Question:
In no particular order The Beatles The Smashing Pumpkins Pink Floyd Radiohead Portishead Of course, there are so many other great bands I didn’t mention, or haven’t heard of. Grimfarrow
Response:
My choice: 5. Rolling Stones 4. The God Machine 3. Manic Street Preachers (pre- Everything must go – The Holy Bible was just awesome) 2. Kyuss 1. Varies, depending on my mood. Currently its Mogwai. Also listen to: Quickspace, Macrocosmica, Fiend (i.e. the future of British Music). Placebo are pretty bloody awesome. Andrew
Response:
My choice:
What are the criteria? Certainly not sales…that’s easy to determine. 5. Black Sabbath The solidified heavy metal as a genre and they still kick ass 4. The Eagles/The Rolling Stones (tie) I don’t like ‘em, but they gave diversity to rock music 3. Pink Floyd They influenced modern rock and psychedelica just like Hendrix, but they produced more for us to learn from 2. Led Zepplin Face it. They’ve influenced more rock musicians than anybody alive. 1. The Beatles Except the Beatles, who made it possible. Justification: The Beatles moved million of fans from be-bop and trite ’50s music to experimental rock. The Stones pushed it forward, made it edgier. Zepplin pushed it further, creating hard rock while Floyd ate acid and pushed experimentation to the extreme (without ODing.) Sabbath thundered over the folk-love movement and gave us crushing, towering riffs and dark, demonic themes that reached the mainstream instead of collapsing a la Iron Butterfly. The Eagles took rock and spoon fed it to broader markets. The result? Corporate rock and roll on the dark side, influence of countless millions of future rock fans and musicians on the bright side. Top 5 Musicians, in no order 5. Pete Townshend. He gave us the Marshall stack. Any questions? 4. Jimi Hendrix. But first…wokkawokkawokkawokka..are you experienced? 3. Les Paul. Duh. Also invented multitrack recording. 2. John Lennon. Imagine there’s no Beatles… 1. Bob Dylan. Can’t sing for shit, but he popularized singing about something other than Peggy Sue and soc hops. Justification: Pearl Jam. Eddie Vedder sings about socially consious shit in a whacked out voice, backed by dudes playing Les Pauls (and Fenders) through Marshall stacks, layering wah-pedalled soloes with acknowledged Hendrix influence. "Ten" was one of the best-produced (studio) records of the ’90s – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – 5. Rolling Stones 4. The God Machine 3. Manic Street Preachers (pre- Everything must go – The Holy Bible was just awesome) 2. Kyuss 1. Varies, depending on my mood. Currently its Mogwai. Also listen to: Quickspace, Macrocosmica, Fiend (i.e. the future of British Music). Placebo are pretty bloody awesome. Andrew
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