SPIN invited various artists to join us in our Decades of Sound collaboration with Bose, celebrating the speaker company’s 60th anniversary. Sublime’s Jakob Nowell, singer-songwriter Griff, rapper Killer Mike, The Postal Service’s Ben Gibbard, The Last Dinner Party, and legendary Bad Brains frontman H.R. sat down with us and shared their favorite aspects of their top decade of music. Here’s a roundup of our artist collaborator’s picks of the most influential artists from their favorite decade in music.
1970s — Kate Bush
“Kate Bush. She did everything independently. She owned all her masters, and she was uniquely herself.” — Georgia Davies, The Last Dinner Party
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1980s — Joy Division
“Joy Divison and New Order are a yin and yang of influence that affected American music from that point on.” — Ben Gibbard, Death Cab for Cutie
1980s — Miles Davis
“The reason why was [Miles Davis’] ability to be able to play his music, and also the uncomparable ability to have influence with his instrument.” — H.R., Bad Brains
1980s — Metallica
“In my opinion, the ’80s gave you everything. From new wave, heavy hardcore redefined by Metallica, the musings of NWA and 2 Live Crew, and, man, the flair my mom loved from George Michael.” — Killer Mike
1990s — Oasis
“You gotta admit, they were just omnipresent.” — Jakob Nowell of Sublime/Jakobs Castle
2000s — Alicia Keys
“I would come home from school and Google the chords to Alicia Keys songs.” — Griff
To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, click here.