The five most influential bands

[13noon]

This stems from a musical discussion I had with my dad- what are the five most influential bands of all time?
My list- (in chronological order)
1. Buddy Holly & The Crickets
2. The Beatles
3. The Rolling Stones
4. Metallica
5. Nirvana

What do you think?

~13noon

[clickhoward]

I cant do this just on bands, so Ive put in individuals as well

1. Elvis
2. Bob Dylan
3. Velvet Underground
4 Led Zepplin
5 Bob Marley & the Wailers

When I thought about this I thought purely about influence, not quality. (probably left out someone important. Well...)

[Jools]

Originally posted by 13noon
This stems from a musical discussion I had with my dad- what are the five most influential bands of all time?
My list- (in chronological order)
1. Buddy Holly & The Crickets
2. The Beatles
3. The Rolling Stones
4. Metallica
5. Nirvana

What do you think?

~13noon

definately have to agree about buddy holly

[Mr B]

1. Chuck Berry (father of rnr)
2. The Beatles (sons of rnr)
3. The Jimi Hendrix Experience (psychedelia and blues kings)
4. The Who (hard rockers who kindled heavy metal)
5. Iggy Pop and the Stooges (punk and all things vulgar)

[smfulla]

ummm, I couldn't number them, but i think:
Chuck Berry
Metallica
Elvis
Jimi Hendrix
The Ramones

[mllebois]

Buddy Holly
Beatles
Jimmi Hendrix
Ramones
Nirvana

I was trying to think of bands that did a 180 on what everyone else was doing in their time frame. Obviously I had to leave out a lot of good bands/artists.