I think the list should go like this: (no particular order)

The Beatles
The Who
Metallica
Gun n roses
Red Hot chili Peppers

im just listing bands or id include dylan and elvis and all them
1. Beatles
2. Rolling Stones
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Pink Floyd
5. The Who
6. Jimi Hendrix Experience
7. The Doors
8. Beach Boys
9. The Clash
10. The Velvet Underground

ya i dunno couldnt decide 9 and 10 but i think the top 8 here arent too bad
oh and nick i believe deep purple didnt start with gillan that was the 2nd line-up.. as for top 10? nahh

The 10 best bands ever are:

The Beatles
The Bee Gees
The Hollies
AC/DC
Simon and Garfunkel
Iron Maiden
Pink Floyd
Metallica
Red Hot chili peppers
Gun n` roses

Rush 30 years and still going...same line-up since 1st tour..(Rusty never went on tour)..one of the top 3 Ensambles of all time...all 3 skilled and master in music..

Iron Maiden

Thats the stuff of Legend
I guess thats it for me no other band comes close

excuse me! You idiots have yet to mention
The Velvet Underground

IRON MAIDEN is awesome.

White Stripes
Nickelback
Evanescence
The Rasmus
Red Hot chili peppers
Creed
Metallica
Nirvana
Beatles
Rolling Stones
The Who
The Hollies
Simon and Garfunkel
Herman Hermits
Queen
AC/DC
BEEGEES
Guns n roses
The Door
The Clashes
Kiss
Alice Cooper
Black Sabbath
Good charlotte
Greenday
Connie Francis
Whitney Houston
Joan Baez
Elvis Presley
Engelbert Humperdinck
John Lennon
John Denver
Jim Croce
Slipknot
Children of Bodom

there are more horrendous bands there then good ones. For example: Good Charlotte? What shiiT

Just to tell you that some of the bands that u have written above are not rock bands, and some are singers (individual). OK, my fav bands of al times are:

The Beatles
Iron Maiden
Jimi Hendrix
Deep Purple
Nirvana
Metallica
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Who
The Doors
Black Sabbath
Rolling Stones

Cheers

Led Zeppelin is by far the greatest band of any genre of music they are simply the best of all time.

You got different tastes in rock.. But all those whu says beatles shldnt b in the lists.. THEY STARTED ROCK!!

Wat bout all the band with the great riffs eh..

Beatles
Zeppelin
Black Sabbath
Jimi Hendrix
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Metallica
Iron Maiden
AC/DC
Queen
Deep Purple
Pink Floyd
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Kiss
Rolling Stones
Cream (Eric Clapton)........


Thats the bands everybody remembers!!!!
N if u havnt heard of n e of em u gutta b kidden...

OK come on now lets get a real list going here now i have not seen the man who started Rock & Roll on anybody`s list so it seems that I shall have to start it off

1.Elvis Presley (The King of Rock & Roll without him where would we be? Stuck with music from Frank Sanatra`s era)
2.The Beatles (Real Rock Gods here launching rock to it`s highest and releasing some of the greatest music the world has head)
(from here on there is no specific order)
The Grateful Dead
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zepplin
Pink Floyd
Jefferson Airplane
The Velvet Underground
Frank Zappa
The Clash
The Ramones
Rancid(their early stuff)
Cream
The Cure
Metallica
Nirvana
Deep Purple
Queen
Bob Dylan
Quicksilver Messanger Service
Santana
U2
The Who
The Doors

Believe me when i say the list goes on but honestly how can you forget the man who should be soley recognized for the creation of Rock & Roll as it is and ever has been i mean honestly how is it possible to forget THE KING of Rock & Roll and especially in a Forum regarding the greatest Rock & Roll legends

and for those of you who think any of this new crap thats being released by all these new artists YOU HAVE BAD TASTE IN MUSIC!! for more information on how to cure yourself of this curse we call bad taste in music visit www.youhavebadtasteinmusic.com
and now seeing as i am ending this post i would like to add RAP SUCKS!! anybody can rhyme words together its very easy

OK now that im not busy its time that i finish my list and still in no particular order and please do forgive me if i repeat any:

The Kinks
Kansas
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Marshall Tucker Band
The Allman Brothers Band
McCartney
LENNON
Sister Hazel
The Steve Miller Band
Def Leppard
Iron Maiden
The Wings
Clapton
Deep Purple

Although as rock legends i think it depends soley upon point of view and opinion for me the choice is simple:
Beatles
Dylan
Stones
Zeppelin
Zappa
Grateful Dead

and for all of you who seem to have a grudge against the Beatles and yet still like rock i have news for you it was all because of Elvis and The Beatles that we even have Rock and also for all of you guys who seem to think that just because Rush has been around for 30 years that makes them the best I got news for you guys too do you know how long The Rolling Stones have been around? nearly 40 so if were judging by age then its obvious that there are plenty of other Bands besides Rush that have been around for longer then most of their fans and now as to prepare my rebutle to the single artist issue that will surely arrise it doesn`t matter if it was only one person that received the fame and glory there were still people playing instruments which brings it into the defenition of a band Oh and for SP3CT3R you must be a real bitch because you think that Killswitch Engage plays good music i mean not only are they metal (which i do not care for unless played correctly) but they stop their music to throw in some heartfelt lyrics which just make them look like bitches and as for real metal if your looking for that then Killswitch is the wrong answer try going a liiiiitle farther back in time thats where most of the good metal is and i believe that this brings me to the end of my rant so i bid you all a fairwell but believe me i shall be back to defend my opinions

the best bands ever have been
the beatles
led zeppelin
the who
the grateful dead
pink floyd
the rolling stones
the ramones
the velvet underground
the doors
jimi hendrix ecperience
nirvana
cream
black sabbath
deep purple
the clash
the kinks
the beach boys
theres a couple more i probably didnt mention but these are mainly the best ever