Books, Movies, Music & Entertainment - The Best Band of all Time is...

Yes very subjective and so many great ones over the years. Here's the group I think of when I think all time, in no particular order:

allman brothers
Lynyrd Skynyrd
bruce springsteen and the e street band
zeppellin
rolling stones
beatles
U2
eagles
cream with clapton
pink floyd

undoubetly Metallica. They need to stop ruining the good days with their new crap music already.
Fixed.
I know this is old, but oh well.

Damn, you guys listen to some crap.

Uncle Tupelo
Son Volt
Calexico
Cracker
Neko Case
Jenny Lewis
Slaid Cleaves
The Band
CCR

And for Pete's sake no one mentioned Neil or Dylan?

I like the Band of Gypsies choice, Hendrix at his peak. But for durability and sheer eclecticism, and genius fusion of American music styles, it's Little Feat.



We talkin strickly American ?.. okay.


That's pretty easy actually.




3. Coltrane: the classic quartet.

2. Hendrix: A band of Gypsys

1. Fishbone.



All done!

Just American, my a**....

Scorpions
Parliament
'Zep'
Black Sabbath
Temptations (pre-'75)
Heart (Nancy can BEND a guitar, and Ann could sing better than Tracy Lords could ****)
Twisted Sister

Radiohead for me

Of course there's no way of determining "best". With that disclaimer, I'll have to nominate the Beatles. At least in the baby boom era. If for nothing else besides their influence on everyone else.

But when you consider entire careers, my favorite can only be The Who. I have a great deal of respect for The Rolling Stones, too.

After these Big Three some honorable mentions should go out to The Guess Who, the Alice Cooper band and The Lovin' Spoonful.

No-one has mentioned one of the most influential rock and roll bands of all time... their 1969 live album "Silent but Deadly" is easily the equal of Frampton Comes Alive and "The Incredible Flight of Icarus P. Anybody (1969)" was surely an influence on the Who's later work.

Their body of work now spans over 40 years.

We are of course talking about Nigel, Derek, and David... better known as Spinal Tap.

The Beatles!

Miles Davis Quintet 65-68

herbie, wayne, ron, tony & miles are definitely in the running...

Tool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDlC7oG_2W4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiV_ue-PbL4

Bad Religion. AYHSMB

here's my question...who's the greatest american group??
i hereby nominate the byrds.

........... Herb Alpert :D

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I'm a mostly classic rock kinda guy, but I played the trumpet all through school. I wore out a couple of Herb Alpert albums when I was a kid. I was also always a big Doc Severenson fan. Also liked Chuck Mangione when he was popular.

Rick Astley.

:roflmao2::roflmao2::roflmao2:

Beatles.

But jazz groups have to be in a different category... and too many to choose from... for me. Can't argue with Miles Davis or Coltrane.

I have a special place for Art Tatum, esp. when he teamed with Ben Webster

Queen.

Is Celine Dion a band?

Is Celine Dion a band?

Celine Dion is a band of mutually symbiotic organisms in an envelope of mostly water.

I'm with Erick and Poppa,

King Crimson!

Prince, Talking Heads, Birthday Party/Bad Seeds, Iron Maiden, Fleetwood Mac are some other faves.

I'm just going by outfits that I've kept the most records by and can listen to them over and over for the rest of time.

Round Wave Crusher!

Steely Dan gets my vote. Always interesting lyrics coupled with opo/jazz/funk/rock like no one else...

Mountain

If only Felix had not bought his wife a gun...........

Roxy Music.

Of course after Brian Eno left the flavor of the music changed but Bryan Ferry's vocals, Phil Manzanera's guitar and Andy sax and oboe still made magic. Songs like "Both Ends Burning" "Editions of You" and "A Song for Europe" are passionate, witty and enduring.

Steely Dan.

Donald Fagen and Walter Becker brought sonic sophistication and lyric poetry to the masses. Solid Quality. Funny, Brutal and Mysterious.

Exodus = best metal band ever. Motorhead= best hard rock band ever. Ministry= best Industrial type ever.

Metallica= thieves, connivers and liars. I must admit though, the one of the many songs they stole called 'Blitzkrieg' was a pretty good version.

P.S. Metallica does not make the top twenty for what it's worth either.;)
Actually, Metallica is (or were) on top of the pile for quite a while. People just don't realize what kind of thieves, connivers and liars they truly are.

Metallica is way up there for Blackened alone. GREAT, great song. They could have stolen every other song they've ever done and I'd still think they were awesome for that.

However, Mustaine > Hammett.

Exodus is fly, but I prefer their new stuff to their old.

As far as straight up thrash goes, methinks one of the crowning achievements (besides the excellence that is BLACKENED) is Annihilator's Never Neverland album.

My opinions have changed since I posted this thread. I no longer think Metallica is the best and I have no idea what band is the best overall. I will say Mastodon is a bunch of crunchy mofowkas tho. Sooooo good.

The best band ever as far as total musicality has got to be The Grateful Dead.

Great rock bands:
Rolling Stones, Metallica, The Beatles, The Who, The Clash, Clutch, Black Flag, The Descendants, Radiohead, Anything with Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix or Jack White, Dead Kennedys, Black Crowes, U2 and so on...

Whatever is playing normally. When you have a few hundred LPs alone I think it's pointless and my biggest concern is will the artist be ALIVE before have a chance to I see them?

The best band ever as far as total musicality has got to be The Grateful Dead.

Great rock bands:
Rolling Stones, Metallica, The Beatles, The Who, The Clash, Clutch, Black Flag, The Descendants, Radiohead, Anything with Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix or Jack White, Dead Kennedys, Black Crowes, U2 and so on...

I would rather be deaf than to listen to the dead.

I would rather be deaf than to listen to the dead.

And yet your choice was Mountain.....

I think you are already deaf.

:love:Dave Matthews Band :love:

My vote goes to Pink Floyd. Great creativity and stage presence.

Best regards,

Mike

My vote goes to Pink Floyd. Great creativity and stage presence.

Best regards,

Mike

And yet your choice was Mountain.....

I think you are already deaf.

Huh???:D

Lot's of greats listed!

I cant just go with one...sorry
Sticks with me for years - Stan Ridgeway/Wall of Voodoo
With my wife - The Beatles
With my wild freinds - The Dead Milkmen
With High School Freinds - Comander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen, Vintage Talking Heads
Alone - Classical - Divinyls - English Beat - Heptones - Johnny Cash
Oh he!! I can't do it. It's like saying whats my favorite food.

Lot's of greats listed!

I cant just go with one...sorry
Sticks with me for years - Stan Ridgeway/Wall of Voodoo
With my wife - The Beatles
With my wild freinds - The Dead Milkmen
With High School Freinds - Comander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen, Vintage Talking Heads
Alone - Classical - Divinyls - English Beat - Heptones - Johnny Cash
Oh he!! I can't do it. It's like saying whats my favorite food.

Dude, the Dead Milkmen are awesome. Stuart, Beach Party Vietnam, *****in' Camero...

undoubetly Metallica. Their new CD needs to come out already.

Your favorite band sucks.

My vote goes to Pink Floyd. Great creativity and stage presence.

If, by stage presence, you mean huge, anatomically correct pig balloons floating around the arena, you are correct.

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I'm a mostly classic rock kinda guy, but I played the trumpet all through school. I wore out a couple of Herb Alpert albums when I was a kid. I was also always a big Doc Severenson fan. Also liked Chuck Mangione when he was popular.
I played trumpet in school also. That is probably why over the years, I have listened to a lot of Herb A., Doc S. and Chuck M. and other great horn players.
Oh yeah, I also relly liked the "Whipped Cream and Other Delights" album by Herb Alpert when it came out. I was about 13. When my parents bought that album, the National Geographics faded to the shelf.

yeah yeah yeahs are my favorite band. followed by sigur ros, radiohead, and the strokes.

Pink Floyd definitely one of my favorite.

I'll throw in my selection for Pearl Jam. I've been a die-hard fan for about 13 years now, this was after their 5th album(Yield) because during their prime years(Ten, Vs and Vitalogy era) I was still a pre-teen. There was just something about Vedder's lyrics that caught my attention during my teens.

There was a 3-year period between 1998-2002 where I exclusively listened to them. I was a little bit obsessive... ;)

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