Classic Rock

Taking it back to the old school...

Who are your favorite classic rock bands

must be pre 90's

Pink Floyd

Black Sabbath

Dire Straights

The Who

The Doors

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Tom Petty

Jimi Hendrix

The Cure

Led Zeppelin

Pink Floyd

Black Sabbath

The Beatles

King Crimson

Yes

The Beach Boys

Nick Drake

Cat Stevens

Can

Roxy Music

Brian Eno

Krokodil

The Doors

Jimi Hendrix

Velvet Underground

Lou Reed

The Stooges

David Bowie

electric Miles Davis

Shakti

Kraftwerk

Jane's Addiction

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Fugazi

The Misfits

The Allman Brothers

John Fahey

The Who

Soft Machine

Quiet Sun

This Heat

Joy Division

Ike Yard

Throbbing Gristle

Bauhaus

Gary Numan

Harmonia

Cluster

Tangerine Dream

The Carpenters

Nirvana

Psychic TV

Ministry

Skinny Puppy

that would be some there....

It's so funny how the definition of classic rock changes through the years and is interpreted differently by different people. For instance, I'm shocked to see some of the names above associated with Classic Rock. Especially Skinny Puppy & Kraftwerk, but several others as well.

the bands/musicians I named all rock...

I consider most classic rock pre-80s, with the occasional exception.

I can remember the first time I heard Guns N Roses on a classic rock station. That made me feel old.

Definitely pink floyd, hendrix, the doors, sabbath, bowie, kinks, t rex, zeppelin, neil young and all that.

But don't forget the shit that comes on that you don't worship but don't change the channel on, either...

I think of shit like AC/DC, ZZ Top, Steve Miller Band, Rush, Yes, Journey, Skynard, Eagles, Cheap Trick, Styx, Steppenwolf, Jethro Tull, Heart, Fleetwood Mac, Deep Purple, The Guess Who, Survivor and Gary Glitter.

  On 1/29/2010 at 5:38 AM, Atop said:

the bands/musicians I named all rock...

They might all rock, but that doesn't mean they are rock.

Camel.

i'm not going to compile a list. but i love classic rock!

Ones mentioned that I like that I do consider classic rock:

Pink Floyd

Black Sabbath

Jimi Hendrix

Pink Floyd

Black Sabbath

Jimi Hendrix

Led Zeppelin

The Beatles

King Crimson

Yes

Lou Reed

David Bowie

T. Rex

The Kinks

Rush

Jethro Tull

Camel

New additions to the list (pre-80s, and leaving out a lot of more obscure prog rock):

Genesis

Wishbone Ash

The Pretty Things

Small Faces

The Rolling Stones

The Moody Blues

Giles, Giles and Fripp

Spirit

The Zombies

Eloy

Frank Zappa

Humble Pie

Gracious

Van Morrison

Gentle Giant

Van der Graaf Generator

Captain Beyond

Big Star

Invisible

Queen

Ones mentioned that I like/love that I do not consider classic rock:

The Cure

Jane's Addiction

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Fugazi

The Misfits

This Heat

Nirvana (working its way into the classic rock category though)

Ministry

Skinny Puppy

Deep Purple. Especially their Made in Japan live album. They were so good. I'd still love to see them live some day.

This might sound weird but I've actually drawn a few similarities between certain parts of that album and Ceephax's Exidy Tours.

oh yeah I forgot purple and bowie

love those bands

classic rock

Man, fuck AC/DC

I grew up listening to classic rock on the radio. Can't say I love it anymore, I don't find it very exciting now that I've broadened my tastes. Still, I will always look for a CR station when on road trips. It's probably the best stuff still being consistently played on radios.

Some favorites

The Beatles

The Who

The Animals

The Band

The Cars

The Moody blues

Led Zep

HAWKWIND

true

I just recently realised Chicago were pretty good

Zep

Pink Floyd

The Doors

The Beatles

Rainbow

Small Faces

Rush

Bowie

Developing an interest in Yes lately as well. Chris Squire's 'Fish Out Of Water' album was pretty hot.

  On 1/30/2010 at 4:33 AM, Capsaicin said:

Man, fuck AC/DC

good man. i had to put up with this shit from a cunt aussie flat mate last year.

  On 1/30/2010 at 1:17 PM, Caretstik said:

Developing an interest in Yes lately as well. Chris Squire's 'Fish Out Of Water' album was pretty hot.

Indeed. And Yes' Fragile and The Yes Album are two of my favorite 'classic rock' albums.

Might I suggest you check out Khan's Space Shanty if you like that Chris Squire album.

'Fragile'

'Close to the Edge'

'Tales From Topographic Oceans'

and

'Relayer'

are all, imo, great records by Yes...

Yup, I like all those. But I enjoy The Yes Album more than everything except Fragile. It's less self-indulgent, more to the point. Tales From Topographic Oceans does have some of the best Yes moments, but it's twice as long as it needs to be.

Thanks for the recommendations. I grew up with Yes as my brother was really into them, but it never clicked til recently. Gonna be checking this lot out.

This is where I lose any and all cred I may ever have had on this forum but... not only do I love Yes (I grew up with it, my dad used to listen to them a lot and I'd lie on the floor and look at the album covers)

I REALLY LOVE STEVE HILLAGE.

Fish Rising is just such a beautifully produced album. Also Green.

::hangs head in shame::

  On 1/31/2010 at 9:38 PM, Masonic Boom said:

::hangs head in shame::

Ain't no shame in prog love!