Creative Artists

Lately, I've been thinking about the topic of creativity a lot. Many have defined creativity as needing to have at least some originality and flexibility.

So I was just wondering, what artists or bands would you consider creative and why?

For me, one band I truly think is creative would be Radiohead - they are very versatile, talented, and produce very interesting and beautiful music. Along that lines, I also like Tool.
X-Japan would be another one, because I thought that their integration of classical music, Japanese traditional music, and rock is just very amazing.

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Originally Posted by Jaded WenEr

Lately, I've been thinking about the topic of creativity a lot. Many have defined creativity as needing to have at least some originality and flexibility.

So I was just wondering, what artists or bands would you consider creative and why?

For me, one band I truly think is creative would be Radiohead - they are very versatile, talented, and produce very interesting and beautiful music. Along that lines, I also like Tool.
X-Japan would be another one, because I thought that their integration of classical music, Japanese traditional music, and rock is just very amazing.

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I'm too lazy to explain in detail, but I'll list who I think are some of the most innovative and influential.

The Velvet Underground - One of the most influential band of the 20th century, precursor of punk rock.
David Bowie - He created Major Tom for crying out loud.
Iggy Pop - No Iggy, no punk attitude.
Kraftwerk - Their electronic sound was revolutionary for its time.
Joy Division - Sounded quite unlike anything that have come before; they defined post-punk.
New Order - Just for writing Blue Monday, they deserve to be mentioned. Other than that, the band was the first alternative dance group.

I definitely agree with the first three.

The latter I haven't heard much of, and I don't remember what I thought about Joy division.

But I'll go give them a try.

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Originally Posted by Jaded WenEr

I definitely agree with the first three.

The latter I haven't heard much of, and I don't remember what I thought about Joy division.

But I'll go give them a try.

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Mind you my list is not about taste. I don't listen to The Velvet Underground much if at all, but I know that their music was special and very influential and it goes for the rest (although Joy Division and New Order are my favourite bands).

Never thought I would ever see Kraftwerk mentioned anywhere again, so it was a pleasant surprise to see them here. Their works are certainly very innovative and.....interesting-sounding. I happened to come across them some time ago and they were certainly very memorable.