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There has been so much pushback here in the comments about my choices I am preparing a seperate video to answer some of accusations that I don't know what I am talking about and why I didn't put Pink Floyd or Queen or whatever on this list. It will be called THE 10 MOST IMPORTANT BANDS IN HISTORY | Why I was right
Really fascinating discussion. Thank you. So happy about bands 1 and 2. You nailed it.
Ignore the haters Andy!😊Really enjoyed your video by the way.
You pretty much nailed this list! It seems to me that you did your best to put personal biases aside... something many of the commenters have failed to do. Pistols, Nirvana and Kraftwerk are absolute no-brainers. I'm stunned to see ANY pushback on either of them. Solid stuff, glad i found you. New Sub
How about The 10 Best One Hit Wonders --
The Wee Five
Zager & Evans
No ACDC or Metallica, sorry! 🤦♂
Still nothing changed!
What I always marvel at is that the Beatles were done before any of them had their 30th birthday. Stunning
Stunning, and a huge shame. "Imagine" what could have been, both musically and culturally.
There was a well established wisdom those days- «You can`t trust anyone over 30 (years old)»
I thought Ringo had turned 30????
@@Fuzcapp John Lennon left the Beatles in September, 1969. Ringo turned 30 in July, 1970.
@@9Ballr Oh ok. Thanks for that. Can we add 9 months gestation time? 🙂
When talking about Led Zeppelin, can anyone ever just mention John Paul Jones for a second?
Absolutely. You’re not alone in the admiration for John Paul Jones. I don’t like when someone says “the best ever” like the Americans do, or discredit all others, etc., but dare I say he is the most amazing bass player that the whole era of the art form we call rock produced.
@@BassicVIC and much more than just Bass…he was the secret weapon in that band
Our host was kind enough to mention John Entwistle
Yes! Especially when talking about virtuoso musicians - JPJ was the most virtuosic of the whole band!
I always feel like he was their secret weapon-always in the background -an amazing musician
I can't say that I agree with everyone on your list, but man was it really engaging hearing you articulate your reasons for having them where you had them. Great video.
Great video! -Just one minor correction. George Harrison didn't write Michelle. That was credited to Lennon/McCartney, but I believe was written by Paul.
Yes
with John.
@@dustbinfilms John co-wrote the bridge.
McCartney did write it.
@@GeorgeSams-p9c Yes, and John co-wrote the bridge.
Surprised Pink Floyd not there.
I am wearing my Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon Sweatshirt right now. that album was on Billboard's top 100 for 865 weeks.
I’m sure in 50 years time P.F.will be in top 3
Me too,
@@DianeLake-sw3ym Quite possibly the greatest studio album ever recorded
Too many drugs can lead to memory loss?
The Beatles knocked the world off its feet; not just musically, but culturally as well! Overall they produced an incredible 27 number one hit singles! Of their 12 studio albums, all but one went to number one! They had an incredible charisma that psychologists tried to explain but couldn't. Girls screamed uncontrollably and fainted at their concerts and some even went into convulsions! On August 15, 1965, they played to a packed house of 55,600 people at Shea Stadium in Queens, N.Y. near New York City! No one before The Beatles even dared to fill a venue so large.They wrote over 200 original songs appearing on their 12 studio albums. The Beatles are the biggest selling band of all time, selling over 500 million records! Amazingly, they accomplished all of this in a mere seven years! The Beatles were magic and fortunately I was there to experience their magic!
Did you get the opportunity to see them playing live?
Hard data that speaks for itself. The Beatles phenomenon will never happen again.
There’s no one to touch the Beatles for the consistent quality of their artistic scope
There’s no one can touch the Beatles for the consistent quality of their artistic scope
All popular music before the Beatles is in the Beatles and the Beatles are in all popular music that came after them. I am a musician, just imagine to be in a Band that changed the world, amazing.
What a great way to explain their use of and influence on popular music, and they changed the culture of the world..
Well put, my friend. Every form of music is not an exaggeration. Classical, R&B, folk, big band, rock, heavy metal, ballads, electronic, Eastern Indian, avante-garde, pop synth, etc. It's almost inaccurate to call them a rock band.
Am I crazy? So there was no great bands before the 60's? Didn't both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones (stole) borrowed thier music from Black bands and musicians. They acknowledge as such!
The Chicago Aesthetic!!
Chess Records house band laid the groundwork for virtually all of the British rock bands of the next three or four decades.
Little Walter on harmonica
Otis Spann on piano
Jimmy Rogers (or Buddy Guy) on guitar
Willie Dixon on bass
Fred Below on drums.
(as a house band, they backed up Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Junior Wells, and many other Chess blues singers.)
Led Zeppelin, Cream, The Stones, The Yardbirds, The Animals, John Mayall, and numerous others were all striving to duplicate their sound with varying degrees of success. The Beatles were one of the few exceptions.
They also were a huge influence on many US groups.
Allman Bros. - Southern Rock
Grateful Dead - Jam band
The Meters - New Orleans instrumental rock
Andrew Sisters - Tight harmony singers
Motown girl bands...
*Edwards' list is infuriating in its narrow scope.
10 - The Who 🇬🇧
9 - Nirvana 🇺🇸
8 - The Sex Pistols 🇬🇧
7 - The Velvet Underground 🇺🇸
6 - Led Zeppelin 🇬🇧
5 - Black Sabbath 🇬🇧
4 - Kraftwerk 🇩🇪
3 - The Rolling Stones 🇬🇧
2 - Cream 🇬🇧
1 - The Beatles 🇬🇧
Your list is subjective, as is any list. However, one thing ALL lists will have in common, no matter who compiles them or where they are from, is that as different as they may be from each other, the top 10 are ALWAYS dominated by British bands.
We used to have a culture
I had an experience that highlighted the god status of the Beatles. I was part of a harm reduction conference in Liverpool and as an introductory party we had a Beatles cover band. The conference participants came from roughly 100 countries, the participants ranged from academics, researchers, social workers, activists, addicts and sex workers and ranging in age from 18 to 80 and when the songs hit the floor so did everyone. I was thinking at the time that no other band had the global reach - the true everyman (everyperson) appeal. And was still art.
All you need is love waging heavy peace man
As a “musicmaniac” of years there is no doubt in my mind that, past the times of Bach, Mozart and Bethoveen, which constitute the Old Testament of music, Beatles constitute its New Testament. That’s saying a lot, considering music is perhaps the most transcendent art form of all.
@@JoseAntonioDuclaud agreed, and in time to come, the Beatles music will be seen as something classic to be analysed and learned from
@@siroswaldfortitude5346Also in agreement. That’s exactly what being “classic” is all about.
@@siroswaldfortitude5346 It's already happened..The Beatles music has been studied and analyzed since the 1970's.
As someone who’s old enough to have seen live nearly every one of the bands in your list (except the Beatles) I can appreciate your nearly excellent and somewhat radical perspective. Bravo!
After the Beatles. The Sex Pistols were the most important British band ever. Maybe you had to be there to understand. 😊
The Beatles influenced everything!! How people looked, how they dressed, the way they wore their hair, the way they viewed politics, the way they viewed drug use, the way they viewed racial equality, the way they viewed war, and the way they viewed Mother Earth. Peace ☮️ and Love ❤️
musically Delta Blues influenced all music but your right on everything else
@@mega00760 Delta Blues is another subject.
@@mega00760delta blues didn’t influence classical music.
They were at the vanguard of flower power as well along with the Byrds, the Doors, the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Jono Mitchell, Joan Baez and the Lovin' Spoonful.
The Beatles really did change the world.
I think The Yardbirds, Pink Floyd and The Clash are worth an honourable mention. Terrific list though. Obviously The Beatles had to be No.1.
The Clash absolutely great shout.
Beatles, pink floyd , led Zeppelin, deep purple, génesis , king Crimson, black sabbath ,cream , rolling Stones ,the doors , formy , all influence , rock history.
Agree with your list, except for Pink Floyd. Lol
@@sylviaowega3839 why except Pink Floyd?
Re: Cream, there is a clip of Jimi Hendrix playing on a tv show and starts with Hey Joe and suddenly switches to Sunshine of your love as an acknowledgement of it's power
Because Cream had broken up!
I'm sure Lulu remembers it well. 😊
He did it after learning Jack Bruce considered him as one of the song's influences.
*its
Hendrix loved Cream and when he broke into Sunshine of your Love, he interrupted his own song and said something like "**ck this shit I want to play tribute to Cream!
I get this is just Andy's opinion.
Here are my thoughts.
Some important bands missed:
Post-grunge: Sigur Ros, Radiohead, Primus, Rage Against the Machine, Animal Collective, Portishead.
Pre-grunge: King Crimson, Sonic Youth, The Grateful Dead, Rush, The Moody Blues, Bikini Kill.
Other genres: Beastie Boys, Wu Tang Clan, Public Enemy, Modeski Martin and Wood, Outkast, The Jackson 5, Menudo.
The one undeniable truth is that the Beatles are the most important band since the creation of rock and roll.
This video should've really been titled "Most Influential Rock Bands" or "Most Influential British Rock bands".
@@JB-ti7bl I love Andy's opinions and our opinions on how wrong Andy is. I am sure Andy does as well, because he is not a fascist. lmao.
I was 12 when I saw the global broadcast of All You Need Is Love. Mesmerising. I bloody love The Beatles.
the world watched that broadcast, they brought a beautiful event. Besides, it's a damn good song!
I was 6 and remember hearing about them for the first time. going Home that Friday I told my mother we needed to make sure to watch Ed Sullivan Sunday. My brother and I were in front of the black and white tv watching the Beatles. But, I also remember not being able to hear them much because of all the screaming from the teen girls in the audience.
sounds like you are referring to the Ed Sullivan appearance(s) which were early pop songs in the beatlemania period. The All You Need Is Love broadcast was entirely different and more impactful- "The song was Britain's contribution to Our World, the first live global television link, for which the band were filmed performing it at EMI Studios in London on 25 June. The programme was broadcast via satellite and seen by an audience of over 400 million in 25 countries."
You nailed it mate with I bloody love the Beatles!!
And at their feet sat Mick Jagger and numerous London musical luminaries in full hippie regalia
Sunshine Of Your Love was on Disraeli Gears, not Fresh Cream.
I believe he was using 'Sunshine of Your Love' as a central reference point, as in 'If you think 'Sunshine of Your Love' is all Cream are about, well, 'Fresh Cream is so much more than just that.'
Disraeli Gears was simply CRAZY Good! My Favorite Song on there is “The Tales of Brave Ulysses.” Just one of the Greatest Albums Ever! And Cover for that matter IMHO!
You lost me at kraftwerk. Never heard of them. And, left out Pink Floyd and Creedence Clearwater?
You noticed that too!
Fascinating presentation, I absolutely loved your commentary. Quite a good list I think, given the preconditions you outline.
Glad you liked it!
So good to see Cream near the top of your list. I agree that they were the forerunners of Prog and Fusion. I also agree with you that Clapton was the most important rock guitarist in the world in 1965/1966, before the emergence of Jimi Hendrix. Eric was the archetypal lead guitarist at that time simply put.
Hendrix far more influential in my book, and he had a band...
@@jonunderscore Cream was a better band and came out earlier than The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Jack was a much better singer than Jimi as well.
@@rft2001 Jimi's music had a spiritual fire that Cream couldn't touch.
@@jonunderscore Hendrix stole Cream's thunder, but Cream stated it all.
The actual top ten is in many ways less important than the discussion of the assessment criteria. Top job 👏
Didn’t Blue Cheer cover Summertime Blues?
Yes
Original by Eddy Cochren !
Blue Chesr ----- not good
@@malegrissusran8847 Two wildly different styles, c'mon. Blue Cheer went total acid-rock freakout with Cochran's rockabilly teenage lament...always interesting when a song is 'interpreted' by another - think Devo doing the Stones "Satisfaction", Johnny Cash on " Personal Jesus", Santana covering Chuck Berry's "Havana Moon", and hilariously, Pat Boone getting tough covering " No More Mr. Nice Guy" from Alice Cooper. A lot of cover versions sound just like the originals, why? I don't get it. 🔊
Made it better.
Eddy cochren is a classic song!
Till today !
Blue Chear was a noisy hard Rock Trash !!
If you like to listen it - Its up to you !
I never heard it since 1976 !
No need !
Listen to Syd Vicious - Com ón Everybody !!
Also a Eddy Cochran Cover ! Nice Video !
There is a Live Version of Summertime Blues of the Who !!
Another great list. I understand your arguments for Cream, but that is a band that I never think of as important as all the other bands in the list. I really appreciate your take on The Beatles. I always took it for granted that they were the archetypal band because they were so big and came right at the beginning. I realize now that you're right, they are the opposite of that. They are a transcendent band who wholly embody the values of the culture that they ushered in, and nobody else could be like them no matter how they tried. Great job Andy!
No jam bands without Cream and the Grateful Dead. Andy says it - Cream really are the first really popular band to be stretching out in a serious way - their studio albums are OK but it's their live material that really broke new ground, and opened things up for bands that came afterwards.
I was in first grade when the Beatles came to America. And I was lucky. My mother let my brother and me buy and listen to Beatles music and frankly all rock music in the 60s as kids. Last week I stumbled onto a video on UA-cam of Penny Lane and realized I forgot just how important the Beatles were to music and its development during a 30+ year span. And their influence on music everywhere for many years - including their single careers. they were always creative and always ahead of everyone else.
Cream essentially raised the bar for instrumental ability (along with the Mothers and the Who) and they basically, along with Hendrix, radically changed the sound of rock. They also set up the foundation of prog rock, fusion, so much that we take for granted now. They were really the first group I can think of that actually had nearly universal acclaim for all three musicians' instrumental musical skills.
Sex Pistols, like it or not, were an extremely important band. I didn't like them, honestly, but I don't deny their importance. I really like John Lydon as a person, btw. He seems very honest and genuine. That's very rare.
Yes - but critically, they were, unlike the Who and Zappa, improvising all the way.@@garygomesvedicastrology
#1 checks every box you could possibly check. Pop sensation like no other. Changed music more than any other band. Great writers, great performers. Brought more instruments into pop and rock music than any other group. What more can you say?
Great list. I would need The Beach Boys on mine, not just for the adventurous vocals, but Brian's song structure, production, and backing tracks opened things up for The Beatles and everyone else.
The Beach Boys were the first band to employ the thermion in their music.
But, on their records, you basically heard the Wrecking Crew with The Beach Boys just contributing the vocals. Great vocalist but not a band in the typical sense.
@@dosstodd8014 Brian was a good songwriter. They were a band live on stage. A lot of bands in the 60's used the Wrecking Crew.....The Monkees as an example.
@@dosstodd8014 ...just recenly several very famous musicians including Bob Dylan made a congratulation video for Brain Wilson with Elton John calling him the genius of pop or something like that. The Wrecking Crew did what Wilson told them to do just like Phil Spector told him what to do. ''Most important'' is a rather difficult subject as it is with lots of musicians influencing one another with stealing going on as well. With also popular music not being the best music out there..instrumental music is on a higher level since it is more complex. A band like Weather Report outperformes every band in that list in this video for instance.
any band that pushes the Beatles cannot be overlooked
Absolutely correct on the Velvet Underground!
Yeah, no matter what their haters say.
@@alternativepreacher4516 Exactly. Maybe in TOP 3.
Only sold 50,000 records, but everyone who bought one started a band. Apparently.
@@Eclecticompany Total bollocks, just an urban myth. They weren't nearly as influential as time has made them out to be.
Andy: you absolutely *nail* what The Beatles were in this vid. I can't believe you didn't grow up in that era - I did, and you channel it like you were there. Bravo.
Glad you enjoyed it
The Beach Boys,Americas greatest band,still today,highly influential,over 100M records sold,but not on your list.
Overrated band
Don’t use records sold as a measure of greatness, unless you’re willing to admit Madonna and Rhianna are 2.5 times better than The Beach Boys.
Beach boys?
Andy's thesis (diatribe?) on the change that the Beatles personified is superb! Mind you, I was born in 1949, so I wouild say that, wouldn't I? 🙂🙂
people like Paul Weller understood TheWHO. as far as 'Summertime Blues',TheWHO's 'ODDS 'N' SODS re-issue has a killer studio version of it, from '67.
I listened to your new album yesterday. I thought it was brilliant. I wasn’t expecting the lovely strangeness. I’ll be listening to some of your other stuff on band-camp. Nice one.
It’s really good
It’s really good
This was a really excellent, engaging video.
If we're talking "influential" then there's a band most of the above and tons more openly acknowledge as an inspiration: The Shadows!
They certainly influenced a lot of young lads to take up guitar and spend hours drawing pictures of Stratocasters! And some of the more successful ones will admit to the early influence of Hank Marvin. Mark Knopfler, Brian May, Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, David Gilmour and even Neil Young!
Good comment - and most young teenagers in those early days could tell you the name of each member of the Shads and what instrument they played so they meet Andy's criteria of what makes a 'band'.
The actual prototype . And younger than the Beatles .
Agreed. Co-incidentally, I was discussing with a friend just the other day what we would have as our eight soundtrack-of-our-life tunes were we on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs programme. Without hesitation I said my first would be Apache by the Shadows. What kid dldn't want to get their hands on one of their flashy (then, hugely expensive) red Fender Strats. I know I did. No prizes for guessing what this now 69-year-old has, attached to his Marshall MG50DFX amp.
Interesting choice as a lot of the Shadows hits were covers from similar American guitar bands and even some Burt Weedon songs (Apache), but you are right, I know Tony Iommi, Brian May and David Gilmour all site Hank Marvin as a major influence on their music, they were all at a recording of a charity record and it was being filmed and the 3 of them were caught playing Shadows licks and riffs in their down time all laughing and joking together, seemed like a very strange scene to me but so interesting.
Sonic Youth an important predesesor to Nirvana imo.
Or the Wipers
That’s absolutely true. Kim convinced Geffen to sign the band, too.
This host is way too Brit-centric. His best band list is fine for Brits and the Brit-centric
husker du + pixies =nirvana
This has been just incredible! I really have to hand it to you. So well said, so insightful and just about 100% spot on! BRAVO and thanks so much Andy Edwards
No Pink Floyd?
I would have included the Allman Brothers. They inspired an entire genre, but they're not British, so....
Interesting narrative. I was 14 years old, when the Beatles hit the world. They had a huge influence across so many countries and peoples. They and the bands that accompanied them were the sound track of the youth driven cultural revolution.
The Beatles went from "Love Me Do" to "Abbey Road" in 7 years!
Not to mention the vias :)
Now that was quite the journey.
I think this is a good way of appreciating the rapid change. To play with the idea, “Love Me Do” September 1962 to “Tomorrow Never Knows” April 1966. 3 years and 7 months. It is now March 2024. The music from August 2020 is, to my ear, not easy to pick as being different from now. Something has definitely happened between “Love Me Do” and “Tomorrow Never Knows” though. If you prefer “Eleanor Rigby” to “Tomorrow Never Knows”, the same dates apply.
What took them so long???
The marked change in their music was quick, and by extension, in all of popular music.
One of the most important changes actually has less to do with their sound, but with their change in focus from making singles to making albums as complete works of art. That might have been a reaction to Brian Wilson’s “Pet Sounds.”
Greetings from ATL GA USA, enjoying your opinions & rationales. Rock ON
Led Zeppelin is way more than a posturing band that only influenced hair bands. Please, Led Zepp was pure magic, incredible sounds, many innovations, and so much groove and imagination. Led Zepp changed pop and rock much as the Beatles and Queen. ¿What´s wrong with british no loving one of their biggest muscial inputs?
I played drums for Robert Plant for three years. What do you think the comments would be full of if I put them up so high?
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer...that shouldnt really matter. Facts are facts.
@@MJEvermore853 Not facts, Led Zep are subjective
never been a massive fan...those tight jeans have a lot to answer for.
I'm sure you have heard that lists are for arguing about. But to some like me that's the fun of it. You make good arguments for all of the bands on the basis of their influence on later music. I don't really like quite a few of these bands, but you really make a good case for each. (Praise comes from retired history teacher. ) Good analysis of music scene's influence on culture.
Some of my friends and I have frequent discussions about music; especially about what is the difference between music that musicians like and the music that is widely popular ? You can never stop liking the music of when you were a teenager. But being a musician myself, I tend to favor music that features more complexity and virtuosity. Fortunately for me, I grew up in a time when some artistic music broke into to the world of pop music.
Thanks for that, I can't stick some of the bands on this list
10. The Who. They went a long way to advance the standard for rock stage shows. Musically, their influence is pretty pale.
9. Nirvana. Tremendously successful, especially in the US. But their influence was relatively short lived, and musically they were basic.
8. Sex Pistols. They belong near the top of the list. The Sex Pistols were comparable to The Beatles as a cultural phenomenon far beyond reach of their music alone. Nirvana, Green Day, Generation X, Gun N' Roses, Mötley Crüe, and hosts of other bands owed more than a nod to Sex Pistols as did the entire punk/new wave revolution. And, like The Beatles before them, the Pistols almost single-handedly rescued rock from the brink of extinction.
7. Velvet Underground. Interesting. Bohemian. Nuff said.
6. Led Zeppelin. This group played blues-based rock music more audacious and exaggerated than any other band before them. In the hands of lesser talent, this formula would have been a bombastic joke. Instead, Led Zeppelin became a phenomenon.
5. Black Sabbath. The godfathers of metal music more so than any other single band. Judas Priest comes close, but Black Sabbath came first.
4. Kraftwerk. Hmm . . . I remain very skeptical that they belong on this list at all. They barely even registered here in the States.
3. The Rolling Stones. Love them or hate them, there is no denying them. Their influence and popularity dominated the 60s, 70s, and 80s. I wouldn't call the modern geriatric version of the group The Rolling Stones, but the fact that they in their advanced years can still successfully ride the crest of what the original group accomplished so long ago really says something.
2. Cream. Not to take anything away from Ginger Baker nor Jack Bruce, Cream belongs on this list largely due to the lasting influence of Eric Clapton. EC set the standard of blasting blues licks on a Gibson guitar through a Marshall stack, and this standard would hold up for decades; in fact, it has yet to really fade. Until Clapton, nothing else could break the grip of Chuck Berry's licks as a rock guitarist's stylistic template.
1. Of course The Beatles are #1, and most likely they will always occupy #1. The first punk group in their early days, The Beatles not only rescued guitar rock from extinction, they reconstructed it into a conquering empire that influenced countless guitar groups and artists for decades afterward. Not unlike Elvis Presley before them, this group has always elicited an almost religious devotion from their fans that continues to this day. The Beatles' biography has become a narrative that probably half the world knows by heart: theirs is the other Greatest Story Ever Told.
It's about influence. I don't really like Kraftwork, but Andy's argument for them here and in other videos is very persuasive. And, if you can't see the influence Nirvana had on music in the 90's, your not looking. I'm not a huge fan of them either. Watch the documentary Sound City. It explains how they brought rock out of the "edited gloss" of the 80s by recording live in the studio.
@@dhoyp14 Like I said before, Kraftwerk was only a novelty here in the states; apparently their influence was greater outside the US.
As for Nirvana, I already acknowledged that they were very influential, just not for very long.
I think The Band and The Byrds need to be in any list of influential bands. Rock music as we know it just wouldn't exist without them.
Yes, especially The Byrds. Pioneers of folk rock, psychedelic rock, and country rock, and an important influence on power pop.
They were the influenced .
@@chasleask8533 Everyone is influenced by someone. It's what they do with that influence. Whether they simply replicate, or take the influence and move into new areas.
@@anotherfatbeardedmantalkin5893 That may be so , but who did they influence ?
@@chasleask8533 Wow, that would be a very long list indeed.
The psych rock bands who followed them; Love, Jefferson Airplane, Pink Floyd all owe a debt.
The country rock bands like the Eagles, Poco, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, America and much of the West Coast sound like Buffalo Springfield, Jackson Brown, CSN&Y. Tom Petty and much of the 70s singer-songwriters.
The Alternative music scene is perhaps the most obvious. The whole Paisley Underground movement, R.E.M., The Smiths, Hüsker Du, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Stone Roses, Teenage Fanclub and the Elephant Six bands.
Then there's the Alt Country scene with The Jayhawks, Wilco, Whiskeytown, Drive-by Truckers, Giant Sand and the like.
Few bands on this list can boast genres of music developing as a direct result of their music, The Byrds can.
I love the Beatles; they are, without a doubt, the GOATs of music. To say nothing of their songwriting and composition - their innovation in music alone would put them on top. Their influence can not be understated.
I dunno, music's a pretty big place.
Probably the most influential, but that doesn't necessarily make them the best.
Radiohead are a better band.
@@3scher1 their biggest song was a serious ripoff of The Hollies, themselves a much better band than Radiohead.
I think the correct phrase is, their influence cannot be overstated.
This list is solid, and well justified. We can laud the bands that were highly influential in the early to middle chapters, but there’s a case for a select few that 1. Kept a heartbeat for rock bands in the late 90s when everything went dance (Radiohead) and 2. Resurrected rock bands from the dead (The Strokes) in 2000. Everyone traded in their cargo pants for jeans once more and Rock bands were back.
The Doors wiuld have been a Progressive Jazz/Beat Poet combo that came along as beat poets & jazz were rapidly exiting stage left
Beach Boys and Deep Purple are not in this list, but they are ones of the most influential bands ever. The songwriting of Brian Wilson and Deep Purples innovative style are just remarkable.
The Beatles made all ideas possible...made all backbeats relevant...made Mersey, made the Beach Boys grow, brought insouciance and wit...brought freshness to melody, brought unique key changes to rock, brought self-deprecation to an art form, cheeky chic...brought surprise to melody...
An endless fountain of stream of consciousness, they were Bachrach with a backbeat, and somehow, humble....
And, they lifted the entire world from the worldwide depression of JFK's assassination....
West Coast Music was a major influence on the Beatles, 1965 onwards, west coast changed things, summer of love 1967, Timothy Leary, meditation etc
Well, the West Coast rock scene starts with The Byrds who, of course, were massively influenced by The Beatles.
The drugs, mainly, but not the music. West Coast psychedelic music and English psychedelic music were not the same.
I'm a Californian in my 60s, and I grew up with a very different experience of Punk and it's core ethos. Clearly, what's offensive here is Andy's British-centric perspective on how the Pistols plagiarized a uniquely American music culture. Freedom of expression in the "new world" has been the catalyst for many completely original forms of expression, and Punk rock is one of them. With this in mind, I'd like to share a perspective that respects the origins of this music, and its influence on this side of the pond. While the UK quickly moved on to Post Punk, and New Wave, the Punk scene in the US continued developing in relative isolation. From there it splintered into Hard Core, Psychobilly, Seattle Grung, and West Coast Ska Punk. The angst of disillusioned youth is the river that runs through it. Photo-punk ethos in the US stretches back to Social Realism, the Beat Poets, and musicians like Woody Guthrie, Buster Brown, Johny Cash, and Eddie Cochran.
In rebellion against the industrialization of blues based rock in the 70s, punk's legitimacy was its authentic underground status, total disregard for capitalist ideals, and fabricated pop culture. In fact, California was extremely protective of their punk scene, and viewed mainstream attention as the enemy. In sharp contrast to this, the attention whore Sex Pistols were responsible for turning this authentically American form of expression into a cheep product for mass consumption.
Malcolm McLaren came from a family of wealth. He used his entitlement to finance his Let It Rock fashion business, and political provocateur lifestyle in London. As his public persona, Malcolm adopted Andy Warhol's style of snide condescension to create an air of artistic superiority. Lydon turned it into a cartoon character and Brit's hungry consumers ate it up like it was brilliantly original. To advance his political fashion ideas abroad, Malcolm tried using his fony exclusivity act in NY, and it failed to impressed. After he tanked the NY Dolls career with his provocative fashion statements, he was labeled poser #1, and was cordially invited to go back home.
With everything he learned here, the ambitious Mr. Mclaren appropriated the tattered close and raw energy of NY punk to update his business image. Like building a post hippie version of The Monkeys, Mclaren manufactured the Sex Pistols as his antihero boy band, in order to market his new political rock esthetic. If the distinction of an "important band" is making money by imitating the original artists, The Sex Pistols were very important indeed.
The Sex Pistols were not McLaren, they were John Lydon, a visionary and poet. The Sex Pistols were not The New York Dolls, or The Ramones or Patti Smith.They were not the product of middle class entitlement.
Lydon found a tight rock band and implanted his vision onto it. His starting point was Beefheart, Can, Peter Hammill as well as the US garage music. He did to these influences what The Beatles did to Chuck Berry. This music moved and bands that followed on quickly progressed; Sex Pistols>Joy Division>New Order>all dance music today. That is just one strand of musical development. Sex Pistols>Adam and the Ants>Blur>Coldplay. Or even considering the US music scene Sex Pistols>Beastie Boys>Eminem. The Ramones were a mighty influence, their debut album is 1976. The year The Sex Pistols emerged. They were an influence on The Sex Pistols but I believe The Sex Pistols defined punk. All the elements we associate with punk were not fully present in The Ramones, not the look, subject matter or nihlism.
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer I respect your insight and opinion; that's why I'm here. My comments are directed at your romanticized version of history, because it does not comport with facts and first hand reports of these events. In fact, Lydon himself confirmed he had no previous musical experience. It was based on his ratty appearance that McLaren asked him to audition for the band he was forming with other teenage musicians working in his clothing shop. McLaren took his music fashion business model, and his public persona from Warhol's Velvet Underground.
I agree the Beatles advance Rock n Roll to new heights, but they didn't claim credit for inventing it. All the elements I associate with punk were here long before it was introduced in the UK. The term "Punk Rock" was coined in the US way back in the early 1960s. It was used to describe what was considered "DIY 3 cord garage bands" at the time. Lydon's vocal style, lyrical cadence, and nihilistic stage persona came straight from the Stooges. There is no distinguishable synergy between Johnny Rotten and Captain Beefheart's experimental music.
I also agree that music is an ongoing creative conversation. I understand that you're a huge Lydon fan, and why you might view his contribution through that prism. However, linking The Pistols to music derived from American rap/hip hop is truly one step beyond madness. To be fair, I can hear a strong Pistols influence on California's junk evolution with Suicidal Tendencies, Cypress Hill, and Ska Punk bands like The Mighty Bosstones, Rancid, and Fishbone.
How did I know that Roxy Music would not be on the list, one of the most influential bands ever, but also one of the most overlooked bands ever!
Rixy Music share that discrepancy with Supertramp
agree and why the doors at '11?
Not more influential than any of those mentioned. I can name one or two of their songs tops, great band but not up there at the top.
I loved the first two Roxy albums, but they started to sound dated pretty quickly.
@@STMRecords1I would disagree from punk , electronic to new wave Roxy were highly influential, in fact they influenced more bands in the 80s than i could mention.
What about the Beach boys?
Very good list, and I really appreciated the concise, accessible breakdown of the distinction between modernism/postmodernism.
Loved the video, Andy! Any chance you could do a follow up down the road regarding, say, the 11th to 20th most important bands in history? You had mentioned that a lot of the punk music by Sex Pistols and the Clash, etc., was anti-disco music; made me wonder if possibly the most important disco (WHAT?!!!!) band might have a spot -- Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards' band Chic was massively influential, with artists sampling their music to this day?
That Chic guitar sound was irresistible! Nile's genius cannot be questioned.
A solid selection of important bands. I think a case can be made for the inclusion of Roxy Music. Their aesthetics is so different from the other bands you have listed, bringing a sense of dandyism into rock and roll. They were also a huge influence on the New Romantics of the first half of the 1980s.
Yes, I think it also came from David Bowie though, I think Bryan Ferry and Brian Eno's aesthetics were very influenced at that early contemporary point by what Bowie was doing and so were the New Romantics.
I think that Black Sabbath is the miss here - just my opinion, obviously. I’d say that’s an overrepresentation of the genre of heavy metal of which Led Zeppelin is really the seminal band. I think that Roxy Music might fill that same space for new wave or whatever you wanna call it. Of course you could argue that Bowie proceeds them, but then you’re talking about bands
@@johnwullschleger4351 No, Black Sabbath definitely has to be in. They were simply more truly representative of proto metal in their sound and aesthetic.
Led Zeppelin built on what Cream, Hendrix, Yardbirds, Jeff Beck Group did but they were still rooted in the blues.
Black Sabbath in 1970 pioneered the doomy metal sound, they effectively were the first heavy metal band and created the entire doom metal sub genre. There are bands still with obvious Sabbath influence today, even more frequent than Zeppelin.
If it's just one band representing heavy metal influence in this list, I'd have to go with Black Sabbath over Led Zeppelin (and I'm a bigger Zeppelin fan. You just can't deny Sabbath this.)
A well presented video with some interesting choices. I was born in 1957 so I grew up with the Fab Four. My sister saw them in concert and we even had Beatles wallpaper so they were the main non-classical influence in my youth. I was into heavy metal and prog rock when The Sex Pistols came along so I wasn't impressed with punk at the time although I can now appreciate the movement's importance in opening the door to other kinds of music. It's worth remembering that disco was more popular than punk in the late Seventies. Prior to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album "Saturday Night Fever" (the soundtrack) was the best selling album in music history. If you wanted to get off with a girl you went to a disco not a small Camden Town bar with beer slops on the ground. I'm surprised there was no mention of Deep Purple, only a brief reference to King Crimson and no inclusion in the list of Pink Floyd. And Cream, in my opinion, were far less important than Led Zeppelin which could explain why they didn't last as long. Clapton isn't God; he's a bore.
I was born in 58 and unlike you I got into some of the punk. I like a lot of The Ramones, and love the Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bullocks album. However, I do also like lots of other music like Heavy Metal/Hard Rock, 80s New Wave, some blues, some country, some disco, some R&B, etc. Growing up in the 70s I had Mexican American friends that listened to disco and R&B especially at parties. The most of the ladies I dated were rockers.
These rankings are always subjective to a degree; Deep Purple and the Jimmy Hendrix Experience are probably equally deserving of a place but overall, but this sounds like a pretty fair assessment to me. Obviously they all drew on previous influences, especially early rock'n'roll and black American blues artists, but if we are strictly talking about bands this as fair a list as any.
Nice list and mostly I agree, but I’m very very surprised that Pink Floyd are not there! They were and are absolutely more influential of the majority of those bands. Personally I kick out Cream and slide Kraftwerk at number 11 in favor of Pink Floyd and Radiohead
So glad to see Kraftwerk on this list. Can;t believe how underrated they are.
Favorite surprise on the list - Tangerine Dream. I've read about how disco has its roots in Kraftwerk, but this was enlightening. On the other hand - as much as I dig Tangerine Dream, I can't say that I enjoy much of the current music that was influenced by them as per this video.
Wonderful, insightful,entertaining and your sterling intellect … as always !!
Excellent video. I was shocked when you said you are not a Stones fan, but not entirely surprised. I have noticed the dog that didn't bark for a while. Beggars in 1968 and Let It Bleed in 1969 set templates the band followed pretty much ever since. Jagger said not long ago "I get the cultural importance of the Stones, of course I do", and I regard their influence on music, musicians, fashion, culture, the cool of illicit substances, etc as vast. They also did more than any other band, in my view, to marry (mesh) rock and country music. But I will always wonder what they would have become had Mick Taylor not left them in late 1974. He wrote Sway and Moonlight Mile with Jagger, and Winter, and Time Waits For No-one (and more), and Jagger was by all accounts extremely upset when he left the band. I have long suspected they could and would have become more inventive, jazzy, stylised, if Taylor had stayed, and that Jagger saw him as an opportunity to do so. It would have worked. We'll never know, as they then chose Woody, a player I think of as The World's Luckiest Sideman (although he's very good on lap steel and plays a mean slide).
Well put. Woody had some great moments with Faces but either the star machine of being in the Stones or substances, caused him to lose his guitar lead mojo. Watch the long, multi-disk doc of their multi-city tour of Latin America. About 1/2 way through I realized that I hadn't heard a guitar solo once. Taylor was a great player and I thought, fit in perfectly with Keith's gritty rhythm playing.
Excellent comment, the Taylor years were extremely special. When I first heard "Ya-Ya"s" it was absolutely amazing, incredible solos throughout, and then the Taylor-era studio albums came out over the next four years and we saw the Stones take a whole new direction. It's always been a pause for reflection to try and imagine what the Stones would have done if Mick Taylor had never left. We can't ignore that Woody understood the personalities of the Glimmers and what needed to be done to keep the band together. He really cared and played an important "fixer" role in the 80's when Mick and Keith weren't speaking. On top of that, when Ronnie first showed up, listen to his soloing in the 1975-76 tours, very up front and truly delightful. After those tours, things got toned down a bit, and the Keith-Ronnie dynamic was one of "weaving" as Keith himself explained on more than one occasion. All in all, Ronnie turned out to be a perfect fit for the Stones.
I think jagger wrote winter. I love that song!
I'm by no means a hater of mick Taylor and the albums he was on are mostly great.
But....his solos, for the most part, especially live, were pretty noodly. He was a kid and surely would have gotten more willing to leave notes out. Like Ron wood.
The interaction between woody and Richards was the best for my ear. Some girls being that versions of the band's peak. Like sticky fingers was the mick taylor years peak
Woody was also a pretty amazing bass player- check him on The JeffBeck Group’s debut. With that said the Mick Taylor era is my favorite Stones’ era
I appreciate your list and to be honest, I haven’t to this whole video. I stopped at this guy’s comment about the stones. Simply put, I don’t think there’s a more important rock band ever than the Rolling Stones. There’s no one that really has had their kind of impact period!! I mean, I know the Beatles kicked open the door and they were a social and cultural revolution and all that, and I loved listening to them like most people, but essentially to me, they were just an extra creative pop band. And we’re talking rock ‘n’ roll here and I agree rock ‘n’ roll should be made to sound like it’s best played live. And there’s no other greater live rock band from the start of Mick Taylor’s years to the end of his years (from John Mayhal, and Mick T was a virtuoso back then as good as the likes of Clapton, Paige, and Hendrix). They did have a few decent tours with Woody, and he was exceptional with Keith in making of Some girls, which is an incredibly underrated album in my opinion. I’m not calling them Great simply because they’ve been around the longest, but I mean their breath of music is so extensive and includes so many genres within, I don’t think it was ever met especially how rock should best be heard and that’s Live and really don’t think that was met by any other Band like them i.e. 72 tour “ladies and gentlemen…” I mean, there are a lot of bands that made great efforts, but not on the massive scale that I think the stones did!!! I mean, I don’t think there’s any front man that can compare to the power, energy and influence of Jagger and never a greater rhythm guitar player rock ‘n’ roll writer than his partner Keith Richards. You also have got Charlie Watts simple as he may have sounded at times, put the most unique sound that was absolutely perfect with the stones rhythm blues rock funk all that made the stones what they were. I’m not talking about banging the living hell out of the drums. I love Keith moon, John Bonham, and all these guys and especially Neil Piert… I could go on and on and on, but I truly think they really do deserve the title, world‘s greatest rock ‘n’ roll band title simply because I find most of their music timeless, as powerful today, much of it (and again their “live” music), as it was back in the 60s and early 70s and a little of their later stuff but…anyway regardless how objective we all might try to be, I do realize still for most it’s a matter of personal taste…. BUT, there was a comment by someone in the comments here also about all the black artists who are truly the heart of where the soul & the essence of rock came from and there’s no other rock band that expressed the rhythm and blues to the core on a massive scale with endless great songs with that “core”, than none other, than the Rolling Stones…..maybe that’s the key element here that might be missed too… thank you for your contribution and I will definitely come back to finish listening…. side note: Can’t forget the suburbs of the best rock saxophone player of all time Bobby, Keys, and of course Nicky Hopkins and on…
Rush had such an influence on so many musicians, even though most cannot come to grips with that, musically they were miles ahead of most other bands!!!!!!!!
I think there may be a case for Sly & The Family Stone - in many ways highly influential.
I agree
Only one American band here?
@@pdd60absorbed12 no.
Elvis, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Carl Perkins etc unfortunately weren't "bands" @@pdd60absorbed12
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Great show Andy very well formulated and expressed
The Sex Pistols on their outset changed everything. A whole movement came about because of them. Steve Jones in my mind in the top 5 guitarists of all time. When they came about I was a young guy into Zep , rock in general. Punk changed everything for me. Opened my eyes to life in general. Great memories which I cherish.
tell this to the progaratti that watch my channel!!! Pink Floyd??
While the Pistols may have opened the door for punk rock, the Clash kicked it off the hinges.
@@thewrongstuff1London Calling was brilliant. Ramones was the band. with a body of work.
I believe the Doors were quite an influential band and a pioneer at psychedelic rock in the late 60’s, so they would enter my list.
Honorable mentions: Steely Dan, Roxy Music, Supertramp, Pink Loyd, Depeche Mode.
He said the Doors would have been 11th.
Bravo! From the perspective of this 68 year old, your logic for the choices made was well thought out and articulated. I couldn't agree more with the Beatles and no you can't find anything else to say about them (or Led Zeppelin for that matter), the second most important band in my life. Well done!
Great list, great humor, but also very good ideas and wisdom you convinced me with your list! And you are also great like Frank Sinatra = Michele isn’t a George Harrison song…
Thanks a lot
1 - The Beatles
2 - Led Zeppelin
3 - Pink Floyd
4 - The Police
5 - the Doors
6 - The Who
7 - The Rolling Stones
8 - Eagles
9 - CCR
10 - Beach Boys
This list is much closer to what my own would be. But what's missing are three strands -- (1) the whole Haight-Ashbury hippie psychedelic era. Quicksilver, Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix Experience, or the Airplane need to be on there somewhere. (2) Folk Rock bands like CSNY or The Band with Dylan. (3) Girl singer bands. Joan Jett, Heart, Big Brother, Pretenders, Fleetwood Mac, etc.
Sub in Deep Purple for Stink and Rush for beaches and you are right
* I’m knot a huge Beatles fan but they are no. 1
only an American could answer Eagles or CCR, no sorry, they shouldn't be in the Top 10.
@@flywings111you are wrong, I am italian, not american
No 1 Radiohead 👍
Good evening, it is a difficult exercise to select groups. I'm pretty okay with his presentations. I would have rather chosen depp purple instead of black sabatt.
That is your choice, but Black Sabbath is highly regard as the beginning of Heavy Metal and thus why the are on this list.
Okay. You included the band I'd have made sure to include. Props.
Where are The Beach Boys?
The Beach Boys were great and had such a unique sound with exceptional sound writing. That said, I can’t honestly say they were influential, as in other bands copied them. Yes the Beatles paid tribute to them in Back in the USSR, but you didn’t get multiple successful bands in the same style. They were influential in terms their albums were so good they forced Lennon & McCartney to up their game which resulted in Rubber Soul & Revolver. Love a Beach Boys track on a sunny day. Always makes me smile.
Down in the 30s somewhere…
The Most Amazing thing about The Beatles, is that they were in their 20's, Conceptually Genius!
The idea that bands are important because of their influence rather than how popular they were is so true! There is that famous saying, (maybe Eno said it?) that only a few thousand people ever bought a VU album, but each of them started a band! The same is (almost literally) true for the Pistols. I'm thinking of the famous Manchester show, with only a handful in attendance, but motivated the future members of Joy Division, The Fall, The Buzzcocks and The Smiths! Also, hard agree on Zep. As an American, a few years older than you are, Andy, I can tell you they were the soundtrack to my suburban, mid/late '70s tween/teen years! Pagie is the reason my first real guitar HAD to be an LP. But, as you say, they are an album-rock band, much like Pink Floyd. And, I've always held that, like the Floyd, LZ are actually an Art School band mimicking electric blues rockers!
Andy, so why never a Stones fan? Their run Beggars to Exile contains arguably the best music of its time and maybe all time. Gritty, bluesy, funky, turbulent, of its time but timeless too. And forget the virtuoso crap as music doesn’t require to feel it deep down past the cerebral cortex. Sometimes I get the feeling you’re not a rock n roller deep down but just a rock guy? Which you know is different. Come on Monkey Man cooks in a way the progs god love em would not get in a million. And Gimme Shelter is truely ominous and reflective of its time in a way that very few tunes have successfully captured. Help me understand your distance ?
Spinal Tap.
In the all-time top 1!
@@keisi1574you mean top 11 ? 😂
When your list needs that extra push over the edge…
They lost me after Venus De Milo.
For the importance of rock you need a mythic account-‘Twas a Rock n Roll Creation.
So glad you placed Kraftwerk so high on the list. They brought computerization into popular music. Of course there were Carlos, Moog, and others at the Columbia-Princeton group, but Kraftwerk brought it to public awareness.
Deep Purple has to be on the list
Zeppelin will always be my fav. They propelled album oriented rock without releasing too many singles and were also the first band of their time that started playing live in stadiums for a large number of audience.
Grateful Dead and The Band. Two hugely influential American bands!!
largely ignored on this channel. Not enough English esthetic apparently. He completely ignores Phish when it comes to jazz rock and prog rock. His exposure seems extremely limited or non existent to many American cult bands. I was pleasantly surprised when he included the Dixie Dregs on another list, even though he admitted not listening to them or being familiar them for the most part.
The Band was Canadian group. One american, surrounded by canadians, is not enough to be american.
@@EliphasDesniAs I was once reminded when visiting Canada - they are “American” too - North American.
Grateful Dead, full stop Andy. Love your channel and you (peace) but this band is everything and, although they didn't achieve huge popularity with their studio albums, are quickly becoming the American band with lasting, timeless, legs.
I believe Canada is in North America is it not?@@EliphasDesni
Difficult to argue with this list, although i would question Cream being there and also have doubts about the Who being that important. For me, it is tough to focus on just rock, and thereby ignore bands like Abba, the Supremes, the Wailers etc.
I grew up with Led Zeppelin in the 70's. If you didn't grow up in that era, you may not even understand how loved they were and still are. You just don't get it. Led Zeppelin IS and will always be at a mega level that no other band could even come close to. They are the goats. Period.
Would you be willing to rate, from best to worst, all the "SAVE THE WORLD" collaborative songs of the 1980s- 1) Feed The World, 2) We Are The World, 3) Aint Gonna Play Sun City (Anti-Aparthied), 4) Hands Across America, etc? Awful suggestion, I know but still technically curious!!
“Do They Know It’s Christmas?”
Your choice is very personal. I agree with you about Beatles and Rolling. Did you seriously put Kraftwerk? The fathers of progressive rock and what influenced everything that came after was King Crimson (1969). I think you missed it or you weren't really interested in the genre. Genesis, Yes, Pink Floyd, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Wheater Report and many more. But seriously, did you put Kraftwerk on?
Out of all the bands he rank Kraftwerk was the only one I seriously questioned being there.
While I hold king crimson in the highest esteem(the band I've seen by far the most times(19 since '83) I'd imagine that by his treatment of Hendrix and zappa KC would fall aside as band(s) centered around Fripp, since he was the only one in every manifestation. But they certainly represent the height of musicianship within the Rock context(not fusion, but rock) as well as the transformative nature of a living band working off the same concept/means, their depth of tonalities taken past mainstream noises, deep grooves(80's on) you don't really see in other bands, amazing tonal interactions/combinations...and despite their small audience, their influence and impact is indeed significant
I enjoyed the approach and the reasoning and appreciate the omission of Queen and Pink Floyd even more. Subjectively I would put the Pixies over Nirvana and objectively I think the Ramones outclass the Sex Pistols especially in the Band context.
Great vid, Andy! One comment: Nirvana sold CDs but they built on what the Pixies did better.
Pixies, wipers, replacements etc
As this a list of 'importance' you'd have to say that the cultural impact of Nirvana was in orders of magnitude far greater than The Pixies (or the Replacements, Wipers etc). I dont care for the Rolling Stones but I can appreciate their importance and influence
I concur that friction within a group creates the fabulous dynamic, the crucible, from which that ingot of greatness emerges. The downside is friction also erodes that fabulous dynamic. Only the Good Die Young.
Thanks for connecting so well rock culture and a society that changes. lib from sicily
You forgot the Grateful Dead. I enjoy your introspective on the bands and your channel.
Innovative live sound. System designed by Bob Heil in St Louis for February 2, 1970 concert at FoxTheater in St Louis superior as instate of the art. There's a wiki page for Bob Heil, and a book by Rock Scully which goes into some detail on this. Excellent biography if that band. Also: Lesh was classically trained trumpet player whose bass lines can were as notable as Entwistle or Bruce, to name couple UK greats. Jack Cassidy was also crafting an individual style on bass. If you care to listen. Andy. Compare Anthem of of the Sun to A Saucerful of Secrets, both 1968. Oh wait, The Pink Floyd sound (like the dead) are album bands, who listens to them?
Pink Floyd
Funny you put Kraftwerk on this list. Not sure I agree with this selection, but I remember grooving out heavily to Trans Europe Express back in 85.
It's amazing that the The Beatles were able to do what they did in less than 10 years which is more than any other band has done in their entire lifetimes.
Alternative list
Parliament Funk
T Rex (no glam rock with them)
Beach Boys
Joy Division
Velvet Underground
Led Zep
Sex Pistol
The Wailers
Stones
Beatles
(Andy always under appropriates reggae, glam rock, punk and new wave)
Appreciates (sorry lol)
@@Elijah2x for sure, globally the Wailers' influence is far beyond pretty much everybody on here
Only important to boring people
NOT The Beatles - I missed them 😄
No beach boys??? Should be in top 5
You explained it beautifully and very popularly. In my opinion, I would make room for groups like the Doors and Pink Floyd.
Nicely done. I always enjoy your perspective, Andy. You provide reasonable premises and draw reasonable conclusions. That's all one can ask, about anything.
The Beatles are #1, no one close. Then your preference/taste: Zeppelin, Stones, The Who, Pink Floyd, Beach Boys, The Eagles, The Doors, Cream, The Allman Brothers. These bands were wildly successful and influential.