Greatest Bands

“ABBA has sold nearly 1/2 BILLION record units making them the second highest selling group in the history of music, The Beatles are number on in sales. Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad have incredible voices.”

ekos

“ABBA is the greatest band ever. Will always cherish the band.”

“You stupid monkeys who say other bands are 10 or 100 times better than ABBA, this is only in your fantasy. Let the statistics speak for themselves: ABBA is 5 times better than Led Zeppelin.”

“LOVE”

OlgaLJ

“Pure brilliance!”

“Pure brilliance!”

“As The All Music Guide says in their excellent Beatles biography "That it’s difficult to summarize their career without restating cliches that have already been digested by tens of millions of rock fans, to start with the obvious,they were the greatest and most influential act of the rock era and introduced more innovations into popular music than any other rock band of the 20th century."


"Moreover they were among the few artists of *any* discipline that were simultaneously the best at what they did *and* the most popular at what they did." THey also say as singers John Lennon and Paul McCartney were among the best and most expressive in rock.

Also on an excellent site,The Evolution of Rock Bass Playing McCartney Style by Dennnis Alstrand,Stanley Clarke,Sting,Will Lee,Billy Sheehan,George Martin and John Lennon are quoted saying what a great,melodic and influential bass player Paul has always been’


And Wilco’s John Stirratt was asked in Bass Player which bass players have had the most impact on his playing and the first thing he said was, Paul McCartney is one of the greatest bass players of all time,if you listen to what he was tracking live in the studio it’s unbelievable." "With his tone and musicality he was a huge influence,he covered all of his harmonic responsibilities really well but his baselines were absolutely melodic and inventive."

And in an online 1977 Eric Clapton interview,ERic Clapton In His Own Words he says that there was always this guitar game between John and George,and he said partly because John was a pretty good guitar player himself.He played live with John as a member of John’s 1969 Plastic Ono Band.

And there is a great online article by musician and song writer Peter Cross,The Beatles Are The Most Creative Band Of All Time and he says that many musicians besides him recognize Paul as one of the best bass guitar players ever.He too says that John and Paul are the greatest song composers are among the 2 greatest singers in rock and that John,Paul and George were all excellent guitarists and that George is underrated by people not educated about music but that Eric Clapton knew better,he also says that both John and Paul played great leads as well as innovative rhythm tracks.


John Lennon co-wrote,sang and played guitar on one of David Bowie’s first hits Fame in 1975.Brain May,Ozzy Osbourne,and Liam Gallagher and many more call The Beatles The Greatest Band Ever.


Also on MusicRadar Tom Petty,Joe Perry and Richie Sambora in What The Beatles Mean To Me all say how cool and great they thought The Beatles were when they first saw them on THe Ed Sullivan Show in Februar 1964 when they were just teen boys,Richie was only 5.Tom Petty said he thought they were really really great.


Robin Zander of Cheap Trick said he’s probably one of the biggest Beatles fans on the planet.Brad Whitford of Aerosmith said that a lot of that Beatles influence comes from Steven Tyler’s collaborartion with Mark Hudson both whom are absolute Beatles freaks and he said I guess the goal is to try and emulate probably some of the best music of the last 50 years which has to be The Beatles.”

lucyinthesky

“Beatles Are The Best”

“They are and always will be the best”

“GREAT! #1”

“ABBA? What the F is that? Never Heard of it. Long live the best. LED ZEP!”

“stairway to heaven? come on. jimmy page? come on. not #4, no, #2 at least!”

“One word,
Floorgasmic”

“Queen show they could write and sing music from pop to rock to opera, they are the best. R.I.P Freddie Mercury.”

iloveviolence

“Pure talent! The day Freddie died is the day the world and the music world lost a truley beautiful and gifted soul.”

“They know how to play with music”

Siam021394

“Deserves to be #1”

“No o n e c a n be e a t L I n k I n P a are k”

“Of course!”

“Definitely top 5 at least.”

“Every Song was a hit!”

“They are in the Rock in Roll Hall of Fame and they are still relevant with their new album going number 1.

Its a no-brainer.
guns n’ roses could of been it if it weren’t for the band imploding.”

“Metallica has inspired all of modern metal and is the best selling metal act of all time. their classics are examples of truly inspired music.”

“Greatest band.. nough said
”

chriskurtz

“Hands down greatest band of all time with landmark records like Dark Side of the Moon and Wish you were here their sound and legacy will go on forever.”

“Floyd wrote stonkers. You slit your bloody wrists to write some of the stuff they wrote.”

“pure talent... without a doubt they’re one of the best bands of all time... Gibb brothers rocks!”

“no matter how yiu try you will never beat them they’re LEGENDS!”

“Why do they even need to ask, AC/DC changed the world, simple as that”

“best band with the greatest hard rock songs even today.”

“Because there true rockers, and back in black kicks so much ass!”

“Changed my life, just an amazing band in so many ways.”

“of course! Smells Like Teen Spirit is one of the best song they are freaking awesome no doubt 1 of the best!”

“Nirvana was litterally the greatest rock band of the 90’s. Kurt Cobain had an amazing voice. And They’ve wrote some of the greatest and most well known songs of all time.”

“greenday’s my favourite band billy voice is awesome i have had a great time listening to them. There songs good riddance when its time r best”

naveep3

“39 smoothed, Kerplunk, Dookie, Imsomniac, Nimrod, Warning, American Idiot, and 21st Century Breakdown has sold in total 62 million copies and Green Day is number 17 of all albums sold worldwide ever”

“They Just Rock... Gr8 Songs And Gr8 Meanings to their song... Long Live GREENDAY!”

“mick and the boys 13? come on, at least top 5. it don’t get much better than this. they have outlasted them all, and still going strong.”

“The stones, amazing, probably the best there has ever been, number one with no doubt, a classical, long lasting band”

“Carter is the best drummer. That guy is unbelievable. Nucking futs...”

“move em up!”

“number 1”

“ADMIRED AND RESPECTED BY OTHER MUSICIANS. CREATIVE AND UNIQUE ONSTAGE”

“The Who were the founders of hard rock. You can make a list of bands that would not exist if it wasn’t for the who from led zeppelinto the jonas brothers”

“The drummer was arguably the best ever. Pete’s in at least the top 20 guitarists. Roger is one of the best vocalists. They were one of the first big bands, and one of the last to truly incorporate blues timing and notes into their music. Also phenomenal live.”

“The musicianship is incredible, from Geddy’s screaming vocals and bass lines to Peart’s drum solos. Definitely the most underrated of all rock bands.”

“There is no band like Rush. Original lyrics, original concepts and sound, and it’s crazy that so much sound comes from only 3 guys. INSANE!”

“THEY DESERVE TO BE IN THE ROCK N ROLL HALL OF FAME”

“Truly amazing, they kickass when it comes to music”

“Bon Jovi, Awesomeness.”

“simple cause they are”

“Greatest band of all time, every single song is amazing”

“out of all 5 albums I can only say about 4 songs are boring, I can literally just listen to them all day and never get tired of listening to their music. I’d have to say the first album was and is the best album out of the 5”

“they just plain out rock
and have great guitar licks
and have a very different
twist in lyrics in just about
all of their songs”

“How many of their songs play on radio and movies?”

“Best ever. Period.”

“radiohead is the last prophet of rock!”

“they’ve changed and progressed with each album as they’ve seen fit. it’s hard to argue against a band that has never traded their interests for commercial success. which is why they remain revelant everywhere except in the mainstream media. that’s probably a blessing though, haha.”

“Amazing Lyrics, Great Vocals. Their songs are always packed with emotions whether it’s love, hatred, Anxiety, Sadness or Fear.”

“gnr was the most influential and broke the most barriers of then entire decade for the 80’s! def should be higher than linkin park.”

“aw come on gnr should be higher, they were the most influential band of the 80’s! gnr is perfection”

“Slash’s riffs are amazing and coupled with Axl’s voice makes for a great band”

“The best overall talent of any band, with each member bring versatility with playing, songwriting, singing. No overall band can match with the talent The Eagles have.”

“Great individual talent that blends as one.”

“The greatest Country Rock band of all time.”

“Maynard is the Bob Dylan of Rock! It’s not even close.”

“absolutely the greatest band of all time.”

“They have the best vocalist, guitarist and bassist in the world.”

“rock on”

“RHCP is way better than Soad”

“Van Halen is the greatest rock band ever! Eddie Van Halen is a guitar God! Roth, greatest frontman!”

“Van Halen is definitely the greatest band of all time.
”

“Jump... Panama... Eruption... Come on they’ve got to be the best... EDDIE VAN HALEN!”

“I love this band they are the best”

“kiss should be way up there. in the 80s everybody was talking about them”

“Must be lamos on here voting because 90 of the bands ahead of kiss wouldn’t be around if werent for kiss”

“They are awesome. Not to mention a lot of the band son this list got inspiration and motivation from them!”

“Pearl Jam is definitely one of the pioneers of Grunge music.”

“No matter how big they get, they’ll always stay grounded. Love them!”

“best band ever”

“my all time favorite band.”

“No other guitarist has left such a mark on modern music. It’s difficult to think of what modern music would be like without Jimi Hendrix. Damn good composer, as well.”

“Maiden should be number 1.”

“Iron Maiden is the greatest band ever to walk the planet!”

“Iron Maiden is the greatest band ever to walk the planet!”

“Disturbed is one of the greatest bands ever because there song leaves a msg that no other band has dared to venter to like inside the fire no band has ever gone as far as them into suicide”

“Good singing, and the band has experienced a lot of hardships over the years.”

“she has the most beautiful voice I’ve heard go evanescence”

“created punk music. also influenced bowie, sex pistols, R. E. M. , Talking heads, and u2”

“4 defenite, the LEP’S shall be ranked among at least the top 20 bands of all times, inspite of being my favorite band of all times, because I really love the way they made the magical blend between metal anthems and catchy pop sound of the mid eighties, I won, t give them the top notch, but those guyz were really brilliant and innovative in the eighties era, the way they were dressed up, their great riffs, sure if Steve Clarke was still alive, this band would have built it up more than they really are nowadayz, he was the master of riffs, besides their drummer is a real phenomena that won’t happen to be repeated for at least the next 30 years to come.”

“Should be in the top ten. One of the best bands of all time!”

“plain and simple FOB rocks should be farther ahead than radiohead at least.
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“plain and simple FOB rocks should be farther ahead than radiohead at least.
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“evil women is the best song alive yeeawwww!”

“They created a completely new sound based on the Beatles but not simply copied them. Jeff Lynne is the greatest producer of all times!”

“My greatest influence! Along with Led Zeppelin, Michael Jackson, and Judas Priest!”

“yes it is true! I really love love them since I was in kinder until now Footloose!”

“Influenced by Michael Jackson heavily, this band would surely remain one of the most successful bands ever. Go Westlife!”

“Many hits and great music. Goes back a few years.. Greatest real band, not a singer with back ground music.”

“One of the most underrated bands of all time. Not the best, but they rival Black Sabbath for ability;

(Don’t Fear) the Reaper is better than Paranoid

Godzilla is BOC’s Iron Man

Astronomy is BOC’s War Pigs
(The live version from ’A Long Days Night, not the original)

And that’s just to cover Black Sabbaths bases. Golden Age of Leather and Stairway To The Stars are 2 other faves of many!”

“Rock on Ray!”

“1969 to 1980 genuis, from alter image Ziggy to Thin White Duke. Saw the future of Music in the present”

WesternMustang

“Simply awesome, I think they should be top, but they’re not as known as they must be. :(”

TheViikT0r

“No other Artist has been as great for such a long period of time. The driving influence of Buffalo Springfield, the leader of CSNY, and as diverse a catalog as any artist ever. From 1966 to 1994 he was superb with a 8 year down period from 1980 to 1988. Still putting out quality albums today and as big an influence on artists as anyone else”

WesternMustang

“The King, show me one person who does not love Bob”

WesternMustang