Also ranks #6 on The Best Bands Named After States Also ranks #14 on The 49 Best Glam Rock Bands Of The '70s, Ranked 23 Television 104 votes Also ranks #1 on The Best Art Punk Bands Dig Deeper The Best Guitar Teams Also ranks #12 on The 65+ Best Post-punk Bands, Ranked 24 Count...
Also ranks #35 on The 100+ Best Modern Rock Bands, Ranked 5 My Chemical Romance 3,929 votes My Chemical Romance's theatrical approach to pop-punk has left an indelible impact on the genre, incorporating elements of emo, post-hardcore, and glam rock into their distinct sound. With their ...
oversold—closer to truth is that they were bang on time, sounding somewhere between neighboring predecessors the Stooges and New York’s The Dictators—but it was striking for the era that they shared the same “whiteboy” influences (notably the Who) as those and other proto-punk bands. Th...
Unlike most of the bands on this list, Alice in Chains had no formal connections to the Sub Pop scene, or to punk rock in general: Their initial late-’80s incarnation, as Alice N’ Chains, saw frontman Layne Staley belting out funky glam-metal tunes with a sky-high hairdo to match....
s teenage son in 2015 — to be unrepentantly dark and discordant. Instead, guitars and drums are replaced by mournful, disorienting synths and delicate, otherworldly choral voices; the result is a psyche-straining work of tenderness and loss more beautiful than anything the post-punk legend has...
As one of the most consistent bands in hard rock, Deftones reliably release very good albums with moments of transcendence every four years or so. On this year’sOhms, that apex comes at the end, with a closing title track that tethers Chino Moreno’s vocal grandeur to a riff that takes...
While some post-hardcore bands would be focused on the dour parts of growing up, Long Island outfit Taking Back Sunday punched up the choruses and lightened the lyrics of their screamo brethren to get as close as the genre could to party music. With the band chugging along at breakneck spe...
BeforeMichael Jacksontook the stage at Super Bowl XXVII, halftime shows were largely casual affairs, often featuring marching bands and smaller acts. But Jackson changed everything. The King of Pop delivered a game-changing performance featuring "Billie Jean," "Black or White," and "Heal The Wo...
Millennials: Experience the rise of pop-punk and emo rock, representing bands such as Fall Out Boy and Green Day, highlighting their nostalgia. Gen Z: Includes newer bands that gained popularity in the 2000s, even brands like Paramore and Twenty One Pilots. ...
guitarist Abing and drummer Lodliet. And they have honest-to-goodness “songs.” They’re actually one of my favorite bands to see live in Beijing, especially at places that are more than 50% filled with drunk expats. I won’t say why that is, but god I hope they make it to Shang...