Stu

who is your favourite band/artist from 2000 onwards? ive thought of this decade as a bit of a weak one so far, i know its only 4 years in but its lacked identity, for example- the 80's had the whole cheesy, synthesizer rock or hair metal going on. the 70s was heavy rock and the decade of the riff- the 60s was the whole pop-rock, catchy-chorus and psychedelia decade while the 90's was the decade of brit-pop and brit-rock (for british people, dont know about america), it also saw the birth of indie if you like. but what do you think of the new decade and whats your favourite band of the past four years? the only thing i can think of so far for this decade is the birth of emo?!

Jonah

A few of these artists originally formed in 99', but either didn't get signed or record anything until after 2000.

2000
-Strike Anywhere
-Dashboard Confessional(His solo projects)

2001
-It Dies Today
-Rise Against
-Mars Volta

2002
-Sage Francis
-All Rattle and Dust

2003
-Amanda Rogers
-Gratitude
-The A.K.A's
-Motion City Soundtrack

2004
-Head Automatica
-Slingshot Dakota

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Sweet Jane

Explosions in the Sky, The Hidden Cameras, Sparta, and The Go! Team. Sons and Daughters are looking to be a big one, dubbed the next Franz Ferdinand but I think that's almost an insult. The Polyphonic Spree, Badly Drawn Boy, Queens of the Stone Age, Sunn O))) and A Silver Mount Zion were around in 1999 but didn't release a debut album till 2000, and not sure that The White Stripes did either, surely they must be a big band of our time.

itchytasty

if i'm not mistaken, emo started back in the 80's...

right now, it's just nu-metal / hard rock that's poured over from the end of the last decade... there has not been one of those "revolutionary" bands yet.


anyways, new bands...

Mastodon
The Mars Volta
Grimfist
Origin (started in '98, but didn't release major record til '00)
The Red Chord
The Black Dahlia Murder

... eh... this is kinda difficult.

Urban Hatemonger

I`ve seen very little so far that really grabs me. I`ve seen quite a few good bands but no really great ones yet.
I think the music press is to blame in some way , they just build & build bands up & give them blanket coverage until everybody is sick of them & they never last more than 1 or 2 years.

Sweet Jane

That sounds about right. Man, thats so depressing. Although hopefully that will help separate the truly great bands from the passively radio-friendly, as the strong ones will last the test of time.

Actually, thats why no-one stands out from 2000 onwards. Its too early to tell. Rome wasn't built in a day kids. There is hope!

Stu

i remember the strokes were billed as the new saviours of rock and "the next beatles" a few years ago. what have they done since? released one good debut album and a second that really was quite poor. the white stripes are the only band i can really see being remembered in the future..but thats only becuase of their originality. coldplay for me have produced two really good, indie albums and if they carry on..maybe. wrong forum to talk about coldplay anyway.

Urban Hatemonger

The only bands I can think of off hand that have really made a difference is The Mars Volta , The White Stripes & Sigur Ros as far as originality goes.

Other than that it`s just loads of cookie cutter 'indie' style bands

Urban Hatemonger

Just thought i`d correct this glaring error

Stu

Mars volta remind me of radiohead, but thats only because they are so different to everyone else around at the moment. they need more recognition than they get in my opinion.