What Band, of any Genre of music past and present, do you think is the best of all time?

Question

Now why? Give specific details...(ie. longevity, number of top hits, number of platinum albums etc...) This can also include solo singers and singer/songwriters...

Answer 1

The Beatles, bar none. They changed music, and the way people thought about it...they were one of the first mainstream bands to experiment with their tunes, and opened doors for other great bands to do the same. All the members (excluding Ringo, lol) are extremely talented musicians/lyricists in there own rights, and all put out wicked solo stuff...I mean, come on...the music world without the songs of John Lennon and Paul McCartney?

Answer 2

Genre - Classical music. It has been popular for hundreds of years, and is still being produced today, so it is not a dead form. I am not a huge fan of classical music (although I like some) but is has to be the most enduring in modern history.

Band - My personal preference is the Grateful Dead. The Dead never had a #1 hit, yet sold out every concert tour they had for almost 30 years.

Answer 3

Bob Dylan.

So many other people in different genres of music have covered his songs. His songs transcend generations. He was a lyrical genius in the stuff he put out to the public and moved a whole generation of people to stand up for what they believed in.

Answer 4

BAND
******(past) ROLLING STONES
billed as the "World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band," the Rolling Stones are a British rock music band formed in 1961, forming a major part of the so-called "British Invasion" of rock bands in the 1960s. Along with the Beatles, the Who, the Kinks, and others, the Rolling Stones became very popular with young Americans when they first appeared in the early 1960s.

******(present)
NICKELBACK
Over the years, Nickelback’s music has appealed to listeners of pop, hard rock, alternative and metal
NICKELBACK RECEIVES 2x PLATINUM AWARD
Nickelback receives double platinum award in Calgary
Nickelback All The Right Reasons Album # 1 at Billboard. With 325,000 scanned the first week in the US and 60,000 scanned in Canada, ATRR becomes the # 1 album in North America


SOLO SINGER OF ALL TIME
******(past)TOM JONES

TRIVIA: Tom Jones was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II on 29 March 2006, granting him the title of "Sir". The honour was officially for his contributions to music. He carries his love of Wales with him and has become an informal world ambassador for his homeland.

TOP HITS: The Green, Green Grass of Home" (1966), his most successful single, which was interpreted by many to refer to Jones' native Wales, despite being written about the USA [1]
"I'll Never Fall In Love Again" (1967)
"Delilah" (1968), the usual choice of song for impressionists "doing" Tom Jones, occasionally being criticised for the violent nature of the song
"Help Yourself" (1968)
"Without Love" (1969)
"She's A Lady" (1971), his highest charting US single, peaking at #2

*********(present)USHER and JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
>>>.they best represent the youth or the majority of artist nowadays!
>>>possess positive image
>>>good sounds, good lyrics, good songs!
*****USHER
Far beyond the extraordinary levels of success that Usher has already achieved in his meteoric rise to global superstardom as singer, composer, producer, film and television actor, businessman and philanthropist, 2004 managed to add even further levels of accomplishment to his profile. Consider the phenomenal success of his fifth album, Confessions, which (as of this writing) is certified 8-times RIAA platinum in the U.S. alone, has surpassed 11 million copies worldwide, and continues to sell about one million copies per month.
Released in March 2004, Confessions scanned a record-breaking 1.1 million units in its first week out, giving Usher his first #1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart, and his first simultaneous #1 pop/#1 R&B entry
*******JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
As both a member of *NSYNC and a solo artist, Southern superstar Justin Timberlake has played a major role in the teen pop explosion of the '90s and 2000s. Like similar teen pop favorites -- who have included the Backstreet Boys, C-Note, Christina Aguilera, Hanson, the Spice Girls, and Britney Spears -- Timberlake usually doesn't get much respect from rock critics (who, in many cases, tend to be very alternative-minded and anti-commercialistic). Regardless, he is adored by millions of fans, many of whom have been adolescent girls. Over the years, the teen market has had a lot of different sounds.
Jive released Celebrity, *NSYNC's third album, in 2001, and after that, Timberlake started recording as a solo artist. The singer had performed live as a solo artist before *NSYNC, but it wasn't until the early 2000s that he actually recorded an album as a solo act. Justified, Timberlake's first solo album, was released on Jive in November 2002. "Like I Love You," the album's first single, became a major hit and was followed by a second single, "Cry Me a River" (not to be confused with the melancholy Arthur Hamilton standard that was a hit for the late jazz singer/actress Julie London in 1955). ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

Answer 5

For the most point i agree with the beatles but what about pink floyd and Led Zeppelin?

Same genre but all different sounds

Answer 6

Led Zepelin.

The epitome of what a Rock band should be!

Answer 7

Industrial German Metal

Answer 8

The Beatles! You can't talk about influential musicians unless you talk about them first. Pure, unadulterated genius!

Answer 9

Milli Vanilli

they are the only true artists of our era

Answer 10

Aerosmith. They rock the house.