Bands playing 90's+
 

My son is visiting and I need help finding bands he might like. These are the bands that I am not familiar with that are playing while he is here. He just went to a Metallica concert in Vancouver if that helps.

Hacksaw Hamlin, AmpliFires, Beauty & The Beats, Groove Slayers, Radlin’ Rootz, Studio 77, Anita Drink Band, Ferris Deluxe, ICON, Leonard Brothers Band, Rundown Band, 5.0.1.

TV residents would not like or know 90,s music

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They list all the bands playing at the squares and if you click on the band they describe the type of music they play.

Sorry to say music here in TV barely breaks into the 80's, let alone the 90's. There are a very few that play a some newer music in their later sets. But not many, much to my dismay.

Many villagers are closed minded and have no tolerance for newer music, and think they stopped making good music in 1980.

They want all the old crap over and over. I love newer music, including some of the bands you named like Metallica.

I've talked with quite a few people who feel like I do and don't go to the squares for this reason. But TV entertainment is afraid to try anything out of the box. With 4 venues playing music 365 days a year you would think they would have some newer music once or twice a month.

I've even talked to the TV entertainment group about this when they set up a booth at the square. But i don't think they care that they're ignoring a large group of people that would enjoy more variety. Good luck and let me know if you find a band that fits what you want.

Speak for yourself, eh?

To the OP:

First of all, Metallica isn't exclusively a 90's band. It's an 80's band that's gone through a bunch of lineup changes and still cuts gold records currently. But if he's into Metallica, he probably is into Pantera, Megadeath, Black Sabbath, maybe Slayer, and Korn. This is all heavy metal. There are no heavy metal bands that play in The Villages. It's possible one of the more "rock-oriented" bands does a version of Rainbow in the Dark (Ronnie James Dio, a singer of Black Sabbath), but I doubt it.

Tell him I empathize. I was a metal head back in the 80's and still like the more "orchestral" metal like Metallica, Sabbath, and Nightwish. If he hasn't been introduced to Nightwish yet (he hopefully knows them well), he needs to check out Ghost Love Score video, feat. Floor Jansen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYjIlHWBAVo

Old people can be headbangers too.

Dio was not the original vocalist for Black Sabbath
 

Dio was not the first lead vocalist for Black Sabbath. Ozzy Osbourne founded the band with Tony, Geezer and Bill in 1968 and sang with them until first leaving in 1978.

Dio came to Sabbath later, after singing with Blackmore's Rainbow from 1975 - 1978 (great live band). Dio joined Sabbath in 1979.

Dio was not the original vocalist for Black Sabbath
 

Dio was not the first lead vocalist for Black Sabbath. Ozzy Osbourne founded the band with Tony, Geezer and Bill in 1968 and sang with them until first leaving in 1978.

Dio came to Sabbath later, after singing with Blackmore's Rainbow from 1975 - 1978 (great live band). Dio joined Sabbath in 1979.

Hmm, I wasn’t aware they made any good music after the 70’s? Curmudgeon’s unite : )

Incorrect, While I prefer 80's and country, I graduated high school in 1987, so my college and young adult 20's were in the 90's and the soundtrack of that time was/is 90's music.

Boy, some of you are very nasty regarding lots of Villagers’ music tastes. Maybe they just like the older music more. Is that not allowed? Sheesh.

Not sure how y'all can say they don't play anything newer. On any given night at any square, you will hear the following songs ad nauseum:
Uptown funk
Shut up and dance with me
Fireball
Tennessee Whiskey
Just to mention a few.

None of these are things that a metallica fan would probably enjoy.

I wonder how many would attend and would use the shops or restaurants when that music would be played. Remember who pays for the entertainment and would their business increase or decrease. Not sure I would enjoy sitting outside and listening to metal during my meal. I believe they already know the answer. If you enjoy that music get your like minded friends and hire a metal band for your enjoyment. Maybe you could rent Sawgrass on the nights they don't have a band scheduled.

Absolutely allowed! Old worn out music is what we get pretty much every night at all 4 venues.
My question to you, is newer rock music not allowed? Many people like it.

About 18 months ago The Hooligans played LSL as a band called Anti Idol. Everything they played was after 1990, and it was awesome. Coldplay, Foo Fighters and Metallica to name a few.

Believe or not they even played music from this century! Gasp!

Btw, the place was totally packed and people treated it like a rock concert.

Hey, any variation of The Hooligans…The Hooligans, The Spazmatics, Anti Idol…will pack The Villages, Disney, or anyplace else!!! They’re my family’s favorite band(s)!!

But we still like all that old-fogie stuff other Villages bands play too! You are allowed to like both. :)

Yeah and we get those bands maybe 3 times a year between all 3. There's no shortage of all the old crap. Thats 98% of the bands here.

I'm just saying we need more variety. If you like the old stuff you can pretty much find it every night.

So the bolded part is the answer to the OP's question. If you see "Anti Idol" playing in any of the town squares when your visitor is here, he will have a good shot at enjoying the show.

Also Foo Fighters are awesome.

I believe Relic is the band playing the most modern music. If I recall correctly they played some Ozzy when I was there last. If any of the bands do get into 80s and 90s (I have heard Alice in Chains in the square before) they are playing the hit songs. You will likely hear Enter Sandman by Metallica but that is their biggest hit and considered a sellout song/album.

In any case, we are young and we are coming and we will want to hear some Slayer!!! :D

I've noticed that mostly 60s thru 80s music is played by live bands everywhere including where I live part time in Maryland. Go out to the bars and that's what you hear. Almost never hear 90s and newer music. I don't know why that it is and it's pretty sad. I did hear a band play a song by Coldplay at Sawgrass a couple of weeks ago. That was very refreshing. But they had to ask the crowd if anyone liked them before they played it.

If you want rock, Relic has been packing the squares more so than any other band here in TV. Relic plays Led Zeppelin and many other true rock songs. Check them out.
I grew up playing drums in hard rock bands in the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s. We played Hendrix, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Led Zepplin type of hard rock music, but you won’t find that here except Relic touches on some of this.

That is very not true! I love both 80s and 90s as do many of my friends.

Good 90's Music to be Found....But not easy to Find
 

The two bands I have seen doing 1990s and 2000's music are Relic and The Hooligans....but the are limited this month to both playing New Year's Eve as Disney has Hooligans contracted to play often as The British Invasion. Both Bands will play Radiohead, U2, GNR and Blink 182 mixed with a lot of Classic Rock. Needless to say, the fact that they are playing newer Rock is what makes them so appealing - so the fill the squares quickly. I don't recall seeing any squares bands play Metallica....

You are wrong!!! 90s music is my favorite. Maybe you meant the “older TV residents would not like or know 90,s music”.
OP, If you’re willing to go to Orlando, I’m sure there are lots of 90s band music available.

How about SCOOTER-that might be of interest to your son.

But they don’t want that. They want people dancing. It’s part of their marketing plan—the only reason the Squares exist. Don’t you know that? 😂

Go to Orlando.

I heard a band playing Guns n Roses a few months ago at LSL....not sure of the band but the woman was doing a hell of a job with Sweet Child o Mine. More hair metal than metal metal but still....a step in the right direction.

Joe

Never to return
 

It’s was packed because it was The Hooligans
It bombed and Anyi Idol never return here.
Give it time . I we will die and then you will have your music

It's kind of you to want to find music he'll like. Sometimes younger folks just enjoy seeing their parents / grandparents living their best life. It's not as much about face-melting guitar solos as it is fun and atmosphere. You might try looking up the bands on YouTube. Most of them have sample music pages. I'm not nuts about 50s music, but sometimes it's fun to broaden the life-view. At 63 I'll dance most folks under the table to 80s and 90 rock, but I've been known shake what I have to 50s and 60s. You guys have fun and enjoy, no matter what's playing.

Music
 

Hello, There is a band playing tonight, Saturday at Brownwood called Relic and they play a lot of 80s and 90's rock. Keep in mind they have a lot of followers so it gets packed when they play. They are good. I'm a fellow rocker to and there are some bands that play rock, but that is only one this weekend. ROCK ON...

The Villages do a great job on entertainment at the squares. They cater to all kind of groups. The entertainment that plays are needed to attract crowds. They have to audition and be able to attract a crowd! The people in charge are not old f##ts ! The are professionals! They are fair to the majority!

Treated like a rock concert...

They want people dancing...


Apparently you've never been to a rock concert.

MOSH PIT ANYONE?

I'm almost thinking I might need to find some friends to open up a rock club close to TV once we are there full time.

25 Years band, club, and tour Engineer here, mostly Front of House. I've worked with pretty much every type of music you can name, but mostly with rock, metal of all sorts, Hip Hop, and etc.. Although long retired from the biz, I'm currently the Production Manager for a fairly large annual music festival here in WNY as my one gig a year fun.