Top 3

[Tybodsm]

Who are everyone's top 3 bands of all time? Feel free to discuss it as much as you want, but you have to pick just 3. You can put your favorite songs next to the artist too, but that's optional (of course seeing as this is in a history of rock area on a rock band site I'm sure there'll be a lot of it).

Personally, I have go with:

1.Boston- More Than A Feeling
2.Led Zeppelin- Stairway to Heaven (Cliché, I know, but I can't help it)
3.Creedence Clearwater Revival- Up Around the Bend

[KillerIsMe]

1. Alice In Chains
2. Cult Of Luna
3. Nirvana / Meshuggah

Can't decide songs, too many good.

[ThePaska]

I judge it based on how good I think the band is, and how much I like them. Also I thought about how much I listen to them, how many songs I actually enjoy from them and the quality of the songs I can listen to. Saying all this, I can think of a bunch of bands, but narrowing it to top 3 I would have to say it goes like this:

1. Nirvana

2. The Beatles

3. Led Zeppelin


I think these would definately be my top 3 bands, if I couldn't listen to anyone else but these three for the rest of my life, I probably wouldn't mind, and wouldn't get tired of it either.

[Phiromos]

The Beatles

Van Halen

Red Hot Chilli Peppers

[tharshmetalUK]

METALLICA

MEGADETH

IRON MAIDEN


I would name my favorite songs but it would be much quicker listing the ones I don't like. I can't be arsed to list them either.:)

[newwaytodie]

Metallica

Iron Maiden

I can't pick a third. Too much thought would have to be put into that but Iron Maiden and Metallica are for sure.

[the_polite_force]

the beatles - abbey road medley/black sabbath - megalomania
opeth - when or bleak
rush - 2112

[lithiumkc]

Nirvana, for nostalgias sake plus i just like the music
Nick Drake
Beatles

[Phrank-E]

Three bands that have never dissapointed me once

Slayer

Anthrax

Insane Clown Posse


There are others but they are newer so they haven't really had a chance to jump a shark yet....

[MrGrieves]

1.Pixies
2.The Mars Volta
3.Radiohead

[Akaymay]

1. AC/DC

2. Guns N Roses

3. AC/DC again (Best band in existence ever...)

[SirAnonymous]

Pink Floyd

Travelling Wilburys

Cream

[Rev0lver]

The Fall Of Troy

The Human Abstract

Protest The Hero

honorable mention to: Nine Inch Nails, Opeth, and Fear Factory

[Kutsic]

Linkin Park
In Flames
Slipknot

ones that almost make the list: Agalloch, Dimmu Borgir, Opeth, and Dark Tranquillity

[cmg4894]

Nirvana- Big Cheese

Pixies- Tame

Horrorpops- Julia


The third was really hard. It keeps changing and right now it's the Horrorpops.

[howsh_]

The Fall Of Troy

The Human Abstract

Protest The Hero

i'll second every one of those bands with the mars volta almost making it.

[whofan]

You'll have to forgive me on this one, because I'm a rock snob I think in 5's. So, top 5 all-time favorite bands:
1) The Who (Best song: Bell Boy)
2) Judas Priest (Best song: A Touch Of Evil)
3) Queen (Best song: The Show Must Go On)
4) David Bowie (Best song: Slow Burn)
5) Jethro Tull (Best songs (tie): Kissing Willie, ***** Willow)

[progROCKER]

1. Tool
2.Dream theater
3. Soundgarden

It killed me to put Soundgarden in front of Alice in chains :( , but I could not decide so I had to pick the better singer. (not by much though)

Bands that almost made it

Alice in chains
Led zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Rush
Rage against the machine

[Seano4550]

1) The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun - It's hard to pick one song but this one I can listen to over and over
2) Weezer - Only In Dreams - The closest band my generation ever got to The Beatles (good pop music that was still rock)
3) Queen - Killer Queen - I think they had the best vocal/guitar combo ever

[battle_axe_of_doom]

You'll have to forgive me on this one, because I'm a rock snob I think in 5's. So, top 5 all-time favorite bands:
1) The Who (Best song: Bell Boy)
2) Judas Priest (Best song: A Touch Of Evil)
3) Queen (Best song: The Show Must Go On)
4) David Bowie (Best song: Slow Burn)
5) Jethro Tull (Best songs (tie): Kissing Willie, ***** Willow)

anyone who doesn't say thick as a brick is tull's best song doesn't know tull

[Zidane]

I'm gonna make a top 5 too:

1. Queen
2. David Bowie
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Slayer
5. Nirvana

I hate to make a list. At least they're not as bad as the ones that Blender constantly puts out.

[battle_axe_of_doom]

since everyone is breaking the rulez i'm gonna break em too

the beatles - abbey road medley/black sabbath - megalomania
opeth - bleak
rush - 2112
ulver - christmas
talking heads - once in a lifetime
pink floyd - dogs
frank zappa - montana
king crimson - starless
enslaved - entroper
radiohead - idioteque

[Shredder]

1. Black Sabbath
2. Iron Maiden

There is a multi-way tie for third between Boston, Steve Miller, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and others.

[KingofQUEEN48]

Queen(Amazing)
Led Zeppelin
Red Hot Chili Peppers

[mhg420]

Yeah, hard to choose 3 so its a top 5.

The Who- 5:15
Neil Young- Like A Hurricane
Thin Lizzy- Whiskey In The Jar
Bruce Springsteen- Thunder Road or Backstreets
Pearl Jam- Corduroy

[tucsonovernite]

Bustin' out some old school It's Alright Ma, eh?? Big, Big fan here....

in fact it used to go like that but now the list goes like this:

1) Bob Dylan
2) The Band
3) yeah i dont think so baby look to 1 and 2!!!

[Dasuitekilla]

Smashing Pumpkins, man.

[justin19954]

1.The Beatles! To many good songs

2.Guns N' Roses once again to mant good songs

3.Grateful Dead and again to many songs

[undertow]

The Doors
Led Zeppelin
Tool

[foolosophy]

1. The Beatles - Revolution, but this changes on a weekly basis
2. Scorpions - Still Loving You
3. The Velvet Underground - After Hours or Heroin

[coolbeans201]

1. Queen
2. Kiss
3. Lynyrd Skynyrd

[jonfitzsimon]

Counting Crows
RHCP
Jumping Monks

[milksop]

3 is damn hard. I'm going to go with:

Tool
The Pumpkins
The Smiths

[WiredRacing]

1) The Beatles - A Day In The Life (One of, if not the, Greatest Song Ever Assembled, IMO)
2) Beastie Boys - Pass The Mic (One of Greatest Songs Ever Assembled... IMO)

3) This is a tie because I have difficulty choosing who stands above...
Metallica (Mostly because 'One' is a contender for the Greatest Song Ever Assembled)
Zeppelin.. though there's a lot of repitition in their sound I find.
Fleetwood Mac (the earlier, the better but grew up on this stuff)
Pink Martini (best live musical experience ever)
Outkast (yeah, sorry, they put out one of the greatest albums of the last decade)
Bjork (but she's not a group)
Prince (maybe the best musician of all.. but also.. not a group)
Clapton (again, not a group and I wasn't big on Cream)

It's tough. But at least I *know* how I feel about the first 2. :)

[Transbrak]

1. Tool - H
2. Nine Inch Nails - We're In This Together Now
3. The Toadies - Doll Skin

[Raeiin]

My top three are:

1) Radiohead - Idotequie
2) Isis (this is a pretty unheard of band, but they are AMAZING) - So Did We
3) Tool - The Grudge

[clearGHOST]

My Top 3 Favorite bands along with a favorite song would be:

1) Pink Floyd - Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun

2) Primus - Jerry Was a Racecar Driver

3) The Doors - The End

[deputysalty]

1.) Jimi Hendrix - Ezy Rider
2.) Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
3.) Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand

[CrackerRiley]

In no particular order:
System of a Down
Incubus
Weezer
Mainly going by the amount of albums I own from each band.

[vengefulmariner]

The Beatles
Wilco (their guitarist is incredible)
The Shins

[FrshChees]

MetallicA -- probly One

Pantera -- Walk I guess

Jimi Hendrix -- wow i don kno...

[Suffragette]

Hmm...
Hmmmmm...
Hmmmmmmmm...!

1. Quiet Riot
2. The Vapours
3. Dire Straits

[Guitar_Hero_God999]

Master of Puppets-Metallica
The separation of church and skate- NOFX
The cause-NOFX

[Admiralwiggin]

Queen Hands down

[Cantat]

1. Pearl Jam
2. Pixies
3. Dire Straits

[taylor198]

1. led zeppelin
2. the who
3. the eagles tied w/lynyrd skynyrd

[BobLoblaw]

Choosing a favourite song is too hard, so I'm gonna list my favourite albums instead. In no order:

Nirvana - In Utero
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
The Stooges - Fun House