1955-2001 Favorite Top Ten Rock Groups

grateful dead, who, rolling stones, black sabbath, zeppelin, allman bros band, ac/dc, metallica (before they sold out), phish, U2 btw: the beatles are NOT r&r. R&R needs to jam, the beatles never jammed. they wrote great songs, but a R&R band must have live energy--apple rooftop doesn't cut it.

Stones, Little Feat, Beatles, Steely Dan, Led Zeppelin. Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Clapton, Doobies & Allman Brothers. Tough call....

Def Leppard, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Van Halen, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, U2, Boston, Kiss, and The Eagles....in that order (Journey would be a very close #11 for me, Pink Floyd #12, The Police #13, Deep Purple #14, The Moody Blues would be #15...Blue Oyster Cult might be 16. CCR, ELO, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and Collective Soul might round out the top 21, for me).............................Those are the top 10 as I like them, PERSONALLY. As far as who I think FUTURE HISTORY will regard as "best", that'll likely be a toss up between The Stones and The Who, with Zeppelin and Floyd right behind. The Beatles were British Pop IMO, but I suppose history will always think of them as #2 regarding sales.....right behind Garth Brooks that is!.........heh heh heh heh!!!!

And Guns 'n' Roses would be #22, and Ratt #23, for me anyhow.

The Who, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Frank Zappa, The Doors, The Guess Who, Everclear, Foghat, Mott The Hoople, The Move and The Ramones