Personal favorites left out.
Creem
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Jefferson Airplane
Buddy Miles Express
Canned Heat
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin.
These lists are always lame. Because everyone has there own interpretation. And not only that but those interpretations are subject to change over time. The Eagles and Foreigner were legendary bands as well. And the list goes on.
Wow...a list I actually agree with...maybe not in that order.
Queen? Queen? All credibility lost right there at #3.
No way in heck they should be in the top 10.
Radio stations playing that obnoxious Bohemian Disaster twice an hour, doesn’t mean they’re a great band. They suck.
My top three favorite groups are:
The Beach Boys
The Cars
Pink Floyd
Glad to see Floyd made the list. “Rock band” is pretty subjective, but I like all the bands they listed.
Beatles
Eagles
Stones
Skynard
Allman Bros
Floyd
Byrds
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band deserve a mention. Seger, in his prime, had the best voice in R&R.
Bob always gets overshadowed by the leftist hack Springsteen who is not anywhere as talented as Seger.
All of these Rock lists are so Subjective. So many great bands never considered.
Rock and Roll: great.
Rock: sucks.
I’m gonna get so much hate for this, but I think Led Zeppelin is the most preposterously overrated band of all time. I get why Rolling Stone loves them, for their anthems to anal sex and whores, but I don’t get why non-perv, non-drug addicts like them so much. I’m not even saying the reason I don’t like them is because I disapprove of the lyrical content; I’m saying that’s the only reason I can imagine why anyone thinks they’re so great (besides Robert Plant’s incredible voice).
They have four great songs: Stairway, Immigrant Song, Kashmir and Rock’n’Roll. Besides that? Black Dog, a marching cadence with spastic guitar interludes? The simulated orgasm of Whole Lotta Love? A pile of mediocre roots plagiarisms?
Good Times, Bad Times has great drumming and starts off like it’s going to be totally kick ass, but the refrain fails to pay off. Going to California? When the Levee Breaks? Meh,
1) ac/dc...
2) aerosmith...
3) judas priest...
4) metallica...
5) linkin park...
I’m not sure what the criteria was for defining ‘rock’. For the bands listed they’re all quiet different - which means it should open the door to all kinds of bands...of which, nobody would probably agree on a ‘top 5’.
I mean - Metallica might be ‘metal’ but their legacy is hard to argue with in a historical context (e.g. sold records, number of albums, revenue, years together, concert tours done, etc., etc.).
Beatles
Stones
Eagles
Skynyrd
GnR…..
Not in rank order…….
Of course, I could fill out a list of 50 in less than five minutes in no rank order…..
RLTW
Janis, Jimi, Jim, sorry.
Folks these days just don’t know.
They also forgot how to have a good time.
Delete The Beatles and notch Zeppelin up to the top.
Stones
Byrds
Led Zeppelin
Doors
Eric Clapton also Cream
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Yardbirds
Flying Burrito Brothers
Animals
Grateful Dead
IMHO…I have varied tastes:
Fleetwood Mac
AC/DC
Rush
REM
Red Hot Chili Peppers
ALL were British.
Substitute The Doors for Queen.
Not even close.
The Allman Brothers. That was a rock band. Followed by later versions of the Atlanta Rhythm Section. Eric Clapton, and JJ Cale.
Yes.
The Who.
Van Halen.
As for real R&B: William Bell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqML2VSXiUI
Turn the bass up and listen to that bass sax and bottom end. Not to mention the lyrics. Holy grail/Motown.