we have been discussin the death of rock and who should or should not be called great, so i am wondering who it is that everyone thinks is great i would prefer that everyone ranks their top ten, but just listing 10 is cool as well... if your favorite band doesn't happen to be in the top ten, please list it below your 10 greatest, as your favorite thanks -jim
My top ten. 1)Led Zeppelin 2)The Beatles 3)Nirvana 4)Rolling Stones 5)The Kinks 6)Pearl Jam ....geez...i cant think of anymore. this is a problem.
1. Whitesnake 2. Europe 3. Heart 4. Van Halen 5. Kiss 6. Poison 7. Bon Jovi 8. Boston 9. Die Toten Hosen 10. The Scorpions These are all true rock Gods .
i was going to wait for a few people to provide some lists... give me some time to think about mine i guess i'll just list a ************-load of bands, don't know if it will help any beatels rolling stones the who pink floyd the doors grateful dead led zeppelin aerosmith kiss tom petty and the heartbreakers boston bob dylan neil young rem u2 van halen red hot chilli peppers metallica motley crue nirvana pearl jam sound garden alice in chains tons more out there, but that's a list to at least kinda look at it for ideas
I've heard about this 'Grateful Dead', but I have never heard any of their songs. And for some reason, I get this vibe that it's middle aged moderate rock like Meatloaf or Status Quo. Maybe that's because I heard Al Gore likes them.
1. The Beatles 2. The Rolling Stones 3. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 4. Led Zeppelin 5. The Who 6. Cream 7. Nirvana 8. U2 9. Jane's Addiction 10. Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band (any edition. Ringo's so damn good he had to be on the list twice) Since this is just rock bands I wasn't sure if Dylan was allowed or else I'd have him in there for Jane's Addiction.
Gosh,, In no particular order Joy Division Nirvana Yo La Tengo The Pixies Sonic Youth Massive Attack Talking Heads SIouxse and the Banshees REM Galaxie 500
No order: Bob Dylan Jimi Hendrix Experience or Band of Gypsies Santana The Doors The Beach Boys AC/DC The Who The Beatles Chuck Berry Black Sabbath U2 Rolling Stones Led Zeppelin Pink Floyd(And I hate Pink Floyd) Guns and Roses Pantera THE MOONEY SUZUKI!
I like two of there songs, "Truckin" and "Touch of Grey". Those are the only two songs I've heard from them, but they are pretty good. You should download the mp3's and give them a listen.
Jeez, when I saw this list I was wondering whether I'd posted it myself and somehow forgotten. Doc, have you heard Def Leppard's lame new adult contemporary album?
If we're talking RAWK...then it's Led Zeppelin The Clash Jimi Hendrix Experience Guns N Roses Nirvana Pixies Cream Bob Dylan w/ the Hawks on electric tour in '66 Rolling Stones Misfits If it's just guitar based bands, whether they are pop/soul/rock/experimental whatever...then it's Kinks Beatles Led Zeppelin Bob Dylan Smiths Joy Division/New Order Small Faces Sly and the Family Stone Stones The Clash
1. The Rolling Stones 2. Led Zeppelin 3. Lynyrd Skynyrd 4. Aerosmith 5. Pink Floyd 6. Guns N' Roses 7. Rush 8. The Doors 9. Pearl Jam 10. Boston
Top Ten Rock Bands. Sonic Youth Echo & the Bunnymen The Beatles Blur Radiohead The Cocteau Twins Led Zeppelin The Smiths The Yardbirds Joy Division Heavily weighted on the English side of things. Based exclusively on number of CD's I own with some selection required for the set of bands of whom I own 3 CD's. Nice distribution of 1960's to 1990's. By decade: '60's (2), '70's (2), '80's (3), '90's (3). Radiohead, Sonic Youth and maybe Blur are still active as creative forces.
I try to avoid Def Lepard (who would have been in my list if I remembered) as much as possible. A bit of cheese like Iron Maiden is good, but not DL. They're worse than Bryan Adams !!.
This list is final, no other posts are needed because I am right and everybody else is wrong. 1. Pink Floyd (Favorite Album: The Wall, Favorite Song:Shine on You Crazy Diamond Pts 1-12) 2. Metallica (FA: Master of Puppets, FS: Tie-Orion and Wherever I May Roam) 3. Led Zeppelin (FA: Led Zeppelin IV, FS: Immigrant Song) 4. The Doors (FA: The Doors, FS: The End) 5. Tool (FA: Lateralus, FS: Sober) 6. Nirvana (FA: Nevermind, FS: All Apologies) 7. The Rolling Stones (FA: Aftermath, FS: Sympathy for the Devil) 8. The Beatles (FA: Magical Mystery Tour, FS: While My Guitar Gently Weeps) 9. U2 (FA: War, FS: Where the Streets have No Name) 10. The Smashing Pumpkins (FA: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, FS: Cherub Rock)
Pink Floyd U2 The Police Led Zeppelin The Bee Gees(kidding) The Beatles (after Dylan met them) Hendrix Sabbath The Rolling Stones (even though I think they're little more than a glorified bar band)
You put the BG's in as a joke, right? Also, Stamen is right about the dead, they never did anything too good or bad OK, here's mine: Beatles Cream Led Zeppelin The Who Yes Genesis Jethro Tull Judas Priest The Police Deep Purple I'd put Alice Cooper in there for Love it to Death-Killer-School's Out, but those three were surrounded by too many junk albums
a great rock band doesn't mean they sell records or have a top 10 hit... it could be, but it doesn't have to the dead made touring what it is today, they brought in the whole concept of following a band around... their are dead today, but their recent show in alpine valley still shows the commitment of their fans and the legacy they have left behind
Everyone has a good opinion. I think the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones are automatic. No question the top 3 of all time. Others that are worthy of respect: Yes U2 Nirvana Ramones next tier: Beach Boys Elton John (rock?) Rod Stewart Aero Smith My pick of underated but made good music: The Cars The Replacements Popular but never wrote their songs: Michael Jackson Elvis Presley I probably left someone off due to memory loss.
ok, i have waited long enough with my list 1. bob dylan... you can't stop him, the original... godfather of rock... i don't know what contemporary music would be like today without him 2. beatles... i can't say i like their stuff... but they made rock main stream, so that i could be considered pop 3. rolling stones... like all rock, they come from blues and country... yet some of their original stuff is what i would still call country, made the hard life part of rock 4. pink floyd... pyschedelic rock, concepts, fantastic imagery and blown out of proportion concerts 5. the greatful dead... made touring and being a fan what it is today... the counter culture scene within the counter culture 6. the ramones... making it known that rock doesn't need to keep getting more complex to be great... stayed true to who they were through out 7/8. rem/u2... keeping the 80's alive and opening the door for the next order of rock 9. nirvana... busting out and saying rock ain't dead... you can't kill it, you never will... brought apathy to an entire generation... re-established that drugs and rock will always be 10. pearl jam... a band that resists what it should be, exploded out in the early 90's with the rest of the grunge scene, yet quickly throwing itself into a corner... very idealistic, straying away from the notion of being bigger than everything, a common rock myth favorite band: pearl jam... i love their style, their sound, their path... i will never back up their politics 100%, but i respect that they use their position as a platform for change and making others more active bands that were very close to making the cut: smashing pumpkins... billy is a god, the man is a creative genius and is unashamed to admit it... he doesn't care if you get it or not, it's his music, not yours... enjoy it if you can the who: pete townshend is a classic rock star... amazing on the guitar and a great song write... no matter when they die, their music never will... it will forever affect the bands of the future the doors: poet rock and ************ing with a crowd, a front man like no other led zeppelin: another great british rock band, made arena rock what it is today... wild times... with a sense of mystery
1. nirvana 2. van halen 3. alice in chains 4. stone temple pilots 5. pearl jam 6. led zepplin 7. live 8. metallica 9. smashing pumpkins 10. soundgarden
Very difficult to argue with this, except for a few little differences: A) Favorite songs: Nirvana song is still Teen Spirit; U2 song is Bad; Metallica song is Fade to Black; Stones song is Gimme Shelter; B) I can't rank the Pumpkins in with these other great bands, replace them with Black Sabbath and move them to number 5 (FA: Paranoid, FS: War Pigs)