The Who/Keith Moon or ACDC/Bon Scott?

[Sarek]

This one is tough for me, sometimes i don't even want to try. I consider both these bands to be top 5 ever. Probably 4 and 5, so close i think that it's interchangeable.

 

[Hardline]

The Who.
I was burnt out on AC/DC in high school and haven't listened to them since.
I graduated in 87

 

[mrmojo]

The Who, Keith Moon was a God, Roger, Pete and John weren't bad either.....meet the new boss, same as the old boss...

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Can't go wrong with either IMO.
So many good songs by both bands.
However I think the Who have more versatility. They have a variety of different types of songs where ACDC mostly sounded the same.

 

[jsb357]

If everything after Bon Scott died is not counted then the Who with Keith Moon wins by a mile.

 

[Vtwin]

No disrespect to AC/DC who I consider one of the greatest "Party Rock" bands ever but the Who blows them away from an overall musical standpoint.

 

[dreghorn2]

Man i remember being exposed to ACDC for the first time in the late 70s.

A buddy of mine said friends of his on the other side of town were all listening to this new band. When i heard the name i thought they were probably another glam band wannabe thing, and that just wasn't my bag.

I'm telling you man that summer ACDC hit my city like the Black Plague. It was incredible, they just exploded everywhere, everyone was playing them, every party be it house, beach, bar didn't matter.

They just struck a chord for young people in my part of the world.

I describe their music as relentless and it just seemed to resonate with everyone of my age group at that time, male and female.

Crazy really, great memories.

 

[CouchCoach]

Funny but these two songs, each remind me of the other.

 

[Sarge]

If everything after Bon Scott died is not counted then the Who with Keith Moon wins by a mile.

You have that backwards.

 

[pete026]

No slight on Bon Scott and I really haven't studied him but I have studied Keith and I doubt Scott could match up.

 

[triplets_93]

The Who

 

[triplets_93]

 

[triplets_93]

 

[cowboyec]

gotta go with the guy who put dynamite in his drum kit and blew'm up...on live tv...and didn't tell anyone before they went on that he'd done it.

 

[Sheepherder]

The Who, Keith Moon was a God, Roger, Pete and John weren't bad either.....meet the new boss, same as the old boss...

For me, it's the Who. Definitely one of the greatest live bands ever.

 

[RoboQB]

AC/DC with Bon Scott... and it's not even close.

 

[Runwildboys]

No slight on Bon Scott and I really haven't studied him but I have studied Keith and I doubt Scott could match up.

I don't know why there's a comparison between the lead singer of one band and the drummer of the other.

 

[Runwildboys]

AC/DC is in my top 5. The Who is probably about 40 or 50th

 

[pete026]

I don't know why there's a comparison between the lead singer of one band and the drummer of the other.

Not sure either? I never listened to AC/DC except what I heard on the radio. I mistakenly assumed he was the drummer based on this thread.

 

[Runwildboys]

Not sure either? I never listened to AC/DC except what I heard on the radio. I mistakenly assumed he was the drummer based on this thread.

No. He was the lead singer before Brian Johnson.(The current singer)