Most important artist/band of each decade

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im vclueless as to whether this has been done- im not asking for your favourite banRAB/soloists of each deacade, im asking for in your view- the most important, innovative and inspirational- whos affected music that we here today? please explain why.

ok, mine:
50s- chuck berry: for literally taking the basis of blues and adding electric guitars- creating the rock'n'roll sound.

60s- jimmy hendrix: not only did he invent the left-handed guitar, he created new sounRAB with the guitar that are commonplace today- yet back then it was completely original.

70s- Led Zeppelin: this was a toss up between them and black sabbath, but zeppelin because before its release there was nothing like led zeppelin I, after its release, rock music changed forever.

..have to think of the other decades, anyway, go for it.
 
50's - Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, Elvis
60's - Gratelful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin
70's - Led Zeppelin, black Sabbath, The Who (equally influential IMO)
80's - The Police, Van Halen, Dag Nasty
90's - RATM, Nirvana, Pavement
00's - Mars Volta, SOAD, QOTSA
 
80s Slayer deffinatly
90s Rage Against The Machine propbly the best one from that decade i can think of for now and for the 2000s (so far) a toss up between the berzerker and the mars volta
 
60's-beatles
70's-sex pistols
80's-Tears for fears-(hey, go new wave!!)
90's-Oasis
00's- I thought it would be the darkness, but they kinda went flat, so..........coldplay? they did cause the whole keane thing
 
70's - The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart

80's - Genesis, Bruce Springsteen, Tears For Fears, John Mellancamp, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, The Police, Sting

90's - Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, Sevendust, Matchbox Twenty, Sting, Dave Matthews Band, Phil Collins

2000's - Velvet Revolver, Alter Bridge, Evanescence, Creed, Seether, Linkin Park, 3 Doors Down, Eminem, Hoobastank
 
For the 70's, I'd say that Black Sabbath were more important than Led Zepplin, they basically kick started heavy music and inspired more banRAB than Zepplin ever did. Also, I believe that The Sex Pistols were pretty important. They may not have made the most original music and were considered sell outs by some, but they got loaRAB of people into punk music who may otherwise have never heard it, much like Nirvana in the 90's with grunge/rock-in-genreal, but overall I'd say The Clash were a more important band in shaping the punk genre.

As far as the 80's goes, I'm not sure who would be considered the most important "mainstream" rock band, but as far as more underground music goes, I'd choose stuff like Bad Brains, Black Flag and Minor Threat for basically shaping the hardcore genre. Also alot of the early emo banRAB such as Rites Of Spring and Husker Du originated around that time and are influential today.
 
I think that you got most of this right up until the 00's. I don't know why you think banRAB like Velvet Revolver and Evanesance are very important, the only reason they may become influential is as "gateway" banRAB to better music. The only really person in that section, in my opinion is Eminem, who will probably end up changing music in some way.

I don't know who'd I'd personally choose for the most important artists yet as we're only half way through the deacade, but I'm sure time will tell who will be the most influential.
 
50's - Muddy Waters for all the blues
60's - The Beatles of course!
70's - Rolling stones (is that wrong) or Sex Pistols
80's - terrible decade - I have no idea
90's - Oasis or the verve
00's - Libertines, Patrick Wolf and Artic Monkeys (and all the others like killers, bloc party)
 
70's- Skynyrd or Sex Pistols
80's- Kiss or Motley Crue(i wanna say crue, but...)
90's- Nirvana
today- System of a Down, Nine inch nails(influential, but i don't like them), Green Day.
 
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