Biggest Rock band of the past 10 years

Pigman

I'm not talking about influential. I'm talking about putting bums on seats. Who do you think is the BIGGEST?

Dustaz

Dunno, but im sure there are figures available if its simply biggest tours. U2 or the Chillies probably. It couldnt be Radiohead or Oasis since they were still playing clubs when the bigger bands were doing stadiums.

Its probably none of the above and somene like Garth Brooks or Celine Dion

zAbbo

Its prolly Rolling Stones tbh

Dustaz

The stones didnt tour as much over the 90's afaik. I think the Vodoo Lounge (that what it was called wasnt it?) tour was the only one they did.

atonal

from given list gotta go with U2 on this one, huge international fanbase, broad appeal, my mum likes them so does my hid brother.. at the moment though Radiohead is probably bigger.

Ruaidhri

i think TAD were pretty big

Bateman

The Stones toured for Bridges to Babylon, I think that was the 90s, but I've gone for the Manics, real rock bands don't put bums on seats, they put bodies flying through the air!

daveirl

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deco

Well REM sold a whole pile of albums in the 90's thogh...there 1st 3 albums for waners sold about 30 milion albums altoghther so you really can't get much bigger than that....

And remember U2 suffered something of slump in the middle of decade...

Dustaz

1. this is about tours not albums
2. 10 million albums isnt much (3/30=10)

" i think TAD were pretty big "

what ever happened to tad anyway??

Id say all round U2 were the biggest with rem in decline towards the end of the 90s.The chillis came and went and came again.The Navarro years werent very sucessful.Id say radiohead could be called the pink floyd of the 90s,as they were as sucessful as could be without being commercial

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plastic membrane

U2 probably. REM's sales went down after Monster.

Ruaidhri

Originally posted by josco da walrus
" i think TAD were pretty big "

what ever happened to tad anyway??

hyper-obesity i think
any band with a 300lb+ singer has to be big

Dustaz

forgive my ignorance, but who are TAD?

zAbbo

I`ve gotta say that OASIS are prolly the better band up there(yes better than u2) U2 made more money. The rolling stones toured the most, and TAD, well wtf are TAD. Radiohead i wouldn`t count as a great band either, Oasis new album - Heaten Chemistry is execellent.....

i can see flaming ahoy on this one

quinta

Oh please, and you're right Flame Ahoy, Oasis are absolute tripe, they regurgitate the same crap time after time album after album. They haven't got a single bit of inspiration or inventiveness between them. Same old same old it's been done, move on guys.
They play the same chords, same damn riffs, they are a three chord trick gone wrong .....

zAbbo

Well hello Damon Albarn,

have a listen to the new album when you get the chance.:D

Kolodny

Hmmm, a tough one. U2 imo followed closely by REM.

Pigman, are you still attending the poll posters anonymous meetings?

Dustaz

Originally posted by quinta
Oh please, and you're right Flame Ahoy, Oasis are absolute tripe, they regurgitate the same crap time after time album after album. They haven't got a single bit of inspiration or inventiveness between them. Same old same old it's been done, move on guys.
They play the same chords, same damn riffs, they are a three chord trick gone wrong .....

I agree with most of that, however i still quite like em

They do the same thing over and over, but like Aerosmith, they do it bloody well:)

Pigman

Originally posted by Kolodny
Pigman, are you still attending the poll posters anonymous meetings?

'fraid not Kolodny. I got banned from attending after I pulled my pole out in mid-conversation.

sceptre

U2 were unquestionably the "biggest" band through the 90s. Even when their songs were, eh, sometimes questionable (half of Pop, even the bits that weren't influenced by the Cure and Radiohead) they managed to put bums on seats to look at a large toothpick (and have a SImpsons appearance, not that that matters a damn)

I'll put my hand up as another one who likes most of the new Oasis album (professional critics can bite me). Concerts, hmmm. I've only seen them twice - the first time was supporting REM at Slane where at least there was some interaction with the crowd. Went to see them last Friday. Song performance was perfect, concert was good, forgot even to say "hello" to the wet people in the crowd (or anything else come to think of it) - not too impressed with that.