kntfkr posted:

ACDC is Aussie trash.

MrQwerty posted:

Brant Bjork is so good. Welcome to Sky Valley is so fuckin good.
Half of my top 10 are there because the drummers are guys that influenced me bigtime.

Spinz posted:

You've got to be kidding

AC DC who I saw live and enjoyed Back n Black album totally, have like 1 song they do variations of, that's it

Be real

MrQwerty posted:

Careful that's not music from this century

Grey Cat posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXEyz1mGMEc&t=159s

Caesar Saladin posted:

Pavement
The Pixies
My Bloody Valentine
Joy Division
Dinosaur Jr
The Beatles
The Smiths
The Strokes
Velvet Underground
Radiohead

kntfkr posted:

Negostrike posted:

Ryuichi Sakamoto
Pet Shop Boys
Kate Bush
Bakufu Slump
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Tears for Fears
Jamiroquai
Tad
Kraftwerk
808 State

TrixRabbi posted:

Alright here we go, folks.

10. Jon Foreman

Fairly unknown in America but there's been some profiles about what this Welsh artist has done with beach rock patterns. It's a stunning display of temporary, found work that has a mandala like effect.

9. Akie Nakata

Nakata's work is what might at first seem like something "cute" you'd find in a beach gift shop, but there's a level of detail in her animal rock paintings that rewards deep inspection.

8. Jean Verame

Sometimes it's not just the effect, but the extraordinary effort that goes into a work and when you think of the scale of Jean Verame's mountainside work it's very much worth an inclusion on this list. Helps that they are visually gorgeous too.

7. Gutzon and Lincoln Borglum

Look, it may be a cliche at this point, but Mount Rushmore is truly a stunning achievement in the history of sculpting. Problematic nature of the work aside, though it would be wrong not to note it was an intrusion on Native land, it is still a national treasure.

6. Paul Cézanne

Okay, I'm cheating. Cézanne may not have used rocks as his medium, but his paintings of rocks and quarries are beautiful and demand to be seen in person. An appreciation of the rock should count here.

5. Gary Dahl

Hehe, I know I'm being coy with this one, but the Pet Rock is a centerpiece of American kitsch culture. Dahl may have been a businessman, but the simple charms of the Pet Rock helped inspire so many young children to follow their own creative endeavors. It is in itself a work of art.

4. Jonathan Bréchignac

A contemporary French artist whose "Alien Rocks" series is on the avant-garde of rock artistry. He's one to watch.

3. Andy Goldsworthy

Now we're talking about the champions. Goldsworthy doesn't just make art with rocks, all of nature is his tapestry. One of our living greats.

2. Barbara Hepworth

Barbara Hepworth's sculptures make you completely rethink what it is possible to make out of a rock.

1. Michelangelo

Is marble a rock? Is this cheating? Who cares? Shout out to the king, the greatest to ever do it. Rest assured whatever you do in your life, none of it will weigh as heavy on the direction of modern art as Michelangelo's name has. To me, that's a comfort.

Darth Brooks posted:

My list is all boomer stuff for..reasons. Also, not in any order

The Who
ELO
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Heart
ZZ Top
The Beatles
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Van Halen
The Eagles
The Doors

If we were adding in individuals then sub in Roy Orbison, Joan Jett and Ray Charles in there somewhere.

Darth Brooks posted:

Jump is such a joyful shot of adrenaline it's hard to argue against it but Happy Trails makes me smile every time I hear it. The Lee Roth version of the band was a perfect blend of psychosis and skill. Every single hair band in the 80's wanted to be Van Halen. Even Van Halen, eventually.

Bismack Billabongo posted:

Prince

Szyznyk posted:

I knew what this was before clicking it, and it is the best.

Darth Brooks posted:

Are you being pissy about Jump or Happy Trails?

Revins posted:

I genuinely don't know much about Prince and this video was very eye opening holy poo poo

BiggerBoat posted:

That's just the tip of the iceberg. He just showed it that one time. A lot of people saw that performance and were like "holy poo poo! I didn't know he could play like that!" but if you dig through his catalog, you'll see. Go down a YouTube rabbit hole with him one day and be amazed.

There's a reason his Super Bowl halftime show is so revered. They had a real musician and a real band on stage who did not gently caress around.

Dude could do pretty much anything.

Well...except act or direct a movie, I suppose

BiggerBoat posted: