When asked, a lot of bands credit the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and other bands from the Sixties & Seventies as their biggest musical influences. However, you don't hear as many bands doing the same for bands from the Eighties & Nineties. So, who are some of the most influential bands during these two decades, and what bands do you think they influenced? Bands that come to mind for me are R.E.M., U2, Duran Duran, Green Day, and the Cure.
Let me know what your thoughts are on this. Thanks!
2007-11-21 03:46:07 · 9 answers · asked by Dan S 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
Sorry, I forgot to mention The Police, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Dave Matthews in my list earlier.
2007-11-21 03:54:21 · update #1
The Pixies -->heavy influence of Nirvana
The Smiths
Jeff Buckley
The Cure
Radiohead
NIN
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Tool
Sonic Youth
Pantera
Megadeth
Slayer
Metallica
Faith No More
2007-11-21 03:53:53 · answer #1 · answered by Dani G 7 · 6⤊ 2⤋
Practically any alternative rock band that achieved at least some popularity during the 80's is regarded as iconic and influential. For example, R.E.M., The Smiths, The Pixies, The Cure, U2, etc. Bands like Metallica, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, and Judas Priest are also fairly influential, but the popularity of metal has since declined and I think their influence is now more underground. New Wave bands like The Police and Depeche Mode are popular today and fairly influential. Hardcore punk was probably an important factor to eventual (terrible) genre of emo, as well as punk revival. Bands from that genre included the Dead Kennedys, among others.
For the 90's, the main bands of grunge are extremely influential, in particular Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Soundgarden is pretty influential as well, along with Alice in Chains. I think the Stone Temple Pilots are too, but I'm not too sure, since I don't know their sound. R.E.M. continued to be influential, and U2 had one great album during this time. Radiohead's sound is evident in many bands. Beck seems to be influential too. The Red Hot Chili Peppers have influenced many modern guitarists, bassists, and drummers.
That's all I can really think of for now.
2007-11-21 12:07:08 · answer #2 · answered by Montag 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Well, in my opinion, pop music was at the highest in the period, mentioned. What we have now, is less art and inventiveness, than it used to be.
Pixies, not to be missed as unique and powerful
Sound of 80s/90s:
ABBA!
Tears For Fears
Wham! (with George Michael)
Blondie
David Bowie (forever ;-)
Talking Heads
The Ramones (punk as fun starts right there)
The Cars
Foreigner
Sparks
Michael Jackson
Depeche Mode
Yazoo, Alison Moyet
London Beat
Fine Young Cannibals
Pearl Jam
Jean Michel Jarre, Klaus Schulze (electronics)
Boney M (still around)
Modern Talking (decline towards commercial gimmics begins)
Laid Back
Demis Roussos (maybe started earlier, but still there)
Vangelis / Jon Anderson - Mr. Cairo
Drupi, Pupo, Riccie & Povery, Toto Cutugno (and whole bunch of all Italo, oh my, world of them)
Smokie (Don't Play Your Rock'n'Roll To Me & other, maybe between 70s and 80s)
Queen
Elton John
Lennon & Ono - Double Fantasy is blowing any day still
Pet Shop Boys
Cocteau Twins and all the other excellence from 4AD
Everything But The Girl
Supertramp
Fleetwood Mac
Bee Gees and Robin Gibb solo
Bob Marley
Police, of course, it was way better, than Sting of today
Brian Ferry/Roxy Music
Ultravox
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - RELAX! and more
Eurythmics
Dire Straits
Bad Company
Rainbow
Yes, Genesis, Rush - I would keep them into 80s, that art rock
AC/DC rockies, KISS, Bay City Rollers - teenagers stuff
Sex Pistols / Public Image Limited whole punk attitude
Split Enz, Crowded House - illustrative evolution towards more predictible, but less inspiring
you know, it is hard to stop, really - plenty of first rate music,
that can, nevertheless, be considered as popular. That is why today one can often notice tiny bits borrowed from those tunes and used in any new material, making it straight success.
By any means, there is plenty to dig, in fact, I still find something, that was missed.
As to influences - my main point is, there has been extraordinary variety of expression, inventiveness and deriving quality. Pop (or indie, for that matter), that can surprise, and can LAST. That is still fun to get listen to today. OK, my favorite stations are often playing along these still. Unfortunately, we lost that world of surprising unpredictible by the evolution of music industry getting dominant over performers. They kinda place orders first. Not uncommon - assemble bands, give them life. Temporary. Rather short. Influence question is better answered from the other end: whatever interesting band you'd find, it is very likely, that it was influenced by some of those (if not all) of that era, unless it is styling as old fashioned/retro and has appropriate bounds. Actually, influences of later years are less likely, because of mentioned decline, I suppose, took place.
2007-11-21 12:29:21 · answer #3 · answered by edis 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Metallica
Nirvana
Guns N' Roses
2007-11-21 11:51:35 · answer #4 · answered by Bored @ Work 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The Smiths - The Killers, Travis
Nirvana
Jane's Addiction
RHCP
2007-11-21 11:52:37 · answer #5 · answered by everybody loves 3000 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Run DMC - really opened things up for Rap...
Nirvana was probably most responsible for the whole grunge deal
Other then that, nobody realy did anything new imo
2007-11-21 11:55:03 · answer #6 · answered by orangecat 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
U2, eagles, and the ramones.
2007-11-21 11:52:12 · answer #7 · answered by Menon R 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS!
2007-11-21 12:07:39 · answer #8 · answered by OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
my chemical romance...emo bands
2007-11-21 11:54:05 · answer #9 · answered by vycki n 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋