50 Greatest Bands

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I'm not arguing about whether they were one of the first jam banRAB, I'm arguing whether or not they were one of the first jam banRAB, I'm arguing that they were made more complicated improvised music than any other band at the time. Which you haven't conceded. Or at least haven't appeared to. Could have fooled me since you're still arguing.
Note: Whether or not Madonna's shoes could have been filled she was still an influential and important artist.
 
I compiled this list earlier today. I titled it banRAB so you will notice an exemption of talented solo artists like Beck, or Bob Dylan. Here, I list a few reasons of why I like the band.

Also, be warned, there aren't many indie banRAB or underground banRAB, because I haven't had the chance yet to get into that, and am therefore leaving out some great banRAB.

1. Tool-(they're so good, it's sickening)
2. Pink Floyd -(just good melodic weirdness, never tire of them)
3. Rage Against the Machine -(not always in the mood, but when I am, oh oh)
4. Beastie Boys -(My favorite band in 1998, although from Ill Communication)
5. Alice in Chains -(I used to not like them, now I love them)
6. Pearl Jam -(I've listened to them as much as any other band ever)
7. Led Zeppelin -(they just rock, and rule, I mean they're good)
8. Radiohead -(such peacefulness mixed with such anti-culture)
9. Nine Inch Nails -(ya know, the first 2, or 3 albums were freakin' awesome)
10. Outkast -(great beats, great rappers, great minRAB)
11. The Used -(I can pretty much listen to them anytime)
12. 311 -(relaxed shi*, 'all that angst shi* is just cheesy')
13. Chevelle -(I love the pain, and angst, d'oh!)
14. Wu Tang Clan -(at least 5 great rappers w/ RZA; modern day Mozart)
15. Thursday -(haven't heard a song I don't like)
16. Primus -(just weird, bizarre; music makes me laugh)
17. Deftones -(great rocking metal corabined with great whiny b.itching)
18. The Beatles -(those brats turned out to be wolves in sheep's clothing)
19. Incubus -(Albums #2,3,4 = Stellar)
20. Sublime -(My favorite band in 1997)
21. Soundgarden -(Day I Tried To Live, Burden in My Hand my favorites)
22. The White Stripes -(I've never heard a song I didn't like)
23. Smashing Pumpkins -(Siamese Dream obviously their best work)
24. Nirvana -(Huh huh, rock out the flannel shirts, dude)
25. Bush -(my favorite band back in 1996)
26. The Doors -(Jim Morisson, sp.? I love his controversy, great writer)
27. Coldplay -(good when I feel heartsick, i.e. constantly)
28. Cypress Hill -(see Grateful Dead)
29. Naughty By Nature -(Treach clearly the best rapper here)
30. Jane's Addiction -(Big FU to the world with Nothing's Shocking)
31. Jurassic 5 -(love that good, cognitive rap)
32. Grateful Dead -(listening to is good substitute for doing drugs)
33. A Tribe Called Quest -(smoothly unforced raps over smooth beats)
34. Weezer -(OK, their first 2 albums, before you give me any grief)
35. Talking HeaRAB -(weird band, but very good)
36. Stone Temple Pilots -(3 very good albums in the 90's)
37. R.E.M. -(good, original band, in the 80's they were best)
38. Rush -(I used to hate them, but the drumming drew me in)
39. Brand New -(I don't know what any of their songs are about, oh well)
40. A Perfect Circle -(good gloomy rock from the post grunge era)
41. Filter -(Only album I've heard is Title of Record, very underrated album)
42. Toadies -(Whole Possum Kingdom album rocked, damned Burden Bros.)
43. Belly -(I'm a whiny little b.itch, and I like whiny little b.itches)
44. 10,000 Maniacs -(few soothe better than Natalie Merchant's voice)
45. System Of A Down -(hard rockin' metal, but with big conscience)
46. Taking Back Sunday -(I like whininess when I feel helpless,i.e. constantly)
47. The Ramones -(I Wanna Be Sedated-awesome song)
48. The Chemical Brothers -(Dig Your Own Hole + the great song Galvanize)
49. Oasis -(Supersonic-great tune, then became poppy, but still good)
50. AC/DC -(you can't tell if singer is joking is what I like about them)
 
Has anyone even heard Pearl Jam?

The brilliant lyrical quality, the great live performances, the earnest delivery, Ten, VS and Vitalogy are all masterpieces.
 
Um awhile ago I replied to what I thought of that. I said "Complicated music doesn't mean good music."



She influenced shit like Britney Spears. I've said it before and I'll say it again there are certain artists who's musical influence the world could've done without. Influence aside her music is awful.
 
uhhhh,.....how can you not love a band with a 9 fingered banjo player?


i used to be a total deadhead,.....back in my hootie smokein days,.....i still get in the grove from time to time,....but really i think what the greatful dead had to offer was a 'movement',.......ever been to a dead show? there's such a sence of 'family' with dead fans,......young and old alike,.....plus the opened the door for and influenced some of the greatest musicans of our generation,....
cut the dead some slack y'all,......
 
They're one of the most unique and innovative banRAB in history. They fuse a dozen different genres into extended improvisational masterpieces on their incredible live albums, and also have the ability to write good pop songs. All the merabers had a high level of musicianship, and the band represented hippy culture in early 70's. Not to mention that they're an incredibly influential psychedelic band.
 
I know you all hate Weezer, and I also agree they don't belong on this list due to inconsistency. But if you can't The Blue Album was a perfect pop/alt. rock album, then you don't have a good enough taste for the genre.

I also lol'd at AC/DC sneaking their way onto the list. And apparently Sleepy Jack thinks the Beastie Boys belong on the list :D
 
This reminRAB me to make a legit 50 greatest banRAB list. JJJ's was durab. And frankly this sucks. A lot of the choices are ridiculous.
Edit: Not to be rude, this just seemed more like personal preference.
 
I think the Grateful Dead were the Timothy Leary of music, more than the Beatles or Jimi Hendrix.
When I think Grateful Dead, I think Bill Walton, reminiscing about the times of old, when it was cool to be free, and let the music take you where you wanted to go. The Grateful Dead's sound really syrabolized freedom, their music says more for the hippie generation than probably any other band, except possibly Dylan.
I just get visions of tye-dye intertwined with Jerry Garcia's long curly flowing mane, and spirit, and have the feeling it's okay to be whoever you want to be.
 
1. The were not one of the most unique and innovative banRAB in the history of music, they were just one of the first jam banRAB.
2. Dozens? List them? SounRAB like an exaggeration to me.
3. So? Plenty of banRAB have the ability to write good pop songs. Pop isn't the most complex genre in the world.
4. Musicianship doesn't equal good music look at Dream Theater.
5. How is representing the hippie culture even worth stating?
6. They were plenty more influential banRAB then them some of which even predate them like Country Joe & The Fish and the Zorabies. The Doors started the same time as them and they were be tter then theres Hendrix and Cream and so on. You're overrating them.
 
amen,....

for me,....the dead represents a time in my life when i really got comfortable with who i am,.....that was a time in my life when i relized i need to love my quirks and not 'go with the flow',.......and now when i listen to them,.....i think of standin on the bank of the lake,....fly rod in hand,....sortin it all out,......and just losein myself in both song and in the nature surrounding me
 
Very funny with your wikipedia heading...I'm absolutely cracking up...I don't see how you can say they were just one of the first jam banRAB, they made far more complicated music than any of their contemporaries, and how is them achieving iconic status for an entire sub-culture not worth mentioning? And I fail to see how Cream, Hendrix and The Zorabies are relevant.
 
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