Originally Posted By: Jimmy9190
Joe Bonomassa, Gary Moore, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton and any other good blues-oriented rock
Collective Soul
70's and 80's hard rock - Bad Company, Deep Purple, Rainbow, early Whitesnake, AC/DC with Bon Scott, Van Halen with and without DLR, Montrose, Eric Clapton
Thin Lizzy is probably my all time favorite hard rock group
80's rock/metal - Lita Ford, Cinderella, Def Leppard, Mr. Big, Night Ranger, Bryan Adams, Pat Benatar, Sammy Hagar
There are a few "new" bands I like. Of all the new-style so-called rock bands Shinedown is the only one I like. I also like a group that is a combination of guys from Wishbone Ash and the 1970's version of Whitesnake, the band is called Snakecharmer.
I also listen to some of the more mellow stuff out there like Sarah McLachlan and 10,000 Maniacs. Sometimes I will play old Southern rock from Skynyrd and The Allman Brothers, but not too often. Early ZZ Top is good too.
I think in general modern "rock and roll" died in the 1990's. There have been a few groups that tried to bring it back but the heart and soul, vibe and feel of real rock died when Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and their ad-nauseum siblings got popular in the 90's. Only once in a blue moon does a real rock band come along nowadays. Because of that and I guess just because I am getting older I have really been getting back into real rock from the 70's and early 80's, like Boston, Bad Company, Steely Dan, The Cars, Deep Purple, Clapton and so on.
Don't see how I did it but I forgot to mention Y&T. Absolutely one of the best hard rock bands of all time. Their albums Earthshaker, Black Tiger and Mean Streak all belong at the top in any definitive hard rock collection. I saw Y&T play live several times back in the 80's, watched them nearly blow the roof off of the Fox Theater in Atlanta one night...Great songs and phenomenal musicianship. I still listen to Y&T fairly frequently and still never get tired of them.
Joe Bonomassa, Gary Moore, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton and any other good blues-oriented rock
Collective Soul
70's and 80's hard rock - Bad Company, Deep Purple, Rainbow, early Whitesnake, AC/DC with Bon Scott, Van Halen with and without DLR, Montrose, Eric Clapton
Thin Lizzy is probably my all time favorite hard rock group
80's rock/metal - Lita Ford, Cinderella, Def Leppard, Mr. Big, Night Ranger, Bryan Adams, Pat Benatar, Sammy Hagar
There are a few "new" bands I like. Of all the new-style so-called rock bands Shinedown is the only one I like. I also like a group that is a combination of guys from Wishbone Ash and the 1970's version of Whitesnake, the band is called Snakecharmer.
I also listen to some of the more mellow stuff out there like Sarah McLachlan and 10,000 Maniacs. Sometimes I will play old Southern rock from Skynyrd and The Allman Brothers, but not too often. Early ZZ Top is good too.
I think in general modern "rock and roll" died in the 1990's. There have been a few groups that tried to bring it back but the heart and soul, vibe and feel of real rock died when Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and their ad-nauseum siblings got popular in the 90's. Only once in a blue moon does a real rock band come along nowadays. Because of that and I guess just because I am getting older I have really been getting back into real rock from the 70's and early 80's, like Boston, Bad Company, Steely Dan, The Cars, Deep Purple, Clapton and so on.
Don't see how I did it but I forgot to mention Y&T. Absolutely one of the best hard rock bands of all time. Their albums Earthshaker, Black Tiger and Mean Streak all belong at the top in any definitive hard rock collection. I saw Y&T play live several times back in the 80's, watched them nearly blow the roof off of the Fox Theater in Atlanta one night...Great songs and phenomenal musicianship. I still listen to Y&T fairly frequently and still never get tired of them.