I think that in order to be a "Great Rock Band", you must continue to tour, or be dead. That why I will include Jimmy hedrix, but Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, and many others certainly won't be on my list, because their bands as a whole abandoned their fans. GNR is a good example, because I find Velvet Revolver to be nothing more than a continuation of STP. So heres my list:

-AC/DC
-Metallica
-Rush
-Van Halen
-Motley Crue
-Steppenwolf
-The Doors
-Jimmy Hendrix
-Megadeth
-Ted Nugent (Even though he's a moron)
-And last, and least on the list is Alice Cooper. He may be a greed driven jackass, but he still keeps his fans happy.

The post fab four Beatles
The Stones
The Who
MC5
Iggy and the Stooges
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Bob Marley and the Wailers
The Clash
Nirvana
Oasis

honorable mention; Kinks,Pistols,New York Dolls,The Velvets,Pearl Jam,Personality Crisis,
Chocolate Watchband.

'Rasher

Oasis

OASIS?!?!?! HAHAHAHHAHAAAAA ROFLMAO!!!!!

They may be on the top 10 drunkest scumbag rock bands in Manchester list, but not on the 10 greatest rock bands of all time list.

OASIS?!?!?! HAHAHAHHAHAAAAA ROFLMAO!!!!!

They may be on the top 10 drunkest scumbag rock bands in Manchester list, but not on the 10 greatest rock bands of all time list.


They aren't even the no. 1 drunk scumbag rock band from Manchester..take a bow the Happy Mondays

My top 10:

1. AC/DC
2. Pink Floyd
3. The Eagles
4. Jimi Hendrix
5. U2
6. Creedance Clearwater Revival
7. Led Zepplin
8. The Beatles
9. Fleetwood Mac
10. Black Sabbath

Micheal Bolton was a waste of talent. He is a talented singer and songwriter, but I'll agree that after "Everybody's Crazy" he sold out and went totally pop to sell albums to women.

Oh...and yes, I'm glad to see this thread didn't turn into a "flame fest" :-)

LMAO... give it time, it's only page 3 :D

They aren't even the no. 1 drunk scumbag rock band from Manchester..take a bow the Happy Mondays


Good one, yeah the Ryder boys did it up good didn't they.

I thought I'd throw Oasis in there for doing a brilliant job pissing off just about everyone...
I think attitude is what great R & R is all about.
Besides I think Noel G is a brilliant song writer.

Flame away.

Drunk scum bags? You must be refering to Green Day.

The Scorpions have been rocking hard since the 60's, but no one's heard of them.

They get more radio play than Dokken and Megadeth around here.

They get more radio play than Dokken and Megadeth around here.

I saw Dokken at Knott's Berry Farm. Can it get any lower than that? Rick Springfield at the Ventura County Fair maybe?

Sure it can. There's a band in San Francisco (The Phenomenauts, I think) that drives out to shows in a van and illegally plays on the street while people are waiting in line for the doors to open.

Ron Keel plays in a country band now. :D

Drunk scum bags? You must be refering to Green Day.
oh sorry, i left out the part about them being Junkies too.

Drunken Junkie Scumbags. Now thats Oasis

. . . Drunken Junkie Scumbags. . .

works for me

Choices to consider that are not in the never-ending-Uber-touring category (e.g. Stones, U2)

Some bands who knew when to call it a day...

Talking Heads
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Clash
The Police
Hüsker Dü
Uncle Tupelo
The Pogues
Phish (a personal favorite)

oh sorry, I left out the part about them being Junkies too.

Drunken Junkie Scumbags. Now thats Oasis

Wrong.......
Quote; " Rock and Roll isn't about laying in a corner with a needle in your arm, that's being a f*&$ed up junkie, rock and roll is about getting up on stage every night and blowing people away"

N.G. 2003

Drunken Coke heads perhaps, Junkies.. Never.

Pete Dougherty of the Libertines now there a serious Junkies. But a pretty good band none the less

Where is your list? Other than your defense of the bloated over hyped U2 what have you to offer?
Someone else posted U2 haven't had a decent album since War he's right.

Zooropa? you've got to be kidding. self indulgent tripe.....

This is suppose to be a list of ROCK and ROLL bands, did you know that?

Wrong.......
Quote; " Rock and Roll isn't about laying in a corner with a needle in your arm, that's being a f*&$ed up junkie, rock and roll is about getting up on stage every night and blowing people away"

N.G. 2003

Drunken Coke heads perhaps, Junkies.. Never.

Where is your list? Other than your defense of the bloated over hyped U2 what have you to offer?
Someone else posted U2 haven't had a decent album since War he's right.

Zooropa? you've got to be kidding. self indulgent tripe.....

This is suppose to be a list of ROCK and ROLL bands, did you know that?

so there's a difference between coke heads and junkies? not in my books..

as for my list, i dont believe there can really be a top 10, well there can, but i'm not going to compile a list because its just too hard. but to say u2 has never had a good album since war is just plain ignorant. The joshua tree for example has been consistently voted one of the best albums of all time (even though i dont like it that much)

So you dont think U2 is a ROCK and ROLL band? if so, im going to flat out call you an idiot.

As for my statement that U2 is the best live band, ill still stand by that. 240,000 tickets (for 3 concerts) sold in 50 minutes, 3.4 million tickets sold in total last year.

Im guessing, if a poll was made, U2 or Oasis, who is better, i would wager that U2 would be the more popular vote. To have Oasis on the list of top 10 R&R bands in the world is crazy. To have U2 on there, totally appropriate.

Im finished with this arguement

p.s. U2 Grammy Awards - 16 Oasis - 0

oh, and not everone thought zooropa was tripe...
from grammy.com
GRAMMY Winner U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.),artist.
Genre Alternative
GRAMMY Category Best Alternative Music Album
Year 1993 - 36th Annual GRAMMY Awards
Title of the Work Zooropa
Artist Performing Work U2

.....

Im finished with this arguement

p.s. U2 Grammy Awards - 16 Oasis - 0

oh, and not everone thought zooropa was tripe...
from grammy.com
GRAMMY Winner U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.),artist.
Genre Alternative
GRAMMY Category Best Alternative Music Album
Year 1993 - 36th Annual GRAMMY Awards
Title of the Work Zooropa
Artist Performing Work U2

Ooh.... you had him until you decided to not heed your "I'm finished with this argument" and tacked on the Post Script about .... GRAMMIES!!

Grammies are a joke and most good folk have known that long before they gave Milli Vanilli their little tropies and then asked for them back....

Your argument up to that point was good enough. Though I like Oasis, their catalog does not hold a candle to the accomplishments of U2. 20 or 50 years from now people will know U2 like they know great acts of the 50's or 60's, while Oasis will be referenced by in-the-know oldies stations and trivia experts.

[So you dont think U2 is a ROCK and ROLL band? if so, im going to flat out call you an idiot.

Read my posts I never said they weren't a ROCK and ROLL band I said they weren't a GOOD rock and roll band... If that makes me an idiot... Oh well.

Im guessing, if a poll was made, U2 or Oasis, who is better, I would wager that U2 would be the more popular vote.

Unfortunately I'll have give you that one. there is no accounting for taste though.


To have Oasis on the list of top 10 R&R bands in the world is crazy. To have U2 on there, totally appropriate.

In your world perhaps not mine


Im finished with this arguement

DITTO

p.s. U2 Grammy Awards - 16 Oasis - 0

what does that prove? remember these are the cheeseheads that voted for Jethro Tull over Metallica for the first Heavy Metal grammy? Totally out of touch.

I'm done, but this has been fun..

Oh by the way, I'm not really that fond of Oasis hence there last place position in my list,
I just like groups that aren't afraid to say F.U. and don't give a **** if you like them or not.

MC5, Stooges, Nirvana, all prime examples of real R & R bands not bag lick corporate shills.

Again it's been fun, by the way are you Irish? I'll take Stiff Little Fingers or the Pogues over U2 anyday

'Rasher

or the Pogues

Yeah! I mentioned them above. I'm talking Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash and Red Roses for Me Pogues. Anything they did with Shane McGowan was freaking awesome.

I'm going to have them play "If I Should Fall From Grace With God" at my funeral/wake whenever it may be that I pass on.

[QUOTE=CyLowe97]Yeah! I mentioned them above. I'm talking Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash and Red Roses for Me Pogues. Anything they did with Shane McGowan was freaking awesome.

Abso goddamned lutely... I've seen the Pogues play both with and without Shane, both gigs were brilliant.
although it has to be said Spider was a bit more "lucid" than Shane. The big rumor at the time was Joe Strummer fronting the band that night, a 12Hr trip to Vancouver.... No Joe, but a great gig none the less.

Wish I could have seen the Mescaleros...

RIP, Joe Strummer

Read my posts I never said they weren't a ROCK and ROLL band I said they weren't a GOOD rock and roll band... If that makes me an idiot... Oh well.

You may not have directly said they werent a ROCK and ROLL band, but you pretty much implied it with this comment
This is suppose to be a list of ROCK and ROLL bands, did you know that?
you cant blame me for questioning that comment.


what does that prove? remember these are the cheeseheads that voted for Jethro Tull over Metallica for the first Heavy Metal grammy? Totally out of touch.
it prooves a lot actually, if they only won one grammy, then i might say it was a fluke, or it was out of touch, but 16?


I'm done, but this has been fun..

Oh by the way, I'm not really that fond of Oasis hence there last place position in my list,
I just like groups that aren't afraid to say F.U. and don't give a **** if you like them or not.
.
it has been fun. And by the way, i actually dont mind Oasis, they have made an album or two that i dont actually mind, but as i said, Not in the top 10.

MC5, Stooges, Nirvana, all prime examples of real R & R bands not bag lick corporate shills..
i hope you are not assuming u2 are a bunch of bag lick corporate shills.


Again it's been fun, by the way are you Irish?
.
It has been fun, and yes, i am irish, but dont bring that into the arguement.

I'll take Stiff Little Fingers or the Pogues over U2 anyday
.
"In your world perhaps not mine" :D

So in closing, i will offer this as a peace offering. :beer:

Didn't take long for the profanity/flaming to start.

Guys/gals, it's only music and opinions. Get over it.

So in closing, i will offer this as a peace offering. :beer:

Back at ya........

Has anyone mentioned Queen?

A great rock band is one that has made an impact. If they had one album or twenty. That said Rage Aginst the Machine was a great band.

Didn't take long for the profanity/flaming to start.

Guys/gals, it's only music and opinions. Get over it.

http://gprime.net/video.php/reallifevsinternet

"Creed SUCKS! I hate you, and I hate all the bands you like!" :roflmao:

A great rock band is one that has made an impact. If they had one album or twenty. That said Rage Aginst the Machine was a great band.
In an attempt to genrate a more radio-friendly image, "Rage Against The Machine" will now be known as "Mildly Remonstrate Aginst The Machine". Sorry, I actually liked that band except for the singer.

Drunk scum bags? You must be refering to Green Day.
I regard that as an insult to drunk scumbags!

how about sonic youth? Although not widely known, almost every band today can claim being influenced by them. Same as the Stooges, Velvet Underground, and Dusty Springfield

I regard that as an insult to drunk scumbags!


LOL

Green Day are lightweights

In an attempt to genrate a more radio-friendly image, "Rage Against The Machine" will now be known as "Mildly Remonstrate Aginst The Machine". Sorry, I actually liked that band except for the singer.

I don't know anything about them,I just saw that other thread about them and thought I would..........well you know. Heck I play bluegrass.

Anyone happen to mention Kiss?

Anyone happen to mention Kiss?

No. Please, let's keep it that way. AC/DC before Kiss.

No. Please, let's keep it that way. AC/DC before Kiss.
Yeah true true, I've never liked them anyway. Sounds like there isn't many Kiss fans here (which is good).

Wow, I've read a troubling amount of dis-and/or-not-enough respect for Jimi :rolleyes:
... I still proclaim the 'band of gypsys' as the most badass, though short lived trio in the history of rock.

Also, nobody has mentioned fishbone .. -fishbone anyone? ..and Living Colour, my hat's off to them too :beer:

That can't be right, I see no mention of the 'mats at all.

That can't be right, I see no mention of the 'mats at all.

I considered them, but only up until the album Tim. After Bob Stinson left the band, it became more of a Westerberg project more than it was The Replacements (see Don't Tell A Soul and especially All Shook Down).

Let It Be was about as cool as the 80's ever got....

This is a trick question :eek:
There is only one greatest rock band !

tHe SeX PiSt0Ls !

Nothing else matters before or after !!!!!!!

Some examples of 9 other 'good' bands, however, might be.....

The New york Dolls
Rolling Stones
Avengers
Muffs
Jesus and Mary Chain
Dead Boys
Damned
Clash
X
Blackhearts
:D

Television should be on this list ;-)

The Muffs, such an underrated band . Blonder and Blonder is up there with Milo Goes To College imo.

I like post Stinson 'mats, but yeah, I see your point.