A Challenge for 21 Century Rockers!

[Nololob]

Uriah Heep - Wake The Sleeper
AC/DC - Black Ice
Airbourne - Runnin' Wild
Nazareth - The Newz
The Sword - Gods Of The Earth
Whitesnake - Good To Be Bad
Judas Priest - Nostradamus
Jade Warrior - NOW
Motorhead - Motörizer
David Gilmour - Live in Gdańsk
Darkthrone - Dark Thrones and Black Flags
Exciter - Thrash Speed Burn
Lonely Kamel - Lonely Kamel
Def Leppard - Songs from the Sparkle Lounge
Testament - The Formation of Damnation
Venom - Hell
Exodus - Let There Be Blood
Hellhammer - Demon Entrails
Siena Root - Far From the Sun
Falcon - Die Wontcha
Beardfish - Sleeping in Traffic: Part Two
Steel Mammoth - The Kingdom of the Golden Hammer
Blood Of The Sun - Death Ride
Blood Ceremony - Blood Ceremony
Freedom Hawk - Sunlight
Dead Meadow - Old Growth
Farflung - A Wound In Eternity
Diagonal - Diagonal
Black Mountain - Into The Future
Ayreon - 01011001
Heavy Hands - Smoke Signals
The Black Keys - Attack & Release
Grave - Dominion VIII
Dokken - Lightning Strikes Again
Motley Crue - Saints of Los Angeles
Alice Cooper - Along Came a Spider
Black Stone Cherry - Folklore and Superstition
B.B. King - One Kind Favor
Sammy Hagar - Cosmic Universal Fashion
Hate - Morphosis
Dismember - Dismember
Acid Drinkers - Verses of Steel
Yngwie Malmsteen - Perpetual Flame
Buckcherry - Black Butterfly
Jex Thoth - Jex Thoth
Valkyrie - Man of Two Visions
Lord Vicar - Fear No Pain
Apostle of Solitude - Sincerest Misery
Sahg - Sahg II
Nomad Son - First Light

 

[Prime]

Actually, i'll put a hold on my list, unless another thread is created for a different criteria. There are far more albums I can think of that were released in 2005, 2006, 2007, and so on. With all those years combined however, my list would be endless.

Plus, any list that I make, or any list anybody makes is pretty much subjective.

 

[Mr. T]

Re: A Challange for 21 Century Rockers!

Same philosophy here Tunez! I'm a huge Anberlin fan though. That particular album isn't my favorite but it seems to be the one that pulled part of the audience in due to it being a major label release and getting promoted more. If you haven't heard the rest of their catalog I have a pretty epic thread for them around here!

I have Cities also and like that one better but that was 2007 so couldn't list that. I'll check out your thread.

 

[AboutAGirl]

It's 2008 because his list is all from '68 and he wants to make a direct year to year comparison.... For me neither '68 or '08 would rank among the best of their respective decades but it's subjective obviously.

If I were to rank my top 2 albums from every year and pit them against each other to find my top 10 favorite records of all-time you'd probably have a pretty even mix between 70s, 90s, and 00s, with a lesser but still strong showing from the 60s and 80s.

 

[Groovy Man]

^ A lot of Nolob's albums are metal....not that they're anything wrong with that...I'm talking just good old rock and roll....


to me there's a big difference between rock and roll and metal.

The fact that me and you don't like modern rock doesn't mean that rock is dead,

I agree, but it's not making a big impact, like the British Invasion, the Woodstock era of music of the late 60's and the hard rock era of the late 60's/really to mid 70's and the arena rock of the mid-late 70's into the 80's did. No way.

I'll bet the mortgage that you haven't even heard OF half of them, much less listened to them so don't come back at me saying they all suck or that rock is dead.

I'll say ''rock is dead'', anytime, because it's my opinion...

and I believe is true and a fact.

No, I haven't heard everyone of those bands, but no offence, I know it's a lot of it's over polished pop melodic clone rock, almost hair glam metal with no edge....that basically sounds all the same. (not all of them, like AC/DC and Uriah Heep, etc)

And I think European Rock is rehashed music, in my opinion. Checked some of it out. It does nothing for me.

The music you listed, has left no mark on the modern music world what so ever....so, that tells me, it isn't that good, because the cream always rises to the top.

You gotta know, I've been hanging around rock forums, sampling music online for 11 years now and have experienced a lot of different types of bands you like. So, please don't tell me I don't know music. And I don't hate everything that isn't from the ''classic rock'' era. Truth be told, I'm dying to hear an excellent new rock band.

I guess it comes down a matter of taste. You can dislike my taste in classic rock, or think I live in the past it don't bother me.

Now, you claim, you heard all my albums, but if you honestly believe your 2008 list is better than my 1968 list, more power to ya, but you couldn't be too much of a classic rock fan, in my book . But that doesn't make you a bad person. It's only music.

Anyway, I'd like to put your list against mine in a poll....

And see which one wins - just out of curiosity.

Around this forum, it will probably close - I wouldn't be surprised at all.

 

[AboutAGirl]

The cream always rises to the top? O.O Dude dislike modern rock all you want. I agree with you there. But if the cream always rises to the top then half the albums on your list are crap. TYA, QMS, Electric Flag.... freakin' incredible acts, some of my fave bands of the 60s. But to surmise that one out of a million people gives a single crap about them would be generous. They're not exactly the cream of the crop in the eyes of the general culture.

Besides some of those albums have been affecting modern music. How do you think these genres are proliferated over time? If nobody was affecting anyone in the modern music scene then every single rock album would be 100% different from each other. I respect your opinion dude and I don't even dig on modern rock. But to call out a 54 year old on a classic rock forum and say they aren't a classic rock fan because they don't like H.P. Lovecraft more than Black Stone Cherry? That's just plain silly. And if I was him I'd be very insulted. :/

 

[Groovy Man]

But to call out a 54 year old on a classic rock forum and say they aren't a classic rock fan because they don't like H.P. Lovecraft more than Black Stone Cherry? That's just plain silly. And if I was him I'd be very insulted. :/

I just said if...if... him or anyone else didn't like my list, couldn't be much of a classic rock fan....since my list was all classic rock...he never said he didn't like my list.

but nice try, in trying to start shit...I'll just ignore you...

I had run's in with you on the other forum...so, bye bye.

 

[AboutAGirl]

I just said if...if... him (or anyone else didn't like my list), couldn't be much of a classic rock fan....since my list was all classic rock fan...

but nice try, in trying to start shit...I'll just ignore you...

I had run in with you on the other forum...so, bye bye.

I'm not trying to start shit man. I've been trying to side with you through the whole thread dude. But you said he wasn't much of a classic rock fan. You said it twice now. But why? Because he doesn't happen to like your _personal_ favorite albums from one random year in the 60s more than every album made in 2008?

Heck most of these albums on your list are ones I don't like that much. Ladyland... not my thing, gimme AYE, Axis, or Band of Gypsies. Beggar's Banquet.... decent but I'll take Exile or Sticky Fingers. Undead... love Woodchopper's Ball but I'll take Stonedhenge, or the more recently released Live at the Fillmore for a better live set, or even Recorded Live. The point is that how much somebody happens to like a single set of a mere 50 albums out of the vast classic rock collection has absolutely no baring on how much of a classic rock fan they are.

 

[Nololob]

^ A lot of Nolob's albums are metal....not that they're anything wrong with that...I'm talking just good old rock and roll....


to me there's a big difference between rock and roll and metal.

There are some albums that are metal. But some of them are keeping the vein of 70s old rock. I am the same old school guy, who loves 1969 - 1975 and listens to some proper good old metal, but I will never agree that the sound of old rock is dead. Gah - in fact recently lots of bands are playing retro prog/psych. All you have to do is have a go and try to find those bands, they might be waiting for you to be discovered.

I watched two documentaries: Heavy Metal Britannia and Prog Britannia. Both were focused on late 60s/early 70s. Both of them justified, that Prog and Hard Rock were overblown. There was nothing else, that's how punk was born and so other genres after punk. Since late 70s music became wider and wider. Saying "rock is lame" is wrong. There are hundreds of different music genres people can chose, rock has a massive competition, but still alive and in fact doing well. The only problem is that no one wants to talk about it.

It's not nice to claim the opinion over the others. Like no one should say "I know best and if you disagree you know nothing". That leads to nowhere especially when it comes to music. Please, do not take my post as an attack against you, I do respect your list and opinion. But would be lovely, if you do respect my few cents I just had to add and hopefully at some point it does make any sense.

 

[Soot and Stars]

Groovy, you are right! 2008 was a sucky year.....in my life BUT **** if I didn't find a lot of great music that year! Thanks for reminding me! Now, all 60+ of these releases are just ones I own and can give an honest opinion and for me I'll hold the acts on the same pedestal you have your albums on. I listen to music in my own little vacuum so legacy or the voice of a generation doesn't mean jack shit to me! As my signature says "Generation Undefined and Proud Of it". In ten years you won't find me going on comparing the rock of the day to the artist on this list. What rock IS will change. As you can see by the categories rock is so infused and scattered that maybe your purist idea of rock isn't represented but it's expanded on and almost everything including modern Hip/Hop uses it. I prefer it that way. Music including rock to me is as unpredictable and exciting as ever in the 21st century. If I wanted to buffer the list with more rock albums I'm familiar with (AC/DC-Black Ice, Nickelback-Dark Horse, etc.) I could but I don't need to. I proudly wear the badge for all genres I listen to and get to choose from in recent years!


Rock/Hard Rock/Pop Rock/Alternative Rock/Indie Rock:

Counting Crows-Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
Anberlin-New Surrender
Ours-Mercy....
Avantasia-Lost In Space [Chapter 1 & 2]
Guns N' Roses-Chinese Democracy
In This Moment-The Dream
Jack's Mannequin-The Glass Passenger
Seven Mary Three-Day & Nightdriving
Nine Inch Nails-The Slip
Shiny Toy Guns-Seasons of Poison
Snow Patrol-A Hundred Million Suns
Kerli-Love Is Dead
Shinedown-The Sounds of Madness
Sigur Ros-Meo Suo I Eyrum
The Mars Volta-The Bedlam In Goliath
Forgive Durden-Razia's Shadow
The Spill Canvas-Honestly I'm Doing O.K. EP
The Airbourne Toxic Event-S/T
Secondhand Serenade-A Twist In My Story
10 Years-Division
Thriving Ivory-S/T
Tokio Hotel-Scream
Theory of a Deadman-Scars and Souvenirs
Safetysuit-Life Left To Go
Straylight Run-Un Mas Dos
Kings Of Leon-Only By The Night
Course Of Nature-Damaged
The All-American Rejects-When The World Comes Down
PlayRadioPlay!-Texas
Panic! At The Disco-Pretty. Odd.
Relient K-The Bird and the Bee Sides
Saving Abel-Saving Abel
Sister Hazel-Before The Amplifiers: Live Acoustic
Every Avenue-Shh, Just Go With It

Folk Rock:
City and Colour-Bring Me Your Love
Frank Turner-Love, Ire & Song
Ryan Adams-Cardinology
David Ford-Pages Torn From The Electrical Sketchbook Vol. 1,2, and 3

Electronica/Dance Rock:
M83-Saturdays=Youth
Moby-Last Night
Mindless Self Indulgence-If
3OH3!-Want
White Tie Affair-Walk This Way

Male/Female Singer/Songwriters:
Ben Folds-Way To Normal
Jason Mraz-We Dance, We Sing, We Steal Things
Jem-Down To Earth
Sarah McLachlan-Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff:Vol 2
Ken Block-Drift
Jon McLaughlin-OK Now
Rachael Yamagata-Elephants...Teeth Sinking....
Gavin Rossdale-Wanderlust
Jewel-Perfectly Clear
Lisa Hannigan-Sea Sew

Rap/Hip-Hop:
Kanye West-808's & Heartbreak
Gnarls Barkley-The Odd Couple
Kevin Rudolf-In The City
Gym Class Heroes-The Quilt
Shwayze-S/T

Pop:
Natasha Bedingfield-Pocketful of Sunshine
Charlotte Sometimes-Waves & The Both Of Us
Meiko-Meiko
Marie Digby-Unfold
Dido-Safe Trip Home
Lenka-S/T

Just the fact that all of us have almost completely different list is pretty impressive in itself!