Most Respectable Non-Prog Band?

From the "outside" looking in, the best (most talented, favorite) mainstream
rock band? In two categories:

Pre-1990
Post-1990

I find Pearl Jam to be an extremely respectable non-prog band. They view
their music as art and take a long time creating their form of "non-
commercial" music. Regardless to whether their songs are played on the
radio they will not market themselves on TV or make music videos available
on MTV or VH1. I find this very respectable from their part because they
could have many "hit" songs off MTV and would make a lot more money if
they did. Their music is also interesting to me as they do experiment a lot
on their later albums (which is why they are a lot less popular now.) Most
people don't even think Pearl Jam exist anymore because they don't market
their albums.

Led Zeppelin

1. iron maiden
2. pat metheny group (probably the most respectable one!)
3. the fixx
4. simple minds
5. spandau ballet
6. a-ha
7. led zeppelin
8. black sabbath
9. judas priest
10. van halen
11. tom cochrane & red rider
12. loverboy
13. headpins
14. coney hatch
15. april wine
16. chicago
17. art of noise
18. whitesnake
19. deep purple
20. grand funk

Edited by greenback

Well, my favorite non-prog, ore-90s group is The Smiths. They were great songwriters and I loved their music, but they aren't necessarily the "most respectable." I may have to give that term to Zeppelin.

Post-90s...I could mention quite a few. There are a lot of creative, talented bands that aren't prog, or at least not 100% prog. The Indie Rock scene bears quite a few artists that are very creative, unique, etc. and display some progressive elements, but haven't quite crossed the line into prog. i.e. The Decemberists and The Dismemberment Plan. Other great bands/artists include: Andrew Brid, Sufjan Stevens, Animal Collective, Broken Social Scene, Circa Survive, Coldplay, Death Cab for Cutie, The Flaming Lips, The Get Up Kids, Minus the Bear, Modest Mouse, Queens of the Stone Age, RX Bandits, Thrice, and Zombi. Now that I'm looking at this, there are a couple of bands that I would even consdier mentioning for inclusion here.

Pre-90s: TEH BEATLES!!!!

 

!!!

 

Er, post-90s... I dunno, the Flaming Lips?

Pre 90s

The Doors, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, U2, The Beatles (specially in their latter works), Depeche Mode , etc

Post-90

The Cramberries, R.E.M (although they began in the 80s), Oasis, Nirvana, Coldplay (specially at the beginning), The Corrs (this is a personal favourite), etc

 

Probably there are more, but these are the ones that come into my mind now

Pre-1990 : Japan
Post-1990 : Cranberries

Solefald.
Grave Digger.
Diabolical Masquerade.

The Flaming Lips
Oasis
Robert Plant
Satch
Pre-Zooropa U2
Van Halen