[BenLurkin]

The Beatles were a rock band?

[Romulus]

On and off.

[Ikeon]

The Beatles weren't a rock band. Van Halen, GnR, both changed rock. Pink Floyd isn't rock either. My 2 cents.

I'll add rock pioneers like slade, areosmith, deserve some credit for rock greatness

If you wanna know which rock band is really the greatest, just ask Gene Simmons/s

[dfwgator]

The Beatles were a rock band?

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Uh, Helter Skelter, anyone?

[A Navy Vet]

"The Beatles were a rock band?"

I've been asking the same question for years.
For me, it's between the Stones and Zepplin.

[9YearLurker]

They took rock’n roll to rock.

[one guy in new jersey]

It was killing Ringo not to play live/tour.

[MNJohnnie]

The Beatles were a rock band?

Who knew?

[gnarledmaw]

The difference between this list and “Most Overhyped Crap” is that this list doesnt include The Doors.

[Steve_Seattle]

The people saying The Beatles weren’t a rock band seem to be forgetting that The Beatles had two separate phases: their early years, when they definitely played rock, both their own songs and covers of people like Chuck Berry and Little Richard; and then their “arty” phase, from Sgt. Pepper going forward. There are kinds of rock other than heavy metal.

[CodeToad]

I guess we couldn’t see the rockers behind all those screaming teeny-bobbers out front.

[Spacetrucker]

I am so tired of this garbage. Led Zeppelin excepted, none of these bands are truly worthy of the listing.

[Clutch Martin]

“The Beatles were a rock band?”

The Beatles were a band for girls to gysh over.

[John S Mosby]

Not even remotely. Maybe when first they did re-recording of some hits from Chuck Berry but not much after. They were a pop band, catchy tunes and chart climbing.

[Jim Noble]

The Beatles haven’t really held up over time. Certainly not as a “rock band”.