my favourite rock acts
A conversation made me think about the age of the acts I like, and the nationality, so I thought I'd do a list:
And that's as far as I feel inclined to take it. One US act in the top 11, four in the top 20, less than a third overall, most of the rest Brits, with a sprinking from elsewhere. Only one act in the top 26 that started in the last 30 years! About a tenth that started since 1980, say. Can you tell I am old? That means one act that started since my teens ended (I am 49). Basically, I haven't liked much rock since punk's heyday, and most of what I do is related to that.
- Rolling Stones
- Pulp
- Mott the Hoople
- T. Rex
- Buzzcocks
- Pavlov's Dog
- Rod Stewart
- Faces
- Who
- Slade
- Clash
- Velvet Underground
- Fall
- David Bowie
- Iggy/Stooges
- Adverts
- Sex Pistols
- Kinks
- Subway Sect
- Ramones
- Roxy Music
- Talking Heads
- Neil Young
- Elvis Costello
- Undertones
- Rezillos
- Wedding Present
- Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Captain Beefheart
- Lou Reed
- New York Dolls
- Ian Dury
- Richard Hell & the Voidoids
- Procol Harum
- Only Ones
- Dead Kennedys
- Dinosaur Jr
- Primal Scream
- Wire
- Wreckless Eric
- Pere Ubu
- Patti Smith
- New Order
- Suicide
- Afrirampo
- Black Sabbath
- Jesus & Mary Chain
- Joy Division
- XTC
- Saints
- Big Black
- Nick Cave
- Jam
- Pogues
- Public Image Ltd
- Teardrop Explodes
- Television
- Pop Group
- Slits
- Killdozer
- Motorhead
- Napalm Death
- Van Morrison
- MC5
- Lolita Storm
- Meat Loaf
And that's as far as I feel inclined to take it. One US act in the top 11, four in the top 20, less than a third overall, most of the rest Brits, with a sprinking from elsewhere. Only one act in the top 26 that started in the last 30 years! About a tenth that started since 1980, say. Can you tell I am old? That means one act that started since my teens ended (I am 49). Basically, I haven't liked much rock since punk's heyday, and most of what I do is related to that.