Most influential Bands of the 21st century so far:

other thread had me thinking about this

I'll name some I think should be in the discussion:

queens of the stone age - no bigger true rockstar than josh homme in the last 10 years. don't believe me? watch a live show

radiohead - kid a, hail to the thief, in rainbows... they've put out fantastic records

the killers - indie rock meets pop music and inspired a ton of other bands

the white stripes - jack white brought a sense of weirdness to blues rock

arcade fire - neon bible and the suburbs were fantastic records

my morning jacket - doused in reverb, they inspired a lot of other bands

modest mouse - brought indie rock to the mainstream in a lot of ways with "float on"

black keys - assisted in the blues rock revival of the last 15 years

arctic monkeys - debut album in 2005 was an international hit but took the US a bit to come around to them

spoon - consistently great band.

ryan adams - inspired the alt country explosion currently happening now with jason isbell, sturgill simpson and others

LCD sound system - brought electro rock to the mainstream in a big way

gorillaz - damon albarn is a musical genius. what else is there to say?

flaming lips - have been a band for 36 years but hit their stride in the 2000's

bright eyes - was inspired by elliot smith and influenced the emotional singer songwriters you hear today



now, you may disagree with some or most of these bands, but they have certainly been super influential to music for the last 20 years.

who else you got?