Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 829235)

LOL. It's pretty straight up garage rock, I wouldn't call it noise. And for the record, based on your comments in another thread, I'm much more of an old person than you are, at least chronologically. ;)

Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt (Post 829268)

You're older and can appreciate modern music a lot more than I, hats off to you sir (respectful to my elders ;))

I just can't stand what I've been hearing, I've tried so hard to find some obscure modern bands that will just relate to me and I can't seem to do it, I just end up going back and listening to the 60s 70s and 80s, I wish someone would come a long with 2 guitars, a bass, drums and a voice, make a record where they plug in a play, none of this synth bollocks.

Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 829291)

You have basically just described the Hunches (although they only have one guitar I think). I'm surprised you don't like them.

As far as "synth bollocks" goes, I guess I don't understand the attitude that one instrument is somehow less legit than another. But if you don't like "synth bollocks" why would you back and listen to 80s music? That was like the decade of the synthesizer.

Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt (Post 829294)

80s - Van Halen, AC/DC, Motorhead, Queen, Guns n Roses (hides)that's why I go back to the 80s.

Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt (Post 829294)

Well, I mean keyboards and synths are okay when used correctly, I think The Smiths used them, and were still brilliant. But these days it just sounds bad (for me anyway) Radiohead used them for Kid A and that was a great album, but there's something about bands these days that just doesn't do it for me.

NME 2010 up and coming list was laughable.

80s - Van Halen, AC/DC, Motorhead, Queen, The Cure, Guns n Roses (hides), The Smiths, Joy Division etc. that's why I go back to the 80s.

Originally Posted by Rickenbacker (Post 829297)

But everything these groups did in the 80s was laughable. Most of it, anyway.

Originally Posted by noise (Post 829240)

i was born in 1878. perhaps this has something to do with the fact that i don't care for most music prior to about 1985. in fact, around half of my 150gb collection comes from the last decade. there is a tremendous amount of very good modern music out there.

modern jazz and funk, hip hop, trip hop, downbeat electronic, post rock... all infinitely better than the scream-in-your-ear uk garage punk garbage, or tripping balls love your neighbor 70s pop. and most especially that so called 'classic rock' which consists mostly of obnoxious chainsmokers grumbling about tequila and patriotism to the same guitar riffs over and over.

the variety of styles available today is absolutely astonishing. take some time and learn to appreciate something other than guitars with drums...

Originally Posted by *wiki

Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967.

Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt (Post 829294)

80s - Van Halen, AC/DC, Motorhead, Queen, The Cure, Guns n Roses (hides), The Smiths, Joy Division etc. that's why I go back to the 80s.

Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 829300)

Most of the bands you just listed are actually from the 70s, most of them used synths, and very few of them were the type to make a record "where they just plug in and play". I'm having trouble seeing how they compare negatively to today's music using your standards. Don't get me wrong, I love almost every single one of those bands (except Queen and AC/DC) but there are equally as good bands around right now too.

Originally Posted by Alfred (Post 829400)

There are plenty of modern bands that give obvious nods to older rock groups and fit your criteria...

White Stripes, Priestess, Airborne, Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster, Wolfmother, Mastodon, Revolution Mother, Cancer Bats, Queens Of The Stone Age, The Bloody Hollies, The Apples In Stereo, plenty of others.

It shocks me that you can't find something you like, I don't think you're looking very hard.