Bands which revolutionized their genre

Triton4 · 18th March 2004, 14:05

Can you name a band which produced some extrordinary music, which completely revolutionized their genre; i.e. they set an example for what their genre should sound like (every person who followed that genre were the biggest fans of the band, and they even influenced several other artists)?

I'd name a few from my experience:

New Age - Enigma
Trance - Robert Miles
New Wave - (needless to say, since you may have already guessed it

)

Cylob · 18th March 2004, 15:23

I think the definitive New Wave albums were:

and...

Ultravox and Visage may be contenders....

FGTH didn't set any trends, but they did have a massive impact on the charts....... I'd say their style was unique, and hasn't yet been copied.

Mr Jones · 18th March 2004, 18:10

Can you think of another band who created such a national uproar and shook the establishment in a way the pistols did? and this with something like 15 original songs to their name.

Bollocks still sounds as fresh as it did 25 years ago and was surely a defining momment on the punk scene.

NJK · 18th March 2004, 19:19

this album is the foundation of the grunge music-
bands like nirvana and pearl jam would have been nowhere without this album by Neil Young , the founder of grunge.

NJK · 11th April 2004, 13:52

the first all synth album

The Dreamweaver album by Gary Wright (1975)

gaekwad2 · 11th April 2004, 15:26

Quote:

the first all synth album

The Dreamweaver album by Gary Wright (1975)

Artist Wendy Carlos
Album Title Switched-On Bach
Date of Release 1968
AMG Rating
Genre Electronica
Tones Cerebral, Clinical, Detached, Reserved, Somber
Styles Electronic
Charts & Awards Click here for Billboard Chart Positions & GRAMMY Awards
AMG REVIEW: The LP that jump-started the entire electronic/classical fusion fad during the late '60s and early '70s, Switched-On Bach is a set of rote interpretations performed with Moog synthesizer with little to offer listeners other than those interested in the album for its novelty flavor. -- John Bush

corkhead0 · 11th April 2004, 17:26

The first death metal album:

Death - Scream Bloody Gore

Definately not the first, but probably the most important melodic death album.

In Flames - Jester Race

One of the most important metal albums there is:

Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

Cylob · 11th April 2004, 17:43

My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)

MBV didn't invent dreampop (by any means), but they defined it.

gaekwad2 · 11th April 2004, 18:09

Suicide (1977)

The original electro-duo: Alan Vega and Martin Rev.

It's been said their first album originally sold less than 1000 copies but everyone who bought it formed a band.

(btw Rev once accused Soft Cell of being mere copycats

)

ShyShy · 13th April 2004, 03:27

Quote:

Originally posted by spaceplay

this album is the foundation of the grunge music-
bands like nirvana and pearl jam would have been nowhere without this album by Neil Young , the founder of grunge.

So very true, space

I remember listening to Neil Young when I was very young, and a lot of the grunge acts owe a lot to him.

Lapikas · 13th April 2004, 10:50

And don't forget "The King"!

Cylob · 13th April 2004, 12:47

Who?

Lapikas · 14th April 2004, 07:03

Elvis!

NJK · 14th April 2004, 07:07

no worries cylob - when Lapikas said King - i got the impression he was refering to Paul King -(king-love and pride)

ShyShy · 15th April 2004, 02:49

I thought he meant BB King

Cylob · 15th April 2004, 15:08

Paul King was the best.....

ShyShy · 16th April 2004, 04:35

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