[2026] Recommended for men in their 40s! Introducing nostalgic Western music bands that colored their youth

In 2025, major bands that colored the youth of music fans now in their 40s—like The Smashing Pumpkins, Muse, and the reunited Oasis—kept coming to Japan one after another.

Thanks to that, there are surely many people who had stopped listening to music for a while but recently found their passion for Western music rekindled!In this article, under the theme of recommended Western bands for men in their 40s, the author—who works as a music writer in his 40s—has selected nostalgic bands that rose to prominence from the 1990s to the early 2000s.Focusing mainly on bands that never broke up and are still going strong, as well as those that have reunited, some are even slated to visit Japan in the near future.

So by all means, give them a listen and relive those days.