03-25-2022, 02:18 PM
(03-25-2022, 01:57 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: BS. Classic rock was before I was born and is still my favorite. Born in '82 but the best music was in the 70's.
LZ, Pink Floyd, CCR, Seger, Billy Joel, ELO, Beatles, Kinks, BTO, Grand Funk Railroad, Crosby Still and Nash, Eagles etc.
Could go on and on probably left out about 50 more great bands.
There might be 10 great bands in the last 20 years and most of them are not popular...
IMO.
I hate to break this to you, but being born in 1982 makes you the target audience for dad rock. That's exactly the age range of the typical Guns N' Roses listener. Reach back one more decade as you have done and you're nearing Grandad Rock.
If you like those things, that's fine. But when people say anything in the vicinity of "old music good, new music bad", they might as well be dragging themselves to the graveyard. My first favorite bands were Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd when I was a teenager (born 1987) and had no consistent exposure to the breadth of the music world beyond what, you guessed it, my dad played in the car. While I still respect the influence bands like those had, I would be more than happy to live my entire life from this point forward without ever hearing the same tired classic rock radio shit that has been played on loops for 30-50 years. "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Hotel California" make me want to break the nearest speaker.
I think The National, a very popular modern rock band, blows either LZ or PF out of the water. Not everyone will agree with that specific assertion, and that's okay. But good god people, the world still turns post-grunge.
