Forum menu
Did you stop liking Jane's addiction when they became popular?
How on earth are you defining popular???
I stopped liking janes addiction when they became crap. Ritual was a terrible album
If you think that, then you are strongly advised to avoid listening to their latest album.. Even the diehard fans think it's crap. You're very wrong about Ritual by the way,
Couple of mentions for wildhearts earlier. What a great live band
Interesting thought there, might be slightly different lists if the question was "best live rock band" or "best rock band on albums". I can think of a few bands who blew the roof off live but never quite captured the same thing on vinyl, and a few who were very good in the studio but didn't quite reach the same heights on stage.
How are we defining rock?
I'm struck by something Keith Richards said (can't find the quote so I'm paraphrasing from memory) that, unlike when he started and bands were "rock 'n' roll", bands are too hung up on the "rock" and they've forgotten "the roll", and, according to Keith "it's all about the roll, baby".
Zodiac Mindwarp and the love reaction
Thread closed, shirley?
The High Priest of Love is a brilliant EP all killer no filler 😆
From my 30 years of gigs I cannot pin it down to one band but those on the list include:
Queen - best frontman ever
The Who - still the loudest band I've seen
AC/DC - quintessential boogie rock
Iron Maiden - note perfect rock
Alice in Chains - unbelievable harmonies
Big Country - heart on their sleeve rock
Status Quo - feel good factor rock
Motorhead - they shouldnt be that good
Pearl Jam - stadium rock at its finest
Will add more as the memories return 😀
[b]Dire Straits[/b]
[code][i]hehehehehe[/i][/code]
You're very wrong about Ritual by the way,
no I just have different taste to you. 😀
"Oh dear, Grandad"
Maybe, but most of them are still very derivative. After all, how many rock riffs can there be? There is some excellent modern stuff around, but outside the mainstream 'rock' genre.
Have you ever heard Rory Gallagher or Steve Marriott? Or Richard Thompson?
Have you ever heard Rory Gallagher or Steve Marriott? Or Richard Thompson?
Yes, and seen two of them. Rory was an outstanding blues singer and guitarist, in fact I ripped a load of his stuff into iTunes last night, and Richard Thompson is quite possibly one of the finest guitarists and songwriters this country has ever produced, but he's predominantly a folk artist, not rock.
Which doesn't mean he can't rock with the best of 'em!
you are all wrong, the obvious answer to this question is red hot chilli peppers
No such thing. Horses for courses, innit.
The Clash.
The Offspring
Black sabbath all the way?
True meaning of rock and how many albums to boot?
A whole 6 pages and not one mention of this band, the band that influenced millions of twiddling fingers..
I give you..
Van Halen & "ain't talkin bout love"
Rock out fellas..
Van Halen Hmmm best track..... deffo one of them, best front man maybe but u cant say best band? what else they done?
Blink 182...if you class it as 'rock'?!
Well I think it's who you grew up with, I grew up with Van Halen.
Some good choices here tho'
though having a drummer with 4 arms is just plain cheating
I can't believe how few times the Stones have been mentioned. They maybe old men endlessly regurgitating their 40 year plus old hits now but in their prime they setup the whole rock template I reckon. From blues, country and rock and roll they created the classic rock genre we all know. It doesn't get much more iconic then Brown Sugar, Jumping Jack Flash, Gimmie Shelter........
Anyway my old Gimmie Shelter album says on the back that 'you are holding an album by the greatest rock band in the world' so it must be right.
Grew up with Van Halen too and saw them at Monsters of Rock - prob the best performance ive ever seen but still cant make em the best rock band ever can it.....
Peeps write Sabbath off as a joke band but i bet they only know 1 track i.e. paranoid - prob their worst track!
And if were talkin Americanised rock Blink 182? Surely Green Day are a better band by far or even system of a down for somethin a little alternative?
Nooo not MoR at Donnington? When was it?? 89 or earlier, when AC/DC headlined?? Can it,
I was there too..
Dear God, that was years ago... 😳
89 yep AC/DC headlined it and DLR jumped over that sword and told the crowd whoever threw that bottle at him he was gonna **** their missis tnite lol
God Yeah!!
Brilliant.. 😆
Glad I made the effort to go.
CCR.
Best Rock band, well, there can only be one and that one is of course the legendary The Bishop and the Warlord...
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=fL4dxWpO6CE&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DfL4dxWpO6CE&gl=GB
Woofity woofity woofity...
8)