Top 10 Most Influential "Rock" Bands

[Professor S]

I excluded them both as they are not bands, but I do recognize their influence.

[Perfect Stu]

Originally Posted by Professor S

I excluded them both as they are not bands, but I do recognize their influence.

Yeah I didn't really care to stick to the band thing, or 'rock' per se...just modern music.

[KillerGremlin]

I think it's safe to say that the majority of "influential bands" all predated 1990, and only a few jems were rolled out in the 80s. Hindsight is 20/20, but as of right now, it doesn't seem like music has the power it did during the 60s and 70s. We'll see how the critics reflect on the 1990-2010 stretch in 20 or 30 years.

[Swan]

I don't know about anyone else but one band that has always influenced me with music and made me strive to play my bass is Cream.


Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker made an amazing trio. There music still sounds great and....I think I must listen to some right

[Typhoid]

Strangler, what you have to factor in, is that to be influential, one doesn't only need to "create" a genre, sound, song etc. But also has to create a buzz around that genre, and sound.

Iggy Pop was first, yes. But the splash he made for punk to bring it to the mainstream wasn't nearly as big as what The Ramones or the Clash did. Look at the staying power of the Ramones and the Clash. Both bands were barely around, and there are handfuls of songs still played by both on modern radio stations. All Iggy Pop gets is Lust for Life.


For Nirvana, you're right. They did not create grunge. Arguably, The Pixies Did. However, what Nirvana did was bring grunge into the limelight, and especially Seattle. Making a name for bands like Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, The Screaming Trees, Hole, and Stone Temple Pilots.


Also, Danzig is a band. Just because it's the last name of the creator, doesn't mean it isn't a band. It's not him sitting solely there with a guitar doing everything by himself. Glenn Danzig is a man. Danzig, is a band.

[Fox 6]

Just wondering, would do you consider The Cure to be the foremost "grandfathers" of todays emo rock?

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Fox 6

Just wondering, would do you consider The Cure to be the foremost "grandfathers" of todays emo rock?

I personally, wouldn't.
I'd say Jawbreaker and Rites of Spring.

And for the "newer" wave, it would be Sunny Day Real Estate, and Jimmy Eat World.

But then it spun off into that total whiny teenage-pop-rock.

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

Also, Danzig is a band. Just because it's the last name of the creator, doesn't mean it isn't a band. It's not him sitting solely there with a guitar doing everything by himself. Glenn Danzig is a man. Danzig, is a band.

Yes, but I didn't say Danzig... I said Glenn Danzig/Various. That includes Danzig the band, The Misfits and Samhain.

On another note since emo was brought up, I'd include Glenn on those lists for his influence on AFI and H.I.M., amongst others.