Which cool Band, of their time, now sound dated and a bit naff to you??

[Trufflehound]

Pwei and neds atomic dustbin haven't aged well though it must be said.[/]

Yep, you're right on those two. The Wonderstuff (Who were also in that scene), still sound pretty good however.

PWEI and the Neds were rubbish Wonder Stuff wannabes from the start though.

On the other hand, Clint Mansell has developed into one of the best and most enduring film score composers of his generation.

 

[LargeHadronZugzwang]

This one's made of concrete, so that could prove problematic.

A lack of warp drive may also compound the issue...

Not sure about that, think those dancing robots have been up to scullduggery for years. They may have been on the phone to Klaatu.

Great at the Dome though, some years ago.

 

[maltaseagull]

Tangerine Dream

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

Bay city rollers
The Osmonds
Slick
Mud
The Rubettes (except sugar baby love)
Gary Glitter
The Glitter band
Barry Blue
Bobby Crush
Alvin Stardust
Sweet
St Winifreds school choir

 

[W.C.]

Just bought tickets to see them support Fields of the Nephilim.

Seriously!??

Dont forget to take a few bags of flour

 

[Icy Gull]

Bay city rollers
The Osmonds
Slick
Mud
The Rubettes (except sugar baby love)
Gary Glitter
The Glitter band
Barry Blue
Bobby Crush
Alvin Stardust
Sweet
St Winifreds school choir

Which one of them was considered cool then

 

[keaton]

PWEI and the Neds were rubbish Wonder Stuff wannabes from the start though.

On the other hand, Clint Mansell has developed into one of the best and most enduring film score composers of his generation.

Did you see the Sounds of Cinema documentary series on BBC4 the last few weeks? He's in the last one. Excellent series

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

Which one of them was considered cool then

Ok maybe not some of them especially the choir, I was having a laugh, but if you are of a certain age , regrettably they were cool bands to like maybe not personally but amongst schoolfriends etc the glam rock era was strangley very cool. When I say strangley I am not including the magnificent T Rex.

 

[Trufflehound]

Did you see the Sounds of Cinema documentary series on BBC4 the last few weeks? He's in the last one. Excellent series

Saw the whole series. It was indeed excellent.

 

[Icy Gull]

Ok maybe not some of them especially the choir, I was having a laugh, but if you are of a certain age , regrettably they were cool bands to like maybe not personally but amongst schoolfriends etc the glam rock era was strangley very cool. When I say strangley I am not including the magnificent T Rex.

True, I guess your age does have something to do with it. Didn't most 12 and 13 year old guys find Status Quo cool for a couple of decades at least. Great introduction to head banging, air guitars etc

Worryingly I know a couple of middle aged guys who still think they're cool...

 

[Guinness Boy]

Inspiral Carpets. No longer cool as f***

 

[Guinness Boy]

Seriously!??

Dont forget to take a few bags of flour

Will there be a lot of fat birds going?

 

[banjo]

U2.

 

[PFJ]

Going to away games in the late seventies , especially South West London , all you would see was 999 graffitti .I used to go and see them a lot and they oozed punk chic. The dayglo socks , teddy boy shoes , skinhead haircuts and bloody great songs . In those days I adorned my clothes with the 999 logo with a big thick marker pen. Absolutly loved 'em.
The last 15 years or so , they have been a bit cringy , with Nick Cash spouting all sorts of silliness about ."......how they said punk would never last ....well look at us now....Punk Rock will live forever ". They are now just punk caberet.
Still go and see a lot of the old punk bands , Anti Nowhere League at the end of the month , but 999 sadly well and truly past their sell by date.

 

[algie]

Pet Shop Boys.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

Everything I like.....

Until I have had a few jars then......

I forget what I find irritating about them now.

 

[Lenny Rider]

Mud.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Emerson Lake and Palmer, or indeed any band fronted by a Hammond Organ / Moog. Tarkus was one of my favourite albums, but I never play it now.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

I'll start with... the Doobie Brothers...

I'm listening to Minute By Minute now. Still a relevant album...

 

[Cosmic Joker]

Ride
Suede
Roni Size - If anyone other than the Mercury award committee thought he was cool anyway
Everything that Frankie GtH did after Two Tribes, although that record still sounds great to me.

I'm gonna add my voice to those who say that early Sabbath and Roxy and much of the Beatles stuff has not aged at all - with the exception of some filler album tracks in the Beatles early career.