[Closed] best rock band.... ever?

considering that under the "best rock band" so far we've had:
Rock
glam
death metal
Industrial
Goth
punk
post punk
indie
alt-rock
grindcore
grunge/sub-pop
Heavy metal

oh and bilge (led zep)

🙂

Nice list, though you've forgotten big-hair rock.

big-hair rock.

ooooooo that's one I don't know name some bands

Jason and the Scorchers are a great rock n roll band and live they are exceptional.

Hanoi Rocks were staggering live but the albums were awful.

Metallica died after ..and justice for all IMO and have been on a downward trajectory ever since. St Anger anyone 😯

Nice list, though you've forgotten big-hair rock.

AKA - Poodle-perm rock, cock rock, glam-metal, hair rock etc.

See the follwing as examples;

Poison
Mötley Crüe
Cinderella
Twisted Sister
W.A.S.P.
Warrant
Europe
The Quireboys
etc
And, nu-skool cock rockers, Steel Panther

None should ever really be considered to be that good, I'd say! Great fun, but not in the "best" category. Unless it's for services to spandex and hair spray. 🙂

'Ritual was a terrible album'

A day early for biggest troll of 2013!

[i]Best current band - RUSH[/i]

That would be funny if it wasn't so sad.

Bon Scott era AC/DC
Black Sabbath
(Pre 1981) Queen
Cream
Yardbirds (Without them zep would never have existed)
Deep Purple

Honourable mention for UFO!

big-hair rock.

ahhhhh glam, see it's already on the list.

'Ritual was a terrible album'

A day early for biggest troll of 2013!

compared to stuff like pigs in zen and mountain song, it was just meh..a sign of the downward spiral to things like porno for pyros. Strays had moments of greatness though.

big-hair rock.
ahhhhh glam, see it's already on the list.

Glam is different to big-hair rock

T-rex and Bowie were glam

Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Ratt etc.. were big-hair rock 8)

Good list Tazzy 😀

I'll chuck one in for the Welsh lads - Man. Got to be some Deke Leonard fans outside of Merthyr 😉

I see Free have been mentioned a couple of times; one of my favourite bands but again, not sure I'd class them as [i]rock[/i]

Rush.

Def Leppard, Bon Jovi,

But yes there was 70's Glam and Glam-Rock in the 80's wouldn't use the phrase "cock rock" as smashed gladys were amazing and had a girly singer 😀

Primus

tazzymtb - Member
Primus

HAHAHAHAHAHAH

I see Free have been mentioned a couple of times; one of my favourite bands but again, not sure I'd class them as rock

😕

Black Sabbath for starting it
TOOL for the best album of 2013.

No such thing as a "best" band. All of them influence each other, all of them would probably cringe at the thought of being best.

Tbh when I turn the volume up and just jam away, I'm the "best"... It's all about just giving it some. LOL

tazzymtb - Member
Primus
HAHAHAHAHAHAH

😆

I always find that people who accept the subjectivity of art tend to be the least repressed, very open minded and generally the most fun to be around.
Very difficult to wind up though.

Paige will be consistently ranked above Hammett on a top guitarist list
Nothing worse than musicians discussing music - once they've done their bit they should all be locked away 'till next time.
Their opinion is less than relevant, it's in fact positively harmful.
Most of them have become brainwashed by the technicalities of their craft and forgotten how or why they enjoyed music in the first place.

See if you are livid yet or laughing 😉

Smashing Pumpkins! (I'm clearly born of a different era to most of STW, but I'm right!) Edit: I do wish they'd stop releasing awful new stuff though, weakens my argument a lot!

Also, Foo Fighters died for me the day I saw them get blown away by Queens of the Stoneage live in Hyde Park, not even that big a Queens fan but they were amazing and I could have happily left in the middle of the Foos.

Black Sabbath for starting it

😕

Possibly started heavy metal [ even that is controversial but they were there at the start] but started rock NO

Can't better Tales of Brave Ulysses. Always loved the chemistry of a good combo when talking about rock bands. Keyboards don't count sorry! Something about vocalists that play bass, a drummer and one guitarist. Raw and simple. Keep it simple is the way .

Tbh when I turn the volume up and just jam away, I'm the "best"... It's all about just giving it some. LOL

The Kinks started it with You Really Got Me, then maybe McCartney (yes, really) with The Beatles Helter Skelter. The Yardbirds --> Led Zep at about same time as Deep Purple and B'ham blues band Black Sabbath. My first singles were Paranoid (Sabbath) and Black Night (Purple).

The Kinks started it with You Really Got Me

Oh really.

and we all know who played lead guitar on that dont we folks

If you dont it was Page of Zep fame

Sisters of Mercy

have you seen them lately? as in since 1985? one word - karaoke

Seen them 3 times since 95. Saw them last about 5 years ago, Shepherds Bush I think. We were on the top level and there was so much smoke from the machine all we could see of the stage was some flashing lights, sort of like driving through awful fog and barely being able to see lights from an oncoming car.

Previous to that saw Sisters about 96/97 at Brixton Academy. That was ok but they played the songs at high speed and my ear drums almost burst lol.

Their best gig for me was about 2000 at 1st Avenue, in Minneapolis, MN USA). There was only a few hundred people. I was sat at a table drinking beer and Andrew E was singing on stage about 20ft from me, so it was like having my own private gig. AMAZING.

+1 for Sonic Youth, awesome. I had some album (or knock-off) of theirs called Sonic Death, weird and trippy but you need to be a real fan to get anything out of it 🙂

"Also, Foo Fighters died for me the day I saw them get blown away by Queens of the Stoneage live in Hyde Park, not even that big a Queens fan but they were amazing and I could have happily left in the middle of the Foos. "

And you where surprised ??

QOTSA only allow Grohl to be their guest drummer…. Fair play mind he can thump a tub and looking forward to the new Queen’s album with grohl back on board.

We all like the FF but a lot of their stuff could be used on a Gillette advert .... "The best a man can get" … type thing.

And you where surprised ??

To be fair, QOTSA are no way near as good on album as they turned out to be live, so yes I was!

Junkyard - Member
and we all know who played lead guitar on that dont we folks

If you dont it was Page of Zep fame

Nah, urban myth; Ray Davies played the rock riff.

Thought it was Dave who played the riff on that? 😀

Laughing WITH everyone on this thread Junky.
Great to hear so many different opinions.
Always end up trying bands others have recommended on these threads too.

Keep it up everyone.

I stand corrected, it was indeed Dave. Apparently he sliced the cone of his speaker with a razor blade to achieve the sound.

psling - Member
Junkyard - Member
and we all know who played lead guitar on that dont we folks
If you dont it was Page of Zep fame

Nah, urban myth; Ray Davies played the rock riff.

Cheers for the info. I also checked wiki re this 😉

Yeah, I checked too, that's where I got the 'sliced with razor' bit 😉

Zodiac Mindwarp and the love reaction.....YouTube them... 😆
Deftones. Incubus. From the 80 s and 90s , Magnum. Faith no more. Metallica. GnR.

please don't include me in those who like Foo Fighters... awful dross.

Pearl Jam

I agree with monkey boy - Pearl Jam for all time greats!

More recently, The Band Of Skulls has not been out of my CD player. Rival Sons can be recently added as well.
Worth a check!

Black Sabbath, possibly the most influential band ever?

Pearl Jam weren't even the best rock band in Seattle!

mon the biff!

Surely john Mayall 'started' it by employing eric Clapton, Peter Green,Jack Bruce et al?

Cream must be near the top

What about Rory Gallagher? No-one comes closed these days, IMHO.

Jimi Hendrix?

Humble Pie?

Rolling Stones?

When i listen to some of the newer bands (foo Fighters RH Chilli Peppers etc etc, they all sound the same .....)

Best rock:

[i] they all sound the same .....[/i]

Oh dear grandad.