[Conservinator]

In addition to all the great bands that have been mentioned, here are a few more to consider:

Edgar Winter Group
Ted Nugent
Foghat
BTO
Aerosmith
Alice Cooper
Boston
Chicago
The Classics IV
Head East
Golden Earring
Crosby Stills & Nash
Deep Purple
Emerson Lake & Palmer
Free
Huey Lewis & the News
Kiss
Kansas
Steppenwolf
ZZ Top
Tower of Power

[TBall]

I’m a Widespread Panic fan these days, but the best Rock band of all time has to be Led Zeppelin. I would have loved to have seen them back in the day.

[onedoug]

Early Trotsky Icepick.

[ncdrumr]

HEART. Ann Wilson has THE best voice in rock and roll, IMO. And she’s STILL got it. Nancy is very under-rated on guitar, too. Their 70s lineup was absolutely magical. Go listen to Mistral Wind off the Dog & Butterfly album. Perfection.

[Fiji Hill]

By definition, a rock band should include instrumentalists, so that excludes groups that are exclusively vocal. It's hard to choose which is my favorite, but some of my top choices include:

• Boyd Bennett & His Rockets

• Jimmy Preston & His Prestonians

• Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats

• Dickie Doo & the Don'ts

• The Champs

[Fiji Hill]

My choice for the top ten rock and roll songs:

1. Oo--Wee--The Interludes (1958)

2. Presumida--Luis Bravo (1961)

3. Follow the Rock--The Bay Bops (1958)

4. The Man from Utopia--Donald Woods & the Vel-Aires (1955)

5. Good Rockin' Daddy--Etta James & the Peaches (1955)

6. Sugar, Sugar--The Cadillacs (1957)

7. Rock the Joint--Jimmy Preston & His Prestonians (1949)

8. Ooh, Baby--The Five Blue Notes (1954)

9. Talk About Him, Girlie!--The Hearts (1955)

10. Shtiggy Boom--Patti Anne (with the Hollywood Flames) (1955)