There was no GNR new material released after Use Your Illusion(s) ("spaghetti incident?" being covers, doesn't really apply). Just like there is only one Highlander movie.

I heard some Metallica tribute band recorded something they called "the black album" so perhaps you are mistaking that for an official Metallica release.

Elton John - Not really a fan of anything 1985-on, and the *really* good material stopped in the mid-70s. His 90s output all sounds the same to me.

I would really suggest checking out "Songs From The West Coast", that album was the artistic comeback people have waited ages for from Elton. Peachtree Road and The Captain And The Kid (a sequel to Captain Fantastic) are also pretty good as well. I hate 90's Elton with a passion and thought in the 80's he was a decent singles artist but the albums lacked the magic of the old music. You'd be pleasantly surprised with his last few albums, it's the Elton you miss.

The next album, Muscle Of Love, was still the original band. After that I lost interest.

Uriah Heep-lost me after Wonderworld
Ted Nugent-lost me after Scream Dream
Nazareth-love Raz A Ma Naz through Hair Of The Dog. Nothing after.
Aerosmith-nothing after Rock And A Hard Place
Deep Purple-nothing after House Of Blue Lights
Black Sabbath-nothing after Mob Rules
Bowie-nothing after Diamond Dogs, except song "Cat People"
Genesis-start liking with Lamb..., Duke was last I cared for
Rainbow-Dio only
Fleetwood Mac-Green yes, Welch albums no, Buckingham Nicks yes
Santana-first three albums only
Rod Stewart-not after Night On The Town
Foghat-first four great, Fool For City through Tight Shoes ok, nothing after
Robert Plant-nothing after Now And Zen
Rush-after vital signs, no
Bad Company-Rodgers only
Pink Floyd-Dark Side through The Wall only

Duran Duran---love the first two, didn't mind Union of the Snake, don't care for the rest

Big Country---first two albums were absolute masterpieces, The Seer was ok, and then they got bland.

The Alarm--The EP, Declaration and Strength were great, then they also got bland

David Bowie---don't care for much after the "Blue Jean" single.

U2---LOVED the first four up through Unforgettable Fire. Then they turned into a rock band, for better or worse. I still like a lot of their singles, but something was gone.

Adam Ant---Friend or Foe was his last good one

Here are a few of mine:

Alice Cooper - From the Inside to the older stuff (even though there are select tracks I like on all the rest of his albums)

Metallica - Black Album to the older stuff is the best, Death Magnetic I like a whole lot and all the rest is decent if you listen to it realizing that it can't compare to their older stuff

Pink Floyd - Love all the post Syd stuff, some of the Syd era stuff is ok imo

Aerosmith - Get a Grip to the older stuff (GaG got me into them and will always hold a special place in my heart)

Sepultura - post Max Cavalera totally different band don't like it

Love all Van Halen before Gary Cherone

Black Sabbath - prefer the Ozzy years

I'm sure there are many more but I'll leave it at that

Black Sabbath - Dio and Ozzy only
AC/DC - Nothing past For Those About To Rock
Green Day - My interest has been waning since American Idiot
Judas Priest - Nothing past Defenders of the Faith, except Painkiller
Ozzy - except for a song here and there I lose interest after Diary
George Strait - Nothing past Ocean Front Property
Clint Black - Nothing past Nothin but the Tailights

I'll catch shit from CRM114 for this, but...anything post-Summerteeth from Wilco, except maybe the Australian EP.

I 1000% disagree with this.

Machina II had some outstanding songs (Slow Dawn, Speed Kills, If there is a od, Vanity etc)

People like to gripe about Zeitgeist, but there are some real high notes(Zeitgeist, Doomsday Clock, Tarantula, etc) there and the American Gothic EP that followed was great.

A lot of the new live songs are really good too like 99 Floors, Owata, Song for a Son, Gossamer etc.

-Paul Jacobi-

I must be in the minority here. I think all artists have their high and low points, but with very few exceptions, there hasn't been a band I can think of who after one or two bad albums completely stopped making good music period, most acts seem to eventually rebound from nadirs.

Snoop Doggy Dogg-His features on "The Chronic" and his first solo were amazing. After that his delivery got really weak. "The Last Meal" was good attempt at recapturing his early glory but the majority of his songs have my wondering how he still gets radioplay.

Misfits-I really liked their blend of rockabilly and punk. I really disliked their last album together with Danzig though.

Beyonce-I was never that into R&B but I liked the songs I heard from Destiny's Child. When Beyonce went solo I couldn't believe how she became such an icon. "Put A Ring On It and "Crazy" sound so annoyingly repetitive. I know that's ironic considering past hits like "Bills, Bills, Bills," but I mean the overall execution of her new hits. The beat, melody etc.

Had "Machina" ditched the filters and overprocessing and been more "raw" like most of "Machina 2", there would be zero complaints from me.


I still haven't got over Billy having his voice louder than everything else. I listen to earlier stuff and his voice seems to be on a natural level that fits in with music. Maybe songs played live sound more natural.

I include Machina II along with Machina.

and I we will just agree to disagree about Zeitgeist,

Is this a sarcastic comment? I am not sure what you mean but if I read it correctly then I agree with Panchor. And Justice is where I started questioning them. The "black album" gave me my answer.

Don't care for much from these:

Def Leppard - after Steve Clark died
Queensryche - after Chris DeGarmo left

I feel like I'm the only person in the world who doesn't much care for David Bowie pre-1994 and really likes him from that point on.

Metallica - post-Black Album, pre-Death Magnetic

Korn - anything past Issues

Exodus - anything past Tempo of the Damned

Misfits - post-Danzig

Yes, he was obviously joking....he also said "there is only one Highlander movie"....he meant in his mind he chooses to ignore everything that came after And Justice For All, much like some people choose to ignore inferior sequels to movies....

Floyd - Love Dark Side on.....never a big fan of the pre-Dark Side Floyd

Genesis - Mostly a fan of Peter era, but I like Phil era a lot too up to about Abacab.

U2 - Joshua Tree and back awesome in my book. Anything after is on a song by song basis for me

Got it. Oops - actually kind of funny.

I pretty much agree with this. There were some good songs, but the overall package just wasn't so appealing to me anymore.

Good call on Tori; she was one that I was thinking about as well.

As for the great Floyd debate, I love Syd-era Floyd and can get behind most Floyd stuff up to The Wall, although The Final Cut had a few good tracks. Once Roger left, the band's new material started to feel a bit too New Age-y, but I did think The Division Bell was an improvement over Momentary Lapse. And the less said about Delicate Sound of Thunder the better.

Another artist for me would be Liz Phair. Brilliant first album, a solid second one and a very underrated third one. That third full-length album was as far as she should have pushed her commercial pop leanings. She totally lost me with her self-titled album, though the songs were better live without all the effects.

Bruce Springsteen apparently was abducted by aliens sometime after 1990, and left us with some country-music wannabe ever since! Needless to say, Springsteen pre-1990 is all good. Post-1990...meh.

Once John Mellencamp lost the Cougar, he also lost the ability to make hit songs.

I don't care for the Red Hot Chili Peppers before their 1991 album Blood Sugar Sex Magik.

Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots became less interesting after 1995.

Once Bryan Adams became a "movie soundtrack guy" full-time after the album Waking Up The Neighbours, he was lost to me.

Red Hot Chili Peppers post "Aeroplane" is unlistenable.
Same with Aerosmith starting with the song from Armageddon.

Any formerly pop-rock artist going country.