attested_psycho

68-75 for prog, psychedelia and some great hard rock

90's for some great metal, alternative(whatever that means) and a sort of prog revival, along with the arrival of prog metal (Porcupine Tree, Ozric tentacles, Opeth, Spock's beard, Pain of salvation)

That's all subjective, of course.

IWP

I like 1967-1975 for psychedelic rock, hard rock, some prog rock, southern rock, jazz fusion/rock, and of course the start of heavy metal.

I also like 1996-2005 for nu metal which is admittedly my favorite style of rock/metal music at the moment, alternative rock/metal, and some industrial metal.

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rushingavengedtheaters

70's all day

Janszoon

Such as?

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Time & Place

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VanDerGraaf

1969 best year, no pun intended. led zeppelin, jimi hendrix, king crimson, the beatles, black sabbath, the doors, the stooges. woodstock, the beatles last live show, altamont, elvis presley returns... so much happening in one year. but subjectively i would love to have grown up during the early eighties for the hardcore punk scene.

saabrinnnaa

I'd say either the 70's or the 90's. I think by the 70's, quite a few influential bands had their sound down, as well as a kickass following. A few of my favorites are the stones, blue cheer (if you haven't listened, definitely check blue cheer out), fleetwood mac, of course black sabbath.. As for the 90's, all the grunge gets me going! I'm a huge sucker for the Smashing pumpkins.. Love their earlier ****, like gish or siamese dream.. I'd also like to throw Blind Melon into my list of 90's influentials.. such incredible talent

Norg

To me and for most people i think it was in there teenager years ..just something special and very weird about thoes years in music for me..because not only do u listen to the music u try and dress and act like your fav Idol or artist :P

for me it was like 1997-2004

Vertigo

I loved the late eighties/early nineties when the rock and metal scene was huge. I'm not saying it isn't now, but it was much more prevalent then. Whatever your taste, there was a vast amount to choose from and a lot of great bands were in their early days or prime.

Metallica, Guns n' Roses, Slayer, Megadeth, AC/DC, Motley Crue, Queensryche, Black Crowes, Bon Jovi, Extreme, Cinderella, Ozzy Osbourne, Skid Row, Van Halen, Whitesnake, Iron Maiden, Thunder, Def Leppard, Pantera, Poison and on an on it went.

It's never been the same since.

Howard the Duck

early to mid-80s for synth-pop also, I guess

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Late 90's