Top Five Rock Bands Of All Time

Dr. Spec
Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
edited September 2004 in Music & Movies
This was harder to choose than I thought. Hopefully not many will argue with the top five, but there are SO many candidates for honorable mention.

Here's my vote (not in any particular order):

1) Aerosmith
2) Led Zeppelin
3) Rolling Stones
4) AC/DC
5) The Who

Honorable Mention (no particular order):

1) Van Halen
2) Pink Floyd
3) Boston
4) Foreigner
5) Bruce Springsteen
"What we do in life echoes in eternity"

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  • scottvamp
    scottvamp Posts: 3,277
    edited July 2004
    From 1979 and under right..........:rolleyes:

    Sepultura (pre brother split)
    Black Sabbath
    Korn
    Metallica (black back)
    White Zombie

    Oooooo ya,
    and the Beatles and Elvis and stuff.....
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  • pjdami
    pjdami Posts: 1,894
    edited July 2004
    These are my personal favorite top five bands (not necessarily the bands that may be the top five of all time):

    1) Led Zeppelin (none other)
    2) Pink Floyd
    3) Rush
    4) Styx
    5) Journey

    Honorable Mention:

    1) Eagles
    2) U2
    3) The Beatles
    4) Black Sabbath
    5) Queen
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited July 2004
    Can I add Steve Miller Band for honorable mention?
    Never Forget
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,907
    edited July 2004
    1. Rolling Stones
    2. Beatles
    3. Led Zeppelin
    4. The Doors
    5. Jimi Hendrix

    Honorable mention

    1. Pink Floyd
    2. Steely Dan
    3. The Who
    4. Rush
    5. Kansas
    6. Jethro Tull
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  • TheReaper
    TheReaper Posts: 636
    edited July 2004
    Steppenwolf
    Led Zeppelin
    Mountain
    Pink Floyd
    Black Sabath

    Honorable Mention:

    The Who
    Rolling Stones
    Queen
    Deep Purple
    Grand Funk Railroad
    Jethro Tull
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited July 2004
    1. Rolling stones
    2. the Beatles
    3. Led Zeppelin
    4. Queen
    5. Heart
    (Heart has had 21 top 40 hits in their career)


    HM

    Journey
    Eagles
    Jimi Hendrix
    U2
    Fleetwood Mac
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  • Dr. Spec
    Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
    edited July 2004
    Some GREAT honorable mentions. I suppose I should have listed the Grateful Dead at the outset, but I'm not sure they qualified as a rock band. Ditto for The Beatles (absolutely HUGE following world wide).

    The whole point of "All Time" is to list the bands that have gone the distance by meeting at least one or two criteria like album sales, chart toppers, decades of concerts, a global fan base, and instantly recognizable hits.

    Sure, the bands I listed are a bunch of aging (or dead) rockers, but their material has withstood the test of time and still gets airplay. Is there a rock station worth its salt that doesn't have things like "Gettin' The Led Out" tribute weekends?

    There might be bands that each of us personally think are the greatest, but in 25 years will they still be getting air time on classic rock stations?

    Good call on Sabbath and Metallica, Scott, but don't they fall into the Heavy Metal genre more than Rock?
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited July 2004
    I'm not old or learned enough to have the right perspective to come up with an appropriate list for ALL TIME, but, I do know that any list that doesn't have Led Zep in the top five is fundamentally incorrect.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited July 2004
    Being an 80's man...

    Oingo Boingo
    Depeche Mode
    Duran Duran
    Bon Jovi
    A-ha

    HM's
    Missing Persons
    Bestie Boys
    Midnight Oil
    Flock Of Seagulls
    Dead or Alive
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited July 2004
    Best

    Beatles
    Rolling Stones
    Allman Brothers
    Eagles
    Led Zeppelin

    Honorable Mention

    AC/DC
    Beach Boys
    The Who
    CSNY
    Van Halen
    ZZ Top
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited July 2004
    Best:
    1. Led Zeppelin
    2. Eagles
    3. Bad Company
    4. Rush
    5. Heart

    Honorable:
    1. Journey
    2. Styx
    3. AC/DC
    4. Aerosmith
    5. Kansas
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  • tryrrthg
    tryrrthg Posts: 1,896
    edited July 2004
    1. The might Zeppelin
    2. The Beatles
    3. Metallica (Simply because they're my favorite band)
    4. Pearl Jam (also a favorite of mine)
    5. The Stones

    Honorable Mention

    Guns N Roses (could have been great if Axl wasn't such an ****
    Nirvana
    Skynyrd
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  • dcarlson
    dcarlson Posts: 1,740
    edited July 2004
    Zep
    Stones
    Some Neil Young
    AC/DC

    Pearl Jam for sure. They're one of the very few bands from the 90's that have staying power. They put on a great show and totally cater to their fans.
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  • scottvamp
    scottvamp Posts: 3,277
    edited July 2004
    Originally posted by Ron-P
    Being an 80's man...

    Oingo Boingo
    Depeche Mode
    Duran Duran

    Ron - ya da man!
    Huge DM fan. Just bought DD greatest hits collection - SWEET!!
    (all see whats is) aaahhh the PB2+
    And Ron I hate to catorgirize with but the CURE, man early 80's stuff - insane, way ahead of thier time......... Almost Pink Floydish but better!!!!
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  • Kpt_Krunch
    Kpt_Krunch Posts: 52
    edited July 2004
    Great thread - here goes:

    Top 5 (in no particular order)

    Led Zep
    Rush
    Rolling Stones
    AC/DC
    The Who

    Others who deserve an HM:

    Black Sabbath
    U2
    Nirvana
    The Band
    Deep Purple

    Other notables who are not a 'Rock Band':

    Stevie Ray Vaughn
    Jimmy Hendrix
    Neil Young (well, if you count Crazy Horse then a band)
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited July 2004
    And Ron I hate to catorgirize with but the CURE, man early 80's stuff - insane, way ahead of thier time......... Almost Pink Floydish but better!!!!
    Agreed Scott. I saw The Cure in concert back in the mid-80's. Lawn seats at the Irvine Ampitheater. Their music was outstanding.
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,907
    edited July 2004
    Why isn't Hendrix a rock band? :confused:
    He did have other band members ya know!
    Maybe we should have said 'The Jimi Hendrix Experience'.
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  • gmorris
    gmorris Posts: 1,179
    edited July 2004
    Here are some bands that are NOT my favorites, but should be mentioned.

    Motley Crew
    Simon & Garfunkle (not sure if Rock, but kinda?)
    Elvis
    The Eagles (didn't see them, could be up there, I'm lazy, sorry)
    Hanson (to see if you're paying attention)
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  • gmorris
    gmorris Posts: 1,179
    edited July 2004
    AND THE GREATEST ROCK BAND OUT TODAY!!!

    AUDIOSLAVE!!!!!!!!!:D :D:D
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited July 2004
    Simon and Garfunkle. are considered to be folk music. great stuff..
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  • PolkWannabie
    PolkWannabie Posts: 2,763
    edited July 2004
    In no particular order ...

    Beatles
    Blind Faith
    Bruce Springsteen
    CSN&Y
    Jethro Tull
    Jimi Hendrix
    Led Zeplin
    Pink Floyd
    Rolling Stones
    Who

    I know ... can't count ... but I didn't want to have to decide which were below the line ...
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited July 2004
    Originally posted by Ron-P

    Oingo Boingo
    I bet Danny Elfman would like to forget those years :D
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  • gmorris
    gmorris Posts: 1,179
    edited July 2004
    Since almost everyone has taken the original question to mean Greatest Classic Rock Bands of all time, I'm going to throw out some bands from the last 10 years.

    Incubus
    Stone Temple Pilots
    [edit]
    Coldplay
    White Stripes
    Tenacious D;)
    Rage Against the Machine
    of course Metallic, can't believe tryrrthg is the only one to say that
    Smashing Pumpkins:D
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited July 2004
    Originally posted by gmorris

    Oasis



    ummmm no....:confused:
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  • gmorris
    gmorris Posts: 1,179
    edited July 2004
    Originally posted by danger boy
    ummmm no....:confused:

    You know what, your right... I didn't mean to type that, I don't know what I was thinking. I'm going to edit that right the hell out of there. Thanks, you kept me from looking like an idiot.
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,907
    edited July 2004
    Since almost everyone has taken the original question to mean Greatest Classic Rock Bands of all time

    I don't think everyone necessarily took it to mean the greatest classic rock bands of all time. It just turns out that that's the era all the greatest bands happened to come from :cool:
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  • mrmusicman
    mrmusicman Posts: 303
    edited July 2004
    I would like to add:

    Paul Mcartney & Wings
    Elton John
    Y & T
    Kiss
    Ted Nugent


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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited July 2004
    who is Y & T?
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited July 2004
    Originally posted by gmorris
    You know what, your right... I didn't mean to type that, I don't know what I was thinking. I'm going to edit that right the hell out of there. Thanks, you kept me from looking like an idiot.

    just watching out for my peeps. ;)
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited July 2004
    has anyone even mentioned Nirvana yet?

    i think they rank somewhere in this list, or should.
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