Styx, Foreigner, Kansas What, Bread and America weren't available? Say what you want about any of these acts (specifically Foreigner, who still suck, but sort of benignly, as with Loverboy and Quarterflash), but a browse through Pitchfork shows that their influence among current acts goes a step beyond the shed circuit (see Fleet Foxes, Midlake, Band of Horses, Devendra Banhart, Vetiver, anyone who either A) lives in a canyon or B) has a neckbeard and beat-up old Martin). To these ears, Kansas has aged (and boy, how they've aged) the best, but your mileage may vary. Uptown Amphitheatre