I think Queen is the best band ever because they have made some of the classic songs like we will rock you, we are the champions and another one bites the dust. They also had one of the best guitairists and drummers ever.

As far as the best guitar player/drummer combo goes, I absolutely must mention Led Zeppelin, and they also had a damn good bass player.

Pink Floyd.

Led Zep.

Explanation Later.

This may not seem like an appropriate choice for the best band ever but Green Day along with other bands kept punk alive after bands like the Sex Pistols began to break up. And now punk is back in a big way and although Green Day are realitivly new the still deserve some respect for keeping Punk alive in the states and over here.:)

Saetia.

Saetia is the best band ever. I don't care what anyone else says, I'm right and you all know it. Saetia is the best.
No explination needed.

Incubus.

Deftones

Roxy Music. Screw the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Roxy Music is eight years overdue. Bryan Ferry is already eligible for his solo work.

TOOL

Originally posted by mars2112
TOOL this guy got it right.. it's definitely TOOL.. no questions asked.. :eek:

Burzum
Dead Can Dance
Therion
Graveland
King Crimson
Kraftwerk
Wolfsheim

Originally posted by prozak
Burzum
Dead Can Dance
Therion
Graveland
King Crimson
Kraftwerk
Wolfsheim come on, dude.. one band, just one.. my vote goes to king crimson from that list.. :eek:

Oasis. Or Live. Maybe even Tool.

Originally posted by god is irrelevant
Come on, dude, one band, just one. My vote goes to King Crimson from that list.Amen to that!

Tool? One of my favorite contemporary bands, no question about it. But I always feel that polls like this ought to exclude newcomers. We don't have any perspective on them yet.

led zeppelin

Death in Vegas.

Originally posted by Fraggle Rocker
Come on, dude, one band, just one. My vote goes to King Crimson from that list. i see you simply can't tolerate "incorrect" capitaliz/punctu-ation, Fraggle.. i think it's hilarious, though, that you actually took the time to correct me.. :bugeye:

i used to take the time to do everything the "right" way, until i came to sciforums.. now my typing knows no bounds (except spelling), just like i have discovered the far-reaching tendencies of my thoughts.... haha :eek:

In terms of innovation, creativity, technical and artistic brilliance, and longevity as well as inspiring other bands; Black Sabbath.

As for whom I like best, Sadist, Impaled Nazarene, Nine Inch Nails, Bathory, Therion, Marilyn Manson, G.G Allin's bands, Old Man's Child and Hole would go up there. But if you're going for "best", Sabbath.

The Beatles could also be nominated on grounds of innovation and longevity, but bah.

I agree with TOOL. Fucking amazing.

It's funny that 3 different people would mention my 3 fave bands: tool, deftones, and incubus. While I absolutely LOVE Incubus and deftones, I think what they've done or how brilliant their music is doesn't quite make them the best band ever.

Queen maybe too. I think Queen was way ahead of their time.

And fuck the beatles. THey were luck. They weren't that innovative, they just happened to fill a gaping void at the right time. If they hadn't, another band would have (the stones).

The Beatles.

Originally posted by sargentlard
Incubus.





Sarge.....my admiration for you has grown to even greater heights.......I will also say Incubus(The best F-ing band ever!!!!!)


-Guyute

Originally posted by god is irrelevant
I see you simply can't tolerate "incorrect" capitaliz/punctu-ation, Fraggle. I think it's hilarious, though, that you actually took the time to correct me.

I used to take the time to do everything the "right" way, until I came to SciForums. Now my typing knows no bounds (except spelling), just like I have discovered the far-reaching tendencies of my thoughts. :eek: Can't help it. I edit stuff every day on the job so by now it's an automatic habit. :) When I proof my own posts the quotes are mingled. It's easier to stay on autopilot than to drop out of orbit and search for the boundaries. I'm not sure anyone really objects, and I figure that if these kids run across a few more models of proper writing during the long hours they spend on SciForums, it might rub off on them. We inherit the postion of "elders," since their own parents and teachers are doing such a miserable job. College graduates stretch to read at the seventh-grade level if it's something they're really interested in, otherwise they sink to the sixth-grade level.

Is it any wonder that most Americans honestly have no idea whether Congress had the Constitutional authority to delegate its power to declare war to the President? How many could understand the Constitution? How many were actually assigned to do that in school?

" :eek: " indeed!

it's difficult to say, it really depends on our mood... so i'll choose 3 for each mood that i might have... The Beatles, Queen, No Fun At All...

Depeche Mode

Opeth.

Beatles

Opeth.

My ex roomate used to listen to them all the time, good stuff. How do you like Soilwork?

I still think Queen is one of the greatest bands ever and I think they should go into the top ten with Led Zepplin and Iron Maiden. Meatloaf was also an excellent singer.

Linkin Park kick ass

Yup, Incubus

Nebula:

The reason those three bands are your favorite is because it's what's being spoonfed to you. There is so much better music out there that you are so unaware of...



INCUBUS IS BULLSHIT

and Linkin Park is the worst shit I've ever heard. I saw a video for one of those fucking songs the other day at someones house. I kicked the TV in I was so pissed

Linkin park is probably the shittiest music I have ever heard. It's a mixture of everything crap that sells well. Hip-Hop/Turntable/Metal/Pop. How can you make them sound any shittier!?!?

The best bands/artists ever: Deftones, Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Jimmy Hendrix, and Coldplay ;)

The Monkees.:D

I like the band that eats people on stage and kills stuff with their guitar. No wait . I dont like any band lol.

INCUBUS IS BULLSHIT Bullshit as in Tremendously Groovalicious?
There is so much better music out there that you are so unaware of... So now that you know his musical tastes, you are probably capable of mentioning the musicians that perform this "better music". Well, mention away!

Also...I didn't see your opinion of who the best band ever is plasticwingsmelting. I would be interested to hear your opinion.

Led Zep has probably influenced more aspiring rock bands than any other; they get my vote!

Led Zepplin...they'll never get old

Led Zep's cool. I bought the new live set, anyone have the dvd?

I also go with Led Zeppelin.

Originally posted by preachermanshow
Led Zep's cool. I bought the new live set, anyone have the dvd?

Not yet, but I watched my friend's copy. It rocks the casbah. Make sure you have your TV hooked up to good speakers.

Megadeth,
deicide,
slayer.

Only them three bands do i refer back to more often than others,case of personal taste really.

'Soft' Rock: Pink Floyd, U2, tiny bit of Jimi Hendrix, some of The Beatles

Classic Rock: The Who, Rush, Led Zeppelin, Eagles, Alice Cooper

Pop Rock: Berlin, Duran Duran, Queen

Hard Rock + Metal: Guns 'N Roses, Van Halen, Ozzy, Iron Maiden, Skid Row, Winger, Motley Crue

'New' Rock: Alice In Chains, Slayer, Coal Chamber, Rob/White Zombie, Type O Negative

[EDIT] Oh yes...

Techno: Kosheen, Brainchild, N.u.k.e., anything mixed by Paul Van Dyk


And that's me narrowing it all down...

Originally posted by Twinkle Toes
'Soft' Rock: Pink Floyd, U2, tiny bit of Jimi Hendrix, some of The Beatles

hendrix and floyd are "soft" rock?

MR. Bungle.......yeah.....um....what can i say...they are the best band ever.........what can you say?.....you cant because...they are...the best band...in the world...oh i mean ever. i dare someone who has actually listened to Disco Violenta (released in 1995) tell me that they are not the most talented, technical, ridiculously amazing band in the world...the only other bands that can hold a flame to them is estradasphere and frank zappa......thank you, goodnight

I agree with mars. The Floyd aren't soft rock. They were psychedelic/a bit rockish. Hendrix definitely isn't soft rock.

I like Tool , especially their song Lateralus.

Originally posted by Puppeteer
The Monkees.:D

Damn right they are (even if you were joking)!.......But they didn't actually exist, the same way the bradys weren't a real family. But they're my favourite group of all time but thye best group of all time would have to be the beatles. They kick some serious magical mystery arse! But they're followed very closely by ABBA. actually, ABBA are tied No. 1 with the beatles.

this guy got it right.. it's definitely TOOL.. no questions asked.. :eek:
yeah man.tool.

I think what Mars is trying to say is that Pink Floyd is not a very heavy band. I'm not a huge collector so maybe they have a stash of stereo-busting rockers somewhere, but classics such as "Wish you were here", "Comfortably Numb", "Time" etc. are really quite mellow. I would expect acid-influenced rock to be laid back and mellow anyway. U2's not really a soft rock band either, as most of their big songs are soaring anthems designed to drive thousands of people into a frenzy. But they're not that heavy either.

Geez, all this Tool worship here. Seeing Tool praised in a science forum is like seeing Bush praised at a Texan BBQ.

Phish.
Phish, phish, phish.
I say Phish. This band is so phenomenly amazing, I cry on a weekly basis about their break up. I truly wish for nothing in my life, not one thing, more than for Phish to be back. The giutarist is a God and nothing short of it. I would do absolutely anything he asked of me. Anything. The bassist is a king. And the whole band simply play better together than anyone in history. And they have such phenomenal range. They do bluegrass, rock, jam, funk, jazz, klesmer, a capella, neo-classical, heavy metalish, and over 500 covers. I want to do nothing else in my life but to make sweet love to this music.

Truly, in all my days, I've never felt as strongly for anything as this band.

And yes I know I'm pathetic, thank you.

best band for me would be the beatles

Symphony X!!!!

They certainly know how to play there instruments!!!!

The Sins of Thy Beloved

Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry for these are the founders of Rock and Roll and never should be forgotton as to what they started.

Cream. The ultimate 3 piece, with each of the musicians at the top of his craft.
Eric Clapton - one of finest rock guitarists ever.
Ginger Baker - easily one of the greatest rock drummers ever.
Jack Bruce - a very solid bassist, and one of the all-time top 3 rock vocalists, imo, ranking alongside Paul Rogers and Robert Plant.

The band also benefitted from having two good writers, Clapton and his blues influence, and Bruce's rock style.

Best band...

I am torn between Blind Guardian and In Flames. :D

Best band at their prime: Genesis, "Lamb" through "Wind & Wuthering"
Best contemporary band: Audioslave
Best band still working, even if their contemporary work isn't so great: Roxy Music
Best one-album wonder: Gentle Giant, "Free Hand"
Best solo artist: David Bowie, early to mid-1970s
Best old music that I still listen to often: Black Sabbath, five final albums with Ozzy
Best non-English language artist: Shakira
Best-loved artist ever: Sandy Denny
Best band that lots of other people like too, so I don't seem completely out of step: Pink Floyd

Without a doubt, Pink Floyd.
Other than that, it depends on my mood.

Burzum

Weezer

Pixies get an honourable mention.


EDIT TO ADD: album 5 comes out this spring! Its supposedly 'pinkertonish'

SUBLIME

I mean , the guy died before it ever even really came out. . . and who doesnt listen to sublime?

TOOL is sick too though

Tool.

Xerxes:
Weezer


Jesus Christ.
Holy Jesus.
Oh my god, I'm surrounded.
You just said Weezer.

Emo with bass, ick.

Quick rundown- I was an idiot once for thinking Tool talented, nothing but alternative rip offs and masochist-loosely-talented wannabes.
Tortured art, right.
There's about a hundred mentions of Tool in this thread alone.

Best band over all would have to be Emperor for its poetic nigritude and for crying out loud, a drummer named Faust and he killed a guy. *Oh* yeah.
Best band over all for influence would go to the Beatles.

Shoot me now. I agree w/gendanken.

:m: Peace.

HA!!!

MEEEE-HAHA.
(and don't call me Gendy, fishy)

Tool.

You all are sick. Tool is a complete soft crap.
Their music videos are ok, but the music is awful.

gendy,

Weezer is not emo. While they have been credited as influences by most 'emo' bands for 1996's 'pinkerton,' they are far from it.

Could you be a little more specific with what it is that you don't like about them? (curious)

Led Zeppelin.

Technical, musical, lyrical, melodic geniuses.

I wonder if anyone knows or sees music theory like Jimmy Page does. An extremely meticulous guitarist.

You people have got to be kidding.

There is only one band.

WARNING: The surgeon general of rock has warned that viewing the next band is equal to 29 orgasms. All hail Tenacious D.

You know what.....Jack Black really does have a good voice.

but the music is awful.
I like tool, would you care to elaborate?
"forty-six and 2" is probably my favorite. I mostly like them for their ear candy, like in the beginning of patient, eulogy, forty six and 2, jimmy, pushit, and H. you gotta give it to their guitar player; he can make some cool sounds.

You know what.....Jack Black really does have a good voice.

Agreed. Actually I think his voice is extremely impressive. Rich tone, monster range and hillarious style.

I've never seen anyone play an acoustic guitar faster than KG (explosivo) either.

I've never seen anyone play an acoustic guitar faster than KG (explosivo) either.

Jimmy Page, Yngwie Melmsteem, Andre Segovia, Steve Vai, Joe Stariani, Justin King, Kaki King, Zakk Waylde....

shall I continue?
:D

Actually another point...for a comedy band their guitaring skills are highly impressive.

Jimmy Page, Yngwie Melmsteem, Andre Segovia, Steve Vai, Joe Stariani, Justin King, Kaki King, Zakk Waylde....

shall I continue?
:D

You're still talking acoustic? You've seen him play it?

Actually another point...for a comedy band their guitaring skills are highly impressive.

They are the culmination of rock history in comedy form!

Bah, I just think KG rocks. :)

TREY ANASTASO.
How is that every goddamn Zeppelin-loving, Floyd-hugging, hippie-wannabe, self-righteous jackass nowadays crowns Jimmy Paige king of all guitar, or Floyd king of innovation or some other standard moderatly complex music as the height of popular stuff?

Phish. Phish phish phish phish. At some point in your life you must have known a phish-head, has he not forced you to listen to this??

sargent:
Dude, give live phish music a chance. Please. Jimmy is easily, easily, easily trumped by Anastasio's guitar skills and I don't even want to talk about composition. Zeppelin music is fairly straight-forward blues for the most part - really good and moderatly difficult blues, but still blues - and his guitar playing while extremely impressive simply doesn't match Trey in speed (which isn't debatable at all), in physical difficulty (Jimmy was very easy in terms of movement up and down the fretboard) or in musical difficulty (Phish music is often extraordinarily complex for rock, Anastasio has a degree in composition).

Just please, you can say you just don't like Phish, but it's a basic fact that Trey's a much better guitarist than any of these people and a much more complex writer.


For those of you (read: probably none) interested in learning more about Phish simply PM me!

And yes Justin King is the shit accoustic guitar wise, no debating. Him Kottke and feothers really made the accoustic guitar their bitch.

Groups with the most longevity, with few personnel changes, and still manage to be popular -

The Stones, Pink Floyd and Aerosmith

Most influential group of the 80's forward -

Roxy Music

Most innovative group ever -

The Beatles

Most influential 'hard' rock group of the 60s -

while The Beatles were the most innovative, the most influential group of the early 'hard' rock genre was The Kinks, and I would say they were followed closely by The Animals. Most music fans were being blown away by The Beatles, but most rock musicians were being blown away by the latter two groups.

Best Prog Rock group -

King Crimson, at least at its conception, with its outstanding The Court Of The Crimson King. It took the rest of the prog groups a couple of albums to even begin to catch up to what the group achieved with that album. And I say that because Pink Floyd was being labeled at the time as a Psychedelic, or Acid, Rock group, but even so, although Meddle was a very good album, it was a couple of years later, and Dark Side Of The Moon was still about 4 years after when Court of the CK was released in '69.

Interesting trivia note that some early rockers may know. When Greg Lake and Carl Palmer left King Crimson and were forming a new band with Keith Emerson, which would of course eventually become Emerson, Lake and Palmer, at the time Mitch Mitchell and Jimi Hendrix of the Experience were scheduled to audition with the group. Tragically Hendrix ODed two weeks before the audition. I still wonder at what that supergroup might have produced

TREY ANASTASO.
How is that every goddamn Zeppelin-loving, Floyd-hugging, hippie-wannabe, self-righteous jackass nowadays crowns Jimmy Paige king of all guitar, or Floyd king of innovation or some other standard moderatly complex music as the height of popular stuff?


....because they don't like their Phish forced or be called jackasses...it leaves a certain insipid aftertaste.

No excuse. Even if every other type of music fan is arrogant, no excuse for anyone to think Paige is the best guitarist. It'd be like thinking J. K. Rowling the greatest author of all time.

Even if you asked me to forget Trey there are a good 20 guitarists I could put ahead of Jimmy. And I do love Jimmy, and played in a Zeppelin cover band. But he's simply not that talented in any area. You could say you like hte music the most, but crowning Jimmy best guitarist makes no sense.

And sorry for the jackass rant, it's my frustration coming out.

Iron maiden---Dance of Death YEAhah :)

I would like to also acknowledge that Deep Purple, The Doors, Cream and The Rolling Stoned, Led Zepplin as well as Jimi Hendrix were great rock bands.

Xerxes:
gendy,
If only she could rip through the screen and kick your face in....Xerxy


Weezer is not emo. While they have been credited as influences by most 'emo' bands for 1996's 'pinkerton,' they are far from it.

Could you be a little more specific with what it is that you don't like about them? (curious)
I guess if alternative music is your thing there is nothing I can say to you.

Weezer and all these other punk bands- the Blink182's, Sum41's, Greendays and Linkinparks- all resemble the kind of people Dr. Lou would hang out with: prematurely angry and idle.
There is something in this type of music that sounds manufactured and false, would any of them be able to sit still for a sec and absorb the subtleties of Bach or Grieg?
Not saying "old music" is the mark of a good palate- you can find me bashing to Manson and I hate him- but music like Weezer seems careless.
It fluctuates between 2 or three different chords, chorus, 2 or three different chords, chorus, finale.
Easy to follow, easy to duplicate, easy to swallow.

Now something more striking even silly- Anal Cunts 'Art Fag' for example- or poetic and mellow in beauty as Emperor (when Faust was still drummer)- at least makes one stir.

Weezer is bubble gum.

And Tenacious D is for fluffy married men with three kids.

gendy, my sweet pooky :o

I was hoping for that response.

I guess if alternative music is your thing there is nothing I can say to you.
would any of them be able to sit still for a sec and absorb the subtleties of Bach or Grieg?

You might not have noticed, but the record that got them their 'emo' reputation- Pinkerton - was a rock opera based around Puccinis Madame Butterfly. This gets even better...

Its a little known fact that their followup record, 2001's The Green Album, was written based around Nietzsches idea of 'pure music' in N. Contra Wagner.


We owe this to Rivers Cuomo- Weezers very own deranged genius songwriter who fits your description of an intellectual musician. Currently, he is attending Harvard to finish off his degree in creative writing. He has a little website-> http://riverscuomo.com -> on which he lists one of his musical influences as your beloved bach ;)
ABBA, am Radio, Bach, Beach Boys, Beatles, Bee Gees, Beethoven, Billy Joel, Burt Bacharach, Chet Baker, Chopin, Dusty Springfield, Fate's Warning, France Gall, Francoise Hardy, Gregg Alexander, Jay Z, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joao Gilberto, Kate Bush, KISS, Les Miz, Metallica, Mozart, Neil Diamond, Nirvana, Notorious B.I.G., Oasis, Ozma, Prince, Puccini, Schubert, Schumann's "Dichterliebe", Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, The Cure, Van Morrison, West Side Story

-Before writing the green album, Rivers spent a month living in a 1 room apartment under a busy LA intersection, in which he sealed off the windows with fiberglass, painted the walls black and did without a phone or electricity.

-For the upcoming album 5 (before going off to harvard this fall,) he sold all of his possesions, with the exception of a few comic books at a storage facility on the east coast, lost 15% of his body weight while medidating with a bunch of monks, and moved into Rick Rubins poolhouse. (most fans found this to be hilariously typical of him.) There's even a picture of Rivers indulging in the Tao te Ching and a diet coke while his bandmates practice a few demos..

All done for the creative process. And I won't even get into the 3 binder encyplodia he wrote on this history of pop..

My point is -Aside from a few catchy Green Day songs,- I've never been into 90's 'alternative'. Weezer is truly a different band. They have a kind of shell with 'superficial music,' and 'passing trend' written on it. But there's an amazing group of musicians underneath with actual chemistry.

Maybe you drew these conclusions from the keep fishin video where, on the surface, they dance around with the muppets like a bunch of retards. In reality, thats just them having fun, mocking the teeny bandwagon fans whom they affectionately refer to as 'Little Bitches' OTR.

It fluctuates between 2 or three different chords, chorus, 2 or three different chords, chorus, finale.
Easy to follow, easy to duplicate, easy to swallow.
Hmm..You know, Weezer is mostly power chords, but I can tell you for a fact theres a lot more to music than how many keys you can hit- Melody, crescendo, pitch, distortion, creative use of instruments (ie moog.) Pinkerton has some pretty awesome and diverse guitar work on it... 'Across the sea', The good life, falling for you.

When you get down to it, the simplicity is more of an asset; Anybody can play, recognize and enjoy Weezer songs with a simple acoustic guitar or a full instrumental set (There has ev been a classical music cover album http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000089IYU/qid=1101956966/sr=1-15/ref=sr_1_15/103-8275928-0522229?v=glance&s=music)

Weezer is bubble gum.
I would have to agree for most the music they produced after the summer songs of 2000 (a year after rivers moved away from the intersection.) and before the recent album 5 work (when Rivers began meditating again). Some of their best material is still unreleased, or unavailable to the average listener (you have to know where to get it.)

And Tenacious D is for fluffy married men with three kids.

Agreed, along with the Dr Lou statement.

I was going to say the Beatles, then realised I would be voting for the song-writing of Lennon and McCartney and the production of George Martin, not for a band.
So it has to Queen. Great individual talent; tremendous in combination; brilliant live performance in general, and the greatest ever live performance of any band, at Live Aid, where Freddy Mercury took the definition of charisma, ripped it apart and re-assembled it across time and space in an unforgettable fashion.

And fuck the beatles. THey were luck. They weren't that innovative, they just happened to fill a gaping void at the right time.

Time to resume the medication.

METALLICA


R.I.P KILL EM ALL - GARAgE INC

Pink Floyd is best. My other top favorites include Metallica and Queen.

The reason I like the D so much is that at some point in the last few years, all music basically became completely ridiculous to me. I started seeing it all as a spoof of itself. It started to annoy me. "alternative rock" has started to seem all the same and I've heard every "classic rock" song so many times I could hurl.

The D personifies my annoyance and re-charged me in a way. As far as I'm concerned, they really embody what a joke the entire rock genera can be viewed as, depending on your perspective..

Pink Floyd however, was alway my favorite band in the universe because David Gilmour is freakin dripping with soul.

the best of pink floyd has to be time, money, and another brick in the wall

Dark side of the moon is brilliant LP

I´m with you Wes somewhat, older I get more older music I seek, havent bought anything new stuff in ages. There are good songs here and there in new stuff too, but rarely not worth for spending money.

the best of pink floyd has to be time, money, and another brick in the wall

For whatever reason, Meddle, Wish You Were Here and Animals are my favorite floyd albums. I love dark side and the wall, but the others are more uhm... I don't know. Maybe it's just that dark side and the wall were over-commercialized.

Well, i would have really hard times if forced to pick between Wish you were here & Dark side of the moon...

No excuse. Even if every other type of music fan is arrogant, no excuse for anyone to think Paige is the best guitarist.

Quote me.

But he's simply not that talented in any area.

Frustration talking again?

Most complete Floyd album from start to finish is probably Wish You Were Here, although Dark Side Of The Moon I believe still likely holds the record for longest run on Billboard's Top 100. Meddle was awful good though (particularly if you were doing a little Purple Haze at the time), as well as Obscured By Clouds, although I'm still partial to Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, their '67 debut, when Syd Barrett, who Gilmour later replaced, was still the significant influence in the group. Best overall song though by Floyd...'Comfortably Numb'.

My favorite band of all time is Incubus. You could take out any member of the band, have him start his own band and it would be awesome. I particularly like their older albums, Fungus Amongus, Enjoy Incubus and SCIENCE. What I love about them is their ability to play any kind of music (Jazz, soul, funk, rock, metal, etc...) and not sound contrived.

Oh Sarge, I never meant for all those things to be representing you. I think you misread.

Or I mis-wrote, more likely.

need you ask

has to be the maiden

White Stripes

The Buggles!! YAY for "Video Killed the Radio Star"!!

Seriously? OK, hmmm...how about the...ummm..."Bee Gees"? "ABBA"? "The Jackson Five"? "The Jimi Hendrix Experience"?

Some of my favourites...

Its all very subjective really. But if i have to choose just one band, then it would be Floyd. I'm out of step with most of the posters here, because i think The Division Bell is there best work

Division Bell is a very good album. It's very different fom their earlier stuff, but that's the evolution of the band I suppose. High Hopes, Keep Talking, and my personal favourite - Coming Back to Life..... all brilliant songs.

I also like Division Bell, although Meddle has to be my favourite. The genius in Keep Talking is obvious (If you'll excuse the pun) :D

Rhapsody-Seriously, there is not a band on the planet that sonds anything like them.

Hurrah for Epic Symphonic Film Score Fantasy Power Metal

hahahahhaahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rhapsody is the most ridiculous fantasy band ever!
They're clearly the funniest band in existance, but nothing more.

I nominated them -the most childish metal band- in metalstorm.ee forum
if my memory doesn't fail me

Ill agree their a bit cheesy, but cheese is good!

Their all masters at there instruments and make insane music.

How could you think they are childish? :eek:

Now that theve got Sir Christopher Lee on board narating and singing!!!!

They will conquer all!!!!

Great Big Sea
Gaelic Storm
The Chieftains
VNV Nation
Dave Matthews Band
Black Sabbath
Judas Priest
and
The Glen Miller Orchestra

I also like queen. Fat bottom girls and Another one bites the dust. As someone else wrote they were way ahead of their time

Ministry or KMFDM

Pioneers of modern metal and industrial!

I think Queen is the best band ever because they have made some of the classic songs like we will rock you, we are the champions and another one bites the dust. They also had one of the best guitairists and drummers ever.
Detroit's raunchy yet meaningful mc5 [and Australia's MIDNIGHT OIL, too]

Opinion is irrelevant...

"The Beatles have amassed the greatest sales for any group. All-time sales have been estimated by EMI at over one billion discs and tapes to date. In 2001, they had been certified for album sales of 163.5 million in the US alone. The band has numerous other world records, including that for most recorded song - Lennon and McCartney's "Yesterday" had 1,600 versions recorded between 1965 and January 1, 1986. Also, their album titled 1, released on November 13, 2000, sold 13.5 million copies around the world in its first month, making it the fastest-selling album."

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=50910

koo-koo-k'choo...
:p

Ooo yeah, let's trust a whole bunch of teenage girls of yesteryear to decide the worlds greatest band shall we. Oh puh-lease. Beatles are a overrated, overhyped boyband.

Also, their album titled 1, released on November 13, 2000, sold 13.5 million copies around the world in its first month, making it the fastest-selling album.

Must be a lot of those teen age girls are still buying albums...

;)

.

They've all grown up and still living the fallacy. Damned baby boomers. Ruin everything.

Nirvana - for in part, defining a generation.

Pink Floyd - for innovation, lyrics, guitarwork and understanding the silence between notes.

Greenday - for melancholic lyrics to an upbeat tempo and getting away with it

The Doors - for incorporating wacky poetry that everyone pretends to understand and getting away with it.

Black Sabbath - just because.

led zep!!!!!

Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Doors

dave matthews band.

Basically Deftones are the best band around and will be for a long time. Its simple, all their songs are perfect. Deftones can produce any kind of song, be it a fast more punky style: Be quiet and Drive, a heavy song: Shove it, or a slow paced anthem like Minerva (Which by the way is the ABSOLUTE best song in the world by an easy gap). Deftones are perfect at the moment, if they become m ore commercial then I might even go off them, but at the moment the alternative and emo community all know and love them which is the way it should be.

All in all Led Zeppelin is the greatest and will remain the greatest band in the whole fucking world.

Best band (individual): any with Jimi Hendrix; most innovative guitarist ever, all others copied him, they wish they could play like him, sound like him, dream like him, pale imitiations (pun not intended)

Best band (sum plus parts): the Eagles, best guitarists (plural), songs, etc...
"Hotel California", need I say more?

Led Zeppelin.

Technical, musical, lyrical, melodic geniuses.
though a good band, their only song that can get any honorable mention is, "Stairway to Heaven", the best acoustic/electric combo song ever, the transition is phenomenal, everything else they did, is so-so

The whole band itself is genius. Every member has unmatched talent.

I began listening to Rancid quite heavily lately and man did they surprise me. They're not the best band, but holy shit are they good. They've recorded about 10 CDs, 5 of which are full length. They don't screw around at all. Each of their full length CDs has 19-23 songs. For a band with an image of alcoholism and asskicking, their music is surprisingly well composed and produced. If you love punkrock, you cannot miss this band.

I like Led Zep, but personally I think they're a bit overated. They've got a few awesome tracks like the brooding 'Kashmir' and 'Dazed and confused', the upbeat 'Immigrant song' and 'D'yer maker', some classic riffs like 'Black dog' and 'Whole lotta love' and of course the timeless 'Stairway to heaven'... but all in all, although the music is exceptional I find the vocals to be pretty irritating after a while...

*prepares to be crucified*

I began listening to Rancid quite heavily lately and man did they surprise me

They're one of those bands that I've always been meaning to get around to listening to, but always forget about when I walk into a music shop! Any 'best album' recommendations apendrapew?

I've only listened to 'Indestructible', 'Let's go', and 'Life Won't Wait'. Indestructible is more commercial than the others, but still really good. I would recommend 'Life Won't Wait' for you to get first. I think you'll really enjoy the choruses. Every song on this CD is awesome and there's 22 of them!

I would recommend 'Life Won't Wait' for you to get first.

Alrighty, will do!

Read recently that Queen may do a reunion tour. Paul Rogers filled in as front man for the group at the British Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and apparently got a good enough reception from the audience that they're considering taking it on tour. Brian May and Roger Taylor are for it, but they have to get John Deacon to sign on still. Obviously Paul Rogers can't duplicate Mercury's unique vocal range, not sure who could sound just like him, but still, Rogers is one of the legendary rock vocalists in his own right, and I would be curious to hear that combination.

Led Zeppelin. Also the best live band by an order of magnitude.

The best bands ever? I like: U2, Incubus, A Perfect Circle, Nirvana and more....

The Guns n' Roses were amazing for a while...then they went all crap.

The Doors - for incorporating wacky poetry that everyone pretends to understand and getting away with it..
wacky poetry(?), you obviously don't go to readings or poetry jams, you such get out more often :D
though I wouldn't say this band was great, I feel that the idea of putting poetry to music was diff, but no more so, than Bob Dylan or others did.

& if you think about it, all lyrics are a type of poetry, diff rules of metre, but they tell a story or give an idea, mood or emotion....

see Nirvana, read the lyrics & then hear the song, "The man who sold the world", or Led Zep's "Stairway to Heaven", the Beatles "Yesterday", etc...

pure poetry man

Best band of all time: The Beatles.
Best band working today: Radiohead.

wacky poetry(?), you obviously don't go to readings or poetry jams, you such get out more often

Hmm...

& if you think about it, all lyrics are a type of poetry, diff rules of metre, but they tell a story or give an idea, mood or emotion....

Of course, but I was more refering to the spoken word aspects of some of the doors lyrics. Don't get me wrong, I've got nothing but respect for the doors. I think Morrison was a brilliant mind, but there's nothing to say you cant be brilliant AND wacky!

see Nirvana, read the lyrics & then hear the song, "The man who sold the world"

I'm being petty, but thats Bowie.

Well the best band ever has to be The Who..Their live performances were the best ever!!

Led Zeppelin. Also the best live band by an order of magnitude.

Floyd for a live gig. Amazing. :m:

In my opinion, Faith No More do it for me.
Or later-day Metallica.

Charmed...

Now-a-days bands aren't what bands were back in the days. I think bands were more talented during the 60's, 70's, 80's and early 90's. But there are still some good bands today ie. Incubus, SOAD,.....

Muse of course ;)

I agree... but since your like matt bellamy .. isnt that sort of like kissing your own a$$? :rolleyes:

I dident mean to boast or anything...:)

my Favorite band would have to be Radiohead

Wow, this post has been going on a long time . . . last July . . . is that normal? Anyway; Radiohead is pretty awesome. Nirvana is classic (well, for the 90's anyway). Some bands I respect but don't listen to often are: U2, Pink Floyd, Tool, Beatles, Zeppelin, Hendrix, Halen, Eagles ... you know, all the obvious ones. In their own way, they all deserve the 'best band ever' title, but best is in the eye of the beholder. My favorites for today are Foo Fighters, Radiohead, Nirvana, Depeche Mode, Stone Temple Pilots, REM, (gosh, I always have this feeling like I'm leaving someone out) etc. I'm a song writer myself, and I derive my style from these groups.

Sorry for the long post, btw.

The Velvet Underground is amazing.....Ummmmm Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are great live....Radiohead, R.E.M.....So many.

But I think Pink Floyd are the best ever. All of there albums are classics, that you can just listen threw all the songs, and love them all.

Cream. They were only together for 3 years, but put out some of the best stuff.

Underneath the shadows of pink floyd, that is where the gold is. In other words, Progressive rock. Check out King Crimson and Yes. I can't decide which one I like better. Try NIN for a more recent band (even though KC and Yes are still releasing new material every year or so, so technically they are current bands, almost been here for 40 years)

BAND

That's a tough one, because a lot of what passes for BANDS are really one talented artist dragging a lot of halfwits along with him or her.

Plus I've been kicking about the planet for way too many decades and there are most certainly bands out there that I have not heard, or will never hear. And the reality is that the BEST bands will probably never be recorded.

So to choose among the "bands" that had the luck to be recorded at the peak of their creative genius... well I guess I would have to nominate Pink Floyd (although Sid Barrett and Roger Waters were the primary source of creative genius, IMO).

It's so hard to choose. We are very freaking lucky to live in an age when we are surrounded by hundreds of fantastically creative musicians.

It's so hard to choose. We are very freaking lucky to live in an age when we are surrounded by hundreds of fantastically creative musicians.

Yes. Thank you. I am sick of hearing "music is dead"..."music blows today"...There are many excellent artists out there...you just have to keep your eyes open and dig a little.

We are very freaking lucky to live in an age when we are surrounded by hundreds of fantastically creative musicians.

Amen.

B'z/ Takahiro Matsumoto "ROCKS" and X-Japan "Hide with Spread Beaver". Both are the best bands on the planet! By the way interms of western music Tool "hauls ass"

im kinda leaning towards nightwish at the moment, i go through periods, although offspring seems to be pushing up

That would have to be The Mammals or Donna the Buffalo, with Barachois as a very close third.

Hmm...
Of course, but I was more refering to the spoken word aspects of some of the doors lyrics. like William Shatner's "Has Been"?

I think Morrison was a brilliant mind, but there's nothing to say you cant be brilliant AND wacky!like Frank Zappa? or Weird Al?

I'm being petty, but thats Bowie.Ohh, I've only heard the Nirvana version, but it makes sense, Bowie has a way with words :-)

in my opinion, Victor Wooten's band

grateful Dead :)

korn, maetallica, or rammstein

SOAD is damn good, they have a new album coming out in march i think, Chevelle is good, and so is Coheed and Cambria. Ben Folds Five is awesome. :m:

korn, maetallica, or rammstein

korn and rammstein are ok, but mettallica is too repetitive and overproduced

I am just starting to realize how good The Eagles are.

Ac/dc Is The Greatest Band Ever To Grace This Fair Planet

ech, i cant stand AC/DC, or almost any of that old rock crap. :m:

Two words for you: The Mammals (http://www.themammals.net)

Bon Jovi!!

Europe!!!

James Brown....tight like that....PHAT

Love Cake

Opeth.
mmm, progressive death metal.
www.opeth.com (http://www.opeth.com)

My Dying Bride (Dreadful Hours cd)
And Bloodbath, despite the ridiculous lyrics.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience...!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I use to hear a lot of metal bands: Iron Maiden, Helloween, Stratovarius, Metallica, Sonata Arctica, Edguy,...

korn and rammstein are ok, but mettallica is too repetitive and overproduced
i think that rammstein sing in german, don't they? I couldn't hear a band if I don't understand what they are saying

Buffalo Springfield

Beastie Boys.... not a conventional band, but what is?

the police and the eagles, and i like mozart, haydn and brahms and bach and beethoven too, im versatile!
ursula

Bongwater

Obscurity is the key to legend. And few bands are as obscure as Japanese prog noise band Les Rallizes denudes.

They are easily the best band in the world. Infact they are the archetype of all bands.

I can't find it on amazon, how do I get somthing by those guys without importing?

As far as the best guitar player/drummer combo goes, I absolutely must mention Led Zeppelin, and they also had a damn good bass player.

I most definitely have to agree with you. Led Zeppelin is (was) an amazing band. Jimmy Page can play guitar like no other and Robert Plant's voice is so unique and just...mesmerizing in so many songs. I only started listening to Led Zeppelin about a year ago, but I absolutely love them.

Have to have the Beatles in there too. ^^

Fraggle Rocker
Registered User (1,753 posts)
07-04-03, 12:57 AM But I always feel that polls like this ought to exclude newcomers. We don't have any perspective on them yet.


Well here's a thought from a New Comer that few have perhaps gained any perspective upon, and I believe that this statement is detrimental to a continuing growth in membership to SciForums. Exclusion of thought from new ideas, ie. a new member, is not simply Fascist, it is degrading and discriminating to those of us who do not have monsterous posting numbers... Shouldn't your more valued Members of Tenure Welcome new voices in thought in any Forum? or do you wish to continue speaking to the same minds about similar subjects, round and round we go and where you end up,,, you will already know...

back on Topic,, and I apologize for this entry to a thought that has not to do with my beginnings... The Plant/Paige Factory of Led Zepplin are plagerists who copied numerous songs of those that came before them.. Rythem and Blues Bands recorded many songs that the Zepplin machine brought to fame.. As much as LZ was a leader in the 70's to a lot of copy cats to date, they saw an opportunity to capitalize on an era that followed True Creativity.

Best Band, as a result of their Leadership? Uniqueness, Innovation, Progression, and for arguements sake, not repeated to date?

Ian Andersen's "Jethro Tull".... ;) Indeed a voice in absolute business...

Alright folks this is really an easy question. Regardless of your taste in music everyone knows the best band ever is The Beatles. This sounds like a generic answer, but the fact is they had a pile of hits, the wrote in a number of different genres, they were controvertial, and most importantly their music has withstood the test of time. Every band out there has some sort of Beatles influence. If they had never existed much of the music we hear today would not have existed. I think a more interesting question is who is the REAL King of Rock N Roll. I have two answers. Some say Elvis is the king due to the wide variety of music he sang. If you believe that to be the true test than ironically I say Elvis Costello is the real king. When it comes to ground breaking originality I pick Buddy Holly as the real king.

Pelvis Parsley was a breakthrough in the sexual revolution that connected music and sexuality.. In no way was he a King of any sort..

There have been many Princes, but I don't believe there ever has been a King of Rock, since so much passion and difference goes into the creation of music. Basically the combination of talents are involved in anyones successes within the industry. One might include Buddy Holly in this search, but because his life was short lived, I don't consider him a candidate. Chuck Berry laid it down right, but I also think that his claim to fame was the racial barriers that existed at the time. Some Princes might include Don McClean for the endurance of a song that endures the test of time, "American Pie"... who doesn't know most of the words to that tune?

A King dominates every aspect of the music world to include almost all forms of composition and the Mastery of all instruments.. Rick Wakeman transcended a large portion of Rock yet "Yes" fell just a bit short after the Epic of "Journey to the Center of the Earth"..

Now looking at "A Passion Play", or "Thick As A Brick", even "Aqualung", presents a magnificient mix of Talent and Creativity... ;)

The Eagles.

Grateful Dead

Lawerance Welk

Eagles. Absolutely. Words cannot describe how amazing they are.

I don't see what is so great about The Eagles. I've got their greatest hits and it's just so-so.

The Beatles on the other hand, they are great. Look at all those number one hits! I've got almost all of their albums on my MP3 player.

i really enojy the Beatles and Oasis.

I also think Live is a great band.

And don't mind U2 either. or R.E.M.

and Green Day.

I don't see what is so great about The Eagles. I've got their greatest hits and it's just so-so.

The Beatles on the other hand, they are great. Look at all those number one hits! I've got almost all of their albums on my MP3 player.

Ha! You think that buying the Greatest Hits means you can decide whether they are great or not. Trying buying original albums first, I recommend 'One Of These Nights'.

Pink Floyd

the gorillaz

The insane clown posse is the greatest band ever
Then comes tom petty

like many have said, Incubus! they r great.. even if u don't like their genre of music, u have to give them credit on their talent. Brandon Boyd is insane at vocals and with a greta band it equals an all around good band :) and for some reason EVERYONE in here is in love with TOOL.. what did they do so great?? LET INCUBUS AND METALLICA RULE THE MODERN MUSIC INDUSTRY (Btw my favorite band is a band not too many people are fans of: SYSTEM OF A DOWN!)

Maybe because Tool are really good? Metallica have been and gone in my opinion, they are over-rated.

:m: metallica might be a "has been" but u have to respect them. i dont even like them that much, but because of their influences and fame around the WORLD, i personally, give them my respect

Metallica fucking rule!!!
But not as much as Faith No More.

Nooch!

Judas priest is pretty guud too,not as good as metallica tho;)

Couldn't ever get past Rob Halford's screechy vocals.

AC/DC they rock

The Eagles and Elton John - Hands down now please.

I've probably posted on this thread before and don't remember. But the three bands that haunt me and I just keep coming back to:

Black Sabbath (the original 8 albums with Ozzy)
Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry
David Bowie (pre-1980)

Yes, I do think the pre-dicso 1970s were the Golden Age of Rock and Roll.

D-Block

Black Sabbath are fucking awesome. But the Velvet Underground are definitely up there.
And the Pixies deserve a mention too.

i've got a top 5 - top 5 bands that have most shaped who i am today, or top 5 bands i enjoy listening to.
1. smashing pumpkins
2. tori amos
3. placebo
4. v.a.s.t.
5. the flaming lips

What is the best band ever?
There is no such thing.

Wu Tang clan,
In my oppinion.

The "rubber band." It's been around longer, has been seen and used by more people, has had more practical applications, and has benefited life and made life more easier than any other band on Earth in history. Hah!

WTF makes AC/DC such a great band?? Or Led Zepplen for that matter? I can't stand either of 'em!

I don't know about the best bands, but the worst bands are heavy-metal bands. They're just plain awful; can they do anything besides scream?

Metallica and Megadeth are exceptions to the rule, and there may be one or two more that I haven't heard of, but most of these heavy metal bands torture me.

An example of a really good band is one that has a really good understanding of melody, harmony and rhythm and decent enough lyrics. I give top billing to the Allman Brothers band for precisely this reason.

And I don't like Pink Floyd.

yeah, black (Emperor), gothic (The sins of thy beloved) and progressive (Nightwish) metal in most cases is better than heavy!

Phish-- goddamn hippies. But they're really good.

But no one jams better than the ABB. They're absolutely the best. Even without Duane.

motorhead,hands down motorhead.

the best and only true rock and roll band that still plays rock and roll.

heres a fact, ac/dc is the only band to play a concert louder then motorhead.

I thought that Manowar usually has the loudest concerts. I can be wrong.

I am absolutely obsessed with System of a Down, AC/DC, and Led Zeppelin. However, from what I've seen, Led Zeppelin is the only real contender here, and I believe they're the best. However, each band has it's own distinctive style and genre, making it impossible to rate which ones are the best. Also, it's all opinion anyway.

Beatles who are in a class of their own in terms of melody and structure of songs they rank alongside messers Bach,Mozart & Beethoven.

I'm gonna go with Led Zeppelin.

I'm gonna go with Led Zeppelin.
you old Head you

"Best" means what most people like best.

Beatles definitely..

"During the week of April 4, 1964, they held the top five places on the Billboard Hot 100, a feat that has never been repeated."

And till today it's still more played by radiostations then any other band named in this thread..

Pink Floyd and/or The Jimi Hendrix Experience

"Best" means what most people like best.

Beatles definitely..

"During the week of April 4, 1964, they held the top five places on the Billboard Hot 100, a feat that has never been repeated."

And till today it's still more played by radiostations then any other band named in this thread..

Exactly. Seems the question is more opinion. There needs to be standard measure. Ans then breaking it down by class/style/type would furthur complicate things. But in a matter of opinion......

WEEN!!!!!!!!
Has anyone listened to Ween's White Pepper Album? Amazing! As is Ween's Quebec! If you like Floyd you'll get into Ween for sure.

Peace
-b-

Comments to the comments to the comments...

Not sure what the fuss is over the Eagles either. Some remarkable melodies and decent lyrics, but I find them to be so taken with themselves that it is hard to really take them very seriously.

Went back and really gave a good listen to Black Sabbath and there are indeed some elements of genius there. I was really curious about some of their early lyrics, discovering that they were actually a Christian rock band at some level, quite the opposite of the usual interpretation. A heavily drug-oriented Christian rock band, but still...

Led Zeppelin certainly gave it a go with some remarkable stuff, but not the best band ever, IMO.

I can't really choose the Beatles, because I think that they really only qualified as a "band" for 5 years or so; after that they were really solo artists compiling an album together. Of course for that 5 years they were amazing.

Pink Floyd is right up there but I have the same dilemma with them; mostly Roger Waters and Barrett expressing through the rest of the crew.

As a band I would have to choose the ever-changing Frank Zappa band of the 70's.

Hell yeah, Beatles without a doubt.

More facts since someone else posted one:

"Biggest All-Times Sales For A Band
The Beatles have amassed the greatest sales for any group. All-time sales have been estimated by EMI at over one billion discs and tapes to date. In 2001, they had been certified for album sales of 163.5 million in the US alone. The band has numerous other world records, including that for most recorded song - Lennon and McCartney's "Yesterday" had 1,600 versions recorded between 1965 and January 1, 1986. Also, their album titled 1, released on November 13, 2000, sold 13.5 million copies around the world in its first month, making it the fastest-selling album."

And then a huge list of other untouched world records that won't fit here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_record_sales,_worldwide_charts

I can't really choose the Beatles, because I think that they really only qualified as a "band" for 5 years or so

Then what do you use as qualification for the best band ever? One that's lasted 10 years, 20 years, or one that is currently touring to this day?

- N

I can't say who is the best, but the bands that I am into are second to none.


ISIS ( "Panopticon" is divine. It's the torah that chants the real power of rock music )

T00L ( can't believe people here have metioned it a lot,surprised)

A Perfect Circle ( They have created the best music that I ever heard, I don't care if they can make more. )

Radiohead ( the only band that rocks softly in a way I like )

Metallica / Zeppelin ( Probably, they are the only bands, which are from main stream but can also tag my heart strings )


by the way, U2 is way too overrated, and Bon jovi is more pop than rock, bores me to death.

R.E.M.
Pixies
Radiohead
Modest Mouse

and Elliott Smith.

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My god Xev has such terrible taste in music.

Everyone knows the top 5 of all time is;

1. The faggarts
2. Forbidden neKtar
3. Buck swingle and the tune time tards
4. Shit pistol
5. Neglected kitten

Beatles? Led zeppilin? The fuck? What are the chances well known bands would also be the best? That seems incredibly unlikely by my ridiculously immature reasoning.

As a Finn, I'd say YUP.

The two guys who've been singing prima vista pieces a cappella in my head for years aint bad either.

Hendrix, he was a living prophet, his songs are the only ones that actually make sense

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M*W: Com'on you guys. The Eagles and Queen are the best.

M*W, Queen definitely rocked. One of my favorites of all time. I used to get pumped up with them before a boxing match in college. God-damn, they were good for pumping me up!

my favorite band is the smashing pumpkins.
billy corgan,d'arcy,james iha,jimmie chamberlain.
check out a couple of their songs,for example
"bullit with butterfly wings" or "thru the eyes of ruby" or "x.y.u."
a great all around band.

M*W, Queen definitely rocked. One of my favorites of all time. I used to get pumped up with them before a boxing match in college. God-damn, they were good for pumping me up!
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M*W: Cottontop, I saw Queen in concert in 1979-1980 in Frankfurt, Germany. That concert was to die for. Freddie Mercury was still alive, and that was one of the highlights of my rock'n'roll life!

AC/DC pre Brian Johnson era i.e Bon Scott era

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M*W: Cottontop, I saw Queen in concert in 1979-1980 in Frankfurt, Germany. That concert was to die for. Freddie Mercury was still alive, and that was one of the highlights of my rock'n'roll life!

I would have loved to have been there. Fleetwood Mac is another one of my favorites. I say that they are what helped me escape reality and get through West Point. They came to West Point and put on an awesome show in 1991, when I was a junior, as a tribute to the troops in Iraq for the first Gulf War. Mick Fleetwood had on his "drum suit" and ran through the audience banging his body to the music. Was fucking great.

My favourite female singer is Patti Smith with her albums from the 70s.
I haven't yet heard anything from later years, but I've heard from people that they're not bad too.

COLOR=DarkRed]nirvana!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/COLOR]

Well, I already mentioned the Beatles, but I forgot to mention Jethro Tull. Can't believe only one other person mentioned em in this thread!

- N

Rock Band? Led Zeppelin.

...

Though historians will likely say The Beatles and Rolling Stones were more influential to the genre.

Personally, I grew up listening to Art Rock; Genesis/PGabriel, KCrimson, PFloyd, Rush, Yes, ELP, JTull, Queen, and even Kansas (Leftoverture hooked me).

i have changed my mind, the white stripes are good, but no-one tops Guns N' Roses. Slash was/is the best guitarist ever(seeing as he is now in another band) after Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Paige. Axl also has such amazing vocals especially on tunes such as "Sweet child o' mine" and "November Rain". Then of course there are the all time classics like "Welcome to the jungle" and "Paradise City".

"Civil War" is such a strong song and "patience" is just pure genius. I also like Tenacious D and other bands. TD are so funny especially "Tribute".

Yes, Guns N' Roses is definitely one of my favorites too.

:D You are my new best friend! lol.

Well, hold off on that until you get to know me. I'm an asshole, mostly. :p

Belle and Sebastian, but I don't expect too many people to agree with me.

GNR rox. Cold Nov Rain is $$$$$$$$$$$$

The Cure.

Slayer

Rush.

Of course.

GNR rox. Cold Nov Rain is $$$$$$$$$$$$

Wait! YOU are now my new best friend. :p :D

The best band ever, is without any doubts, Metallica.

The Cure.

They're not too shabby. ;)

Rush.

Of course.

:p Did Geddy Lee tell you to say that?
Used to listen to them quite a bit when I was young, though Pink Floyd was by far my favorite band at the time.
Still listen on occasion. I think my two favorite albums were and still are Hemispheres and Farewell to Kings.

Overall, a fairly unique band with a fairly unique sound. Did I mention quite talented as well?

Cocteau Twins. I lick them. Severely.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse