hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Should make blue happy, but the other 19 have a few notable omissions. Makes no mention of how this 'greatness' was measured, so I guess it's in someone's humble opinion. Who would you kick off the list and who would you put in their place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimothey Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Goes without saying IRON MAIDEN!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted November 10, 2017 Author Share Posted November 10, 2017 [quote name='Jimothey' timestamp='1510280990' post='3405314'] Goes without saying IRON MAIDEN!!! [/quote] Definitely. I would be inclined to replace Super Furry Animals with Deep Purple, Cream or Iron Maiden any day of the week 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 (edited) I'm guessing this is the list? https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/the-20-greatest-british-rock-bands-of-all-time-a3655391.html On The Cure: "From the the stark and intense nature of albums like 1982’s Pornography, through to the more flamboyant and playful records like Wish, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me and Disintegration" Surely this has been written by someone who has never listened to the dark and not-at-all-flamboyant-or-playful Disentegration album. Edited November 10, 2017 by Roland Rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidder652003 Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Not the worst list I've ever seen but The Cure and Oasis, Super Furry Animals, all great bands but top 20 greatest of all time? Pretty subjective (as usual) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christhammer666 Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 No Maiden, No motorhead booooooooooooooooooooooooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBus Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Looking at that list Monty Python's "What have the Romans ever given us" comes to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 [quote name='skidder652003' timestamp='1510300631' post='3405359'] Not the worst list I've ever seen but The Cure and Oasis, Super Furry Animals, all great bands but top 20 greatest of all time? Pretty subjective (as usual) [/quote] All these and no Sex Pistols ? Crikey..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted November 10, 2017 Author Share Posted November 10, 2017 [quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1510295559' post='3405325'] I'm guessing this is the list? https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/the-20-greatest-british-rock-bands-of-all-time-a3655391.html On The Cure: "From the the stark and intense nature of albums like 1982’s Pornography, through to the more flamboyant and playful records like Wish, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me and Disintegration" Surely this has been written by someone who has never listened to the dark and not-at-all-flamboyant-or-playful Disentegration album. [/quote] Yes, sorry. I meant to put the link in and forgot. I really like The Cure and personally would put them in above The Stone Roses. All a matter of taste I guess, but no Genesis or Marillion either and the absence of Motörhead is just plain wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No lust in Jazz Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Cardiacs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steantval Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 (edited) All very subjective, but this list is really stretching the boundaries of the genre of a rock band. A lot on the list I would never consider to be placed within the category of rock band, some are just pure pop, indie or punk. IMO there are twelve bands included that would not be on there. Where are the likes of Cream, Free, Whitesnake etc etc ? Edited November 10, 2017 by steantval Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yank Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 The Faces......and Humble Pie!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliasMooseblaster Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 The Who all the way down at number 15? Utter tosh, I tell thee! But then I wouldn't have had Zeppelin in the top 20. Or T.Rex...or the Stone Roses...christ, Oasis? Don't get me started on bloody Oasis... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vantagepointrocks Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 They seem to have overlooked Status Quo ... Assume they aren’t either cool or cutting edge enough ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 The only band I like here are The Smiths and a positive dislike for most of the rest clouds my objectivity. I much prefer US rock bands even though I'm not American. I'm no fan but am surprised Maiden and Judas Priest aren't in this list considering their sales, influence and longevity. But why the Stone Roses? Just two albums proper with the second being widely panned and largely irrelevant outside the UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 (edited) [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]I suppose it brings into question what greatness is. Sales? Size of fan base? Releases? Innovation? Influence on others? It is pretty subjective and it's a nonsense. I know we're talking bands (so no Bowie/Elton John, Kate Bush etc.), but even so, Super Furry Animals?[/font][/size] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Looking at the list (see below), I do wonder about the obviousness of some of the includees and absentees. No Yes? No Fleetwood Mac? No Sex Pistols? The Police? I'd also throw in bands/artists like Japan, Duranduran, ELP, Genesis, Muse, Mott The fecking Hoople, Depeche Mode, Cream.[/font][/size] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]To save you the bother of clicking the link, here's the list: 20. Joy Division 19. Super Furry Animals 18. The Jam 17. T. Rex 16. Roxy Music 15. The Who 14. Black Sabbath 13. Blur 12. Queen 11. The Kinks 10. The Stone Roses 9. The Clash 8. The Cure 7. Oasis 6. The Smiths 5. The Rolling Stones 4. Pink Floyd 3. Radiohead 2. Led Zeppelin[/font][/size] [font=tahoma,geneva,sans-serif][size=3][size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]1. The Beatles[/font][/size][/size][/font] [font=tahoma,geneva,sans-serif][size=3][size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][b][EDIT] [/b] I add for your deliberation two post comments by someone called petrometro1 on the ES webpage. Pretty succinct.[/font][/size][/size][/font] [font=tahoma,geneva,sans-serif][size=3][size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]1)[/font][/size][/size][/font] [i] when will journalists and the media ever get a grip on the English Language? Firstly, the most overhyped word bar none is "Iconic". An Icon is an Orthodox Religious Painting for heavens sake. Secondly; If this list is of the most iconic bands how is that at all possible? Its either Iconic or it isn't. Journos have a problem with unique. Fairly unique, very unique. Get real; its either unique or it isn't. As Nigel [/i][another commentator] [i]states.. this list does NOT contain bands that were clearly playing before he [/i][the author of the piece, Harry Fletcher] [i]was born. It doesn't contain Jethro Tull, Eric Clapton, Hermans Hermits, Yes, ELP, The Nice, King Crimson, Supertramp Genesis... in essence the article is not worth the paper its written on. To compare Oasis with Pink Floyd and the Rolling Stones is pathetic.[/i] 2)[i] as thought. has been with The Standard since September 2017. Resume for linked in is written entirely in the first person singular. He was in 6th form in 2010 so suspect he was born around 1993. That's about as credible as this list gets.[/i] Edited November 10, 2017 by NancyJohnson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zummerbass Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 A nonsense of a list, Quo,Dire Straits,Deep Purple,Muse, and the afore mentioned Motorhead and Iron Maiden not on there and The Smiths are? Not really a rock list is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Well they're British but what have most of these guys got to do with Rock? No mention of Deep Purple or the guys who started the genre, Jeff Beck Group? Cream? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zummerbass Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Manic Street Preachers? No,not there either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 (edited) [quote name='Jimothey' timestamp='1510280990' post='3405314'] Goes without saying IRON MAIDEN!!! [/quote] +1 Although Maiden is technically heavy metal Edited November 10, 2017 by SH73 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Cream ? Free ?. From a musicians point of view of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 They are just trying to cover as many genres as possible but keeping it to 20 total as typical cliched online lists go, hence they have Zep so can't have Deep Purple, they have Floyd so can't have Genesis or Yes. It's all pretty pointless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No. 8 Wire Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 [quote name='SH73' timestamp='1510308543' post='3405433'] +1 Although Maiden is technically heavy metal [/quote] Technically heavy metal is sub genre of rock so it fits. In any case Maiden is heavy rock compared to what gets touted as metal now. +1 for Maiden though, must be the most overlooked yet most successful, influential and popular British band of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Did that say "Rock" bands? Then why pray are T.Rex in there? nothing wrong with them but they are plainly not a Rock band. On sales longevity and live performances alone to exclude Dire Straits, Status Quo, Deep Purple and Jethro Tull is plain stupid. I think the author needs to look up the term Rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No. 8 Wire Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 [quote name='KevB' timestamp='1510309544' post='3405444'] They are just trying to cover as many genres as possible but keeping it to 20 total as typical cliched online lists go, hence they have Zep so can't have Deep Purple, they have Floyd so can't have Genesis or Yes. It's all pretty pointless. [/quote] Yep, he probably just copied the list from somewhere else anyway. Its done the trick though, generated loads of hits from people who wouldn't normally hit evening standard clickbait. Got to pay Osbornes fat cat salary somehow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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