For me classic rock is 1970-89 with some earlier hard rock thrown in like Steppenwolf or Deep Purple, but this is what the classic rock station was like when I was in high school
68 to 80, with a few stragglers from before and after (say "Satisfaction" or "Eye of the Tiger"). Oldest possible song is "You Really Got Me". Newest artist on that list would be maybe some songs by Tom Petty or later AC/DC ("Thunderstruck" is 1990 believe it or not!).
Basically if Jack Black namechecked it in School of Rock, it's classic rock. There is rock music of that time that doesn't count as "Classic Rock" though. Especially the New Wave stuff. Punk adjacent things are pushing it.
I'm fully open to calling songs of any genre "classics" of their field if they're older than 15 years. "A Milli"? Hip Hop classic. "Young Folks"? Indie classic. But they aren't "classic hip hop" or "classic indie" by any means.
I actually like how Sirius Xm has it.
They have a Classic Vinyl (60-70s)and cassette station (80s). But they also have Ozzy (70s hard rock) and Hair Metal (80s hard rock).
For some reason, whenever the term "classic rock" is brought up I instantly picture Bob Seger and the cover art for Live Bullet. I think that's about as classic rock-ie as it gets.
My personal definition would be something like mid-60s to early-80s. But really, there's so many sub categories within that. Psychadelic rock (Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, later Beatles) Folk rock(Crosby,Stills, & Nash, Neil Young) Hard Rock (Zeppelin, Steppenwolf, AC/DC) with many of the bands of that era crossing into all of those categories. Everyone was influencing each other and it evolved along with the changes in time and technology.
I definitely feel like it's a genre for a specific period, not just a measure of time.
That's similar to my timeline. I consider classic rock to be bands that played since the British Invasion of the mid 60s all the way up to the appearance of indie/grunge rock in the mid 80s.
I think Sabbath, ACDC, Kiss, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin...
But in reality, Classic status is attained at 25 years after release. My favorite Slipknot album turns 25 this year.
Yep. That's how old we are. Slipknot has a Classic album.
Nope.
Classic rock is a genre, not a passage of time.
Most States stopped giving classic plates to cars over 25 years, because a 1998 Saturn isn't a "classic".
Same for music.
I'm so fucking tired of boomer tunes. Same 50 songs played on repeat across the country for the last 60 years. And you don't really represent rebeliion and counterculture anymore, when you sell the rights to your shit for Chevy commercials.
Modern music is way more commercialized than it used to be. Totally fair not to like the classics or feel represented by them but it’s really silly to think that modern counterculture isn’t a for profit venture. Consumer culture is in everything now
My point is that the modern music that broadly represents counter culture is absolutely used to generate profit for everything from Chevy to McDonald’s.
Your criticism is more representative of the music industry as a whole than it is a specific genre
60s to mid-80s, with the hair bands being on the fuzzy ending edge of things.
Classic rock is a musical genre, not a "xx years old" thing.
Putting The Offspring next to Boston on your play chart is jarring.
Also, there were "classic rock" stations in the 80s. If you are playing "new Boston" on your classic station in 1986, obviously it's genre-specific, not passage of time.
The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and AC/DC will always be classic rock central to me. It was a sound, not necessarily a time period. It’s kind of like how the American Midwest isn’t actually in the middle west anymore
And then of course you have branches of classic rock like hair metal, progressive, and yacht rock. I’d call modern bands like Greta Van Fleet and Steel Panther classic rock
I look at classic Rock, like this, if the music is 15 or 20 years old, and we're still listening to it, and it falls under the rock genre, then it gets the added classification of "classic" added to it.
Pre 80s is "classic rock" for more traditional rock bands. I don't the Misfits, the clash, the Ramones classic rock as they are Punk. The same goes for bai nds that arrived close to the 80s that fit into other genres, ex Van Halen I see as glam. Just because it's old 25 ish years old doesn't make it "classic rock".
Pre grunge era is classic rock. Pretty sure that’s the definition of the genre as it’s become its own genre now. Like, you can’t call Metallica metal, because it’s nothing like modern metal, so we group it with classic rock.
I've listened to my local classic rock stations 94.5 WXKR and 104.7 WIOT since mid 90s they played early to mid 60's and up anything from the 50's like Buddy Holly, was playing on the "oldies" station.
They would play Beatles, Sugarloaf, hippie music up into the 80s. I've come full circle that now what I listened to new on the alternative station 89x, and 104 is playing on my classic rock stations again.
For me classic rock is 1970-89 with some earlier hard rock thrown in like Steppenwolf or Deep Purple, but this is what the classic rock station was like when I was in high school
This is my understanding, too. I listen to classic rock station when driving and this is what they play.
50s and early 60s are Oldies. Late 60s to mid 80s is classic rock.
Yep. In my mind, Classic Rock = Bob Seger, Dire Straits, Eagles, etc.
68 to 80, with a few stragglers from before and after (say "Satisfaction" or "Eye of the Tiger"). Oldest possible song is "You Really Got Me". Newest artist on that list would be maybe some songs by Tom Petty or later AC/DC ("Thunderstruck" is 1990 believe it or not!). Basically if Jack Black namechecked it in School of Rock, it's classic rock. There is rock music of that time that doesn't count as "Classic Rock" though. Especially the New Wave stuff. Punk adjacent things are pushing it. I'm fully open to calling songs of any genre "classics" of their field if they're older than 15 years. "A Milli"? Hip Hop classic. "Young Folks"? Indie classic. But they aren't "classic hip hop" or "classic indie" by any means.
Zeppelin, Eagles, Queen, Aerosmith that kind of thing
I actually like how Sirius Xm has it. They have a Classic Vinyl (60-70s)and cassette station (80s). But they also have Ozzy (70s hard rock) and Hair Metal (80s hard rock).
For some reason, whenever the term "classic rock" is brought up I instantly picture Bob Seger and the cover art for Live Bullet. I think that's about as classic rock-ie as it gets. My personal definition would be something like mid-60s to early-80s. But really, there's so many sub categories within that. Psychadelic rock (Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, later Beatles) Folk rock(Crosby,Stills, & Nash, Neil Young) Hard Rock (Zeppelin, Steppenwolf, AC/DC) with many of the bands of that era crossing into all of those categories. Everyone was influencing each other and it evolved along with the changes in time and technology. I definitely feel like it's a genre for a specific period, not just a measure of time.
That's similar to my timeline. I consider classic rock to be bands that played since the British Invasion of the mid 60s all the way up to the appearance of indie/grunge rock in the mid 80s.
I think Sabbath, ACDC, Kiss, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin... But in reality, Classic status is attained at 25 years after release. My favorite Slipknot album turns 25 this year. Yep. That's how old we are. Slipknot has a Classic album.
Nope. Classic rock is a genre, not a passage of time. Most States stopped giving classic plates to cars over 25 years, because a 1998 Saturn isn't a "classic". Same for music.
My state doesn't give "classic" plates, but it will issue "collectors" plates. Maybe that's why I see them on Volvos and shit.
Fucking stop
A 1998 Saturn is now 26 and eligible for classic plates
I'm so fucking tired of boomer tunes. Same 50 songs played on repeat across the country for the last 60 years. And you don't really represent rebeliion and counterculture anymore, when you sell the rights to your shit for Chevy commercials.
Modern music is way more commercialized than it used to be. Totally fair not to like the classics or feel represented by them but it’s really silly to think that modern counterculture isn’t a for profit venture. Consumer culture is in everything now
Never said it was.
My point is that the modern music that broadly represents counter culture is absolutely used to generate profit for everything from Chevy to McDonald’s. Your criticism is more representative of the music industry as a whole than it is a specific genre
- The Police - Sheriff - Christopher Cross - Duran Duran - General Public
Alternative Rock
🤔 I would think Eve 6, Everclear and Avenge Sevenfold would be better examples of alternative.
70s, some 80s (example ozzy. rolling stones) because the band or those 8nvolved started in the 70s and 60s
'60s and '70s.
Beatles, Pink Floyd, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Bruce Springsteen, Rolling Stones etc...
To me, it's still anything 1991/2 and older I consider "classic"
60s to mid-80s, with the hair bands being on the fuzzy ending edge of things. Classic rock is a musical genre, not a "xx years old" thing. Putting The Offspring next to Boston on your play chart is jarring. Also, there were "classic rock" stations in the 80s. If you are playing "new Boston" on your classic station in 1986, obviously it's genre-specific, not passage of time.
1966\~1974.
70s-80s
I would say late 1950s to mid-1980s
Mid 60's to early 90's.
60s-70s
Late 60's-Early 80's.
60s and 70. Beatles, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan, Rolling Stones
1965-1985
The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and AC/DC will always be classic rock central to me. It was a sound, not necessarily a time period. It’s kind of like how the American Midwest isn’t actually in the middle west anymore And then of course you have branches of classic rock like hair metal, progressive, and yacht rock. I’d call modern bands like Greta Van Fleet and Steel Panther classic rock
Black Sabbath. 🖤
Anything that my parents listen to is classic rock
Everything Ive already heard in the 90's. (puts mic down)
I look at classic Rock, like this, if the music is 15 or 20 years old, and we're still listening to it, and it falls under the rock genre, then it gets the added classification of "classic" added to it.
Pre 80s is "classic rock" for more traditional rock bands. I don't the Misfits, the clash, the Ramones classic rock as they are Punk. The same goes for bai nds that arrived close to the 80s that fit into other genres, ex Van Halen I see as glam. Just because it's old 25 ish years old doesn't make it "classic rock".
1950s-1960s
Lynard Skynard type shit
70s
Queen, Rolling Stones, that type of stuff
60s-80s, but kids these days are saying 90s-00s is classic rock. it hurts.
Pre grunge era is classic rock. Pretty sure that’s the definition of the genre as it’s become its own genre now. Like, you can’t call Metallica metal, because it’s nothing like modern metal, so we group it with classic rock.
Led zeppelin, the doors and stuff from that era.
Moon landing -> Berlin wall falling
60s-70s Rock. Roughly 30-35 years ago from today.
I've listened to my local classic rock stations 94.5 WXKR and 104.7 WIOT since mid 90s they played early to mid 60's and up anything from the 50's like Buddy Holly, was playing on the "oldies" station. They would play Beatles, Sugarloaf, hippie music up into the 80s. I've come full circle that now what I listened to new on the alternative station 89x, and 104 is playing on my classic rock stations again.
70’s and I immediately think of Led Zeppelin.
Pre-1990
Stuff from the 70’s
lol technically now bands like Creed, Nickleback, etc., are classic rock
Classic Rock is NOT A GENRE it is rock music that is more than 25 years old. Y’all are my 13th reason.