Rock band .....Zepplin
Zappa is not rock....he’s everything....Frank actually was not a fan of rock
I like melodic Zappa but not the kookie stuff although his guitar playing and arranging is stellar
Freepers Zappa fan club notwithstanding
Rolling Stones are more rock and roll than rock...and are my overall band of that era
Zeppelin is hated here by those negro blues worshipers who think it couldn’t be improved on
Wrong
Led Zepplin really made stuff happen in a way I don’t expect Xers and younger to grasp
Wheres “journey is better than led Zepplin” guy....lol
That one kills me
Jack Black is a fat libtard but he was right!
Zepplin
Pink Floyd ...from Piper till the bitter end
Stones
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Pretty much encapsulates it all for me
The Beatles deserve their mantle though...after Elvis cut the path they blazed it ...they just don’t wear as well overall
Frank didn't listen to the radio and had little interest in contemporary music aside from Varese and Stravinsky. One of Frank's bandmates told me he had no idea that the guitar solo in Stairway was iconic. However, FZ did like Warren DiMartini from Ratt - he picked up his work via Dweezil. But Frank was certainly rock - throw Rat Tomago, I'm So Cute, Packard Goose, The Illinois Enema Bandit, and all of the Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar albums into a blender, and pour yourself a tall cool glass of rock that rivals anything in the genre.
I am not a Zeppelin hater - I like them more than the Stones - but aside from Zeppelin II and Presence their output is uneven and their live act went downhill after 1970 (per bootlegs and footage).
Journey without Ansley Dunbar is just another SF band.
Pink Floyd is in a class all by itself, though I find myself losing interest in Roger's tunes and preferring David's tunes over time. Same with Skynyrd - Royalty.
The Beatles never played live with monitors, so they couldn't hear themselves on stage through the screaming. As such, Ringo undoubtedly kept them together live and gets my vote as perhaps the hardest hitting live drummer ever thought I may be the only guy who thinks so.