Important Bands

It wasn't me!

It's been said that Nirvana were the most important band of the ninties but I'd prefer to think there were other bands, maybe not as well known, who were more original, who invented genres, and who influenced people. Nirvana may have been the best known band of the time, but, over the course of musical history, there must have been bands who aren't nearly as recognized for what they did. Here'a thread where anyone here who thinks a band who have been hitherto ignored by the masses can pay homage to them. Please no slagging off bands others think are important, this is a purely personal thing but discussion is encouraged.

Repli

Its hard to find an influencial band who are not well known
but if you want bands that influenced metal in the 90s/00s
Metallica
Megadeth
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Manowar
Slayer
Zeppelin
Emporer

are all worth a mention

mr_angry

The Pixies were listed by Nirvana as one of their main influences. It could be said that they were one of the bands that really subtley influenced the world.

To an extent, the Stone Roses really heavily influenced the British music scene in the 90's. They were markedly different to any of the other music coming out of the UK in the late 80's, and were kind of a role model for an awful lot of other bands that followed them, such as The Happy Mondays, Supergrass, Oasis, Blur, Mansun, etc., etc.

Beruthiel

Pink Floyd

bombidol

the Melvins , mudhoney, Pixies for Nirvana. go back even further and you'll find the biggest influence on Metallica were The Misfits

Cactus Col

I'd say Faith no more were one of the more influential bands of the nineties .... just a pity that most of the bands they influenced are a bit crap

cournioni

For me it has been...

60's:
Jimi

70's:
Led Zeppelin
Black Sabbath
Thin Lizzy
Judas Priest

80's:
Slayer
Megadeth
Testament
Morbid Angel
Suicidal Tendencies
Guns N' Roses
Sepultura

90's:
Pantera
Fear Factory
Opeth
Alice In Chains
Iced Earth
In Flames
At the Gates
Napalm Death
Death
Faith No More

00's:
Decapitated
Shadows Fall
Arch Enemy
Children of Bodom
Sonata Arctica
Queens of the Stone Age
The Haunted

They would be my main influences from each generation.

Pugsley

Did In Flamesn ot start in 89 PORNAPSTER?

dregin

80's
---
Minor Threat
Metallica

90's
---
Nirvana
At the drive-in

00's
---
Moutpiece

the_obsolete

Gary Numan has been a huge influence for metal and alternative stuff over the years, early Metallica definitely influenced people, but they in turn were influenced by people like Sabbath and Diamond Head and as mentioned before, Misfits.

Antisocialiser

Pornapster you really just mentioned your fav bands in the last 4 decades. There are very few real genre - breaking bands who really influenced others there.

Doctor J

Death

side by side with Cynic, Watchtower and Atheist

standing on the shoulders of

Celtic Frost, Venom, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and also Weather Report and Mahavishnu Orchestra

Although they sound terrible by todays standards, Venom really were a major influence on every thrash and death Metal band who followed. A huge influence in Metal, not to be underestimated.

the fnj

My Bloody Valentine
At the Drive-In
Radiohead
Pixies
Black Sabbath
Jimi Hendrix

Also Nirvana are a hugely important band, even if you don’t like them there is no denying they inspired a whole generation to pick up the guitar no band has had such a huge following since, I’m sure the Darkness will replicate this.

cournioni

Originally posted by Antisocialiser
Pornapster you really just mentioned your fav bands in the last 4 decades. There are very few real genre - breaking bands who really influenced others there.

Oh right. Ah well. Some of them started genres. I left out Carcass too.

grimloch

im not mad on some of these bands but im likely to say
Iron Maiden, Metallica, Nirvana,

i also think the likes of Opeth are becoming really influential now, you can really see a fan related influence, maybe too early to say if they've influenced music YET but i hope they will as theyre a nice not overdone sound like some new bands

2+2=5

i think we're all forgetting the mighty deUS... very influential band

the_obsolete

Let's not forget Biohazard and Rage Against The Machine, who in the early ninties were pioneers in what would be called rap-metal...or rapcore. But of course nobody could beat the originals!
Korn had a big enough influence...ya can hear the same vocal mashing in people like Disturbed and *ick* Linkin Park.
Fear Factory weren't really influential, as nobody has ever come close to the kind of sound they have, with Burton's vocals, Raymonds god-like skills on the double bass pedals and Ryhs mastering and slapping in all the nice effects and string arrangements.
Punk had a huge influence on what would become Metal, with the angry angry lyrics and seriously fast paced songs...thank the Sex Pistols I say, while although not the best punk band ever, brought it to the fore.

It wasn't me!

Yeah the Sex Pistols were a fairly mediocre band but the way they were so influential was because there was no way anyone could ignore them. They made punk really controversial. Punk definitely gave birth to metal somewhere along the way, though bands like Black Sabbath, who pioneered the early metal scene, don't really owe much loyalty to punk. Their music developed more out of circumstances than anything else.

Blisterman

The Ramones are probably the most influential band of the last 30 years.

Antisocialiser

I would love to say ratm but although they were a genre - breaking band who really is alike to their sound thats worth mentioning.

It wasn't me!

Anyone seen/heard of Acidtone? They're a young Irish metal band, basically a carbon copy of RATM, except without the insane guitar work. I've seen them in the Hub a few times and they're very much worth mentioning. I believe they played Donnington, and they're still in school. Definitely worth a look-in.

Kersh

Pixies. They influenced 90s music so much.

kels

minor threat rule kinda hard to find someone who likes them

powerage22

AC/DC
Metallica
Led Zep
Sabbath
Priest
Maiden
Purple
Aerosmith
Motorhead

Mr. CooL ICE

For extreme metal in general, Slayer were definitely influential, but bands like Venom, Death and so on are influential torwards the black and death scene.

But for hard rock and more mainstream metal, AC/DC, Led Zep, Sabbath, Judas Priest, Maiden and Metallica

NotMe

Blisterman wrote:

The Ramones are probably the most influential band of the last 30 years.

I agree.

smackbunnybaby

joy division have influenced different areas of music such as alternative music like interpol, industrial such as NIN and anyone who sang generally depressing songs really throughout the 80s 90s and 2000+

bringitdown

Tool

Tiriel

the fnj wrote:

Nirvana are a hugely important band, even if you don’t like them there is no denying they inspired a whole generation to pick up the guitar no band has had such a huge following since, I’m sure the Darkness will replicate this.

Oh please please no!!! :eek: :eek:

radiospan

My Bloody Valentine (although themselves influenced by the Jesus and Mary Chain)

Dathai

What great bands have been inspired by Nirvana?

The most important bands would be

Vader
Morbid Angel
Bathory
Children of Bodom
Burzum
Mayhem
Immortal
Black Sabbath
Rolling Stones
Pantera

Redleslie2

bombidol wrote:

the Melvins , mudhoney, Pixies for Nirvana.

The Melvins and Mudhoney were Nirvana's friends and contemporaries, rather than influences I think. Afaik, they were influenced mostly by the early 80's punk stuff, SST bands like the Meat Puppets,Husker Du, Black Flag etc. Oh and Mr.Cobain loved Alvin and The Chipmunks.

One of the most infleuntial bands ever would probably be Big Star.

http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/big_star/bio.jhtml

Töpher

Kyuss, tbfh.

mp3guy

hmm, for the 80's, not really a band, but Dave Mustaine, since he invented Speed Metal, then maybe stratovarius did the whole power metal thing, and tool/dream theater for progressive metal...

Matthewthebig

Misfits!

ferdi

The Doors
The Stones
The Beatles
The Ramones
The Pistols
The Clash
The Smiths
The Pixies
The RHCP
The Pumpkins

the_obsolete

How the funk did Mustane of all people invent Speed Metal?! IMHO that's a crock of bullplop.

Redleslie2

Here'a thread where anyone here who thinks a band who have been hitherto ignored by the masses can pay homage to them.

ferdi wrote:

The Doors
The Stones
The Beatles
The Ramones
The Pistols
The Clash
The Smiths
The Pixies
The RHCP
The Pumpkins

Ignored by the masses were they?

2 influential bands.
The Creation
The Fall

It wasn't me!

I suppose they count if he thinks they didn't get enough attention.

Mudhoney were more their peers of the time. Nirvana were inspired by the Melvins though, and majorly by the Pixies. Kurt had a chance to meet Charles Thompson at one stage but he was too shy.

lordsippa

The Beatles
Black Sabbath
Captain Beefheart
Frank Zappa
Gong
Pink Floyd
Metallica
Judas Priest
Sex Pistols
Rolling Stones
Led Zepplin
The Doors
Queen
Faith No More
Pixies
The Who
The Doors
Tom Waits
The Clash
Jimi Hendrix
Pearl Jam
Alice In Chains
...

maybe not unknowns but they're still who shaped the music you listen to these days.

nadir

well if where talking 90's here
Paradise Lost : Gothic, was a seriously important album , and also icon and shades of god.
Obituary : really gave death metal a good kick start.
Ministry : yea seriously influntal on the industrial side.

tbh i think music in the 90's was owned mainly by metal bands ( Anathema, Opeth, Manowar, Cradle of Filth, Old Mans Child etc, all these bands ruled there was little else interesting going on in other music scenes, apart from like ry cooder and some other exceptions, but for a music scene it was metal, and possibly some techno type stuff like aphex twin, amon tobin etc.