Do you think, with time, 80s and 90s bands will be labeled "Classic Rock"?

topherphillips

Junior Member
Joined
May 25, 2012
Posts
3
Reaction score
1
Location
Ontario
The term "Classic Rock" is way too broad of a term for it not to include '80s and '90s music eventually.
 
Joined
Jun 5, 2012
Posts
8
Reaction score
0
Location
Lexington, KY
Classic Rock is what is considered "Classic" during that time period, so yes, I do think that eventually, the 90s bands will be considered Classic Rock.

There's many examples of this, such as in the 70s, the 50s and 60s had classics, then so on and so forth.
 

the_spore

God Emperor
Joined
Oct 30, 2010
Posts
676
Reaction score
0
I thought that 80s and 90s bands were already considered "Classic Rock"

Most of the radio stations and stuff I know that "exclusively" plays Classic Rock tend to play 80s bands like Motley Crue, Poison, etc. and 90s bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden, etc
 

Lavender10

Cult of Personality
Joined
Apr 10, 2012
Posts
448
Reaction score
4
Location
Florida
I thought that 80s and 90s bands were already considered "Classic Rock"

Most of the radio stations and stuff I know that "exclusively" plays Classic Rock tend to play 80s bands like Motley Crue, Poison, etc. and 90s bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden, etc
Thats odd. Ive lived in 7 different states, 9 different cities and I have yet to hear a classic rock station play 90s for more than a single hit song from the era to keep its small 90s fan base active. I think some bands of the 80s deserve to be called classic, like Journey and Motley Crue and Iron Maiden as someone said... But not metallica and green river Pixies and the misfits and the melvins. Maybe thats just me, but I lump mid-late 80s rock with the grunge scene and riot girl movement, defined by the 90s. And seeing as how I was born in the 90s, I guess I just dont want to be called classic, it sounds lie obsolete or inferior and that music makes me feel nihilistic and apathetic but not in a hipstery egotistical I-know-everything kinda way. Just my thoughts :D
 

LG

Fade To Black
Joined
Apr 20, 2009
Posts
36,862
Reaction score
71
Eventually I think the entire 21st Century will be referred to as "Classic Rock" in another 50 years or so.
 

Magic

Woman of the World
Staff member
Administrator
Joined
Apr 20, 2009
Posts
24,793
Reaction score
4,533
Location
Ohio, USA
I like how some people these days have also coined "classic rock" as Retro Rock.



in 50 years, the 50's-70's will be "ancient rock" :heheh:
 

LG

Fade To Black
Joined
Apr 20, 2009
Posts
36,862
Reaction score
71
Ancient Rock works for me...and the 70's will remain the best decade for the foreseeable future as far as this Old Beast is concerned.:gg:
 

Magic

Woman of the World
Staff member
Administrator
Joined
Apr 20, 2009
Posts
24,793
Reaction score
4,533
Location
Ohio, USA
I agree, LG. Nothing beats the 70's.


But youngen's these days are into alternatives........always something different. Right now there are more music styles out there than ever before in music history.....hard to nail down anything that is classic sounding, unless they go retro ;)


I have to admit, though, I do like some of the mash-ups I have been hearing, or maybe I should call them fusions.....
 

LG

Fade To Black
Joined
Apr 20, 2009
Posts
36,862
Reaction score
71
Over genrefication is out of control...and I have no interest in a lot of the new "crap" that's out there.

I would bet your mansion that the old great artists from the 60's-70's will outlast pretty much everyone who is popular now.

I offer as evidence the number of young people who join music forums because they feel the same way as we do, that a lot of new genres lack "soul" for lack of a better term. They stumble across old bands and are Shocked and Awed at the difference.

That is something I've seen in every music forum I've belonged to. Not saying there aren't talented new artists out there but the mystical qualities of the golden age remained unmatched in rock music.
 

Riff Raff

Super Moderator
Staff member
Super Moderator
Joined
Dec 8, 2010
Posts
20,731
Reaction score
10,401
Location
No
Plenty of bands could qualify from the 90s eventually.
 

Find member

Forum statistics

Threads
30,658
Posts
1,064,913
Members
6,353
Latest member
edmerka

Members online

Top