Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
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- Wilmslow, Cheshire
The Spencer Davis Group, The Small Faces, The Yardbirds, John Mayall's Blues Breakers.
So who’s the best band?
- Thread starter Cycleops
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VelvetUnderpants
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I have always loved Pink Floyd and Sabbath, but probably the band I listen to consistently after all these years is Free. For me, they had it all, the greatest rock singer, a very underrated blues guitarist and a fantastic base player.
AndyRM
XOXO
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- North Shields
Should the title of the thread not be "So who's the best band if you gave up on listening to new music some time in the 80's"?
Not that there's anything particularly wrong with the bands mentioned so far, or liking them.
Not that there's anything particularly wrong with the bands mentioned so far, or liking them.
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Cycleops
Legendary Member
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- Accra, Ghana
Fair comment but many bands who came in after in the pre and post 2000s did not and have not endured like these have.
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Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
Out if the two, the Beatles. Not to say the Stones haben't done some damn fine work over the years.
I have Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull and Rush tattoos (among others) andnhave considered getting a Stones rubber lips tattoo.
I have Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull and Rush tattoos (among others) andnhave considered getting a Stones rubber lips tattoo.
winjim
Smash the cistern
TBF the 2000s were a horrendous decade for what you might call conventional guitar music. But since I guess the 80s with technology improving and getting cheaper, music production has become more democratised and whole new genres are appearing all the time. I do wonder if now that recording, sampling and synthesising has become so cheap and easy that we're missing out on the innovation which comes from exploring the limitations of what's possible with the equipment at your disposal but I guess we'll see.
Brandane
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I'm sure there will be a forum, or more likely a FaceBoak page somewhere, discussing the merits of Ed Sheeran, or Blur v Oasis; but I haven't found it yet. And if I do, I won't be hanging around for long!
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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- South Manchester
Oasis, nuff said !
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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- South Manchester
James, Happy Mondays, Razorlight, Kaiser Chiefs...
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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- South Manchester
I think the Old people need their own separate thread.
Bit like the Retirement one - "Best music you remember before you started dribbling from both ends ?" 
winjim
Smash the cistern
Blur v Oasis, apart from being utter nonsense, was twenty five years ago...
Brandane
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It still falls into the era in which music lost it's way, and has never recovered.
Oldhippy
Cynical idealist
No tribute bands please! 😁
Accy cyclist
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I think he could be right. I saw the Stones live twice in 1982. I was swept away by 'fan hysteria', but on hindsight I found them to be average. Jagger and Richards as we all know wrote some great songs, but live, to me it's more of a show with necessary backing musicians than an actual 'great performance'.
I saw a Rolling Stones tribute band at Clitheroe's The Grand about 12 years ago and they were much better than the real thing.
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