Who's your top 5 favorite rock bands?

[Stautner]

1. AC/DC
2. Aerosmith (1970's Aerosmith - not the ballad band of more recent years)
3. Pink Floyd
4. Led Zepplin
5. ZZ Top

 

[CowboyDan]

Sorry I don't classify metal and rock together.

Let me explain the Metallica thing:

Metal Albums:
Garage Days
Kill Em All
Ride the Lightening
Master of Puppets
...And Justice for All

All others released by Metallica are rock albums. See, that was simple.

 

[CowboyDan]

She is stunning up close. Yes, I have met her. Used to be friends with her brother, Jimmy.

You're not qualified to give these opinions....afterall, you think that Marilyn Manson-looking chick on the Guns show is pretty. Your card has been pulled.

 

[Stautner]

Sorry I don't classify metal and rock together.

I'm always amazed how specific people want to get. rock, hard rock, metal, heavy metal ......... it's nice to have groupings to help describe a particular rock bands style, but all are still rock.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Let me explain the Metallica thing:

Metal Albums:
Garage Days
Kill Em All
Ride the Lightening
Master of Puppets
...And Justice for All

All others released by Metallica are rock albums. See, that was simple.

I would agree all of the up to the black album. After that only Death Magnetic comes close to being metal. Just my opinion

 

[Yeagermeister]

I'm always amazed how specific people want to get. rock, hard rock, metal, heavy metal ......... it's nice to have groupings to help describe a particular rock bands style, but all are still rock.

It's how I classify them and it's my opinion. You see it different and I have no problem with you being wrong. ;-)

 

[CowboyDan]

I'm always amazed how specific people want to get. rock, hard rock, metal, heavy metal ......... it's nice to have groupings to help describe a particular rock bands style, but all are still rock.

What do you consider Charlie Daniels Band? Rock or Country? or something else?

 

[CowboyDan]

I would agree all of the up to the black album. After that only Death Magnetic comes close to being metal. Just my opinion

I don't consider the Black Album metal, but you could make an argument for it. I don't consider Death Magnetic metal either, but was happy to see them at least try to get back to their roots.

 

[Stautner]

It's how I classify them and it's my opinion. You see it different and I have no problem with you being wrong. ;-)

To each his own I guess. For me, while I understand classifying for description purposes, but I can't see any other way to look at them but as subgroups under the heading of "rock". Rock is the root of all of them.

To me it's similar to country music being comprised of subgroups like bluegrass, western swing, traditional country and outlaw etc .....

To me, favorite "rock band" should be a little more general - Pink Floyd, ZZ Top and Zepplin could be viewed as too rooted in the blues to be rock, Chuuck Berry could be too "pop" to be rock, even though the riffs that led to all the different levels that led to "metal" all started with guys like him. There has to be some acceptance that all these styles aren't stand alone genres.

 

[CowboyDan]

To each his own I guess. For me, while I understand classifying for description purposes, but I can't see any other way to look at them but as subgroups under the heading of "rock". Rock is the root of all of them.

To me it's similar to country music being comprised of subgroups like bluegrass, western swing, traditional country and outlaw etc .....

To me, favorite "rock band" should be a little more general - Pink Floyd, ZZ Top and Zepplin could be viewed as too rooted in the blues to be rock, Chuuck Berry could be too "pop" to be rock, even though the riffs that led to all the different levels that led to "metal" all started with guys like him. There has to be some acceptance that all these styles aren't stand alone genres.

Actually......
Rock has deep deep roots in blues. Like all rock.
Metal has heavy heavy influences from classical music and punk. And Metal didn't start with guys like Chuck Berry, it started with guys like Lemmy, Ozzy and Tony Iomi's amazing guitar riffs.

 

[Stautner]

Actually......
Rock has deep deep roots in blues. Like all rock.
Metal has heavy heavy influences from classical music and punk. And Metal didn't start with guys like Chuck Berry, it started with guys like Lemmy, Ozzy and Tony Iomi's amazing guitar riffs.

I understand rock has deep roots in the blues - as for metal, while today's metal my have roots in some of the people you mentioned, Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly etc had influence on those early pioneers. It's just a progression, and it really can't all be said to come from one place - lots of influences form every genre.

I just thought the idea of this category was more broad, and not intended to exclude, metal, heavy metal, alternative metal, progressive metal, punk, grunge, new wave, garage, glam, hair bands, southern rock, acid, techno, power ballads, indie, Gothic adn on and on and on .......

 

[CowboyDan]

Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly etc had influence on those early pioneers.

learn something new everyday.

 

[Boom]

1) Pink Floyd
2) Dave Matthews Band
3) Beatles
4) Pearl Jam
5) Aerosmith

 

[Arch Stanton]

1. Tool
2. Muse
3. The Beatles
4. Linkin Park
5. 30 Seconds To Mars

Honorable mentions: Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Breaking Benjamin

30 Seconds are about the best band of recent times. I also like Hard-Fi. Unfortunately being an old fart they don't make my top 5.

1. Pink Floyd ~ everything else is a poor second.
2. Deep Purple
3. Rainbow
4. Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. U2

I must mention Eric, Dire Straits and Tom Petty.

 

[Stautner]

learn something new everyday.

Did you think those guys evolved from the Kingston Trio and The Andrews Sisters?

Come on, the fact that music evolves from those that came before can't be a new concept for you. "Metal" didn't magically appear. Ozzy didn't just magically appear, Zepplin didn't just magically appear. The Who, The Stones, Page, Blackmore, Clapton, Steppenwolf, The Beatles, Albert King, Freddie King, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, and guys we don't even know.

Where do you think Lemmy, Ozzy and Tony Iommi's originated from? Do you think they just woke up one day and there it was?

Ozzy and Lemmy both credit The Beatles with being early influences. Not sure about Iommi, but his riffs didn't just pop out of the blue. They came from his evelution from his youth listening to clearly much tamer bands and built from there. Went back and found where Iommi lists an English instrumental group and Eric Clapton's early years with John Mayhall as his influences - blues influences, not like Sabbath-like riffs, but they must have helped inspire him to experiment with the guitar.

Do you know where the term "heavy metal" comes from? Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild".

 

[CowboyDan]

Did you think those guys evolved from the Kingston Trio and The Andrews Sisters?

Come on, the fact that music evolves from those that came before can't be a new concept for you. "Metal" didn't magically appear. Ozzy didn't just magically appear, Zepplin didn't just magically appear. The Who, The Stones, Page, Blackmore, Clapton, Steppenwolf, The Beatles, Albert King, Freddie King, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, and guys we don't even know.

Where do you think Lemmy, Ozzy and Tony Iommi's originated from? Do you think they just woke up one day and there it was?

Ozzy and Lemmy both credit The Beatles with being early influences. Not sure about Iommi, but his riffs didn't just pop out of the blue. They came from his evelution from his youth listening to clearly much tamer bands and built from there. Went back and found where Iommi lists an English instrumental group and Eric Clapton's early years with John Mayhall as his influences - blues influences, not like Sabbath-like riffs, but they must have helped inspire him to experiment with the guitar.

Do you know where the term "heavy metal" comes from? Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild".

I think it's quite obvious that I know music evolves from those that come before. And yeah, I know Ozzy and Lemmy were influenced by the Beatles. I thought you said they were influenced by "Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly etc had influence on those early pioneers." Confused me a lil' bit there.

 

[Stautner]

I think it's quite obvious that I know music evolves from those that come before. And yeah, I know Ozzy and Lemmy were influenced by the Beatles. I thought you said they were influenced by "Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly etc had influence on those early pioneers." Confused me a lil' bit there.

When I mentioned those names I was talking about the rock and roll icons from that era, and specifically the guitar legends like Berry and Perkins, and not trying to build a comprehensive chart showing the full tree that all the influences forked from that inspired those who became members of "metal" bands. Of course, since The Beatles were influenced by Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly, etc, then it's kind of hard to say those that list The Beatles as influences weren't also influenced by those guys. Guys like Berry and Perkins are where guitar riffs started. Iomme and those that came after didn't create that, they just expanded on it by adding a harder edge and a harder driving element to the riffs they came up with.

It's well known that Chuck Berry was a major influence for Keith Richards. Checking online I found that Jimmy Page lists "rockabilly" and the guitar work in some Elvis Presley tunes as influences (along with blues). Ritchie Blackmore lists Buddy Holly as an early influence. I'm sure I could find more, but it's all part of the evolution that led from the rock riffs of the past to the metal of today.

 

[CowboyDan]

I'm always amazed how specific people want to get. rock, hard rock, metal, heavy metal ......... it's nice to have groupings to help describe a particular rock bands style, but all are still rock.

To each his own I guess. For me, while I understand classifying for description purposes, but I can't see any other way to look at them but as subgroups under the heading of "rock". Rock is the root of all of them.

Actually......
Rock has deep deep roots in blues. Like all rock.
Metal has heavy heavy influences from classical music and punk. And Metal didn't start with guys like Chuck Berry, it started with guys like Lemmy, Ozzy and Tony Iomi's amazing guitar riffs.

I understand rock has deep roots in the blues - as for metal, while today's metal my have roots in some of the people you mentioned, Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly etc had influence on those early pioneers. It's just a progression, and it really can't all be said to come from one place - lots of influences form every genre.

I just thought the idea of this category was more broad, and not intended to exclude, metal, heavy metal, alternative metal, progressive metal, punk, grunge, new wave, garage, glam, hair bands, southern rock, acid, techno, power ballads, indie, Gothic adn on and on and on .......

If you re-read these posts, maybe you can understand the confusion.

 

[Royal Laegotti]

I'm always amazed how specific people want to get. rock, hard rock, metal, heavy metal ......... it's nice to have groupings to help describe a particular rock bands style, but all are still rock.

Yeah when I started this thread I did mean "rock" in the general/broadest sense, or inclusive sense. I guess I should have been more specific. By saying "rock" in the first place it was just easier than saying "rock", "heavy metal", "classic rock", "death metal", "prog rock" and on and on.

 

[Stautner]

Yeah when I started this thread I did mean "rock" in the general/broadest sense, or inclusive sense. I guess I should have been more specific. By saying "rock" in the first place it was just easier than saying "rock", "heavy metal", "classic rock", "death metal", "prog rock" and on and on.

The way you did it makes more sense. There are literally a hundred genres you could break rock down to, some of which are only populated by obscure bands that only a specific following are aware of. It makes sense to leave the topic broad. From the answers people will be able to tell if a person's specific tastes lies more toward the pop, classic, hard, metal punk etc ....