Posted: 1/24/2004 8:13:07 PM EDT
| Best rock band ever? Although, I have to say Staley and Cantrell made a baddass duo. |
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If you are talking of Iron Maiden, no they are not even close to being the best rock band ever. Have you ever hears of: The Beatles The Rolling Stones The Who Pink Floyd Credence Clearwater Revival Boston Black Sabbath J Geils Band Foghat Peter Frampton The Doors The Lovin Spoonful Peter Paul and Mary Queen Santana Crosby Stills Nash and Young and please never forget The Band |
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Quoted: If you are talking of Iron Maiden, no they are not even close to being the best rock band ever. ... I thought it was called 'metal'... Anyways, Add to the list Blind Guardian! I don't care who you bring up, this has to be my all-time favorite band. Great voice and instrumentals, their music is totally unique from all other metal bands. Maiden, Sabbath, Manowar, Helloween... I'll stop now [:D] |
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Best in terms of album sales - no others beat them in this category Best in terms of number of albums released - a measure of longevity. They do well in this category, but others beat them out still. Best in fan loyalty - they really shine here some of the most loyal fans around. Best in terms of internet activity - see lots of information about (courseI'm into metal so I have a bias here) and not sure how often they are down-loaded. Here's the category where they are among a very few highly esteemed bands. Iron Maiden is capable of selling out stadium gigs as the main headliner. By stadium gigs I'm talking in excess of 100,000 people - I thknk they have 300,000+ fans at a Rio show. This was not a multi-headliner show just Maiden. Off hand the only other rock bands that I know can pull this off are Stones, Rush and Metallica. I know I'm missing some, but this list is short. |