The greatest band ever. Thoughts?

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:30 am

If you had to pick one band to be the greatest ever, who would you choose and why ?

Mine is easy. I would say hands down: PINK FLOYD - I say them because they influenced me the most, they are musical geniuses. Gilmour is the reason I picked up a guitar.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:51 am

WoW! I honestly can't say...a lot come to mind, but the greatest ever....I would have to say after careful consideration...Black Sabbath. Why? Because the first time I ever heard Sabbath Bloody Sabbath I knew I wanted to scare people...in a cool way.

todd17063 · Post by **todd17063** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:41 am

LED ZEPPELIN... Hands down one of the most evolutionary( not sure if thats even a word or maybe a Bushism) bands in the history of music..

RobTheDrummer · Post by **RobTheDrummer** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:01 am

There's no such thing.

Bag · Post by **Bag** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:43 am

Led Zeppelin.

Page- One of the best ever.
Plant- Freakish voice, started the "front man" persona that still exists today.
Jones- Possibly the most under-rated bassist ever. Also A great keyboard player.
Bonham- Brutal, pounding drums.

Metal, hard rock, blues, indy, they could do it all.

Merge · Post by **Merge** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 7:13 am

Led Zeppelin: See Bag's post for details.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 7:49 am

f.sciarrillo wrote:If you had to pick one band to be the greatest ever, who would you choose and why ?

Mine is easy. I would say hands down: PINK FLOYD - I say them because they influenced me the most, they are musical geniuses. Gilmour is the reason I picked up a guitar.

Whomever the Royal Court hired to play Mozart's work.

I guess they were a cover band?

Aside from that...Kansas. I never saw another band that could quite do what they could do.

banderson · Post by **banderson** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:44 am

The Beatles. I love them....they are not my fave of all time...BUT...They are the greatest rock band to walk earth

tornandfrayed · Post by **tornandfrayed** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:46 am

Have to go with Zeppelin on this one...

thebattle · Post by **thebattle** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:48 am

banderson wrote:The Beatles. I love them....they are not my fave of all time...BUT...They are the greatest rock band to walk earth

I totally agree i love the beatles not my fav of all time though i would love to start a beatles tribute band if i could get a group thats interested(vox here)

DirtySanchez · Post by **DirtySanchez** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:04 pm

http://www.myspace.com/poopfistband

thebattle · Post by **thebattle** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:29 pm

DirtySanchez wrote:http://www.myspace.com/poopfistband

lol is this for real?

joltinjeff · Post by **joltinjeff** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:32 pm

Wow! So many to chose from. Its hard for me to say who is actually my favorite. Being a child of the 70s and 80s I switched from genere to genere there for awhile with the exception of disco. HATED IT!
But I would have to say that bands like Thin Lizzy, GFR, Kiss, Sabbath, Zeppelin are among the top ones in my book

DirtySanchez · Post by **DirtySanchez** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:32 pm

thebattle wrote:
DirtySanchez wrote:http://www.myspace.com/poopfistband
lol is this for real?

Hardest. Band. Ever.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:34 pm

DirtySanchez wrote:
thebattle wrote:
DirtySanchez wrote:http://www.myspace.com/poopfistband
lol is this for real?
Hardest. Band. Ever.

+1

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:10 pm

RobTheDrummer wrote:There's no such thing.

This.

shredder138 · Post by **shredder138** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:21 pm

Greatest band or favorite band?

Here's my favorite

http://www.myspace.com/strungout

EyesOfAnguishbassist · Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:16 pm

Rage Against The Machine.

'Nuff said.

songsmith · Post by **songsmith** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:40 pm

Beatles. They had the most successful songwriting team in history, transcendent musical talent in any genre they tried, the first worldwide marketing strategy, and across-the-board appeal. A recent poll has them as the only musical act still ranked in the top 5 with EVERY age group, despite having disbanded nearly 40 years ago.
Pretty much all my rock heroes admit to being heavily influenced by the Beatles, and the standard answer to the interview question, "When did you decide to pursue rock music as a career?" is, "When I saw the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show."
They started out paying dues in small clubs, too, instead of being put together by Simon Cowell, which gains cred points from me.
There will never be another act to outdo the Beatles. Music is too factionalized, and careers are no longer cultivated by the music business... you do your singles, get your sales, and get out.
Like the others, I can't say they're my favorite band, but their impact is undeniable. Without the Beatles, Jimmy Page would still be playing R&B.--->JMS

4_the_pocket · Post by **4_the_pocket** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:42 pm

bassist_25 wrote:
RobTheDrummer wrote:There's no such thing.
This.

+2

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:42 pm

The beatles and Led Zepplin are not amongst my favorites, but they were very influential none the less. If you are going to add influential, you could add Elvis, Bob Wills, Hank Williams, Bill Monroe, Jimmy Hendrix, Michael Jackson, EVH, and long list of others to that list as well. When you say influential I think of the innovators - They are the ones who started the genre and they are the ones who are still mimicked today.

DrumAndDestroy · Post by **DrumAndDestroy** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:45 pm

shredder138 wrote:Greatest band or favorite band?

Here's my favorite

http://www.myspace.com/strungout

yeah man. one of my favs. i didn't really like blackhawks over los angeles for some reason, but i heard a few of the songs off their new record and i liked those. it comes out on the 29th.

Hawk · Post by **Hawk** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:55 pm

I think it would be more fitting if you said, "Best bands in their genre".

Beatles, Old Genesis, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Led Zeppelin, The Who and many more, are SO different it's apple and oranges.

But if I may only pick one: The Beatles !

nakedtwister · Post by **nakedtwister** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:38 pm

I'm with RTD on this one. You can't possibly single one out.

Flaw · Post by **Flaw** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:44 pm

nakedtwister wrote:I'm with RTD on this one. You can't possibly single one out.

i agree this could be debated on and on, but are the bands mentioned truly the greatest or are they the most inspirational bands of all time. I mean the beatles sold more records then the band mentioned strung out but strung out is more talented. I do enjoy reading the opinions tho

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