Favorite bands gone too soon

[Blue2010]

Heard these guys on the radio and figured it would be a better thread than more boring politics.

Always thought Audioslave had the makings of being one of the great all-time bands.

 

[JuleZ '02 HEEL]

Love Audioslave, especially the first album, but I'm also glad Soundgarden is back together. Got to see them on the King Animal tour and it was awesome.

 

[tarheel0910]

Man, you’re going to get me bummed out this early?

(Black Sabbath died when Ozzy left.)

 

[HookUNC75]

I know this is a genre that most of you have no interest in, but one of my favorite Bluegrass Bands broke up in 2011, Cherryholmes.

 

[gunslingerdick]

Man, you’re going to get me bummed out this early?

(Black Sabbath died when Ozzy left.)

Some bands are legendary because of the "what could have been" factor. I think a couple that you choose illustrate that. And I think in a lot of those cases, it's probably better that the band broke up. They might have caught lightning in the bottle and produced 2 or 3 good albums but the trick to being a successful musical artist is longevity and being able to recreate yourself throughout your career. Some of these bands that had a very good short career may not have been able to do that.

With that said, I will submit the following:

 

[Blue2010]

Man, you’re going to get me bummed out this early?

(Black Sabbath died when Ozzy left.)

Life After Death and All Eyes on Me were easily my favorite albums growing up through middle school. I'm "old" now and just can't get into the hip hop crap out there today. Everything is mainstream and just sucks...across every genre. I grew up with country too, and for the life of me, can't even listen to a song now without damn near vomiting.

 

[gunslingerdick]

Life After Death and All Eyes on Me were easily my favorite albums growing up through middle school. I'm "old" now and just can't get into the hip hop crap out there today. Everything is mainstream and just sucks...across every genre. I grew up with country too, and for the life of me, can't even listen to a song now without damn near vomiting.

As a certified rap head from the golden age of hip hop (mid 80s through late 90s), I somewhat agree. But I will admit that while I used to be a hard liner on that like you, there has indeed been some good underground rap music of the last 15-20 years. It's hard to find and I guess it depends on what you like out of your rap music, but there's some good stuff out there.

In regards to Biggie, Live After death was incredible. But personally, I thought Ready To Die was every bit as good and it of course came first. It set the stage for that new wave of rap music. If you're not familiar with that album, you should be.

Tupac - meh, he never really did it for me. By and large, I'm more of an East Coaster than a West Coaster but I respect Pac. I just never got into his music all that much. I loved him with Digital Underground though.

 

[gunslingerdick]

Life After Death and All Eyes on Me were easily my favorite albums growing up through middle school. I'm "old" now and just can't get into the hip hop crap out there today. Everything is mainstream and just sucks...across every genre. I grew up with country too, and for the life of me, can't even listen to a song now without damn near vomiting.

Agree on country wholeheartedly. I love that Outlaw country from back in the day. Everything now is so poppy. But there are few throwbacks. Jamey Johnson is the real deal.

 

[Blue2010]

As a certified rap head from the golden age of hip hop (mid 80s through late 90s), I somewhat agree. But I will admit that while I used to be a hard liner on that like you, there has indeed been some good underground rap music of the last 15-20 years. It's hard to find and I guess it depends on what you like out of your rap music, but there's some good stuff out there.

In regards to Biggie, Live After death was incredible. But personally, I thought Ready To Die was every bit as good and it of course came first. It set the stage for that new wave of rap music. If you're not familiar with that album, you should be.

Tupac - meh, he never really did it for me. By and large, I'm more of an East Coaster than a West Coaster but I respect Pac. I just never got into his music all that much. I loved him with Digital Underground though.

I like Ready to Die, but it was a few years before my time. I started 6th grade when Life After Death was released and everyone around me was hooked with that one. So, it's more of a timing thing than anything else. I honestly don't even remember anything about Biggie and 2pac being shot, other than it was on the news. So the whole East / West thing, I think I was too young to really know what the big deal was.

Jamey Johnson I'll agree on. Artists like that I can get into. Anything Kenny Chesney-related...GMAFB.

 

[tarheel0910]

Can't believe I forgot about this one.

 

[strummingram]

 

[grillheel]

Any of you guys ever hear a band called Arrogance? They were a killer band that was a staple around the Triangle in the late 70's, early 80's. Really good band that never made it really big but I thought was great. They still play a reunion concert occasionally in the Chapel Hill area that is well attended/received.

 

[TarHeelMark]

Just about any band that Eric Clapton was in...

 

[Nuk'EM Heels]

 

[TarHeelMark]

 

[JuleZ '02 HEEL]