You have 10 seconds to name a rock band from the last 25 years that is both critically acclaimed and culturally relevant. Please note that commercial success is not synonymous with cultural relevance.
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>The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, Queens of the Stone Age, The Mars Volta, Franz Ferdinand, The Smashing Pumpkins, Oasis, Bloc Party, The Libertines, Blur, Pulp, Suede, and Interpol are not culturally relevant, as they have had no real cultural impact. You're not going to hear their music being played at a high school dance or have a large number of normies sharing them on Facebook or in the future remembering them the way you would a contemporary artist who actually has made a cultural impact (e.g. Beyonce, Kendrick, Kanye) >Jack White is not a culturally relevant artist. Seven Nation Army may be a culturally relevant track but having only one culturally relevant track indicates a lack of longevity and thus a lack of cultural relevance as artists. >Weezer only have one critically acclaimed album and it came out 23 years ago. >Muse, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Tool, Kings of Leon, The 1975, Alt-J, The Black Keys, Pearl Jam, Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Blink-182, Brand New, Taking Back Sunday, Mumford & Sons, and Red Hot Chili Peppers are not critically acclaimed. >The Flaming Lips, Sufjan Stevens, Vampire Weekend, Tame Impala, The National, The Hold Steady, Dinosaur Jr, Deerhunter, Mac DeMarco, Porcupine Tree, Beach House, Ween, Titus Andronicus, Bon Iver, Pixies, Spoon, Pavement and Modest Mouse are far too niche to be considered culturally relevant. This is also true for all metal. >R.E.M., Bruce Springsteen, and U2 have not been critically acclaimed in the last 25 years. >LCD Soundsystem, Radiohead and Arcade Fire are not rock bands
you LARPed the whole thread inside your head before posting this didn't you?
Jose Cruz
I don't care for you or your opinions, sir.
Kayden Smith
Van Halen
Isaac Davis
>Brand New >not critically acclaimed nigga
Sebastian Baker
The Killers
Kevin Nguyen
Damn he got it
Liam Adams
>name a relevant rock band except for all those relevant rock bands that i don't like
Leo Davis
literally checks all of OP's retarded arbitrary boxes
Sebastian Butler
>Radiohead is not a rock band
Ryder Wright
King Gizzard
Adam Peterson
the killers are not that relevant though they are not that well known outside of uk and us im pretty sure none of my friends ever heard of them
Alexander Allen
Yeah this OP btfo 2bh lad
I GOT SOUL
Gabriel Jones
>outside of the uk and us >relevant
Cameron Mitchell
>they are not that well known outside of uk and us the only important/ relevant places? damn...
Liam Morgan
>>The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, Queens of the Stone Age, The Mars Volta, Franz Ferdinand, The Smashing Pumpkins, Oasis, Bloc Party, The Libertines, Blur, Pulp, Suede, and Interpol are not culturally relevant, as they have had no real cultural impact. stopped reading right there OP you're so full of it
best post ITT
William Allen
Soundgarden
Eli Robinson
>your main definition of cultural relevance is that it impacts the youth Pretty sure some bands had an influence on a generation of teenagers, like RCHP or Imagine Dragons or even fucking Slipknot stirred up some kind of mini-culture. This applies to all aesthetic and behaviour of some youth. >but rock’s influence isn’t culturally universal! It never was, not even in the 60s. Is hip-hop culturally universal? Of course not, even though it is very influential nowadays.
John Williams
Kill yourselves, but Kill yourself, The Killers are known everywhere from Panama to Argentina, I know this for a fact. So shut the fuck up.
Lincoln Moore
>Mars Volte >"played at a high school dance"
Austin Jones
>Oasis are not culturally relevant Americunt confirmed
Sebastian Brown
>>LCD Soundsystem, Radiohead and Arcade Fire are not rock bands
Nicholas Reed
>loads of bands are irrelevant because mr jefferies the pleb english teacher hypothetically won't include it on his school dance playlist
Charles Anderson
linkin park
Dylan Gray
this fucking thread..again.
Julian Russell
Culturally relevant? one of the most ground breaking American rock bands of all time continuing a legacy of incredible musicianship with incredible musicians and incredible live performances so...check
Critically acclaimed? both past and present...so check.
>all metal >too niche Literally everyone and their grandma has wore a shirt with a metal band on it, many popular artists have been influenced by metal, in both sound and style
Charles Jackson
tbf, none of those bands, outside of maybe pumpkins and oasis are even popular enough to influence culture, and i would even bet against pumpkins
so do you and your friends all live under one rock or do you have your own separate rocks?
Josiah Barnes
who the fuck is that bass player?
Thomas Wilson
...
Parker Sanchez
>mfw I did a list with all the artist in the OP that had songs with 50+m listens on Spotify but accidentally closed the tab I fucking want to die
Nathan Barnes
that’s what you get for wasting time being autistic
Jackson Harris
Friendly reminder this is a b8 thread and you should not post in it. Whatever answer you give, OP will claim it's either not critically acclaimed or culturally relevant.
Nathaniel Richardson
I was like 30+ minutes into writing the fucking list
Joshua Ortiz
>LCD Soundsystem is not a rock band just because they use synths doesn't mean they're not a rock band
Give it Up, Tired, american dream, call the police, emotional haircut and so many others are rock songs
Ethan Gomez
I'm an ausfag and it's a cultural thing for celebrities to sing Mr Brightside
Nathaniel James
Car Seat Headrest, is both critically and commercially relevant, as are the white stripes, and at the drive-in, Ariel Pink as an artist is also becoming more popular and he's always been good.
Queen. Freddie mercury is a pop culture icon. Made in heaven came out in 1995. “We Will Rock You” a musical written I. Part by Taylor and May, has been running since 2002 “We will rock you” and “We are the champions” are culturally relevant as fuck. Plus Queen has been touring with numerous singers, notably Adam lambert for the past couple years. Get the fuck off my board.
Brayden Powell
Lana Del Ray
Tyler Taylor
Metallica
Luis Wilson
>Radiohead >not rock
Cooper Garcia
this
Austin Jenkins
My favourite thread.
Alexander Russell
This
Hunter Wright
oh come on, when AM came out in 2013 every normie was posting R U Mine? on their facebook Blur also had many notable songs like Tender or Song 2
Evan Long
winner winner chicken dinner Literally every Mexican party I go to has some form of The Killers playing; those tias really do love Brandon Flowers
Jackson Young
This is the worst copy pasta on this fucking board.
On a side note I feel stupid for defending My Chemical Romance.
Caleb Jenkins
bait
Jeremiah Watson
That'd be great. >HAAAAVE YOU SEEN THE LIVIIIIING
Jayden Young
>LCD Soundsystem, Radiohead and Arcade Fire are not rock bands
honey but this is wrong
Noah Thomas
Akimbo broke up in 2012. So thats how long rock lived for
Jeremiah James
linkin park, white stripes, the strokes, king gizzard, MGMT, arctic monkeys
Levi Garcia
>LARPed the whole thread inside your head the word is imagined
Brody Lopez
OP didn't come up with this
Camden Perry
White Stripes. Every soccer fan knows Seven Nation Army by heart. They were a massively successful band whose music still endures.
Alexander Green
Fuck, I'd like to have seen that, too bad I'm lazy and don't care that much to do it myself
Isaac Richardson
best trip desu
William Wood
Pic related is coming for OP
Jonathan Rogers
op is about to get fist fucked
Angel Anderson
define critically acclaimed. pretty sure they get panned by critics (unfairly because sam's town is a legitimate 9/10 album and hot fuss is at least a 7/10, but still panned)
Xavier Smith
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 has 68 million YouTube views, Tonight, Tonight has 38 million The Strokes - Reptilia has 94 million views and was on Guitar Hero, You Only Live Once has 83 million Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out has 41 million views Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know has 592 million views. Oh, and they played at the fucking Olympics stupid thread
Henry Brown
Phoenix
Christian Jackson
>Green Day isn't critically acclaimed >Made it into the Rock and Roll hall of fame in their first year of eligibility
Carson Davis
Yeah, pop rock is still rock
Matthew Myers
The Voidz
Alexander Nelson
>They replaced Freddie Mercury with American Idol jej
David Hughes
>>Muse, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Tool, Kings of Leon, The 1975, Alt-J, The Black Keys, Pearl Jam, Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Blink-182, Brand New, Taking Back Sunday, Mumford & Sons, and Red Hot Chili Peppers are not critically acclaimed. >not critically acclaimed
Christian Rivera
why are you people taking this bait again?
Robert Scott
Arctic Monkeys are both critically acclaimed and culturally relevant. Do you even know any teenagers?
Asher Rogers
TV on the Radio last great new york rock There, done.
William Long
This fucking guy. Here are a ton of bands that prove me wrong. But you cant say them so i must be right. Fucking lol most autistic shit ive seen on mu in a minute