Best bands, not to be confused with best songs

[CRJR45]

Good business model....bizarro costume/makeup + loud equipment + salacious mannerisms = bazillion dollars

You forgot the fireworks! Big Booms and lots of flash !

 

[Misguided]

Stones.

 

[Cousin Basil]

Kansas

 

[noharleyyet]

The Archbishops of Testicular Snugness

Tight group

 

[44hunter45]

Hmm...

Not quantifiable.

 

[noharleyyet]

Hmm...

Not quantifiable.

Stones/Double Entendre

 

[NR_Hunter]

CCR is THE Great American Rock Band. Skynyrd is a close second.

The fact I’m the first to even mention CCR is honestly embarrassing for the HT community. Who even are you people?

 

[44hunter45]

Stones/Double Entendre

Whatever my choices, Jagger and Co. would not be on the short list. I do appreciate his head for business.

 

[NR_Hunter]

Rage Against the Machine….ok, I’m really done now

More like Rage Against Being Straight.

 

[belshawelk]

For me all based on musicianship

RUSH
Whitesnake ( with Tommy Aldrich, Stevie Vai, Rudy Sarzo), All Star musicians for one album ( Still of the Night)
RUSH
Who
Zeppelin
RUSH
Van Halen with or without Sammy.
Bad Company
Black Sabbath original lineup
RUSH
DIO with Jimmy Bain and Vivian Campbell, Vinnie Appice
Iron Maiden with Bruce

 

[Nick87]

Bob Seger and the Silver bullet band

 

[Outlaw99]

CCR is THE Great American Rock Band. Skynyrd is a close second.

The fact I’m the first to even mention CCR is honestly embarrassing for the HT community. Who even are you people?

I wrote my whole final paper on Skynyrd when I took Rock history in college. I’ve always loved the bands, but they’re one of the few bands I actually over played myself out of. I seriously listened to them so much, I actually got tired of them. That’s why they didn’t make my list

 

[Big Fin]

Lots of good ones mentioned.

As far as a combination of musical talent, vocals, lyrics, and composition, I think it is hard to beat the Eagles, even though I found them annoying in my younger years. They truly are extremely talent, as hard as it is for me to admit. Most professionals echo the same comments about the superb talent of the Eagles.

The Byrds get credited by almost every popular band/musician of the late 1970s and 80s, yet they've not made anyone's list. Must be a function of age. Direct origins can be traced to the Byrds for Crosby Stills & Nash (& Young), Gram Parsons, Poco, Flying Burrito Brothers, The Desert Rose Band, Guin Clark & Hillman. Even the Eagles and R.E.M talk about the influence the Byrds had on their music.

The Traveling Wilburys didn't make anyone's list?

Doobie Brothers must be too far back in time to miss all the lists.

BTO, you young guys look them up when you're Takin' Care of Business.

Three Dog Night is surely too far back in time if the Doobies didn't make anyone's list.

Thought some of your 80s and 90s guys would add George Thorogood and the Destroyers

If you mostly listened to bands with some folksy twang, as I did, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band would be on that list.

To those of you who did not listen to Canadian AM stations out of Fort Frances, Kenora and Winnipeg, The Band and Loverboy may have made your list, eh (besides Rush that has already been mentioned).

 

[Brad]

Glad to see someone mentioned Chicago - absolutely one of the finest bands of the 70's, saw them in concert in 76.'

 

[Treeshark]

The Band

A bit surprised this one wasn’t mentioned sooner as well.

 

[Rainer]

The Pixies
The Cranberries
Placebo
Death From Above 1979
Royal Blood
Early Highly Suspect

 

[Outlaw99]

A bit surprised this one wasn’t mentioned sooner as well.

I’m embarrassed I didn’t mention this band either….my brain must have been stuck in some sort of sugar cookie fog