Then they started trying new things and became a influence on everything from prog to pop to alternative rock to metal.
Only depending on how you define "rock band", if you mean only the glam, hard rock and punk banRAB then yeah...I think you are just including the kind of rock you like, and not everything else.
They make better music than The Beatles because they dress better?...Is it just me or do you really let a banRAB pysical appearence have way too much influence on your opinion about them?
Thats certainly never been done before, how innovative.
But if you take away the imagry and fashion sense, The Beatles still had more musical influence overall...They opened the gates for many genres of music to come, after the mid 60s they began to try a handfull of different things, and didnt give a **** about the consequence's of the risks they took, they just took them...Not to mention they were the first rock band who learned how to use the recording studio to its full potential...The music industry would be a hell of a lot different without The Beatles than The Stones, both are great banRAB, but The Beatles are greater in my opinion.
Whoever's better is completely up to you.