I'm not necessarily talking about your favorite band... I'm talking about the most important to rock's sound. My favorite band is Pink Floyd, but I think that The Rolling Stones have them beat by a long shot for impact on future rock music, and The Beatles definitely have the Rolling Stones under them. So... who's the most important band in the history of rock and why?
2007-01-12 14:36:44 · 20 answers · asked by Leafy 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Thanks for so many answers, I'm going to see what the community thinks now!
2007-01-14 04:41:03 · update #1
U2
2007-01-12 14:44:20 · answer #1 · answered by thresher 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
The best rock band would have 2 be the rolling stones and the best metal band would have to be slipknot you can't deny wht both of these bands have done for there music genre slipknot transformed the faces of Nu-Metal, and the rolling stones are top 5 in tickets sold, top 10 in albums sold and they transformed and set the ground rules for rock as we know it today
2007-01-12 15:19:30 · answer #2 · answered by DaMaggot2542 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pink Floyd is great but thier music is not really rock n roll its something more than that.
I dont consider the beatles rock n roll really to me thier more like pop.
The rolling stones are rock n roll so i would say them.
Led zeppelin is right up with the stones too.
muddy waters, bo diddley, elvis infuenced all of em'
2007-01-13 04:45:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not really a band, but Chuck Berry. I know a lot of people say Elvis Presley invented rock and roll, but Chuck Berry was the true creator and without him, there would not be any rock music
2007-01-12 16:08:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't know the name of the band but there were these guys in the hair metal era and they were the first African-American rockers they were pretty good and the first ones. Rather than them I would say Elvis because he invented rock and roll
2007-01-12 14:44:44 · answer #5 · answered by critter 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Clash, Led Zeppelin, and QUEEN. Cause they influenced all different kinds of rock music for modern bands.
2007-01-12 14:44:12 · answer #6 · answered by What a relief! 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are talking about importance, I think Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin are the main influences on the Hard Rock sound, although they are my favourites.
2007-01-12 14:43:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Led Zeppelin has influenced every single rock band following them. No one can say they listen to rock and not listen to Led Zeppelin. They carved everything in stone. That rock can be whatever you turn it into. And that rock is so much more than rebellion and youth music. It's a complex genre that can be soft and slow, to fast and hard. Led Zep did everything first. They were the best and still are. No one tops them.
2007-01-12 14:44:33 · answer #8 · answered by BloodyHell 4 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Kiss and Alice Cooper. Masters of the stage show!
2007-01-12 14:47:38 · answer #9 · answered by toots2000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kiss for stage theatrics and Jimi Hendrix the master of the electric guitar!!!
2007-01-12 14:52:18 · answer #10 · answered by rudee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Red Hot Chili Peppers and Led Zeppelin for me..
2007-01-12 14:41:25 · answer #11 · answered by Artist Formally Known As Muse06 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋