Top Ten Rock & Roll Bands?

[Bobarian]

Okay, FRiends. It's a lazy Sunday afternoon and I need a distraction from Obamamania. Anybody care to debate the top ten rock & roll bands?

Not necessarily personal favorites, but in terms of influence, endurance and popularity.

I think the top four, in no particular order, would have to include:

The Doors
The Rolling Stones
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin

[Bobarian]

Not-even-close. Frankenstein was art. Hocus Pocus was schmaltz.

Well, artistic merit aside, I'm just sayin' I always got the two tunes confused.

[Rebelbase]

Add:

Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd

[One_American]

[Eagle Eye]

The Who
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Led Zeppelin
The Doors
ZZ Top
Allman Brothers (w Dickie Betts)
Outlaws
Bob Seeger and Silver Bullet Band
Rolling Stones (NOT one of my favorites!)
Black Sabbath

Ok, mods can now close the thread, no other responses needed.

[nkycincinnatikid]

I guess I wouldn’t be the only one to say that maybe they just o d’d on the Dead. Way too much of a good thing.

[rawcatslyentist]

Gabba gabba

Rock it to Russia!!

[loungitude]

So much from so little. I see Black Sabbath mentioned a few times, too. It doesn’t get simpler than that. Yet I can listen to Fairies wear boots or sweet leaf for the ten-thousandth time and it is still good.

[Bobarian]

I’ll raise you a Joe Satriani...

Just recently discovered Joe Satriani. Good stuff. And some band called Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush.

[Skooz]

Absolutely.

Spin magazine listed The Ramones as the number 2 all-time greatest band, behind only The Beatles.

I can’t argue with that.

They were THAT great.

[mad_as_he$$]

These things need some time reference. I mean at one point I listened to Boston all day everyday. Some Chicago - can't stand them now. Doobie Brothers - ok now but not in the rack in the Tahoe. Now it's hard and metal. Metallica is by far the most influential band I can think of since 1980, But Hootie and the Blowfish had a run. Even Creed changed and probably saved rock from Brittany. When my kids listened to tenny music I would listen to Boys to Men - not a lick of their stuff in the house or car now but at the time it was interesting.

One point though always have and always will hate the Beatles.

[Eagle Eye]

you mean two non-words

Do I need to ping the mods for unholy attacks on part of the holy trinity of Southern Rock?

[Vision]

When the Ramones first went to England Sid Vicious- who had not formed a band yet- tried to get in back stage and was scared that the Ramones where going to beat him up, that they were a gang. Hilarious.

[jjw]

These guys were pretty good:


Over the Hills and Far Away

[Skooz]

That was Johnny Rotten. ;)

[Big Red Clay]

Let me add to the list my favorite, the greatest live rock band ever-

From Pasadena California,

The mighty

VAN HALEN!

[tcostell]

the thing that the music critics never got was that it was socialism and the collectivist thinking that eventually led to Carter's "malaise" speech that started the punk movement. They (and when I say they I actually mean we) were reacting to that anti-individualist fashion trend by being ultra-individualist.

The fact that punk will probably make a come back may be the one good thing about an Obama victory.

[mad_as_he$$]

lol not a bad list. Met Seeger once at a party. Nice guy then. Sabbath - VH1 just had the story of Sabbath on yesterday - - interesting.I haven't seen Cream on anybodies list.

[Syncro]

[mad_as_he$$]

So true....

[Bobarian]

Isn't Sweet Leaf technically Ozzy?

Don't think anyone has mentioned Deep Purple yet.

Guns-n-Roses, anyone?