What is the best Rock/Metal band in history(so far)?

[Sacman]

Well my favorites are Dinosaur Jr. And Nirvana...

 

[WaReloaded]

I cannot think of a band more appropriate for this thread than...
Honestly, a few years ago my life consisted of roaming Azeroth and listening to Sonata Arctica (and other Power Metal bands). Power Metal is literally a fantasy novel and an RPG combined into something even more amazing than the sum of its parts.

 

[Zebidizy]

Blind guardian !!!!!

best band to have walked this earth =p

 

[AzureRaven]

The Offspring. I've just never heard another band quuuite like them. Well...to be fair, they're my favorite, idk if I could honestly say the best. The best to me is prooobably ACDC.

 

[SEPECAT]

What no AC/DC? I'm dissapointed

THANK YOU. I was getting pretty mad no one had said it yet.

 

[Les Awesome]

well i don't pit my favorites against each other
i use them as an allstar superstar tag team comboe which features
Queen The Beatles AcDc The Who The Rolling Stones Black Sabbath Aerosmith Led Zeppelin
and Marilyn Manson

 

[Eofofo]

King Crimson has to be my favorite band of all time, hands down.

 

[12GaugeLobotomy]

Ulver! Enough content, creativity and diversity for three bands.

 

[LongAndShort]

AC lightning bolt DC

Naa naaa naaaa naaaa naa naaa naaa naaaaa

 

[joemegson94]

IMO, Pink Floyd and AC/DC are the two greatest rock bands ever, probably in that order.

 

[let's rock]

The beatles. You know, sometimes bands sell more albums than any other band in the world for a reason

 

[JasonKaotic]

For me it's Into Eternity.
They've gone through 4 nearly-completely-different lineups, and all of them have made flawless music. And the current lineup has who has to be one of the best vocalists out there.
This is where I'd link a song, but I don't want to go through the hour-long process of deciding which to link. I love all of 'em.

 

[Scarecrow1001]

Im gonna go with Rise Against

 

[Chalacachaca]

I don't know if somebody has already named them, but I think The New Yarbirds are by far the best rock/metal/folk/is that guy playing guitar like it was a violin?/blues band in history.

 

[geezah91]

Queens of the Stone Age, simple

 

[giggetygooo]

Metallica. nuff said

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Heaven Shall Burn, and nobody can convince me otherwise...

 

[Tanakh]

Okay, Number 1, you're putting Rock and Metal in the same category. That's bad. That's like saying Final Fantasy VII and Oblivion are the same because you wander around an open world killing stuff.

Rock: Can't go wrong with The Who or The Rolling Stones
Hard Rock: Guns & Roses, AC/DC, or my personal pick for the category, Sonata Arctica
Metal: 4 Pillars of the Metal Temple: Sabbath, Maiden, Priest, Metallica
Heavy Metal: Cradle of Filth or Nine Inch Nails would work fine.
Symphonic Metal: Nightwish, Within Temptation
Grunge Rock: Nirvana, Pearl Jam
Acid Metal: There is only one answer: Butthole Surfers.

This guy knows his stuff!!

Amazing band all of them, even if there are a couple i don't like and no rock list is complete without The Mars Volta.

 

[LeafofStone]

nothing in this world can beat, Apocalyptica.

Metal WITH CHELLO'S!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf2aIVKp1OY

 

[Silverfox99]

Faith No More cause you said the best and not the most popular.