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Posted: 2/21/2018 3:02:38 PM EDT

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beatles were a pop band.
Hey Jude, one of the most dog vomiting crap eating suck on a puss-filled tumor of a song ever sung, this song alone disqualifies the beatles from every list except for most overrated band list.

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Not to mention that they were only popular because there wasn't anything else really around to listen to

Posted: 2/21/2018 3:03:08 PM EDT

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When there is a lull between songs at a concert, does anybody holler out for the band to play something by Led Zep or the Stones? Nope.

Whatever the question, "Freebird!!" is always the correct answer.

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However, there is also this...

I vote "Zep".

Posted: 2/21/2018 3:31:25 PM EDT

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Led Zeppelin

Posted: 2/21/2018 3:31:52 PM EDT

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beatles were a pop band.
Hey Jude, one of the most dog vomiting crap eating suck on a puss-filled tumor of a song ever sung, this song alone disqualifies the beatles from every list except for most overrated band list.

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They're still a Rock & Roll band. The problem is R&R is a huge tent and there are dozens of genres and sub genres, stretching from the late 40's 'till now.

Asking what's the best rock band is like asking what's the best motorized land vehicle.

Posted: 2/21/2018 3:34:32 PM EDT

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This

Posted: 2/21/2018 3:44:51 PM EDT

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Not the best, but honorable mention.

Nirvana - The Moon 1991 - School

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu2tGN1NWrw

Posted: 2/21/2018 3:54:03 PM EDT

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The stones,The Who or Led Zeppelin.

The beatles sucked and were pop.Fuck them

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Best answer so far.

Posted: 2/21/2018 3:55:28 PM EDT

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The Beatles. 17 number ones. The Stones, I think had 8. The Who had 0.

Of course the Beatles were popular. They had the music best suited to the time.

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The Beatles were POPular--not rock.

Posted: 2/21/2018 3:56:51 PM EDT

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or the Beatles.

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:00:53 PM EDT

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The Black Crowes. AC/DC is a close second, but the Crowes were more versatile.

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:01:25 PM EDT

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Dire Straits

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:03:41 PM EDT

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The Beatles were POPular--not rock.

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The Beatles were...the Beatles. They caused more uproar and had more number 1 hits than any other band in history, and did it in about a 10 year period. Hell, they even had 5 movies out.

I was on an elevator the other day and guess who's songs Musac was playing?

Given the state of rock and roll at the time that their first several albums were released, they were pretty near cutting edge rock and roll.

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:06:17 PM EDT

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The Beatles were...the Beatles. They caused more uproar and had more number 1 hits than any other band in history, and did it in about a 10 year period. Hell, they even had 5 movies out.

I was on an elevator the other day and guess who's songs Musac was playing?

Given the state of rock and roll at the time that their first several albums were released, they were pretty near cutting edge rock and roll.

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Willie Nelson has wrote more #1 hits by far

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:06:20 PM EDT

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Rolling Stones or the Grateful Dead

No one else has the live show/performance heritage and the musical/song writing talent.

Sorry pal. Those are the options.

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:09:23 PM EDT

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Motorhead was the ultra condensed weapons grade embodiment of everything that Rock n' Roll is, was and will be.

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fraymondahner.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F07%2Fmh_051413_08.jpg&f=1

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You have a valid point.

That man lived his art.

"We are Motorhead, and we play Rock 'n Roll..."

RIP Lemmy.

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:09:59 PM EDT

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AC/DC

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:10:25 PM EDT

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Amazing, simply amazing

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:10:45 PM EDT

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Led Zeppelin.

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:11:31 PM EDT

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Willie Nelson has wrote more #1 hits by far

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Different genre and Willie doesn't perform a lot of his own stuff.

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:15:10 PM EDT

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Different genre and Willie doesn't perform a lot of his own stuff.

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Some of his stuff could be considered "southern rock"

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:16:07 PM EDT

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To me a to even qualify you should have revolutionized your genres, not just turn out more of the same, or evolved as a band, contributed to the genres their in or in some cases crossed genres. Most of the bands litsted have not done much except turn out albums that really sound the same, nothing revolutionary. Sorry it’s easy to name a band, but what have they done to actually deserve greatest band status? I don’t care for Kiss, Sabbath, or Rush (among others) but I can not deny their contribution to music.

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:20:37 PM EDT

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If only they had other “hard” songs.

Their version of Twist and Shout was akin to playing Slayer on a Christian station. No one had EVER heard anything that “hard”.

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Buddy Holly’s “Rave On” was harder and earlier.

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:22:49 PM EDT

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CCR!

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:25:15 PM EDT

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Sorry to hear your soul is dead.

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Without Kiss, the world would have been a better place....

Sorry to hear your soul is dead.

I should start a spinoff thread titled "Great Bands that You Grew Out of Over the Years"

I was born in '72, and Kiss' Dynasty was actually the first actual vinyl record I remember being able to call my own. Not their best work, IMO, as it was their foray into disco, but once I had that album I considered myself a fan, and worked backwards from their into their much stronger material.

I would have called myself a fan up until '92 or so, and then music took another direction. My albums/CDs/Cassettes got mostly packed away as I got married, started a family, a business, etc. Fast forward a few years to the digital revolution where literally anything you want to hear is at your fingertips, and most of the Kiss tracks just strike me as formulaic compared to their competition. Their strongest work was early on, with their later efforts just oozing schmaltz IMO.

Hell, if Kiss had their way, their might not have been a Van Halen, or G'nR as we know it. Thankfully King Eddie the Asshole turned the gig down, and G'nR basically told Paul Stanley to fuck-off when he wanted to produce them.

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:25:36 PM EDT

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Willie Nelson has wrote more #1 hits by far

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The Beatles were...the Beatles. They caused more uproar and had more number 1 hits than any other band in history, and did it in about a 10 year period. Hell, they even had 5 movies out.

I was on an elevator the other day and guess who's songs Musac was playing?

Given the state of rock and roll at the time that their first several albums were released, they were pretty near cutting edge rock and roll.

Willie Nelson has wrote more #1 hits by far

I was going to say Elvis and he’s not even listed.

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:28:04 PM EDT

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Messuggah for the win!

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:31:14 PM EDT

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Jimmy Page, John Bonham and John Paul Jones.

If you know anything about making music, how do you possibly top that rock band lineup?

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I can think of one addition that might just work out.

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:31:15 PM EDT

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Don't forget Buckethead!

Buckethead- Soothsayer-(Live) BEST TECHNICAL PERFORMACE, A+ VIDEO & SOUND- Raleigh 5/13/16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyA93RbBndM

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:31:42 PM EDT

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While not a group Ted Nugent, was with the Amboy Dukes and he’s pro 2A, gun owner and activist for our cause as well as hunting, how many other ones listed are?

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:33:13 PM EDT

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Greatest rock band: Led Zeppelin
Greatest rock anthem: Queen

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:34:46 PM EDT

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How about pro second amendment, gun owner groups and or musicians,
Ted Nugent
Aerosmith
ZZ Top
The Van Halen brothers were, their dad Jan was a big time shooter and amateur pistol competitor, he also had a pretty large collection as well.

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:35:30 PM EDT

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I would also put forward The Cult as a band that should get an honorable mention.

In no way the greatest, but they were great at what they did; just being a straight-up hard rock band. Their catalog has also aged pretty well to my ears.

Not to mention Billy Duffy looking like a bad-ass playing that big, hollow-bodied Gibson.

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:39:08 PM EDT

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Jimmy Page, John Bonham and John Paul Jones.

If you know anything about making music, how do you possibly top that rock band lineup?

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A lot of noise from 3 guys...like the Who.

For sheer excitement on stage I bet Van Halen was tough to beat.

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:39:41 PM EDT

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1). Rolling Stones
2). Led Zeppelin
3). Pink Floyd

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:39:56 PM EDT

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Motorhead!

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:41:29 PM EDT

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Y'all spelled JUDAS PRIEST wrong..........

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:49:18 PM EDT

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See, what you young-uns don't understand, and even some of you oldsters don't get is that the Beatles were leaders. They had tha sound and look which lead the British Invasion into the USA (Totally wiping out the sound Elvis, the Beach Boys, Jan and Dean and that ilk had become complacent with). Hard to know it now, but the Beatles were on the cutting edge. Everyone else from England just followed. They just followed the leader.

Then, the Beatles changed. They introduced psychedelic flavor to rock and expanded the genre by an order of magnitude. All the various forms of rock that followed, including metal, owe their existence to that second Beatles awesomeness.

Thus, not only did the Beatles top almost everyone in popularity, but in those early days, they guided the sound of rock and its various iterations that are with us today.

The Stones? Well, they were ummm... second.

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:50:02 PM EDT

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Posted: 2/21/2018 4:51:58 PM EDT

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Toss up between Tool, Zeppelin, Guns N Roses, Metallica, Pantera

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:52:17 PM EDT

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Motorhead!

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first time I had heard or seen Motorhead was at Rock Fest Summernight, Zeppelin Field, Nuremberg, Germany
back in the 80's. I liked them.

Posted: 2/21/2018 4:52:29 PM EDT

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If anyone voted for kiss, many fucks be upon you lol

Posted: 2/21/2018 5:01:37 PM EDT

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Always been a fan of The Moody Blues. They have sold a ton of albums over the decades. When I was in college in the late 60's early 70's they were played a lot in the dorms. Finally going into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_J-hmyAS6c

Posted: 2/21/2018 5:01:43 PM EDT

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Bad Company, or Deep Purple.

Posted: 2/21/2018 5:09:17 PM EDT

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AC/DC or Van Halen (David Lee Roth years)

Posted: 2/21/2018 5:17:08 PM EDT

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A lot of noise from 3 guys...like the Who.

For sheer excitement on stage I bet Van Halen was tough to beat.

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Jimmy Page, John Bonham and John Paul Jones.

If you know anything about making music, how do you possibly top that rock band lineup?

A lot of noise from 3 guys...like the Who.

For sheer excitement on stage I bet Van Halen was tough to beat.

When I was younger a couple of us went to every damn concert that came near us. I can say Van Halen topped the list, followed by Iron Maiden, but believe it or not Sammy Hargar on the VOA tour, ZZ Top (all three) on the Eliminator tour, J. Geils (Peter Wolf) on the Freeze Frame tour, and finely Journey on the Escape tour. We continued to go see Van Halen until although not as often with Sammy, then quit after Gary Cherone what a disaster. DLR was the ultimate showman/frontman bar none. Seeing Sammy as solo artist, we knew he’d be good, and on their Monsters of Rock Tour in 88 they were amazing but slowly tapered off.