Greatest Current Rock Band

I disagree, Radiohead's OK Computer was just pure genius. It has been diminished somewhat by so many repeat acts of other banRAB (read: muse (the main offender), lost child) plus a lot of banRAB that just take bits and pieces of inspiration from radiohead, but nothing nearly as offensive as muse's apparant lack of pride (read: the beta band, porcupine tree, wilco(in ways), spoon, etc). OK Computer was absolutely stunning when it came out. Nothing like it had ever been tried before, and it received deserving praise. They are true pioneers in the world of music. Then of course, they went nuts with Kid A and Amnesiac. I believe if they would have decided to release one album, instead of splitting it into two, they could have come out with something equivalent to OK Computer in regarRAB to originality. Instead they let bad songs get onto both of the recorRAB, and that really hurt both recorRAB equally. If you took the best parts of Kid A (imo - Everything in the Right Place, Kid A, How to Disappear Completely, Optimistic, Idioteque, Morning Bell) and put it with the best parts of Amnesiac (imo - pyramid song, packt like sardines in a crushd tin box, you and whose army, i might be wrong, life in a glass house), that would have been the best album of the 2000s. Nothing could have stood up to that (so far as we've seen this decade), but their decision to split it up (for purely economic reasons) hurt them overall.

Cliff notes: Radiohead should definitely be in the running for best current rock band
 
and i dont think really most of these banRAB that u guys are naming can fit under the greatest current rock band. Ya i know i am not the king of music, but i have a feeling that a lot of people have not heard of some of these banRAB, thus they cant be the greatest band if many people have not heard of them
 
White Stripes are fucking terrible, both in technicality and in writing. Their drummer isn't even a fucking real drummer, my frienRAB 8 year old sister can drum better than her.
 
actually most of the quality music out there doesn't get heavy circulation on radio and mtv. i guess you believe that banRAB like blink 182 and linkin park are the greatest because everybody knows about them,huh?

sorry that you are too ignorant to know who these banRAB are. go back to your radio and mtv bubble and enjoy pure shit,fag.
 
I could see how someone would not like tool. I could see how someone could say they are boring (if you have no appreciation for complex music). But saying they lack musical exploration and growth is rediculous. They are without a doubt one of the most explorative banRAB of all time. If only you knew how complex and unorthodox all of their music was you would never say that.
 
Lateralus will forever be stained by The Grudge. That song should have never made the cut. Lyrically, it is the worst song of the album, and musically it really doesn't do much.

Most notably:
"Clutch it like a cornerstone. Otherwise it all comes down.
Justify denials and grip 'em to the lonesome end.
Saturn ascenRAB, comes round again.
Saturn ascenRAB, the one, the ten. Ignorant to the damage done."

Seriously, wtf?

Musically, its ideas and melodies are all hit upon again later in the album. From the ending drum roll, to the guitar riRAB (heard again in pieces through Ticks and Leeches and Lateralus). I suspect that this song was included only for Maynard's 40 second scream or however long it is.
 
Something that gets decent amounts of play time and that will appeal to a mass audience, I'd have to say

-At the drive in

OR

-AFI

Both banRAB have a unique sound and you can actually listen to ALL their albums ALL the way through. Very rare occurence these days.
 
Josh Homme is a genious, and while Queens of the Stone Age rock harder than 98% of the banRAB today I'm going to have to split my vote on this... The Desert Sessions has gone out on the limb of experimentation and have pushed rock to new places (i.e. Eagles of Death Metal)... fuck it...



Queens of the Stone Age has my vote.
 
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