On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 18:58:16 -0700 (PDT), zepfloyes@yahoo.com wrote:

LOL

Here's another one:

Omega (45 yrs hx, greatest band from former Soviet sphere)
Beatles (best pop group that went experimental)
Zeppelin (well, everyone likes to pick a winner)
Yes (best ensemble of virtuosos ever, period)
Tubes (best theatrical/genre fusion band)
Clash (a great blender band of genres)
Tang Dynasty (PRC's first and best metal band)
Moody Blues (ultimate symphonic)
Trettioåriga Kriget (best Swedish band)
King Crimson (best live improvs)
Grateful Dead (best hippy movement band)
VdGG (best dark prog, plus Hammill)
MC5 (great blend of psych and punk)
Henry Cow (the RIO innovators)
Magma (the Zeuhl innovators)
Flower Travelin' Band (best psych band ever)
Rolling Stones (best rock-n-roll outfit)
Velvet Underground (best at raw rock)
Who (best rock band)
Tangerine Dream (synth pioneers)
Iconoclastia (best neoprog)
Devo (best new-wave band)
Stranglers (best 70s punk band)
Hawkwind (best festival band)
Mahavishnu Orch. (best fusion collective)

These bands not only rated by popularity, but by influence. 90%% of
what's out there today (in the *real* musical sense) is just rehash of
what these guys did. Also, inclusion of non-US bands like Omega
simply because they soldiered through artistically difficult climates.

didya notice how MSN headlines the Boy2Men reunion, but didn't mention
Yes. Or was it