Best Rock Band- The Ultimate Poll

by **Spuzzell** on Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:39 pm

Look, the best rock group in the world is CLEARLY Muse.

Yeah!

I agree with those two guys.

by **Anarchist** on Tue May 01, 2007 12:34 am

stooby wrote:Can't believe all the young upstart pretender bands that have been mentioned.

Iron Maiden

The Beatles

Led Zeppelin

AC/DC

Rush

Bump

by **stinkycheese** on Tue May 01, 2007 1:01 am

It frightens me that nobody has even mentioned The Grateful Dead. Seems like everyone is just force-fed music (if you can call it that) through the radio. Sad.

However, the answer is obviously Led Zeppelin...there will probably never be a band filled with that much talent ever again. One should also take into consideration that a defining attribute of a great band is their live show. Some bands just play their songs verbatim, but great bands can alter their songs and improvise over them during a live performance...that's where Led Zeppelin and The Grateful Dead come into being. One more band that fits that bill is Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. Immensely underrated.

by **stooby** on Wed May 02, 2007 5:00 am

b.k. barunt wrote:
stooby wrote:Can't believe all the young upstart pretender bands that have been mentioned.

Iron Maiden

The Beatles

Led Zeppelin

AC/DC

Rush
The Beatles, a "young upstart pretender band"? Who do you like, Lawrence Welk?

OK, maybe that wasn't too clear :lol:

Let me re-write that:

I can't believe all the young upstart pretender bands that have been mentioned, like Arctic Monkeys etc :wink:

A band has to have a history before it can be classed as a great.

My nominations are:

Iron Maiden

The Beatles

Led Zeppelin

AC/DC

Rush

Hope that clears things up a bit

by **MeDeFe** on Wed May 02, 2007 5:55 am

I nominate GFY for best poll option ever.

by **Brenttx** on Thu May 03, 2007 10:12 am

Pearl Jam
The Doors
Van Halen
Led Zeppelin
U2

by **O Mighty Rex** on Thu May 03, 2007 4:34 pm

just not U2

by **dwightschrute** on Thu May 03, 2007 4:52 pm

stooby wrote:
b.k. barunt wrote:
stooby wrote:Can't believe all the young upstart pretender bands that have been mentioned.

Iron Maiden

The Beatles

Led Zeppelin

AC/DC

Rush
The Beatles, a "young upstart pretender band"? Who do you like, Lawrence Welk?

OK, maybe that wasn't too clear

Let me re-write that:

I can't believe all the young upstart pretender bands that have been mentioned, like Arctic Monkeys etc A band has to have a history before it can be classed as a great.

My nominations are:

Iron Maiden

The Beatles

Led Zeppelin

AC/DC

Rush

Hope that clears things up a bit

those are alrite.....

by **Aradhus** on Thu May 03, 2007 5:13 pm

What strange, strange people. Led Zeppelin are somewhat overrated. I blame that on the magnificence of "Stairway to Heaven".

Anyway, I'll start with the three obvious choices.

Pink Floyd
The Doors
Radiohead

The last two are tricky slots to fill as there are many great bands, but I think I will go with an honest approach and pick genius talent over personal preference.

The Beatles
The Rolling Stones

These are the five greatest, most original bands to have graced this earth. Blessed with natural talent and musical proficiency, to pure music aficionado's, with understanding of genius, there hasn't been better than this.

by **ritz627** on Thu May 03, 2007 5:42 pm

The Who
RHCP
Creedence Clearwater Revivial
The Allman Brothers Band
Led Zeppelin

by **Skittles!** on Fri May 04, 2007 8:37 pm

by **Iliad** on Fri May 04, 2007 8:39 pm

Skittles! wrote:Yawn

Geez cover your mouth when you yawn.

by **Skittles!** on Fri May 04, 2007 8:40 pm

Iliad wrote:
Skittles! wrote:Yawn

Geez cover your mouth when you yawn.

-Covers mouth- Yawn

by **Iliad** on Fri May 04, 2007 8:41 pm

Skittles! wrote:
Iliad wrote:
Skittles! wrote:Yawn

Geez cover your mouth when you yawn.

-Covers mouth- Yawn

Isn't that better!

by **btownmeggy** on Fri May 04, 2007 8:42 pm

What's WRONG with this thread???

by **Skittles!** on Fri May 04, 2007 8:42 pm

Iliad wrote:
Skittles! wrote:
Iliad wrote:
Skittles! wrote:Yawn

Geez cover your mouth when you yawn.

-Covers mouth- Yawn

Isn't that better!

No, cause now the demon's can't get out of my body.

by **Iliad** on Fri May 04, 2007 8:44 pm

Skittles! wrote:
Iliad wrote:
Skittles! wrote:
Iliad wrote:
Skittles! wrote:Yawn

Geez cover your mouth when you yawn.

-Covers mouth- Yawn

Isn't that better!

No, cause now the demon's can't get out of my body.

Never mind me yawn the way you want to, just never mention it again.

by **slang** on Fri May 04, 2007 8:44 pm

Queen
Boston
Blink-182

Tenacious D
and Arctic Monkeys just based on the sheer amount of times I've listened to their new album

by **Skittles!** on Fri May 04, 2007 8:44 pm

btownmeggy wrote:What's WRONG with this thread???

What's NOT WRONG with it?

by **Anarchy Ninja** on Fri May 04, 2007 9:06 pm

whats WRONG is there isn't The Offspring :wink:

by **Skittles!** on Fri May 04, 2007 9:15 pm

No Offspring. NO.

Though, they do have some good songs like 'When you're in prison'

by **Anarchy Ninja** on Fri May 04, 2007 9:21 pm

I like the dissclaimer on Ixnay on the Hombre

by **stinkycheese** on Fri May 04, 2007 11:27 pm

Aradhus wrote:What strange, strange people. Led Zeppelin are somewhat overrated. I blame that on the magnificence of "Stairway to Heaven".

Anyway, I'll start with the three obvious choices.

Pink Floyd
The Doors
Radiohead

The last two are tricky slots to fill as there are many great bands, but I think I will go with an honest approach and pick genius talent over personal preference.

The Beatles
The Rolling Stones

These are the five greatest, most original bands to have graced this earth. Blessed with natural talent and musical proficiency, to pure music aficionado's, with understanding of genius, there hasn't been better than this.

Every member of Led Zeppelin is more musically proficient than their counterpart in The Rolling Stones. With John Bonham being one of the greatest and most influential rock drummers ever. It sounds like you have only listened to Stairway to Heaven...I honestly don't even like that song too much and I prefer their first two albums.

Also, I don't deny that The Rolling Stones are talented and that they are a great band...it's just that when you see Led Zeppelin live and you see The Rolling Stones live, you can tell which ones know their way around their instruments better and which ones are more cohesive and which ones can just fucking rock. That would be Led Zeppelin for all three. And if you wanna talk about studio output...I think that Zeppelin has them there as well, but that's just my opinion.