50 best rock bands right now

[Relaxer]

paramore above swans lol

Paramore in the top 10 at all is hilarious. Am I not mistaken that Paramore at this point is just the redheaded woman and a bunch of hired guns? Like hasn't every other member been thrown out by the label?

What's the difference between Paramore being a woman with a bunch of hired guns and QOTSA being Josh Homme with a bunch of hired guns YOU FILTHY SEXIST

[killsaly]

Why do you guys give a shit about what Spin publishes?

[bearman🐻]

Why do you guys give a shit about what Spin publishes?

About 25 years ago, Spin was actually a pretty cool magazine...I think lists are always a topic for discussion because most are totally invalid and it's easy to pick them apart. If we all took the initiative to come up with our own lists, we probably couldn't even agree on the criteria of what constitutes a "rock" band anymore anyway.

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

paramore above swans lol

Paramore in the top 10 at all is hilarious. Am I not mistaken that Paramore at this point is just the redheaded woman and a bunch of hired guns? Like hasn't every other member been thrown out by the label?

What's the difference between Paramore being a woman with a bunch of hired guns and QOTSA being Josh Homme with a bunch of hired guns YOU FILTHY SEXIST

Is QOTSA a bunch of hired guns at this point?

[killsaly]

Bands on that list that I dig:
Liturgy, Screaming Females, Beach Slang, TV on the Radio, Baroness, Destruction Unit, Future Islands, Torche, the Body, Wolf Eyes, Inter Arma, Downtown Boys, Royal Headache, SUNN 0))), Chastity Belt, Swans, Deafheaven, Protomartyr, Deerhunter

19 bands... I did not think I was in their targeted demographic but I dig almost half of them. 

I listen to way too many current "rock" bands to even start listing what I would think is missing from a "best" list.

Also, I hate the term "best" in regards to music.  There is NO best.

[bearman🐻]

Is QOTSA a bunch of hired guns at this point?

What's interesting is that bands like Nine Inch Nails and QOTSA all have basically had only one core member. Unlike NIN, which doesn't rely as much on collaboration, QOTSA is all about finding people who can make their own unique contributions. And the current lineup has been pretty stable since about 2007, so that's 8 full years. I don't consider them hired guns when there's a good chemistry and they're performing on the LPs. Social Distortion is another band that only has one core member left, but on a good night they're still pretty amazing. Echo and the Bunnymen definitely have hired guns. You never know who's drumming or on bass on any given tour. To me, that's what a hired gun is.

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

Is QOTSA a bunch of hired guns at this point?

What's interesting is that bands like Nine Inch Nails and QOTSA all have basically had only one core member. Unlike NIN, which doesn't rely as much on collaboration, QOTSA is all about finding people who can make their own unique contributions. And the current lineup has been pretty stable since about 2007, so that's 8 full years. I don't consider them hired guns when there's a good chemistry and they're performing on the LPs. Social Distortion is another band that only has one core member left, but on a good night they're still pretty amazing. Echo and the Bunnymen definitely have hired guns. You never know who's drumming or on bass on any given tour. To me, that's what a hired gun is.

The fact you replied seriously to comments from Relaxer and I that were clearly sarcastic makes me giggle.

[bearman🐻]

Is QOTSA a bunch of hired guns at this point?

What's interesting is that bands like Nine Inch Nails and QOTSA all have basically had only one core member. Unlike NIN, which doesn't rely as much on collaboration, QOTSA is all about finding people who can make their own unique contributions. And the current lineup has been pretty stable since about 2007, so that's 8 full years. I don't consider them hired guns when there's a good chemistry and they're performing on the LPs. Social Distortion is another band that only has one core member left, but on a good night they're still pretty amazing. Echo and the Bunnymen definitely have hired guns. You never know who's drumming or on bass on any given tour. To me, that's what a hired gun is.

The fact you replied seriously to comments from Relaxer and I that were clearly sarcastic makes me giggle.

What's your definition of sarcasm?

[Relaxer]

GIGGLE IT UP FUCKFACE I WAS DEAD SERIOUS

[Relaxer]

aLSO, I AGREe with bearman about Spin. For a certain aged person, Spin was the first national media magazine that really covered punk and hardcore in the mid-80s. The simple fact that they had a regular section on the "underground" was very unique in a world of Rolling Stone, Hit Parader, and Circus. They didn't cover the music like Flipside or Maximum RnR but you could also buy Spin at Safeway and that was a big deal (for me).

[Space Freely]

aLSO, I AGREe with bearman about Spin. For a certain aged person, Spin was the first national media magazine that really covered punk and hardcore in the mid-80s. The simple fact that they had a regular section on the "underground" was very unique in a world of Rolling Stone, Hit Parader, and Circus. They didn't cover the music like Flipside or Maximum RnR but you could also buy Spin at Safeway and that was a big deal (for me).

Are you guys sure it's Spin that had changed over the last 25 years and it's not you guys who have changed?

[sweetcell]

and, like, what is "change", anyways?

[ggw]

Based purely on their 930 board postings, I would say there are many here who have changed very little in 25 years.

[fatskippy]

click bait. if it was a reasonable list, no one would care

[azaghal1981]

Bands I need to give more attention to:
Tenement (seen them a couple times and both were solid. Never heard any of their records)
Destruction Unit
Ought
Inter Arma
Beach Slang


Bands I'm currently into:
MAKTHAVERSKAN
Shopping
Screaming Females
Chumped
Hop Along
Girlpool
The Body
Wolf Eyes
Downtown Boys
Royal Headache
Protomartyr
Chastity Belt
Parquet Courts (their live shows are still fun)
Sleater-Kinney (honestly surprised with how strong Cities to Love was)
Deerhunter


Bands I've enjoyed previously who have done little for me recently:
TVOTR (didn't care much for anything after Cookie Mountain)
Dirty Projectors (That Black Flag covers album was pretty cool but that's pretty much it)
Sunn 0))) (It's just been a while so they could move back into the above list. And that Scott Walker thing is a bullshit gimmick so that doesn't count)
Spoon (I've just lost track. Have they done anything lately?)
Swans (The last two albums are mostly filler)


Bands I don't really care about:
everything else


Edit: Added Beach Slang to the first category.