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Unchainme
01-25-2012, 10:59 PM
*not including the reunion of the mighty VAN HALEN of course.

As it's now 2 years past the decade, I feel it's a good time to look back on the mainstream groups that dominated the genre, and ...yeesh...it ain't looking pretty.

Disturbed
Nickelback
Breaking Benjamin
Hinder
Shinedown
Papa Roach
Three Days Grace
System of a Down
Daughtry
Sixx A.M.
Finger 11
Slipknot

All of the groups to me seem to run together, and don't have any sort of lyrical skill or music quality to help them out in that regard.

Was there a reason why these groups dominated the charts and we've had such a wide gap since around '95?

78/84 guy
01-25-2012, 11:05 PM
I like Black Stone Cherry alot & A few Shinedown tunes. Foo Fighters have some good stuff but their not really hard rock. You can have the rest !! Black Label was cool for a few albums.

gbranton
01-26-2012, 12:27 AM
Nickelback
Breaking Benjamin
Hinder
Shinedown
Papa Roach
Three Days Grace
System of a Down
Daughtry
Sixx A.M.
Finger 11
Slipknot

All those bands COMBINED made one song I liked, "Life Is Beautiful" by Sixx A.M. A grand total of $0.99 the music industry made off me on all those bands. The rest is a total shitfest.

VAiN
01-26-2012, 01:11 AM
*not including the reunion of the mighty VAN HALEN of course.

As it's now 2 years past the decade, I feel it's a good time to look back on the mainstream groups that dominated the genre, and ...yeesh...it ain't looking pretty.

Disturbed
Nickelback
Breaking Benjamin
Hinder
Shinedown
Papa Roach
Three Days Grace
System of a Down
Daughtry
Sixx A.M.
Finger 11
Slipknot

All of the groups to me seem to run together, and don't have any sort of lyrical skill or music quality to help them out in that regard.

Was there a reason why these groups dominated the charts and we've had such a wide gap since around '95?

I'm of the opinion that when the early 90's 'grunge' or 'alternative' movement died around 94/95, the corporations took over and music became product. Your list reads like a who's who of shitty corporate garbage disposable shitbag paint by numbers corporate schlock rock. You can add limp bizkit & korn to that list as well... complete shite.

2012 on the other hand is going to be a MOTHERFUCKER.

JJtheVagPounder
01-26-2012, 01:15 AM
You ain't joking. Hard rock has been overrun by the worst kind of shit for so long. Why some of these bands won't die off is beyond me. Add fucking CREED to that whole mix. UGH! Hopefully when the new VH drops people will be like "Oh, rock doesn't have to suck. I totally forgot that."

Unchainme
01-26-2012, 01:27 AM
There's some slight value to korn.

I mean, they're not great...but they're not "Disturbed" level. "Follow the Leader" is one of the few albums from that genre that's even really worth looking at.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oeS5WhFgQQ

Limp Bizkit is terrible and is something that needs to be forgotten for a long time. I also toss in Godsmack as occasionally listenable playing the part of a poor man's Alice In Chains. With all due respect to William Duvall, always felt that Sully Erma should have been AIC's new lead singer.

The wave that came out this past decade was terrible though. It was like..take grunge..and strip it of any soul and mix it in with pseudo tough guys who look like body guards for the WWE.

Thank god for the Black Keys.

DONNIEP
01-26-2012, 01:41 AM
I know this sounds cliche...but I dropped out of current popular music in the early '90s. Back then I stuck my classic Van Halen CDs in the CD changer and said fuck the rest of this shit. I only learned of Slam Dunk because I heard it on the local "classic rock" station (not just the song, but an actual interview with Dave..while I was sitting in the car at the ATM). This was before I was on the internet all the damn time :) But seriously, I'm sure there were some really great bands in the 2000's, but I never heard them. And maybe I missed something - did any of it sound like Van Halen? I can only think of one band...and the Punks don't really count..but they should!

VAiN
01-26-2012, 01:44 AM
But seriously, I'm sure there were some really great bands in the 2000's, but I never heard them. And maybe I missed something

No, no you didn't. You could have been in a coma from 2000-2010 and not missed a fucking thing.

Unchainme
01-26-2012, 01:46 AM
No, no you didn't. You could have been in a coma from 2000-2010 and not missed a fucking thing.

cept the reunion of VH in 07.

Also, Electronic Music was quite good during that time period, but if you're a fan of rock, chances are that's not too huge on your list of music.

VAiN
01-26-2012, 01:52 AM
cept the reunion of VH in 07.

Agree 100% - I'm talking in terms of new music.. 99% of it sucked balls. Not just any balls.... wait for it...... hagar balls.

DONNIEP
01-26-2012, 01:55 AM
Agree 100% - I'm talking in terms of new music.. 99% of it sucked balls. Not just any balls.... wait for it...... hagar balls.

But, is Hagar-sucking-balls worse than seeing Gary on-stage with the tattered remains of Van Halen?? Especially since Gary was performing the Dance Of The Flaming Assholes?? I think not :) :gulp:

DONNIEP
01-26-2012, 01:58 AM
And just in case anyone gets the wrong idea - I wasn't sayin' Sammy was preferable to Gary...Either way they shit on Van Halen in their own special way. Enough said - thank God Dave is steering this ship!! Beers to everyone still up! :gulp:

VAiN
01-26-2012, 02:02 AM
I'll say this much for ga y, at least he respected Dave.

Yount
01-26-2012, 02:08 AM
yeah there was Dave's boutique - Diamond Dave 2002.

and then he had the BBQ video/soundtrack which was cool.

Flex - Song of the Decade:winner:

Yount
01-26-2012, 02:11 AM
ga y
:biggrin:
Always cracks me up!

ashstralia
01-26-2012, 02:14 AM
i've got a theory...

the entire decade kinda sucked artistically in general because the explosion of information available 24/7 also resulted in a commensurate dumbing down.
everything is there at the click of the mouse, a lot of the populace goes 'yeah, this'll do' rather than spending time and effort to find the cool gems within the chaff.
media of course, love the lowest common denominator.

now, i know there were some great songs/movies/books. but you had to SEARCH IT OUT.. like us old farts did b.i.t.d.

i'm ranting, but i have a strong feeling that it's the internet's fault. now that we've all had 10 or 15 years to deal with it, maybe we're realising it's just a useful tool.
the amount of people on here desperate for vinyl confirms my belief that analogue music media won't ever die. (i hope!).

oh yeah; september 11 2001 didn't help either.

DONNIEP
01-26-2012, 02:19 AM
I absolutely agree with you Vain. Gary DID convince Ed to play the classic songs. And Gary didn't ever piss all over what came before him...God, I'm trying so hard to come up with something good to say about Gary's stage presence or the songs...and I got nothing. Ah, it's not even important. You are right - Gary never did, and never has, shit on Dave's legacy. Good god, that was so hard for me...I really think I need a drink now :)

K-tuna
01-26-2012, 02:37 AM
Gary wasn't all that bad at all. IMHO. Look at those concert vids. he was solid.

Read the interviews and the guitar mags at the time. Ed was really fed up with Slammy constantly writing love songs and felt pigeon holed into that type thing. the problem was he kinda let the pendulum swing to far the other direction in trying to be too serious.

I listened to III the other day... Mike Post just didnt mix that album well at all. and should've told Gary to ease on the caffine and not shout EVERYTHING. He can sing , but he went WAYYYY out there on III.

Extreme was heavily VH ( and Queen) influenced, and all bets should've seen Gary as a better fit than PAYGAR,...but wow did it go bad.

sorry to interupt.

binnie
01-26-2012, 03:13 AM
I'd answer the question like this:

'Yes, the 2000s were a low point for HARD ROCK (i.e. good time, blues based party music); but they were a sensational time for heavy music - metal never looked so healthy'.

I'm fascinated by the notion that Slipknot and System of A Down don't have lyrical skills......

ashstralia
01-26-2012, 03:24 AM
i couldn't play any of it on my autoharp.

Yount
01-26-2012, 04:11 AM
i've got a theory...

the entire decade kinda sucked artistically in general because the explosion of information available 24/7 also resulted in a commensurate dumbing down.


I agree with this theory! Information overload bewilders the average person into submission, and thus the charts are filled with cheddar, the smell of acceptance! I simply cannot voice my opinions or discuss music anymore because I will almost always twist some knickers. :pullinghair:

Dave's Bitch
01-26-2012, 04:17 AM
Oh yes it was a terrible decade for hard rock.There were a few great bits for me personally.I loved Paul Stanley's Live to Win and Kiss Sonic Boom,Also i really enjoyed Chinese Democracy.There was also Motley Crue Red,White & crue and Saints of Los Angeles. Aside from that nothing really great for me

I would second Binnie though,A very good decade for Metal,Some great stuff came out.Few of my fav's are Exodus shovel headed kill machine,The last three Megadeth albums,Judas Priest Angel of Retribution and Nostradamus and Saxon Into the Labyrinth

All those albums melt some serious face :)

binnie
01-26-2012, 04:25 AM
Add into that:

Dimmu Borgia
Mastodon
Opeth
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Goatwhore
Soilent Green
Machine Head 'The Blackening' & 'Through the Ashes of Empires'
Testament 'The Formation of Damnation'
Every Time I Die (if you can't party to THAT, you're insane)
The Bronx
Clutch (ditto Every Time I Die)
Meshuggah
Down 'III'


And that's just off the top of my head. Heavy music had a rejuvenation after Nu Metal....

Dave's Bitch
01-26-2012, 04:53 AM
Testament 'The Formation of Damnation'


:jammin::killer:

Seshmeister
01-26-2012, 05:27 AM
I know this sounds cliche...but I dropped out of current popular music in the early '90s. Back then I stuck my classic Van Halen CDs in the CD changer and said fuck the rest of this shit. I only learned of Slam Dunk because I heard it on the local "classic rock" station (not just the song, but an actual interview with Dave..while I was sitting in the car at the ATM). This was before I was on the internet all the damn time :) But seriously, I'm sure there were some really great bands in the 2000's, but I never heard them. And maybe I missed something - did any of it sound like Van Halen? I can only think of one band...and the Punks don't really count..but they should!

The only difference between your story and mine is we don't have drive thru ATM's here. :)

Seshmeister
01-26-2012, 05:28 AM
There's some slight value to korn.



Their drummer.

binnie
01-26-2012, 05:39 AM
The first Korn album was a game changer. No-one had made heavy music like that before.

After that, it was the law of diminishing marginal returns for a while. Their more recent albums get panned, but they're actually more interesting now they've broken out of their own mold.

hotsummerknight
01-26-2012, 11:46 AM
steel panther is the best band to come out in the last 10 years

Angel
01-26-2012, 12:20 PM
I stopped listening to mainstream shit a long time ago. I search out the Indies now... there's some good rocking bands out there, you just have to dig to find them.

Unchainme
01-26-2012, 12:44 PM
I'm fascinated by the notion that Slipknot and System of A Down don't have lyrical skills......

I love ya binnie, but here's what I'm talking about:


If Green Day’s vile American Idiot built political commentary out of Lego, Mezmerize snaps it together out of Duplo (you know, that double-sized unswallowable Lego for toddlers and retarded kids). The album’s first single, B.Y.O.B., is the kind of scathing indictment of the military industrial complex that’s usually reserved for lofty literary media like bumper stickers and picket signs. Yes, we know the war is bullshit. Everyone knows the war is bullshit, even the rednecks and Republicans that pretend it isn’t bullshit. We all love to make fun of conservative politicians for speaking in platitudes, but how about lyrics like “why don’t presidents fight the war / why do they always send the poor”? Wow, slam-dunk. Now do the one about the Air Force holding a bake sale. What’s worse, the video for the song centers on the most insipid of egotistical metal clichés: the band playing to a bunch of invigorated youths as fascist police try to smash up their concert. Sorry, morons, your jackboot martyrdom is not forthcoming. You have to be hurtful to the system before you get squelched, and as it stands, you’re still funneling money to Republicans (more on that later).

B.Y.O.B. is dumb, but the rest of the album doesn’t fare much better. “Radio/Video” is The Replacements’ “Seen Your Video,” a mere twenty years too late. This song, along with “Violent Pornography,” really illustrates System of a Down’s distaste for mainstream pop culture, to the extent that impressionable young listeners might forget that System of a Down are turning the exact same tricks as any other whores on Earth. Listen to this, teenager: The Sony Corporation is just shilling System of a Down’s rebellion to extract money from the demographic who doesn’t buy Destiny’s Child records (both artists are beholden to Sony’s Columbia Records). Regardless of System of a Down’s clumsy political posturing, they are an integral part of the system of extracting money from stupid teenagers (you) and giving it to old, rich white Republicans. Am I one of those awful idiots who hates all major-label music because of this? No, of course not, those guys are complete pussies. I just like pointing it out to youth-addled stoners who think they’re supporting something alternative.

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/your-band-sucks/system-down.php

Unchainme
01-26-2012, 12:46 PM
Their drummer.

I was going to say him, and the bassist kind of interested me.

again, it's not like their great or even good for that matter, they just have a slight bit of value to them.

kwame k
01-26-2012, 12:52 PM
I stopped listening to mainstream shit a long time ago. I search out the Indies now... there's some good rocking bands out there, you just have to dig to find them.

Couldn't agree more:beers8:

The nice part about social networking is you can find a relatively obscure band that just kills it. It's kinda like back in the day....head to the local record shop and find an obscure import or regional band that none of your friends know about and you're the one turning them on to it!

Nitro Express
01-26-2012, 12:58 PM
The 90's and the 00's were pretty much a blur. Not much memorable in either decade.

binnie
01-26-2012, 12:58 PM
I love ya binnie, but here's what I'm talking about:



http://www.somethingawful.com/d/your-band-sucks/system-down.php

I dunno, man, I guess it's all subjective.

If we think about 'Classic Rock' or 'Hard Rock' as a genre, wouldn't we say that most of lyrics have a pretty limited subject matter: sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll? That's no bad thing - my point is that the number of 'great' lyricists in the genre is few. DLR, Bon Scott spring immediately to mind, because they put new spins on old cliches. But for the most part, hard rock lyrics spin the same old yarns.

I actually think that the lyrics in B.Y.O.B are pretty decent. There aren't many heavy bands who would tackle the subject matter of 'Violent Pornography', and even fewer who'd write songs about the Armenian Genocide. What makes SOAD interesting is the contrasts - from war and politics to pogo sticks and banoffe pie. Unlike anyone else, really.

As for Slipknot - some of that stuff is just uncomfortable, especially the early records. Corey Taylor was on fire back then: most people won't want to listen to songs about that kind of emotional/mental strife (which is fine), but that's not the same as those bands not being talented.

Unchainme
01-26-2012, 01:03 PM
I dunno, man, I guess it's all subjective.

If we think about 'Classic Rock' or 'Hard Rock' as a genre, wouldn't we say that most of lyrics have a pretty limited subject matter: sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll? That's no bad thing - my point is that the number of 'great' lyricists in the genre is few. DLR, Bon Scott spring immediately to mind, because they put new spins on old cliches. But for the most part, hard rock lyrics spin the same old yarns.

I actually think that the lyrics in B.Y.O.B are pretty decent. There aren't many heavy bands who would tackle the subject matter of 'Violent Pornography', and even fewer who'd write songs about the Armenian Genocide. What makes SOAD interesting is the contrasts - from war and politics to pogo sticks and banoffe pie. Unlike anyone else, really.

As for Slipknot - some of that stuff is just uncomfortable, especially the early records. Corey Taylor was on fire back then: most people won't want to listen to songs about that kind of emotional/mental strife (which is fine), but that's not the same as those bands not being talented.

Although I can't see it man, I respect your view on it. I struggle listen to it. I'll give you props though. A lot of the SOAD fans I had met back in the day were angst-ridden teens. You my friend, are clearly not that, and actually looked at the lyrics. :).

binnie
01-26-2012, 01:07 PM
Cheers, dude.

I've been thinking: sometimes bad lyrics add to the songs. '80s Scorpions; early Poison; Motley Crue; even latter-day Ki$$. Plenty of cheese there, but it works.....

Golden AWe
01-26-2012, 01:07 PM
Mainstream hard rock probably sucked...but some of the best progressive metal albums of all time were created...Mastodon, Opeth...Gojira, Isis etc. made great albums too, though they're not too familiar to me...Porcupine Tree.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy8NdJTOR9E

FORD
01-26-2012, 01:11 PM
Usually you can say that every decade has its timeless classics, and its useless crap.
In the 50's, you had Elvis, Chuck Berry, and Buddy Holly, while you also had Pat Boone and Fabian.

The 60's are remembered for The Beatles, the Stones, Hendrix, and the Doors (among others) but you also had Herman's Hermits, and countless one hit wonder bubblegum bands with dumb pseudo-psychedelic names.

The 70's - Zeppelin, Floyd, Aerosmith, Van Halen and punk rock vs all the sappy "singer-songwriter" shit the first half of the decade and the godawful disco shit in the last half.

The 80's - Once you lost Van Halen, The Police, and Black Flag all within the same year, it was all down hill from there. The late 80's had about three decent bands - U2, REM, and the 77s. Aside from that, you had hair band shit getting worse by every minute it was overexposed on eMpTyV, and the European "new wave" bands morphing into just more lame synth-disco. Best album of the late 80's (other than the previously mentioned bands) - NWA "Straight Outta Compton"

Same story in the 90's, pretty much. You had some new innovation in the first half of the decade. Then Kurt was dead, Layne might as well have been, Pearl Jam got into a fight with Ticketbastard, and by the time Soundgarden split up in 1997, there was nothing left but boyband crap and rappers who kept trying to remake "Straight Outta Compton" (and failing miserably). Garth Brooks was better than anything passing as "rock" from 1997 to 2000.

In the 2000's it has been even worse. The only decent records made have been those made by bands who were around way before 2000. Steel Panther was mentioned. What does that tell you? A parody band is better than any real band on the charts?? Some people liked The Darkness. I wasn't one of them, but then they were pretty much a parody band too.

Now here we are, 2 years into another decade, and the best albums so far have been bonus disks of "new" material on re-released old albums from The Rolling Stones and U2, and the impending release of the first album in 28 years from Van Halen, which also seems to rely heavily on material that they wrote over 30 years ago. Hopefully these records will inspire some new bands to pick up the slack, and maybe the labels will have the good sense to sign them? (Yeah, Universal Music Group - home of U2, the Stones, and Van Halen - I'm looking right at you)

Mr Badguy
01-26-2012, 02:19 PM
I don't think the 2000's sucked as much as the 90's.

For a classic rock fan it was like a second golden age.

Excellent albums from Iron Maiden, Heaven & Hell, Rush, Motorhead, Journey,, Ki$$ (flame on), Rush, Alice Cooper, the list goes on.

So they might not be selling like they once did, but when did that ever mean that a record wasn't good?

Golden AWe
01-26-2012, 02:35 PM
In the 2000's it has been even worse. The only decent records made have been those made by bands who were around way before 2000. Steel Panther was mentioned. What does that tell you? A parody band is better than any real band on the charts?? Some people liked The Darkness. I wasn't one of them, but then they were pretty much a parody band too.

How many 2000's albums from new bands have you actually bought? I think you haven't gone to too many new band gigs or festivals...if your impression of the 2000's is based on what sucky playlist "rock" radios play, and I think (just think, I don't know for sure) you're one of those guys who wants to lean on your old albums and albums from other old artists (nothing wrong with that, but sure your impression on 2000's music sure is worse in that case...)

I haven't enjoyed Lamb of God or Slipknot either. But even they have good live shows...and the better, on the festivals they may headline, there are smaller great bands to enjoy and get to know. Cheers!

Dave's Bitch
01-26-2012, 02:40 PM
I saw Lamb of God a few years back.They were actually pretty good live

Zing!
01-26-2012, 03:22 PM
Surprised no one has mentioned Rob Zombie. He had three albums in the 2000's that were all pretty good: The Sinister Urge, Educated Horses, and Hellbilly Deluxe 2. He may record commercial metal, but anyone that tours with Alice Cooper is okay in my book.

rockhead
01-27-2012, 01:08 AM
All i can say is thanks christ steve harris asked Bruce to come back.

binnie
01-27-2012, 04:37 AM
I saw Lamb of God a few years back.They were actually pretty good live

'Sacrament' and 'Wrath' are bloody good albums, too.

Dave's Bitch
01-27-2012, 05:14 AM
'Sacrament' and 'Wrath' are bloody good albums, too.

Sacrament was good.Never actually heard Wrath.A few other albums I liked

Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge
Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper
Blind Guardian - A Twist In The Myth
Anthrax - We've Come for You All
W.A.S.P. - Babylon

Momshell
01-27-2012, 05:18 AM
Just saw Lamb Of God couple of days ago in NYC - they were amazing! First time I ever saw them - crazy show!

Momshell
01-27-2012, 05:27 AM
It's obviously not even comparable to vh, but I do love bands like slipknot, lamb of god, godsmack, disturbed.

Dave's Bitch
01-27-2012, 05:33 AM
you should check out Alestorm.Great band.Best line in a song ever :)

You put your faith in Odin and Thor
We put ours in cannons and whores
Your viking gods won't save you now
When pirates strike from the starboard bow

ashstralia
01-27-2012, 05:35 AM
Just saw Lamb Of God couple of days ago in NYC - they were amazing! First time I ever saw them - crazy show!

they CAN play, can't they? trivium have made some cool music too. and killswitch.

if you're into the shouty, there's an aussie band 'parkway drive'. check 'em out; they have riff. :)

binnie
01-27-2012, 06:07 AM
Parkway Drive are an EXCELLENT metalcore band.

ashstralia
01-27-2012, 06:14 AM
knew ya loved it, bin!

idols and anchors at 1.08>...

Mr. Vengeance
01-27-2012, 06:31 PM
I stopped looking for new bands many years ago. I wait for the ones I like to put out something new, but that's about it. I just don't have the time anymore to dedicate to trying to find new stuff. When I was young the new metal/hard rock was still getting some airplay. If it didn't you could go to a record store and find new stuff. Now? Try and find a record store.

Sad state of affairs. I know there are places to find it, I just don't care enough anymore. I'm happy with the 2000+ albums I own already.

binnie
01-27-2012, 07:09 PM
OK. Bands/albums from the 2000s that RAWK!!!!!!

The Answer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL3gIO624X8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEHqrz4Wf8k&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYHbGEZjBk8

Orange Goblin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNOYy4gzzag

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C2hgivqwJ8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlGW6SPKDVo

Hermano

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF4ERMQspRM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jOwIq3q2T8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzOZ15cQlYI

binnie
01-27-2012, 07:16 PM
Firebird

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZFFsZ8MuCU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJTRqcJKuzU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru_h_G8hHKY&feature=related

Jim Jones Revue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k_cd44iBuU&feature=fvst

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVClmEKbm0I&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6ZlcLXFKTI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX5O1aLO87k&feature=related

Hardcore Superstar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3VyfIRyQys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woxYmS5RvFw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAp-MmGsF3c&feature=related

Crystal Pistol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdR8HlNnwCY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jrxUs1XqMo&feature=related

binnie
01-27-2012, 07:18 PM
I should also mention that Alter Bridge are well worth your time - check out 'III'. That's how you write songs.

The first 'Blackstone Cherry' record is also very, very good.

ODShowtime
01-27-2012, 08:42 PM
The 2000s were so bad that going and buying a CD I wanted from the music store was like a big event. I looked forward to going in and finding that thing I was waiting for, which was usually a reissue or archival release. I would go sometimes and look and look, wanting to buy something, and finding nothing remotely appealing. Of course the dwindling inventory of retail CDs makes the event rarer every day.

ODShowtime
01-27-2012, 08:45 PM
I will say that bands like Mastodon and um, ah, Rafael Saddiq I guess... hmm QOTSA was the 90s... Gnarls barkley, oh yeah Them Crooked Vultures... Maybe White Stripes?

It took me 10 minutes just now to crank out 5 bands from the 2000s that were awesome. That's pathetic.

Terry
01-27-2012, 09:52 PM
Difficult to say.

In terms of new bands, or bands who released their first records in the year 2000 or after, I can't say as I've really been listening too closely...what I do hear (and it might be fair to note that this is only stuff I hear on the radio, so it's mainstream corporate to be sure) just sounds very overproduced, overcalculated and posed. I'm not hearing much with regard to authenticity. In particular, the various vocalists in these newer bands aren't good singers. A lot of whining going on, both vocally and lyrically.

The 1990s just saw so many established hard rock acts sort of take a powder and vanish. At least with the passing of that decade, some of the more recognizable name acts from the 1970s and 1980s began to at least tour again once the new millenium got underway. About the only (fairly) new band that really broke out in the 1990s and flew the hard rock flag with a degree of talent and passion was Pantera. Then again, some would say Pantera were more metal than hard rock, and others might say AIC, Soundgarden and STP were hard rock at times.

I dunno if it's just hitting my 40s or what, but in the last several years I've pretty much stopped keeping my ears to the ground far as the contemporary music scene goes...and I really don't give a shit anymore. Based on what I'm hearing across a broad range of musical styles these days re: new releases, I'm more inclined to look backward for releases I missed the first time around years ago than bother picking up anything new.

Jesus Christ
01-27-2012, 09:57 PM
All i can say is thanks christ steve harris asked Bruce to come back.

Thou art welcome. I couldn't stand Blaze Bailey either. :jesuslol:

Atomic_Rob
01-29-2012, 12:28 AM
Tokyo Dragons:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVDTC31Mlyc

The Casanovas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9ePr7IvSrs

Airbourne:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku2YavtBEww

Ok 2 of the 3 sound like AC/DC tribute bands, but thats never a bad thing.

Dave's Bitch
01-29-2012, 03:41 AM
I like Airbourne

binnie
01-29-2012, 12:22 PM
Their debut is definitely the stronger of their 2 records....

Unchainme
02-02-2012, 05:22 PM
I just keep thinking that..in regards to the mainstream music, is that..there really wasn't a unique attitude for any of them.

do you think disturbed would be messing around like the guys like the way the dudes from Alice in Chains were?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYrDcjgZzSw

Nope. They've got to constantly portray some stupid fucking fake "Tough guy" image, set by some idiot in suits.

Floridaman1985
02-04-2012, 06:29 AM
For the most part, the mainstream hard rock stuff sure sucked. There were a few good songs here and there by Q.O.T.S.A. and Audioslave, but not enough to make me a fan of those bands. After looking through my itunes, the only 2000's era hard rock band that I've become an actual fan of is CKY. Their last album, Carver City, kicks ass. So does their second album, Infiltrate. Destroy. Rebuild.