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Tophat665 · 08-01-2004, 04:26 PM

Sion,
I gotta take issue with a fair number of the bands you list, not because they're bad (some are, some aren't but that's not what this is about), but because classic rock should end somewhere in the early 80's. '84 at the latest, with bands well established well before that allowed to push into the late 80's.

No members of the Seattle Grunge Scene are classic rock, fr'instance.

Therefore, I submit that the following are not Classic Rock:

Alice in Chains, the Black Crowes, The Cult, Dream Theater, Guns N Roses; Iron Maiden (While to can be argued that Iron Maiden had their early success in the early 80's, I suspect they are too hard to be considered Classic rock. Probably ought to be listed with Mötorhead.) Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani & Steve Vai (I think you have succumbed to the laudable desire to claim the best for the genre, but, though Steve Vai at least spent some time with Classic rock Bands, their individual success is too recent to warrent inclusion.); Lenny Kravitz (Tough call - the style of music he plays is, IMO indistinguishable from Classic Rock, but he's too young.) Living Color (Great Band, just after the period closed.)

Metallica? METALLICA? Old Metallica was too hard by far for any classic rock radio station to play. Therefore, they might belong in the Mötorhead list, but not in the main list. New Metallica is not Classic Rock, but sounds more like it than Old Metallica, but is too new. The beginning of the end, the black album, came out when I had been at college a couple of years. That's pushing the 90's for sure. So they started sounding right 5 years too late.

XTC. No band that I can remember being played on the functonal equivalent of "Alternative" radio stations could possibly be Classic Rock. Or does REM belong on the list? They Might Be Giants?

I might toss Gordon Lightfoot into the Sort of but not quite list, and add Rupert Holmes and Cristopher Cross to tthat list as well.

Couple of other suggestions:
I might stick Velvet Undergound on there if only for Sweet Jane.
Boston

Now, this is all just my opinion. I think you're doing a great job with this thread, and it's quite fun, but man, you keep listing these early ninties bands and you are going to make me feel old.

08-01-2004, 04:26 PM	#34 (permalink)
Tophat665 Minion of the scaléd ones Location: Northeast Jesusland	Sion, I gotta take issue with a fair number of the bands you list, not because they're bad (some are, some aren't but that's not what this is about), but because classic rock should end somewhere in the early 80's. '84 at the latest, with bands well established well before that allowed to push into the late 80's. No members of the Seattle Grunge Scene are classic rock, fr'instance. Therefore, I submit that the following are not Classic Rock: Alice in Chains, the Black Crowes, The Cult, Dream Theater, Guns N Roses; Iron Maiden (While to can be argued that Iron Maiden had their early success in the early 80's, I suspect they are too hard to be considered Classic rock. Probably ought to be listed with Mötorhead.) Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani & Steve Vai (I think you have succumbed to the laudable desire to claim the best for the genre, but, though Steve Vai at least spent some time with Classic rock Bands, their individual success is too recent to warrent inclusion.); Lenny Kravitz (Tough call - the style of music he plays is, IMO indistinguishable from Classic Rock, but he's too young.) Living Color (Great Band, just after the period closed.) Metallica? METALLICA? Old Metallica was too hard by far for any classic rock radio station to play. Therefore, they might belong in the Mötorhead list, but not in the main list. New Metallica is not Classic Rock, but sounds more like it than Old Metallica, but is too new. The beginning of the end, the black album, came out when I had been at college a couple of years. That's pushing the 90's for sure. So they started sounding right 5 years too late. XTC. No band that I can remember being played on the functonal equivalent of "Alternative" radio stations could possibly be Classic Rock. Or does REM belong on the list? They Might Be Giants? I might toss Gordon Lightfoot into the Sort of but not quite list, and add Rupert Holmes and Cristopher Cross to tthat list as well. Couple of other suggestions: I might stick Velvet Undergound on there if only for Sweet Jane. Boston Now, this is all just my opinion. I think you're doing a great job with this thread, and it's quite fun, but man, you keep listing these early ninties bands and you are going to make me feel old. __________________ Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.