Rock/Metal bands and generations

PieceofMind89

PieceofMind89

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What bands would you consider baby boomer bands and generation x bands?

Boomer bands: Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Motorhead, Ozzy, The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin
Gen x bands: Iron Maiden, Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth, Nirvana, Alice in Chains.
 
Night Prowler said:
What are "baby boomer" and "generation x" bands?
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Bands whose peak of popularity converges with the main era of various cohesive so-called "generations", sociologically described and connected via cultural circumstances and age, mayhap?

Though I can't help but find the idea fundamentally flawed, mainly because these generations are the epitome of then-current culture, whereas metal's inherent counter-cultural ("underdog") status goes somewhat against the tide, so to speak. That is, I can hardly call Maiden a "Gen X" band in any way, shape or form, if you know what I mean.
 
KidInTheDark666 said:
I would like to know some good Gen-Z bands.
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Night Prowler said:
Seems like an American thing.
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"Generations" in and of themselves are not "an American thing." Dynasties are built on said concept. the labels they carry may differ from country to country/region, but generations are fairly universal. Ever heard, "this [insert random piece of junk] has been in the family for generations." Or "For generations [insert country/region/peoples] have subsited on agriculture, but recently began to move towards more industrial jobs." A generation is traditionally 25 years.
 
Onhell said:
"Generations" in and of themselves are not "an American thing." Dynasties are built on said concept. the labels they carry may differ from country to country/region, but generations are fairly universal. Ever heard, "this [insert random piece of junk] has been in the family for generations." Or "For generations [insert country/region/peoples] have subsited on agriculture, but recently began to move towards more industrial jobs." A generation is traditionally 25 years.
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Some of the labels carry very specific meaning though, e.g. Baby Boomers. We were neutral in WW2 so we didn't have a baby boom. Also, Millennials are the "peace process generation" here, which again has very specific connotations and real meaning behind it.

I didn't mean any negativity towards America in my post, in case it appeared that way.
 
Your environment at formative years of 12-14 has a ton of influence on your future choices. When you construct "generations" you have people in the same "generation", e.g. same label, that passed those formative years with a decade in between them. A millennial can be old enough to remember the Berlin wall falling (and understand, on a basic level, what is happening) and young enough to not remember WTC at all.
 
Zare said:
Your environment at formative years of 12-14 has a ton of influence on your future choices. When you construct "generations" you have people in the same "generation", e.g. same label, that passed those formative years with a decade in between them. A millennial can be old enough to remember the Berlin wall falling (and understand, on a basic level, what is happening) and young enough to not remember WTC at all.
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True, because millennials are born from 1980-1995
 
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