50 best rock bands right now

Carlos wrote:
Is QOTSA a bunch of hired guns at this point?

What's interesting is that bands like Nine Inch Nails and QOTSA all have basically had only one core member. Unlike NIN, which doesn't rely as much on collaboration, QOTSA is all about finding people who can make their own unique contributions. And the current lineup has been pretty stable since about 2007, so that's 8 full years. I don't consider them hired guns when there's a good chemistry and they're performing on the LPs. Social Distortion is another band that only has one core member left, but on a good night they're still pretty amazing. Echo and the Bunnymen definitely have hired guns. You never know who's drumming or on bass on any given tour. To me, that's what a hired gun is.

bearman wrote:

Carlos wrote:
Is QOTSA a bunch of hired guns at this point?

What's interesting is that bands like Nine Inch Nails and QOTSA all have basically had only one core member. Unlike NIN, which doesn't rely as much on collaboration, QOTSA is all about finding people who can make their own unique contributions. And the current lineup has been pretty stable since about 2007, so that's 8 full years. I don't consider them hired guns when there's a good chemistry and they're performing on the LPs. Social Distortion is another band that only has one core member left, but on a good night they're still pretty amazing. Echo and the Bunnymen definitely have hired guns. You never know who's drumming or on bass on any given tour. To me, that's what a hired gun is.

The fact you replied seriously to comments from Relaxer and I that were clearly sarcastic makes me giggle.

Carlos wrote:

bearman wrote:

Carlos wrote:
Is QOTSA a bunch of hired guns at this point?

What's interesting is that bands like Nine Inch Nails and QOTSA all have basically had only one core member. Unlike NIN, which doesn't rely as much on collaboration, QOTSA is all about finding people who can make their own unique contributions. And the current lineup has been pretty stable since about 2007, so that's 8 full years. I don't consider them hired guns when there's a good chemistry and they're performing on the LPs. Social Distortion is another band that only has one core member left, but on a good night they're still pretty amazing. Echo and the Bunnymen definitely have hired guns. You never know who's drumming or on bass on any given tour. To me, that's what a hired gun is.

The fact you replied seriously to comments from Relaxer and I that were clearly sarcastic makes me giggle.

What's your definition of sarcasm?

GIGGLE IT UP FUCKFACE I WAS DEAD SERIOUS

aLSO, I AGREe with bearman about Spin. For a certain aged person, Spin was the first national media magazine that really covered punk and hardcore in the mid-80s. The simple fact that they had a regular section on the "underground" was very unique in a world of Rolling Stone, Hit Parader, and Circus. They didn't cover the music like Flipside or Maximum RnR but you could also buy Spin at Safeway and that was a big deal (for me).

Relaxer wrote:
aLSO, I AGREe with bearman about Spin. For a certain aged person, Spin was the first national media magazine that really covered punk and hardcore in the mid-80s. The simple fact that they had a regular section on the "underground" was very unique in a world of Rolling Stone, Hit Parader, and Circus. They didn't cover the music like Flipside or Maximum RnR but you could also buy Spin at Safeway and that was a big deal (for me).

Are you guys sure it's Spin that had changed over the last 25 years and it's not you guys who have changed?

and, like, what is "change", anyways?

Based purely on their 930 board postings, I would say there are many here who have changed very little in 25 years.

click bait. if it was a reasonable list, no one would care

Bands I need to give more attention to:
Tenement (seen them a couple times and both were solid. Never heard any of their records)
Destruction Unit
Ought
Inter Arma
Beach Slang


Bands I'm currently into:
MAKTHAVERSKAN
Shopping
Screaming Females
Chumped
Hop Along
Girlpool
The Body
Wolf Eyes
Downtown Boys
Royal Headache
Protomartyr
Chastity Belt
Parquet Courts (their live shows are still fun)
Sleater-Kinney (honestly surprised with how strong Cities to Love was)
Deerhunter


Bands I've enjoyed previously who have done little for me recently:
TVOTR (didn't care much for anything after Cookie Mountain)
Dirty Projectors (That Black Flag covers album was pretty cool but that's pretty much it)
Sunn 0))) (It's just been a while so they could move back into the above list. And that Scott Walker thing is a bullshit gimmick so that doesn't count)
Spoon (I've just lost track. Have they done anything lately?)
Swans (The last two albums are mostly filler)


Bands I don't really care about:
everything else


Edit: Added Beach Slang to the first category.