toldailytopic: Which rock band was/is the greatest of all time?

[Nathon Detroit]

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto Mata o hima de ...

:chuckle:

Ackkkkk!

 

[Buzzword]

My parents were fairly strict, so I didn't get to go to rock concerts. The only concerts I ever went to as an adult were Kenny Rogers and Chicago.

I didn't even have an interest in classic rock until my wife and I started dating, so I got to discover Queen, Zeppelin, Styx, ELO, ELP, BTO, Bob Seger, Boston, Kansas, AC/DC, .38 Special, Argent, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Aerosmith, Bad Company, REO Speedwagon, Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, Chicago, CCR, Hendrix, Grand Funk Railroad, Journey, Steve Miller Band, The Allman Brothers, The Who, The Guess Who, The Black Crowes, Van Halen, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, ZZ Top.....as an adult, all on their own aesthetic awesomeness.

My first rock concert was this past May.
Saw Styx, REO Speedwagon, and (for some twisted reason) Ted Nugent.

 

[Selaphiel]

King Crimson

 

[TomO]

AC/DC? There great; but had a tendency to be too formulaic IMO.

Yeah, but when the formula used also happens to be the formula for Awesome...It's not a bad thing. :nono:

 

[ragTagblues]

King Crimson

Ahhh these guys were ace, love them!

I think just to throw in another name into my list The Police possibly!

 

[Quincy]

I've been to countless rock concerts, but I don't think bands like Three Days Grace, Papa Roach, Seether qualify for this list :nono: I've never seen any of the really great bands live.

I think U2 is a good band worth considering.

 

[HisServant]

King Crimson

i've been listening to a lot of KC on my pandora channel lately.. them, Yes and Peter Gabriel.

 

[CabinetMaker]

:shocked: Are you trying to give me a brain aneurism?

Nope. Just a Blue Collar Man that knows what he likes.

 

[steko]

Quote:
Originally Posted by CabinetMaker
I thought Styx was great

:shocked: Are you trying to give me a brain aneurism?

Styx? Is that that guy with th' puny voice who's trying to sound like he has a 'big' voice?

 

[Nathon Detroit]

Nope. Just a Blue Collar Man that knows what he likes.

I'm just teasin ya!

 

[Silent Hunter]

The Alan Parsons Project

((will destroy Washington, D.C.))

 

[ragTagblues]

Yeah, but when the formula used also happens to be the formula for Awesome...It's not a bad thing. :nono:

But they need to put the awesome seasoning down and start using the legendary jerk spice . . . .

 

[CabinetMaker]

I'm just teasin ya!

I know, I just couldn't resist the Blue Collar pun.

 

[sky.]

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

 

[Lighthouse]

No???? REALLY???? :doh:

It was something to say.

 

[Breathe]

Zeppelin

This.

 

[Tambora]

The Beatles
The Rolling Stones

 

[sky.]

It was something to say.

Who taught you that? :chuckle:

 

[Vaquero45]

Among realistic candidates, I think the Rolling Stones did the "rock band" thing the greatest, they'd be the standard.



In my own view, Judas Priest would be it, very closely followed by Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden. I'm really getting in to Blue Oyster Cult recently too tho'. Tons of great bands, I don't think Knight was looking for lists here but it's hard to avoid that side-trail.

 

[Ed Walton]

Derrick & The Dominos is my favorite.
But if it has to be a rockband I’ll go with Fleetwood Mac; I use to buy everything, with a picture of Stevie Nicks on the cover.