1) Elvis
2) The Beatles
3) Bob Dylan
4) ed Zeppelin
5) Back Sabbath
6) Pink Floyd
7) The Velvet Underground
8) Jimi Hendrix
9) David Bowie
10) The Rolling Stones
Honrable mentions: The Clash, The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, Neil Young, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Brian Eno
Newer Bands that had Major Influence:
Pixies, Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, U2, REM, Metallica, Talking Heads, Rage Against the Machine, Green Day (admit it)
I'm sorry but Chuck Berry has to be somewhere on the list. I'm not saying number one, but he was a pioneer of rock n roll. He is also one of the best guitarist in the world.
Like Lennon once said: "If you tried to give Rock & Roll another name, you might try calling it Chuck Berry".
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Have you heard Faith No More? Do you have any scope of how many bands exist because of Mike Patton and his music? He has had an immense influence over artist of many genres.
I suggest you go listen to some. There are your reasons. Better yet, browse his back catalogue.
Ray Davies - THE KINKS
Dave Davies - THE KINKS
Peter Shelly - BUZZCOCKS
Seve Harley - COCKNEY REBEL
Peter Green - FLEETWOOD MAC
Mike Fleetwood - FLEETWOOD MAC
Mike Oldfield
Freddie Mercury -QUEEN
Joe Strummer - THE CLASH
Stuart Adamson - THE SKIDS & BIG COUNTRY
My point was why ask me what my reasons are for having them number 1? Why do I believe that? Because you only need look at all the bands his music has spawned or at least influenced. However, you do genuinely seem to be so far out of touch with anything remotely modern that it's not surprising you're unaware. I mean that as a genuine deduction, not a diss or anything.
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Well it can be taken both ways. The irony of your comment will not be lost on many. It's cool you think your alternative and I don't mean that as a "diss" (whatever new fangled kind of word "diss" is) either "homes".
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They're a name to drop. I seriously doubt half the people who say it have actually been influenced.
Doesn't disprove the fact that you're an old guy stuck in the days of his youth, refusing to accept that music has moved on. You play the age card against me all the time but it's not me who wanders into this forum looking uneducated is it? You're genuinely out of touch with all the great modern music post 95. No wonder you don't understand why I voted FNM as number 1.