charbyno: Decade Defining Artists

Havey 06.28.14	deftones
ArsMoriendi 06.28.14	Sadly, it's probably Kanye West or something equally as shitty.
NorthernSkylark 06.28.14	The National, I dunno
Calc 06.28.14	i like how everything is rock music except the 80's lol
MyNameIsPencil 06.28.14	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy or something idk
L4titudes 06.28.14	maybe Radiohead or QOTSA
Trebor. 06.28.14	Nirvana lol
zakalwe 06.28.14	Strokes and the countless shite that spawned from the garage band tag. Everything post 2000 is shite. Ahhhhh it's good to be back :D
Calc 06.28.14	90's should be some hippity hop artist. 2000's should be justin timberlake/ NSync 2010's should be PSY
crutchfieldtongs 06.28.14	Dang,, I wish I was born in the 1600s...........
IronGiant 06.28.14	90s and 70s hahahahahaha
Skull917 06.28.14	You mean the most commercially successful ? for 2000s probably eminem or usher or beyonce or someone like that
OZZGabriel 06.28.14	JOHN ANTHONY MOTHERFUCKING FRUSCIANTE
scorpiusx 06.29.14	Defining vs Best are two different things. For the 2000s you could go with Outkast, Kanye, or The Strokes as the most defining. Outkast and Kanye both showed hip-hop infiltrating mainstream pop music and making a lot of genres cross-over. The Strokes really jumpstarted a lot of the garage/punk sound that existed a lot particularly in the early 2000s. The only problem is that a random person off the street probably couldn't tell you a single song by The Strokes, whereas everyone knows at least a few songs by Outkast or Kanye. With that being said, Radiohead were the best band of the 2000s, and I suppose a case for Kid A could be made as well.
Friday13th 06.29.14	Nickelback
Shuyin 06.29.14	isis!
YakNips 06.29.14	Its obviously iwrotehaikusaboutcannibalsiminyouryearbook cmon
avonbarksdale221 06.29.14	Creed
Rowan5215 06.29.14	Bomb the Music Industry
scorpiusx 06.29.14	Honestly for any artist to be defining of a generation, they really have to be popular. That's not to say they have the best music around, but it has to have a great amount of exposure. After all, those albums above sold quite a lot of copies. ^ With that said, here's a list I found of the top selling albums of the 2000s: http://www.thisis50.com/forum/topics/top-100-selling-albums?xg_source=activity Based on that I'd say Eminem is actually tops, as he's not only the best selling artist of the decade, but also because that list is loaded with really shitty music so he wins the exposure + talent race almost by default.
YakNips 06.29.14	thats actually a really good answer
Inveigh 06.29.14	Led Zepplin to Michael Jackson to Nirvana to Eminem what a depressing fucking decline
Funeralopolis 06.29.14	for 2000s Strokes and the countless shite that spawned from the garage band tag. [2]
Cygnatti 06.29.14	Meh. Zep is overrated anyways.
Graveyard 06.29.14	the antlers
Inveigh 06.29.14	Zep's not my favorite band from the 70s by any means, but overrated is probably a little harsh their first 6 albums are rock n roll royalty
Rowan5215 06.29.14	They're a great band but I'm with Cyg
Funeralopolis 06.29.14	still never heard a single zep song other than stairway
Rowan5215 06.29.14	Check When the Levee Breaks that's prob the best they got
Inveigh 06.29.14	it's definitely up there. other classics include Black Dog, Over the Hills and Far Away, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, Trampled Underfoot and Whole Lotta Love
Rowan5215 06.29.14	Songs like Black Dog I find fairly average, their more out-there stuff like In the Time of Dying and No Quarter is fantastic though The more emphasis on the instruments and less emphasis on Plant's vocals the better imo
Relinquished 06.29.14	average to what though
Inveigh 06.29.14	right i feel like they probably weren't nearly as average in the early 70s
Rowan5215 06.29.14	Average to my tastes of course, don't pay any attention to me :-)
Inveigh 06.29.14	lol i understand, i just have a borderline opposite take on their stuff. while i dig their more experimental side (especially on Houses of the Holy), Led Zeppelin was at their best to me when they were rocking the fuck out
Rowan5215 06.29.14	Yeah gotcha. They certainly knew how to rock the fuck out and Bonham, JPJ and Page ruled at it, but I like it more when they stretched their songwriting muscles a bit and also the experimental jams tend to be where I find Plant bearable more frequently
Skull917 06.29.14	Experimental and Zeppelin? Where did you hear that? Blues and psychedelic rock is where they're strong. Listen to that 2 hour orgy https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=edPEBB6VjRQ#t=636
Cimnele 06.29.14	Riff Raff is the defining artist of the 2010s for sure
Skull917 06.29.14	Riff Raff [2]
Sleaper 06.29.14	kanye, animal collective, radiohead or riff raff
laucha1266 06.29.14	2010 was defined by one direction thats for sure
Sleaper 06.29.14	this guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFiqxR7s76Y
Artuma 06.29.14	radiohead pretty easily, ok comp (although it was in the 90s) and kid a were the ones that defined the whole 2000s
TheSpirit 06.29.14	Dragonforce
Alastor 06.29.14	If you go by commercial success and popularity it's probably Eminem/ Linkin Park/ RHCP.
adr 06.29.14	Pink Floyd > Zep lol Nirvana [2]
Wafflez 06.29.14	Radiohead is by far the strongest contender for posterboy of the 00's award.
Dunwich 06.29.14	What is so "lol" about Nirvana?
Wafflez 06.29.14	^2pleb4them
GuanoBumbershoot 06.29.14	Radiohead could probably co-own the 90's, and they're the only band I can think of that would define the 2000's. Maybe U2, Coldplay or Foo Fighters.
kevin234 06.29.14	I'll throw a bunch into the discussion: The White Stripes Kanye Blink-182 The Mars Volta Red Hot Chili Peppers Foo Fighters Coldplay Some stupid dubstep something
kevin234 06.29.14	Forgot the Strokes.
demigod! 06.29.14	radiohead for '00's, for sure
Inveigh 06.29.14	"They certainly knew how to rock the fuck out and Bonham, JPJ and Page ruled at it, but I like it more when they stretched their songwriting muscles a bit and also the experimental jams tend to be where I find Plant bearable more frequently" yeah I know what you mean about Plant. he's nowhere near my fav vocalist of that era/style, but he was definitely better on their less rocking stuff imo as for 90s, I understand why OP went with Nirvana. I might have gone Pearl Jam but I get the logic. I can see Radiohead in the 2000s as they defined the growing division between "popular music" and the stuff that more hardcore music fans were listening to. It's either them or Eminem for that decade.
Inveigh 06.29.14	also I agree with the choices on the list for 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s completely, even if none of them are my favorite artists for those decades. at least if I'm understanding "decade defining" correctly.
GuanoBumbershoot 06.29.14	oh ya, fuck, Eminem could definitely take the 2000's spot.
SeaAnemone 06.29.14	yea I feel like radiohead is the clear winner; they satisfy the requirements (1) serves as a perfect example of growing/big trends of the decade (2) very popular (3) really really good, too
Inveigh 06.29.14	it just depends on how you're looking at. he was the most commercially successful of the decade, and enjoyed a solid amount of critical success too. but in the dawn of music blogs and the huge divide that separated the casual listener from the music fan, he didn't define the era quite like Radiohead. he's the best choice from the other side of the spectrum though.
MonotoneMop 06.29.14	I was talking to some friends about this recently. The most agreed upon artist was The Strokes, but the argument could be made for Radiohead since Kid A came out in 2000. It's iffy though, since OK Computer came out three years previous.
Inveigh 06.29.14	yeah, but their era of true widespread popularity was the 2000s. OK Computer was monumental when it came out, but it's legend grew massively years after its release. I sorta see the argument for the Strokes, but their relevance was so short lived that it kind of disqualifies them in my mind.
SeaAnemone 06.29.14	eh, the Strokes popularized an already-pretty-widely-recognized style, and definitely didn't perfect it by any means. not really indicative of any bigger movement, either. plus, their later albums kinda murky the overall quality of their career.
Sowing 06.29.14	2000s would probably be radiohead Wish I could say it was brand new
Inveigh 06.29.14	lol Sowing i came in hear hoping for a brand new comment and was not disappointed obviously i don't agree but it's not a completely illegitimate choice, as much as haters would vehemently disagree
Inveigh 06.29.14	bands formed in the 2000s would be Arcade Fire, maybe
SeaAnemone 06.29.14	yes brand new. decade defining. really invented their own sound and did it better than anyone else. achieved incredible levels of popularity. made their name known by starting a movement and many bands followed in their footsteps. lol c'mon. I mean if we're defining 'the world' as "AbsolutePunk" then maybe brand new were the most decade defining band of the 00s of the world.
SeaAnemone 06.29.14	radiohead oh wait formed give me a sec
Inveigh 06.29.14	Brand New isn't decade defining in any really flattering way, more that they just perfected 2-3 of the decades defining sounds after the fact, and spawned legions of fanboys/girls.
SeaAnemone 06.29.14	kanye the national arcade fire the strokes burial animal collective all far better choices than brand new tbh
MonotoneMop 06.29.14	Gorillaz were a pretty big deal during that decade.
SeaAnemone 06.29.14	gorillaz were a big deal for like 1 month and a few tracks let's be honest
SeaAnemone 06.29.14	"maybe. idk about the strokes tho" ok
Inveigh 06.29.14	kanye the national arcade fire the strokes burial animal collective all far better choices than brand new tbh not sure if all of those "formed" in the 2000s, but if they did then yes agreed hard. from a metal perspective you could argue Mastodon as well.
SeaAnemone 06.29.14	they either formed in late 99 or 00s and all released their first release in the 00s, I think
MonotoneMop 06.29.14	Clint Eastwood and Feel Good Inc. were ridiculously popular and were released in 2001 and 2005, respectively. Melancholy Hill came out in 2010, so it kinda bookends the whole deal. If you can consider Brand New or The National, you have to consider Gorillaz.
SeaAnemone 06.29.14	"lol they had two good albums" I mean I'm not arguing for the strokes's quality (I make a strong case against them like 10 posts up there) but (a) you narrowed the field down to artists formed after 00, and (b) relative to brand new, the strokes are soooooo much more definitive of the 00s plus all the other bands I mentioned hence why the brand new thing is silly very silly
SeaAnemone 06.29.14	and brand new is the definition of a huge discography of high quality albums lol
Inveigh 06.29.14	"lol they had two good albums" who is this referring to, strokes, mastodon?
SeaAnemone 06.29.14	ugh I don't think we have to consider brand new or the national, neither of which are great choices (I just used the national as an example because they make sense RELATIVE to brand new)... compare any of these to radiohead and there's like no argument
SeaAnemone 06.29.14	"if you're considering the strokes" omg I'm not considering the strokes I don't think anyone is I just put that example out there because relative to BN a lot of artists make sense because it's such a bad choice
MonotoneMop 06.29.14	So probably Radiohead (ignoring the time issues), Coldplay or U2 or something.
VheissuCrisis 06.29.14	Radiohead. God forbid Coldplay end up the next on that list.
RiffOClock 06.29.14	whatever happens to be on the site's front page
Skull917 06.30.14	50s Chuck Berry; Miles Davis 60s VU; Bob Dylan; Hendrix; Rolling Stones 70s Bowie; Sex Pistols; Bob Marley 80s R.E.M.; Bruce Springsteen; GnR 90s Nirvana; Nine Inch Nails; Fugazi 00s Arcade Fire; White Stripes
MonotoneMop 06.30.14	A few people said U2 (me included). Just looked up their period of activity and i'm a little bit embarrassed.
someguest 06.30.14	meg white changed the history of drum technique forever
tmagistrelli 06.30.14	serious or not i'm gonna agree with JT for 2000's, not because he is the best, but because his music is very likely to translate to 50 years from now as decade defining. especially around the futuresexx/lovesounds
tmagistrelli 06.30.14	along with commercial success.
Sympathies 06.30.14	stupid concept
tmagistrelli 06.30.14	i mean it only makes sense. 2000-2010 was all over the place musically, based on commercialism, but JT always seemed to stand tall, whether it was with nsync, solo, or featured.
MonotoneMop 06.30.14	Smash Mouth. Their vocalist is just as relevant today on Diners, Drive Ins and Dives.
L4titudes 06.30.14	lol
Rowan5215 06.30.14	Gorillaz
tommygun 06.30.14	radiohead obv
PunchforPunch 06.30.14	uhh.. coldplay?