Name an old band still going strong (Quality and otherwise) today

[MrScorpio]

Steely Dan.

Old or recent, their stuff is still the best

[auburngrad82]

1. REM

I love everything they do.

[peekaloo]

19. second

They got no love for their Live8 set but they're still going strong.

[liberal N proud]

2. Moody Blues

[Dhalgren]

25. I love the Moody Blues.

I have since I heard my first Moodies album in 1968. Gods, how old am I?

[Wetzelbill]

3. The Steve Miller Band

[ghostsofgiants]

4. Red Hot Chili Peppers

[MercutioATC]

11. They're an "old band"???

I saw them when they were nobody in the late 80's...

[ghostsofgiants]

13. They've been around since the 80s

For a band, I consider that fairly old. They've been around longer than I have.

[MercutioATC]

17. I guess I'm dating myself...

I had graduated high school when I saw them...

Hell, Trent Reznor is a year or two younger than me...he came to a couple of our high school parties.

[johnnie]

24. Heh

I remember seeing Trent "back in the day" at a few gigs he played. He wasn't who he is now. I remember him with chicken hair and that 80s thing going on.

[MercutioATC]

49. I remember the hair, too.

His stage persona aside, he was a pretty quiet, intelligent person to talk to.

[ghostsofgiants]

26. Cool!

I was a mere toddler at the time if you saw them in the late '80s. I'm a young'n.

[MercutioATC]

50. Well, I feel old now...

:)

[ghostsofgiants]

53. More often than not I feel really young here, haha

So it's all good.

[blondeatlast]

36. I saw them earlier than the late '80s.

Yeppers, they can be considered old, IMHO.

[Lannes]

42. I saw an interview with them in the 80s before they broke

Before Anthony Keidas was a member(I think)and a local TV station was doing a story on them from the storage garage they rented to jam.They said that they had played so loud that the other bands there had left and that they werent interested in a record contract or selling alot of records.Great band even if they did change their minds.

[KG]

5. Dave Alvin, Steve Earle

[Wetzelbill]

35. Fuckin A, Steve Earle

[Badger1]

6. The Dead

They are no longer The Greatful Dead, just The Dead.

[ET Awful]

15. Still good, but I don't know about "going strong" :)

I still enjoy the shows, but I won't go through the same amount of effort to get to them as I did years ago :).

[vi5]

7. U2

O.K. yeah, if you never liked them you probably don't think that. But overall they are still writing some quality songs after 20 some years together in the exact same lineup. That's pretty rare.

[Liberal_Andy]

8. Neil Young and Crazy Horse

Get Greendale!!

Try it, you'll like it!

[Trigger Hippie]

40. I love Neil!

He's still great. I saw him a couple summers ago in St. Louis doing Greendale. They sounded amazing and the show was awesome. :)

[MercutioATC]

9. I grew up on Steely Dan

I've gotta agree...great stuff then and now. My favorites are from the the 70's and early 80's. The new stuff is good, but i prefer their older songs.

[Wetzelbill]

39. I grew up on a farm in Montana

sorry I had to do that. Love the 70's and 80's. Great music. I may have been born 15-20 years too late. I listen to more 70's and 80's stuff than I do from my high school years. (91-94)

[MercutioATC]

51. I listen to a lot of 70's-80's stuff, too...

...of course, I graduated in '85...

[CBGLuthier]

10. Jethro Tull

Still recording, still touring, over 60 million albums sold.

And yet still not in the so-called rock and roll hall of fame.

[Webster Green]

16. Yeah man!......Tull!

Ian always puts on a killer show!

[CBGLuthier]

44. Got rained out last time I tried to see them

Damn outdoor shows anyway.

But they are going to be in Dallas in October and I am thinking about making the trip. In the mean time I have the DVD and am thinking about getting the Isle of Wight DVD that just came out.

[seemunkee]

54. So should I get tickets to see them in October?

[Webster Green]

55. Hell Yeah!

There won't be a dry seat in the house by the time they get to 'Locomotive Breath'!!

[meegbear]

12. Hopefully Pink Floyd

There were AWE-FUCKING-SOME in Hyde Park.

[LynneSin]

14. Green Day

They've been around on the charts since 1994 and they're only getting better

[Webster Green]

18. They are awesome...

I love Green Day!

[LynneSin]

22. I just got tickets for them at the Merriweather Post Pavillion

:bounce:

BTW, here's a LynneSin fact. When Dookus first came out, I told a co-worker that Green Day would probably end up being filler for the Kmart bargin bin in 10 years

What did I know

[Webster Green]

46. Wish I could be there!

I saw a lot of great show there in the good old days!

[Squeech]

20. Bad Religion

Not that I know their stuff, but they're at the top of my gotta check out list.

[ghostsofgiants]

27. Their newest album, "The Empire Strikes First" is great

Definitely worth checking out.

[jonnyblitz]

30. my tattooist's favorite band.

i saw them last year at warped tour in NYC for the first time. I would not picture you liking them thnough but who knows. :hi:

[Dhalgren]

21. King Crimson

They have gone through a lot of personnel changes, but then that is the nature of their progressive music. The core of the group, however, still remain.

[In_The_Wind]

23. Rolling Stones

[Zensea]

28. Los Lobos, Bob Dylan, King Crimson

Sun Ra Arkestra, Sonic Youth, Patti Smith, Devo

[johnnie]

29. From what I saw Saturday

Deep Purple still sounded great. Ian Gillian's voice is still as great as ever. He hasn't lost his chops in his "old age". I know they still tour although they haven't put out any "hits" in quite a while.

[Lithos]

31. A few

Aerosmith (though they've gone extremely pop)
Pink Floyd
Moody Blues
Jethro Tull

You might claim the Rolling Stones in this as well

A few individuals who I think are doing well

Buffett
Santana
Dylan

[LynneSin]

32. No way on Rolling Stones

they should have retired years ago. Their last decent album was Some Girls and that was back in the late 70s

[shugh514]

33. NRBQ

I think they became a better band when Johnny Spampinato replaced Al Anderson on guitar in 1994.

[Shell Beau]

34. Aerosmith, The Stones, The Allman Bros. (minus some people)

[AntiCoup2K4]

57. Aerosmith??

As much as I hate to say this, they haven't made a decent record since they went sober :evilfrown:

[blondeatlast]

37. X. Los Angeles at it's near best. nt

[flvegan]

38. AC/DC

Sure, Bon Scott was better than Brian Johnson, but they still rock.

[eyepaddle]

41. Judas Priest

They had a bit of a rough patch, bubt the new album ranks up there in their catalog. Granted, it is a fairly narrow niche they have going--but they are the best.

In a way the Ripper Owens years were kind of cool because I got to see them in a club--and not just another arena. Ripper is a hell of a singer, too bad Glenn Tipton forgot how to write songs for Owens' two albums. And now it's too bad Owens hooked up woith that right-wing nut from Iced Earth :(

[Lannes]

43. James Brown

Still can bring the house down.

[Richardo]

45. You're the man, MrScorpio - I second that.

:thumbsup:

[ucmike]

47. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

saw them a few weeks ago. what a set, what a performance. i saw them years ago and they rocked then, they were even better this time.

if you ar a TP fan try to get a ticket for this tour. they are touring without a new album, so the playlist is all classic TP only two new songs all night. the set was all "greatest hits" including Travelling Wilbury songs. He said they are releasing a new album in december.

[AntiCoup2K4]

59. Those are the best Tom Petty tours

...When he's got nothing to sell and just plays whatever the Hell he feels like. Last time he played the Gorge in 2001 it was like that.

[Coventina]

48. Social Distortion

Still rockin' & kickin' butt!

[Lilyhoney]

52. Chicago

I saw them last summer at the Santa Barbara Bowl. I never would have bought tickets, someone invited us the day before, tickets on them. So my husband and I went and I cried thru the first 3 songs. It was very emotionally overwhelming. It took me back to being a 10 year old girl hanging out with my 3 best friends listening to Chicago on the record player, dreaming of future loves and losses.

So here I am over 20 years later listening to Chicago in person, holding the hand of the love of my life.

But, beyond the sentiment, the band ROCKED!

[Fenris]

56. Neil Young & Crazy Horse, John Doe, John Prine

[mulsh]

58. The Isley Brothers

been around since the 1950's. Recorded the original Twist and Shout. a year or so ago they released a rap cd. still going strong.