Greatest Band of all time

The Beatles without a doubt are the saturation of the most influential period of music, by the most influential band.  A complete phenomenon.  However their reign was a period of early punk music that evolved into the epic Abby Road over a period of 6-7 years, so how could that brief enigma be considered the best.  On the other hand, the band Rush is one of the most consistant bands of all time and have a 30 year reign but not one of their albums top the beatles from Rubber Soul through Abby Road.

So if not the Beatles or Rush for the given reasons, I vote KING Crimson as the greatest because they qualify both amazing standards.

Karnevil9 wrote: Joren wrote: philippe wrote: Who are they?   Give you a clue Yes AMON FURA

I don't get it

As a live band, there are only two:

Led Zeppelin and Queen

I saw both of them when they were "in their prime"....they are unsurpassed. NO group comes close....

but hell....you should have seen Yes last year!!!!!!!

Unifaun wrote: Karnevil9 wrote: Joren wrote: What's so great about the Beatles? I think they are highly overrated. I think if one band deserves to be called the greatest ever, it should be the varying line-ups of Frank Zappa's "band". Get real maybe it's a younger generation thing, its harder to appreciate they effect they had on music.

Yeh too many young uns too.Can't you tell?

Joren wrote: philippe wrote: Who are they?

Give you a clue

Yes AMON FURA

Joren wrote: What's so great about the Beatles? I think they are highly overrated. I think if one band deserves to be called the greatest ever, it should be the varying line-ups of Frank Zappa's "band".

Get real

philippe wrote:

Who are they?

Reed Lover wrote: Give me a break. The Beatles???? I think that the "Fab 4" have very little in common with Genesis,Yes or ELP,musically. There used to be a lad in my local pub who always drunk bitter.We got to discussing beer one evening and he confessed he didnt really like bitter,and preferred lager.I asked the obvious question to which he replied,well the lads would think I'm a wuss if I started drinking lager.This is how I view this situation where the Beatles are repeatedly cited as the greatest band ever on this forum.   The Beatles sold hundreds of millions of records,and good luck to them.When someone first invented the wheel life changed forever,but when you step up to your gleaming motor car in the morning,you might say "great set of wheels," but you certainly are not praising the lumps of rubber in each corner.The Beatles are certainly pioneers,of course,but just because they were in it at the start (they were the start) doesnt mean they are the greatest.We are talking about music here,which is a matter of taste,and we would not be on this forum if we preferred the type of poppy proto-psychedelic songs that the Beatles wrote.

I love it when you talk crap Reed

I'm gonna stick my neck out here then.The beatles were the greatest ever Band not in terms of musicianship as they themselves were not to ace with the instrumentico's.

But But But John Lennon & Paul McCartney at their peak were the greatest ever & i still think this now,the Greatest ever song writers,Together with George Martin created an absolute Legend of a band.Your talking the major landmark in Rock music.

You can argue till the cows come home cos it's true..Your telling me that the majority of bands at the beginig of the fashionable progressive scene did'nt get inspiration for the Beatles?

I was only listerning to Barclay James Harvest ''Everyone is everybody else' album today & what a simularity,i know the release is 1974 but you can hear the influence.