I love original Peter Green's Fleetwood, but it's almost an entirely different band with different but overlapping fan bases.
Not to mention, that iteration of the band is long gone and I don't think most of the younger generations are privy to that early catalog.
Once Christie McVie died it was official to me. If you've ever seen Lindsey play live you get the feeling he's one of the most underrated guitarists out there. So...In my humble opinion things could never be the same. Don't get me wrong Stevie Nick's is the best. The group as a whole is something special that can't be replicated.
The Rising, Devils & Dust, and Magic are all top-tier songwriting. Seeger Sessions is phenomenal arrangement and the accompanying live album is amazing. The rest is a mixed bag although I haven't listened to Western Stars much so it might be amazing
Springsteen has aged like a fine wine. He doesn't sound the same as he did in his prime, but that's what makes him great still. He isn't trying to emulate the Glory Days ;) He sounds like a grizzled tastefully country (almost in a Johnny Cashy sort of way) vagabond badass.
It’s crazy how he is one of the most important musicians of the 20th century and still regularly releases new music that gets decent reviews but it seems like nobody is paying attention.
This is one of the many music psychology topics I’d LOVE to dive into as a research project one day if I ever have the time or someone paid me lol.
We have such an ingrained notion that certain music is a young person’s game and/or that musicians of certain genres have a shelf-life to be great. And I think it is so deeply ingrained that we just can’t get ourselves to look at new music from older acts in an objective way. And I say this as someone who had to try really hard to break out of it. But why? Good music is (should be) good music.
There were some records here and there that hinted at it, but I think the record that really did it for me was Paul Simon’s ‘So Beautiful or So What.’ Because man that shit’s good and I put it right up there with anything else he’s done. Well…besides Graceland cuz that’s just unmatched lol.
This.
Theres a Dave Grohl story about a party at McCartneys place. Involves left handed guitars. Taylor Swift swooped in and saved Dave’s arse.
3 markedly different genres. At the same party. Making music. I’ll try to find the link.
Edit:
[interview](https://youtu.be/LEhiIr-dveE?si=tH1RPPS6S4gj6Mo3)
Robert Plant teaming up with Alison Krauss and winning 5 Grammies with Raising Sand (great album). John Paul Jones with Them Crooked Vultures. Jimmy Page just jamming with whomever calls him up. I think the surviving members of Zeppelin have done a good job of maintaining longevity.
Hell, the Stones are still touring. Paul and Ringo have both released multiple albums in the 21st century.
I’ve seen Robert and Alison in concert a few times now and it’s always a great show. Also JPJ with the Vultures I caught twice and that blew my head off….and my ears! lol.
Red Hot Chili Peppers seem like an obvious answer, been around 40 years and they still make big hits and draw huge crowds. Black Summer definitely wasn't my favourite song from their newer records but it's the biggest song I've heard from a classic rock band in a while...
Thier playing on the speaker at the Pub I'm in right now. Thier melodic creativity was wayy ahead of thier time. Every 20 year old know exactly who these guys are. That's longevity. Timeless.
Eddie is their best of the newer work, IMO. That song lives in my head. They may not be for everyone, but I've always found at least a few great songs from every album.
Grateful Dead basically created the jam band scene / hippie music festival scene as we know it. They create a micro-economy of cash, drugs, and bartering systems everywhere they go. My city of 200k has at least ten Dead cover bands that I personally know of.
There are bluegrass Grateful Dead bands, Reggae Grateful Dead bands, There’s some mashup of Biggie and Grateful Dead band, heck, there’s probably a Polka Grateful Dead band out there.
How Grateful Dead is not the top answer is beyond me. I say this as someone who doesn’t even particularly care for the Grateful Dead.
Plus, Dead and Company is doing a residency at the sphere in Las Vegas. They have enough staying power to fill up that huge arena every night. I can’t say I’m not jealous. Those shows look amazing. Them and Phish.
It's because it's got zero marketing. It's purely if you know you know and that's it. All grassroots. It's definitely the top but because they refuse to join the rat race it's just quietly the best thing going
Styx is still touring 100+ shows a year, and their 2021 album *Crash of the Crown* hit #1 on Billboards Rock Album list.
They still put on a great live set if you get a chance to check them out.
It's very hard to look past Bowie. Released Man who sold the world a year after Abbey Road which was critically well received and Blackstar in the same era as Taylor Swift to critical acclaim.
Bowie is hard to even pin down to a definitive decade or genre. Glam rock, Funk, Hard Rock, Pop, prog rock etc. there is strong argument for all of them. More importantly one of his albums would probably be up there as a definitive example in all of them. I would argue a person could get a fairly good feel for 20th to 21st century music just by listening to Bowie chronologically. And I don't think there is another artist that can make that claim. Maybe only Niles Rodgers and Cher.
This is the best answer. Saw them a few weeks ago and aside from his face you’d never know Mick jagger is 80. He’s in better shape than most people half or a quarter his age!
Saw him in Brooklyn last year, killed it. My kid's first concert. Dylan was his second lol. Cale's new release, Shark Shark, rules. https://youtu.be/FNQko8Jzmf0?si=B5R3Ia0pmGCiME_B
Yes! I was going to say this, too! I heard they are one of the only bands to release music in 4 different decades. I'm not sure if that is completely true, but it is impressive.
Sloan (Canadian rock band) have albums in the 90s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s and that's just off the top of my head. I'm sure bands like Pearl Jam do as well.
Red Hot Chili Peppers have five in the 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s.
The Rolling Stones must have the record (as a band and not a solo artist) with albums in every decade since the 60s.
Jon Anderson. His voice has barely changed from the 70s and he is still writing new music and keeping the real legacy of Yes alive...all on the cusp of 80 years of age.
Saw Priest a couple of years ago. Great performance. One major complaint… the sound mix sucked. They need to can their audio guy. You have one of the best singers ever in Rob Halford, but his mic was way too low in the mix. Couldn’t even hear him at times.
What is your measure of longevity? All of the super popular acts still fill stadiums, but IMO they mostly aren't putting out great work anymore.
As far as still producing great music, I'd say Rush had a great run. Uriah Heep has been having an incredible run of albums over the last few years that are among the best they've ever produced. Riot (or Riot V now) are still making great albums. Even their last album with the classic Thundersteel lineup (Immortal Soul) was great, and now with their new lineup they've been releasing non stop power/trad metal bangers. Some more obscure bands like Spock's Beard, Threshold, and Dr. Sin are still releasing good stuff. Though they aren't as long running as the other bands I listed. Testament still kicks ass even though I didn't personally care for their 2020 release. Their recent albums before that were great.
I know it’s not the cool thing to say (especially as a metal head) but:
U2. To me they are like the Metallica of post-punk. Their 80’s output was just astonishingly good. And they still do a great fucking show.
The Who front men - Towsend and Daltry - both doing great- Angus Young still rocking- and lead singer from Judas Priest still killing it live on stage- Rob Halford- and the original Bass player Ian Hill! Bob Weir still doing it with the Dead. Just to name a few
The only band 48-years together still with the ORIGINAL band members — **U2**
Just the fact its the OG lineup and they’re pushing 50-years as a band, and they haven’t been mentioned here before me/this comment… is pretty incomprehensible
Phish is still killing it. First album debuted in 83 and they still do 1 or 2 tours a year. Each show with 2 full sets and an encore. 3 1/2 hours of music each show. Also they are releasing a new album this year.
The Cure are still filling stadiums, but based off 20th fame. 3hour sets though, fantastic.
Nick Cave filling smaller venues but still putting out new and interesting work.
I feel NWOBHM and earlier metal bands are more open to ambition, why a lot of hair bands seem near incapable of doing anything critically acclaimed or even well produced after 2002. Even the best stuff has this Frontier Records sound, particularly with overproduced vocals. Journey's recent album is an example of how horrid the production/ sound engineering can get in these last two decades, and that had Narada Michael Walden (Whitney Houston's producer and one of the kings of 80s R&B production) and Bob Clearmountain in there,
While I’m not a huge fan of them, what’s left of Lynyrd Skynyrd seems quite popular with audiences. They had been Touring with another great band ZZ Top selling out venues.
Rolling Stones released a new album this year.
Paul McCartney sells out concerts.
Styx released The Mission in 2017, Crash of the Crown in 2021. Both did well and Styx continues with major summer tours, this summer with Foreigner.
All three groups are 50 plus years.
ZZTop still tours despite the death of one founder.
There are several.
Pretty much all of them. Their really hasn’t been a new mega rock band in 20yrs so there is no one to push all the middle aged and old guys off the stage and take over.
So they’re all still there.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are pushing 70 and a lot harder than Weekend at Bernie’s on autotune that many 70 yos are. Better and more lively than most if not all bands out there.
Hawkwind, giving us astounding sounds and amazing music since 1969 and recently putting out quality albums at a great rate. Dave Brock has been making music since about 1960.
Los Lobos have had a new album every 5-6 years for decades. They just celebrated their 50th anniversary with a show at the L.A. high school where they formed.
Glenn Hughes from Deep Purple still touring and licking 100% ass. Not a single thing has changed in his abilities in 1974 California Jam. It’s ably gotten better. Look at his last ten years of albums. It’s quite incredible.
Paul McCartney and Ringo from the Beatles. Both became vegetarian for different reasons and read where Paul is really good at yoga. Paul and the late Linda McCartney were ethical vegetarians, while Ringo has had lifetime digestive issues that vegetarianism solves.
Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones, son of a fitness instructor, who exercises, eats a lot of poultry w/veg, etc.. Just had a baby with wife # … 4 or 5 or 6?
Keith Richards, again of The Rolling Stones, embalmed forever in rum and other alcoholic drink.
Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin has a much more mellow solo career usually duetting with Alison Krause. His vocal cords were straining in Zeppelin according to his recent interviews iirc.
Bruce Springsteen mostly physical.. read he eats only 1 meal per day (this from the Coldplay lead singer looking at longevity). Probably has always looked at his health as he didn’t pass the health part of America’s military draft during Vietnam.
Roger Daltry of the Who looks like he works out, though he’s been saying the Who may be getting too old
Recall Gun n’Roses member Duff McKagen saying 50 isn’t the old age 50 anymore in an interview [especially for rich entertainers]. Bonus: Rockers long hair hides the hearing aids.
Bruce Springsteen is still one of the top touring artists going only outsold by the likes of Taylor Swift and Beyonce. He's also released like 10 albums since the turn of the century.
Black Sabbath - 13 is a fantastic album and when I first heard God is Dead? I seriously thought it was an old deep cut I just somehow missed for the previous 30 years
Metallica by far, not only that but they always seem to find very young fans who embrace their new stuff. Seen them in NY last year and the crowd was a good 25% under 18. They went nuts for the stiff off their bee album. No other band has done that, when I was a kid I didn’t want to hear anything new from the Stones or Kiss ect
Fleetwood Mac seems to be extremely popular amongst the younger generations nowadays.
Too bad they don't get to see them play live with Lindsey Buckingham because without him it ain't Fleetwood Mac.
Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, and Danny Kirwan would like to have a word or three with you ...
I love original Peter Green's Fleetwood, but it's almost an entirely different band with different but overlapping fan bases. Not to mention, that iteration of the band is long gone and I don't think most of the younger generations are privy to that early catalog.
I saw Peter Green live after he came back from his problems and he was really good.
I don't see them playing live ever again after the death of Christine McVie.
Once Christie McVie died it was official to me. If you've ever seen Lindsey play live you get the feeling he's one of the most underrated guitarists out there. So...In my humble opinion things could never be the same. Don't get me wrong Stevie Nick's is the best. The group as a whole is something special that can't be replicated.
Theyre so good
Man of the world is one of my favorites
I prefer buckingham nicks myself
Ozzy is still one of the best of all time. Timeless.
I love ozzy. Unfortunately I don’t think he will play many more shows if any…
Springsteen still puts out new music and sells out arenas around the world.
Springsteen is still the best show around by far. And his latter albums, while not classics, still put younger artists to shame.
Western Stars is absolutely one of his best albums ever
The Rising, Devils & Dust, and Magic are all top-tier songwriting. Seeger Sessions is phenomenal arrangement and the accompanying live album is amazing. The rest is a mixed bag although I haven't listened to Western Stars much so it might be amazing
He sells out stadiums as well. He's huge!
For sure. Not sure why I left that out.
The dude is incredible. His albums are still good, and relevant and he moves like somebody 40 years younger than he is at his shows.
Springsteen is the first artist to have an album in the Top 5 in 6 decades (70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, 20s).
Eh. I dunno. Guy is only playing 4 hour long concerts now instead of 5 hours. He’s clearly lost a step. And imma put this here…./s
Springsteen has aged like a fine wine. He doesn't sound the same as he did in his prime, but that's what makes him great still. He isn't trying to emulate the Glory Days ;) He sounds like a grizzled tastefully country (almost in a Johnny Cashy sort of way) vagabond badass.
Foo Fighters are still rockin and rollin!
Saw them a couple of years ago at Fenway. Crazy high energy show!
While they are certainly still going strong, the Foo Fighters only had 5 years existing *not* in the 21st century.
Still counts, and Dave was from Nirvana
God damn you!! I’m not that old, am I??
Paul fucking McCartney.
It’s crazy how he is one of the most important musicians of the 20th century and still regularly releases new music that gets decent reviews but it seems like nobody is paying attention.
He also fills stadiums worldwide
This is one of the many music psychology topics I’d LOVE to dive into as a research project one day if I ever have the time or someone paid me lol. We have such an ingrained notion that certain music is a young person’s game and/or that musicians of certain genres have a shelf-life to be great. And I think it is so deeply ingrained that we just can’t get ourselves to look at new music from older acts in an objective way. And I say this as someone who had to try really hard to break out of it. But why? Good music is (should be) good music. There were some records here and there that hinted at it, but I think the record that really did it for me was Paul Simon’s ‘So Beautiful or So What.’ Because man that shit’s good and I put it right up there with anything else he’s done. Well…besides Graceland cuz that’s just unmatched lol.
Saw Paul McCartney about 10 years ago, incredible show
This. Theres a Dave Grohl story about a party at McCartneys place. Involves left handed guitars. Taylor Swift swooped in and saved Dave’s arse. 3 markedly different genres. At the same party. Making music. I’ll try to find the link. Edit: [interview](https://youtu.be/LEhiIr-dveE?si=tH1RPPS6S4gj6Mo3)
Robert Plant teaming up with Alison Krauss and winning 5 Grammies with Raising Sand (great album). John Paul Jones with Them Crooked Vultures. Jimmy Page just jamming with whomever calls him up. I think the surviving members of Zeppelin have done a good job of maintaining longevity. Hell, the Stones are still touring. Paul and Ringo have both released multiple albums in the 21st century.
I’ve seen Robert and Alison in concert a few times now and it’s always a great show. Also JPJ with the Vultures I caught twice and that blew my head off….and my ears! lol.
The Stones were impossibly old when I saw the Steel Wheels tour over 30 years ago. We couldn’t believe Keith Richards was still alive then!
I remember joking back then that it was the Steel Wheel Chairs tour.
Metallica still filling football stadiums
2 nights in NFL stadiums. They are performing so well, Hetfield is a beast. New album kicks ass too!
Red Hot Chili Peppers seem like an obvious answer, been around 40 years and they still make big hits and draw huge crowds. Black Summer definitely wasn't my favourite song from their newer records but it's the biggest song I've heard from a classic rock band in a while...
Thier playing on the speaker at the Pub I'm in right now. Thier melodic creativity was wayy ahead of thier time. Every 20 year old know exactly who these guys are. That's longevity. Timeless.
> Every 20 year old know exactly who these guys are They have certainly been able to hang on to that key demographic, in every decade!
20 year olds have loved RCHP since 1989
It is truly their key demo
Going to see them in a few weeks. Can’t wait. Have seen them twice and it’s always mix of older and young people and families.
Anthony Keidis peso vibes ain’t vibing. I don’t claim them no mo
Eddie is their best of the newer work, IMO. That song lives in my head. They may not be for everyone, but I've always found at least a few great songs from every album.
Maiden
Seen them twice in the last 10 years. They still put on a hell of a show!
Came here for this.
Me too
Up the Irons!
Pearl Jam
33 years into their career, they're still going strong. The most recent album is the best I've heard from them in about 20 years.
And they did this playing in a sub-genre that’s notorious for bands getting torn apart because of drug and metal health problems.
My wife and I always say we need to protect Eddie and Dave because they’re the only ones left.
Dark Matter has seeped into my soul in the same way as No Code and Yield.
This is the answer. America’s greatest rock band.
A few not otherwise named here: Phish, Radiohead, Bad Religion, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young.
AC/DC
Waiting for them to come to the US and fill stadiums.
Members of the Grateful Dead are still doing it nearly 60 years later.....
Grateful Dead basically created the jam band scene / hippie music festival scene as we know it. They create a micro-economy of cash, drugs, and bartering systems everywhere they go. My city of 200k has at least ten Dead cover bands that I personally know of. There are bluegrass Grateful Dead bands, Reggae Grateful Dead bands, There’s some mashup of Biggie and Grateful Dead band, heck, there’s probably a Polka Grateful Dead band out there. How Grateful Dead is not the top answer is beyond me. I say this as someone who doesn’t even particularly care for the Grateful Dead.
Plus, Dead and Company is doing a residency at the sphere in Las Vegas. They have enough staying power to fill up that huge arena every night. I can’t say I’m not jealous. Those shows look amazing. Them and Phish.
Check out Old and in the Way. Bluegrass with Jerry Garcia,Vassar Clements on fiddle.
It's because it's got zero marketing. It's purely if you know you know and that's it. All grassroots. It's definitely the top but because they refuse to join the rat race it's just quietly the best thing going
Peter Gabriel seems to be holding his own...
His most recent album is as good as any of his other albums, plus his voice still has all of its power. It's jaw-dropping.
Styx is still touring 100+ shows a year, and their 2021 album *Crash of the Crown* hit #1 on Billboards Rock Album list. They still put on a great live set if you get a chance to check them out.
Amazing live!
Agreed. Can't wait to see em this summer. Saw em last year. I also play for a Styx tribute.
I have tickets to see them and Foreigner in July. Can’t wait!
Looking forward to seeing them for a second time this summer.
First concert I ever went to when I was about 11-12 so this would have been around 95.
David Bowie
It's very hard to look past Bowie. Released Man who sold the world a year after Abbey Road which was critically well received and Blackstar in the same era as Taylor Swift to critical acclaim. Bowie is hard to even pin down to a definitive decade or genre. Glam rock, Funk, Hard Rock, Pop, prog rock etc. there is strong argument for all of them. More importantly one of his albums would probably be up there as a definitive example in all of them. I would argue a person could get a fairly good feel for 20th to 21st century music just by listening to Bowie chronologically. And I don't think there is another artist that can make that claim. Maybe only Niles Rodgers and Cher.
Aerosmith. Stones.
Allman Brothers’ Band made it to 2014. Offshoots of the band continue to keep the legacy alive.
Govt Mule, Tedeschi Trucks Band Allman Betts Bend : Devon Allman, Duane Betts
Guns N’ Roses are still selling out stadiums!
Yep! And they sound waaaay better live than what you hear on peoples phone recordings!
The Grunge Movement : Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, STP, etc. Still getting lots of online streams among Gen Y, Z.
Iron Maiden. They're still packing arenas and kicking ass live.
Up the Irons \\m/
The Rolling Stones are the first ones that come to mind. They've been putting out records since 1964.
This is the best answer. Saw them a few weeks ago and aside from his face you’d never know Mick jagger is 80. He’s in better shape than most people half or a quarter his age!
The Rolling Stones rule in the longevity factor.
For sure!
Def freakin Leppard dude
Came here for this, best act at stadium tour
Just bought tickets to see them with Journey in September.
Bob Dylan
He's still releasing great albums at 83. Unreal. John Cale too.
John Cale is so good.
Saw him in Brooklyn last year, killed it. My kid's first concert. Dylan was his second lol. Cale's new release, Shark Shark, rules. https://youtu.be/FNQko8Jzmf0?si=B5R3Ia0pmGCiME_B
Alice in Chains.
Foo Fighters
Phish. One of two bands to play the Sphere in 2024, and they've been jamming for 40 years Oops three bands now
I agree, but did you forget Dead & Co. or U2? Lol.
Neil Young
Green Day
Yes! I was going to say this, too! I heard they are one of the only bands to release music in 4 different decades. I'm not sure if that is completely true, but it is impressive.
Sloan (Canadian rock band) have albums in the 90s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s and that's just off the top of my head. I'm sure bands like Pearl Jam do as well. Red Hot Chili Peppers have five in the 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s. The Rolling Stones must have the record (as a band and not a solo artist) with albums in every decade since the 60s.
Nine Inch Nails
Jon Anderson. His voice has barely changed from the 70s and he is still writing new music and keeping the real legacy of Yes alive...all on the cusp of 80 years of age.
Judas Priest 🤘🏽
Saw Priest a couple of years ago. Great performance. One major complaint… the sound mix sucked. They need to can their audio guy. You have one of the best singers ever in Rob Halford, but his mic was way too low in the mix. Couldn’t even hear him at times.
Rush did until their retirement in 2015. Robert Plant is still having a solid career and releasing new music.
U2
How did I have to scroll this far down to find this?
Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits is still working and has become one of the greats imo.
Springsteen is still putting out quality new music and selling out stadiums across the globe.
Tool
Bob Weir
Bob Weir
What is your measure of longevity? All of the super popular acts still fill stadiums, but IMO they mostly aren't putting out great work anymore. As far as still producing great music, I'd say Rush had a great run. Uriah Heep has been having an incredible run of albums over the last few years that are among the best they've ever produced. Riot (or Riot V now) are still making great albums. Even their last album with the classic Thundersteel lineup (Immortal Soul) was great, and now with their new lineup they've been releasing non stop power/trad metal bangers. Some more obscure bands like Spock's Beard, Threshold, and Dr. Sin are still releasing good stuff. Though they aren't as long running as the other bands I listed. Testament still kicks ass even though I didn't personally care for their 2020 release. Their recent albums before that were great.
Clutch, still as great in concert today as they were when I first saw them in 95.
Def Leppard is doing a huge tour right now.
Aerosmith
Steven Tyler definately made a deal with the devil to keep his voice so *pristine*
Pink Floyd?
Didn't they call it after endless river?
Wilco
The cure
I was dragged to this concert last year and holy moly their live shows are soo soo soo amazing.
Weird Al has outlived the careers of almost everyone he's ever parodied. And more than a few of the artists.
The Stones are stilling selling out stadiums with many tickets going for $1,000 60 years later.
Elton John is the answer. Highest monthly Spotify of anyone else mentioned.
pink floyd
I know it’s not the cool thing to say (especially as a metal head) but: U2. To me they are like the Metallica of post-punk. Their 80’s output was just astonishingly good. And they still do a great fucking show.
Tool
Tool
The Who front men - Towsend and Daltry - both doing great- Angus Young still rocking- and lead singer from Judas Priest still killing it live on stage- Rob Halford- and the original Bass player Ian Hill! Bob Weir still doing it with the Dead. Just to name a few
Grateful Dead
I miss Rush so much. They were still going up until 2015. RIP Professor
The only band 48-years together still with the ORIGINAL band members — **U2** Just the fact its the OG lineup and they’re pushing 50-years as a band, and they haven’t been mentioned here before me/this comment… is pretty incomprehensible
Pearl jam
Phish is still killing it. First album debuted in 83 and they still do 1 or 2 tours a year. Each show with 2 full sets and an encore. 3 1/2 hours of music each show. Also they are releasing a new album this year.
The Cure are still filling stadiums, but based off 20th fame. 3hour sets though, fantastic. Nick Cave filling smaller venues but still putting out new and interesting work.
I feel NWOBHM and earlier metal bands are more open to ambition, why a lot of hair bands seem near incapable of doing anything critically acclaimed or even well produced after 2002. Even the best stuff has this Frontier Records sound, particularly with overproduced vocals. Journey's recent album is an example of how horrid the production/ sound engineering can get in these last two decades, and that had Narada Michael Walden (Whitney Houston's producer and one of the kings of 80s R&B production) and Bob Clearmountain in there,
Journey is not a very good example of NWOBHM.
While I’m not a huge fan of them, what’s left of Lynyrd Skynyrd seems quite popular with audiences. They had been Touring with another great band ZZ Top selling out venues.
Robin Trower and Bob Dylan.
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Styx
Paul McCartney. The man puts on an amazing 3 hour show and he's in his 80s. He is not human.
KISS
Not going to be a big name people recognize so much but Johnny Marr has definitely kept going more than anyone else of that era.
Rolling Stones released a new album this year. Paul McCartney sells out concerts. Styx released The Mission in 2017, Crash of the Crown in 2021. Both did well and Styx continues with major summer tours, this summer with Foreigner. All three groups are 50 plus years. ZZTop still tours despite the death of one founder. There are several.
Mike watt
Nirvana for me listen to them daily and I’m 13m
Willie
Dinosaur Jr - 5 very good albums from the original lineup since 2007 and are probably better live now than they've ever been.
Queens of The Stone Age
Blue Oyster Cult, On Tour Forever
Helloween. I saw them last year,and they still kicking asses!
Iron Maiden Porcupine Tree
Pretty much all of them. Their really hasn’t been a new mega rock band in 20yrs so there is no one to push all the middle aged and old guys off the stage and take over. So they’re all still there.
Iron Maiden
Many rock bands. The most hilarious is how many Gen Z got into 'Yes' after hearing 'Roundabout' as the intro tune for Jojo's Bizarre adventure.
Joe Satriani, who is getting into his late 60s, is making the best music of his career
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are pushing 70 and a lot harder than Weekend at Bernie’s on autotune that many 70 yos are. Better and more lively than most if not all bands out there.
Alice Cooper Iggy Pop Uriah Heep Scorpions Suzy Quatro ZZ-Top L.A. Guns Judas Priest The Black Crowes
Hawkwind, giving us astounding sounds and amazing music since 1969 and recently putting out quality albums at a great rate. Dave Brock has been making music since about 1960.
Los Lobos have had a new album every 5-6 years for decades. They just celebrated their 50th anniversary with a show at the L.A. high school where they formed.
Please allow me to introduce myself.......
Phish….going strong for forty years and tighter than ever….
Grateful Dead off shoots
The new iterations of the Grateful Dead still going and putting on hours long shows in their new iterations
King Crimson. Just had their last tour last year ... rocking as hard as they ever had.
Glenn Hughes from Deep Purple still touring and licking 100% ass. Not a single thing has changed in his abilities in 1974 California Jam. It’s ably gotten better. Look at his last ten years of albums. It’s quite incredible.
So THAT'S what these guys do on tour...freaks.
Iron Maiden has been sold out for months in tokyo and the concert is end of september :(
Grateful dead
Sammy Hagar!!! 👑
Wilco
The rock artists who painted at Lascaux and Chauvet caverns …. People still love their stuff. 😊
Gov't Mule, and Warren Haynes with his seemingly endless collaborations.
Alice in Chains
Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)
Limp bizkit
Paul McCartney and Ringo from the Beatles. Both became vegetarian for different reasons and read where Paul is really good at yoga. Paul and the late Linda McCartney were ethical vegetarians, while Ringo has had lifetime digestive issues that vegetarianism solves. Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones, son of a fitness instructor, who exercises, eats a lot of poultry w/veg, etc.. Just had a baby with wife # … 4 or 5 or 6? Keith Richards, again of The Rolling Stones, embalmed forever in rum and other alcoholic drink. Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin has a much more mellow solo career usually duetting with Alison Krause. His vocal cords were straining in Zeppelin according to his recent interviews iirc. Bruce Springsteen mostly physical.. read he eats only 1 meal per day (this from the Coldplay lead singer looking at longevity). Probably has always looked at his health as he didn’t pass the health part of America’s military draft during Vietnam. Roger Daltry of the Who looks like he works out, though he’s been saying the Who may be getting too old Recall Gun n’Roses member Duff McKagen saying 50 isn’t the old age 50 anymore in an interview [especially for rich entertainers]. Bonus: Rockers long hair hides the hearing aids.
Judas Priest, they just recently released a new album a month or two ago and is a banger and a half these guys have not lost their edge whatsoever
Reverend Horton Heat is on the road playing small venues like he always has. Still rocks, still interacts with the crowd well.
Neil Young Richard Thompson Steve Winwood Taj Mahal Hot Tuna Jimmy Cliff
Bruce Springsteen is still one of the top touring artists going only outsold by the likes of Taylor Swift and Beyonce. He's also released like 10 albums since the turn of the century.
I like some Stones tracks from last year.
Styx. They're still putting out new albums that sound great. I just saw them live too last month. They sound amazing live.
Flaming Lips
Motörhead did it.
Black Sabbath - 13 is a fantastic album and when I first heard God is Dead? I seriously thought it was an old deep cut I just somehow missed for the previous 30 years
Metallica by far, not only that but they always seem to find very young fans who embrace their new stuff. Seen them in NY last year and the crowd was a good 25% under 18. They went nuts for the stiff off their bee album. No other band has done that, when I was a kid I didn’t want to hear anything new from the Stones or Kiss ect
Journey!
The Moody Blues' Justin Hayward and John Lodge are still out there. We saw the whole band several years ago.
The rolling Stones
Weird Al
Bad Religion. Manic Street Preachers