Zeppelin Greatest Band Ever

PeaceSells · 06-29-2006, 10:08 AM

To celebrate their pending tenth anniversary on July 1, 2006, AVRev.com has compiled its list of the Top 100 Rock Bands of All Time. Unlike past lists that are based on mere opinion, the AVRev.com "Top Rock Bands" list uses the same type of analytical tools employed by sports franchises and applies them to rock bands to objectively determine which bands are the best. Among the categories considered were: U.S. Sales (100 points), Songs/Songwriting (100), Technical Ability (100), Live Performance (50), Consistency vs. Longevity (50) and Random (50). Random is a category that allows a judge to vote on how likely he or she is to want to hear a band's songs on their iPod playlist.

Topping the list with a total of 525 points was Led Zeppelin. All of the judges gave Led Zeppelin high marks not only for their songs/songwriting ability, but also their consistency as a band through the years.

The 100 band nominees range from the usual suspects that make up classic rock playlists, but also include more out-of-the-box sleeper bands from the 1950s through today's most popular bands. The list doesn't include solo artists such as Michael Jackson or Elvis Presley. Whilst other huge bands were not involved ie KISS, Abba, Chicago...etc

Ranking - Band - Total
1. Led Zeppelin - 525
2. The Beatles - 514
3. Pink Floyd - 506
4. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - 503
5. Van Halen - 496
6. Queen - 493
7. The Eagles - 479
8. Metallica - 468
9. U2 - 455
10. Bob Marley and the Wailers - 454
11. The Police - 451
12. The Doors - 450
13. Stone Temple Pilots - 446
14. Rush - 444
15. Genesis - 436
16. Prince and the Revolution- 435
17. Yes - 434
18. Earth Wind and Fire -433
19. The Bee Gees - 428
20. The Rolling Stones -418
21. The Beach Boys -414
22. Soundgarden - 413
23. The Who - 412
24. Steely Dan - 411
25. James Brown and the JBs - 408
26. AC/DC - 400
27. Fleetwood Mac - 398
28. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young -396
29. The Allman Brothers -394
30. ZZ Top -392
31. Aerosmith -391
32. Cream -390
33. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 386
34. The Grateful Dead - 385
35. Guns 'N Roses - 381
36. Pearl Jam -378
37. Boston - 377
38. Dire Straits -363
39. King Crimson - 362
40. Parliament Funkadelic - 361
41. Red Hot Chili Peppers - 356
42. Bon Jovi - 355
43. Dixie Chicks - 353
44. Foreigner - 352
45. David Bowie and The Spiders From Mars - 351
46. The Talking Heads -348
47. Jethro Tull -347
48. The Band -344
49. The Beastie Boys - 343
50. Nirvana -342
51. Rage Against The Machine - 340
52. Sly and the Family Stone - 338
53. The Clash -337
54. Tool - 335
55. Journey -334
56. No Doubt -332
57. Creedence Clearwater Revival - 328
58. Deep Purple - 325
59. Alice In Chains - 323
60. Orbital -322
61. Little Feat -321
62. Duran Duran - 320
63. Living Colour - 319
64. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - 318
65. The Carpenters - 317
66. Audioslave - 316
67. The Pretenders -315
68. Primus - 314
69. Blondie- 313
70. Black Sabbath - 309
71. Lynyrd Skynyrd - 307
72. Sex Pistols - 306
73. Isaac Hayes and the Movement -305
74. R.E.M. - 304
75. Traffic -303
76. Buffalo Springfield -302
77. Derek and the Dominos - 301
78. The Jackson Five - 299
79. The O'Jays - 298
80. Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes - 287
81. Underworld - 286
82. Thievery Corporation - 285
83. Motley Crue -284
84. Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company - 283
85. Blind Faith - 277
86. The Animals - 276
87. The Roots -271
88. The Velvet Underground - 265
89. The Kinks - 262
90. Radiohead - 261
91. The Scorpions -260
92. Kansas -258
93. Iron Maiden -257
94. Motorhead -253
95. Judas Priest -251
96. The Orb -239
97. The Cure - 230
98. Coldplay - 229
99. Slayer - 225
100. Black Eyed Peas - 214

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Obviously many (if not all) will disagree with this list in some way, and I am no different. I'm very disappointed to see, perhaps the two most innovative metal bands ever in Sabbath and Maiden so low. There are so many faults I could complain about, so many bands I wouldn't put in there, not just going by my favourites but actually looking at how they were graded...But music is so opinionated...

Opinions? Care to post your Top Ten bands based on how they were graded? (I may post mine later...

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B-Money · 06-29-2006, 10:19 AM

I agree with Zep being tops on this list. They don't really have a bad song.

However, Journey should DEFINITELY be above the Beatles!! huh?

Tyler Durden · 06-29-2006, 10:35 AM

These lists are always designed to be controversial in someway, mainly because if they're not then nobody is ever going to talk about them. The bottom line, and bear in mind, I'm not a huge fan myself, is that the answer is and has been The Beatles since the 1960's.

Dakstang · 06-29-2006, 01:05 PM

It should have went like this.

1. The Beatles
2. Pink Floyd.

The rest I don't care about.

Danny Diamond · 06-29-2006, 01:30 PM

I am just glad Slayer made the list. hahahahahahahhahaha.

I actually used to be obsessed with Slayer in my teen years, I recently heard them on Satelite radio and almost had to drive myself into a tree due to how god awful this band is.

To think I actually thought they were talented.

Dance with the dead in your dreams.

Also I think the list isnt that far off really. At least the top ten that is. Once you start putting Audioslave in there thats when the list loses a little credibility.
Good post Peace.

Randy Orton · 06-29-2006, 01:31 PM

i like the black eyed peas are #100

Randy Orton · 06-29-2006, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danny Diamond

I am just glad Slayer made the list. hahahahahahahhahaha.

I actually used to be obsessed with Slayer in my teen years, I recently heard them on Satelite radio and almost had to drive myself into a tree due to how god awful this band is.

To think I actually thought they were talented.

Dance with the dead in your dreams.

Also I think the list isnt that far off really. At least the top ten that is. Once you start putting Audioslave in there thats when the list loses a little credibility.
Good post Peace.

i just saw slayer last week. they sounded good to me. but i was hammered so anything wouldve sounded good live.

Blitzkrieg · 06-29-2006, 03:14 PM

What? GnR not in the top 10? That's a crime..

Joseph T. Cool · 06-29-2006, 03:23 PM

Black Eyed Peas....Bwahahahahahaha

Psycho Diva · 06-29-2006, 09:22 PM

Well let's face it Zep and Sabbath were technically the godfathers of Metal, so all the more to have Zep at the top.

06-29-2006, 10:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
B-Money *King of the Arcade* Meat Status: Offline Join Date: Dec 2005 My Local Time: Location: Massachusetts Posts: 777 vBookie Cash: 500 Casino Cash: $250 Rep Power: 3	I agree with Zep being tops on this list. They don't really have a bad song. However, Journey should DEFINITELY be above the Beatles!! huh?
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