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[Mad Season]

they have their own siriusxm radio station

 

[Onemic]

Early 90's is now part of classic rock. Remember that 91 was almost 25 years ago

 

[Timeaisis]

from Why Classic Rock Isn’t What It Used To Be

Looks like 20 years is the cutoff point.

This is an interesting article. Thanks for sharing.

Classic Rock, to me, will always be rock music from the early '60s to the late '80s. Maybe you could throw in some early alternative/grunge in there like Pearl Jam or Soundgarden. Maybe.

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Zeppelin is still the best

 

[riotous]

they have their own siriusxm radio station

Yeah they have been recording their own live shows since they first began in the 90's.

You can listen to almost any Pearl Jam show ever on the web.. all supported by the band. Can download much of it too.. and they encourage bootlegging.

http://pearljamlive.com/

Another cool vault of live and accoustic music is 107.7 The End's "End Sessions" catalog.. found here:

http://www.worldfamousendsessions.com/

Not entirely related to this thread, but it does have quite a few cool recordings of some mentioned bandds.

 

[davepoobond]

This is an interesting article. Thanks for sharing.

Classic Rock, to me, will always be rock music from the early '60s to the late '80s. Maybe you could throw in some early alternative/grunge in there like Pearl Jam or Soundgarden. Maybe.

Spoiler

Zeppelin is still the best

That is what "classic rock" is. There is a genre shift away from that when you consider grunge bands etc.

But there's gotta be some new music on those poor classic stations. I've heard nearly every song worth listening to before the 90s at this point.

 

[Sobriquet]

Classic Rock is a genre of music, not an era. It's not a moving target.

I hate when classic rock stations play Guns N Roses and Pearl Jam and Nirvana just because it's 20+ years old. I feel like I'm yelling at the clouds now.

It's neither a genre nor an era. It's a radio format.

 

[sploatee]

Of course they weren't against getting popular. I don't think I even implied that in my post. People that claim they were pissed off by popularity are often misguided fans that scream 'SELLOUT' as soon as a band does something that gets them money.


Yeah, the story goes that Eddie called Cobain to ask him what was up with the hate and pointed out that most of the people that listen to Nirvana also listen to Pearl Jam and vice versa. After that, Cobain realized how silly the feud was and the bands became friends.

I was once at a festival where Alice in Chains, Them Crooked Vultures and Pearl Jam played on the same day. At the end of PJ's set Eddie called Jerry Cantrell and Dave Grohl on stage and they started playing a song together. There's no bad blood between any of them.

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Also, during the Them Crooked Vultures concert Grohl almost fell off his drum stool from laughter because apparently Cantrell flashed him from backstage.

Hahah brilliant!

This is an interesting article. Thanks for sharing.

Classic Rock, to me, will always be rock music from the early '60s to the late '80s. Maybe you could throw in some early alternative/grunge in there like Pearl Jam or Soundgarden. Maybe.

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Zeppelin is still the best

I think PJ and Soundgarden fit in quite well. They're so heavily inspired by Zeppelin, Sabbath, Neil Young. Maybe Nirvana less so, they always felt a bit more in the true 'alternative' lineage (Vaselines, Raincoats, Big Black etc)

 

[Bleepey]

Heard Nirvana on the classic rock station at work a few weeks ago, and nearly died.

Younger coworkers were confused, and I was like 'I was old enough to be sad when he died.'

A friend of mine told me he was at an arcade and he was talking to some 18-22 year olds, Nirvana came up in conversation and he mentioned he was in his 30s, these kids were impressed that he was old enough to have been there in the time of teen spirit, he didn't have the heart to tell them he thought Nirvana were shit. As for this thread, I am not entirely sure I have ever heard a Pearl jam song, they were this band that Clarissa from Clarissa Explains it all loved but I have no interest in going out of my way to listen to. The day Limp Bizkit appears on classic rock stations will be the day you cry.

 

[beato_angelico]

music and pop culture moves a lot faster than it did in the past.

lol? it's the complete opposite. just think at what happened between '67 and '77 and between '04 and now.

 

[riotous]

lol? it's the complete opposite. just think at what happened between '67 and '77 and between '04 and now.

Well I think from 95-2005 it moved really fast. A crap ton of "one hit wonders" from that time period.. it was hard to stay relevant for long.

The early 90's were an extension of the 80's in a lot of ways.

 

[teruterubozu]

lol? it's the complete opposite. just think at what happened between '67 and '77 and between '04 and now.

I agree. If anything we've plateaued since 00s and haven't moved much beyond Britney.

 

[beato_angelico]

I've heard nearly every song worth listening to before the 90s at this point.

I seriously doubt that, if you only list to radio

 

[beato_angelico]

The early 90's were an extension of the 80's in a lot of ways.

this could be said for every period ever ("the early XX century was a lot like the XIX", etc)

 

[Dalek]

Man the passage of time really makes me sad.

 

[riotous]

this could be said for every period ever ("the early XX century was a lot like the XIX", etc)

Sure, I think it's particularly true of how the 80s extended into the 90s though. Hence my comment about it.

 

[Christberg]

You know what bothers me? When I turn Pandora onto the Nirvana station and half of it is Zeppelin and Hendrix stuff. I'm OK with the dad rock label amd I like that stuff but they aren't that similar really.

 

[nintendork666]

I'm just waiting to hear Marilyn Manson on the oldies station here.

Then I can die a happy man.

 

[nel e nel]

They absolutely belong on it now. They are the daddest of dad rock.

Then Rage Against The Machine is too!

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I am a dad and listened to both of them in college

 

[GhaleonEB]

In 1991, do you think classic rock stations were playing songs from 1967? Because that's 24 years before 1991.

It's 2014 now, which is 24 years after 1991.

Aye. We're just getting old. As if I needed another reminder.

 

[BocoDragon]

I thought Pearl Jam was old school 15 years ago.

 

[Deleted member 752119]

Yeah, lots of early to mid-90s stuff on Classic Rock stations the past few years. Definitely makes me feel old since I was in middle school when I got into most of these bands--36 now.

PJ is still my favorite band.

 

[usernamechange]

I agree. If anything we've plateaued since 00s and haven't moved much beyond Britney.

If you think this, you are old and out of touch.

 

[teruterubozu]

If you think this, you are old and out of touch.

Actually I'm into a ton of new music/artists. Just exaggerating to push some POP-GAF feels buttons. But yeah I'm old but not quite out of touch.

 

[Saganator]

Been hearing 90's rock on classic rock stations for a while now. Honestly wish some 90's rock stations would start popping up.

 

[MC Safety]

It's probably no surprise, but in MTV's waning years, VH1 took up the mantle of showing videos. Among the bands it played? Pearl Jam.

So this has been going on for considerably longer than most people would imagine.

Does this mean that Pearl Jam isn't good anymore?

 

[VindicatorZ]

It happens. Pearl Jam is a classic band. And by that, I mean they are one of the best bands of all time.

 

[TTUVAPOR]

Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Bush, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, etc...all those 90s grunge rock bands shouldn't be called classic rock yet.

70s rock to me is classic. Gotta break the 40 year old threshold first in my opinion.

20 more years and we can say Pearl Jam is classic rock

 

[TheRedSnifit]

...Nope, even after all the times it's played on the local classic rock station, "Last Kiss" doesn't get any less execrable.

 

[Mdot]

I was once at a festival where Alice in Chains, Them Crooked Vultures and Pearl Jam played on the same day. At the end of PJ's set Eddie called Jerry Cantrell and Dave Grohl on stage and they started playing a song together. There's no bad blood between any of them.

Spoiler

Also, during the Them Crooked Vultures concert Grohl almost fell off his drum stool from laughter because apparently Cantrell flashed him from backstage.

Man, we need another Vultures album. I still listen to that on vinyl frequently. Shit rips.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

Yellow ledbetter is my jam. That and Immortality.

 

[dejay]

A lot of people here in denial - it's old, live with it. I felt the same way when I started hearing '80s stuff on classic stations.

Eddie Vedder is 50; he's 20 years away from being Keith Richards.

 

[Catdaddy]

Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Bush, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, etc...all those 90s grunge rock bands shouldn't be called classic rock yet.

70s rock to me is classic. Gotta break the 40 year old threshold first in my opinion.

20 more years and we can say Pearl Jam is classic rock

In the 80s Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Pink Floyd, Queen, etc (basically any rock song from the 70s) were considered classic rock. It happens.... Considering there will be no classic rock from about 1998 on... gotta have something to fill that gap...

 

[Dishwalla]

I remember listening to the local classic rock station(which proudly billed itself as "The Classic Rock Station") go from playing a Steve Miller song to playing "Come As You Are", which initially threw me off. After the Nirvana tune they then segued into a Journey song, and finally into "Fly" by Sugar Ray, at which point I gave up and turned the station off. There's just something in me that cannot accept Sugar Ray as classic rock.

 

[entremet]

When Nick at Night started showing shows I saw during their original runs, I knew I was getting old.

 

[MauMau]

I can't find any station that plays Metallica anymore...

 

[Watevaman]

I can't find any station that plays Metallica anymore...

The only song I've heard in recent years is pretty much Enter Sandman. I believe one of the stations played Ride the Lightning by request, but that was it.

 

[Catdaddy]

I can't find any station that plays Metallica anymore...

I only listen to Sirius/XM in the car, they play it. There was even an all Metallica channel at one point (think it was a promotion)

 

[xDUMPWEEDx]

When I was in High School in the early 90's - 70's tunes and some early 80's - The Cars, etc were "Classic Rock" - that's about 15-20 year gap.

Time keeps on slipping into the future.

Cars, Boston, Rush, Journey, etc. Late 70s/Early 80s music is awesome.

 

[To Far Away Times]

They play Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Chili Peppers on one of the local Classic Rock stations in my area. ~1994 seems to be the cutoff unless it's a new song from a band established before that time.

 

[Vicious]

I don't listen to the radio very often, but when I do I tend to listen to the classic rock stations for stuff like Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, etc., but I also like when they throw in some Nirvana or Pearl Jam because other stations don't play that stuff anymore. The regular rock stations just play awful generic modern rock.

One thing that always bothers me is I hardly ever hear stuff like The Beatles or Bob Dylan on the radio. Classic rock stations might play Come Together once in a blue moon but that's pretty much it. Oldies stations never really play them, either.

 

[Mdot]

104.3 in NY has a good mix of "classic rock" with the newer rock like PJ. They're my go-to station, but most of the time I just throw on a Spotify playlist

 

[ScrubJay]

My local classic rock station plays Puddle of Mudd and Let the Bodies Hit the Floor. They also play football on the weekends. They've gone into a bit of a clear channel mandated decline the last couple of years.

 

[Schlep]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV0wTtiJygY

"It'll happen to you!"

 

[WedgeX]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV0wTtiJygY

"It'll happen to you!"

A Simpsons for everything.

 

[Dishwalla]

One thing that always bothers me is I hardly ever hear stuff like The Beatles or Bob Dylan on the radio. Classic rock stations might play Come Together once in a blue moon but that's pretty much it. Oldies stations never really play them, either.

This is something that bothers me too, not much of 60's music gets played on the radio anymore, and you can forget 50's or earlier(unless you're a Sirius subscriber). Elvis Presley is one of the biggest names in music ever, he was huge and had numerous hits, but outside of "Blue Christmas" during the holidays when was the last time you heard his music on the radio?

 

[Henchmen21]

Join the club OP. Us 80s children have had this happen like 10 years ago.

 

[Black Mamba]

Dude, I've been hearing Pearl Jam on classic rock for a decade, already. Where have you been?

 

[terrene]

Well, yeah. Ten came out 24 years ago, b.

At the time of Ten's release, 24-year-old hits from 1967 were being played as "classic rock" and I doubt you had shit to say about that, then.

 

[Zombine]

I think the main issue is that a lot of these bands aren't being "replaced." We don't have a lot of talent breaking into the mainstream with that rock edge.

 

[PassiveObserver]

I think the main issue is that a lot of these bands aren't being "replaced." We don't have a lot of talent breaking into the mainstream with that rock edge.

It's gonna take a lot more than talent to break into the mainstream with a hard rock sound nowadays. There are plenty of talented bands putting out records, they just don't sound commercial enough anymore for today's music climate.