Best Band/Artist from each decade?

I'll start from the 50's

Jerry Lee Lewis

60's: The Beatles

70's: Electric Light Orchestra

80's: The Police, AC/DC close in second

90's: Red Hot Chili Peppers or Rage Against the Machine

00's: Gorillaz or Cake

10's: I have no Idea!

60s: The Velvet Underground
70s: The Clash
80s: The Cure
90s: Outkast
2000s: Kanye West

2000s Kanye West

I'll say that part. Maybe I'll edit later

I got the impression that everyone hated Kanye on GS. Guess not.

60's - The Beatles

70's - Led Zeppelin

80's - R.E.M./Pixies

90's - Pavement

00's - Radiohead

60s The Beatles

70s David Bowie

80s Sonic Youth

90s Pavement

00s M83

10s ????

Can't honestly name anyone specific until the 70s, but there was a lot of awesome music in the first half of the century.

70s: Black Sabbath

80s: New Order

90s: Beck and Gang Starr are pretty much tied (if it was 1995 - 2005 then Beck would win) and De La Soul is a close second

00s: The Shins

10s: ceo

These are favorites, because I really don't feel qualified to say who's the "best".

2000s Kanye West

I'll say that part. Maybe I'll edit later

Snakemaster9

Someone shoot me.

50s: Elvis

60s: Beatles (though I'd like to say Beach Boys)

70s: Eagles

80s: Eagles

90s-curren: Who cares...

60's- Frank Zappa

70's- Black Sabbath

80's- Iron Maiden

90's- Gorguts

00's- Ugh this is hard. Either Mitochondrion or Gigan. Not sure about this decade yet.

60's: Bob Dylan, The Doors, Velvet Underground, Allman brothers, Creedence Clearwater Revival

70's: Uriah Heep, Rush (into the 80's as well), Black Sabbath, Jim Croce, John Denver, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Red Hot Chili Peppers (Into 90's 2000's)

80's: Venom, Bathory,Red Hot Chili Peppers (Into 90's 2000's),Death (into the 90's), Dio, Slayer, Possessed, Morbid Angel (into the 90's), Athiest, Autopsy (into the 90's)

90's: Demilich, Borknagar (through the 2000's), Darkthrone (into the 2000's), Burzum (into the 2000's), Dissection, Emperor, Enslaved, Obituary (also in late 80's), Ulver (into the 2000's), Suffocation (into the 2000's), Foo Fighters (into 2000's), Blind Melon, Blues traveler (into 2000's), Modest Mouse (into 2000's), Sentenced (into the 2000's)

2000's: Agalloch, Bloodbath, Porcupine Tree, Alcest, Leviathan, Acid Witch, Hooded Menace, Origin, Obscura, Necrophagist (First album came out in 1999), Decrepit Birth, Amon Amarth (also in late 1990's), Tombs, Portugal. The man, Primordial, Septic Flesh

I'm leaving out a lot, and I know some of the dating isn't correct, but I placed the bands in their most relevant decade (or if they started very late into one decade, then I moved them up)

^^^red hot chili peppers in the 70's?

^^^red hot chili peppers in the 70's?

lazerface216

60s: the beatles, velvet underground, miles davis, the rolling stones, jimi hendrix

70s: talking heads, joy division, marvin gaye, gang of four, misfits, the jam

80s: the cure, the police, N.W.A, bad brains, eric b. and rakim, sonic youth, black flag, public enemy, minor threat, boogie down productions

90s: wu tang clan, sunny day real estate, radiohead, nine inch nails, nas, outkast, the roots, bjork, deftones, fugazi, aphex twin

00s: el-p, m83, interpol, tv on the radio, kanye west, mf doom, modest mouse, jay reatard, converge

More users in GS liked the Beatles then I thought.

• 50s Elvis Presley
• 60s The Beatles
• 70s Led Zeppelin
• 80s The Police
• 90s Pearl Jam

[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]Off the top of my head... 60s: Led Zeppelin 70s: Black Sabbath 80s: Megadeth 90s: Death 00s: Nile 10s: not sure yet...ArmoredCore55

I'm going based off what albums they released during the decade (Death released Spiritual Healing and on during the 90s, Nile released everything but Amongst in the 2000s). Actually I was tempted to put Death for the 80s too but figured that'd be a little lame. :P

60's: The Kinks

70's: Pink Floyd

80's: XTC

90's: Belle & Sebastian

00's: Okkervil River

60's - The Beatles (can't think of anyone else)

70's - The Clash, Joy Division

80's - Don't really listen to much 80's stuff. So Motley Crue I guess

90's - Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, AFI

00's (Where the real fun is) Taking Back Sunday, Senses Fail, Brand New, The Killers, 30 Seconds TO Mars

The 50's:Buddy Holly,Elvis.

The 60's:The Beatles.

The 70's:AC/DC,Led Zeppelin,The Doors

The 80's:AC/DC,Iron Maiden,Ozzy Osbourne.

The 90's:Sorry to say,but in my opinion rock'n'roll died in the early 90's.The very odd album is worth listening to since grunge{Nircrapa,Soundgardump,etc....}

ALL THE CLASSICS ARE GONE......Few still survived.......Metallica got my vote to in the 80's.

60s - The Velvet Underground/Beatles

70s - Led Zeppelin/The Who

80s - The Cure

90s - 2Pac

00s - ?

My favorites of the 2000s however are blink-182, Kid Cudi, and Angels & Airwaves.

60s- Don mclean

70s- Joy Division

80s- TheSmiths

90's- Radiohead/Oasis

2000's- The Killers, The strokes

2010- The Vaccines