Best classic rock band of all time?

[ulukinatme]

Wish we would do an I.E. Top 25. Two rounds of voting for each position starting with #1. First round would be a large list and second round narrowed to the 5 highest vote getters in round 1. Wish I knew how to do polls etc..

I will make this happen today!

To avoid crowning The Beatles right away, I think we should make the stipulation that bands have to be judged based on their work that falls under "Classic Rock." Most Classic Rock stations don't play the early Beatlemania stuff and the British Invasion. You're talking the late 60s to break up Beatles, so Magical Mystery Tour, White Album, Abbey Road stuff, etc.

 

[bkess8]

Bkess8 - when you do the polls, please clarify definition / requirements so all of us don't get lost in debate on crap other than who's best.

Ok so to kick this off we need to lay down some rules of what is or what isn't Classic Rock.

A thought on what to decide on like time frame? 1965 to 1989

Throw out there what you think should be thought about when deciding on the greatest band and i will add them when I make the Classic Rock Polls.

 

[Wingman Ray]

Gotta go with CCR.

Boston was great. Aerosmith as well.

 

[bkess8]

This is the initial list. Right now it contains 94 names, I would like to get it to 100 to kick this off. Please look it over and help me add 6 more please.

38 Special
AC/DC
Aerosmith
Alice Cooper
Allman Brothers Band
Animals
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Bad Company
Beach Boys
Beatles
Billy Idol
Black Sabbath
Blind Faith
Blue Oyster Cult
Bob Dylan
Bob Seeger
Bon Jovi
Boston
Bruce Springsteen
Buffalo Springfield
Cheap Trick
Chicago
Cream
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Crosby Stills and Nash
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Def Leppard
Dire Straits
Doobie Brothers
Doors
Eagles
Eddie Money
ELO
Elton John
Emerson Lake and Palmer
Eric Clapton
Fleetwood Mac
Foghat
Foreigner
Frank Zappa
Genesis
Grateful Dead
Guess Who
Guns N Roses
Hall & Oates
Heart
Janis Joplin
Jefferson Airplane
Jethro Tull
Jimi Hendrix
Joe Cocker
John Mellencamp
Journey
Kansas
Kiss
Led Zeppelin
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Moody Blues
Motley Crue
Neil Young
Pat Benatar
Peter Frampton
Pink Floyd
Pretenders
Queen
Ramones
REO Speedwagon
Rolling Stones
Rush
Santana
Scorpions
Simon and Garfunkel
Steely Dan
Steppenwolf
Steve Miller Band
Styx
Supertramp
Ted Nugent
The Band
The Byrds
The Cars
The Clash
The Kinks
The Police
The Who
Three Dog Night
Tom Petty
Traffic
U2
Van Halen
Yardbirds
Yes
ZZ Top

 

[wizards8507]

I've always considered the Beatles as Pop but they evolved from bubblegum pop & covers ("I Wanna Hold Your Hand", "Twist & Shout") to Pop Rock where Lennon/McCartney's songwriting really shined & made them HoFers.

There was nothing else to evolve from. The Beatles more or less invented rock. They can't have been "hard rock" because "hard rock" didn't exist yet.

 

[ND NYC]

I think irishize categories sums it up pretty good

 

[wizards8507]

This is the initial list. Right now it contains 81 names, I would like to get it to 100 to kick this off. Please look it over and help me add 19 more please.

Hall & Oates. Motley Crue. The Byrds. Kansas. Half joking but if you need to get to 100.

 

[ND NYC]

There was nothing else to evolve from. The Beatles more or less invented rock. They can't have been "hard rock" because "hard rock" didn't exist yet.

don't think so.

early beatles were HEAVILY influenced by the likes of Buddy Holly, Elvis, and (like keith Richards and lot of the brits) Chuck Berry.

no british band can or will ever lay claim to having "invented" rock or "rock and roll". if anything it was the long forgotten delta blues guys who influenced Holly, Berry, Elvis.

 

[Irish YJ]

Runaways. Ramones, Simon and Garfunkel., The Clash

Zappa is listed twice, so you may need 20

 

[ND NYC]

U2
Little feat
steel dan
marshall tucker
sex pistols

 

[ulukinatme]

Three Dog Night has been mentioned here before, you could add them to the list. Iron Maiden. Judas Priest. Dio. Billy Idol. Thin Lizzy. Bon Jovi. Dire Straits. The Ramones. The Cars. The Clash. The list was already pretty good though.

 

[Irish YJ]

There was nothing else to evolve from. The Beatles more or less invented rock. They can't have been "hard rock" because "hard rock" didn't exist yet.

The Beatles did not invent rock. Not even close. First mega group, but inventors no.

 

[Irish YJ]

don't think so.

early beatles were HEAVILY influenced by the likes of Buddy Holly, Elvis, and (like keith Richards and lot of the brits) Chuck Berry.

no british band can or will ever lay claim to having "invented" rock or "rock and roll". if anything it was the long forgotten delta blues guys who influenced Holly, Berry, Elvis.

Yup. Many roots to rock and roll. Took a history of rock and roll in college. Funny, but one of my hardest classes. Wiz must be very young to think the Beatles invented rock and roll.

 

[ND NYC]

also
Paul McCartney and Wings

they put out some great classic songs, and had some nice tours.
(maybe add them and take out 38 special )

 

[Bishop2b5]

For me, classic rock typically had an element of blues in it or was blues based usually: Clapton, Hendrix, ZZ Top, Zeppelin, etc. Maybe a few exceptions like Queen, but the vast majority of real classic rock was blues based.

 

[wizards8507]

The Beatles did not invent rock. Not even close. First mega group, but inventors no.

I wasn't making a historical claim, I was responding to the notion that The Beatles should be disqualified from this poll on the basis that they're not "rock enough." My point was that there was nothing "more rock" than The Beatles because rock itself was still in its relative infancy.

 

[ACamp1900]

Derek and the Dominos
Bonnie and Delaney
Donovan
Dire Straights
3 Dog Night

 

[Irish YJ]

Short but good read.

What Is the First Rock and Roll Song?

 

[ulukinatme]

I wasn't making a historical claim, I was responding to the notion that The Beatles should be disqualified from this poll on the basis that they're not "rock enough." My point was that there was nothing "more rock" than The Beatles because rock itself was still in its relative infancy.

I'm not saying The Beatles should be disqualified from this poll, but I think the stipulation needs to be made that you can't include their early stuff, the Beatlemania screaming girls phase. None of that music is typically played in a Classic Rock format, it's usually lumped more with "Oldies." The Beatles stuff that is played is Magical Mystery Tour through Abbey Road stuff.

 

[ND NYC]

i'm gonna go out on a limb here, one of my all time favorites, y'all can call me soft, for some reason his music has stuck with me thru all phases of life, but he really isn't "rock and roll":

John Denver

(note: yes it does bother me that North Dakota has him on his avatar and I pretty much disagree with him on everything!)

 

[ACamp1900]

I'm not saying The Beatles should be disqualified from this poll, but I think the stipulation needs to be made that you can't include their early stuff, the Beatlemania screaming girls phase. None of that music is typically played in a Classic Rock format, it's usually lumped more with "Oldies." The Beatles stuff that is played is Magical Mystery Tour through Abbey Road stuff.

Helter Skelter... when I first heard that song years ago I was like, "WHA???... these are the same fools that did, 'Love Me Do'.... ???"

 

[wizards8507]

I'm not saying The Beatles should be disqualified from this poll, but I think the stipulation needs to be made that you can't include their early stuff, the Beatlemania screaming girls phase. None of that music is typically played in a Classic Rock format, it's usually lumped more with "Oldies." The Beatles stuff that is played is Magical Mystery Tour through Abbey Road stuff.

Dawg, you're excluding Sgt. Pepper, the single greatest rock album of all time.

i'm gonna go out on a limb here, one of my all time favorites, y'all can call me soft, for some reason his music has stuck with me thru all phases of life, but he really isn't "rock and roll":

John Denver

(note: yes it does bother me that North Dakota has him on his avatar and I pretty much disagree with him on everything!)

I don't know much John Denver but Take Me Home Country Roads is probably one of my top-10 favorite songs.

 

[NorthDakota]

i'm gonna go out on a limb here, one of my all time favorites, y'all can call me soft, for some reason his music has stuck with me thru all phases of life, but he really isn't "rock and roll":

John Denver

(note: yes it does bother me that North Dakota has him on his avatar and I pretty much disagree with him on everything!)

Blessings and peace be upon him.

 

[ACamp1900]

Dawg, you're excluding Sgt. Pepper, the single greatest rock album of all time.

 

[wizards8507]

*snip*

Lmao which part?

 

[Irish YJ]

I wasn't making a historical claim, I was responding to the notion that The Beatles should be disqualified from this poll on the basis that they're not "rock enough." My point was that there was nothing "more rock" than The Beatles because rock itself was still in its relative infancy.

I'd say the Stones were more rock than the Beatles easily. The Bealtles formed in 60 and the Stones the next year, originally as the Blue Boys. Beatles definitely are rock, but they are also pop to me. Of the early English bands, the Stones to me drove "rock and roll" while the Beatles drove pop and to some degree trip rock lol which was later dominated by Floyd IMO. Disqualify them, hell no.

 

[Bishop2b5]

Dawg, you're excluding Sgt. Pepper, the single greatest rock album of all time.

I love Sgt Pepper, but it's overrated as the greatest album of all time. Dark Side Of The Moon, Layla, Live At Fillmore East, and Led Zeppelin II are better. For that matter, I think The White Album is better.

 

[Irish YJ]

Helter Skelter... when I first heard that song years ago I was like, "WHA???... these are the same fools that did, 'Love Me Do'.... ???"

Helter Skelter was incredible. Beatles were all over the place musically which in itself made them amazing. Love the Crue's remake too.

 

[wizards8507]

I'd say the Stones were more rock than the Beatles easily. The Bealtles formed in 60 and the Stones the next year, originally as the Blue Boys. Beatles definitely are rock, but they are also pop to me. Of the early English bands, the Stones to me drove "rock and roll" while the Beatles drove pop and to some degree trip rock lol which was later dominated by Floyd IMO. Disqualify them, hell no.

That's fair. I'm not saying that The Beatles are the most classic-rockiest of all bands. But they're classic-rock enough to be included in the category.

It's like... Steph Curry is one of the best point guards in NBA history. You could make the argument that John Stockton was more point-guardier than Curry is, but that doesn't really play into the debate of who's better. The question of who's better is simply that. It's not a question of who better exemplifies the category.

 

[ACamp1900]

I think The White Album is better.

and Abby Road and Revolver and Let It Be... lol... I've never been a huge fan of SP....