Your top 5 rock bands, all time?

[IndianaJones]

Mine:

1. The Rolling Stones
2. The Clash
3. The Beatles
4. Pink Floyd
5. Led Zeppelin.

[datasuspect]

1. 1. the jimi hendrix experience

2. the cream

3. the blue cheer

4. thin lizzy

5. led zeppelin

[flvegan]

2. My five

1. Rise Against
2. Faith No More
3. AC/DC
4. The Cult
5. Rage Against the Machine

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. Floyd, Rush, Yes, Zappa, and the last always varies. It's Tull now.

Sometimes it's Zeppelin, sometimes Genesis, sometimes Fripp. I have a list of maybe ten or so bands that rotate in this category.

But Floyd, Rush, Zappa, and Yes are always at the top.

[AllegroRondo]

14. Nearly identical to mine

Floyd, Rush, Zappa, Zepplin, and the Beatles.

[Initech]

4. Zappa, Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, Tool, and Parliamnet/Funkadelic

I know the last one isn't like any of the others mentioned but George Clinton rules, damn it! :headbang:

[Alexander]

15. Isn't Dream Theater more of a metal band?

I was going to include them but was hesitant to do so on a rock thread.

[Initech]

16. Yeah, they are metal.

But they still rock. I'm going to see them tonight so I thought I would include them on the list.

[begin_within]

5. Beatles, Stones, Doors, Zeppelin, Who

if 6 were allowed I would include Pink Floyd. If 6 were 9, I would include the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Yes, and Cream

[SoxFan]

6. Guess when I gre up ;)

1. U2
2. Beatles
3. REM before Scott Litt ruined them
4. Waterboys
5. Steve Earle and the Dukes

Honorable Mentions: The Kinks, The Alarm, The Cure, Jason and the Scorchers, Echo & the Bunnymen, Pogues

[Common Sense Party]

57. When did Scott Litt ruin them?

I stopped listening after "Automatic For The People." That album mostly sucked.

But I loved everything they had done up until then. Can't listen to anything since.

I'd be curious to know when you think they jumped the shark.

[SKKY]

93. New Adventures in Hi-Fi, and everything after that...

...has pretty much sucked ass, IMHO.

[fudge stripe cookays]

94. I"m with Blue Dog.

My husband and I always argue about which is better...old REM, or the new REM (when you can understand what Michael Stipe is saying).

Document was when they jumped the shark for me.

[Alexander]

7. Rolling Stones, Yes, King Crimson, Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel.

In approximately that order.

Followed closely by Queen, Rush, Radiohead, Zappa and Jethro Tull.

[redqueen]

8. Pink Floyd

The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Genesis
Radiohead

(no set order)

[tool_of_the_people]

9. I can't disagree with IndianaJones

except maybe the order:

1. The Beatles
2. The Rolling Stones
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Pink Floyd
5. The Clash.

[Zavulon]

10. Mine

Foghat
Rush
Deep Purple
Queensryche
Aerosmith (before they went pop)

[chieftain]

11. Here are my 5:

Beatles
Pink Floyd
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Jefferson Airplane
U2

[ghostsofgiants]

12. Refused, Bad Brains, Fugazi, At The Drive-In, Alexisonfire

Maybe.

[ghostsofgiants]

31. Actually, drop Alexisonfire, add Hüsker Dü.

[BlooInBloo]

13. Remove Clash, and replace with Queen, and I'm down....

EDIT: I'm not a fan of either the Beatles or Floyd, but I know everyone else in the world is, and I don't feel like arguing the point.

[flying rabbit]

17. Floyd

Followed by Zeppelin, AC/DC, The Doors and The Stones.

[MilesColtrane]

18. In no order...

Led Zeppelin
Beatles
The Who
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Rolling Stones

[speedoo]

19. In no particular order:

Top 5:

The Band
Allman Brothers Band
Beatles
Stones
The Who

next 5:

Bruce and The E Street Band
Ramones
Clash
Fleetwood Mac (various versions, but excluding the current band w/o Christine McVie)
Dylan's Highway 61 Band, (who recorded the greatest rock record of all time):
Bob Dylan -- Guitar, Harmonica, Piano and Police Car
Michael Bloomfield -- Guitar
Alan Kooper -- Organ and Piano
Paul Griffin -- Piano and Organ
Bobby Gregg -- Drums
Harvey Goldstein -- Bass
Charley McCoy -- Guitar
Frank Owens -- Piano
Russ Savakus -- Bass

[MissMillie]

20. I'll play

The Beatles
The Moody Blues
Yes
Electric Light Orchestra
Crowded House




(These are BANDS. Solo acts are an entirely different matter, altogether.)

[Blue_In_AK]

68. Oh, I love the Moody Blues, too

I forgot about them for a minute.

[Burma Jones]

21. All Time Bands????

The Beatles
The Grateful Dead
Pink Floyd
The Who
The Ramones


Individuals:

Chuck Berry
Elvis Presley
Jerry Lee Lewis
Bob Dylan
Jimi Hendrix

[GumboYaYa]

23. Finaly, The Ramones

My list is very close to yours, but I would probably exchange The Clash for The Who.

[SaveElmer]

22. Beatles, The Who, Queen, Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band...

I know that last one is a little iffy, but he did his best work with the E Streeters...

[Bjornsdotter]

26. Omg

...our lists are the same!

:toast:

[SaveElmer]

28. Great minds don't ya know...nt

[ok_cpu]

51. I'd replace The Who and Queen with Radiohead and Genesis

But we're 60% in agreement.

:hi:

[GardeningGal]

24. Mine....in no particular order

Rolling Stones
Beatles
The Who
Yes
Pink Floyd

[Bjornsdotter]

25. Here goes..

...not in any certain order

The Beatles
Queen
The Rolling Stones
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
The Who


:toast:

[HuskerDU]

27. Top 5

1. New York Dolls
2. Heartbreakers
3. Rolling Stones
4. Minutemen
5. Hanoi Rocks

* The above opinions in no way reflect the opinions of Mould, Hart and Norton.

[ghostsofgiants]

32. I assume, based on the New York Dolls, that you're referring to Thunders/Hell's Heartbreakers...

And not Tom Petty's, haha.

[HuskerDU]

40. You'd be correct!

Petty stole the name Heartbreakers. I don't think that Johnny even cared.

I love the Hell era Heartbreakers, but that didn't last too long. The classic 'breakers line-up was even better IMO: Thunders, Nolan, Lure and Rath.

[mitchum]

45. But Johnny stole Heartbreakers from a 50s revival group playing around New York...

apparently LAMF actually stands for "Larcenous Ass Motherfucker"
:)
I also agree with you that the Johnny, Jerry, Walter, and Billy line up was even better than the Hell era

[HuskerDU]

46. Hahahaha!

That's what I loved about Thunders- he stole from the best!

[Onceuponalife]

29. my list:

1. The Beatles
2. The Who
3. Fleetwood Mac (I'm the only one listing them??? What's up with that?)
4. Pink Floyd
5. Bob Dylan and The Band

Honorable mentions...

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
The Ramones
NOFX
Crass
The Rolling Stones (even though I don't like a lot of their songs, there's still so many that I DO like)
The Moody Blues
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Dropkick Murphys
Jefferson Airplane
CSN&Y
Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Dead Kennedys
World Party
Soul Asylum
The Drifters


I could go on all day, but I'll spare ya.

[acmavm]

64. There's not one band on your list that I would disagree with but I would

throw in Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention and Eric Burdon and the Animals.

edit: Oh my gosh, I forgot Little Feat and Steely Dan.

There is no way to limit it to just 5.

[enigmatic]

30. 5

Slint


Television


Rocket From The Tombs


The Silos


But Uncle Tupelo will always be my favorite:



And this is why:

http://recluseshow.blogspot.com/2007/02/lets-start-off-with-bang.html

[tigereye]

50. that is a mighty fine list!

[enigmatic]

53. thanks

I almost put Richmond Fontaine on the list (and should have, really), but I got the new Silos CD and it's their best record since "Hasta La Victoria"...

[LynneSin]

33. 1: Led Zeppelin, 2: Queen, 3: Pink Floyd, 4: Yes, 5: Electric Light Orchestra

6: David Bowie
7: King Crimson
8: Green Day
9: Moody Blues
10: Radiohead

Honorable Mention to:

Beatles, Pearl Jam, Rush, Steve Miller, Jethro Tull, Stone Temple Pilot, U2, XTC, Nine Inch Nails

BTW - when I say something like 'Led Zeppelin' that includes all the solo work, group collaberations (IE Page & Plant from the mid-90s but NOT Coverdale-Page) and even Jason Bonham)

[taterguy]

35. Does it include John Paul Jones picking bluegrass?

[LynneSin]

62. Oh hell Yes

:loveya:

[greendog]

34. The Band, Fairport Convention, The Flying Burrito Brothers...

The Byrds, Led Zep.

[applegrove]

36. Rolling Stones, U2, Beatles, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, and Chicago

[bedpanartist]

37. I would feel much more comfortable with say, 50, but here goes, not necessarily in this order

The Ass Ponys. I've never heard a bad Ass Ponys song, and the great ones rank this now retired Southwestern Ohio superband, and it's leader and founder Chuck Cleaver, with six recordings of some of the greatest American songs ever penned.

"The Okra Years is among the finest Alternative Rock releases of 2006. Not only is the music brilliant, but Cleaver's assemblage of songs is tremendously satisfying, creating a roller-coaster ride of chilling, brooding pieces that allow the listener to tumble into the psychotic aspects of relationships, and then speed things up to ascend peaks of wry, eccentric humor. And the cover art is mostly Cleaver originals nicked from show flyers when the band was making their way through the tumultuous club scene of the South and Northeast.

While my friend Kara was all wet about The Ass Pony's being the reincarnation of The Velvets, she was spot on about the genius this band displayed from their early days. The Ass Ponys may never be the seminal influence the Velvets were, but in their own way, Chuck Cleaver and his mates allowed alternative rock to take giant strides in an industry that tends to eschew anything that doesn't have commercial appeal. For that, and the originality they so consistently offered, the have my undying gratitude."

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/05/17/054750.php


Mojo Nixon and the Toadliquors



On an hot Saturday night in a smoky, liquor and beer soaked music club (I always saw Mojo at the Canal Street Tavern in Dayton, Ohio), it's pretty hard to find a band that was as entertaining and flat out rocking while delivering spot-on social commentary and hilarity that you could dance to. I'll never forget rocking out to "Debby Gibson is Pregnant with my Two Headed Love Child, or the prophetic American anthem and call to action "Burn Down the Malls" while Mojo sweated like an Arkansas Razorback just a couple of feet away.

Half Japaneese



From Wikipiedia: Half Japanese is a seminal punk rock band formed by brothers Jad and David Fair in their Uniontown, Maryland bedroom around 1975 - 1977 along with Mark Jickling and the Dreyfuss brothers:Ricky and John. Like The Shaggs, the Fair brothers were self-taught and thoroughly unconventional musicians; their early raw, unvarnished sound careened between naïvely amateurish-sounding noodling, primitivism and avant-garde experimentation. Jad is most known for making a mockery of musicians by pretending to play guitar which after thirty years, he is still not playing in an orthodox way. An actual guitarist for his band even commented in their documentary that he knows "one or two" chords.

Frank Zappa and the Mother's of Invention:



Quite simply, Zappa was the most talented American of the 20th century. In the words of drummer Terry Bozio, "he could have been a phenomenal superstar in probably 10 or more different fields." He is certainly missed.

I caught the Zappa plays Zappa show in Columbus, Ohio last night and it was amazing. His music is still way ahead of the times.

Slayer



They rocked so hard that fans carved their logo into their skin with razor blades.

[mitchum]

38. Rolling Stones, Velvet Underground, Television, Roxy Music, Stooges

[AnotherGreenWorld]

80. good selection

have you heard the bootleg "Television: Television With Brian Eno"?

[MrSlayer]

39. Slayer, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Jane's Addiction.

In that order.

[Va Lefty]

41. Top 5 Bands:

1) The Beatles
2) The Who
3) The Clash
4) AC/DC
5) Steely Dan

[LibraLiz1973]

42. Foo Fighters, Bruce & The E St Band, The Who, Alice in Chains, Fleetwood Mac

Honorable Mentions:

Pink Floyd
The Cult
U2
Journey
Tom Petty

[MrScorpio]

43. Mine

1. Led Zep
2. Stones
3. Jeff Beck Group
4. Van Halen (DLR only)
5. The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Hon Ment: The Doors

[benny05]

44. Jeez, you nailed 3 of 5 my favs

All of them British. How interesting.

Rolling Stones, Beatles, Zepplin, for sure.

I think the other ones are Eric Clapton (in his various bands and solo) and Elton John.

[KG]

47. my youth: zep, floyd, dead, boston, aerosmith

[FarLeftRage]

48. Here T'is

5. The Yardbirds


4. Joy Divsion


3. The Clash


2. The Beatles


1. The Velvet Underground

[ghostsofgiants]

56. Joy Division, nice.

[Joey Liberal]

49. Here's my list

1. The Rolling Stones
2. The Beatles
3. Aerosmith
4. The Eagles
5. AC/DC (with Bon Scott)

[tigereye]

52. let's make it 10

Television
The Who
The Clash
Velvet Underground
Patti Smith Group
The Ramones
Scrawl
Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
The Minutemen

it's very hard to pick 10, let alone 5!

and I suspect if I had more time to think, the list would be very different.

[opiate69]

54. Beatles, Black Sabbath, Tull, Tool and Rush.

[Zomby Woof]

55. ZombyFive

1. Lynyrd Skynyrd

2. Bob Dylan

3. Frank Zappa

4. Neil Young

5. Creedence Clearwater Revival

[Common Sense Party]

58. What...no Hanson? And no one has yet mentioned Ace of Base?

:hide:

[w8liftinglady]

59. csny

[Hippo_Tron]

60. 1. Queen, 2. Beatles, 3. Boston, 4. Guns N' Roses, 5. Styx

5 is a little iffy. Maybe Tom Petty and the Heartbrakers, Kansas, or Foreigner.

[YankeyMCC]

61. Pink Floyd

Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Boston
The Who

[CabalPowered]

63. Mine

Widespread Panic, Grateful Dead, R.E.M., Stone Roses, The The.

:)

[Lindsey]

65. Here are mine in order:

The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
U2
Led Zepplin
The Doors

[DBoon]

66. here

Cream
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Sonic Youth
Patti Smith Group
X
The Minutemen

with runners-up
Jethro Tull
Television
Mothers of Invention
Roxy Music
The Doors

[VenusRising]

69. With a name like DBoon...

It's not surprising you're a Minutemen fan.

:hi:

[DBoon]

74. I'm from San Pedro as well

Grew up in roughly the same neighborhood as they did

[Blue_In_AK]

67. Mine

Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
The Byrds
Country Joe & the Fish
Jimi Hendrix Experience

Showing my age. :)

Oh, and I would have to add 13th Floor Elevators as one of my personal faves, although they probably wouldn't make anybody's "list."

Also, CSNY, Buffalo Springfield, any combination. Too many good bands to mention. I like a lot of the choices above. I'm no Stones fan, though.

[mvd]

70. It varies

But right now:

The Beatles
The Bangles
Simon & Garfunkel
Blondie
R.E.M.

[treestar]

71. U2, the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, the Who, the Clash

This is trying to be objective rather than my personal favorites.

Why is it that the 90s and the 00s don't seem to produce rock bands of the same caliber?

[mvd]

72. Well, there ARE in my opinion

It all depends on what you like.

[treestar]

77. Who are the top 5 of the 00s?

I need to know this because I don't listen to the radio much any more!

[Skittles]

73. ok

Led Zeppelin
Beatles
Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd
Rainbow

[nyhuskyfan]

75. Some unrepresented selections

Little Feat
Grateful Dead
Rusted Root
Dave Matthews Band
David Gray

[cynatnite]

76. Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Queen, Metallica n/t

[AnotherGreenWorld]

78. 1. The Velvet Underground

2. The Beach Boys
3. Roxy Music
4. The Beatles
5. Pink Floyd

Solo:
John Cale
Brian Wilson
Leonard Cohen
Brian Eno
David Bowie

Bands I hate:

Bright Eyes
Modest Mouse
Arcade Fire
and of course Creed and Nickleback

[XemaSab]

83. Why the hate for Modest Mouse?

:wtf:

[raccoon]

79. 1. Beach Boys

2. Beatles
3. Everly Brothers
4. CCR
5. Who

[grace0418]

81. Not really *rock* per se... 1. Crowded House, 2. The Beatles, 3. The Smiths,

4. They Might Be Giants
5. The Trashcan Sinatras

At least off the top of my head. I'm sure I will think of others.

[JTG of the PRB]

82. Tough question...

Rise Against
Rage Against the Machine
Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
Radiohead

In no particular order, of course.

[kwassa]

84. Stones, Beatles, Cream, Hendrix, Talking Heads

[Bake]

85. Any list that omits the Allman Brothers is, by definition, invalid.

And just plain wrong.

Bake

[Bennyboy]

86. Mine are

The Grateful Dead
Bruce Springsteen and the E St Band

String Cheese Incident
Leftover Salmon
The Beatles, the Who, pink Floyd etc...

[ceile]

87. ok

1. The Pixies
2. Catherine Wheel
3. U2
4. New Order
5. Depeche Mode

[underpants]

88. Oasis Oasis Oasis Oasis Oasis

as heard on their live album

[IndianaJones]

91. ignored. nt.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

89. Mine:

1. Steely Dan
2. Queen (Actually a tie between Queen and Steely Dan)
3. Garbage (And not just because of Shirley.)
4. Pink Floyd
5. Yes

[MAGICBULLET]

90. Top 5

Beatles

Pixies

The Clash

Rolling Stones

Nirvana

[SKKY]

92. Here are mine:

1. U2
2. Jane's Addiction
3. The Cult
4. The Beatles
5. R. E. M.