For me it's all about the Brits in the 60s and 70s for rock, while I prefer America 80s-present day. Did Britain have rock music in the 50s?
I think for the rock genre it's a toss up as to what people prefer. Having a bigger impact on rock music, I'd probably give it to Britain for the bands that need not be listed for the 100th time. But preference-wise, I still like America a little.
Besides grunge, we also had the indie rock of the 90s like Pavement, Sonic Youth, Slint, Dinosaur Jr., Yo La Tengo, etc. which was a lot more inspired and creative than today's indie.
|