{"id":81380,"date":"2018-06-21T15:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T20:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toiletovhell.com\/?p=81380"},"modified":"2018-06-21T18:32:27","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T23:32:27","slug":"best-band-in-the-world-2010s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/best-band-in-the-world-2010s\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Band in the World: The 2010s"},"content":{"rendered":"
In this very special guest feature Nate Garrett (Spirit Adrift, Gatecreeper) is taking you on a year-by-year journey through the greatest live performances of each year over the last four decades. We\u2019re continuing our trip with the decade in which you currently live, the 2010s. Take it away, Nate. <\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Welcome the the \u201910\u2019s. Is that right? I don\u2019t really know what to call the decade we\u2019re living in currently. The teens? Whatever. Now is the moment this piece, which is nothing more than an opinion piece anyway, becomes REALLY opinionated. I\u2019ve seen a lot of great bands and come to know a lot of extraordinary musicians these last eight or nine years, and it\u2019s all still fresh in my mind. So here we go. The most subjective, personally biased entry, in a highly subjective, personally biased series. Look elsewhere for journalistic integrity!<\/p>\n 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n These guys are the glaring standout here, the only old-guard band that makes the list this decade. I\u2019m comfortable declaring Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers the best band in the world for any year they were active, but I chose 2010 because of the personal bias I warned you about in the intro. That was the year I saw them. I can tell you beyond any reasonable doubt there was not a better band playing music that year. In fact, 1980\u2019s title holder ZZ Top opened the show, and they paled in comparison. ZZ Top is one of my favorite live bands, but they got blown off the stage that night when Petty went on. For a long time, I forgot they even opened. That\u2019s not a knock on ZZ Top at all, that\u2019s just how good The Heartbreakers were. I tried to find some footage from that tour where the crowd isn\u2019t overpowering the band, and there\u2019s none out there. When I saw him, it was the most people I\u2019ve ever heard singing at one time, and from the looks of it, the entire tour was the same way. That is a testament in and of itself to the uplifting, unifying force that is Tom Petty.<\/p>\n
\nTom Petty & The Heartbreakers<\/strong><\/h4>\n