Best Rockband Since 1981?

[11B4V]

Who or what is Shinedown?

They and 3DG suck.

[viper37]

The eternal category debate...

Metal is a state within the state of rock

and then we get into neo experimental norwegian black metal of type III of which there are approximately 50 fans worldwide

Yeah, I know.   But if we count metal as a subgenre of rock, than rock is a subgenre of rock'n'roll which is a subgenre of blues.

I prefer to see metal as an evolution of the style leading to a different type of music alltogether.

[Caliga]

Who would you say is the best Rock Band to put out a new album since 1981?

If metal counts, then Iron Maiden.

If not, then AC/DC.

[jimmy olsen]

Who would you say is the best Rock Band to put out a new album since 1981?

If metal counts, then Iron Maiden.

If not, then AC/DC.

Metal is a kind of rock, so it counts

[PDH]

Bad Brains

[The Brain]

[Threviel]

Obviously Metallica. If metals doesn't count then Nirvana.

[Malthus]

Best middle of the road rock band?

Clearly, the correct answer is the Butthole Surfers. 

[The Brain]

Shitgoat.

[Barrister]

Obviously Metallica. If metals doesn't count then Nirvana.

About Nirvana though... they released 3 studio albums.  The first didn't sell all that much, the second was huge, and by the third sold well, but not nearly as much as Nevermind.  They were hugely influential, but "best band"?

[crazy canuck]

Obviously Metallica. If metals doesn't count then Nirvana.

About Nirvana though... they released 3 studio albums.  The first didn't sell all that much, the second was huge, and by the third sold well, but not nearly as much as Nevermind.  They were hugely influential, but "best band"?

I think probably best band if tragedy had not struck.

[The Brain]

Obviously Metallica. If metals doesn't count then Nirvana.

About Nirvana though... they released 3 studio albums.  The first didn't sell all that much, the second was huge, and by the third sold well, but not nearly as much as Nevermind.  They were hugely influential, but "best band"?

I think probably best band if tragedy had not struck.

She has a name you know.

[Barrister]

Obviously Metallica. If metals doesn't count then Nirvana.

About Nirvana though... they released 3 studio albums.  The first didn't sell all that much, the second was huge, and by the third sold well, but not nearly as much as Nevermind.  They were hugely influential, but "best band"?

I think probably best band if tragedy had not struck.

I dunno.  In Utero sounded an awful lot like Nevermind: they had probably gotten about as much as they could have out of their loud-soft-loud sound.  I think their fame actually grew because of Cobaine's suicide, much as it had for Jim Morrison or Jimi Hendrix.

The counterpoint to this of course is Foo Fighters.  But would an ongoing Nirvana have turned into something like Foo Fighters, which is a more traditional rock n roll band?

[crazy canuck]

Obviously Metallica. If metals doesn't count then Nirvana.

About Nirvana though... they released 3 studio albums.  The first didn't sell all that much, the second was huge, and by the third sold well, but not nearly as much as Nevermind.  They were hugely influential, but "best band"?

I think probably best band if tragedy had not struck.

She has a name you know.

Exactly what I was thinking. 

[saskganesh]

Discharge was hugely influential, changing punk and metal, but few have heard about them.

Operation Ivy was a revelation, but they only had one indy album. But again, extremely influential.

Nirvana was influential AND successful. If Nirvana sounds today like nothing special, that's because ten thousand bands over the past three decades decided to sound like them.

I haven't kept up with modern music seriously since about 1997-2000, so you may disqualify me. Rock and Roll is no longer the killer app: it's just another genre in a very crowded cultural field. # Shakes fists at clouds.

I'll plug Black Mountain though. They consciously draw on Zep, Floyd and Hawkwind to make their own transcendent, heavy, psychedelic sound.