I’m glad you asked. Right now I am going through albums that I just recently got (like Thin Lizzy, Grand Funk, etc) and also listening to stuff that I have had for awhile like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. But I am concentrating on hard rock and heavy metal with some prog rock thrown in.
I won't say that Iron Maiden Thin Lizzy Grand Funk Railroad Judas Priest are all similar, but they all are older stuff which I am familiar with. There is older stuff such as ELP (Emerson Lake & Palmer) Yes Jethro Tull The Moody Blues that I am familiar with, but don't listen to very much. I am guessing that most of the music that I don't know is newer than 40 years ago. Your jumps between timeframes is what made me ask.
I go through stretches where I will listen to several different genres - recently it was punk along with genres influenced by punk such as post-hardcore, post punk, post punk revival, etc. I could change the iPod to reggae with dub, roots, dancehall, etc or to jazz with hard bop, fusion and free jazz. Or even to some soul and funk. But I wanted to concentrate on bands that are heavy on guitar (for the most part) and I do agree with you that a foursome of Grand Funk Railroad, Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest, and Iron Maiden seem strange, they are all heavy guitar whether it’s heavy metal or hard rock.
Never heard of them until a read a blurb on their most recent/final album and then dug in a bit further Houston group BROCKHAMPTON. Mix between rap, r&b, rock. Large mix of guys. Really good stuff.
You continue to make jumps in time. Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Motor Head etc. I have been trying to determine what will be next...........but I think it is best to give up because it probably won't be close to right.
Haha - I'm sorry that you haven't been able to figure out the pattern. However, it will continue to be hard rock, prog rock, heavy metal, etc.
This classical flutist has a whole bunch of videos reacting to Ian Anderson playing the flute that I enjoy. One example: I have a whole recent YouTube sub-genre obsession with classical musicians listening to pop/rock songs for the first time.
I thought about it some more and even if I saw a pattern, you could choose to branch in a different direction with your next post and I would have it wrong because I would be unable to anticipate the change in direction. Probably a bit broader than Hard Rock because some might be labeled Blues Rock or Southern Rock or Arena Rock, but there are multiple directions that you could go in this exploration of Music. John Mayall Bluesbreakers Yardbirds Johnny Winter Alvin Lee Edgar Winter Black Sabbath Kinks Cream Hendrix Mountain Faces Small Faces Grand Funk Railroad James Gang Blue Cheer Iron Butterfly Vanilla Fudge Uriah Heep Cheap Trick REO Speedwagon Blackfoot Humble Pie BTO Spirit AC/DC Jeff Beck Lynyrd Skynyrd Molly Hatchett Robin Trower Deep Purple ZZ Top Steppenwolf Free Bad Company Foghat Ted Nugent Nazareth Rare Earth Peter Frampton Allman Brothers