If you all remember i made a thread 3 months ago on Old Rock I had about 50 songs then, now I am up to 230 thanks to ya'll. I wanted to know what you would consider your top 10 bands of all time. Right now I can only think of my top 5, the rest are a little iffy for me, I'll post mine later. So what are yours?
The Clash, The Beatles, The Pixies, The Kinks, Devo, The Judys, Joy Division, New Order, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, The Smiths. This was hasty, and I'm sure if I made it a different day some different bands would appear on it.
I got six off the top of my head. The Beatles, the Velvet Underground, the Rolling Stones, the Violent Femmes, the Who and de Schmog
In no particular order... Journey, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Sting & The Police, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, The Eagles, Doobie Bros.
The Replacements, The Pixies, The Smiths, The Spinners, The Velvet Undergroubd, The Band, ABBA, The Rolling Stones, The Police and Steely Dan.
Radiohead Pink Floyd The Beatles Velvet Underground Led Zeppelin Pixies The White Stripes The Beta Band Arcade Fire (only two albums, but so far so good) The last spot is a tie-Bob Dylan/Johnny Cash
The Velvet Underground and ABBA together in the same list? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Led Zeppelin Black Sabbath Humble Pie Allman Brothers The Who Jimi Hendrix and .... Kinks Little Feat The Guess Who Santana
Beatles Alan Parsons Project Queen Genesis Supertramp Dire Straits Rolling Stones Eagles Police Doors
Off top of head, in no order & subject to change: Allmans Dead Zep Who Hendrix Band Police Beasties Wailers Texas Playboys
I can't believe not more people are mentioning the Clash. They've had multiple extraordinary albums at least two of which could be considered revolutionary. I didn't include solo artists because they aren't groups. My list would change if solo artists were allowed.
Off the top of my head and in no particular order: Led Zeppelin Black Sabbath The Who Pink Floyd Jimi Hendrix Ozzy (solo) Pantera Judas Priest Megadeth The Rolling Stones
I don't know what FB means, but for me, Ozzy, Jimi, SRV, and (even though I don't care for him, his band, or his music) Dave Matthews, while given solo credit or whatever, are every bit as much of a 'band' as any other band, and deserve mention and credit as such. Although I typically like her music, Beyonce is a solo artist in a different category of other 'solo' artists such as Ozzy, Jimi, SRV, etc.
Dave Mathews Band would be a band in my opinion. But David Bowie would definitely make the list. Hendrix might make the list, so might Bob Dylan, Woodie Guthrie, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Hank Williams Sr.
Zeppelin Beatles Police U2 Pink Floyd Aerosmith GNR Dave Matthews Band AC/DC Foo Fighters My personal top 10. Not bothering with ones I don't enjoy like the Eagles or Stones.
I can't believe not more people are mentioning the bands I mentioned. My list is the best. Everyone else's list sucks.
The Jimmy Hendrix Experience is a band. As far as most of the others I don't see a regular artistic collaboration with the same group of people that would constitute a band.
I wasn't trying to say I was correct and others were incorrect for their list. I just thought more people thought highly of the Clash than they do. Though your post was funny and I would include at least one band from your list in my top 10 if I were making it over.
