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(List as many as you want to)
I'll list six:
1) The Beatles
2) The Grateful Dead
3) The Rolling Stones
4) The Beach Boys
5) CCR
6) The Bryan Adams Band
happybird
(4,623 posts)Ill do five
1) Pink Floyd
2) Phish
3) Beastie Boys
4) Grateful Dead
5) Yes
LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)Though, Ive added no 90s and beyond.
Edit: I take back 90s
Loved
God Shuffled His Feet by Crash Test Dummies
Fear by Toad the Wet Sprocket.
August and Everything After by Counting Crows.
New Miserable Experience by Gin Blossoms.
634-5789
(4,175 posts)red dog 1
(27,849 posts)Dion was great even after he went solo....His version of "Sea Cruise" is outstanding, imo
BlueTsunami2018
(3,503 posts)Slayer
Led Zeppelin
Rolling Stones
Motörhead
Janes Addiction
I can break it down further of course but this is the overall picture.
Jeebo
(2,026 posts)They are far and away the best band ever. Nobody else is even close. When the Beatles channel on Sirius/XM launched, I put my satellite radio in my car on that channel and hardly moved it for years afterward.
-- Ron
LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)They are in my DNA. The background music to my life.
Theres before the Beatles, then theres after the Beatles. However, theres no after. Beatles are all there forever.
Boomerproud
(7,964 posts)Nothing to add to that. Of course I love many other bands but no one touched me like the Fabs.
Upthevibe
(8,071 posts)No question IMHO...
TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)Pretty much goes through the 70s. Lots of Beatles, Zeppelin, Stones, Doors, etc.
Upthevibe
(8,071 posts)questions like this here's how I answer:
The Beatles
Everyone else in no particular order:
The Stones
Nirvana
Fleetwood Mac
The Eagles
Green Day
Led Zeppelin
The Doors
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,791 posts)1) Queen
2) George Thourogood & The Destroyets
3) Bob Seger &The Silver Bullet Band
4) The Beatles
highplainsdem
(49,035 posts)when they were in bands.
Lochloosa
(16,068 posts)Widespread Panic
Tedeschi Trucks Band
The Chicks
JJ Grey & Mofro
Of course The Dead will always have a special place in my heart.
red dog 1
(27,849 posts)(I think that's a bumper sticker)
House of Roberts
(5,183 posts)Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble
Steely Dan
Journey
Heart
Eagles
Allman Brothers
LuckyCharms
(17,458 posts)Bob Dylan
The Grateful Dead
Patti Smith
The Band
The Clash
The Velvet Underground
The Jackson Five
Ginger Baker's Airforce
Bo Diddley
The Rolling Stones
Django Reinhardt
Jackie Greene
Les Claypool
The Pretenders
Talking Heads
Tom Tom Club
And a few hundred others...
Thanks for this post!
Glamrock
(11,802 posts)In no order
Humble Pie
Stones
The Vines
The Black Keys
Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears
Ask me again tomorrow
..
Bobstandard
(1,328 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)Radiohead
Yes
Genesis
Pat Metheny Band
Steven Wilson
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)highplainsdem
(49,035 posts)electric_blue68
(14,934 posts)The Who
U2
Springsteen/E St
The Patti Smith Group
Midnight Oil
Arcade Fire
Seen all of these live many times, except for Arcade whom I heard from outside the theater they were playing in
Have a lot of favorites, too.
100PerCent Carnivore
(426 posts)My picks are
Hair
Rubber
Resistance
Watch
And honorable mention goes to
Wedding!
;
highplainsdem
(49,035 posts)100PerCent Carnivore
(426 posts)Cigar band
and....
Robin Hood's Band of Merry Men!
OK, I'll stop.
Tikki
(14,559 posts)We would like to see them LIVE.
The Tikkis
TxGuitar
(4,209 posts)1. Beatles
2. U2
3. Radiohead
4. Yes
5. Rush
at least those are the bands I listen to most.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)The Mavericks
Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
Alison Krauss and Union Station
Natalie MacMaster Band
Del McCoury Band
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
The Neville Brothers
Bob Marley and the Wailers
Iris DeMent and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
Donna the Buffalo
Esso Steel Band
Queen
ms liberty
(8,597 posts)Rush
Yes
Peter Gabriel
Genesis - thru Steve Hackett but not after Duke.
Pink Floyd
CSN/Y
That's the very short list. I lean heavy on the prog rock.
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)Genesis with Phil
The Beatles
The Bee Gees
Black Pumas
Bruce Springsteen
Queen with Freddie
Journey with Steve
Prince and the Revolution
Emile
(22,919 posts)lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)Or America. Or Three Dog Night.
So I'll just add them.
Coventina
(27,172 posts)1. The Go-Go's
2. The Smiths
3. Echo & the Bunnymen
4. U2
5. The Cure
6. OMD
Elessar Zappa
(14,054 posts)1.) Beatles
2.) Black Sabbath
3.) Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
4.) Metallica
5.) Porcupine Tree