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

[poundingmetal74]

Judas Priest or Black Sabbath. Priest has unashamedly carried the banner of "Heavy Metal" since their inception.

 

[Stephen Wo]

If he counts, Bob Dylan.

He doesn't count...at all. Just...no, he is the furthest thing from Rock. He's good, don't get me wrong, but...no. Just no.

My vote goes to Pink Floyd.

What do you mean? He did a lot of electric later on!

 

[AnarchistFish]

By best, do you mean personally or objectively?
Cos my favourite band is Slipknot but as for the actual greatest rock/metal band ever, it'd have to be one of either Metallica, Iron Maiden, Muse, Converge, etc

 

[ScourgeOfHell]

Does Linkin Park count?, of course it does. Call me an angst riddled 12-year old all you want, but Linkin Park, with it's meaningless lyrics, defines metal in my opinion

 

[Wherethefuckiswally]

Iron Maiden, Gun's N Roses and Metallica, one of these is the best, depending what mood i'm in, easy! Although Linkin Park are my favourite band and will one day be counted amongst these greats

 

[Gizmo1990]

AC/DC
The Who
Led Zepplin
The Rolling Stones
Metallica

I don't know. I can never deside so here is 5. Pick one for yourself.

 

[ungothicdove]

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.

I see what you did there. I like The Nobs too.

I see what you both did there. Tough decision between The Nobs and The New Yard Birds so I'm just gonna go with something safe and say Zep.

 

[No_Remainders]

Hooray for ridiculous threads that are totally subjective to personal opinions!

I'd have to say the best (at least, what I think is the best) band is probably... This is actually impossible, I just listen to far too much music to decide on what rock/metal band I like the most, so here's a list.

AC/DC
Pink Floyd
Guns 'n' Roses
Led Zepplin
Metallica
The Beatles
Muse
The National


I could keep going, but they're some of my favourites.

 

[ungothicdove]

While Led Zepplin was and is incredible, their sound basically stayed the same over the course of their recording career. Their live shows were just outstanding as well. To say Zep is the best isn't far from the truth, but that is bc so many bands emulated them. While VH is a part of modern rock history, they are a one trick pony. With David Lee Roth or Hagar.

I am seriously suprised nobody has mentioned Rush. They have consistantly changed their style from hard rock, to rock, to progressive,and many things inbetween, and had it all be incredible sounding as well as musically complex and demanding.

I'm sorry but I can't agree that their sound stayed the same. Have you listened to their whole discography? They include blues, rock, folk, a little reggae-ish ditty, and In Through The Out Door is a pretty big departure from anything they established in my humble, non musically educated opinion. They might not have gone to the extremes of Rush but Zep is no AC/DC when it comes to playing the same sound. Perhaps their live shows were more streamlined but if I had to pick one band to listen to forever, they'd be up there due to their diverse library.

 

[ungothicdove]

Also, I'm gonna go with Hendrix now because I haven't seen his name thrown into the mix. Which surprises me way more than those who were surprised by the missing AC/DC at first.

 

[AnarchistFish]

Does Linkin Park count?, of course it does. Call me an angst riddled 12-year old all you want, but Linkin Park, with it's meaningless lyrics, defines metal in my opinion

I'd actually say that Deftones define metal. To me, they represent quite a broad spectrum of the aspects of all types of metal.

 

[thefrizzlefry]

Uh.. I'd say it's a toss-up between The Beatles and The Kinks for Best Rock Band, and, as for best metal band, that's easy: Primus.

 

[RipRoaringWaterfowl]

Pink Floyd. Hands down. It's not just good music, but good music with elaborate stage shows. And it's not just good music with elaborate stage shows, but goood music with elaborate stage shows and much, much meaning and ideals behind and in them.

 

[electric method]

While Led Zepplin was and is incredible, their sound basically stayed the same over the course of their recording career. Their live shows were just outstanding as well. To say Zep is the best isn't far from the truth, but that is bc so many bands emulated them. While VH is a part of modern rock history, they are a one trick pony. With David Lee Roth or Hagar.

I am seriously suprised nobody has mentioned Rush. They have consistantly changed their style from hard rock, to rock, to progressive,and many things inbetween, and had it all be incredible sounding as well as musically complex and demanding.

I'm sorry but I can't agree that their sound stayed the same. Have you listened to their whole discography? They include blues, rock, folk, a little reggae-ish ditty, and In Through The Out Door is a pretty big departure from anything they established in my humble, non musically educated opinion. They might not have gone to the extremes of Rush but Zep is no AC/DC when it comes to playing the same sound. Perhaps their live shows were more streamlined but if I had to pick one band to listen to forever, they'd be up there due to their diverse library.

I have listened to Led Zep's entire library multiple times over. From a purely musical stand point Zep never really innovated. They just repackaged old blues as "rock". Almost every song on their first two albums are shameless rip-off's of older blues tunes.

This isn't to say certain members of the band weren't extremely influentual, like Jimmy Page. Or that their later music wasn't influental, bc It was. Physical Graffiti ranks up there in my top 5 albums ever recorded. But in the main, the way the wrote songs, from lyrics to musical structure stayed basically the same from Zep 1 to Coda. If you play something from Zep 1 and then something from In through the out door, there is absolutely no mistaking it's Led Zep.

 

[pppppppppppppppppp]

I propose we create a set of rules for this thread, and it goes something like this:

Mentioning Pink Floyd gets you a cookie.

Mentioning Rush, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC or The Who gets you a lesson on why the above band is better.

Mentioning The Beatles or The Rolling Stones gets you a slap in the face and a lesson on why the above bands are better.

Mentioning a punk rock, glam metal, grunge, or nu metal band results in an automatic ban from this forum, and an associate will barge in your house and explain why every other band in existence is better while beating you with a frying pan.

[small]Mentioning King Crimson also gets you a cookie.[/small]

 

[xplosive59]

Devin (bloody) Townsend, Strapping Young Lad, Death or INME!