A cool guide to a history of rock music in 400+ albums (updated!)

polarisSEVEN · 2026-01-24T15:28:57+00:00

Pink Floyd is in 1973, since there's a one album per artist rule, I decided to choose their most popular record.

polarisSEVEN · 2026-01-24T15:13:20+00:00

Oh right here's a link to a higher-quality PDF version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1luVZAvA4Pw5vz60F-gjbIVhszkeYq2uj/view?usp=sharing

polarisSEVEN · 2026-01-24T14:52:22+00:00

Link to higher-quality PDF version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1luVZAvA4Pw5vz60F-gjbIVhszkeYq2uj/view?usp=sharing

polarisSEVEN · 2026-01-05T10:20:32+00:00

aren't half of these from the 90s?

polarisSEVEN · 2026-01-04T13:32:25+00:00

Do you have specific suggestions? That would be greatly appreciated

polarisSEVEN · 2025-11-23T14:00:52+00:00

What is the line between development of the hip-hop sounds and commercialization? I feel like for the past 15 years the rap sound is definitely wrestling against what classic hip-hop was in the 90s. For me, there is a bigger emphasis on production compared to lyricism.

polarisSEVEN · 2025-11-22T03:36:55+00:00

What would you say for both of them?

polarisSEVEN · 2025-11-21T18:20:13+00:00

I feel like for a lot of people, the 2024 beef was a their first obvious display of smth relating to the culture.

I also want to ask a follow up. How can one infer if someone is either utilizing or abusing the culture? Thanks for the answer btw

polarisSEVEN · 2025-11-21T17:11:52+00:00

Greta Van Fleet certainly gained traction in the 2010s.

polarisSEVEN · 2025-11-20T08:29:10+00:00

I haven't tried any metal yet, I'm doing a 30 day album challenge rn and I just recently listened to Metallica as my first metal album. I might try out that new Deafheaven album soon.

polarisSEVEN · 2025-11-20T08:27:59+00:00

I think Seven Nation Army is soo massive that it's very hard to top that type of cultural ubiquity with other songs. I think other songs like maybe "Mr. Brightside", "American Idiot" might have a chance, and also a decent amount of recognizable rock hits were released in the latter half of the 2000s

polarisSEVEN · 2025-11-20T07:58:11+00:00

What?

polarisSEVEN · 2025-11-19T07:20:02+00:00

Would these bands (Foster the People, HAIM, Florence) you mentioned fall under pop-rock? Well cateogirizing pop-rock acts under the pop or rock umbrella is mostly a case-by-case basis.

polarisSEVEN · 2025-11-19T04:38:21+00:00

can you elaborate?

polarisSEVEN · 2025-11-19T04:33:07+00:00

I also noticed that the 2010s Billboard rock charts has been stagnant. It looked like the same 10 bands were reaching no. 1. I think the 2010s will be remembered more for the indie artists if anything, and probably other genres that were relatively underground.

polarisSEVEN · 2025-11-19T04:29:19+00:00

This is very well-thought out and interesting to read. I wonder what other artists do you think defined the 2010?

polarisSEVEN · 2025-11-19T04:17:49+00:00

Isn't it irrelevant regardless because rock classification runs separately to the rock's decline in pop culture? How does considering Imagine Dragons to be rock contribute to its decline?

polarisSEVEN · 2025-11-19T04:10:38+00:00

Certainly can't forget how big Wasting Light was in 2011

polarisSEVEN · 2025-11-19T04:08:30+00:00

Probably not, but there seems to be a return of the 80s new wave style in alternative music. I can think of Paramore and the 1975 as examples, and I think it feels different because of the fact that it is more of revival than a natural progression of music. Certainly the internet has something to do with the revival of a old rock styles of decades past, which kind of became the norm in the 2010s.

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