long-standing bands who still nailed your balls during their later years

[I'm Hardcore]

[Sonic Johnny]

[I'm Hardcore]

fair calls

[Elphenor]

The Fall

[Mals Marola]

who woulda guessed!

in any case, i've heard some sweetshit from the melvins in their so-called later years. was only 10 years or so down the line for them, but still

then there's





among otherz

[Elphenor]

Depeche Mode had some of their best songs in their later years for sure

[Mals Marola]

you say that like they're gone now

saw the boys more than once last year & it was incred'

they were actually pulling out barrel of a gun & only when that year... good grief!

[Elphenor]

Oh shit, I didn't know they were still rocking

[I'm Hardcore]

obviously i'm not going to rip into anyone for posting things that i don't agree with


but Deftones still have awhile left to be considered 'long standing' if you ask me

[dreams of glass]

I was gonna post Melvins

[Elphenor]

Robert Smith's voice sounds like it hasn't aged a day and there's a couple of songs per album that blow me away even if the overall quality has dropped

[Mals Marola]

bernard sumner sounded pretty young on a lot of those recordings he made at 50, for that matter

and deftones aren't exactly rolling stones but they've been around since '88 more or less

plus i feel like the whole chi cheng incident gives them some heft in that department, somehow

[Elphenor]

Radiohead is the answer to this question though

[I'm Hardcore]

so Radiohead's last two records have nailed your balls, huh?

[I'm Hardcore]

"nailed your balls" = extremely good music. just saying.

[dreams of glass]

nailed your balls just sounds painful

[Elphenor]

Pretty much yeah

In Rainbows more than KoL but still

[Elphenor]

I'm the creep and weirdo who thinks Radiohead's second half has been better than their first

Kid A and HTTT being their best albums

[Mals Marola]

as a big fan of marshall suite, country on the click & fall heads roll i'll agree heartily with the fall thing, but i feel like radiohead are one of the biggest "other side of the mountain" bands i've been a fan of in terms of the quality of their more recent output

[Elphenor]

I'm of the opinion that RH should be known as THE post-2000 band instead of being another popular alternative 90's band

I really hear their influence on so many people that I've played with too

[I'm Hardcore]

Sonic Youth was the obvious choice, really. All aside from their last 2 records.

[Mals Marola]

Originally Posted by Elphenor

I'm of the opinion that RH should be known as THE post-2000 band instead of being another popular alternative 90's band

i think this is the opinion of most people who don't work in a guitar shop*

maybe not "THE post-2000 band" but certainly one who made it past the 90s with artistic ambitions intact/reinvigorated

damon albarn & a coupla others join those ranks as awesome 90s-prevalent artist who powered on through the "oughts"

*over-generalization, obv, just a dumb joke-with-myself about the amount of people i've heard in there unironically mention "that creep band" in random bouts of conversation

[Elphenor]

I hear them a lot when I go buy guitars, people playing In Rainbows songs and stuff

[Mals Marola]

yeah i guess in rainbows had changed the game a bit

what with all the internet-notoriety and whatnot

heard some kids playing arpeggi in a guitar place not too long after the album was released, now that you mention it

craaazy, craaazy world

[Mals Marola]

Originally Posted by Mals Marola

craaazy, craaazy world

s.o.w.

[Cool As Ice Cream]

Originally Posted by Elphenor

I'm the creep and weirdo who thinks Radiohead's second half has been better than their first

Kid A and HTTT being their best albums

Pablo Honey (1993)
The Bends (1995)
OK Computer (1997)
Kid A (2000)
Amnesiac (2001)
Hail to the Thief (2003)

In Rainbows (2007)
The King of Limbs (2011)

if you look at the period of time between the first album and now, one could consider kid a and httt "first half". (1993-2003 and 2004-2014)
if you count the albums, kid a is also "first half".

[Elphenor]

Yes you totally could, but what I meant is that most people agree there's a shift starting with Kid A

[Cool As Ice Cream]

i don't think it's that weird to prefer the later albums.

[dreams of glass]

In Rainbows is great

[Elphenor]

I'VE NO IDEA WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT
I'M STUCK IN THIS BODYYYY AND CAN'T,
GET OUT