Breaking the glass ceiling

In the last 30 years of music, name off what you think broke the most boundries, and gave the most influence to what today’s music is. Personally, for me it was Aerosmith and Run DMC doing a cover together of Aerosmith’s "Walk This Way." It was the first song to truly mix rap and rock, two genres of music with absolutley nothing in common, but yet with a lot in common at the same time.

And it was only topped off by Anthrax and Public Enemy getting together to do Bring Tha Noize. Two genres with even less in common getting together to do something that worked. Granted it gave birth to abominations like Limp Bizkit, but hey, Aerosmith, Antrhax, Run DMC, and Public Enemy, all broke more boundries in the 80’s than anyone else after them. So my hat’s off to them.

Now it’s your turn to talk about what you felt broke the most boundries in the last 30 years.

the velvet underground
they’re closer to 40 years but still, whatever.

Iggy and the Stooges

David Bowie

nirvana.

The Cheeky Girls.

Sex pistols, Manson.
The Cure.

Manson.

!?! I beg to differ. Unless you mean Charles Manson, then yes, he was ‘different’.

nirvana.

how did they break boundaries? they were playing the same sort of music as a lot of other bands from that area at that time.

how did they break boundaries? they were playing the same sort of music as a lot of other bands from that area at that time.

as in? i don’t know of any grunge bands from before 1989 that ended up to be groundbreaking. :confused:

Mudhoney, Nirvana ripped them right off.

Mudhoney, Nirvana ripped them right off.
Nirvarna kinda made grunge known to the world didn’t they?

Nirvarna kinda made grunge known to the world didn’t they?

Sort of, but there was already a big scene before they arrived, plus, alot of the original bands were better, like Mudhoney.

The Cheeky Girls.

They broke my boundries, alright. x3

Also, Nirvana ripped off a drum beat from Killing Joke.

Nirvarna kinda made grunge known to the world didn’t they?

oasis and blur made britpop known to the world, but there are better britpop bands.

The Sugar Hill Gang basically invented rap, which was then further revolutionized by bands such as the Beastie Boys and Bone Thugs. Rap is now a successful genres because of them.

Pantera, namely Dimebag Darrel, made metal what it is today. If you listen to anything before Pantera, you won’t find many of the gutteral guitar riffs that they’re known for. Everything after them has sounded pretty much the same.

Frank Zappa. (wasn’t he really the first that rapped in a couple of songs?)

Shakespeare.

Every song ever made is a subtle cover of "Hey nonny nonny".

Pantera, namely Dimebag Darrel, made metal what it is today. If you listen to anything before Pantera, you won’t find many of the gutteral guitar riffs that they’re known for. Everything after them has sounded pretty much the same.

Actually, I’d say Death were the true pioneers of gutteral riffs, and one of the pioneers of death metal. But there’s that arguement of Pantera stealing from Exhorder. Also, Pantera were a Glam Metal band until 1989.