The 25 most influential artists of the past 25 years

[Ree]

Lols i only know two out of them which is R.E.M and U2 pls

heh me too

[samsaBEAR]

Uhm.. last 25 years.
I think maybe Blink 182 and Green Day should be on there because they set the whole scene for those punk bands these days.
I mean without Green Day/Blink 182 I doubt Sum 41, Good charlotte, Simple Plan etc would be around.

*Agrees* Green Day at least!

[beth]

Hey, thats one, when did the Clash form? They were pretty influential, I know they got popular in the mid-late 80's but when did they form?

According to my mother, who used to work in the music industry (H), the 70s.

[MasterOfPuppets]

The beatles broke up in '69, and I think they are looking for bands that formed in the past 25 years. Those are all great bands, but listen to some music today, do any bands sound like metallica or pink floyd? Not really. There are many bands that got their sound from REM and Nirvana if you just listen to some songs today. I dont hear many bands that sound like black sabbath, and I think thats what they are really looking for.

And they asked college kids in bands, these were their answers.

Oh I took the word "influential" as just being an influence, not having traces of mimicking a bands sound.
Influential as them being influenced, and then new original music being created under the influence of the artists but not directly taking their sound.


Edit: And here I was thinking The Pistols formed in the late 70s.

[RedStratocas]

Oh I took the word "influential" as just being an influence, not having traces of mimicking a bands sound.
Influential as them being influenced, and then new original music being created under the influence of the artists but not directly taking their sound.


Edit: And here I was thinking The Pistols formed in the late 70s.

Yeah, at least the first 5 make sense, after that, kinda gets random.

[mynameishelen!]

I think R.E.M shuck

[RedStratocas]

I think R.E.M shuck

REM thinks you shuck:p

[Jashmine]

I definatly agree with R.E.M and Nirvana.

Probably The Smiths to, depending on where we are talking about (my dad says they are probably really influetial in the US, but definatly not here...)

U2 I'd agree with, although I only like a few of their songs =/

Radiohead I definatly agree with as well.

I'd also agree with Fugazi, -steals what someone said on some other thing- "Fugazi have become one of the most popular and influential punk bands to remain on an independent label."

They Might Be Giants? Wth.. I'm not sure I agree with that. Then again o.x

I'd throw in a few ideas, but I have no knowledge of when bands formed

[Jordan3]

1. R.E.M.
2. NIRVANA
3. SONIC YOUTH
4. PIXIES
5. PUBLIC ENEMY
6. PAVEMENT
7. THE SMITHS
8. VIOLENT FEMMES
9. THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
10. SLAYER
11.BLACK FLAG
12. NEW ORDER
13. JANE'S ADDICTION
14. U2
15. DE LA SOUL
16. APHEX TWIN
17. UNCLE TUPELO
18. FUGAZI
19. MIKE WATT
20. BIKINI KILL
21. HUSKER DU
22. ANI DIFRANCO
23. REPLACEMENTS
24. RADIOHEAD
25. SUPERCHUNK

The first few werent a surprise, I know of many many bands that have been influenced by REM. Even Nirvana at the #2 spot was inspired a lot by REM. After a while in the list however, there were a few bands that I dont see as that insperational. What do you think?

A lot of them I haven't even heard of, and I know many people haven't. Oh, and where are NERD, I know they are like, rubbishy music sometimes, but they infuence nearly everything. REM deserve to be there, as do bands like Radiohead. U2 are also pretty good, though they're certainly getting worse.

[Wolfie]

U2 honestly m8 nowadays they are as worse as ozzy osbourne