People you didn't realize were still making new music

[Fedorgasm]

What do you think? Which one of these old timers is releasing the best music today?


Robert Plant:





Marilyn Manson:





Suicidal Tendencies:





Judas Priest:





Nine Inch Nails:





Body Count:

 

[Headkicktoleg]

Dave Matthews Band just came out with a new album.

 

[moreorless87]

Dave Matthews Band just came out with a new album.

If you can call that music.

 

[Headkicktoleg]

If you can call that music.

They are better than everything in the OP. Robert Plant doesn't count without Led Zeppelin.

 

[laz0001]

What's interesting to consider is: has the artist been CONSTANTLY making music without 'selling out', or have they (as I've seen a lot of) just released an album to capitalise on the nostalgia phenomenon.

I.e., a fucking shit group called Vengaboys (europop from the 90s) are touring again after 20 years - it's a blatant money grab preying on nostalgia.

An artist like Kylie Minogue is a sell out, because although she's releasing albums almost annually, every single one is either a Christmas covers album, or a damn rat-pack Michael Bublé-esque covers album.

Where as NIN (admittedly, I'm a huge fan) have been releasing innovative, consistently excellent music over 25 years.

 

[laz0001]

I recently started watching the Joe Rogan experience videos (they are great), but he has one with James Hetfield. Together, they had an interesting definition of what a sell-out is. It's when you either start releasing albums full of covers, or worse, have other people write your songs for you. A lot of people say "oh, but if you start writing all mellow shit, then you are a sell-out", but their view was that artists grow older and experience different life situations, then their viewpoint can change, they are just writing what's true to their feeling.

 

[My name is]

The Robert plant song sucked hard. Manson song is pretty good. Suicide tendencies was awful.nine inch nails and Judas priest sounds like they're older stuff but I was never really a fan of them. Body count just needs to give it up

 

[moreorless87]

Plant's solo career has been pretty decent(and varied) I'd say even if its not close to Zep, certainly I think that song far superior to the Manson one thast uncatchy simplistic attention grabbing rubbish IMHO.

 

[I Am Legion]

Every one of those acts in the OP are genre defined acts. Might appeal to old fans but aren’t bringing in any new ones. MM sounds like Imagine Dragons, NIN sounds like an experiment gone wrong.

 

[My name is]

I've been listening to Liam Gallagher new music lately i think it's pretty good

 

[MaureenCretis]

Lilly Allen. I assumed she'd been too busy rehoming illegal immigrants in her £3M mansion.

 

[Jack Reacheround]

I recently started watching the Joe Rogan experience videos (they are great), but he has one with James Hetfield. Together, they had an interesting definition of what a sell-out is. It's when you either start releasing albums full of covers, or worse, have other people write your songs for you. A lot of people say "oh, but if you start writing all mellow shit, then you are a sell-out", but their view was that artists grow older and experience different life situations, then their viewpoint can change, they are just writing what's true to their feeling.

I believe selling out is when you start making music solely, or at least mostly to make money. Letting other people write your music is definitely covered under that umbrella.

Or when, while writing music, you start to consider throwing out parts because they don’t have mass appeal, or start including parts because they do.

 

[ookii]

Its more rare these days since veterans act make no real money on new albums these days. They should just continue touring and selling tickets at $200 each till they die

 

[HunterSdVa29]

After falling off in the US after like two albums, Craig David has steadily produced music still over in the UK

 

[Fedorgasm]

Never heard of Craig David or Lily Allen

 

[Zer]

After falling off in the US after like two albums, Craig David has steadily produced music still over in the UK

Seriously?

I loved Craig David back in the day. Had no idea he was still around

 

[Johnson]

Jewel.

Wasn’t sure she was still getting it but she is. This is still my love.



She is god damn gorgeous.

 

[Pugilistic]

Wow didn't know NIN was still active

 

[AJ Garcia]

Wow didn't know NIN was still active

Same. Just watch “the defiant ones” documentary and apparently Trent has a job working for Apple. I figured he retired from the music making biz.

 

[Jesus X]

What's interesting to consider is: has the artist been CONSTANTLY making music without 'selling out', or have they (as I've seen a lot of) just released an album to capitalise on the nostalgia phenomenon.

I.e., a fucking shit group called Vengaboys (europop from the 90s) are touring again after 20 years - it's a blatant money grab preying on nostalgia.

An artist like Kylie Minogue is a sell out, because although she's releasing albums almost annually, every single one is either a Christmas covers album, or a damn rat-pack Michael Bublé-esque covers album.

Where as NIN (admittedly, I'm a huge fan) have been releasing innovative, consistently excellent music over 25 years.

lol at the vengaboys man that song was annoying.