Best 3 bands in the 20th Century?

[Pawan1993]

I reckon it's The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Radiohead.

The last two could be bias because I was listening to them just yesterday, but The Beatles are without a doubt one of the best, if not the best.

[aerofan11]

Aerosmith, The Beatles, and Led Zeppelin.
I would put Guns N' Roses 4th and Radiohead 5th.

[tca_123]

The Beatles, Queen, Pink Floyd

[Akissforher]

im not huge on this stuff so i will say, beatles, led zep, pat metheny group lol!

[PenThrive]

Pink Floyd (#1 in my book)
The Beatles (inevitable. The influence is everywhere since their reign)
The Eagles (love the Hotel California LP)

[bard]

i would say search function

[And Hours Pass]

Breath Carolina, Cobra Starship, and Chickenfoot.

Too early to be obnoxious?

[derekmoyer4]

Breath Carolina, Cobra Starship, and Chickenfoot.

Too early to be obnoxious?
its never too early to be slapped. :-)

[MADSTA]

Elvis

[derekmoyer4]

Elvis
elvis is more of an artist and not a band.

[MADSTA]

elvis is more of an artist and not a band.
I still nominate him.

[MattADALIE]

its never too early to be slapped. :-)

Wouldn't they fall into the 21st century? Hahahaha. I was going to post something along these lines but you beat me to it.

1. Backstreet Boys
2. Milli Vanilli
3. Jerry Lee Lewis

Eh... I tried so hard to come up with three best bands of the 20th century. My real list would include The Beatles, The Doors, and Nirvana. Not necessarily the greatest musicians who ever lived individually, but, the influence of those three bands alone is widespread.

EDIT: And... I quoted the wrong person. It would've been the original post about Cobra Starship, Breathe Carolina, and Chickenfoot. Fudge.

[derekmoyer4]

I still nominate him.
i agree with you. i love me some elvis. so good choice.

[derekmoyer4]

Wouldn't they fall into the 21st century? Hahahaha. I was going to post something along these lines but you beat me to it.

1. Backstreet Boys
2. Milli Vanilli
3. Jerry Lee Lewis

Eh... I tried so hard to come up with three best bands of the 20th century. My real list would include The Beatles, The Doors, and Nirvana. Not necessarily the greatest musicians who ever lived individually, but, the influence of those three bands alone is widespread.

EDIT: And... I quoted the wrong person. It would've been the original post about Cobra Starship, Breathe Carolina, and Chickenfoot. Fudge.
haha, milli fucking vanilli. see following video:


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[kbi the crowing]

Journey should be one of them

[SmokieB.High]

The Doors, The Rolling Stones, The Jimi Hendrix experience

[fran.182]

1. The Beatles
2. Pink Floyd
3. Oasis

[MattADALIE]

haha, milli fucking vanilli. see following video:


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Hahahahaha! I loved how they lip-synced until their careers ended at the 1989 VMAs when the track started skipping. At least their choreography was authentic, yet cheesy as hell. This video takes me back to when I was a toddler only knowing how to turn on Nickelodeon or MTV on the cable box.

R.I.P. Rob for committing suicide at a hotel in 1998. They'd still be together, dammit! Just kidding...

[Omnomnom]

1. The Beatles
2. Dillinger Four
3. The Hold Steady

[You Won't Know]

The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Nirvana - this is based on artists influenced by them more than anything.

Nirvana may be a reach but it was the best I could do for the modern era.

[derekmoyer4]

Hahahahaha! I loved how they lip-synced until their careers ended at the 1989 VMAs when the track started skipping. At least their choreography was authentic, yet cheesy as hell. This video takes me back to when I was a toddler only knowing how to turn on Nickelodeon or MTV on the cable box.

R.I.P. Rob for committing suicide at a hotel in 1998. They'd still be together, dammit! Just kidding...
haha, yeah. pretty sweet career they had.

[derekmoyer4]

the beatles
led zeppelin
????

[MattDennis]

The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd

...the holy trifecta of everything right about music

The Who, Radiohead and The Beach Boys do get honorable mention nods though

[Un'Aria Ancora]

I reckon it's The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Radiohead.

The last two could be bias because I was listening to them just yesterday, but The Beatles are without a doubt one of the best, if not the best.

Right on. Different order maybe, but that's them.

[MattADALIE]

haha, yeah. pretty sweet career they had.

However, what infuriates me now is that, back then, when someone was caught faking their shit, their careers went down in flames. Now, lip-syncing, electronic aids, and whatever else makes an artist false and undeserving of a career is commended. It's so commonplace now that's it's spread to Warped Tour. About four or five years ago, Ashlee Simpson was caught lip-syncing and nothing major really happened. Fast forward to more recently, we have some fantastic "artists" making an impact on today's youth. I'm not going to name-drop because I'm sure most of you know who I'm talking about since this site has seen a lot of talk about these people.

[crypticv24]

The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Queen.

[Kurt Retenauer]

The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana. Not a huge fan of Zep or Nirvana (I know, kill me, right?) but I won't deny that they changed the way music was made and/or thought of.

[whataclush]

TOOL, Rage Against the Machine, The Smashing Pumpkins

[breakaway]

Ramones
Ramones
Ramones

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[morte]

The Beatles
Michael Jackson
Coldplay / Oasis

[brndnizzle]

The Beatles
The Clash
Nirvana

[narcoleptic953]

Bruce Springsteen/E-Street Band
The Beatles
The Beach Boys

or something like that.

[Brokenhill]

Pink Floyd (#1 in my book)
The Beatles (inevitable. The influence is everywhere since their reign)
The Eagles (love the Hotel California LP)

Your book is truth.

1. Pink Floyd
2. Doesn't Matter
3. Doesn't Matter

[roche]

1. The Beatles
2. Radiohead
3. Something Corporate

[narcoleptic953]

The people who put Pink Floyd number one are funny.

[dubtown]

Miles Davis (even though he had MANY bands)
Led Zeppelin
Metallia (yeah, guess who's a metalhead? haha)

[El_Jeffe]

curtis mayfield (with & without the impressions)
bob marley & the wailers
the jimi hendrix experience

the skatalites & tinariwen just missing out on spots

[chipdip18]

The Beatles
Bob Marley
Bob Dylan

[Machu505]

Isn't this the same essential question as "Who's the best 3 bands ever?"? I can't name any bands in the 19th century and the 21st is just nine years old.

[zaron5551]

just to make this pointless thread longer

1. The Beatles
2. Pink Floyd
3. The Who (Way more influential than they get credit for)

[$eth]

1. Aerosmith
2. Jimi Hendrix
3. The Eagles

[Brokenhill]

The people who put Pink Floyd number one are funny.

The peopel who didn't are funnier.

[Until The Bombs]

I wish I was a music forum mod so I could delete these threads.

[narcoleptic953]

The peopel who didn't are funnier.

Yeah. Their 3 or 4 worthwhile albums really make an unbeatable case for them.

[Brokenhill]

Yeah. Their 3 or 4 worthwhile albums really make an unbeatable case for them.


They have at least 5 way more than "worthwhile" albums, 3 more than "worthwhile" albums, 3 wortwhile albums, and 3 slightly less than worthwhile albums.

[briewer]

Elvis Costello

Fix'd.