Best Band Of The Decade

[polishdog90]

Well ive noticed that the History of Rock forums have been pretty slow so I decided to make a new topic. Before you post make sure you understand that by "best" I mean in your own opinion and if you don't agree with someone dont just say "that band sucks."

Who are the best bands from each Decade? You can interperate the question as when the band was formed or when they got famous. Also, you can choose as many or as few decades as you would like.

For Me:
1940s- B.B. King
1950s- Chuck Berry
1960s- Pink Floyd
1970s- Led Zeppelin
1980s- Metallica
1990s- Nirvana
2000s- Rose Hill Drive

[battle_axe_of_doom]

1940s - miles davis
1950s - MILES DAVIS (any other answer is ludicrious)
1960s - The Beatles (obviously)
1970s - Black Sabbath
1980s - Talking Heads
1990s - Ulver
2000s - Ulver

[tron]

Tool.

end of story

[tombrady]

Tool Is The Best Band Since 19401!111

[gablemancer]

1950s - uhh... there's too many amazing Soul and R&B bands to choose from, and then when you throw jazz in there, i can't choose.
1960s - The Beatles
1970s - Grateful Dead
1980s - The Replacements
1990s - Poi Dog Pondering
2000s - Wilco

[battle_axe_of_doom]

^ just go with miles davis for the 50s

[gablemancer]

I don't know, I'm torn between Miles and Coltrane. Blue Train is one of my favorite albums ever, but with Miles there probably wouldn't be Coltrane as we know him.

Yea I'll go with Miles Davis

[LavatoryLoveMachine]

Thanks for Rose Hill Drive! Didnt know about them and Ive been trying to get into more straight up rock lately.

[xfactorstl]

1940's -Frank "the tank" Sinatra
1950's -Jerry Lee Lewis
1960's -The Beetles/The Rolling Stones
1970's -Led Zeppelin
1980's -Michael Jackson/Rush
1990's -Oasis
2010's - Coheed and Cambria

[BShea]

1950's - Miles Davis
1960's - The Beatles
1970's - Led Zeppelin
1980's - Rush
1990's - Stone Temple Pilots
2000's - tough, I can't say

[polishdog90]

Thanks for Rose Hill Drive! Didnt know about them and Ive been trying to get into more straight up rock lately.

Np. Ive seen them live twice so far and they are just amazing. I don't know how their not extremely famous yet.

[Sabembermoff]

So i'm not gonna go with 'best' in the conventional sense, i'm gonna go with influential.

1940: Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter
1950: Chester Arthur 'Howlin wolf' Burnett ( i put this here, because howlin wolf had influenced many of the bands of the british invasion, rolling stones, cream blah blah blah)
1960: The Beatles. Though not Sgt. peppers like everyone wants to think, i'd say Revolver. A close second would be the beach boys Good Vibration.
1970: The Velvet Underground. They started the punk movement of the late 70's and 80's i dare you to defy me.
1980: Michael Jackson. It kills me to not put a rock and roller in this but Thriller set the bar that would be the business. Besides if it weren't for all of Michaels videos and videos like it we wouldn't have the "alternative" movement
1990: Nirvana. But really there is too many to mention here, after all we are talkign about an entire decade after all, especially after the 70's it becomes harder and harder to say one as the most influential.
2000: System of a Down. I ran out of ideas for this, i dont like a lot of 'recent rock'. I suppose Musically i could say The Mars Volta, but only Deloused in the Comatorium. After that they start to sound too much like pink floyd or Emmerson Lake and Palmer and i Dislike that 'Prog/ art/ classical rock'

[rgaino]

90s : Sure Nirvana was great and important, I love it, but what will live in history is Radiohead and the perfect in every sense OK Computer. At least to me, that was the most important album of the decade. Even today I get goosebumps when I listen to it.

[funINfuneral]

2000s afi ,....

[HPLabonte]

1950's - Bo Diddley
1960's - The Who
1970's - The Who/The Clash
1980's - The Who/The Clash
1990's - Clutch
2000's - The Who

[Rotten Possum]

pre50's - Billy Holliday
50's - Chuck Berry (Noteable mention: Buddy Holly)
60's - The Beatles (Noteable mention: The Rolling Stones)
70's - Marvin ***e (Noteable mention: Elton John
80's - U2 (Noteable mention: Slayer)
90's - Beck (Noteable mention: Fugazi)
00's - Muse (Noteable mention: The Mars Volta)

[osirisbunnyfoofoo]

I'm not going to pretend I know music from before the 60's. I'm not about to give my age, but I'm still in high school.

60's- Rolling Stones
70's- The Clash
80's- Guns N' Roses
90's- Nirvana (This is pretty much the only one that only an idiot would argue against. Even Radiohead was nowhere near as good or influential, even though I do love them.)
2000's- The White Stripes/The Strokes

[ZosoZeppelin]

40's- idk

50's- Elvis and his band ppl

60's- The Beatles/ Rolling Stones

70's- Led Zeppelin/ The Who

80's- idk, pretty much all techno pop, Metallica i suppose

90's- Nirvana

00's- Radiohead/ Kings of Leon

[ZosoZeppelin]

All Around: Bob Dylan

[cuBERT]

Black Sabbath on the 70s and System of a down for the current era and 90s.

Even though they werent famous or popular back in the 90s i think most of thier best stuff was back then.

[lankybassist]

1960's - The Beatles
1970's - Led Zeppelin
1980's - Red Hot Chili Peppers
1990's - Oasis, Third Eye Blind
2000's - Coldplay, Muse, The Strokes (they all three have my votes)

[BobLoblaw]

40s: Leadbelly
50s: Charles Mingus
60s: Bob Dylan
70s: The Stooges/Led Zeppelin (It's impossible for me to choose between them)
80s: Sonic Youth
90s: Nirvana
00s: Animal Collective

[Magnum]

50s: Buddy Holly
60s: Rolling Stones or Deep Purple
70s: Black Sabbath
80s: Metallica
90s: Red Hot Chili Peppers
00s: Avenged Sevenfold

[whaleman]

1950s- Elvis Presley
1960s- The Beatles
1970s- Led Zeppelin
1980s- Queen
1990s- Nirvana
2000s- The Foo Fighters

[JukeBoxHero]

1950-Can't say...
1960-Yes
1970-Rush
1980-Primus
1990-
Can't say...
2000-The Mars Volta

[a terrible drummer]

2010's - Coheed and Cambria

we're not in the 2010s, we're in the 2000s