Revolutionary Bands

[noumenon]

I got the idea for this thread from the thread discussing which era of music was the greatest. It got me to thinking again on something my friends and I discuss quite often.
Every decade has had a revolutionary band, someone that as soon as they broke onto the scene everyone could tell they were going to be something special and really withstand the test of time. Someone that everyone could tell years down the road people would be trying so hard to duplicate their sound.
60's had the Beatles
70's had Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Sabbath
80's had Metallica, Megadeth and other thrash greats
90's had Pantera, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Nirvana
2000's had.................????

I know we are still in this decade but there is only a year left. Some debate that Coldplay could be the big one. Doesn't seem so to me. What do you guys think. Have we seen any bands in this decade that truly did something special and will revolutionize or at least leave their mark on music?

 

[straight_edge76]

The only band that can be classified in any way as "Revolutionary" is Coldplay. There have been bands that emerge or reemerge but they dont bring anything new to the table, which isn't necessarily bad (Three Days Grace, Papa Roach etc.)

 

[MikeRaw]

It depends.. To be revolutionary, doesn't mean it has to be good, or even that we on iwf liked it. It can be something that influenced others, and became the big thing in "pop culture" that influenced the decade.

For example: The 60's most popular genre, and the genre it is remembered for, would be brit-pop. That was revolutionized by the Beatles and others from there, and that's why they fit that caegory.

Now, if you think of what music the 2000's will be remembered for, what do you think? I know what I think. I think of these "emo" scene bands, such as My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, and shit like that. I don't listen to that music, it sucks, so if anyone can think of other bands in that category, feel free to add, but even though I hate that "emo" genre (I prefer punk or real rock), you can't argue that it defined this decade.
So that's my take on it. It sucks, btu unfortunately, that's what the 2000's will be remembered for.

 

[straight_edge76]

good point. The scene type of music really has became popular in the last few years. I wouldn't consider MCR and Fallout Boy emo but thats just me. Hawthorne Heights, The Used, and Aiden are a few emo bands that I can think of. It didn't define the decade imo but it was a major part of this decades culture, teh decade of teenagers wanting people to feel sorry for them. lol I am actually a fan of some Emo/scene music though. I dont normally classify music to critically, if I like it i do, if not whatever.

 

[noumenon]

Of course it has defined this decade so far. I just really can't picture bands 15-20 years from now citing My Chemical Romance and Taking Back Sunday as influences. I have a feeling in 2022 we'll still hear "We were inspired by Metallica, Iron Maiden, Sabbath..ect."

 

[MikeRaw]

^Trust me dude, I hate those bands too. Probably more than you do, but like I said, that doesn't matter.
They may not even be remembered in 20 years, but that's not the point.
They're still classified as "revolutionary bands", at least for this decade, because they played the music that ended up becoming the most popular in this decade, and the most main stream (emo, scene, etc).

There aren't really any influential bands in this decade the same as there were in the 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's, but sadly, those bands would count as "revolutionary bands of the 2000's", because like I said, they brought the type of music that sdefines the 2000's to fame.

 

[Hometown Kid]

How can any band be revolutionary if they were inspired by something else? I mean I wasn't around in the 70's or 80's and there probably wasn't many interviews of them anyway but did like The Doors or Metallica (2 different styles of band I know) say they were influenced by Elvis or something?

Plus in 20 years there's gonna be a bunch of 35-40 year olds that talk about how great these decades bands were and how they were "real" rock. And there will be a fair share of 15-16 year old posers who say the same stuff to think they're better than the 2030 decade teenagers. It'll just go in a cycle like it does now, that's all.

Were people in the 60's through 80's thinking all of the bands you listed as "revolutionary"? I don't know...

 

[PeepShow]

Just a few that popped into my head are:

Jimmy Eat World
The Offspring
Saliva
Slipknot
System Of A Down
3 Doors Down

Not everyone is going to agree with those more than likely but all of them have done a great deal for the music industry and made quite a few top singles and albums over the past 10 years.

 

[noumenon]

It's so different though.
Sure, MIKERAW is right... sadly these bands have defined this decades teenagers and have dominated the scene. However, they really did nothing for the face of music. They're all cookie cutter replicas of each other. Bands like Maiden, Sabbath, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Zeppelin all made such a huge impact on music because they all did something that no one had done before. They invented their own style of playing which crossed genres, and withstood the test of time.
Till this day if you pop in Dark Side of The Moon, Number of the Beast, Master of Puppets....they're still AMAZING albums that you can say yeah....these were fucking special albums. Everything in the music industry these days has become more of a fashion statement...what band is hot right now...who's their lead singer fucking. It's fashionable and trendy to write lyrics with no substance, no meaning behind them.

I suppose I'm just a bitter metalhead and appreciator of amazing rock (or any) music. It really baffles me how kids buy this crap and feed into it. Every time I see my cousin...(he's 16...I'm 23, so not too much of an age gap here) he's dressed differently, talks different, into different music.
Sure as I grew up my musical taste broadened and evolved but I never fed into whatever garbage was fed to me.
Today the main stream rules, simple as that... and sadly there isn't much music and creativity coming out of the underground these days.
It's a sad time for music

 

[Hometown Kid]

^ Like I said, 20 years from now people will be saying the same things about this decades bands compared to the popular bands then. They'll be wondering "Why the fuck would you like this new crap when we had "real" rock back in my time."

Just a few that popped into my head are:

Jimmy Eat World
The Offspring
Saliva
Slipknot
System Of A Down
3 Doors Down

Not everyone is going to agree with those more than likely but all of them have done a great deal for the music industry and made quite a few top singles and albums over the past 10 years.

What do you mean by top singles? I mean I love love, LOVE JEW but I can't recall any top singles or albums besides "The Middle" maybe. 3 Doors Down are pretty underrated as well. Saliva have done some cool things for radio music as well. But I wouldn't call any of them influential on enough people.

 

[PeepShow]

What do you mean by top singles? I mean I love love, LOVE JEW but I can't recall any top singles or albums besides "The Middle" maybe. 3 Doors Down are pretty underrated as well. Saliva have done some cool things for radio music as well. But I wouldn't call any of them influential on enough people.

Top songs on the charts.

They also had "Sweetness" from the same album and "Pain" from a following one. Pretty much all of their stuff has been great anyways.

Like I said, I'm not saying these are REVOLUTIONARY bands by any means, just some of the best in the past decade that might have made some of the biggest influences.

 

[Hometown Kid]

Top songs on the charts.

They also had "Sweetness" from the same album and "Pain" from a following one. Pretty much all of their stuff has been great anyways.

Like I said, I'm not saying these are REVOLUTIONARY bands by any means, just some of the best in the past decade that might have made some of the biggest influences.

Oh yes they're one of my favorite bands and they also had "Big Casino" from Chase This Light which placed but "The Middle" was the only one that was hugely popular I would say. Although all of their stuff was pretty awesome.

And yeah I would agree with what you're saying then, I just needed some clarity on it if you were passing them off as revolutionary but all of them has done good things as a whole.

 

[noumenon]

I'm actually going to have to agree on Slipknot. They've done a lot for live music in the past 10 years they've been around. Sure, they're not necessarily known for the technicality of their music but they sure as hell gave the world something they haven't seen before. I really believe if they keep going strong they'll be a lot similar to Kiss 20 years down the road. (I shouldn't have to explain that last sentence...I'm sure you get what I mean.)

 

[Enigma22]

obviously metallica and nirvana and black sabbath are the most revolutionary bands in recent years. i think blink 182 is revolutionary in a lot of ways too. in the 2000s there arent really any yet. its too soon to tell. i dont listen to any bands from the 2000s anyways because most of the music is pretty bad. three days grace is decent and so is system of a down but they both started in the early to mid nineties. there just arent any really influential bands yet because it takes most bands years to become popular so we wont know for a while what bands are revolutionary.

 

[noumenon]

ehhhh. I'm pretty sure when Master of Puppets, Vulgar Display of Power, Dirt, Appetite for Destruction and all those albums came out it was a pretty instant recognition that there was something pretty fuckin special there.