Favourite artist in each decade....

[NitNot]

While I do like Radiohead quite a bit, I don’t think even their best album can hold a candle to Slint’s Spiderland.

[The_111th_Beatle]

1950s: Buddy Holly

1960s: A lot of great acts but the Beatles would probably get the nod here.
Honourable mentions: The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground and a lot of others

1970s: David Bowie
Honourable mentions: The Clash, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young

1980s: The Smiths
Honourable mentions: Pixies, Joy Division, U2

1990s: Nirvana
Honourable mentions: Radiohead, Oasis
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[dopethrone]

1950s: Chuck Berry
1960s: The Rolling Stones
1970s: Black Sabbath
1980s: Kreator (This one's really hard, there were tons of great bands in the 80s)
1990s: Burzum

[Wakaiookami]

1950s: Noone! Probably a few choice Elvis songs, though.
1960s: The Beatles
1970s: Yes
1980s: Iron Maiden
1990s: Radiohead
2000s: Muse

I'd like to add that Bob Dylan is 2nd best in both the 60s and the 70s.

[Elston]

1960s: Captain Beefheart
1970s: Pere Ubu
1980s: Minutemen
1990s: Lisa Germano
2000s: Radiohead

[zaqxswce]

50's: No opinion
60's: The Rolling Stones (Runnersup: The Doors, The Beatles)
70's: Led Zeppelin (Runnersup: Fleetwood Mac, The Who)
80's: U2 (Runnersup: Rush, Phil Collins)
90's: Radiohead (Runnersup: Bjork, Fiona Apple)
00's: Coldplay (Runnersup: Gnarls Barkley, Beck)

[JohnnyRocketFingers]

There are so many choices (every decade had 12782590178259018 great artists) so this was hard to choose.

60's-Velvet Underground
70's-The Clash
80's-The Smiths or The Stone Roses
90's-Oasis (i know a lot of people think they are overated but their sound is great), Slint, Or Company Flow
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[maxxy]

Waay too hard, dude. I could give a top 2 or 3, though.

1950s: Miles Davis
1960s: (too many) Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Velvet Underground, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix and so on...
1970s: (also almost too many) Pink Floyd, The Clash, Brian Eno, the Jam
1980s: Sonic Youth, U2
1990s: Primal Scream, Radiohead
2000s: White Stripes, Coldplay, Muse

[banana brother]

50s: Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis, Thelolonious Monk
60s: Velvet Underground, Captain Beefheart, The Stooges, The Doors, MC5, John Coltrane, Love, Charles Mingus
70s: The Clash, Television, The Congos, Nick Drake
80s: Sonic Youth, The Feelies, Tom Waits, Joy Division, Smiths, , John Zorn, Husker Du, Talk Talk, Jesus and Mary Chain
90s: Massive Attack, Slint, Pavement, Nirvana, Beck, AIR, Primal Scream
00s: The Strokes, Arcade Fire, Radiohead, No Age

[maxxy]

for 60s, just to add some more: John Coltrane, Charles Mingus
70s: Led Zeppelin
80s: REM, Husker Du
90s: Oasis and Nirvana
00s: Arctic Monkeys

Keep in mind this is in addition to my previous post, not instead of it.