Best Rock Band

[Senator Clay Davis]

Trent definitely listens to Imagine Dragons.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Thunder > Thunderstruck

[Senator Clay Davis]

I feel proud that basically the only song of theirs I know is Radioactive. And that was enough for me to consider a Van Gogh if I ever heard them again.

[PuckSlap]

Originally Posted by blankall

They have at least 10 fairly big songs:

Killing in the Name
Bulls on Parade
People of the Sun
No Shelter
Guerilla Radio
Sleep Now in the Fire
Testify
Renegades of Funk
How I Could Just Kill a Man
Wake Up

All of these songs, I can hear Zach de la Rocha screaming the titles of when I read them.

Veitnow is a personal favourite


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[PuckSlap]

No particular order

The cars
George Thorogood and the destroyers
Pink Floyd
Tool
The offspring
Weezer
AC/DC
System of a down
CCR
Eminem
Sabbath

Honourable mentions

King diamond
Neil young
Ghetto boys
Salt n peppa
Skynyrd!!
Tragically hip

[Senator Clay Davis]

How has Down Rodeo not been mentioned yet? Easily top 10 Rage.

[PepsiFree]

Useless fact: In the song “Thunder” there are 116 words after the second verse, but there are only 11 unique words, and the word “Thunder” is repeated 57 times with “the” and “then” repeating 21 times combined, meaning 67% of the lyrics are one of those three words.

Those are Daft Punk numbers and those guys don’t even have a microphone.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

No Sex Pistols or Joy Division/New Order makes it pretty easy to hate on it

I don't think Sex Pistols were that good.

[You Need a Thneed]

Way too many people in here liking the boring dreck that is the Beatles.

(ducks)

[blankall]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

I don't think Sex Pistols were that good.

They only had one studio album, and it was less than 40 minutes. I quite like the album. But really, the Sex Pistols were more icons than musicians.

[FlamesAddiction]

I don't even think Johnny Rotten likes the Sex Pistols.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

I don't even think Johnny Rotten likes the Sex Pistols.

I don't think anyone in the band did. They had one 40 minute album, and they had to make personal changes part-way through it.

I also just found out, they are doing a reunion tour....without Johnny Rotten:

https://people.com/sex-pistols-first...otten-11705426

[habernac]

Originally Posted by troutman

Saw RHH with Soundgarden and Screaming Trees back in the day in Seattle.

Horton opening for Motörhead here was a highlight.

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by blankall

They only had one studio album, and it was less than 40 minutes. I quite like the album. But really, the Sex Pistols were more icons than musicians.

They were a huge influence because they were one of the first with the punk attitude and style. As a band they were ok. Steve Jones would even say thats generous.

[DownInFlames]

The Fall would be in contention if any of you were listening to anything but CJ92. Fugazi as well.

[afc wimbledon]

whether you like or dislike the Sex Pistols you cannot argue that they should or could be left off a list of best rock bands that includes No Doubt Def Leopard Oasis and GnR, they are monumentally more important than any of them and I would argue neither Oasis or GnR would exist without them, ditto Joy Division and NIN and Radiohead or a list without the Byrds that includes the Eagles, utterly asinine

[Brupal]

It’s weird that these days there are so few BANDS. It’s mostly a single named performer (ie Taylor Swift or Ed Sheeran or The Weeknd) or a group of singers but not a group of musicians. Discuss.

[karl262]

Rock is theatrical, so any band in consideration would need to have that ONE legendary performance, the one that most people, not just fans, would recognize as exceptional. Recording a great track in a studio is one thing. Blowing peoples minds in concert is quite another.

So maybe don't just name the band, link the video.





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[KootenayFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

How much weight do you put the show over the actual substance of the music? Because I could see why some people would put AC/DC high on a list like that if you just wanted the energy and performance of a live show.

I remember seeing Soundgarden with The Reverend Horton Heat back in the day. Most people would probably consider Soundgarden to be the better band when it comes to records and would be on way more people's lists, but damned if The Reverend Horton Heat wasn't the better live show. If I had to take someone to a concert who didn't know either band and just wanted them to have fun, I know which one I would take them to.

Haha I was at that same show. 94-95 at Max Bell? The two things that stood out were how much weed was in the air and how friggin loud it was. I've been to a lot of concerts and a lot of loud ones but that one was up there for volume. After Soundgarden started I thought my eardrums were gonna blow. Pretty good show, though, so glad I got to see them when I did.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by Brupal

It’s weird that these days there are so few BANDS. It’s mostly a single named performer (ie Taylor Swift or Ed Sheeran or The Weeknd) or a group of singers but not a group of musicians. Discuss.

There are way more bands now than there has ever been by orders of magnitude. The music industry has shifted dramatically from major labels, Top 40 and FM rock radio.

Approximately 120,000 new tracks are released on music streaming services every day.

AI Overview:

It is impossible to know the exact number of rock bands in the world today versus 1976, but the number has likely increased significantly due to easier music creation and distribution. While 1976 saw a peak in mainstream rock dominance, today's music landscape is far more diverse, with a vast and uncountable number of rock bands across various subgenres and levels of popularity, thriving through online platforms rather than solely relying on radio and major labels.