, the match is done and the 70's didn't even have to come out for the second round because it was a stone cold knock out. Why didn't you claim Kid Rock while you were at it?
I agree. That is one awful list.

My favourite stuff from the nineties, in no particular order: Pavement, Guided by Voices, Brainiac, NoMeansNo, Fugazi, Ween, Weezer, Trans Am, Tortoise, Hammerhead, Six Finger Satellite, Royal Trux, Superchunk, Smashing Pumpkins, Sunny Day Real Estate, Wooden Stars, Yo La Tengo, ZumpanoBelle and Sebastian, Bjork, Sonic Youth, The Boredoms, Mr Bungle, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Heavy Vegetable, New Bomb Turks, Oblivians, Pixies, Quicksand, Primus, Shellac, Thee Headcoats.

With the 90's (and this decade as well) most of the best bands who will be remembered and influential are not considered commercial or "popular" by any stretch. Bands like Pearl Jam and Soundgarden may have sold millions and appealled to a larger audience, but by and large their music is not as influential as a lesser-known band like Sunny Day Real Estate or Mr. Bungle.

That's what I loved about 90's music. Nobody really knows about it yet. And that's just rock, too. The 90's also had a large electronic/dance movement too that will be remembered long into the future.

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Originally posted by darvlay
I agree. That is one awful list.

My favourite stuff from the nineties, in no particular order: Pavement, Guided by Voices, Brainiac, NoMeansNo, Fugazi, Ween, Weezer, Trans Am, Tortoise, Hammerhead, Six Finger Satellite, Royal Trux, Superchunk, Smashing Pumpkins, Sunny Day Real Estate, Wooden Stars, Yo La Tengo, ZumpanoBelle and Sebastian, Bjork, Sonic ...[text shortened]... o had a large electronic/dance movement too that will be remembered long into the future.
Never heard of any of those bar about three.

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Originally posted by asromacalcio
Never heard of any of those bar about three.
i'm in the same boat-but the ones i recognised i recognised as being really influential bands (like the pixies, or sunny side real estate. but they influenced emo so, well, yeah...).

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That's because neither of you have any taste.

And Genius, considering that you're young, I am even more disappointed in you.

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Originally posted by darvlay
That's because neither of you have any taste.

And Genius, considering that you're young, I am even more disappointed in you.
i went through them and counted 6 i knew. i was more into the 80s wheni was young, and now i'm more a 60s and 70s guy. the 90s didnt really do much for me. i've got an alice in chains and a janes addiction album kicking about, and i've got a couple of maiden and megadeth albums that were done in the 90s. and maybe a bon jovi one too...

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Originally posted by genius
i went through them and counted 6 i knew. i was more into the 80s wheni was young, and now i'm more a 60s and 70s guy. the 90s didnt really do much for me. i've got an alice in chains and a janes addiction album kicking about, and i've got a couple of maiden and megadeth albums that were done in the 90s. and maybe a bon jovi one too...
I can't talk to you anymore. Bye.