What is the best band to have put out a debut record since 1998?

3/31/2008 5:42:46 PM

obligatory Led Zeppelin.

3/31/2008 5:45:08 PM

Arcade Fire?

3/31/2008 5:46:29 PM

personally...


It's between Muse, My Chemical Romance, and Say Anything

3/31/2008 5:46:34 PM

some obscure band most people haven't heard of

3/31/2008 5:46:38 PM

my real responses, wintersun, queens of the stone age (1997 demo?)

3/31/2008 5:51:39 PM

arcade fire

(solely based on the debut record aspect)

3/31/2008 5:53:30 PM

white stripes?

3/31/2008 5:56:11 PM

Daft Punk's debut record (we're going by LPs) dropped in 97 btw

3/31/2008 5:56:40 PM

White Stripes & Arcade Fire are the two best options

3/31/2008 6:05:22 PM

Are we talking which band had the best debut album in the past 10 years?

Or which band has become the best since their debut 10 years ago or sooner?

Changes the answer greatly.

3/31/2008 6:17:37 PM

Yeah, the title and the first post don't match up very well.

Either way, the first Shins album totally changed my life.

3/31/2008 6:21:07 PM

What is the best band to debut in 1998 or later with an LP

3/31/2008 6:22:34 PM

its the white stripes if their debut was in the last 10 years.

Other than that, i dunno.

3/31/2008 6:23:56 PM

who is arcade fire. Every time i see their name my mind skips over it because it looks emo.

3/31/2008 6:25:04 PM

Oh, probably White Stripes then

3/31/2008 6:25:14 PM

arcade fire emo? jesus man know what emo is before you try to compare things to it.

P.S. its not fall out boy

3/31/2008 6:27:52 PM

Damn you love emo music

3/31/2008 6:29:02 PM

He wasn't comparing Arcade Fire to an emo band, it's obvious he's never listened to them.

Jesus man, learn to read.

3/31/2008 6:29:13 PM

yea i think there was some terrible band with the words arcade and/or fire in it so when i see those words in the context of music i think terrible emo. Maybe i'll go find some later.

3/31/2008 6:31:12 PM

plus 44

3/31/2008 6:56:54 PM

Cant narrow the list down anymore than this due to the span of styles making it nearly impossible to compare band to band:

The Mars Volta
Between the Buried and Me
mewithoutYou
Muse
Death Cab for Cutie
Dillinger Escape Plan
Hopesfall

Mogwai and Sigur Ros just barely miss the cut with a 4th quarter '97 first LP.

3/31/2008 8:20:28 PM

i would knock hopesfall off that list

personally i am partial to:
between the buried and me
he is legend
mewithoutyou

3/31/2008 8:22:45 PM

yea. they were the last ones i added, and only because i have such a bias to their first few albums :p

but as far as being as innovative and stuff i agree that they really dont fit in with the other bands on the list.

[Edited on March 31, 2008 at 8:25 PM. Reason : ]

3/31/2008 8:24:00 PM

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"Mogwai and Sigur Ros just barely miss the cut with a 4th quarter '97 first LP."

DCFC's first full-length release was in October 97

3/31/2008 8:28:09 PM

Muse
My Chemical Romance

3/31/2008 8:28:37 PM

i vote muse

3/31/2008 8:31:18 PM

^^^ as far as i understood it wasnt officially released as an LP until 2002. It was a casette basically put out by the band and a very small label in 1998. Wikipedia is incorrect in stating 1997, even though they started selling it at shows in 1997 before its official release. If you look at the release date on the physical copy of the album and also on the label's site who released it they both say 1998. I had to double check myself before I posted it in my list heh.

then again its kind of up in the air as ive now seen the date as sep 97, oct 97, december 97 on music stores online but my copy says 1998 and the label's site says 98.

I also see where it says it was written and recorded before death cab for cutie was a band. interesting. I did not know that. So I dono I give them the benefit of the doubt

[Edited on March 31, 2008 at 8:47 PM. Reason : ]

3/31/2008 8:33:00 PM

well no chance Death Cab is the best band of the past ten years so the point is moot

3/31/2008 8:56:07 PM

Hanson

3/31/2008 8:57:15 PM

Quote :

"yea i think there was some terrible band with the words arcade and/or fire in it so when i see those words in the context of music i think terrible emo. Maybe i'll go find some later."

I understand what you're saying here. For years I never listened to Grandaddy because I always pictured a really old dude with a horrible voice. Then one day I realized how dumb that was and listened to one of their albums I loved them.

I'm gonna go with Arcade Fire here as well.

3/31/2008 9:11:27 PM

arcade fire, perhaps

3/31/2008 9:20:17 PM

Panic! at the Disco

3/31/2008 9:35:36 PM

arcade fire

3/31/2008 9:36:52 PM

Quote :

"Either way, the first Shins album totally changed my life."

that made me laugh pretty hard

and i have a soft spot in my heart for that movie

3/31/2008 10:34:08 PM

natalie portman

3/31/2008 10:37:25 PM

the green album

3/31/2008 10:40:23 PM

Late Registration

because that opened a whole new world of hip-hop and R&B I had never listened to before (Common, The Roots, etc) that I should have been listening to for a long time

[Edited on March 31, 2008 at 10:48 PM. Reason : .]

3/31/2008 10:45:40 PM

late registration is a band?

3/31/2008 10:51:34 PM

Air

3/31/2008 10:54:36 PM

Explosions In The Sky (How Strange, Innocence in 00)
Godspeed You Black Emperor! (F?A?8 was released on LP in 97 and the current cut on CD in 98)
Arcade Fire (Funeral in 04)
Final Fantasy (Has A Good Home in 05) - I always say that Owen Pallet will be one of the more influential musicians to come out of Canada and that is pretty impressive
Broken Social Scene (Feel Good Lost in 01)
National (self-titled in 01) - Best band making American music
Okkervil River (their first album didn't come out until 02 but an EP might be cutting it close)

[Edited on April 1, 2008 at 1:27 AM. Reason : grrr]

4/1/2008 1:16:19 AM

kanye west

4/1/2008 1:52:56 AM

^^

Quote :

"BAND"

[Edited on April 1, 2008 at 1:55 AM. Reason : .]

4/1/2008 1:55:33 AM

I have not heard of half the bands in this thread. And honestly, its more like 80%.

4/1/2008 2:37:54 AM

[Edited on April 1, 2008 at 5:09 AM. Reason : ^and amen...all these threads are circle jerks now a days....]

4/1/2008 5:07:31 AM

nickleback

4/1/2008 8:06:47 AM

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4/1/2008 8:28:35 AM

Quote :

"Explosions In The Sky (How Strange, Innocence in 00) Godspeed You Black Emperor! (F?A?8 was released on LP in 97 and the current cut on CD in 98) Arcade Fire (Funeral in 04) Final Fantasy (Has A Good Home in 05) - I always say that Owen Pallet will be one of the more influential musicians to come out of Canada and that is pretty impressive Broken Social Scene (Feel Good Lost in 01) National (self-titled in 01) - Best band making American music Okkervil River (their first album didn't come out until 02 but an EP might be cutting it close) "

I think it's Arcade Fire but that's not a bad list. The Stripes are curiously absent. I also like the selection of Broken Social Scene but I think that's just a lot of personal preference on my part. National is the best band making over the counter sleep medication.

LCD Soundsystem is a GREAT mention. I think being pigeonholed in the electronic genre would keep him from taking the crown, but not to take anything away from how good he is.

Is this a Arcade Fire v White Stripes question?

4/1/2008 11:15:03 AM

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"I have not heard of half the bands in this thread. And honestly, its more like 80%."

Yeah I am with you and the 80%, I feel like I am either missing out on some good music, or these bands actually suck.

4/1/2008 11:16:35 AM

set em up

4/1/2008 11:20:01 AM