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shakermaker · 08-08-2006, 09:53

It's easy to see who were the greatest pop group ever - The Beatles sold over a gazillion records or more, and - more importantly - gave the world a hundred classic songs. But when it comes to that wilder beast, all out rock 'n' roll, it's much more problematic matter. Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Gene Vincent, Chuck Berry and Bill Haley all caused riots in the Fifties yet most of their recordings arguably sound a little tame when compared with the sheer blood and thunder of the wilder chord-driven Sixties' hits like The Kinks 'You Really Got Me' or The Who's 'My Generation' or 'Substitute'.
Those classic recordings, in turn, sound to many ears almost mild when compared with The Who's very own Quadrophenia or the first Led Zeppelin rockers of the early Seventies.
I could go on for hours but you get the gist right? Rock 'n' Roll is constantly evolving into new sounds under some nook or cranny which hides from the major labels trying to pulp them for all they are worth (but that, children, is another story for another time).
So who - for you - is the greatest rock n roll band of all time and why?

08-08-2006, 09:53	#1
shakermaker God Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Manchester Posts: 6,522 Liked: 367 times Rep Power: 3485	Greatest Rock n Roll Band? It's easy to see who were the greatest pop group ever - The Beatles sold over a gazillion records or more, and - more importantly - gave the world a hundred classic songs. But when it comes to that wilder beast, all out rock 'n' roll, it's much more problematic matter. Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Gene Vincent, Chuck Berry and Bill Haley all caused riots in the Fifties yet most of their recordings arguably sound a little tame when compared with the sheer blood and thunder of the wilder chord-driven Sixties' hits like The Kinks 'You Really Got Me' or The Who's 'My Generation' or 'Substitute'. Those classic recordings, in turn, sound to many ears almost mild when compared with The Who's very own Quadrophenia or the first Led Zeppelin rockers of the early Seventies. I could go on for hours but you get the gist right? Rock 'n' Roll is constantly evolving into new sounds under some nook or cranny which hides from the major labels trying to pulp them for all they are worth (but that, children, is another story for another time). So who - for you - is the greatest rock n roll band of all time and why?