Most influential band.....

[Maynard]

The 90's!


The Melvins
Pavement
Kyuss
Nirvana (even though Nirvana was mostly influenced by the melvins)
REM
Metallica (even though they were influenced by alot of other bands)

[Hey Ladi]

Nirvana (even though Nirvana was mostly influenced by the melvins)

That sounds promising :thumbs-up:

[Spitfire]

Alice in Chains...unfortunately there's too many bands out there watering-down Layne's powerful singing style

[Maynard]

Shit, thanks Spit, I forgot about AIC. But again.....they were all hangin out in the Seattle scene together, and they picked up alot of stuff from each other.

The main thing I can say about AIC that so many other bands strive for is the lyrical content and emotion. Layne IS (well, was) AIC. Without him, that band would have been another typical cookie cutter band. When he sang, you actually believed every word he said (mainly because it all was :-(). Alot of bands sing just because that's what they think is supposed to happen.

[Arpikarhu]

The Melvins
Pavement
Kyuss

maybe influential in your book. i have never heard of them. all of the present bands are all derivitive of bands from 20-30 years ago

[The Sleeper]

all of the present bands are all derivitive of bands from 20-30 years ago

Completely untrue. Go be old somewhere else.

[Arpikarhu]

Completely untrue. Go be old somewhere else

you say that because the only music you listened to 20 years ago was teddy bears picnic and your favorite Barney album

[Maynard]

maybe influential in your book. i have never heard of them. all of the present bands are all derivitive of bands from 20-30 years ago

All three bands have been listed NUMEROUS times by other bands as being their influence. Just because you haven't heard of them doesn't mean shit. Just because none of them influenced Elvis Costello doesn't mean that they're not influential.

And yes, there are MANY MANY bands that sound like a knock off of a band 20-30 years ago, but not all of them.

[The Sleeper]

you say that because the only music you listened to 20 years ago was teddy bears picnic and your favorite Barney album

Both are highly infliential. Where would Gummi Bears be without them.

[Hybrid]

the getup kids

[Arpikarhu]

All three bands have been listed NUMEROUS times by other bands as being their influence

prove it

[Luna]

My contribution to this topic is 2 words:
Bob. Dylan.

*EDIT - He's a one-man band. :-D



Edited By LunaBabe on June 04 2002 at 4:24

[Maynard]

Pavement -
A Best of 90's album list.
From spinner.com


Melvins -
I could list 1000 articles but this should suffice.


Kyuss -
Just about every fuzz rock band out there was influenced by Kyuss, sure, more great music that you've never heard of. But it's still great.

[Arpikarhu]

yeah sure. i can print fake articles and post them on the web too. nice try

[Maynard]

Sorry Luna, I love ya, but I don't think Dylan was an influence on ANYONE in the 90's.

[Arpikarhu]

Sorry Luna, I love ya, but I don't think Dylan was an influence on ANYONE in the 90's

how can you say that?!?!?! he is probably one of the most influential artists ever. he influenced alot of songwriters , who themselves influenced artists, etc.

[Maynard]

how can you say that?!?!?! he is probably one of the most influential artists ever. he influenced alot of songwriters , who themselves influenced artists, etc.

Hey tard boy, read the bold part. I said of the 90's!

Without a doubt he is one of the most influential artists of all time. But his work in the 90's wasn't what made him influential. His older stuff was the revolutionary stuff. And he continues to put out great albums, but it's all the same thing. He hasn't changed much in the 30-40 years he's been around.

[Arpikarhu]

you can be very hurtful sometimes:-(

[Spitfire]

In the stoner/desert/fuzz rock scene, Monster Magnet has been just as influnetial as Kyuss. Spine of God, which came out in 1992 sounded like nothing else out at the time...

here arpi ---
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Stoner Metal
genre: Rock
Though plenty of heavy metal bands have been regarded through the years as especially compatible with the effects of marijuana, stoner metal was a distinctly '90s phenomenon. Stoner metal bands updated the long, mind-bending jams and ultra-heavy riffs of bands like Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer, Blue Oyster Cult, and Hawkwind by filtering their psychedelia-tinged metal and acid rock through the buzzing sound of early Sub Pop-style grunge. Stoner metal could be campy and self-aware, messily evocative, or unabashedly retro; in any case, bands like Monster Magnet and Kyuss were perfect fits for the eclectic tastes of the early-'90s alternative metal movement. Even after grunge had faded away, and the influence of industrial and hip-hop began to dominate alternative metal, stoner metal maintained a devoted cult following into the new millennium.

and the Kyuss listing on allmusic.com

Hailing from Palm Desert, CA, Kyuss (pronounced "kai-us") has become a heavy metal Velvet Underground of sorts. <span style='font-size:10pt;line-height:100%'>Though they are widely acknowledged as pioneers of the booming underground "stoner rock" scene, the band enjoyed little commercial success during their brief existence. Still, their combination of sludgy, down-tuned guitars (often played through a bass amp for maximum earth-shaking intensity), galloping thrash metal rhythms, and organic drum sound has become the blueprint — often copied but never replicated — by countless underground metal bands.</span>

Formed in 1990 by vocalist John Garcia, guitarist Josh Homme, bassist Nick Oliveri, and drummer Brant Bjork, Kyuss began jamming at "desert parties," in and around the isolated towns of the southern California desert. The band eventually built a local following, signed with tiny independent label Dali Records, and released their first album, Wretch, in 1991. Underproduced and financed, the album failed to capture the band's live sound and went completely unnoticed, but constant touring earned them a reputation as a ferocious live unit as well as the respect of many fellow musicians. One of those, Masters of Reality singer/guitarist Chris Goss, decided to produce the band's next effort, 1992's stunning Blues for the Red Sun, eventually hailed as a landmark album by critics and fans alike. The Kyuss sound takes the heaviness of Black Sabbath, the feedback fuzziness of Blue Cheer, plus other '70s influences, and infuses them with psychedelic flashes, massive grooves, and a sensibility for '90s metal and thrash.

The band was signed to Elektra Records just as their label was about to go bankrupt, and despite the loss of bassist Oliveri (he was replaced by Scott Reeder), the band continued to build momentum. Also recorded under Goss' guidance, 1994's Sky Valley saw Kyuss taking the novel approach of grouping the songs into three extended suites, and nearly matched the brilliance of its predecessor. But despite their creative promise and growing fan base, personal strife began tearing the band apart, and drummer Brant Bjork departed by tour's end. After recruiting Alfredo Hernandez to replace him on 1995's less-inspired ...And the Circus Leaves Town, a final rift between Homme and Garcia finally brought the band to a halt. Homme, Reeder, and Hernandez reappeared as Queens of the Stone Age in 1998, and Garcia is currently a member of Unida. — Ed Rivadavia

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Luckily in ‘86/’87 things started heading in the right direction again with The Seattle Scene and early “Grunge” start-ups Green River and Melvins. Again some people prefer to consider “Grunge” and “Stoner Rock” to be one-in-the-same and cite ’86/’87 as the beginning of “Stoner Rock”. Not me. I consider true-Grunge like Green River, Melvins, Mudhoney, Nirvana and TAD as being the beginning of a re-evolution of Stoner Rock but with a much broader influence base to feed off. Also, still riding hard for Doom in these years was the mighty St. Vitus. The creativity was back, the passion for the music was back and it was all underground, where it was safe! Music was finally being made for the sake of the music and at the grassroots level again and not for image and fame alone. The dark years were essentially over, except, not very many people knew about The Seattle Scene – until “Teen Spirit” – but we won’t talk about that or about Grunge after that. Grunge was just a media-fabricated image anyways, it had nothing to do with the music and poser-rock bands like Bush and Creed prove that with every song and every video they make.

In the early ‘90s things got even better with the epic “Stoner Rock” bands Monster Magnet and Kyuss reinventing the wheel again but with much more ooomph and raw psychedelic rock ‘n’ roll energy than ever before! Many uninformed people claim that Stoner Rock is a homogonous form of music derived only from the sounds of Kyuss and Monster Magnet. Of course some bands follow this ideology but the majority do not. Also, in the early ‘90s, enter stage left with hardcore nihilistic sludge rock like “Eyehategod” and Stoner/Doom hybrids “Sleep” – arguably the heaviest, most evil rock music ever! Then enter stage right with the jazzy-soul-core-rap-metal outfit “Clutch” and their unlimited creativity and soulful grooves to throw a wrench in the works once again!

Anyway, Who the fuck is Elvis Costello????

[Gooch]

Pavement is the greatest band of alltime.


I have spoken.

If you don't know them...you should listen.


Velvet Underground is influential...even to the 90's bands. Pavement owes alot to them.


As for the 90's, the Beastie Boys have influenced much today. Obviously, themselves influenced by 80's rap and punk, carved their own niche.