Just curious about the thumbs down here, and trying to understand why people would give a thumbs down on a video where someone lists his favorite bands of all time? Because I didn't name YOUR favorite band? Last I checked, this show was requested by many, for me to go over my favorites, so I find it hard to comprehend why people would give a thumbs down to an honest, fun discussion of personal favorites....whatever.
When I watch your videos, even though it's usually bands I already know and love, I am always inspired to listen to them again. Your enthusiasm and love for the bands you talk about is very contagious and I always enjoy spending time watching you discuss them. Keep up the great work. I'm off to listen to some UFO, Sabbath and Purple.
Best English rock band ever?Def Leppard. Worst English rock band ever(even though I am VERY,VERY much in the minority)Rolling Stones even though I'm 48 years old.
Thanks for walking us through your all time favorites... I love how passionate you are. It’s obviously a labor of love. Although I’m ten years younger and was raised on AOR and truly love the UK releases from the nineties (Thunder, Skin and Little Angles) you made me reflect here. Meaning from where are my heroes coming from, and why I’m changing preferences a bit myself? You can’t neglect the impact of the releases from your youth even though you don’t play them a lot these days.... today Ive moved into genres like southern and folk rock and even light country stuff. You can’t keep a good song down. Funny how things change when you mature. Inspiring show. Keep it up! Greetings from DK (And damn, I miss my cd wall 😢)
Expected Zeppelin, Sabbath, Purple, Yes and Rush. Did not expect UFO to be so high on your list. (Have loved them since I discovered them in 2008, cuz of Maidens cover (Blaze on vocals). Did not expect your love for Coverdale. Have loved Slow an' Easy since I first heard it in the '90s. Recently got into the earlier stuff, but don't like the overproduced 87 and 89 albums.
Pete what a list! Thank you so much. I appreciate you doing this very much. I know it was tough as hell. I thought I knew who your top 5 but I was a little wrong! Excellent. My top 15 1. Blue Oyster Cult 2. Pink Floyd 3. Ozzy 4. Alice in Chains 5. Deep Purple 6. Eagles 7. Billy Idol 8. Steely Dan 9. Queensryche 10. Depeche Mode 11. ELO 13. The Doors 14. Moody Blues 15. Van Halen (David Lee Roth period) I know a weird list but it is what it is.
Thanks Pete! Great list, great music! Lots of stuff in there I've never listened to until I heard you talk about it and I'm enjoying it all. Especially UFO and Rainbow.
Hey Pete, your channel is excellent, lived in the USA through the 70s and 80s, saw many great rock bands, Black and Blue tour in Boston Garden was one of them, Blue Öyster Cult were awesome anyway s, keep on rocking! Thanks for your awesome channel! From London, UK 🇬🇧
Love so many bands on that list and The Who, BOC, Maiden, Rush, Zep and DP are certainly big faves for me. Keep these vids coming, best channel on YT hands down.
Our lists never fully align, but we share a ton of favorites and I love the enthusiasm. Even if my #1 is your #15 (or whatever), we still love them. Great stuff, keep em comin'!
One of the 1st bands I truly got into when my mom got me Extra Terrestrial Live for my 12th birthday and I till love them today. And we're finally getting new music from them!
I really enjoy your videos. They are fun, informative and your opinions are at least backed up by a solid knowledge base, whether I agree with them or not. After watching, it makes me want to go through my own collection and play music I hadn't thought about in a while and also explore new music as well!
Share your love for purple. I heard Machine Head when I was at school in and my life was never the same! Heard a ton of stuff since but will always have a soft spot for the band and the ferocious guitar wizardry of Mr Blackmore. His guitar always sounds like he's playing with raw electricity! Thanks for sharing your list.
Gentle Giant... my father owned a record store back in the last half of the 70s and I remember Gentle Giant albums covers. That debut cover was burned in my mind since. After you mentioned them here, I looked them up and began acquiring their stuff. Thanks for the discovery of old-new music. See! Now I'm discovering things I missed out on.
I absolutely love your shows Pete! Your tastes run pretty close to mine, especially the stuff commonly called classic rock. If it rocks hard, it doesn’t matter when it came out. I’m sure somewhere down your lists you’ll have Corrosion of Conformity, Budgie, early Queen, Queensryche, Humble Pie, and so many more. You’re the kind of guy I could talk to about music for days and never cover it all. Thank you so much for the quality of your shows, and for posting them for us to enjoy!
Three huge bands from my list that aren't on yours are AC/DC, Pink Floyd and The Beatles. Floyd and Beatles in my top 5 with Ufo, Scorpions and anything Blackmore.
@@Animals_And_Nature_Lovers, they had their moments (listed them further below) and if they hadn't broken up in 1970 they surely would've had at least a fair amount more rockers to go along in their discography as on their individual albums they did just that. And remember there wasn't a ton of hard and heavy rocking that had even happened by 1970, majority of that came after. It was really just by the late 60's (1968 was probably the first big year of it with Led Zeppelin (well recorded in late 1968, but released in 1969 along with 2nd album of course), Blue Cheer, Deep Purple & Iron Butterfly, but Purple & Zep the way better/deeper remembered of those four really blazed thru in 1969, so this wasn't much time for The Beatles to even assimilate all of that before they broke up.) They were Most Definitely towards the center of ripple effect that lead to more and even greater hard rock. Anyway heavy and/or fast rockers from The Beatles: ''Back In The U.S.S.R'' ''Birthday'' ''Everybody Except For Me And My Monkey'' ''Helter Skelter'' ''One After 909'' this one smokes ''I've Got a Feeling'' ''The End'' ''Day Tripper'' (the Jimi Hendrix live on BBC rendition of this is even better (for me overall), but while their is plenty of fun in some wild vocal quips they can't quite muster up the harmonies on Beatles original. So I listen to both versions, definitely one of my favorite covers Hendrix did. ''Hey Bulldog'' this is fun weird, beefy bruiser of a tune that makes me think it may have had some influence on King Crimson's earliest heavy brute rockers. (Their first album wasn't til 1969, so yet another time where they had barely any time to fire back a revved up response.) ''I Want You (She's So Heavy)'' Epic slow paced proto doom metal, from 1969, a year before Black Sabbath's 1st album and mighty title track may have well taken some inspiration from and for their early career in general. I can't say they didn't get anything from elsewhere (perhaps Vanilla Fudge and also ''Dazed And Confused'' by Led Zeppelin) ''Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band'' for 1967, this title track opening song had some beef and oomph to it. Not so much today, but Hendrix liked it enough to cover it live more than once. And apparently he learned to play it shortly after it was released in stores. ''Magical Mystery Tour'', this title song has quite a bit of oomph and energy despite being kind of a psychedelic pop gem. Pretty thick overall achieved sounds. ''Think For Yourself'' despite poppy vocals this 1965 track has some pretty beefy (for the time) guitar and bass and has some dank funkiness that feels like something green growing on it. ''The Word'' another from Rubber Soul like the song above. It's certainly not heavy by today, but this had oomph for 1965. So another stepping stone towards heavier things and still a pretty good tune when not fussing over how heavy things are or aren't. That's hardly the only measuring stick in the quality of music.
Good list! Here's mine in no order except for the top 10: 1. Beatles 2. Pink Floyd 3. Led Zeppelin 4. Rush 5. King Crimson 6. Queen 7. Blue Oyster Cult 8. Black Sabbath 9. Eric Clapton 10. Rolling Stones 11. Styx 12. AC/DC (Bon Scott era) 13. Aerosmith (70s era) 14. Scorpions 15. The Cars 16. Yes 17. Journey 18. Genesis 19. Spock's Beard 20. Supertramp 21. Elton John 22. Jeff Beck 23. Deep Purple 24. Traffic 25. Van Halen 26. The Who 27. Porcupine Tree 28. Sammy Hagar 29. Doobie Brothers 30. Nazareth
Why does everyone hate brian Johnson like it seems to me he gets not very much respect that Bon does. Dont get me wrong I love bon but I see alot of people not respecting brian as much
@@GrahamLippy I agree. I think their 70's material is untouchable along with Sabbath but BIB,FTATR,WMW,TRE are my big 4 with Brian but they're all good to great. Nobody touches the feeling I get when I listen to Sabbath and AC/DC. If there was a way to inject AC/DC I'd do it.
@@blacksabbath1022 I can agree with that with the feeling thing. When I listen to AC/DC it's an indescribable feeling that it just injects energy into you. But yes Brian deserves alot more respect than people give him.
💥Hey Pete, I have only just found your posts, and although a lot of the music I am passionate about is kinda opposite to a lot of the prog-rock you love, ie; Genesis,... I love punk/new wave music from that period of 1976-81, and a lot of it came to be because of prog-rock, and 20 minute guitars solos, and rock stars that drove around in 20ft long limos, and who were virtually untouchable. Punk came from the aggressive pub rock that was around in the mid-1970's, it was high-powered, bluesy/aggressive, and dirty rock and roll; ie; Eddie and the Hot Rods/The Motors/ Dr Feelgood, Steve Gibbons Band, I mean this music was really something else, I loved it's energy and passion and drive. And I just wanted to say, your posts are totally infectious, compelling, interesting and so PASSIONATELY put across. I admire you deep interest, your passion and energy, and deep love of all this music. I was saddened that you didn't really get Punk/New wave, as I believe this was one of the most important things to happen in rock and roll, especially in England in the late 1970s, but I do love a lot of the music that you love. KEEP ON ROCKING PETE!
Great list. Though my list would surely include Zappa, Queen, Van Halen, Beatles and Pink Floyd. Thanks for taking the time to put these vid’s together. Always fun to watch.
Couldn't believe that he didn't include the Beatles. Listened to it again, figuring that I must have missed it. Good point regarding Van Halen as well!
Working my way back through your older videos. Great list. I know you were hard-pressed to even do it because it's sometimes hard to dismiss an important band that you used to get into, and others come along and that fav band takes a backseat. I'm slightly older than you and my list would reflect some of that, and I am very happy that prog music found its way to you eventually. Some were outraged at Queen being omitted from yours and you later corrected. That being said, your list is a great snapshot of your varied tastes over several decades as mine is. Some of the entries on my top 30 reflect the fact that once hip hop / rap took over, I went hardcore on European metal as an antidote. The order of my list is not so important after top 10. It goes as follows: 1.Yes (this includes Drama, ABWH, but nothing after Union) - 2. ELP - 3. Rush - 4. Led Zeppelin - 5. Deep Purple - 6. Black Sabbath - 7. Heart (nothing after Dog & Butterfly) - 8. King Crimson - 9. Pink Floyd - 10. Kansas - 11. Styx - 12. Jethro Tull - 13. Uriah Heep - 14. Gentle Giant - 15. - 16. Genesis - 17. The Beatles - 18. ASIA - 19. Judas Priest - 20. Metallica (early stuff) - 21. Within Temptation - 22. Lacuna Coil - 23. Iron Maiden - 24. Thin Lizzy - 25. The Who - 26. Queen - 27. UFO - 28. Scorpions - 29. Rainbow/DIO (for me Ronnie's bands deserve a spot) 30. Dream Theater My list is more progressive rock oriented, and I do omit some favored bands like Opeth (yes, I love them too) Marillion, Dimmu Borgir, Tool, 9 Nnch Nails, Nirvana, Ted Nugent, Sound Garden, Triumph and a gazillion others. That said, this top 30 reflects my taste for above average musicians. That's why ELP is so high, and Asia is a part of me because though I am partial to debut and Alpha, the original lineup got back together and produced (Phoenix, Omega, and XXX) some of the finest mature/adult prog in decades. Many would dismiss it as sentimental schlock, but I was honored to meet them. I was able to decode Steve Howe through this music, which lead to learning some Yes on guitar. (not easy) - Sorry Nightwish fans, but WT and Coil are so much better. Sorry Stones fans, I always considered them sort of a trailer trash rock. I do like some of the early songs. Same for for ZZ Top, I like them, but not top tier material for me. Love the channel.
Really great video. Your list is your list but I also agree with a lot of your picks although I would have ranked some of them differently as you would expect. The biggest surprise for me was not seeing the mighty Van Halen DLR years on your list or the Beatles. Thanks for doing this. I really enjoyed watching it.
Rick Carlstom....you are a wise man. If you like heavy stuff, listen to Fear Inoculum by Tool. It's like if Echoes was a bit metal. Dark Side is in my opinion the greatest work of art ever made.
I'm a pop rocker at heart. I love a lot of the bands that you did not mention: The Beatles The Beach Boys Chicago The Eagles Three Dog Night The Doors Fleetwood Mac Steely Dan The Police Emerson, Lake, and Palmer Jefferson Starship The Monkees Supertramp Toto Steppenwolf Van Halen Creedence Clearwater Revival Duran Duran Weather Report Badfinger 10cc Atlanta Rhythm Section But I do really like a lot of the bands that you do mention on your video. Great video!
My top 30 1. Kiss 2. (old) Motley Crue '81-'86 3. The Doors 4. Voi Vod 5. Metallica '82-'89/'08-present 6. Destruction 7. Celtic Frost 8. Bathory '83-'88 9. Iron Maiden '80-'88 10. The Carpenters 11. Van Halen '78-'84 12. The Plasmatics 13. Rush '75-'81 14. Alice Cooper 15. Cannibal Corpse 16. Cradle Of Filth 17. The Cure 18. Asagraum 19. Twisted Sister '82-'86 20. Behemoth 21. The Beatles 22. Janis Joplin 23. Nirvana 24. Tribulation 25. Abbath 26. The Glamour Punks 27. The Ultras 28. Willow Wisp 29. Black Sabbath-Ozzy and Dio 'eras 30. Bauhaus
Interesting and honest take because from you on your faves knowing that many of your picks are obscure to the masses or not nearly as popular. Kudos to you.
Jesus, I would say my list would be very very similar to yours. 1. Deep Purple 2. Uriah Heep 3.Whitesnake. 3. UFO 4. Saxon 5. Rainbow, then of course, Rush, Sabbath, Judas Priest, Scorpions, etc, etc.... On the more recente bands, I think Rival Sons and The Answer may be in a 30 top list, 20 years from now....Let´s see ! Love your vídeos, good taste man ! Cheers from Brazil.
Sorry Scorpions is way too far back easily number 1 UFO 2 Queen 3. I have and have listened to most of them But Scorpions even in the later years still playing
@@petebull8233 for your taste, not for mine....Scorpions for more than I love the band, it doesn't match Purple in my book. but, I respect your opinion. Scorpions are just great ! Enjoy it !
Great list. Not that you care but here are my top 30. 1. Rush. 2. Black Sabbath 3 Steely Dan. 4. Yes. 5. Jethro Tull. 6. Maiden. 7. Van Halen. 8. Judas Priest. 9. Led Zep. 10. Queen. 11 UFO. 12. Deep Purple. 13 Rainbow. 14. The Police 15. Metallica 16 Megadeth. 17 Pink Floyd 18. David Bowie. 19. Porcupine Tree. 20. Motorhead 21. Elton John. 22. Thin Lizzy. 23. The Doors. 24. AC/DC 25. The Clash. 26. Genesis 27. Kiss. 28. Scorpions 29. Billy Joel. 30 Boston
I am totally stunned that Steely Dan and the Beatles were not in your top 42 favorite bands! Another not so surprising omission is Frank Zappa, who I would LOVE to hear a review of by you.
My top 30 in no particular order: The Beatles Queen City Boy Budgie Blue Oyster Cult Golden Earring Genesis Yes Gentle Giant Focus Jethro Tull The Stranglers Led Zeppelin Black Sabbath Deep Purple Manfred Mann's Earth Band The Who Kansas Humble Pie Nazareth Wishbone Ash Kaizers Orchestra Aerosmith King Crimson Rush Rory Gallagher The Kinks The Rolling Stones Pink Floyd Heart ...and there you have it.
Hey Pete, I have watched many of your videos since I recently stumbled across your channel. We like a lot of the same music. My top bands that I have listened to for 50 years are for the most part somewhere on your list. I am curious what your feeling is about Steppenwolf? If you have done a video stating your opinion of them already I apologize but like I said I am fairly new to your channel. Thanks!
Solid list... I know you don't like R.E.M. and Talking Heads and some of the 80's bands, but it's ok. I love them, and I love Rush, Maiden, Crimson, Steely Dan, etc. Thanks for sharing your time and spreading your love of music with all of us. Peace.
1) Traffic 2) Boston 3) Big Star 4) Steve Winwood 5) Fleetwood Mac 6) Yes 7) Styx 8) Journey 9) ELO 10) Steely Dan 11) Badfinger 12) The Beatles 13) Traffic Sound 14) Pink Floyd 15) Procol Harum
Just a Top 15: 1) Pink Floyd 2) Electric Light Orchestra 3) The Alan Parsons Project 4) Toto 5) Genesis 6) Yes 7) Rush 8) ZZ Top 9) The Doobie Brothers 10) Santana 11) Savatage 12) Metallica 13) Deep Purple 14) Jethro Tull 15) Emerson, Lake and Palmer ...and many, many more.
Octopus, Three Friends, Free Hand, and In a Glass House is where I would start with GG. For DT, Images and Words, Metropolis 2: Scenes From a Memory, Train of Thought, and Awake.
I've heard many great bands over the years, some of them even in Pete's list...... but one band which I loved since my childhood never really left the nr. 1 spot...... they saved my life everytime I ended up being on the dark side of the moon
Hi Pete , love your show, watch it more and more as time goes on, really like “ ranking the bands ! I was a little surprised Queen didn’t make on your top 30 but I understand it’s difficult to squeeze so many greats into just 30 but I’ve heard you talk very highly of them so I know they’re in there with great regards! Thanks for your show, it’s very inspiring ! I’ve been listening to classic rock, Progressive and soundtracks for about 56 years I have a huge vinyl collection probably about 6000 albums! Have you ever heard From Italy ~ Ultima Spiaggia ? Amazing album!
Top 5 Rush-No other band does so much with only 3 musicians Marillion-Their first 4 albums are some of the best prog albums of all time and they have continued to be great for more than 30 years Black Sabbath Deep Purple Steven Wilson-Including Porcupine Tree and other collaborations, he's a mad genius
Just watched that video.first 4 black sabbath lps,deep purple-in rock,fireball,machine head,grand funk live,steppenwolf-live were probably the first albums I ever owned back in 1973.
Hi Pete. Just came across your vlog. Liked your content. I’m of the older generation and living here in the U.K. we had some excellent bands in the 70s and 80s that you (and you viewers) might like to look up. 1. Budgie - a personal fave band of mine with Bandolier the stand out album. 2. Motörhead - Loud and proud. Talking of which 3. Nazareth - Great band. 4. Renaissance - More a folk type band with female vocalist. 5. Magnum - Good prog band. 6. Marillion - Poor mans Genesis but a good band. 7 Humble Pie. 8. Diamond Head 9. Saxon. 10. And finally who could leave out Free. Good luck, happy listening and keep up the good work. Oh, I forgot to add April Wine, the 2nd best Canadian band. Live at the el Mocambo being just a great live album.
Solid list! Deep Purple and Rainbow are in my top 10 also. along with many others on your list, I must admit, I have never really heard Gentle Giant. but I will def give them a chance now, Thanks 4 putting in the time dude!
About two years ago I started listening to rock music and my favorites are: 1- Pink Floyd 2- Led Zeppelin 3- Queen 4- The Beatles 5- AC/DC I’m so excited to explore more and more bands!
Hi Pete, Great list and forget the haters! Here's mine : 1- Frank Zappa 2- Soft Machine 3- Return to Forever 4- Weather Report 5- Magma 6- Gentle Giant 7- Mahavishnu Orchestra 8- Yes 9-National Health 10- Kansas 11- Jean-Luc Ponty 12- Happy the Man 13- Genesis 14- Egg 15- Univers Zero 16- Present 17- Yugen 18- Jethro Tull 19- King Crimson 20- David Sancious 21- Hatfield and the North 22- Todd Rundgren 23- UK 24- Flower Kings 25- Brand X 26- PFM 27- Banco 28- Shakti 29- Thin Lizzy 30- Ozric Tentacles - Rush - Dream Theater - Iron Maiden - Kenso
My Top 30: (In Order) 1) Earth, Wind, & Fire 2) Miles Davis 3) Prism [Japanese Jazz Fusion Band] 4) Weather Report 5) Steely Dan 6) Side Steps 7) David Sancious & Tone 8) Cold Chisel 9) Chicago (1969 - 1980) 10) Herbie Hancock (1962 - 1982) 11) Crosswind 12) Space Circus 13) Tower Of Power 14) Ramsey Lewis 15) Budgie 16) Spyro Gyra (1978 - 1999) 17) Kenso 18) Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 19) Eagles 20) Bad Company 21) Little River Band 22) Frank Zappa 23) Keep 24) Return To Forever 25) The Mahavishnu Orchestra 26) Jiro Inagaki & His Soul Media 27) Ramsey Lewis 28) Terumasa Hino 29) Free 30) Deep Purple
For me: 1. Led Zeppelin, and it's not even close. 2. The Beatles 3. AC/DC, at least through Mob Rules. 4. Black Sabbath 5. Journey, especially live. 6. Rolling Stones, grown to respect more as I age. 7.The Who 8. Iron Maiden 9. Deep Purple 10. Rush 11. Steely Dan 12. Pearl Jam 13. Def Leppard, especially High n Dry through Hysteria 14. Van Halen 15. Chicago 16. CCR 17. Genesis 18. Judas Priest 19. David Bowie 20. Thin Lizzy 21. Eagles 22. Supertramp 23. The Cure 24. Boston 25. Scorpions 26. REO Speedwagon 27. The Cars 28. The Doobie Brothers 29. Tom Petty 30. Beach Boys Edit to add that I shamefully forgot UFO.
Here are my top 30... most of the bands are from the 60s and 70s 1) Genesis 2) Beatles 3) Pink Floyd 4) Rush 5) Led Zeppelin 6) The Doors 7) Kiss 8) Deep Purple 9) Black Sabbath 10) Hendrix 11) 10,000 Maniacs 12) Monkees 13) Raspberries 14) Journey 15) Chicago 16) Scorpions 17) The Who 18) Judas Priest 19) Triumph 20) Jethro Tull 21) Styx 22) Santana 23) Sweet (Its all great) 24) Neil Diamond 25) Aerosmith 26) Reo Speedwagon 27) Foreigner 28) The Rolling Stones 29) Steeley Dan 30)CCR, BTO, BOC, ELP, ELO, AC/DC, Yes, U2, UFO, Queen, Heart, Boston, The Cars, INXS, Focus
So proud of you for putting Gentle Giant in there - and so high on the list! Kudos also for Budgie, early Scorpions, King Crimson, Yes, early Genesis, UFO, Uriah Heep. Of course we're gonna have different tastes, but as for your top two I am right there with you. I was 9 years old when Black Night hit the UK charts and I absolutely loved it. It was the first proper hard rock I had ever heard, and I went mad for it. I even ran up my parent's bill calling the '16' hotline to listen to it over and over on the telephone if you can believe that. Of course I was eventually bought the single to add to my pretty impressive collection of 45s. Then a few months later I heard Paranoid at a local youth club disco and that was it. A little later - I think I was 11 years old - I visited a home for 'wayward youth' in Tenterden, Kent, with my American psychiatrist godfather and I was wandering around the grounds while he was in a meeting when I walked past a group of older boys of 16, 17, 18 years old lounging on the lawn and listening to Deep Purple In Rock on a massive sound system - the speakers outside on the grass. I think they were probably smoking hash too - rolled in joints with tobacco and cardboard roaches was the way back then. Anyway, one of them yelled at me - me in my short pants - "Hey Kid, wanna hear some REAL music, well listen to this!" And so I went over to them and said "Deep Purple? Yeah, they're OK, but I prefer Black Sabbath!" and walked off. I was a funny little kid, although maybe they didn't think so.
Great list, Pete. I generally watch UA-cam on my big screen, and have the IPad next to me, and bring up artists on Tidal, that I’m not that familiar with, that I’ve seen you talk about. Have found plenty that I like. The two that stand above all others to me are Kiss, and Heart. Been my 2 fave bands since the late 70s, when I was a kid, and think I discovered Heart around Passionworks time. Maybe just a hair behind them, Beatles. Then just a bunch of bands I adore. Europe, Stryper, Maiden, Cold Chisel.....
I don't have a top 30 but I do have a top 10 bands/artists : 1) Pink Floyd 2) Dire Straits 3) Deep Purple 4) Led Zeppelin 5) Stevie Ray Vaughan 6) Yes 7) Queen 8) Jimi Hendrix 9) Rage against the machine 10) Lynyrd Skynyrd HM : Eagles, Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton
@@morrieswigs I love Mark Knopfler style and sound. One of the most recognizable players. Telegraph Road, Brothers in Arms and Sultans of swing are 3 of my 10 favourite songs of all time
Pete, there aren't any bands founded in the 90s onward that you like enough to be on this list? I'd like to see you do a top 100 and chime in with some of those great bands.
At the moment. 1. Beatles 2. Black Sabbath 3. Led Zeppelin 4. Deep Purple 5. Uriah Heep 6. Grand Funk 7. CCR 8. Kansas 9. Judas.Priest 10. The Who 11. Sweet. - the harder stuff was great 12. Bad Co. And so on.....
1. THE DOORS 2. NIRVANA 3. THE CURE 4. TOOL 5. THE BEATLES 6. BLACK SABBATH 7. NEIL YOUNG 8. ALICE IN CHAINS 9. PRIMUS 10. L7 11. NINE INCH NAILS 12. JOY DIVISON 13. HAPPY MONDAYS 14. WEEN 15. THE DEAD KENNEDYS 16. BOB DYLAN 17. NOFX 18. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS (80's and 90's only) 19. BEASTIE BOYS 20. BAD RELIGION 21. TALKING HEADS 22. JIMI HENDRIX 23. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE 24. FREE 25. THE PIXIES 26. OZZY OSBOURNE 27. THE STROKES 28. APHEX TWIN 29. THE VELVET UNDERGROUND 30. THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
Extremely difficult to distill. Outside of my top 5, I realized that with most bands I love a certain amount of their catalog, but then they lose me. It’s also difficult to separate nostalgia from how much I love the entire body of work. Great list Pete. My top 30; Metallica Led Zeppelin King’s X Iron Maiden Deep Purple Dream Theater Opeth Whitesnake Blood Ceremony Black Sabbath Rush Rory Gallagher Megadeth AC/DC Thin Lizzy King Crimson Glenn Hughes Marillion Yes Robert Plant Blue Rodeo The Tragically Hip Black Country Communion The Beatles UFO Joe Bonamassa Soundgarden The Cult Alice In Chains Faith No More
You sir have a really cool diverse taste, was happy to see return to forever and mahivishnu mentioned, great bands. My favorite band of all time is certainly genesis, from trespass to duke is all excellent!
1- The Rolling Stones 2- The Doors 3- The Beatles 4- Jimi Hendrix Experience 5- Metallica 6- Red Hot Chili Peppers 7- Pink Floyd 8- Led Zeppelin 9- Black Sabbath 10- Oasis 11- Megadeth 12- Lynyrd Skynyrd 13- Tool 14- Guns N Roses 15- Nirvana 16- Rage Against The Machine 17- Kiss 18- The Police 19- Van Halen 20- The Who 21- The Smashing Pumpkins 22- Santana 23- Iron Maiden 24- Eagles 25- The Band 26- Ac/ Dc 27- CSN(Y) 28- Deep Purple 29- Jethro Tull 30- Testament
We could argue over and over about your choices, but it's all about subjectivity. What we can not deny is your sincerity. (so great to see Uriah Heep no 4) This next summer, Deep Purple and UH are playing together in the same bill twice in 2 differents festivals: one 60 kilometers East and second 80 km West far from my home. It looks like 2020 's gonna be a good year . All the best for everyone out there
Led Zep # 1 for me- they kicked open the rock doors for other bands to follow... four musicians that were so in sync.. I have to listen to a Zep song every day🔥💫💫
1. Pink Floyd 2. Led Zeppelin 3. Yes 4. ELO 5. Rush 6. Blue Oyster Cult 7. Steely Dan 8. Journey 9. The Beatles 10. Eagles 11. U2 12. Bad Company 13. Dire Straits 14. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 15. Alan Parsons Project 16. Styx 17. Boston 18. Steve Miller Band 19. Queen 20. The Doors 21. Paul McCartney and Wings 22. Van Halen 23. Camel 24. The Jimi Hendrix Experience 25. Asia 26. Genesis 27. America 28. Foreigner 29. Kiss 30. Toto HM: The Rolling Stones, The Who, Kansas, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd
Funny enough I stumbled upon this channel through the ELO album rankings and after seeing some of the early mentions in this list and as a guy who grew up with 70s prog (the holy trinity of mine is Genesis, ELO and Supertramp) I figured I would suggest Dream Theater to Pete, as it would fit him really well. Turns out they're in his top 10 let's goo! If you want to dive even deeper into more modern prog metal (as your Opeth mention is also interesting) I would suggest Leprous and Haken, two of my favorite bands right now. Try Forced Entry with Leprous and Atlas Stone with Haken. Anyone reading this, I can give a more insightful introduction to both bands if someone wishes.
REM, Beatles, Stones, King Crimson, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Deep Purple, Steely Dan, Santana, Springsteen & E Street Band, Thin Lizzy, Tool, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Simon & Garfunkel, The Band, The Byrds, The Doors, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Jethro Tull, Barclay James Harvest, Led Zeppelin, The Kinks, Depeche Mode, Kansas, Journey, Steve Miller Band, Metallica, Cream, Fleetwood Mac, Eagles, Pink Floyd (sequence is a bit random).
LOL As your describing #12 at 8:25 I'm telling myself'Here it comes, he's gonna name Slade'. Nope! Gentle Giant, then I smiled and thought 'of course', great band. Great list, thanks. Brought back some good, well mostly good memories. Uriah Heep, right on, 'Return to Fantasy', one of the most memorable songs when I was a teen in the 70's.
Hi Pete, hope you could read this. Did you hear finnish symphonic\ prog metal band Turisas? If not, let me tell you they are a ver y unique band with epic choirs (think of gregorians) , Violins in the vein of Kansas, Sinatra vibes on vocals and some Kamelot and Dimmu Borgir Things. Stand Up and Flight and Battle Metal are my fav albums, i'm sure you'll have fun with those. With that being said, wish you the Best.
Just curious about the thumbs down here, and trying to understand why people would give a thumbs down on a video where someone lists his favorite bands of all time? Because I didn't name YOUR favorite band? Last I checked, this show was requested by many, for me to go over my favorites, so I find it hard to comprehend why people would give a thumbs down to an honest, fun discussion of personal favorites....whatever.
Pete, I loved the show! Thanks so much.
Because there are aholes everywhere! Thanks Pete for taking the time to do it. I thought it was awesome.
@@MICEALJACKSON1000 Thanks!!!
@@russellgentile4719 thanks!!!
I’m sure I speak for the majority of your viewers Pete we appreciate your time and efforts for posting this. Ignore the imbeciles and naysayers!
When I watch your videos, even though it's usually bands I already know and love, I am always inspired to listen to them again. Your enthusiasm and love for the bands you talk about is very contagious and I always enjoy spending time watching you discuss them. Keep up the great work. I'm off to listen to some UFO, Sabbath and Purple.
How the hell did England (a country smaller than wyoming) produce so many great bands and artists? It's phenomenal.
Best English rock band ever?Def Leppard. Worst English rock band ever(even though I am VERY,VERY much in the minority)Rolling Stones even though I'm 48 years old.
The weather isn't very nice so people stay indoors and get into music :-)
@@adrianbradley8513 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 shut the fuck up.
Well, Wyoming doesn't have a population of 80 million. Size doesn't matter, culture does.
@@adrianbradley8513 what are you on?
Thanks for walking us through your all time favorites... I love how passionate you are. It’s obviously a labor of love.
Although I’m ten years younger and was raised on AOR and truly love the UK releases from the nineties (Thunder, Skin and Little Angles) you made me reflect here. Meaning from where are my heroes coming from, and why I’m changing preferences a bit myself? You can’t neglect the impact of the releases from your youth even though you don’t play them a lot these days.... today Ive moved into genres like southern and folk rock and even light country stuff. You can’t keep a good song down. Funny how things change when you mature.
Inspiring show. Keep it up! Greetings from DK
(And damn, I miss my cd wall 😢)
Somehow I forgot Queen on this list..slot them into that #30 batch, though they are higher!
Yes indeed Queen,,the musicianship ...respect for your inclusion of Allmans
Kiss yeah ha ha..novelty act saw them 3 times in 75...ehhhh..flash in pan imho
Sea of Tranquility did I miss it, or did Pink Floyd not make the list?
@@nimzyzamzam431 did not make the list. Not a top 30 band for me
Expected Zeppelin, Sabbath, Purple, Yes and Rush.
Did not expect UFO to be so high on your list. (Have loved them since I discovered them in 2008, cuz of Maidens cover (Blaze on vocals).
Did not expect your love for Coverdale. Have loved Slow an' Easy since I first heard it in the '90s. Recently got into the earlier stuff, but don't like the overproduced 87 and 89 albums.
Pete what a list! Thank you so much. I appreciate you doing this very much.
I know it was tough as hell.
I thought I knew who your top 5 but I was a little wrong! Excellent.
My top 15
1. Blue Oyster Cult
2. Pink Floyd
3. Ozzy
4. Alice in Chains
5. Deep Purple
6. Eagles
7. Billy Idol
8. Steely Dan
9. Queensryche
10. Depeche Mode
11. ELO
13. The Doors
14. Moody Blues
15. Van Halen (David Lee Roth period)
I know a weird list but it is what it is.
SYMPHONY X! I never hear them mentioned. So great.
In my top 10 for sure
lmao hi game chasers, used to watch ur stuff all the time
Thanks Pete! Great list, great music! Lots of stuff in there I've never listened to until I heard you talk about it and I'm enjoying it all. Especially UFO and Rainbow.
Hey Pete, your channel is excellent, lived in the USA through the 70s and 80s, saw many great rock bands, Black and Blue tour in Boston Garden was one of them, Blue Öyster Cult were awesome anyway s, keep on rocking! Thanks for your awesome channel! From London, UK 🇬🇧
Man, just subscribed..watching your videos is like hanging out with a friend.
Love so many bands on that list and The Who, BOC, Maiden, Rush, Zep and DP are certainly big faves for me. Keep these vids coming, best channel on YT hands down.
Our lists never fully align, but we share a ton of favorites and I love the enthusiasm. Even if my #1 is your #15 (or whatever), we still love them. Great stuff, keep em comin'!
Nice been waiting for this one for a while!
As I've matured as a musician over the past twenty years , Blue Oyster Cult has gone from not making this list to number 5
BOC are such a diverse and talented band ..... the more you listen the more you HEAR ....
One of the 1st bands I truly got into when my mom got me Extra Terrestrial Live for my 12th birthday and I till love them today. And we're finally getting new music from them!
@@RushAss I'm 48 and thanks to this channel I now own all their albums. Incredible band.
Blue oyster cult is the world's best music, the best band in universe!!
I really enjoy your videos. They are fun, informative and your opinions are at least backed up by a solid knowledge base, whether I agree with them or not. After watching, it makes me want to go through my own collection and play music I hadn't thought about in a while and also explore new music as well!
Kudos and respect for including Robin Trower. Saw him last year in SF; he’s still amazing at 74 years old
Share your love for purple. I heard Machine Head when I was at school in and my life was never the same! Heard a ton of stuff since but will always have a soft spot for the band and the ferocious guitar wizardry of Mr Blackmore. His guitar always sounds like he's playing with raw electricity! Thanks for sharing your list.
Gentle Giant... my father owned a record store back in the last half of the 70s and I remember Gentle Giant albums covers. That debut cover was burned in my mind since. After you mentioned them here, I looked them up and began acquiring their stuff. Thanks for the discovery of old-new music. See! Now I'm discovering things I missed out on.
I absolutely love your shows Pete! Your tastes run pretty close to mine, especially the stuff commonly called classic rock. If it rocks hard, it doesn’t matter when it came out. I’m sure somewhere down your lists you’ll have Corrosion of Conformity, Budgie, early Queen, Queensryche, Humble Pie, and so many more. You’re the kind of guy I could talk to about music for days and never cover it all.
Thank you so much for the quality of your shows, and for posting them for us to enjoy!
Awesome channel, awesome picks, awesome shirts!🤘
Three huge bands from my list that aren't on yours are AC/DC, Pink Floyd and The Beatles. Floyd and Beatles in my top 5 with Ufo, Scorpions and anything Blackmore.
Add Aerosmith and Van Halen in there.
Same
I don’t get how someone who likes hard rock, would like the beetles.
They were more pop rock for women lol
@@Animals_And_Nature_Lovers, they had their moments (listed them further below) and if they hadn't broken up in 1970 they surely would've had at least a fair amount more rockers to go along in their discography as on their individual albums they did just that. And remember there wasn't a ton of hard and heavy rocking that had even happened by 1970, majority of that came after. It was really just by the late 60's (1968 was probably the first big year of it with Led Zeppelin (well recorded in late 1968, but released in 1969 along with 2nd album of course), Blue Cheer, Deep Purple & Iron Butterfly, but Purple & Zep the way better/deeper remembered of those four really blazed thru in 1969, so this wasn't much time for The Beatles to even assimilate all of that before they broke up.) They were Most Definitely towards the center of ripple effect that lead to more and even greater hard rock.
Anyway heavy and/or fast rockers from The Beatles:
''Back In The U.S.S.R''
''Birthday''
''Everybody Except For Me And My Monkey''
''Helter Skelter''
''One After 909'' this one smokes
''I've Got a Feeling''
''The End''
''Day Tripper'' (the Jimi Hendrix live on BBC rendition of this is even better (for me overall), but while their is plenty of fun in some wild vocal quips they can't quite muster up the harmonies on Beatles original. So I listen to both versions, definitely one of my favorite covers Hendrix did.
''Hey Bulldog'' this is fun weird, beefy bruiser of a tune that makes me think it may have had some influence on King Crimson's earliest heavy brute rockers. (Their first album wasn't til 1969, so yet another time where they had barely any time to fire back a revved up response.)
''I Want You (She's So Heavy)''
Epic slow paced proto doom metal, from 1969, a year before Black Sabbath's 1st album and mighty title track may have well taken some inspiration from and for their early career in general. I can't say they didn't get anything from elsewhere (perhaps Vanilla Fudge and also ''Dazed And Confused'' by Led Zeppelin)
''Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band'' for 1967, this title track opening song had some beef and oomph to it. Not so much today, but Hendrix liked it enough to cover it live more than once. And apparently he learned to play it shortly after it was released in stores.
''Magical Mystery Tour'', this title song has quite a bit of oomph and energy despite being kind of a psychedelic pop gem. Pretty thick overall achieved sounds.
''Think For Yourself'' despite poppy vocals this 1965 track has some pretty beefy (for the time) guitar and bass and has some dank funkiness that feels like something green growing on it.
''The Word'' another from Rubber Soul like the song above. It's certainly not heavy by today, but this had oomph for 1965. So another stepping stone towards heavier things and still a pretty good tune when not fussing over how heavy things are or aren't. That's hardly the only measuring stick in the quality of music.
Good list! Here's mine in no order except for the top 10:
1. Beatles
2. Pink Floyd
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Rush
5. King Crimson
6. Queen
7. Blue Oyster Cult
8. Black Sabbath
9. Eric Clapton
10. Rolling Stones
11. Styx
12. AC/DC (Bon Scott era)
13. Aerosmith (70s era)
14. Scorpions
15. The Cars
16. Yes
17. Journey
18. Genesis
19. Spock's Beard
20. Supertramp
21. Elton John
22. Jeff Beck
23. Deep Purple
24. Traffic
25. Van Halen
26. The Who
27. Porcupine Tree
28. Sammy Hagar
29. Doobie Brothers
30. Nazareth
Why does everyone hate brian Johnson like it seems to me he gets not very much respect that Bon does. Dont get me wrong I love bon but I see alot of people not respecting brian as much
@@GrahamLippy I agree. I think their 70's material is untouchable along with Sabbath but BIB,FTATR,WMW,TRE are my big 4 with Brian but they're all good to great. Nobody touches the feeling I get when I listen to Sabbath and AC/DC. If there was a way to inject AC/DC I'd do it.
@@blacksabbath1022 I can agree with that with the feeling thing. When I listen to AC/DC it's an indescribable feeling that it just injects energy into you. But yes Brian deserves alot more respect than people give him.
Doobie Brothers,Elton John and The cars???😖
💥Hey Pete, I have only just found your posts, and although a lot of the music I am passionate about is kinda opposite to a lot of the prog-rock you love, ie; Genesis,... I love punk/new wave music from that period of 1976-81, and a lot of it came to be because of prog-rock, and 20 minute guitars solos, and rock stars that drove around in 20ft long limos, and who were virtually untouchable.
Punk came from the aggressive pub rock that was around in the mid-1970's, it was high-powered, bluesy/aggressive, and dirty rock and roll; ie; Eddie and the Hot Rods/The Motors/ Dr Feelgood, Steve Gibbons Band, I mean this music was really something else, I loved it's energy and passion and drive.
And I just wanted to say, your posts are totally infectious, compelling, interesting and so PASSIONATELY put across.
I admire you deep interest, your passion and energy, and deep love of all this music.
I was saddened that you didn't really get Punk/New wave, as I believe this was one of the most important things to happen in rock and roll, especially in England in the late 1970s, but I do love a lot of the music that you love.
KEEP ON ROCKING PETE!
My favorite bands are:
16. Possessed
15. Anthrax
14. Sadus
13. Cannibal Corpse
12. Havok
11. Gates Of Ishtar
10. Dark Angel
9. Exodus
8. Destruction
7. Overkill
6. Sodom
5. Kreator
4. Slayer
3. Iron Maiden
2. Megadeth
1. Metallica
Great list. Though my list would surely include Zappa, Queen, Van Halen, Beatles and Pink Floyd. Thanks for taking the time to put these vid’s together. Always fun to watch.
Couldn't believe that he didn't include the Beatles. Listened to it again, figuring that I must have missed it. Good point regarding Van Halen as well!
Early days of Def Leppard too...esp first two albums.
I agree with every band you siad except Pink Floyd
@@nate51501 love those first 2.
Working my way back through your older videos. Great list. I know you were hard-pressed to even do it because it's sometimes hard to dismiss an important band that you used to get into, and others come along and that fav band takes a backseat. I'm slightly older than you and my list would reflect some of that, and I am very happy that prog music found its way to you eventually. Some were outraged at Queen being omitted from yours and you later corrected. That being said, your list is a great snapshot of your varied tastes over several decades as mine is. Some of the entries on my top 30 reflect the fact that once hip hop / rap took over, I went hardcore on European metal as an antidote. The order of my list is not so important after top 10. It goes as follows:
1.Yes (this includes Drama, ABWH, but nothing after Union) - 2. ELP - 3. Rush - 4. Led Zeppelin - 5. Deep Purple - 6. Black Sabbath - 7. Heart (nothing after Dog & Butterfly) - 8. King Crimson - 9. Pink Floyd - 10. Kansas - 11. Styx - 12. Jethro Tull - 13. Uriah Heep - 14. Gentle Giant - 15. - 16. Genesis - 17. The Beatles - 18. ASIA - 19. Judas Priest - 20. Metallica (early stuff) - 21. Within Temptation - 22. Lacuna Coil - 23. Iron Maiden - 24. Thin Lizzy - 25. The Who - 26. Queen - 27. UFO - 28. Scorpions - 29. Rainbow/DIO (for me Ronnie's bands deserve a spot) 30. Dream Theater
My list is more progressive rock oriented, and I do omit some favored bands like Opeth (yes, I love them too) Marillion, Dimmu Borgir, Tool, 9 Nnch Nails, Nirvana, Ted Nugent, Sound Garden, Triumph and a gazillion others. That said, this top 30 reflects my taste for above average musicians. That's why ELP is so high, and Asia is a part of me because though I am partial to debut and Alpha, the original lineup got back together and produced (Phoenix, Omega, and XXX) some of the finest mature/adult prog in decades. Many would dismiss it as sentimental schlock, but I was honored to meet them. I was able to decode Steve Howe through this music, which lead to learning some Yes on guitar. (not easy) - Sorry Nightwish fans, but WT and Coil are so much better. Sorry Stones fans, I always considered them sort of a trailer trash rock. I do like some of the early songs. Same for for ZZ Top, I like them, but not top tier material for me. Love the channel.
Really great video. Your list is your list but I also agree with a lot of your picks although I would have ranked some of them differently as you would expect.
The biggest surprise for me was not seeing the mighty Van Halen DLR years on your list or the Beatles.
Thanks for doing this. I really enjoyed watching it.
You got me into Gentle Giant. I love them now!
Bless you, Pete, this would take me forever!
My top 30
1: Pink Floyd
2 - 30: Everybody else, lol.
Rick Carlstom....you are a wise man. If you like heavy stuff, listen to Fear Inoculum by Tool. It's like if Echoes was a bit metal. Dark Side is in my opinion the greatest work of art ever made.
@@brianmyers9989 I like the Tool I've heard, but haven't really gotten in depth with them. I probably ought to do something about that.
Yes?
Did he not have Floyd on his top 30?
Rick you might enjoy this. I had a best friend in high school that made a bumper sticker for his car. It read: "Pot, Pussy, and Pink Floyd". LOL
The king of lists, I love your channel more and more, thanks for all your content.
A really strong top list. Thank you for sharing!
I'm a pop rocker at heart. I love a lot of the bands that you did not mention:
The Beatles
The Beach Boys
Chicago
The Eagles
Three Dog Night
The Doors
Fleetwood Mac
Steely Dan
The Police
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
Jefferson Starship
The Monkees
Supertramp
Toto
Steppenwolf
Van Halen
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Duran Duran
Weather Report
Badfinger
10cc
Atlanta Rhythm Section
But I do really like a lot of the bands that you do mention on your video. Great video!
Jimmy Plato
Best list yet !! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Only rock bands or nothing!
You have a great list man
@@happinebob5872 Thank You!
I love Creedence so much
My top 30
1. Kiss
2. (old) Motley Crue '81-'86
3. The Doors
4. Voi Vod
5. Metallica '82-'89/'08-present
6. Destruction
7. Celtic Frost
8. Bathory '83-'88
9. Iron Maiden '80-'88
10. The Carpenters
11. Van Halen '78-'84
12. The Plasmatics
13. Rush '75-'81
14. Alice Cooper
15. Cannibal Corpse
16. Cradle Of Filth
17. The Cure
18. Asagraum
19. Twisted Sister '82-'86
20. Behemoth
21. The Beatles
22. Janis Joplin
23. Nirvana
24. Tribulation
25. Abbath
26. The Glamour Punks
27. The Ultras
28. Willow Wisp
29. Black Sabbath-Ozzy and Dio 'eras
30. Bauhaus
I love how you have all these hard rock and heavy metal bands and then you just have the carpenters lmao
Man No. 30 Bauhaus oh yeah!
I would have included
The Sisters of Mercy
The Fields of the Nephilim AND
The Cult 🤟
My Top 30
1)Stratovarius
2)Dead Can Dance
3)Death
4)Deep Purple
5)Cynic
6)Los Jaivas
7)Mekong Delta
8)Symphony X
9)Rush
10)King Crimson
11)Kansas
12)Nightwish
13)Angra
14)Iron Maiden
15)Black Sabbath
16)Helloween
17)Ensiferum
18)Irakere
19)Kraftwerk
20)Tangerine Dream
21)Obscura
22)Opeth
23)Bathory
24)Arcturus
25)Thy Catafalque
26)Believer
27)Wintersun
28)Cocteau Twins
29)Sigur Rós
30)The Beatles
Quitando a los The Beatles, el resto ni siquiera estan en el TOP 100. jeje
That not a great list lol
Interesting and honest take because from you on your faves knowing that many of your picks are obscure to the masses or not nearly as popular. Kudos to you.
The Who, Yes, ELO, Stones, Traffic, the Dead, Steely Dan, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, & Zeppelin. 😊
Sheila Blische
Great list !
countdown2xstacy Thank-you. Don't you love this channel?
Sheila Blische
I watch it all the time!
At long last....someone Who knows there stuff...lol.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse definitely.
Jesus, I would say my list would be very very similar to yours. 1. Deep Purple 2. Uriah Heep 3.Whitesnake. 3. UFO 4. Saxon 5. Rainbow, then of course, Rush, Sabbath, Judas Priest, Scorpions, etc, etc.... On the more recente bands, I think Rival Sons and The Answer may be in a 30 top list, 20 years from now....Let´s see ! Love your vídeos, good taste man ! Cheers from Brazil.
Rival sons should be on everyone's list including old fogies. Why rock is dead!!!
Sorry Scorpions is way too far back easily number 1 UFO 2 Queen 3. I have and have listened to most of them But Scorpions even in the later years still playing
@@petebull8233 for your taste, not for mine....Scorpions for more than I love the band, it doesn't match Purple in my book. but, I respect your opinion. Scorpions are just great ! Enjoy it !
@@reinaldoalves9038 My Preference is Scorpions in the Uli Jon Roth Days...are you familiar with his music?
@@petebull8233 yes I am. Saw him at Sweden Rock Festival in 2007 with Scorpions ! Have a picture with him.
Great list. Not that you care but here are my top 30.
1. Rush. 2. Black Sabbath 3 Steely Dan. 4. Yes. 5. Jethro Tull. 6. Maiden. 7. Van Halen. 8. Judas Priest. 9. Led Zep. 10. Queen. 11 UFO. 12. Deep Purple. 13 Rainbow. 14. The Police 15. Metallica 16 Megadeth. 17 Pink Floyd 18. David Bowie. 19. Porcupine Tree. 20. Motorhead 21. Elton John. 22. Thin Lizzy. 23. The Doors. 24. AC/DC 25. The Clash. 26. Genesis 27. Kiss. 28. Scorpions 29. Billy Joel. 30 Boston
Idk how he could have a top 45 without Beatles and floyd.
I am totally stunned that Steely Dan and the Beatles were not in your top 42 favorite bands! Another not so surprising omission is Frank Zappa, who I would LOVE to hear a review of by you.
I thought it was going to be his #1 because of his top Beatles video. He seemed to really enjoy the band in it.
Supertramp, Camel, ELP, Eloy, Focus, Queen, Pink Floyd, Stranglers, Foreigner, Marillion, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, AC-DC, Starcastle, Greenslade, Trace, Triumvirat, Alan Parson's Project, Tangerine Dream, Passport, Renaissance, should also be remembered...
AC-DC is Australian....
Foreigner us a marketing concept not really irealrock band
My top 30 in no particular order:
The Beatles
Queen
City Boy
Budgie
Blue Oyster Cult
Golden Earring
Genesis
Yes
Gentle Giant
Focus
Jethro Tull
The Stranglers
Led Zeppelin
Black Sabbath
Deep Purple
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
The Who
Kansas
Humble Pie
Nazareth
Wishbone Ash
Kaizers Orchestra
Aerosmith
King Crimson
Rush
Rory Gallagher
The Kinks
The Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd
Heart
...and there you have it.
I saw City Boy .... 👊🏻 great underrated band. There's still a loyal fanbase. Great list
1 Rush...2 Pink Floyd...3 Black Sabbath....4 Yes...5 Genisis....6 Deep Purple...7 Supertramp...8 Rolling Stones...9 Grateful Dead...10 The Beatles
Technically it's Genesis
1 to 6 good. 7 to 10 horrible...
@@gregvincentbolinfarlow5813 What's wrong with Supertramp? The big four albums by Supertramp are awesome albums.
Nice band Supertramp. "Paris" is an amazing live álbum!
@@gregvincentbolinfarlow5813 imagine calling the Beatles "horrible"
Hey Pete, I have watched many of your videos since I recently stumbled across your channel. We like a lot of the same music. My top bands that I have listened to for 50 years are for the most part somewhere on your list. I am curious what your feeling is about Steppenwolf? If you have done a video stating your opinion of them already I apologize but like I said I am fairly new to your channel. Thanks!
Solid list... I know you don't like R.E.M. and Talking Heads and some of the 80's bands, but it's ok. I love them, and I love Rush, Maiden, Crimson, Steely Dan, etc.
Thanks for sharing your time and spreading your love of music with all of us. Peace.
1) Traffic
2) Boston
3) Big Star
4) Steve Winwood
5) Fleetwood Mac
6) Yes
7) Styx
8) Journey
9) ELO
10) Steely Dan
11) Badfinger
12) The Beatles
13) Traffic Sound
14) Pink Floyd
15) Procol Harum
Steve Seim you get extra points for Badfinger and Big Star! Excellent choices!
Just a Top 15:
1) Pink Floyd
2) Electric Light Orchestra
3) The Alan Parsons Project
4) Toto
5) Genesis
6) Yes
7) Rush
8) ZZ Top
9) The Doobie Brothers
10) Santana
11) Savatage
12) Metallica
13) Deep Purple
14) Jethro Tull
15) Emerson, Lake and Palmer
...and many, many more.
Floyd is just the bests !
@Netto shopper Who do you listen to?
If I wanted to start to explore Gentle Giant , where would be a good place to start? Which albums? (Also Dream Theater...?)
Octopus, Three Friends, Free Hand, and In a Glass House is where I would start with GG. For DT, Images and Words, Metropolis 2: Scenes From a Memory, Train of Thought, and Awake.
@@seaoftranquilityprog Acquiring The Taste - then you acquire the taste
I reckon you nailed it there, I was lucky to be getting into rock late 60's and my top bands were, and still are Purple, Sabbath, Heep, and Budgie.
A fun list. Love that you have Gentle Giant on it!
I've heard many great bands over the years, some of them even in Pete's list...... but one band which I loved since my childhood never really left the nr. 1 spot...... they saved my life everytime I ended up being on the dark side of the moon
Opeth!!!! The fact that you include them is really awesome. ALL their styles...such a great group.
Hi Pete , love your show, watch it more and more as time goes on, really like “ ranking the bands ! I was a little surprised Queen didn’t make on your top 30 but I understand it’s difficult to squeeze so many greats into just 30 but I’ve heard you talk very highly of them so I know they’re in there with great regards! Thanks for your show, it’s very inspiring ! I’ve been listening to classic rock, Progressive and soundtracks for about 56 years I have a huge vinyl collection probably about 6000 albums! Have you ever heard From Italy ~ Ultima Spiaggia ? Amazing album!
Top 5
Rush-No other band does so much with only 3 musicians
Marillion-Their first 4 albums are some of the best prog albums of all time and they have continued to be great for more than 30 years
Black Sabbath
Deep Purple
Steven Wilson-Including Porcupine Tree and other collaborations, he's a mad genius
@@FURDOG1961 love ELP and yes quite great trio of musicians, as are the Police but to me Rush is the total package
reese davis wow!!! I thought I was the only person in the world who’s favorite band was Rush and 2nd, Marillion!! To cool
Just watched that video.first 4 black sabbath lps,deep purple-in rock,fireball,machine head,grand funk live,steppenwolf-live were probably the first albums I ever owned back in 1973.
Beatles, Pink floyd, Zeppelin, and the stones. Gotta love British rock
Not to mention Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Budgie, UFO and so many other great bands…
Def Leppard, Genesis, Yes, Bowie too
@@aviationlba747 yeah lights out ufo ,,,mob rules sabbath ,,, dio Ronnie
Hi Pete. Just came across your vlog. Liked your content. I’m of the older generation and living here in the U.K. we had some excellent bands in the 70s and 80s that you (and you viewers) might like to look up. 1. Budgie - a personal fave band of mine with Bandolier the stand out album. 2. Motörhead - Loud and proud. Talking of which 3. Nazareth - Great band. 4. Renaissance - More a folk type band with female vocalist. 5. Magnum - Good prog band. 6. Marillion - Poor mans Genesis but a good band. 7 Humble Pie. 8. Diamond Head 9. Saxon. 10. And finally who could leave out Free. Good luck, happy listening and keep up the good work. Oh, I forgot to add April Wine, the 2nd best Canadian band. Live at the el Mocambo being just a great live album.
Great list. Sabbath my fave and absolute quality band
Great list man. Purple will always be my number 1 also 🙏
I'd love to hear your take on these bands: Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Aerosmith, The Beatles, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.
Solid list! Deep Purple and Rainbow are in my top 10 also. along with many others on your list, I must admit, I have never really heard Gentle Giant. but I will def give them a chance now, Thanks 4 putting in the time dude!
About two years ago I started listening to rock music and my favorites are:
1- Pink Floyd
2- Led Zeppelin
3- Queen
4- The Beatles
5- AC/DC
I’m so excited to explore more and more bands!
Keyser Bolt you should definitely check out Rush
Steely Dan is amazing . Given them a try
I agree with the other guys, but you should definitely get into Deep Purple (especially mark II era) and Hendrix
I think this is a marvelous and solid list, great to see Tull and Gentle Giant there as well and the Purple family tree branches reaching so high.
Hi Pete,
Great list and forget the haters!
Here's mine :
1- Frank Zappa
2- Soft Machine
3- Return to Forever
4- Weather Report
5- Magma
6- Gentle Giant
7- Mahavishnu Orchestra
8- Yes
9-National Health
10- Kansas
11- Jean-Luc Ponty
12- Happy the Man
13- Genesis
14- Egg
15- Univers Zero
16- Present
17- Yugen
18- Jethro Tull
19- King Crimson
20- David Sancious
21- Hatfield and the North
22- Todd Rundgren
23- UK
24- Flower Kings
25- Brand X
26- PFM
27- Banco
28- Shakti
29- Thin Lizzy
30- Ozric Tentacles - Rush - Dream Theater - Iron Maiden - Kenso
Arnaud, you should try listening to some prog for a change...:)
@@jeffaudrain5117
Yes, i will try ^^
@@gailpiasecki227 i agree!
My Top 30: (In Order)
1) Earth, Wind, & Fire
2) Miles Davis
3) Prism [Japanese Jazz Fusion Band]
4) Weather Report
5) Steely Dan
6) Side Steps
7) David Sancious & Tone
8) Cold Chisel
9) Chicago (1969 - 1980)
10) Herbie Hancock (1962 - 1982)
11) Crosswind
12) Space Circus
13) Tower Of Power
14) Ramsey Lewis
15) Budgie
16) Spyro Gyra (1978 - 1999)
17) Kenso
18) Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
19) Eagles
20) Bad Company
21) Little River Band
22) Frank Zappa
23) Keep
24) Return To Forever
25) The Mahavishnu Orchestra
26) Jiro Inagaki & His Soul Media
27) Ramsey Lewis
28) Terumasa Hino
29) Free
30) Deep Purple
Just yesterday I watched your Steely Dan video and expected them to be on your list tbh.
Love your videos Pete.
For me:
1. Led Zeppelin, and it's not even close.
2. The Beatles
3. AC/DC, at least through Mob Rules.
4. Black Sabbath
5. Journey, especially live.
6. Rolling Stones, grown to respect more as I age.
7.The Who
8. Iron Maiden
9. Deep Purple
10. Rush
11. Steely Dan
12. Pearl Jam
13. Def Leppard, especially High n Dry through Hysteria
14. Van Halen
15. Chicago
16. CCR
17. Genesis
18. Judas Priest
19. David Bowie
20. Thin Lizzy
21. Eagles
22. Supertramp
23. The Cure
24. Boston
25. Scorpions
26. REO Speedwagon
27. The Cars
28. The Doobie Brothers
29. Tom Petty
30. Beach Boys
Edit to add that I shamefully forgot UFO.
Thanks for not including Pink Floyd
Here are my top 30... most of the bands are from the 60s and 70s
1) Genesis
2) Beatles
3) Pink Floyd
4) Rush
5) Led Zeppelin
6) The Doors
7) Kiss
8) Deep Purple
9) Black Sabbath
10) Hendrix
11) 10,000 Maniacs
12) Monkees
13) Raspberries
14) Journey
15) Chicago
16) Scorpions
17) The Who
18) Judas Priest
19) Triumph
20) Jethro Tull
21) Styx
22) Santana
23) Sweet (Its all great)
24) Neil Diamond
25) Aerosmith
26) Reo Speedwagon
27) Foreigner
28) The Rolling Stones
29) Steeley Dan
30)CCR, BTO, BOC, ELP, ELO, AC/DC, Yes, U2, UFO, Queen, Heart, Boston, The Cars, INXS, Focus
is kiss good band ? (i'm new in rock)
@@themo2666 nope
So proud of you for putting Gentle Giant in there - and so high on the list! Kudos also for Budgie, early Scorpions, King Crimson, Yes, early Genesis, UFO, Uriah Heep. Of course we're gonna have different tastes, but as for your top two I am right there with you. I was 9 years old when Black Night hit the UK charts and I absolutely loved it. It was the first proper hard rock I had ever heard, and I went mad for it. I even ran up my parent's bill calling the '16' hotline to listen to it over and over on the telephone if you can believe that. Of course I was eventually bought the single to add to my pretty impressive collection of 45s. Then a few months later I heard Paranoid at a local youth club disco and that was it. A little later - I think I was 11 years old - I visited a home for 'wayward youth' in Tenterden, Kent, with my American psychiatrist godfather and I was wandering around the grounds while he was in a meeting when I walked past a group of older boys of 16, 17, 18 years old lounging on the lawn and listening to Deep Purple In Rock on a massive sound system - the speakers outside on the grass. I think they were probably smoking hash too - rolled in joints with tobacco and cardboard roaches was the way back then. Anyway, one of them yelled at me - me in my short pants - "Hey Kid, wanna hear some REAL music, well listen to this!" And so I went over to them and said "Deep Purple? Yeah, they're OK, but I prefer Black Sabbath!" and walked off. I was a funny little kid, although maybe they didn't think so.
Great list, Pete. I generally watch UA-cam on my big screen, and have the IPad next to me, and bring up artists on Tidal, that I’m not that familiar with, that I’ve seen you talk about. Have found plenty that I like. The two that stand above all others to me are Kiss, and Heart. Been my 2 fave bands since the late 70s, when I was a kid, and think I discovered Heart around Passionworks time. Maybe just a hair behind them, Beatles. Then just a bunch of bands I adore. Europe, Stryper, Maiden, Cold Chisel.....
Pink Floyd getting a lot of love in the comments. I'm believing in humanity again.
I don't get how you miss pink floyd in this list
Drew Sowersby - Pete ranked his top 30 favorite bands. Pink Floyd isn’t one of them. Get it now?
@@crusheverything4449 Dude literally did a top 10 lmao
Brian Myers
Ya surprised no Pink Floyd or Steely Dan, but hey, it’s Pete’s list 👍
I just recently stumbled across this guy but I have to say that Queen was another band I was missing in this list.
I don't have a top 30 but I do have a top 10 bands/artists :
1) Pink Floyd
2) Dire Straits
3) Deep Purple
4) Led Zeppelin
5) Stevie Ray Vaughan
6) Yes
7) Queen
8) Jimi Hendrix
9) Rage against the machine
10) Lynyrd Skynyrd
HM : Eagles, Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton
Giuseppe Maggiò that’s a really good list!! Queen and Pink Floyd are my absolute favorites
Steve Wonder???🤨
@@gregvincentbolinfarlow5813 Yeah. I love his music
Giuseppe Maggiò glad you have Dire Straits on there. One of my favorites, very underrated band
@@morrieswigs I love Mark Knopfler style and sound. One of the most recognizable players. Telegraph Road, Brothers in Arms and Sultans of swing are 3 of my 10 favourite songs of all time
Pete, there aren't any bands founded in the 90s onward that you like enough to be on this list? I'd like to see you do a top 100 and chime in with some of those great bands.
Hi Pete love your vids and your awesome comments what do you think about wishbone ash
So for prog bands up there, just love prog! Beatles #1, sentimental favorite!
At the moment.
1. Beatles
2. Black Sabbath
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Deep Purple
5. Uriah Heep
6. Grand Funk
7. CCR
8. Kansas
9. Judas.Priest
10. The Who
11. Sweet. - the harder stuff was great
12. Bad Co.
And so on.....
Sweet, Grand funk, Uriah Heep! You and I would've got along great!
Right on!
Great list. Your personal faves deuce with my one exception that I love Wishbone Ash, Free and Spooky Tooth
Great list! As soon as I heard you mention Rod Evans, I was wondering how Captain Beyond didn't make it!
1, Queen 2, Sabbath 3, Priest 4, Maiden 5, Beatles 6, Stones 7, Led Zep 8, Doors 9, CCR 10, The Clash
1. THE DOORS
2. NIRVANA
3. THE CURE
4. TOOL
5. THE BEATLES
6. BLACK SABBATH
7. NEIL YOUNG
8. ALICE IN CHAINS
9. PRIMUS
10. L7
11. NINE INCH NAILS
12. JOY DIVISON
13. HAPPY MONDAYS
14. WEEN
15. THE DEAD KENNEDYS
16. BOB DYLAN
17. NOFX
18. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
(80's and 90's only)
19. BEASTIE BOYS
20. BAD RELIGION
21. TALKING HEADS
22. JIMI HENDRIX
23. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
24. FREE
25. THE PIXIES
26. OZZY OSBOURNE
27. THE STROKES
28. APHEX TWIN
29. THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
30. THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
Bob Dylan isn't a band
@MAXATAXX nah
Extremely difficult to distill. Outside of my top 5, I realized that with most bands I love a certain amount of their catalog, but then they lose me. It’s also difficult to separate nostalgia from how much I love the entire body of work. Great list Pete. My top 30;
Metallica
Led Zeppelin
King’s X
Iron Maiden
Deep Purple
Dream Theater
Opeth
Whitesnake
Blood Ceremony
Black Sabbath
Rush
Rory Gallagher
Megadeth
AC/DC
Thin Lizzy
King Crimson
Glenn Hughes
Marillion
Yes
Robert Plant
Blue Rodeo
The Tragically Hip
Black Country Communion
The Beatles
UFO
Joe Bonamassa
Soundgarden
The Cult
Alice In Chains
Faith No More
You sir have a really cool diverse taste, was happy to see return to forever and mahivishnu mentioned, great bands. My favorite band of all time is certainly genesis, from trespass to duke is all excellent!
1- The Rolling Stones
2- The Doors
3- The Beatles
4- Jimi Hendrix Experience
5- Metallica
6- Red Hot Chili Peppers
7- Pink Floyd
8- Led Zeppelin
9- Black Sabbath
10- Oasis
11- Megadeth
12- Lynyrd Skynyrd
13- Tool
14- Guns N Roses
15- Nirvana
16- Rage Against The Machine
17- Kiss
18- The Police
19- Van Halen
20- The Who
21- The Smashing Pumpkins
22- Santana
23- Iron Maiden
24- Eagles
25- The Band
26- Ac/ Dc
27- CSN(Y)
28- Deep Purple
29- Jethro Tull
30- Testament
Alice Cooper's original band are so underrated as musicians
I saw every tour with the original band. Alice Cooper was never the same without them.
My man! new subscriber and when I heard you at number 3 with Whitesnake! I flipped I have almost all their albums on vinyl !! Whitesnake forever!!
We could argue over and over about your choices, but it's all about subjectivity. What we can not deny is your sincerity. (so great to see Uriah Heep no 4) This next summer, Deep Purple and UH are playing together in the same bill twice in 2 differents festivals: one 60 kilometers East and second 80 km West far from my home. It looks like 2020 's gonna be a good year . All the best for everyone out there
Led Zep # 1 for me- they kicked open the rock doors for other bands to follow... four musicians that were so in sync.. I have to listen to a Zep song every day🔥💫💫
1. Pink Floyd
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Yes
4. ELO
5. Rush
6. Blue Oyster Cult
7. Steely Dan
8. Journey
9. The Beatles
10. Eagles
11. U2
12. Bad Company
13. Dire Straits
14. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
15. Alan Parsons Project
16. Styx
17. Boston
18. Steve Miller Band
19. Queen
20. The Doors
21. Paul McCartney and Wings
22. Van Halen
23. Camel
24. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
25. Asia
26. Genesis
27. America
28. Foreigner
29. Kiss
30. Toto
HM: The Rolling Stones, The Who, Kansas, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd
Funny enough I stumbled upon this channel through the ELO album rankings and after seeing some of the early mentions in this list and as a guy who grew up with 70s prog (the holy trinity of mine is Genesis, ELO and Supertramp) I figured I would suggest Dream Theater to Pete, as it would fit him really well. Turns out they're in his top 10 let's goo!
If you want to dive even deeper into more modern prog metal (as your Opeth mention is also interesting) I would suggest Leprous and Haken, two of my favorite bands right now. Try Forced Entry with Leprous and Atlas Stone with Haken. Anyone reading this, I can give a more insightful introduction to both bands if someone wishes.
Really liked this video. Great choices. Also super bummed for not even mentioning Ozzy's solo stuff.
Props for having ufo high up on your list, they are so underrated.
REM, Beatles, Stones, King Crimson, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Deep Purple, Steely Dan, Santana, Springsteen & E Street Band, Thin Lizzy, Tool, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Simon & Garfunkel, The Band, The Byrds, The Doors, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Jethro Tull, Barclay James Harvest, Led Zeppelin, The Kinks, Depeche Mode, Kansas, Journey, Steve Miller Band, Metallica, Cream, Fleetwood Mac, Eagles, Pink Floyd (sequence is a bit random).
LOL As your describing #12 at 8:25 I'm telling myself'Here it comes, he's gonna name Slade'. Nope! Gentle Giant, then I smiled and thought 'of course', great band. Great list, thanks. Brought back some good, well mostly good memories.
Uriah Heep, right on, 'Return to Fantasy', one of the most memorable songs when I was a teen in the 70's.
Great list Pete. Not surprised by most of it based on our chat last week. Cheers
1.QUEEN
2.THE BEATLES
3.RUSH
4.LED ZEPPELIN
5.METALLICA
6.IRON MAIDEN
7.MOTORHEAD
8.DEPECHE MODE
9.VAN HALEN
10.KISS
11.SCORPIONS
Lol. Motorhead? Ace of spades baby! 😄
Depeche is excellent but not is a rock band!
1.Black Sabbath
2.Motörhead
3.UFO
4.Judas Priest
5.Led Zeppelin
6.Metallica
7.AC/DC
8.Sweet
9.Status Quo
10.Hawkwind
11.Slayer
12.Pentagram
13.Rainbow
14.Saint Vitus
15.Nazareth
16.Deep Purple
17.Mountain
18.Uriah Heep
19.Blue Öyster Cult
20.November
21.Joe Perry Project
22.Mercyful Fate
23.Sex Pistols
24.Buffalo
25.Queens of the Stoneage
26.Aerosmith
27.Rush
28.Ramones
29.Queen
30.Accept
31.Budgie
32.ZZ Top
33.Jethro Tull
34.Saxon
35.Rolling Stones
36.King Diamond
37.Kyuss
38.MC5
39.Trouble
40.Candlemass
41.Montrose
42.Rose Tattoo
43.Waysted
44.Magnum
45.James Gang
46.Ten Years After
47.Fu Manchu
48.Exodus
49.W.A.S.P.
50.Van Halen
51.Foghat
52.Scorpions
53.Cathedral
54.Girlschool
55.Creedence Clearwater Revival
56.Kiss
57.Mötley Crue
58.Iron Maiden
59.Wolfmother
60.Soundgarden
Where is Grand Funk Railroad? Your only wearing one of their tee shirts!!!!!
Hi Pete, hope you could read this. Did you hear finnish symphonic\ prog metal band Turisas? If not, let me tell you they are a ver y unique band with epic choirs (think of gregorians) , Violins in the vein of Kansas, Sinatra vibes on vocals and some Kamelot and Dimmu Borgir Things. Stand Up and Flight and Battle Metal are my fav albums, i'm sure you'll have fun with those. With that being said, wish you the Best.
Nice list. I have them all in my collection. However, was sad the Moody Blues didn't make it on your top group lists. To each his/her own! Thanks!
BOC Spectres is a top-5 all-time album- writing, performances, and production are mind-blowing.
Nice list. Mine would be quite different however, but we do agree that Deep Purple sits at the top.
So many bands!
We’re on the same page on the majority of bands mentioned.
“Humble Pie” belongs in the list of # 30.
This is a really great list..
I agree with a lot of it..