Nirvana

True, but if it weren't for the Pixies, Cobain would've died before Nirvana ever went platinum.

Green Day

The Clash.

"Popular" does not mean "important" or "influential".

This won't be hotly debated.

At all.

Haha yeah, I hate Green Day but I have to put it anyway because as a blogger I have a duty to report the truth. We are the fifth estate.

*looks up at A+ certificate on the wall next to Naruto poster*

What about Pink Floyd? They were influential in three different types of rock: Psychedelic music during the Syd Barrett era, AOR/Art Rock during the Meddle/DSotM era, and whatever you want to call the Animals/Wall era.

Their complex sound even influenced the punk backlash.

Pink Floyd was apparently discussed at length and still left off the list. That invalidates the list right off the bat as far as I'm concerned.

Can't agree with Metallica.

They might be influential and important, but I can't agree with them.

Black Sabbath is not on this list, therefore this list is dead to me

No love for The Traveling Wilburys? I'm out.

this is why top 10 lists are meaningless.

No Mott the Hoople?

No Huey Lewis & the News?

That list is dead to me.

interesting list.
not going to say good, not going to say bad. just interesting.

Not on the top ten:

the Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, Aerosmith, Kiss, R.E.M., the Beach Boys, Pantera, Journey, the Mothers of Invention, the Doors, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Parliament Funkadelic, Phish, the Bee Gees, the Clash, the Animals, the Sex Pistols, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Allman Brothers, Duran Duran, the MC5, the Eagles, Motorhead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guns N' Roses, the Misfits, Iggy & the Stooges, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Pearl Jam, the Kinks, Genesis, Van Halen, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Rush, ZZ Top, Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band, Faith No More, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tool, Deep Purple, King Crimson, Traffic, Boston, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the Ramones, Alice in Chains, Steely Dan, Bon Jovi, Gorillaz, the Four Tops, the Shirelles, the Band, Soundgarden, Talking Heads, the Who, and U2.

Why are the ones in bold not on the top ten list, while Green Day is?

And for anyone complaining about Metallica being on the list, I've got two words for you: Cliff Burton.

They didn't even consider The Smiths?

The Beach Boys

You can draw the line from Pet Sounds to Sgt. Pepper to everything after.

Of course, Pet Sounds isn't the same without this.

The list is void due to the exclusion of The Who.

Creators of or at least early adapters of the following:

punk rock (My Generation, 1965)
the concept album (The Who Sell Out, 1967)
the rock opera (Tommy, 1969)
the first use of an electronic loop (Baba O'Reily, 1971)

Arguably, over the long run, more influential than the Beatles. Also, arguably, one of the most musically accomplished of all rock bands.

So, to sum it up. Fail.

These lists are almost always useless, but Christ...no Velvet Underground, but Nirvana and Green Day? This is almost as bad as that "100 greatest independent rock releases of all time" that was greenlit a few weeks ago that had Arcade Fire in the Top 5.



"Hi! I'm a college kid who doesn't know shiat about rock music!"

/Like thamike said above, including Nirvana but not including the Pixies is default asstardery. Cobain admitted many times that he was basically just ripping off the Pixies. And hell, the Pixies probably don't even belong on this list.

blogger: The ten most influential and important rock bands of all time my limited top40 collection.

/He got maybe 3 correct

King Something: Why are the ones in bold not on the top ten list, while Green Day is?

Uh.. Why are Gorillaz bolded? I mean I like them and all, but you'd have to construct an argument as to why they are important and who they influenced.

/mind is open, though..

sigdiamond2000: but Christ...no Velvet Underground, but Nirvana and Green Day?

This.

The (now ex-)wife walked into the room one day, just after I'd bought and started playing a VU CD. She asked, "why does that sound like Led Zeppelin?" More like the other way around.

Kids, if you want to get to the root of real heavy metal, punk, and hard rock, take a listen to some Velvet Underground. You'll be blown away.

/also, Heroin is said to be the greatest love song ever made
//and it ain't about a woman

King Something: Why are the ones in bold not on the top ten list, while Green Day is?

You didn't bold the Ramones while discussing why an alleged punk band made the list?

There is truly no justice when these musical pioneers are snubbed from such a list. (pops)

List is made of pure grade A FAIL."Here's the top ten most influential bands in rock, and by that I mean here's some bands I like, plus I'll throw in a couple of really old bands I've never actually listened to but I heard were really popular when dinosaurs walked the earth to make myself not look like a college-age dumbass with no clue".

10 is just too small a number. After the Beatles, there's way more than 10 (well, 9) bands that could more or less equally be called "influential", "important", or "good".

/Who, Floyd indeed

2. The band must have received some degree of popular/commercial success. This one stings a bit, but to some degree, commercial success is entwined with influence.


Fail.

Basically he's saying if he's never heard of them, they're not worthy of being on the list. What a maroon.

wow, worst list ever.


Sorry, The Velvet Underground proved that you don't have to be commercially successful to be influential. Their first 3 albums are a virtual crystal ball of where music would be headed for the next 30+ years. I knew this list was bullshiat as soon as I saw that it would only include top-sellers.



Sorry, exactly how is Nirvana influential? Maybe it's a generational thing and Nirvana made people a realise that a whole world of music exists outside of regular MTV rotation... but how is that at all relevant now? It's pretty damn easy for me to find music from the same era (via allmusic.com...and other *ahem* means) and all I can think of is "wow, you mean people didn't know about these bands?" Nirvana didn't change the music industry, they were just a new outlet for the record companies to exploit. And they certainly weren't the first indie band to be courted by the majors.

This list is crap.

Just to get it out of the way, here are a whole bunch of bands that were discussed at length, but didn't fall into our top eight: ... the Who

Didn't bother reading the rest.

Whiskey tango foxtrot...no Moody Blues or Pink Floyd?

The guy who wrote this article is clueless.

They said "no solo artists" so Zappa not being on there is something I really can't get angry about: the fact that one of these two ISN'T on there really makes me wonder... That and, like a true indie-rock-douchebag he puts the Beatles on there, but not the Stones, Led Zepplin, but not Sabbath - and then he flat out forgets these two below. The audacious thing is that he states "commercial appeal" is a deciding factor. DOUCHEBAG!

The guy who wrote this is probably working on The Top 10 Most Influential Movies Of All Time right now, wondering which to put first: Napoleon Dynamite or American Beauty.

SockMonkeyHolocaust: because as a blogger I have a duty to report the truth. We are the fifth estate.


Do the world a huge favor and end your life now. I don't see a cry from the people that they need a voice of truth in reporting and then turning to BLOGS to find them. Just because you paid 5 bucks at GoDaddy and register a site, then fill said site with your opinion, doesn't make it fact dude. If I want truth in reporting I'll turn on Keith Olbermann, not head to your big, rugged, world renown, BLOG.

Jesus christ are you kidding me? You can't be serious. Thats it. Its a joke, and it went over my head. Well played sir. You fooled me.

/Still not kidding about the you killing yourself part. Just make it clean.

JeffTL: Whiskey tango foxtrot...no Moody Blues or Pink Floyd?

The Moody Blues? On a list of the ten most influential bands of all time?

name 10 major bands that were influenced by the Moody Blues

I don't think you could name 10 major bands influenced by Pink Floyd, either, but at least they're debatable.

It's not saying that the Moody Blues aren't great (also debatable), but they weren't an influential force on the music that came after them

Television anyone?

The Beach Boys
Black Sabbath
Velvet Underground
The Who

These bands are sadly lacking from this list. The first band that I would boot off is Green Day.

Thank Christ, No Rush.

kanesays: The Beach Boys
Black Sabbath
Velvet Underground
The Who

These bands are sadly lacking from this list. The first band that I would boot off is Green Day.

Yeah, if we are talking Important and Influential:



PET SOUNDS, MUTHAFUKKA, GO AND BUY IT!

Jedekai: not the Stones,

go rtfa. Stones are right there between Metallica and the Police.

Oh, and this is a general statement- You DO realize that there are other types of influence than just that on other musicians right? Or would you just rather sit there and whine that he included commercial success as a criteria thus excluding whatever favorite band you want?

Sabbath farking invented the music metallica is playing, yet they get on instead of sabbath? gtfo

Influential? Do you mean on the public, or on music in general. If the latter, then where's the New York Dolls?

List is worthless once it excluded the Who.

Who > Green Day

If you mean influential on the public, wouldn't that open the door to (damn good) bands like Fleetwood Mac, with their bajillion very good pop songs and excellent musicianship?

I'm embarrassed I didn't rush to defend the Beach Boys. Of COURSE they belong there.

thamike: Yeah, if we are talking Important and Influential:

[hotlinked image]

PET SOUNDS, MUTHAFUKKA, GO AND BUY IT!

Pet Sounds was by Fortunecity.com? I really do learn something everyday!

No Celtic Frost? This list is dead to me...
I think it was dead before I got here though, Fark crushed the life out of it's server.
/nothing unusual
//or surprising

Umm..I didn't hotlink that image.

Jedekai: and then he flat out forgets these two below

Aren't (or possibly better in the past tense) Iron Maiden little more than a comedy pub band?

Devo.