Most influential band in rock

The Beatles of course.

I do not understand why The Stones are that low. They were a solid influence of rock. Not hard rock, but just rock with firm and steady drumms at the back of the band. Far from Prog, close to Rock.

Hmmmmm... i hade to vote for The Rolling Stones yust look at any rock band to day and you will see the stones was and now more then ever is a big influens on look and sound, the beatles did some nice experiments with sound and styles but not many band now days sounds like em, many sounds like the stones.

Paulieg wrote: Other,  Jimi Hendrix.  Maybe the Beatles influenced more people, I just thought Jimi Hendrix should definitely be on the list.  Hendrix influenced me much more than the Beatles.

agree with Hendrix but the poll states 'most influential BAND'.

we are talking about group work... Hendrix did it on himself... or am I wrong?

You can hear Chris Squire in Paul's bass playing, you can hear Gentle Giant and Yes in their vocal harmonies, you can hear Gentle Giant (especially "The Edge of Twilight") in "Because", you can even hear Captain Beefheart in the two-part guitar harmonies sometimes. The Beatles popularized the mellotron with "Strawberry Fields Forever", epics with "A Day in the Life", concept albums with "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts", odd time signatures with such things as "Happiness is a Warm Gun", "Strawberry Fields", "Within You, Without You", "Good Morning", and song suites with the B-side of Abbey Road. Well, by Abbey Road other epics had already appeared, so that's probably less influential. Others may have beat the Beatles in all of these categories, but only the Beatles use of them was influential. Any and all prog rockers of the 70s quote the Beatles...Roger Waters, Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Peter Gabriel...

In fact, the Beatles still hold direct influence today. Radiohead was quoted as saying their epic "Paranoid Android" was inspired by "Happiness is a warm Gun"