Re: 26 best bands of all time (forget the greatest crap)
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Re: 26 best bands of all time (forget the greatest crap)         

Group: rec.music.progressive · Group Profile
Author: gravedigger69
Date: Apr 1, 2008 21:16

On Apr 1, 11:08 pm, Raja gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 1, 10:53 pm, gravedigger69 yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> On Apr 1, 9:40 pm, zepflo...@yahoo.com wrote:
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>>> On Apr 1, 9:36 pm, Jeff sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>>>> On Apr 1, 8:58 pm, zepflo...@yahoo.com wrote:
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>>>>> These 26 bands have 1 album in the top 250 rateyourmusic all time
>>>>> albums and 2 others in the top 1000.
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>>>>> Band
>>>>> Beatles
>>>>> Black Sabbath
>>>>> Can
>>>>> Death
>>>>> Deep Purple
>>>>> Genesis
>>>>> Iron Maiden
>>>>> Jimi Hendrix Experience
>>>>> Judas Priest
>>>>> King Crimson
>>>>> Kinks
>>>>> Led Zeppelin
>>>>> Metallica
>>>>> Opeth
>>>>> Pink Floyd
>>>>> Radiohead
>>>>> Ramones
>>>>> Rolling Stones
>>>>> Stooges
>>>>> Talking Heads
>>>>> Van der Graaf Generator
>>>>> Velvet Underground
>>>>> Who
>>>>> Wire
>>>>> Yes
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>>>> I'm not taking sides here between you and PR, but I have to say that
>>>> you keep listing the same bands over and over again.
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>>> Most of these happen to be the best bands of all time, so they get
>>> repeated.
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>>>> I would like to
>>>> hear about bands that aren't so well known.
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>>> I like all these...
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>>> Canned Heat
>>> Guess Who
>>> Blue Oyster Cult
>>> Fleetwood Mac (original with Peter Green)
>>> Bee Gees (early on)
>>> Joy Division
>>> Cars
>>> Jesus and Mary Chain
>>> Stone Roses
>>> Verve
>>> Sigur Ros
>>> Godspeed You Black Emperor
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>>> ....all underrated bands
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>>>> I'll post some songs or
>>>> bands that posters might not know about..old or new.- Hide quoted text -- Hide quoted text -
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>> Grand Funk
>> Railroad
>> James
>> Gang
>> Mott The
>> Hoople
>> J. Geils
>> Band- Hide quoted text -
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> Add to the list
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> Thin Lizzy
> The Faces
> Traffic
> The Small Faces
> The Nice
> Procol Harum
> The Zombies (wrote probably the best melodies ever)
> ABBA (cheesy but excellent melodies)
> Blondie (again cheesy but highly entertaining)
> Yardbirds (one of the greatest 60s band forgotten these days)
> Mahavishnu Orchestra (most technically talented band ever)
> Foghat
> Hawkwind (I love this band, highly highly underrated)
> Montrose (one of the greatest guitar ever)- Hide quoted text -
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Thin Lizzy sucks. The Hollies are better than the Zombies and Foghat
one hit wonders.
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