Greatest Band Round #1

[luvthelighthouse]

Tell me about it Mike! I've been going back to my list all day. Some bands are great, just because they make good music and nothing else. They are popular because the music IS good and to some, that is all that matters. Who cares it they contributed to others, they just please the internal pallet.

In any case, I'm almost done. Oh, and for what's it worth... I'm having a hard time voting for those I'm not familiar with, even if they did contribute to several others, because to me, I can't consider them groundbreaking if I've never even heard of them. KWIM?

[MikeA]

I'm having a hard time voting for those I'm not familiar with, even if they did contribute to several others, because to me, I can't consider them groundbreaking if I've never even heard of them. KWIM?

I do know what you mean. But if you could talk to the members of the bands you DO KNOW, they would tell you who influenced them greately and it might be someone you didn't know of.

John Mayall....I have most of his definitive works and while they are good Blues, they are nothing to write home about. And, he wasn't particularly popular with the record buying audience. But man, did that guy ever lay the foundations for the supergroups of the 60's and that carried on through subsequent history!

But even with all that said, Mayall isn't my #1 pick. He's up there though. Really high up there as having contributed more to Rock Music than most anyone...anytime.

[Fan_For_Life]

I'm going to start with 22 and list the rest asap. I tried to list/group them in a way as to how I hear/see the influence. Might make it easier for future discussion.

Black Sabbath
Megadeth
Aerosmith
Run DMC
Bob Marley
Jimi Hendrix
P.O.D.

Nirvana

David Bowie
Queen
Pink Floyd
Who
Led Zepplin
Def Leppard
BB King
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Beach Boys
Elvis Presley
Aretha Franklin
Fleetwood Mac/Stevie
Michael Jackson
Madonna

edit to add the rest

Chuck Berry
The Hollies
Rolling Stone
Bruce Springsteen
Eric Clapton
C S N Y
CCR
Doors
Stevie Wonder
Bee Gees
Van Morrison
Heart
Alice Cooper
Ramones
Motley Crue

winging the last three

Supremes
Dolly Parton
U2

[Freypower]

I have suddenly realised that this list includes a band called P.O.D. (Payable on Death). I have NEVER heard of them. I have never seen them even mentioned in Rolling Stone.

Oh I see. Looking at Wikipedia - they are Christian. No wonder. No disrespect to anybody, but this is not the type of music that I follow.

OK - now for my 40 entries. Incidentally I must congratulate Mike on the hard work that he is doing on this.

Aretha Franklin
BB King
Beach Boys
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
Bruce Springsteen
Buddy Holly
Byrds
Chuck Berry
Cream
Creedence Clearwater Revival
CSNY
David Bowie
Dire Straits
Elton John
Elvis Presley
Eric Clapton
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Janis Joplin
Jimi Hendrix
Joni Mitchel
Led Zeppelin
Little Richard
Marvin Gaye
Michael Jackson
Neil Young
Nirvana
Pink Floyd
Prince
Robert Johnson
Rolling Stones
Sam Cooke
Simon & Garfunkle
Stevie Wonder
The Clash
Van Morrison
Velvet Underground
WHO
Yes

[MikeA]

A Psychiatrist would go completely NUTS over these lists and I do NOT exclude my own!

Oh, P.O.D. I don't remember who submitted that nomination but I did think the original list should have been left open. I thought that they were probably Punk and I know nothing at all about Punk.

I would have stuck Phil Keagey in if I'd thought about it. He's a Christian artist who is unleashed fury on a guitar. Had a group called "Glass Harp" that was very contemporary and was from the Cleaveland area the same time James Gang made their move with Walsh. Phil is an amazing guy. He was once approached by Ted Nugent who wanted Phil to teach him some lick that he'd seen Phil perform. Phil said "sure" but not unless he could witness to him about Jesus. Nugent readily accepted! Phil was and still is highly thought of as a prodigy on the guitar who never fulfilled his potential. Well, I guess Phill has other goals and just cares absolutely about fame and fortune.

[Fan_For_Life]

This is P.O.D. formed in 1992. The most mentionable cd is Satellite which was released on 9-11-01 and by now has gone 4 times platinum. Phil Keagy worked on their self titled cd. They have a mixture of musical sounds basically a form of alternative rock only with a lot more edge than most alternative bands out there. IMO one of the originators of this type of rock.

[Brooke]

It's tough, but here's my 40:

1 Aerosmith
2 Allman Bros
3 BB King
4 Beach Boys
5 Black Sabbath
6 Bob Dylan
7 Bob Marley
8 Bruce Springsteen
9 Byrds
10 Chuck Berry
11 Cream
12 Creedence Clearwater Revival
13 CSNY
14 David Bowie
15 Doors
16 Elvis Presley
17 Eric Clapton
18 Heart
19 Janis Joplin
20 Jimi Hendrix
21 John Mayal's Bluesbreakers
22 Joni Mitchel
23 Kiss
24 Led Zeppelin
25 Little Richard
26 Lynyrd Skynyrd
27 Madonna
28 Michael Jackson
29 Otis Redding
30 Pink Floyd
31 Queen
32 Rolling Stones
33 Run DMC
34 Sam Cooke
35 Sly Stone
36 Stevie Ray Vaughn
37 Stevie Wonder
38 Supremes
39 The Animals
40 Who

[TimothyBFan]

Willie's Top Forty:

Alice Cooper
Aretha Frankin
BB King
Beach Boys
Black Sabbath
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
Bon Jovi
Buddy Holly
Chuck Berry
Cream
David Bowie
Doors
Elton John
Elvis Presley
Eric Clapton
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Heart
Janis Joplin
Jimi Hendrix
John Maya's Bluesbreakers
Kansas
Led Zeppelin
Little Richard
Michael Jackson
Neil Young
Pink Floyd
Prince
Queen
Robert Johnson
Rolling Stones
Supremes
Sweet
The Animals
The Clash
The Hollies
Van Halen
Velvet Underground
Who

[TimothyBFan]

A couple things about my list.

What's funny is at least half of my list are in no way my favorites. Examples: Neil Young, Velvet Underground, Who, Bob Dylan. Just don't really listen to them but yet they HAVE to be on the list.

In looking at my list, I know someone is going to say (or just think) "The Sweet, she only put them on there because she's such a huge fan!" Actually not, maybe not so much in the USA but overseas they were absolutely HUGE and the real start of Glam Rock (along with Marc Bolan and T Rex). Quite the influence on groups like Queen, David Bowie and Kiss --yes, I said Kiss. The members of Sweet and David Bowie were wearing makeup LONG before there was a Kiss or Marilyn Manson. And the guitar work! Great stuff! They didn't do their own writing early on (that was the team of Chinn & Chapman) but once they started recording their own stuff, they really became rockers more than Glam artist.

I sure wish I could of had honorable mentions. Those would be:
Nirvana
Madonna
Styx
Bee Gees
CCR
Lynard Skynyrd
Stevie Wonder

[luvthelighthouse]

I pretty much have my list done, but it's the car and I don't feel like getting it.

I am however shocked that the Ramones are not making the cut here! They were pretty much the first Punk band. Sure, they aren't going to be #1, but I can't believe they aren't making first round cuts.

In a quick google search, they've been on a couple of top 10 lists... at least I'm not crazy thinking they belong here.