If 80s I have more associated with pop music, 70's and 90's - it's still more ROCK!!
70s were among the best for: Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, etc.
In the 90s werw best years for some famous rock bands: U2, GnR, Peppers, Metallica (yes, that's 90s, not 80s), Oasis etc.

Your thoughts .....

I don't remember much on the rock side of the fence in the 1990s other than rock changing to grunge or accoustical stuff like Jewel.

I do remember one rock jam I used to enjoy from that era though...."Semi Charmed Life" by Third Eye Bind. I don't remember too much else catching my ear but I never was much into the pop/rock stations in the first place.

I dig the seventies scene, particularly the late seventies when you had some great punk/new wave bands but the nineties was when I was a teenager so that era will always be special to me. To me the great thing about the nineties rock scene that is lacking today is variety. It's true that in the early nineties there were too many faceless "hair bands" and in the late nineties there were too many generic "alternative" bands but there was also a ton of variety. Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Nirvana and Alice in Chains were all "Seattle" bands but they each sounded quite different from each other. Blur, Oasis, Pulp and Suede were the big "Brit-Pop" bands but, again, they all sound pretty different from each other. Things kind of started to fall apart near the end of the nineties, too many great bands were breaking up and being replaced by knockoffs who had little talent. Once rap-metal took over things really got crappy and every band started to sound the same.

For me the nineties were the last great decade for rock music. Sure, there are still some great bands out there but over the last fifteen years or so there haven't really been any great movements or innovations in rock, it's mostly just people doing what has already been done before.

rialb said:

I dig the seventies scene, particularly the late seventies when you had some great punk/new wave bands but the nineties was when I was a teenager so that era will always be special to me. To me the great thing about the nineties rock scene that is lacking today is variety. It's true that in the early nineties there were too many faceless "hair bands" and in the late nineties there were too many generic "alternative" bands but there was also a ton of variety. Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Nirvana and Alice in Chains were all "Seattle" bands but they each sounded quite different from each other. Blur, Oasis, Pulp and Suede were the big "Brit-Pop" bands but, again, they all sound pretty different from each other. Things kind of started to fall apart near the end of the nineties, too many great bands were breaking up and being replaced by knockoffs who had little talent. Once rap-metal took over things really got crappy and every band started to sound the same.

For me the nineties were the last great decade for rock music. Sure, there are still some great bands out there but over the last fifteen years or so there haven't really been any great movements or innovations in rock, it's mostly just people doing what has already been done before.

Rap metal? Damn, shit hop done completely ruined R&B and that must have not been enough for them so they went after metal too huh? Hell, I guess they'll go after country next.

vainandy said:

rialb said:

I dig the seventies scene, particularly the late seventies when you had some great punk/new wave bands but the nineties was when I was a teenager so that era will always be special to me. To me the great thing about the nineties rock scene that is lacking today is variety. It's true that in the early nineties there were too many faceless "hair bands" and in the late nineties there were too many generic "alternative" bands but there was also a ton of variety. Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Nirvana and Alice in Chains were all "Seattle" bands but they each sounded quite different from each other. Blur, Oasis, Pulp and Suede were the big "Brit-Pop" bands but, again, they all sound pretty different from each other. Things kind of started to fall apart near the end of the nineties, too many great bands were breaking up and being replaced by knockoffs who had little talent. Once rap-metal took over things really got crappy and every band started to sound the same.

For me the nineties were the last great decade for rock music. Sure, there are still some great bands out there but over the last fifteen years or so there haven't really been any great movements or innovations in rock, it's mostly just people doing what has already been done before.

Rap metal? Damn, shit hop done completely ruined R&B and that must have not been enough for them so they went after metal too huh? Hell, I guess they'll go after country next.

Don't laugh. Snoop Dogg has collaborated with Willie Nelson and Nelly with Tim McGraw. So, there have definately been attempts.

vainandy said:

Hell, I guess they'll go after country next.

kitbradley said:

vainandy said:

Rap metal? Damn, shit hop done completely ruined R&B and that must have not been enough for them so they went after metal too huh? Hell, I guess they'll go after country next.

Don't laugh. Snoop Dogg has collaborated with Willie Nelson and Nelly with Tim McGraw. So, there have definately been attempts.

I doubt they'll go very far because there are still a lot of country fans that are very racist. But then again, they might like it since rappers put on a degrading minstrel show.

MickyDolenz said:

vainandy said:

Hell, I guess they'll go after country next.

Look at ole Herman Cain!

70s were classic for ROCK.


An actual "ROCK" group that put out a string of good albums in the 90s...

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...King's X


Gretchen Goes To Nebraska was released in 1989, but it's close enough.


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I liked the rock in the 90's, but it was really only great compared to how shitty the rock was in the 80's. I'm a huge Nirvana fan, but there should have been dozens of bands that good. And IMO there were not.

So, yeah, I have to go with the 70's. You have The Stones, Zeppelin, The Who, The Dead, The Kinks, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, The Faces, Pink Floyd, The Allman Brothers. You have progressive stuff like Rush & Yes. You have pop stuff like Elton John & David Bowie. You have the veterans like Paul McCartney & Elvis. Plus, eep in mind that the Beatles, Doors, & Jimi Hendrix all had albums in the 70's even though I would call them 60's bands.

the 90's can't compete with that!

As long as it aint 80's Hair Metal.

The 70s no doubt, there were many good bands in the 90s but it will never compare to all the great stuff being created in the 70s. As long as I dont need to hear crappy 80s rock I'm good .