OT: Name a good band where all the members are under 40

Submitted by Larry Appleton on July 22nd, 2020 at 9:10 AM

By “good,” I mean you would pay to see them live.

How many are left?  I like Florence + the Machine, but I have no idea how old the members aside from Florence Welch (33) are.

I remember when Jeff Ament (57) of Pearl Jam turned 40 and my first thought was “Geez, maybe they have to break up now!”  But now I’m hard-pressed to find younger bands that are worth the price of admission!

Any “newer” bands I should be a fan of, or is rock really on death’s door?

TU-UM-Owlverine

July 22nd, 2020 at 11:05 AM ^

Second timtebro's recommendation of Kaleo.  I'd add Royal Blood if you want something harder, and The Family Crest if you want something artsier.  Southern Avenue or Lake Street Dive if you want something bluesier.

 

Re: LSBlue: I LOVE St. Paul and the Broken Bones, but I saw that they have at least one person over 40.  But what they hell, they're still new-ish enough to include, and Paul Janeway is still under 40.

Rabbit21

July 22nd, 2020 at 11:05 AM ^

I like Halestorm for Rock, but their latest album was disappointing.

Turnpike Troubadors/Whiskey Myers/Cody Jinks(but he's 39), Tyler Childers for Red Dirt Country/Southern Rock

 

 

uminks

July 22nd, 2020 at 11:06 AM ^

I'm starting to feel really old, even Draft Punk band members are over 40. I liked when Williams and Rodgers joined them in get lucky.

 

tFerriState

July 22nd, 2020 at 11:06 AM ^

Chout. Young band out of the Chicago area. Singer was in the AIC tribute band, Facelift, and is damn near a Layne clone. His original stuff with Chout is pretty good.

Death Reau

July 22nd, 2020 at 11:12 AM ^

Protomartyr

Sure, the singer Joe Casey is over 40, but the rest are under, and they deserve all the attention they can get.  Great, great band.

Parquet Courts has been mentioned a couple times and is another good one.

mgobaran

July 22nd, 2020 at 11:18 AM ^

damn, I did not expect 10/11 members of arcade fire to be over 40 years old...

But I'd pay money to see:

  • Twenty One Pilots (maybe not considered a band?)
  • Highly Suspect
  • the Lumineers if my Fiancée wanted to go. 
  • Alabama Shakes if the venue was right. 
  • Manchester Orchestra

Pricing would have to be affordable though. I'm not a big concert guy to begin with, and outrageous pricing keeps me away from a lot of concerts I'd go to for half the price. Give me Incubus, Any band including Dallas Green or ben Gibbard before I go to any of the concerts above. 

I had Panic! at the Disco listed before realizing they dropped all band members and tour under that name as a solo act now...I did pay to see the band version of Panic! back when they played at the EMU convocation center with Dashboard Confessional. 

FL Lawyer Dude

July 22nd, 2020 at 11:29 AM ^

The Dear Hunter is an amazing group...did a 40 song album broken up into colors at one point. Check out Dear Ms. Leading, In Cauda Venenum for the rockier stuff, and Things That Hide Away, and Father for a completely different sound. Lots of orchestral influence in later works, too. 

uminks

July 22nd, 2020 at 11:42 AM ^

There's a few younger bands that sound pretty cool, if you like guitar rock.

Heron Oblivion

Windhand

Blood Ceremony

I guess Greta Van Fleet not too bad. I remember when Def Leppard came out as the next great Zep band. Early on they even admitted it but they went on and had some good songs.

m9tt

July 22nd, 2020 at 11:42 AM ^

The fact that no one has mentioned Paramore makes me sad. I don’t know if people understand just how young they were during the mid-00s... Hayley Williams is only 31.

The Band Camino is another recent rock-pop band that I’ve been enjoying over the last year or two as well.

m9tt

July 22nd, 2020 at 8:49 PM ^

I’d be into that... it’s hard to see them dipping their toes back in that style after the fairly successful experiments to a more pop-based sound with After Laughter and the self-titled, but Hayley has always seemed like a rocker at heart, so I could see that happening.
 

Now that I think about it, her recent solo project has probably helped distinguish her pop career and a Paramore album. She gets both the challenge of making pop music with her solo stuff and the fun/nostalgia of her rock stuff and friends in the band and their fans.

Monocle Smile

July 22nd, 2020 at 11:59 AM ^

I fully expected this to be a tired-old-man snarkfest, and I'm very pleasantly surprised.

On the metal side of things, most or possibly all of the bands on Sumerian Records are under 40...Periphery, Veil of Maya, Born of Osiris, etc. Even Between the Buried and Me has another year before Giles turns 40.

drjaws

July 22nd, 2020 at 12:09 PM ^

Apparently, no one listens to the same music I do.  My list off the top of my head (I’m sure I’m missing quite a few I have either seen or I listen to)

Ghost, Falling in Reverse, Memphis May Fire, Attila, Motionless in White, Beartooth, I Prevail (from Southfield), Fever 333, Fit for a King, Stick to Your Guns, Blessthefall ....

In my other favorite genre, Wiz Khalifa, Da Baby, Moneybagg Yo, Roddy Rich, Jack Harlow, Kevin Gates, Lil Wayne, MGK (old stuff was good, new stuff is meh, but he’s proving to be a very talented individual in numerous music genres as well as acting)

raleighwood

July 22nd, 2020 at 12:17 PM ^

I've long held the belief the EVERY good band is under 40.  In fact, most bands make their best albums in their mid-late 20's.  Springsteen did "Born To Run" at 25.  Tom Petty did "Damn The Torpedoes" at 29.  Eddie Vedder was 26 when "10" was released.  Kurt Cobain was 24 when "Nevermind" came out.  Bono was 22 when "War" was issued (and 27 for "The Joshua Tree").  You get the idea.

I know that doesn't exactly answer your question because those most of those bands are still going strong (if alive)......but their best work came in their earliest days. 

I'm sure that there a lot of viable bands in their 20's......we might just know about them yet.

Personally, I've been on an Alt-Country binge for the past few years (Old 97's, Whiskeytown, Wilco, Lucero, American Aquarium, Avett Brothers......things like that).  A lot of those guys are in their 40's and 50's now.

 

Harlans Haze

July 22nd, 2020 at 12:18 PM ^

Jade Jackson. Gets classified as country-ish, but has a lot of rock influence..mentored by Mike Ness of Social Distortion. Reminiscent of Lucinda Williams, if that floats your boat. A very nascent career.

screwosu

July 22nd, 2020 at 12:21 PM ^

Mine qualify more for the “under 40” rather than “newer”:

Twenty One Pilots (I don’t care what anyone says, their live shows are an absolute blast)

Milky Chance 

Leon Bridges (not really a band, but he’s  fantastic) 

MGMT (haven’t put out much music in recent years but saw them live a year or two ago and it was great)

Tame Impala

I’ve seen the Greta Van Fleet comments, and it is a replica Zep, but also a solid live show 

Empire of the Sun just misses the cut at 41 and 42 years old 

MichiganTeacher

July 22nd, 2020 at 12:58 PM ^

5 Seconds of Summer.

Not sure if they're rock in the Dewey Finn sense, but they're legit, very good, and have a decent range.

slaunius

July 22nd, 2020 at 1:39 PM ^

They technically don't count because a few members are just over 40, but Arcade Fire absolutely killed the two times I saw them live (both in the past 5 years, so past what I would have thought was their "peak" era).

A few other bands (actually under 40):

  • Tame Impala
  • Beach House
  • Bon Iver

Solo acts:

  • Tyler, the Creator
  • Solange
  • Janelle Monáe
  • Childish Gambino
  • Mac DeMarco
  • Kendrick Lamar

DP

July 22nd, 2020 at 1:48 PM ^

Circa Survive - kinda emo but great riffs

From Indian Lakes - Chill and underrated. Every album is different which is nice to see evolution within a band.