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Based on sheer number of quality musicians, the best rock and roll band in the world is:- Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
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Don't get me wrong, I like some of their music but Bono really puts me off. The bloke behaves like he's a cross between Mother Theresa and the Pope...
I think a lot of people have the same view as you nowadays, but I still really like him, although I can see where everyone else is coming from and why he would grate. |
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Has to be Zeppelin for me by a country mile.
Purple in second - Made in Japan is still the best live album ever made IMHO |
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Based on sheer number of quality musicians, the best rock and roll band in the world is:- Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
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Guns N Roses the best for me! Rock anyway
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Bon Jovi !!
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Cant argue with that, a fine bunch of musicians fronted by the greatest live performer the world has ever seen.
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Imo
1) Nirvana 2) Jimi Hendrix |
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I love Aerosmith, U2, The Clash, the Foos .etc but I dunno where I'd place them in the greatest of all time list.
Other great bands like the Cult should get a mention too. I like Bono too, but he can get annoying sometimes. It annoys me how he doesn't seem to realise he's making people hate him. Maybe he doesn't care or doesn't see it as important in the grand scheme of Africa, I dunno, but it does annoy me. He's a lot more down to earth than people give him credit for, but that's his own fault for going on about Africa all the time and giving some people the wrong impression. A great rock star... but why does he have to play politics so often? |
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The Who, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, rolling Stones.
I'd rate The Beatles and Pink Floyd up there with those, but not purely as rock. |
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Can anyone actually explain the difference between 'pop' and 'rock'? If, as has been said, the Beatles were 'pop', does that mean that in the '60's, the Who were also 'pop'? Or are they 'rock'? If you compare the Beatles and the Who in the '60's, would it be fair to say that it's not that different to comparing, say, Deep Purple and Pink Floyd in the '70's? But then you would hardly label either of those as 'pop'. If we assume a 60's act such as Freddie & The Dreamers were 'pop', do the Beatles fall into that same category - or are they, in fact, 'rock'?
Material for a whole new thread! |
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I agree about The Kinks, much better on my ears than The Beatles. But then so is a dentist drill.
It depends what defines "best".. album sales etc. I like Faith No More as well but also Alice Cooper, Metallica, HIM. To me personally the best is at a push Marilyn Manson. Aware I am a lone voice with that band though
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To me personally the best is at a push Marilyn Manson. Aware I am a lone voice with that band though ![]() Not so sure about their new single though... It might have to grow on me a bit. |
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1. AC/DC (by miles)
2. The Who 3. Led Zep |
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Lots of bands that I idolise, I wouldn't class as rock exactly - The Beatles, The Small Faces, The Kinks, The Smiths, Ride, The Beach Boys, The Yardbirds, The Charlatans, Velvet Underground, Verve for example, but for proper rock these would be on my list (in no order except top two) :
Focus Pink Floyd Free Bad Company Jimi Hendrix Experience Steely Dan Rush Queen Cream Led Zeppelin Golden Earring Nirvana AC/DC Rolling Stones Alice Cooper Guns 'N' Roses Boston Supertramp The Who Lynyrd Skynyrd Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers King Crimson Jethro Tull Deep Purple Santana Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young Yes Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band Emerson, Lake and Palmer Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band The Doors Van Halen Aerosmith The Byrds Kiss |
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If it's a rock band then it'd have to be the Rolling STONES!
Ha ha ha! I'll get my coat....
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AC/DC. Or Led Zeppelin. Or Iron Maiden (or is that Heavy Metal!?).
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wouldn't call the Beatles a rock band TBH so shows how you can distort these polls.
I'd go for Queen myself I agree with the list, The Beatles and Led Zep are tops. |
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U2 by a long shot for me and I agree - The Beatles were pop, not rock.
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1. Steely Dan
2. Deep Purple 3. The Who 4. Whitesnake ( the early years ) 5. Really 6. The Gaff |
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One of the U2's biggest influences were the Beatles. I would say "I Want You (Shes so Heavy)", "Revolution" and "Helter Skelter" prove the Beatles as rock and not pop....then again, the people who don't classify the Beatles as ROCK would have only heard Hard Days Night and Yellow Submarine
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Old Rolling Stones are pretty good imo
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OK, I'll concede that the Beatles are 'rock' but that there is also 'heavy rock', 'prog rock' and 'pomp rock', which is what I would say most of my list consists of.
In that case, I would have to say that The Beatles are number one on my list. |
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The Jam!
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rankopedia says:
1) The Beatles 2) Led Zeppelin 3) The Doors More than 80 bands ranked. Who are your favorites? 1) Led Zeppelin ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaHeTy8X09E ) 2) Jimi Hendrix ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXk9SvsF-I8 ) 3) Cream ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqh54rSzheg ) |
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