(08-25-2021, 10:18 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(08-25-2021, 03:03 AM)Senor Fantastico Wrote: I don't even know who this guy is but it brings up an interesting question for me. What do you consider classic rock? Rock from 1950-1975? Or anything older than 20 years old? Is grunge era 90s considered classic rock these days?

I generally put 50's and early 60's into the Oldies category. I think classic rock starts around mid-60's and into the early 80's even for some of the bands that were playing in the decade prior. For example, Steve Miller Band's Abracadabra is absolutely classic rock and released in 82. 

I think around the mid-80s began a new genre, whether it was the influence of MTV, or punk and thrash bands moving into mainstream, but there's a different vibe for lack of a better term for that era of music when contrasted with classic rock's sound. Maybe it's production quality? Like I'd classify Diver Down or Women and Children First as Classic Rock by Van Halen, but any of the Van Hagar stuff not even close to classic rock, even if it is over 20 years old.

Kinda makes me cringe when I hear Metallica or Nirvana on the classic rock station, mainly because I forget that those works are now decades old