I would be careful in the way some of these bands are being classified - Slade and Sweet are both glam rock and later hard rock. Bowie is the ultimate chameleon and did glam rock and hard rock but also experimental/krautrock with Brian Eno (the original keyboardist for Roxy Music who would go on to being a pioneer in ambient music and later a much in demand producer), plastic soul, post punk, new wave and many more. As mentioned before, Genesis was prog rock. Even after Phil Collins took over, they were still prog rock before becoming more and more pop and soft rock. On your 2nd list, Quiet Riot is out of place with the others - they are borderline heavy metal- more hard rock/hair metal. Motörhead is one of the best metal bands ever and a huge influence on the other 3 who along with Anthrax make up “the big 4 of thrash metal.” If you like thrash, also look into Sepultura, Exodus, Testament, and Pantera (starting with Cowboys From Hell but they were more groove metal). Your last group is definitely prime MTV hair metal bands. I have a hard time thinking of these bands as true metal because they catered more to the pop side of things. Grunge music has often been cited as what killed off hair metal- @Xerobull had a thread recently about hair metal and nu metal - you might want to check it out. It’s too bad that @TheFreak doesn’t post much anymore as he knows all those bands and can talk about the obscure ones! You might want to check out NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) - important bands like Iron Maiden, Saxon, Def Leppard (their first 2 albums), Diamondhead, and Tygers of Pan Tang. Motörhead is sometimes considered in this group and sometimes considered a forerunner just like Judas Priest.
As a birthday present to myself, I took my two boys to see Patti at the Moody Theater in Austin back in May. It was sublime; she is so good with a crowd. It's ironic FFB finally has a popular music thread...his karma ran over his dogma.
Yes, but the Veterans that are the main targets for this discussion are going to lean towards going with what they like and not be too concerned with the details and classifications. The video with Bowie and Lou Reed made me think of some other songs from the past with references to the drug culture.
I am sort of boxed in and resistant to change, but I am more flexible than Roscoe (FFB). He appeared to have a preference for Country, John Denver, etc and that type of music isn't going to grab that many of the regulars on this Forum.
Since you mentioned Jackson Browne, does that suggest you like some of these James Taylor Van Morrison Carole King Springsteen
I like them all. We were privileged to see Springsteen on Broadway last August. Best show I've ever seen. if you haven't seen the Netflix special, I highly recommend it. (Followed that up 2 nights later with The Killers playing Terminal 5 in Hell's Kitchen).
That must have been terrific! It's been years since I've seen him. I first saw Bruce and the E Street Band at Liberty Hall in Houston in early March, 1974. They played for over 2 hours without a break, just about blew the doors off the place. Not only that, they played the Hall 4 nights in a row. I went back and saw them again. They were tremendous. Liberty Hall was listed at holding 450 people, which would include standing room. Just a great place to see a band. Saw the Velvet Underground there in August of 1972 for about $2.50. Another great concert, totally different from Bruce, of course. Houston had an amazing music scene during the mid-late '60's and into the '70's. You bought tickets at record stores or places like Foley's. No service charges, not that I can remember. That came later. Want to add that I know I've posted much of this before. I just enjoy reliving the memories.
