The Greatest Band Ever? - Page 3

**mellowyellow** · April 25th, 2009, 10:46 AM

In terms of pure musical influence for years to follow it would be Steely Dan or Earth, Wind & Fire. Or Prince (but that really isn´t a band, is it?)

Regarding being iconic for their own generations I would say The Who, the Pistols and the Chilly Peppers

Oops... too many names already

magister · April 25th, 2009, 02:47 PM

The Queen,of course!

**Mr. Gussett** · April 25th, 2009, 07:08 PM

The Ramones

**Adam West** · April 26th, 2009, 03:19 AM

The Beatles. But my personal favorite of the greatest band? Cheap Trick, who were strongly influenced by the Fab Four.

**Navvet** · January 27th, 2012, 01:31 AM

Certainly, the Beatles had the greatest impact on the music business, and I have been a huge fan of theirs since 1964.
However, I'd have to call the Rolling Stones the greatest band ever. It's because of their sheer longevity, and the fact that they've never suffered a drop in popularity in fifty years of performing.

**Meini Hirion** · January 27th, 2012, 03:57 AM

Beatles - Obviously.

Where would we be without them ? Like trying to judge Rock without Elvis, Chuck, Bo , Little R or even Bill H

Like trying to judge modern jazz without Charlie, Stan or even Dave B.

Or swing without Miller or Goodman?

Beatles obviously

They re-sold 'proper' music back to the USA and a whole generation in the US rose up and responded, thank God. Because we wouldn't have had Joplin, Jefferson, Moby, Ramones even Blondie (whose heart was in the right place).

Taking the Beatles as obvious, in my argument........... I tend to go for self-writing and self defining bands.

The Kinks

The Band

Beach Boys

BUT...........

.........if ever there was a Band that evolved and influenced as much as
The Beatles. It's an American band. The first multi-racial band in the USA in the 60s.
Busted, jailed, dead or found God. This band had it all. Preffered to rehearse and play locally whilst sitting on contracts and not doing the 'rock band scenario'...they gave The Doors their resident gig at Hollywood's 'Whisky-A-Gogo" to write and rehearse and probably smoke and rehearse....

The best writers, the best attuned band.
My favourite all time Band, with writers as good as Lennon-McCartney in the McLean and the irreplacable Arthur Lee.

RIP my friends.

LOVE

(with Hendrix)

5 String Serenade:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXY7T...eature=related

Hendrix and Love:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrwch...eature=related

Arthur's last tour - reformed Love (Baby Lemonade):
Glastonbury Festival 2003 after Arthur came out of prison.Dying of luekemia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pRxXHn64DM

This is the time............

**Cheekymonkey** · January 28th, 2012, 12:39 PM

For mass appeal, influence, and relevance has to be The Beatles, agreed. The simple, classic songwriting compositions are peerless.

The Rolling Stones get the the vote for their longevity - still going strong and filling stadiums worldwide! Of the two, I preferred the Stones for being more badass rock and roll. Ironically, the Beatles were too, but Epstein 'cleaned them up' and packaged them.

But my Best Band is Led Zeppelin for pure, raw, energy, power and grace.
Plant's voice was otherworldly, Page was am absolute wizard with sound and technique (in my top 3 guitarists), Bonham was an unparalleled powerhouse on the kit, banging out some of the most complex funk driven rhythms, and Jones was no slouch on bass and organ. The forerunners of metal.
Check out the DVD (live shows) - no-one will play shows like this ever again!

At the heart of all these bands were the writing teams - Lennon/ McCartney, Jagger/ Richards, and Page/Plant - but let's hear it for the unsung hero, the extra member, without which there would not have been as much 'creativity' - the Drugs! Let's hear it for the drugs.
I am not advocating drug use - I do not indulge myself - but would any of these bands have been the same bands we are all nominating here without them?

**steve40** · January 28th, 2012, 01:08 PM

pink floyd

dogman10 · January 28th, 2012, 01:49 PM

For rock has to be the Jimi Hendrix, then Zeppelin, the rest fall far behind those two , But for musical influence I would agree the Beatles , they wrote some fantastic songs.

jedimasterjeff · February 1st, 2012, 08:17 PM

Its all a matter of opinion so nobody's wrong or right. My personal fave being The Doors.

January 28th, 2012, 01:49 PM	#29
dogman10 Junior Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2 Thanks: 15 Thanked 27 Times in 2 Posts	best band ever For rock has to be the Jimi Hendrix, then Zeppelin, the rest fall far behind those two , But for musical influence I would agree the Beatles , they wrote some fantastic songs.

April 25th, 2009, 10:46 AM	#21
mellowyellow Vintage Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,472 Thanks: 16,577 Thanked 37,594 Times in 1,888 Posts	In terms of pure musical influence for years to follow it would be Steely Dan or Earth, Wind & Fire. Or Prince (but that really isn´t a band, is it?) Regarding being iconic for their own generations I would say The Who, the Pistols and the Chilly Peppers Oops... too many names already

April 25th, 2009, 02:47 PM	#22
magister Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 7 Thanks: 752 Thanked 36 Times in 7 Posts	The Queen,of course!

April 25th, 2009, 07:08 PM	#23
Mr. Gussett Vintage Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,920 Thanks: 9,568 Thanked 38,143 Times in 2,902 Posts	The Ramones

April 26th, 2009, 03:19 AM	#24
Adam West Vintage Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Indianapolis - The Racing Capitol of the World Posts: 650 Thanks: 8,517 Thanked 6,205 Times in 635 Posts	The Beatles. But my personal favorite of the greatest band? Cheap Trick, who were strongly influenced by the Fab Four.

January 27th, 2012, 01:31 AM	#25
Navvet An Old Salt Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 8,095 Thanks: 71,680 Thanked 279,558 Times in 8,086 Posts	Certainly, the Beatles had the greatest impact on the music business, and I have been a huge fan of theirs since 1964. However, I'd have to call the Rolling Stones the greatest band ever. It's because of their sheer longevity, and the fact that they've never suffered a drop in popularity in fifty years of performing.

January 27th, 2012, 03:57 AM	#26
Meini Hirion Vintage Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 945 Thanks: 4,012 Thanked 9,059 Times in 914 Posts	Beatles - Obviously. Where would we be without them ? Like trying to judge Rock without Elvis, Chuck, Bo , Little R or even Bill H Like trying to judge modern jazz without Charlie, Stan or even Dave B. Or swing without Miller or Goodman? Beatles obviously They re-sold 'proper' music back to the USA and a whole generation in the US rose up and responded, thank God. Because we wouldn't have had Joplin, Jefferson, Moby, Ramones even Blondie (whose heart was in the right place). Taking the Beatles as obvious, in my argument........... I tend to go for self-writing and self defining bands. The Kinks The Band Beach Boys BUT........... .........if ever there was a Band that evolved and influenced as much as The Beatles. It's an American band. The first multi-racial band in the USA in the 60s. Busted, jailed, dead or found God. This band had it all. Preffered to rehearse and play locally whilst sitting on contracts and not doing the 'rock band scenario'...they gave The Doors their resident gig at Hollywood's 'Whisky-A-Gogo" to write and rehearse and probably smoke and rehearse.... The best writers, the best attuned band. My favourite all time Band, with writers as good as Lennon-McCartney in the McLean and the irreplacable Arthur Lee. RIP my friends. LOVE (with Hendrix) 5 String Serenade: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXY7T...eature=related Hendrix and Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrwch...eature=related Arthur's last tour - reformed Love (Baby Lemonade): Glastonbury Festival 2003 after Arthur came out of prison.Dying of luekemia. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pRxXHn64DM This is the time............

January 28th, 2012, 12:39 PM	#27
Cheekymonkey Vintage Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Wherever I Lay My Toupee Posts: 694 Thanks: 3,062 Thanked 14,875 Times in 686 Posts	For mass appeal, influence, and relevance has to be The Beatles, agreed. The simple, classic songwriting compositions are peerless. The Rolling Stones get the the vote for their longevity - still going strong and filling stadiums worldwide! Of the two, I preferred the Stones for being more badass rock and roll. Ironically, the Beatles were too, but Epstein 'cleaned them up' and packaged them. But my Best Band is Led Zeppelin for pure, raw, energy, power and grace. Plant's voice was otherworldly, Page was am absolute wizard with sound and technique (in my top 3 guitarists), Bonham was an unparalleled powerhouse on the kit, banging out some of the most complex funk driven rhythms, and Jones was no slouch on bass and organ. The forerunners of metal. Check out the DVD (live shows) - no-one will play shows like this ever again! At the heart of all these bands were the writing teams - Lennon/ McCartney, Jagger/ Richards, and Page/Plant - but let's hear it for the unsung hero, the extra member, without which there would not have been as much 'creativity' - the Drugs! Let's hear it for the drugs. I am not advocating drug use - I do not indulge myself - but would any of these bands have been the same bands we are all nominating here without them?

January 28th, 2012, 01:08 PM	#28
steve40 Vintage Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: here at vef Posts: 824 Thanks: 5,616 Thanked 8,815 Times in 778 Posts	pink floyd

February 1st, 2012, 08:17 PM	#30
jedimasterjeff Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 175 Thanks: 2,487 Thanked 4,647 Times in 168 Posts	Its all a matter of opinion so nobody's wrong or right. My personal fave being The Doors.