I was posed this question yesterday and I could not decide
The Beatles did much for music in general
but U2 owns so much....tough call....but nirvana led the grunge movement.....i'm undecided till 5 mins ago....when someone could not stand my talk about u2
so u2 it is to piss off that person.....:P
May-09-2004 03:10
Rodrico
TA Desperado
Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Toronto, Canada
The Clash
May-09-2004 03:47
torontotrance
I hath returned
Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Toronto
see my buddy mentioned the stones and the clash
this will never have a true answer
then his g.f mentioned Michael Jackson in the mid 80's with thriller and BAD.
May-09-2004 03:48
flavdave
The Quiet Beatle
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Richmond/Blacksburg, VA
Squeeze my lemon, til the juice runs down my leg.
May-09-2004 03:53
mikefasssy
Fa Kin Su Pah
Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Vancouver
uhm, how can you NOT answer The Beatles? I don't even know what to say except for WOW. if there has been any group in the history of music that has managed to change/develop/pioneer as much as they did, it has been The Beatles hands down.
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May-09-2004 04:01
Rodrico
TA Desperado
Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Toronto, Canada
Well M.J. I couldnt consider a band, but very influential in the creation of pop as we know it.
There's many influential artist and bands...here are a few I find that stick out.
The Pixies, a rock band that influenced the grundge era...
The Smiths of the 80's era has some of the most memorable rifts and synths. Morrissey and Marr, a great combination of musical talent.
the punk movement of "the Ramones" from the CBGB roots, but I would even say The Stooges were showin punk alongside the MC5 of the 70's and 60's.
Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, The Doors, Led Zepplin...the list goes on and on.
But we can go even before that, from LedBelly and Robert Johnson and the other early workings of blues.
May-09-2004 04:02
Tranc3
tranceaddict in training
Registered: May 2002
Location: Santa Cruz, CA, US
For most influential I'd have to go with The Beatles or Elvis.
May-09-2004 04:20
davinox
diving deep into sound
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: you could say i'm from dallas
Radiohead
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The father made fetuses with flesh licking ladies / While you and your mother were asleep in the trailer park / Thunderous sparks from the dark of the stadiums / The music and medicine you needed for comforting / So make all your fat, fleshy fingers fingers to moving / And pluck all your silly strings and / Bend all your notes for me and / Soft silly music is meaningful, magical / The movements were beautiful / All in your ovaries / All of them milking with green fleshy flowers / While powerful pistons were sugary sweet machines, / Smelling of semen all under the garden / Was all you were needing when you still believed in me.
phish.
-best concerts ever... from "shakedown street" in the parking lots, to spaced out black hole and 70's funk jams, to Paul Languedoc's killer light shows and there is no comparison at this point in time. their studio CDs are slacking and do them no justice to the live experience!
grateful dead
-my second place... again the live shows they put on were just completely amazing. my favourite album by them is "American Beauty"
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