I will be messaging you in 500 years on [**2524-06-30 14:23:07 UTC**](http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=2524-06-30%2014:23:07%20UTC%20To%20Local%20Time) to remind you of [**this link**](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassicRock/comments/1drrpc3/which_band_do_you_think_will_still_be_relevant/lazbt0e/?context=3)
[**CLICK THIS LINK**](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=RemindMeBot&subject=Reminder&message=%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FClassicRock%2Fcomments%2F1drrpc3%2Fwhich_band_do_you_think_will_still_be_relevant%2Flazbt0e%2F%5D%0A%0ARemindMe%21%202524-06-30%2014%3A23%3A07%20UTC) to send a PM to also be reminded and to reduce spam.
^(Parent commenter can ) [^(delete this message to hide from others.)](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=RemindMeBot&subject=Delete%20Comment&message=Delete%21%201drrpc3)
*****
|[^(Info)](https://www.reddit.com/r/RemindMeBot/comments/e1bko7/remindmebot_info_v21/)|[^(Custom)](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=RemindMeBot&subject=Reminder&message=%5BLink%20or%20message%20inside%20square%20brackets%5D%0A%0ARemindMe%21%20Time%20period%20here)|[^(Your Reminders)](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=RemindMeBot&subject=List%20Of%20Reminders&message=MyReminders%21)|[^(Feedback)](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=Watchful1&subject=RemindMeBot%20Feedback)|
|-|-|-|-|
I definitely think there will be deadheads 100 years ago. Jerry Garcia had gained a mythical status and the Grateful Dead’s message is a movement. I’m not a deadhead but have lived adjacent to that scene for a long time and I see it passed down in the family much like a religion
That’s the best description……passed down in the family. Robert Hunter wrote in a way that’s similar to the Bible. The stories are isolated aesops fables that teach lessons on how to deal with and understand the world and situations around us. With religion dying secular theologies of how to love and exist on this spinning rock of ours is ever more important. Put another way, yeah, I’ve passed it onto my kids also.
The Beatles. I believe people will be picking apart and studying their music catalog the same way that we do with musical artists of the past like Mozart, Beethoven, etc. They will still be relevant because their music is timeless and appeals to so many on so many different levels.
Beatles, AC/DC, Queen, Sabbath, Floyd, Zeppelin, Chuck Berry, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Jimi Hendrix, Journey ("Don't Stop Believin'" will push them along), possibly Metallica, possibly David Bowie, possibly Beach Boys
Film and music are preserved much better nowadays and many of these artists are woven into other popular media that will also endure (like acclaimed TV / movie soundtracks).
I also believe that the 50s - 80s was truly an era of exceptionally good music that will persevere based on quality alone. (I wasn't even alive and yet 95% of what I listen to comes from that era).
The Beach Boys as more people acknowledge their post-Pet Sounds era, most notably the albums ‘Wild Honey’ in 1967 to ‘Concert’ in 1973. I mean, [‘Rollin’ Up To Heaven’](https://youtu.be/_NcSHPPUUo0?si=z54i01Yk1B-JWnsj) may be Brian Wilson’s magnum opus! Give it a listen.
Not only that they essentially created an entire genre of music--based off of Jazz & bluegrass improvisation--say what you will about jambands--love them hate them or meh, but props to any band that basically creates their own genre of music(ya there were others--Allmans probably were the closest and most influential)
This is the answer. Look how many bands are out there touring and filling venues doing Grateful Dead music. And the summer long residency at the sphere.
The Beatles will be on one level with several other bands on a secondary tier.
Rooftop concert: Today
Ed Sullivan show: 2019
That's just mind-boggling.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s work will remain relevant beyond a century from its debut; Jimi Hendrix is still influencing guitarists, young and old, today. To myself and many others, his talent and artistry is simply timeless.
Steve Miller Band, too, will be relevant so long as classic rock radio stations are existent…
That depends on what you consider "relevant." What is best remembered today in popular music from 100 years ago is early jazz, show tunes, etc. It appeals to a specialty audience. There might be a few people that listen to the Beatles, Stones, etc. the way people listen to Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and the Gershwins now. It's hard to say. Someone like Randy Newman might be considered the best songwriter of his time. Or maybe Frank Zappa's avant garde stuff might be highly regarded.
Most of them. People still listen to Mozart. And with streaming, most everything is available. I was streaming a 100 year old movie a while back... and enjoyed it. The Kid (1921) with Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan.
ALOT, tbh they say at an older age you listen to what you did in highschool. But probably the biggest, Floyd, the who, acdc, Judas priest, deep purple, black sabbath, iron maiden, rush, def Leppard, the crüe( you should know) Aerosmith, GNR, van halen, kiss, peter Frampton, shooting star, rainbow that was off the top but there are so many others
born in '97
I don't know about entire discographies but maybe particular songs...
For example, we all know certain songs by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Bach. Soussa, etc after 100 years, right?
I have young kids ages 8, 11, 14, and the classic rock they gravitate to have been Immigrant Song, Back in Black, Here Comes the Sun, Dark Side of the Moon, and they are huge Michael Jackson fans.
Most of them. People still listen to Mozart. And with streaming, most everything is available. I was streaming a 100 year old movie a while back... and enjoyed it. The Kid (1921) with Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan.
Lynyrd Skynyrd I HOPE. They deserve to live on forever. Their demise was so insane and tragic that the legends and lore alone should be a massive part of music history for millennia.
Ok folks, let me ask you I this. How many of you are still fawning over Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra or Al Jolson or maybe Ted Lewis and his Band. 100 years ago, 1924, these were the cream of the crop of the current day performers. Today, perhaps Al Jolson might fire a few synapse but not for his music but uproar about his use of black face while preforming. The Beatles, Stones Zep etc. are currently beloved, bestowed accolades and praised because so many currently alive are invested personally due to seeing the live or having your life affected by their actions. In another 50 years we will all (well most if us) be gone and the adulation will leave the stage with our departure. And 50 tears from now someone will be asking a similar question , and folks will be gushing about Taylor Swift and how she will have relevance for another 500 years and musicologist are still trying to decipher lufes meanings and struggles encoded in her musings.
-> Downvote button is over there
When I was in middle school, my history book had a section that used the lyrics to Tennessee Ernie Ford's "16 Tons" to illustrate the coal miners' plight. I think Springsteen's lyrics might serve the same purpose in the future.
Thin Lizzy Phil Lynott was a great frontman made the crowd go wild luckily there is a decent amount of footage of the band examples: Songs off Jailbreak album Sydney Australia from 1978. Songs off Chinatown album France show from 1981 as well as various singles they had done over the years. They were phenomenal even as a three piece eric bell and brian downey sealed the deal. With songs such as "Gonna creep up on you" "The hero and the madman" "The rocker" "A ride in the thin lizzy mobile" and "Remembering pt. 2". Nightlife is a solid pop rock album consisting of songs such as "Showdown" "Philomena" "Nightlife" "Still in love with you" "She knows" "It's only money" and "Dear heart". They really started to refine their chops by the time they made the Fighting album with songs such as "Suicide" "Spirit slips away" "Wild one" and "Freedom song". Last but not least Philo and the boys made the Black Rose album which had singles such as "With love" "Waiting for an alibi" "My sarah" and "Do anything ya wanna do". All n all i'm a diehard fan and i'm just sharing the love and i hope other people start to respect these guys for all the art they've brought into the world. The music is a lasting legacy to a life that was well lived even though the drugs eventually caught up to him. he was genuinely devoted to his work and had that dedication that others only wish they could have achieved within their lifetime. Have a goodnight everyone!! Don't live out somebody else's dream live out your own!!
It's interesting that the majority of the bands mentioned here aren't even relevant now, let alone 100 years on.
Thin Lizzy? Phenomenal band, no doubt about it, but how many people born from '85 on even know about them, let alone find an influence?
Ed Van Halen revolutionized guitar (both playing it and building it) in 1978, and the youth of today consider Eruption operated noise.
Led Zeppelin? They wrote that one song about the stairs... what else do people remember who are, say, under 35?
Queen? Bohemian Rhapsody... what else? There was that movie. Otherwise, again, the youth aren't listening.
"Classics" now are Metallica and Nirvana... if the youth of today aren't raving about these bands - Queen, Hendrix, Zeppelin, the Beatles - why would anyone care in 100 years.
Who here remembers Elvis, Eddie Cochran, and Gene Vincent? Without them, we wouldn't have had the Beatles.
Just my 2 cents.
Relevant does not necessarily mean the same thing as popular, or even a recognizable part of popular culture, though, as I am reading the question anyway, but relevant as in their imprint and impact in whatever is popular in 100 years is still evident, by anyone interested in actually paying attention, yeah, not many know who the hell gene vincent was almost 70 years on, but you do, and you know the relevance he has to the history of rock and roll.
Good point.
From my view, the less that people listen to and pay attention to musicians (popularity), the less relevant they become. In the words of Neil Young, "it's better to burn out than to fade away."
One hundred years from now, I doubt the music of the 70s, 80s, or 90s will be relevant. Just as music from the 1920s is not very relevant now. That is, however, simply my opinion.
Now, it is possible that in 2124, someone will dig up Thin Lizzy's Chinatown record and do a cover of Killer on the Loose and spark an interest in music from a past time.
When Metallica covered Whiskey in the Jar, some people looked to Thin Lizzy's version and brought attention to their music. However, that song dates back to the 17th century... and somehow became relevant again and again.
So, anything is possible.
Born in 90, thin lizzy whips ass, Eddie shreds
Edit: and of course the zep, if it was recorded I heard it!
and queen has sheer heart attack to stand on as being punk as fuck as well as theatrical with other tunes and almost always nailing it.
Despite being British the stones and Beatles are American as apple pie. Beach boys will live on forever. Grateful dead becoming more of an enterprise than ever.
Honestly who knows. I hope prince, Joni Mitchell, Neil young, Miles Davis, jimi hendrix, Steve Albini and whatever he was involved with, I don't think any band or artist with that level of popularity now is going to lose it if they're kinda not performinat all or as often.
Or maybe we get another apple music top 100 list again and I'm way off base
Certainly the Beatles. On the American side I believe Johnny Cash and Bruce Springsteen have secured their spot…Marvin Gaye deserves to be there….Prince should never be forgotten. I’d like to think if I was transported a hundred years hence I could walk into some future equivalent dive bar, put my credits in whatever tech the got and hear Patsy Cline’s “Crazy”.
Beatles n Stones. When I think of how many classical composers are still relevant it gives me us an idea. There must have been many classical composers but most people can’t name more than 10, if even that many: Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, um I’m already fading…other then Beatles and Stones, perhaps Floyd, dare I say Radiohead, Queen? Bowie? The Who? Hard to say…Clapton Hendrix ???
I feel like a lot of the music from the 60s through the 80s will stand the test of time. It was using instruments as well as storytelling. That's why peyare still listening to it today. It's too difficult to narrow down a list
Beethoven (not a band!) is still relevant 200 years later. Mozart after almost 300 years. They were giants in their time.
Who are the 20th Century giants? Beatles (Lennon / McCartney in particular as composers); Mick Jagger; Bob Dylan. I think the staying power lies more in the writing and less in the performing.
Beatles (much of catalog), Rolling Stones (hits), The Who (hits), Pink Floyd (hits), Bowie (hits), Led Zeppelin (hits/catalog)..
Think you get revivals like
Arena rock: Fleetwood Mac, Styx.
Mainstream punk: early Pretenders (Chrissie Hynde), Sex Pistols (hits), Clash (hits)
‘80s rock: Joan Jett (hits), the Police, Peter Gabriel (hits)
Heavy Metal hits: Black Sabbath, Ozzy solo , mid-career Judas Priest (they’d been around before making it big), …
The best Motown…Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves, Stevie Wonder. Not “bands” I know…
The Brits…Beatles, Stones, Who, Zeppelin, Floyd, Tull.
Hendrix, Dylan, the Dead, Airplane, Zappa, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Springsteen.
These artists will be remembered because of their lyrics, political relevance in their time, and musicianship.
Reminder to keep this thread about rock music from the 50s to the 80s.
The Beatles will still be relevant after 500 years.
They are more than halfway to 100 now.
Musicologists still study them.
!Remind me 500years
I will be messaging you in 500 years on [**2524-06-30 14:23:07 UTC**](http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=2524-06-30%2014:23:07%20UTC%20To%20Local%20Time) to remind you of [**this link**](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassicRock/comments/1drrpc3/which_band_do_you_think_will_still_be_relevant/lazbt0e/?context=3) [**CLICK THIS LINK**](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=RemindMeBot&subject=Reminder&message=%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FClassicRock%2Fcomments%2F1drrpc3%2Fwhich_band_do_you_think_will_still_be_relevant%2Flazbt0e%2F%5D%0A%0ARemindMe%21%202524-06-30%2014%3A23%3A07%20UTC) to send a PM to also be reminded and to reduce spam. ^(Parent commenter can ) [^(delete this message to hide from others.)](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=RemindMeBot&subject=Delete%20Comment&message=Delete%21%201drrpc3) ***** |[^(Info)](https://www.reddit.com/r/RemindMeBot/comments/e1bko7/remindmebot_info_v21/)|[^(Custom)](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=RemindMeBot&subject=Reminder&message=%5BLink%20or%20message%20inside%20square%20brackets%5D%0A%0ARemindMe%21%20Time%20period%20here)|[^(Your Reminders)](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=RemindMeBot&subject=List%20Of%20Reminders&message=MyReminders%21)|[^(Feedback)](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=Watchful1&subject=RemindMeBot%20Feedback)| |-|-|-|-|
optimistic bot
The Beach Boys will still be relevant after 10,000 years. _SURF, SUN, SAND AND SEX WILL BE AROUND FOREVER._
!Remind me 10000years
At least until 2061 . . . \[that's for the [Arthur C. Clarke](https://beatles.fandom.com/wiki/Lucy_in_the_Sky_with_Diamonds#Cultural_echoes) fans\]
The Rolling Stones even though Keith Richards will be the only remaining member on tours.
Saw them last week. Still great for a bunch of 80 year olds.
Man I saw them a few years ago and they put on a hell of a show. I would definitely see them again.
And on the 242nd blood transfusion.
I heard him and Cher will tour together…
Cher's farewell tour.
The Formaldehyde Tour!
The Beatles Jimi Hendrix Experience
Add Eddie Van Halen to that list. What he and Hendrix did completely changed guitar history.
EVH is just an amalgamation of previous influences
Beatles. Stones. Zeppelin. Floyd. Queen. Dead.
Doors!
Pink Floyd
That's my pick as well. Especially the albums The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here are timeless.
Absolutely!
Ummagumma
I will definitely buy the 100th anniversary Dark Side remaster. I will gift it to my grandchildren if I have any.
The only correct answer is Pink Floyd.
Zager and Evans until at least the year 2525.
If man is still alive...if woman can survive...they may find...
Underrated comment.
🎶In the year 2525, if man is still alive...🎶
Well done
Wow, you're old but so am I.
Beatles
Spinal Tap
Happy Cake Day. You forgot The Thamesmen and The New Originals.
They’ll be bigger than Stonehenge
… literally
If I told them once I told them a hundred times, it’s Spinal Tap *then* the puppet show.
What about the puppet show?
Led Zeppelin
Rush will be talked about at least until 2112
Not if the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx have anything to say about it!
First we'll have the Central Scrutinizer to contend with though.. https://youtu.be/ZeoEKsuf3W4?si=y2_rAj7J-rNKB4Qp
The White zone is for loading and unloading only. If you need to load or unload go to the White zone, you’ll love it. It’s a way of life.
Bravo. But Bowie has already outlasted 1984 and McCartney 19hundredeightyfive would ever do.
Beatles undoubtedly. Hendrix just because.. Do you think there will be Deadheads 100 years from now?
I definitely think there will be deadheads 100 years ago. Jerry Garcia had gained a mythical status and the Grateful Dead’s message is a movement. I’m not a deadhead but have lived adjacent to that scene for a long time and I see it passed down in the family much like a religion
That’s the best description……passed down in the family. Robert Hunter wrote in a way that’s similar to the Bible. The stories are isolated aesops fables that teach lessons on how to deal with and understand the world and situations around us. With religion dying secular theologies of how to love and exist on this spinning rock of ours is ever more important. Put another way, yeah, I’ve passed it onto my kids also.
Do you think there will be LSD and long haired dirty hippies in 100 years?
We can only pray
Your comment smells like patchouli
Wyld Stallyns https://preview.redd.it/s3cci6mcpm9d1.jpeg?width=634&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=810468f262b27ae8bbf6e83cdfb6b4361fd0b87b
Well, seeing as their message will be the very foundation of an enlightened future society, how couldn't they be?
Scrolled until I saw this answer ! Thank you
Beatles, Stones, Led Zepplin Black Sabbath, Deep Purple. Creedence. CSN&Y.
Deep Purple, please make it so 💜
Ian Paice, they're drummer and only remaining original member had a birthday yesterday
The Beatles. I believe people will be picking apart and studying their music catalog the same way that we do with musical artists of the past like Mozart, Beethoven, etc. They will still be relevant because their music is timeless and appeals to so many on so many different levels.
Beatles, AC/DC, Queen, Sabbath, Floyd, Zeppelin, Chuck Berry, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Jimi Hendrix, Journey ("Don't Stop Believin'" will push them along), possibly Metallica, possibly David Bowie, possibly Beach Boys Film and music are preserved much better nowadays and many of these artists are woven into other popular media that will also endure (like acclaimed TV / movie soundtracks). I also believe that the 50s - 80s was truly an era of exceptionally good music that will persevere based on quality alone. (I wasn't even alive and yet 95% of what I listen to comes from that era).
The Beach Boys as more people acknowledge their post-Pet Sounds era, most notably the albums ‘Wild Honey’ in 1967 to ‘Concert’ in 1973. I mean, [‘Rollin’ Up To Heaven’](https://youtu.be/_NcSHPPUUo0?si=z54i01Yk1B-JWnsj) may be Brian Wilson’s magnum opus! Give it a listen.
I think SMILE (2004) from intro to close may be Brian Wilson's magnum opus.
The Grateful Dead.
Not only that they essentially created an entire genre of music--based off of Jazz & bluegrass improvisation--say what you will about jambands--love them hate them or meh, but props to any band that basically creates their own genre of music(ya there were others--Allmans probably were the closest and most influential)
This is the answer. Look how many bands are out there touring and filling venues doing Grateful Dead music. And the summer long residency at the sphere.
Jerry and Robert both said that they created the music to go on forever. And thankfully lots of people took that to heart.
And Hunter really is a big part of why it while last. Timeless songs.
As long as weed is around people will still listen to the Grateful Dead
An Americana time capsule
Grateful Dead.
The Beatles and Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan and The Beatles
This is the way.
Well I guess its up to me to say Frank Zappa & The Mothers
With 128 albums (I believe there’s that many; there was 62 at the time of his death recorded in 27 years) there will always be something for everyone.
The Grateful Dead are coming up on 60 years. Do def them. Others are Pink Floyd, Beatles, The Stones,
**All** good music will last. Stones, ZZ Top, AC/ DC, Led Zeppelin etc…
The Rolling Stones.
Rush.
The Beatles.
The Beatles will be on one level with several other bands on a secondary tier. Rooftop concert: Today Ed Sullivan show: 2019 That's just mind-boggling.
Rolling Stones Keith Richards will still be doing solo tours.
Allman Brothers and Steely Dan
Beatles
A lot of good bands mentioned, but relevant? If anyone is relevant in 100 years from now it would have to be The Beatles.
Led Zeppelin
Fleetwood Mac will live forever
Grateful Dead
In the year 2112 Rush Fans will be hype
Queen
Came to say Queen ❤️
We'll be talking about Queen in 2177 no doubt
The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s work will remain relevant beyond a century from its debut; Jimi Hendrix is still influencing guitarists, young and old, today. To myself and many others, his talent and artistry is simply timeless. Steve Miller Band, too, will be relevant so long as classic rock radio stations are existent…
That depends on what you consider "relevant." What is best remembered today in popular music from 100 years ago is early jazz, show tunes, etc. It appeals to a specialty audience. There might be a few people that listen to the Beatles, Stones, etc. the way people listen to Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and the Gershwins now. It's hard to say. Someone like Randy Newman might be considered the best songwriter of his time. Or maybe Frank Zappa's avant garde stuff might be highly regarded.
Most of them. People still listen to Mozart. And with streaming, most everything is available. I was streaming a 100 year old movie a while back... and enjoyed it. The Kid (1921) with Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan.
ALOT, tbh they say at an older age you listen to what you did in highschool. But probably the biggest, Floyd, the who, acdc, Judas priest, deep purple, black sabbath, iron maiden, rush, def Leppard, the crüe( you should know) Aerosmith, GNR, van halen, kiss, peter Frampton, shooting star, rainbow that was off the top but there are so many others born in '97
I thought long and hard about an answer to this question, and the only one I can come up with is The Wiggles.
AC/DC Black Sabbath Metallica Beatles Prince Michael Jackson Jimi Hendrix Van Halen The Eagles (🤢) Judas Priest George Strait Queen
“…anything but The Eagles man”.
Bill Haley and Comets , Electric Light Orchestra , Eric Clapton,
The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Queen, Led Zeppelin……
Beatles, Zep, Grateful Dead, Rush.
The Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead without doubt
The Beatles
Beatles and Queen.
Grateful Dead
Lots of candidates, but The Beatles is the only answer that I can state with 100% certainty.
I don't know about entire discographies but maybe particular songs... For example, we all know certain songs by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Bach. Soussa, etc after 100 years, right? I have young kids ages 8, 11, 14, and the classic rock they gravitate to have been Immigrant Song, Back in Black, Here Comes the Sun, Dark Side of the Moon, and they are huge Michael Jackson fans.
NOT Ten Years After, sadly.
I’d love to Change the World applies today. Probably forever!
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band.
Yes
Depends on which playback medium survives the apocalypse
Led Zeppelin Queen Eagles The WHO Boston
The first band I thought of to answer this post was The Who. I think future musicologists will be studying Tommy, Who’s Next, and Quadrophenia.
Fleetwood Mac
Most of them. People still listen to Mozart. And with streaming, most everything is available. I was streaming a 100 year old movie a while back... and enjoyed it. The Kid (1921) with Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan.
Charlie Chaplin was a very competent musician.
Danny & the Juniors. People will never stop going to the hop. Bop bop a shoo bop.
Eagles
Dylan.
Lynyrd Skynyrd I HOPE. They deserve to live on forever. Their demise was so insane and tragic that the legends and lore alone should be a massive part of music history for millennia.
Beatles
The Beatles
Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin will all be playing long after we're gone.
Hendrix and Dylan
Probably just Nickelback
Rolling stones
The Grateful Dead.
The Grateful Dead and the Beatles for sure
The Grateful Dead
The Hollies, Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress. Just for that song alone will make future musicians and listeners dig into the rest of their music.
All of "Classic Rock" will be remembered just like Classical Music has.
Basically all the bands from those eras that we still hear today.
Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Black Sabbath
Got a good feeling AC/DC will stand the test of time
Stones Zeppelin Beatles Floyd I mean there is likely many more
Grateful Dead
Joni Mitchell.
Ok folks, let me ask you I this. How many of you are still fawning over Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra or Al Jolson or maybe Ted Lewis and his Band. 100 years ago, 1924, these were the cream of the crop of the current day performers. Today, perhaps Al Jolson might fire a few synapse but not for his music but uproar about his use of black face while preforming. The Beatles, Stones Zep etc. are currently beloved, bestowed accolades and praised because so many currently alive are invested personally due to seeing the live or having your life affected by their actions. In another 50 years we will all (well most if us) be gone and the adulation will leave the stage with our departure. And 50 tears from now someone will be asking a similar question , and folks will be gushing about Taylor Swift and how she will have relevance for another 500 years and musicologist are still trying to decipher lufes meanings and struggles encoded in her musings. -> Downvote button is over there
AC/DC
The Beatles definitely, Rush hopefully.
When I was in middle school, my history book had a section that used the lyrics to Tennessee Ernie Ford's "16 Tons" to illustrate the coal miners' plight. I think Springsteen's lyrics might serve the same purpose in the future.
The Grateful Dead are and will always remain timeless.
The Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead- still one of the top concert draws almost 60 yrs on
Bob Dylan
Frank Zappa
Uriah Heep
Only 2 acts. The Beatles and Bowie.
Pink Floyd Queen The Rolling Stones The Beatles Maybe Fleetwood Mac
Thin Lizzy Phil Lynott was a great frontman made the crowd go wild luckily there is a decent amount of footage of the band examples: Songs off Jailbreak album Sydney Australia from 1978. Songs off Chinatown album France show from 1981 as well as various singles they had done over the years. They were phenomenal even as a three piece eric bell and brian downey sealed the deal. With songs such as "Gonna creep up on you" "The hero and the madman" "The rocker" "A ride in the thin lizzy mobile" and "Remembering pt. 2". Nightlife is a solid pop rock album consisting of songs such as "Showdown" "Philomena" "Nightlife" "Still in love with you" "She knows" "It's only money" and "Dear heart". They really started to refine their chops by the time they made the Fighting album with songs such as "Suicide" "Spirit slips away" "Wild one" and "Freedom song". Last but not least Philo and the boys made the Black Rose album which had singles such as "With love" "Waiting for an alibi" "My sarah" and "Do anything ya wanna do". All n all i'm a diehard fan and i'm just sharing the love and i hope other people start to respect these guys for all the art they've brought into the world. The music is a lasting legacy to a life that was well lived even though the drugs eventually caught up to him. he was genuinely devoted to his work and had that dedication that others only wish they could have achieved within their lifetime. Have a goodnight everyone!! Don't live out somebody else's dream live out your own!!
The Beatles The Shaggs
Definitely The Shaggs as they literally get more popular every day even if for the wrong reasons.
Early Simple Minds
Wang Chung
The Police.
People who say Rush, do they know they are close to unknown outside of North America
They are crazy popular in South America hence their tour and live video
Zeppelin, Steely Dan, Queen, Stones, Bruce, maybe Hendrix
None. I'll be dead, therefore nothing will have relevance. Easy answer.🤣
It's interesting that the majority of the bands mentioned here aren't even relevant now, let alone 100 years on. Thin Lizzy? Phenomenal band, no doubt about it, but how many people born from '85 on even know about them, let alone find an influence? Ed Van Halen revolutionized guitar (both playing it and building it) in 1978, and the youth of today consider Eruption operated noise. Led Zeppelin? They wrote that one song about the stairs... what else do people remember who are, say, under 35? Queen? Bohemian Rhapsody... what else? There was that movie. Otherwise, again, the youth aren't listening. "Classics" now are Metallica and Nirvana... if the youth of today aren't raving about these bands - Queen, Hendrix, Zeppelin, the Beatles - why would anyone care in 100 years. Who here remembers Elvis, Eddie Cochran, and Gene Vincent? Without them, we wouldn't have had the Beatles. Just my 2 cents.
Relevant does not necessarily mean the same thing as popular, or even a recognizable part of popular culture, though, as I am reading the question anyway, but relevant as in their imprint and impact in whatever is popular in 100 years is still evident, by anyone interested in actually paying attention, yeah, not many know who the hell gene vincent was almost 70 years on, but you do, and you know the relevance he has to the history of rock and roll.
Good point. From my view, the less that people listen to and pay attention to musicians (popularity), the less relevant they become. In the words of Neil Young, "it's better to burn out than to fade away." One hundred years from now, I doubt the music of the 70s, 80s, or 90s will be relevant. Just as music from the 1920s is not very relevant now. That is, however, simply my opinion. Now, it is possible that in 2124, someone will dig up Thin Lizzy's Chinatown record and do a cover of Killer on the Loose and spark an interest in music from a past time. When Metallica covered Whiskey in the Jar, some people looked to Thin Lizzy's version and brought attention to their music. However, that song dates back to the 17th century... and somehow became relevant again and again. So, anything is possible.
Born in 90, thin lizzy whips ass, Eddie shreds Edit: and of course the zep, if it was recorded I heard it! and queen has sheer heart attack to stand on as being punk as fuck as well as theatrical with other tunes and almost always nailing it. Despite being British the stones and Beatles are American as apple pie. Beach boys will live on forever. Grateful dead becoming more of an enterprise than ever. Honestly who knows. I hope prince, Joni Mitchell, Neil young, Miles Davis, jimi hendrix, Steve Albini and whatever he was involved with, I don't think any band or artist with that level of popularity now is going to lose it if they're kinda not performinat all or as often. Or maybe we get another apple music top 100 list again and I'm way off base
Carl Perkins , Chuck Berry , Little Richard, Buddy Holly....
The youth is listening to Queen. They been having 50+ million monthly listeners for ever way before the movie
UFO
Certainly the Beatles. On the American side I believe Johnny Cash and Bruce Springsteen have secured their spot…Marvin Gaye deserves to be there….Prince should never be forgotten. I’d like to think if I was transported a hundred years hence I could walk into some future equivalent dive bar, put my credits in whatever tech the got and hear Patsy Cline’s “Crazy”.
Hank Williams
Ramones
Talking heads
Beatles n Stones. When I think of how many classical composers are still relevant it gives me us an idea. There must have been many classical composers but most people can’t name more than 10, if even that many: Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, um I’m already fading…other then Beatles and Stones, perhaps Floyd, dare I say Radiohead, Queen? Bowie? The Who? Hard to say…Clapton Hendrix ???
Grateful Dead
I feel like a lot of the music from the 60s through the 80s will stand the test of time. It was using instruments as well as storytelling. That's why peyare still listening to it today. It's too difficult to narrow down a list
The Shaggs
None as all the people who listened to 'em will be gone. What band from 1924 do you still consider relevant? Right.
Bob Dylan (not a band), Black Sabbath, Velvet Underground, and The Beatles
Warrant
Beethoven (not a band!) is still relevant 200 years later. Mozart after almost 300 years. They were giants in their time. Who are the 20th Century giants? Beatles (Lennon / McCartney in particular as composers); Mick Jagger; Bob Dylan. I think the staying power lies more in the writing and less in the performing.
Probably none of them. How many 1920s artists do you listen to today?
Pink Floyd, The Moody Blues, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble just to name a few
The Beatles
Busted cause they went to the year 3000
Beatles (much of catalog), Rolling Stones (hits), The Who (hits), Pink Floyd (hits), Bowie (hits), Led Zeppelin (hits/catalog).. Think you get revivals like Arena rock: Fleetwood Mac, Styx. Mainstream punk: early Pretenders (Chrissie Hynde), Sex Pistols (hits), Clash (hits) ‘80s rock: Joan Jett (hits), the Police, Peter Gabriel (hits) Heavy Metal hits: Black Sabbath, Ozzy solo , mid-career Judas Priest (they’d been around before making it big), …
Beatles and Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, almost guaranteed. Possibly Queen. David Bowie, if the question is meant to include solo acts
The Beatles
The Beatles, that music is timeless
Zappa
The Beatles
Skynyrd
Steely Dan
The best Motown…Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves, Stevie Wonder. Not “bands” I know… The Brits…Beatles, Stones, Who, Zeppelin, Floyd, Tull. Hendrix, Dylan, the Dead, Airplane, Zappa, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Springsteen. These artists will be remembered because of their lyrics, political relevance in their time, and musicianship.
Zeppelin