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Originally Posted by Walrus
All music is recyled to some degree. Even those artists back in the 50s like Chuck Berry and Little Richard were influenced by the old blues players. And then the 60s artists were influenced by the 50s rockers and the blues players and whomever. And on and on it goes...
For me personally, I think the best band for this era is The White Stripes. They really took a unique approach to their music. I don't think a band has ever blended punk and blues together so well. Meg White rocks the drums, while Jack White plays a mean blues guitar. It's simplistic in its form, but also very effective music.
A few of their songs:
Hand Springs , We're Going To Be Friends, Seven Nation Army
There are other bands I like from this decade too... like Coldplay, Gorillaz, Audioslave, etc. But none quite like The White Stripes. Although, I would say that Green Day had the single best rock album this decade has seen. I would say that 2004's 'American Idiot' was a perfect album. I think it's one of the great all time rock albums. So rock is not dead.. yet. |
Well there's a difference between being influenced by blues creating rock n roll and to continue playing something you play for 20 years already with a different name.
It almost seems those artists (who made their name before say 96) are the only cases that get a shot today yet (and they're already being moved outside prime time and heading towards the "classic" channel), well they already have their audience, no one needs to propagate them that hectically, it's more like maintaining.
I couldn't tell a best rock album of this decade, very hard, the only one that comes to my mind immediately out of the blue is "Avenue B" from Iggy Pop, well that was a very interesting thing, when I saw him last year with Stooges they kicked serious ass too.
Might mention also Alice Cooper "Dragontown" - hardly "the best" but pretty solid. Alice Cooper delivers stellar records after 1994. after his big hair comeback faded away.
But something a little bit comparable to generation records such say "British Steel" from 1980 or Apetite for Destruction in 1987?
Haven't noticed.
Even the most hairy hair metal from the 80's sounds these days like something almost inventional and with real balls.