re: Forbes top 30 rock bands of all time

Posted by Kafka

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Posted on 11/1/24 at 8:15 pm to Bjorn Cyborg

How is Forbes for investment advice? Is it as accurate as this list?

Posted by Ace Midnight

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Posted on 11/1/24 at 8:45 pm to Bjorn Cyborg

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19. Rage Against The Machine

Sticks out like a sore thumb. Rage? Ahead of GnR, Nirvana, Kiss?

Based on what? I think I know, but there is a whole board for it.

And I say this as a fan.

And the Jimi Hendrix Experience at #5? I'm not questioning Hendix's placement on a GOAT list, but the band was an extension of him as a guitar player, not a real "band" as most of the others are, so this is a stretch to place him on this list (and relatively high if we're actually talking about the JHE).

Posted by Bjorn Cyborg

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Posted on 11/2/24 at 9:36 am to Ace Midnight

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And the Jimi Hendrix Experience at #5?

The rules that Forbes listed said they were ranking bands, not solo acts. I assume that’s what kept Tom Petty off the list. If so, that should also apply to Hendrix. The JHE was just a solo project with a backing band.

Posted by 13233

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Posted on 11/2/24 at 10:17 am to Bjorn Cyborg

I agree with Bjorn. I love the Jimi Hendrix Experience. I think his version of All Along the Watchtower is one of the greatest rock songs ever recorded, but going by the expressed criteria posted by the author of the list, he shouldn’t be included.

Posted by bleeng

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Posted on 11/2/24 at 4:19 pm to Bjorn Cyborg

top 15 or so I get..But I put The Police in between 16-30..drop Rage or Kiss or Iron out..

Posted by Bjorn Cyborg

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Posted on 11/2/24 at 4:58 pm to bleeng

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top 15 or so I get..But I put The Police in between 16-30..drop Rage or Kiss or Iron out..

Police should be on the list for sure

Posted by Jake88

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Posted on 11/2/24 at 5:38 pm to Bjorn Cyborg

Queen is too high. That movie has stoked that rating. Jimi Hendrix belongs on an individual list but not a band list. Same with Van Halen. Eddie on a guitarist or rock star list, not the band.

Journey? Aerosmith? Need to remember the 58 year old women I guess.

Rage is a joke. Heart? Kiss? What? Oasis, pfft.

Tool, no. Just sprinkling what they thought was variety.

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Posted by Bjorn Cyborg

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Posted on 11/2/24 at 6:00 pm to Jake88

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Same with Van Halen. Eddie on a guitarist or rock star list, not the band.

lol. Just no.

Van Halen is top 10 all time no question. Zero reason to think they don’t belong.

Posted by RogerTheShrubber

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Posted on 11/2/24 at 6:05 pm to Bjorn Cyborg

quote:
18. Rush
19. Rage Against The Machine

Posted by ManBearTiger

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Posted on 11/2/24 at 6:06 pm to Bjorn Cyborg

Numerical rankings aside that is a level headed board

Posted by hogcard1964

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Posted on 11/2/24 at 6:13 pm to Jake88

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Queen is too high. That movie has stoked that rating. Jimi Hendrix belongs on an individual list but not a band list. Same with Van Halen. Eddie on a guitarist or rock star list, not the band.

Journey? Aerosmith? Need to remember the 58 year old women I guess.

Rage is a joke. Heart? Kiss? What? Oasis, pfft.

Tool, no. Just sprinkling what they thought was variety.

Good take

Agree with everything you said. As a band, Van Halen was a joke.

Posted by midnight1961

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Posted on 11/2/24 at 8:20 pm to Bjorn Cyborg

It's really hard to take this poll seriously if this band wasn't in the top 30.

Definitely top 10 on any list.

Also, Bad Company not on the list ??

Posted by Kafka

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Posted on 11/2/24 at 9:06 pm to midnight1961

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It's really hard to take this poll seriously

Posted by Bjorn Cyborg

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Posted on 11/2/24 at 9:07 pm to hogcard1964

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As a band, Van Halen was a joke.

Top 3 band all-time for me. Maybe No.1

Posted by kingbob

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Posted on 11/2/24 at 10:36 pm to Bjorn Cyborg

If I did it (no particular order)

Led Zeppelin
Black Sabbath
Jimi Hendrix
The Beatles
The Allman Brothers
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Van Halen
The Who
Nirvana
Foo Fighters
The Eagles
Aerosmith
Boston
AC/DC
Pearl Jam
Deep Purple
Motley Crue
Metallica
Iron Maiden
Alice in Chains
Guns n Roses
Kiss
Queen
My Chemical Romance
Paramore
Green Day
Blink 182
Sum 41
Pierce the Veil
Streetlight Manifesto

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Posted by Bass Tiger

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Posted on 11/2/24 at 10:49 pm to Bjorn Cyborg

No Lynryd Skynyrd or Allman Bros?

List is complete horse shite.

Posted by AZBadgerFan

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Posted on 11/3/24 at 6:11 am to Bjorn Cyborg

That's a good list!

Posted by Shanegolang

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Posted on 11/3/24 at 6:28 am to Bjorn Cyborg

These silly lists will always be too subjective. I will say, in my humble opinion, having been born in the mid 60s, the 70s was hands down the very best era of music. Then again, just my silly opinion. Oasis?