re: Most Important Artist/Bands of all time

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T Rex: Never quite got the fame, but they are at the center of glam rock which would heavily influence metal and rock for the next 20 years. For those of you pimping KISS, this is the band they are copying their sound from. Only, ya know, they could actually play.

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FYI:T Rex from my generation of music. Never cared that much for them. Loved KISS from the minute I first heard them in 1974 while in the Army. I answered in most important band thread, not most influential. KISS made all the other bands of the mid to late 70s try a little harder. I guess they were certainly good enough to have Rush as their backup band when I first saw them. Plus I got to meet and talk with them in 1975 without their makeup, which was pretty much unheard of back then. So, yes, I'm a bit biased.