can we not say RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE anyone?

i don`t much feel like thinking up a whole top ten right now...but it would go something like this...
(in no particular order)
1. the beatles
2. rage against the machine
3. system of a down
4. led zepplin
5. sublime (not really rock but more so than good charlotte...)

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my fav bands are:::
1.Nirvana im going to hell to see Kurt Cobain coz i think that he is amazing and y the hell does he not want to be alive when he has got REAL fans out there
2.Metallica James Hetfield<think you spell it that way > they have got some amazing songs and albums and rock!
3.My Chemical Romance wohoo Gerard Way is so fit!!
4.Iron maiden
5.HIM wohho bring on Ville Valo
6.Bullet for my valentine
7.Slipknot
8.Funeral for a friend
9.System of a down
10.Greenday ooooo billie joe

People will hate me, but led zeppelin just plain sucks. singer sounds like a hick. also satanist. play stairway to heaven backwards and see for yourself. type in to google: stairway to heaven backwards. they suck

my top 10 favorite bands are:
Korn
Mudvayne
3rd Strike
30 seconds to mars
System of a down
Spineshank
Seether
Trapt
Cold
Sinch

1. Beatles
2. Kansas
3. Rush
4. Dream Theater
5. UK
6. Yes
7. Emerson Lake & Palmer
8. Iron Maiden
9. ELO
10. Queens Reitch (spelling?)
11. Ozzy
sorry couldnt stop at 10

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1. Breaking Benjamin
2. System of a Down (awesome guitarist)
3. Taproot
4. My Chemical Romance
5. Disturbed
6. Sum 41
7. CKY
8. Mudvayne
9. Slipknot
10.The Offspring
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Lower than Dirt = Metalica
(Perhaps Lower)

I totally agree with riceboy

in no particular order,

Beatles
Pink Floyd
Led zeppelin
nirvana
bob marley and the wailers
Fania all stars (the first generation,you should listen to them)

these are the bands that represent their genre,

Although i will never think in putting Fania in the best bands
list, i think it is a very good selection because each of these bands have a particular style that make them different
than other bands.

1.jimi hendrix experience
2.van halen
3.stevie ray vaughan and double trouble
4.pat travers band
5.led zeppelin
6.sentenced
7.katatonia
8.yavuz cetin*
9.magic slim
10.lucky peterson

*yavuz cetin is a guy from turkey.i advice you please listen him.go to www.yavuzcetin.com click "bul beni" then click "O" and finally click "video-wallpaper" and download "yasamak istemem" video.this guy suicided in 2002 unfortunately

My top bands are:

1.Taking back Sunday(amazing emo band)
2.Bullet 4 my valentine(bit screamo bt stil gr8)
3.Sum 41(gr8 punk rock)
4.Blink 182 (LEGENDS!!!)
5.Funeral for a friend (mixture of rock sounds bt r gr8)
6.Rage against the machine(unique wiv zack de la rocha singin much better than audioslave)
7.Brand new (very soft emo band r gr8 2 listen 2 wen ur chillin)

8.Less than jake(very good punk rock band ne1 shud check them out)
9.Alien ant farm (funny band but stil sound gr8)
10.The offspring+

the main question is why a band would be the greatest band ever
in my opinion that can be based on like 10 things or so

1) record sales
2) impact
3) #1 hits
4) experiments (new things) // inventivity
5) records in the sense of special things which they achieved that no-one else did
6) music (altough that`s personal)
7) money earned (how and in what time)
songs covered by other artists (how many times)
9) good live performances
10) times songs played on radio
11) members

i shall now give some examples

1) most records saled in history of 1 artist => beatles
2) impact = huge, look at the books written about that time or watch videos
(no-one can deny their impact was immense and never so big before or after
beatlemania and british invasion) => everyone knows the beatles, even now
3) most number one hits in history, like 28 of them (list can differ but they`re always in the top 3)
4) new sound created => beatles is probably the most inventive and creative band in music history and they also made so many incredible differing songs qua sound, for instance hard rock, straight rock n roll, rock ballads, indian oriented songs and so on
(a hard days night was something completely new, sgt peppers is probably the greatest sensation in music history => brian wilson of the beach boys even had a nervous breakdown after hearing that)
more examples can be named (abbey road etc.)
5) first ones to record a liove song in one take, and at the first world satelite broadcast (just an example)
first ones to perform live in front of an full stadium
beatlemania again etcetera
they earned more respect than anyone else
6) the music can hardly be discussed, it`s great (greatest in my opinion, which doesnt mean i dont like other artist, cuz i do)
7) beatles earned a lot of money, mccartney was the first and only pop-biljonair
although they only toured for about for years and their record deals werent to great in the beginning and they also spent money, lennon had 150 million dollars in 1970 (which is incredible)
for example yesterday has been covered over 3000 times by other artists making it the most popluair song in history
9) the beatles are well known for their incredible live performances, which were xtremely great ( led zep, pink floyd are also great live so is another number of bands, but beatles is fantastic)
10) beatle songs are most played songs on world radio stations, for example yesterday alone over 6 million! times, making it again the most populair song in music history => many of their songs, if not all, are just timeless, they will be passed on from generation to generation
11) beatles existed of the greatest artist of all time john lennon and probably the second greatest artist, mccartney
also the most well-knows/famous artist
the best songwriting team in history
harrison earned great respect for his filosophically-like lyrics/songs
so does lennon with his pacifism
all band members have great personality

the beatles also have the biggest story behind the music
(try to convince me they dont)

man these guys were so overwhelmingly succesful and good
they are without any doubt #1
EVEN great bands like the rolling stones and led zeppelin dont even come near

i challenge anyone to beat me at these arguments

BEATLES FOREVER!!

1. Bob Dylan-Most influtential person in music
2. Grateful Dead-AMAZINGEST BAND EVER
3. Allman Brothers Band-I just same em live one of the best concerts ive seen
4. Beatles-need i say more?
5. Woody Guthrie-Folk rocks
6. Beach Boys-Awesoome band one of the greatest geniuses-brian wilson
7. George Harrison-By far the best beatle
8. Byrds-great band
9. Bob Marley & the Wailers-awesome
10. Led Zeppelin-they should b on everyone`s list

Best bands in history
1.beatles
2.pink floyd
3.Jimi hendrix experience
4.The who
5.queen
6.santana
7. jethro Tull
8.the rolling stones
9. bob marley and the wailers
10. the doors

Best bends 90s - present
Nirvana - greenday - red hot chilli peppers - doctor krapula - linkin park - cold play - train