| The 60's and 70's produced some of the best music | | | | later in the decade, in a response to this, hard rock. |
| ever created. Due to the political and social situations | | | | Pink Floyd - still touring today, they were marked as |
| around the world and the rapid development of music | | | | one of the most influential bands in the 70's |
| and music technology at that time, music groups | | | | progressive rock era. A critically acclaimed and |
| became megastars and helped shape society as a | | | | commercial behemoth, Pink Floyd has produced some |
| whole. The big question is: which decade produced the | | | | of the most prized albums in history, the concept |
| best music? | | | | albums 'The Dark Side of the Moon' and 'The Wall' |
| The 60's | | | | among their greatest. |
| Counterculture in the 60's saw many facets of society | | | | Led Zepplin - One of the founders of hard rock and |
| reject conventional social norms and no more so than | | | | heavy metal, their brand of heavy guitar driven rock |
| in the world of music. New genres of psychedelic rock | | | | have influence legions of metal and rock bands to this |
| music produced some of the greatest musical icons in | | | | day. The band disbanded in 1980 after the death of |
| history and have become a testament to this decade. | | | | their, arguably the greatest drummer in history, John |
| The Beatles - You know them, you probably love | | | | Bonham. |
| them. The Beatles was the first pop band and created | | | | Black Sabbath - The most influential heavy metal band |
| a sound which has influenced music and culture ever | | | | of all time, defined the genre in the 70's. They helped |
| since. | | | | ignite huge bands such as Slayer, Judas Preist, Guns n |
| Jimi Hendrix - Arguably the greatest electric guitarist in | | | | Roses, Metallica, Pantera, Iron Maiden and Megadeath. |
| history and a major influence on the way in which | | | | The Ramones - The first punk rock group ever |
| people use the guitar. His ingenuity has greatly | | | | instigated the punk movement and influenced every |
| affected heavy rock, blues, funk and even hip-hop. | | | | punk band ever since, and were cited in Spin magazine |
| The Rolling Stones - With about 55 albums and 32 top | | | | in 2002 as the second most influential band in history, |
| 10 singles The Rolling Stones are one of the best | | | | just behind the Beatles. |
| selling rock bands ever. | | | | Conclusion |
| Bob Dylan - He has been an icon in popular culture for | | | | The debate goes on. The comparison to modern day |
| 5 decades and was a major accent of the civil rights | | | | music and entertainment can also be made, but with |
| movement and the emerging counterculture revolution. | | | | DJ agencies and karaoke hire more common forms of |
| Bob Dylan has massively influence countless genres of | | | | popular entertainment. It is impossible to choose which |
| popular music. | | | | of these great decades was better as each have |
| The 70's | | | | helped define practically all music in the following |
| The 70's saw a death of some of the 60's greatest | | | | decades. (OK, maybe the 60's.) Some would say that |
| stars (Hendrix, Joplin, Morrison - all at the age of 27) | | | | no decades since have even come close to this |
| and ushered in a rise in the popularity of soft rock and, | | | | period in music history. Which do you think is greater? |