Most Influential band of our generation

[Hulk Hogan]

As far as pure influence goes it would be hard to top REM.

Bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Radiohead say they wouldn't even have been in music without them.

[daveymck]

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Counting Crows, in terms of rock, alt, and a whole bunch of other stuff, were the most influential band of the 90s.

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you should have put a smiley so people would know you were joking. counting crows is the most god aweful band just about ever. every time i hear that winey nazely punk i want to slap him. mr jones and....whap!

nirvana is far and away the most influential of my generation. look at the music before them(hair bands) and then look what came out for the next 10 years after smells like teen spirit hit. hell they even changed the way we dressed and made being dirty fashionable again for the first time since the hippies. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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I disagree, everyone mentions Nirvana and yes they destroyed the hair bands and to a point thrash and normal metal as well, but they were the head of the grunge movement and since he blew his head off grunge died all those bands disappeared and now normal service is being resumed.

The ten years after Nirvana were probably the blandest in music history, Nu Metal came along but I more blanme Faith No More, Anthrax and Rage Against the machine for that. Even then the music Nirvana destroyed has been going on strong, look who who huge then and are huge now Ozzy, Metallica and Kiss are all huge live draws, plus with the Darkness leading the glam metal rerevolution seems to be starting with Motley Crue and others getting back together. Bands like Maiden etc have been plodding along still making lots of cash.

Lots of people cite Nirvana as their influences but I dont hear anyone still playing their type of music, I feel its more the media hype and the fact he killed himself that elevated Nirvana to this legend status, I agree Nevermind was a fantastic album but Bleach and In Utero were rubbish.

[nongice626]

Run DMC
REM
Pixies
The Ramones
Green Day
Nirvana
Pearl Jam

[Jack of Arcades]

Pixies?

[James Boston]

Was the most influential band of ________ generation:

a) a relatively obscure band that makes me appear to be on the cutting edge of music

b) a legitimate answer that doesn't make me sound as cool

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[daveymck]

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Pixies?

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Plus Husker Du if going down that road.

Bob Moulds solo stuff is pretty good if anyone is looking for that sort of stuff.

[Lawrence Ng]

Linkin Park

Lawrence

[IsaacW]

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Pixies?

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You misspelled the period, there...

The Pixies.

[Hulk Hogan]

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Pixies?

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You misspelled the period, there...

The Pixies.

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Um, no way. Not even in the ballpark in terms of influence, and I am a big fan.

In terms of sheer influence, there's basically only a few bands/artists that have had an enormous influence on music. REM, Run DMC, Elvis, Glen Miller, Michael Jackson, Madonna, The Beatles, and New Kids on the Block come to mind (you simply cannot deny their influence, or, if you must, you cannot deny the influence of Menudo).

You might not like a band, or you might love them, but don't confuse that with influence.

[Jack of Arcades]

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In terms of sheer influence, there's basically only a few bands/artists that have had an enormous influence on music.

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I believe you mean "popular music." Most of your list are pop/rock artists, and even then, you missed plenty of influential artists in each field. You have no country artists. You have one hip-hop group. Rap and country are important (and similar) parts of music.

The Pixies were very influential, just as REM were (and just as the Smiths were before them and Velvet Underground before them...)