Originally posted by StTitoi 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.
Can you think of a band in the last 20 years that changed the scope of rock and roll so profoundly?
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!
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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!
Originally posted by StTitoWell, the impact of Nirvana has been mostly cultural rather than musical, so this is quite easy.
Can you think of a band in the last 20 years that changed the scope of rock and roll so profoundly?
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 KazetNagorraNirvana influenced John Zorn?
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
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 shilohI never really "got" Tool. What good modern bands have been heavily influenced by them?
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.
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 darvlayWhen 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.
Name names.
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.