10 greatest Rock bands of all time

[JVO]

Wadaya think?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4595384/

I am really glad/surprised Pink Floyd is on the list.

Not sure about Velvet Underground, the Ramones or Sly and the Family Stone.

Here is my top 10:

Beatles
The Beach Boys
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Rolling Stones
Eagles
Jimi Hendrix and the Experience
Bruce Springstein and the E Street Band
Aerosmith
AC/DC


Honorable Mention:
Lynard Skynard (too lazy to look up spelling)
The Grateful Dead
Nirvana
The Doors
Guns and Roses
Fleetwood Mac
The Pretenders
and probably a bunch more I forgot

[withoutcanseco]

i only agree with like 2 bands on that list. how the hell did, for instance the fucking Eagles or lynerd skinnard change rock forever?

[JVO]

Hotel California changed the world (in as much as music can)!!!!

This entire album was an alarming social criticism of the emerging yuppy rage of the 1980's. It was a document of how the ideological concepts of peace and harmony that were full of so much hope in the 60's faded into the wealth and greed of Reagonomics and Wall Street. The hippie generation that promised free sex, free drugs, and peace betrayed society by giving us crack, homophobia, and a cold war that seemed to never end.

Musically, the Eagles blended folk, blues and country in a way that was more powerful and alluring than anyone since C,S,N&Y. A band consisting of 3 excellent guitarist who harmonized sound in a way only equaled by the harmony of the 4 members of the band who could sing. No successful band, except the Beatles, had four lead singers and four song writers all of whom contributed their own personal blend to every record. I think it would be difficult to find a band that has produced more successful solo artists: Don Henley, Joe Walsh, and Glen Frey, or had more of a universal appeal. People who liked country, the blues, bluegrass, rock, and heavy metal could all be found humming Eagles tunes. I saw the Eagles in concert at Red Rocks in Colorado during the "Hell Freezes over Tour" and you could not believe the diversity of the crowd. Cowboys sitting next to Hells Angels sitting next to school teachers all singing every word to every song in unison.

Lynard Skynard also formed a new type of music that was unheard of before their beginning. Southern Rock or Rebel Rock begat CCR, Alman Brothers, and many others. Free Bird will forever be acknowledged as one of the greatest rock anthems of all time. In the South, Skynard are folk heroes along with Stonewall Jackson and Elvis. They were an amazing live band (when I saw them they played for 3 1/2 hours in the driving snow) who wrote incredible songs.

Obviously this list is entirely subjective.

Also, I forgot to mention The Beach Boys (who I think certainly belong in the top 10), The Who and Black Sabbath (honorable mentions).

[withoutcanseco]

i hate the fucking eagles.

[larryhead]

http://www.paulduncan.org/files/big_lebowski-eagles.png

[False Alarm]

1. Poison
2. Motley Crue (pre-Dr Feelgood)
3. Cinderella
4. Skid Row
5. LA Guns
6. BulletBoys
7. Slaughter
8. Kix
9. Keel
10. Vixen

reasonable peeps could disagree about bulletboys over slaughter, and i would've put great white over vixen before they exploded their drummer, but otherwise i think everyone can agree that this is pretty much the best list out there.

[duckplucker]

the top ten artists in rock'n'roll history are as follows:

1. the beatles
2. the rolling stones
3. the jimi hendrix experience
4. led zeppelin
5. the who
6. eric clapton
7. santana
8. pink floyd
9. the grateful dead
10. the eagles

honorable mention:
the doors
bob dylan
crosby, stills, nash, (young)
the allman brothers band
creedence clearwater revival
lynard skynard
the elvis presley trio
buddy holly and the crickets
the velvet underground
simon and garfunkel




i would love to see 007's list.

[bubz_bluez]

i got top ten

beatles
led zepplin
hendrix
pink floyd
bob dylan
clapton
aerosmith
the who
lynard synard


did not do any most honarable mentioned:wave:

bubz

[duckplucker]

in case anybody cares, and you may not, here's my list of best musician/composer/artists of all time regardless of classification:

1. mozart
2. brahms
3. yo-yo ma
4. itshak perlman (SP.)
5. muddy waters
6. miles davis
7. woody guthrie
8. the beatles
9. johnny cash
10. frank sinatra

[bubz_bluez]

who should be number 10...
johnny cash

:headbang:

[JVO]

Cool List DP, but no love for Beethoven?

I think Ode to Joy is the greatest piece of music ever conceived.

Wow I will give some thoughts on my list.

[slam]

Cool List DP, but no love for Beethoven?

I think Ode to Joy is the greatest piece of music ever conceived.

Agreed. When I die, play that at my funeral.

[matty]

Slamber--do we HAVE to go throught this AGAIN?? I've told you--at your funeral we're going to play "Terd Mission" by Pansy Division. Then there will be a drinking game involving a donkey. Somehow. I haven't exactly worked that one out, but there's going to be at least one donkey at your funeral.

Also, your tombstone will read, "Here lies Slamber. A bitch in life, and a bitch now that she's gone. Guidance!"

[007]

i would love to see 007's list.

I couldn't possibly argue with your list Duck, except to possibly move Hendrix to the top. But everybody knows my feelings on Hendrix (I am up to 67 discs of material. Boo-yah!)