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I've never gotten into The Rolling Stones as much as others did, but I like a few of their songs and Sticky Fingers is a good album.
Bee Gees would be top 20 for me. The amount of amazing songs to their name is staggering.
I like a Journey a lot, but they're very much a singles band to me. A lot of strong singles, but their albums are generally pretty mediocre.
U2 are great as well, but I need to check out more of their stuff before I can call them a favourite of mine.
Solid top ten so far
Bee Gees would be top 20 for me. The amount of amazing songs to their name is staggering.
I like a Journey a lot, but they're very much a singles band to me. A lot of strong singles, but their albums are generally pretty mediocre.
U2 are great as well, but I need to check out more of their stuff before I can call them a favourite of mine.
Solid top ten so far
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"George, this is a little too much for me. Escaped convicts, fugitive sex... I've got a cockfight to focus on."
In the early 90's, a rock revolution occurred that shook the very foundation of the music industry. The revolution was known as Grunge, and it's capital was Seattle, Washington. Leading the movement was Nirvana, headed by an extremely talented songwriter, guitarist, and singer named Kurt Cobain, who eventually became the voice of his generation, delivering anthems of teen angst. Also in the band was bassist Krist Novoselic, and, future Foo Fighters frontman and legitimate rock star, drummer Dave Grohl. The band only lasted 4 years before Cobain committed suicide, ending an important era in music history.
Following the death of Kurt Cobain, Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl began a solo career under the fake name of "Foo Fighters", writing and singing his own songs, and playing guitar, bass, and drums on all the tracks. Soon afterwards, he settled as a lead singer and guitarist, and recruited some very talented musicians, including drummer Taylor Hawkins, who is by far one of the greatest drummers of our time, former Nirvana session rhythm guitar player Pat Smear, bassist Nate Mendel, and lead guitarist Chris Shiflett to make up the now real band with the same name. If you would have asked me 5 years ago, the Foo Fighters would have probably been somewhere at the bottom of my Top 50. But then, the album Wasting Light dropped in 2011, and completely blew me away. Since then, I thoroughly explored the band's back catalog, and, within months, I ended up having all of their albums and officially became a Foo Fighters fanatic. Dave Grohl is without a doubt the biggest rock star on the planet today. During their latest tour, he broke his leg, but that did not stop him or the band from keeping the show on the road. Within 20 years the Foo Fighters has managed to reach rock royalty status (in my opinion, exceeding the level of accomplishment of Dave's former band Nirvana), putting Dave and company right up there with the greats, and I do mean Led Zeppelin, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, and The Beatles. Their long and respectable lists of amazing songs and incredible albums speak for themselves.
When British band Oasis emerged in 1994, the music scene in England was lacking the excitement and authenticity not seen since the rock heydays of the 60's and 70's. The Manchester, England band, consisting of the two founding members, brothers Liam Gallagher, who is by far one of the greatest vocalists in music history, and Noel Gallagher, the band's chief lyricist, guitarist, and occasional vocalist, (in my opinion, Noel is easily THE greatest songwriter of his generation), along with the band's original lineup of Paul McGuigan (a.k.a. Guigsy) on bass, Paul Arthurs (a.k.a. Bonehead) on rhythm guitar, and Alan White on drums (the original drummer Tony McCarroll was sacked just as the band's first album was released). Guigsy and Bonehead would later be replaced with accomplished musicians Andy Bell and Gem Archer respectively in 2000. Alan White was replaced with Ringo Starr's song Zak Starkey in 2004 and then with session player Chris Sharrock in 2008. In 1994, the band, led by the relentlessly funny and outspoken Gallagher siblings, singlehandedly revived rock music in their home country before importing their swagger to the USA and the world a year later. Their confidence and sometimes cocky attitude, extremely catchy and infectious tunes won them a huge following around the world. Their self-proclaimed status as being the "best band in the world" was true. Oasis are considered the most important rock band that has come out of the England since The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. It's too bad they kind of fell off the map in America for most of the 2000's until their breakup in 2009, but it was America's loss really. What can I say? I'm still "mad for it"!
