Lovecraft Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Or at least to the "mainstream" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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trotter Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Not a band as such, but before his untimely death, Tony de Vit is widely credited as founding the 'hard house' genre of dance music. Also, IMO, this is one of the greatest dance albums of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo-Jambo Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 The Jam and the revival of the Mod movement . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Love them or hate them you have to say The Beatles. Before them pop bands performed songs written by other people and given to them by their management. Even bands like The Rolling Stones and The Who had first albums full of cover versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Also The Byrds. Paved the way for country rock in America. Also for most bands that created a new genre it tends to be the first one to get played on the radio or get into the charts that gets the credit. In the background somewhere there will be others bitter that it wasn’t them that got the fame and money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boab Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 22 minutes ago, Tazio said: Love them or hate them you have to say The Beatles. Before them pop bands performed songs written by other people and given to them by their management. Even bands like The Rolling Stones and The Who had first albums full of cover versions. Take your point but half of the Beatles’ first album were covers. As I say, not a criticism, you’re spot on in that they influenced everyone to write their own material. The Smiths didn’t create a new genre but were hugely influential and a breath of fresh air to the seemingly endless monotony of the majority of synth pop at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 There is a difference between "invented a genre" and "broke that genre into the mainstream" Evanescence, for example, broke Symphonic Metal into the mainstream but the genre itself had been going for around 15 years before "Bring me to life" hit the charts. Nirvana didn't invent Grunge but most certainly sent it mainstream. Massive Attack and Portishead both invented the Trip-Hop genre and went mainstream with it. Motorhead and Venom had huge influence on the emerging Trash Metal genre before Metallica took it global. Then you have to try and work out the boundaries of each genre, the cross-over and bleed from one into another are often significant. Bands will argue that they are not in one specific genre, or any genre at all! Some bands even change genres over the course of their life. The Beatles went from beat/skiffle to rock'n'roll to psychedelia. Genesis went from psychedelic prog rock to pop. David Bowie was almost a different genre with every album. Radiohead's albums all sound very different but also all sound very Radiohead. Bob Dylan, Devin Townsend, Beck and Neil Young all defy categorisation too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 ABBA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the posh bit Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 (edited) 38 minutes ago, Cade said: Massive Attack and Portishead both invented the Trip-Hop genre and went mainstream with it. Not sure about them inventing the genre, maybe the name, mind. Certainly were the (excellent) big hitters. Edited January 27 by the posh bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punks No Deid Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Discharge - started the whole hardcore genre. Most of the now massive thrash bands cite them as a massive influence. Agree with Cade on Portishead and Massive Attack (would also include Tricky with both). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebo Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Ice T for gangsta rap? NWA sometimes thought of as pioneers of that but Ice T (and others) were already well established. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the original dalry llama Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Wednesday - maybe not so much creating a new genre as combining two unlikely ones to come up with countrygaze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Germany's Electric Callboy merge metalcore with cheesy electronic pop and make it work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diadora Van Basten Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Indie dance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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