I guess it depends on how you define "rock band"...if you're pretty open with that definition, I could name off a whole bunch more garbage from the '80's that sold a billion records...

Fish on...

Todd

Pickelcrack is at the top of what is a very long list for me...

REM
Pet Shop Boys
Poison, and every single hair band that followed their lead...
post 5.98EP Metallica
post vulgar Pantera
Beatles
Eagles
slipknot
post Dirt AIC
Pearl Jam
James Taylor
Hatebreed and all other bands of this ilk
all screamo, emo, post-modern and shoegaze
....and probably most of all...

!!KISS!!

Steve Miller Band. First one that came to my mind.
REM.
Zeppelin, mostly because every other song on the radio is LZ.
Greatful Dead.
Aerosmith has sucked for about 20 years.
Most any of the bands with numbers in the name like Sum41 or Blink182. That reminds me, 311 sucks too.

Beatles

Wow, there's no accounting for taste! I'm surprised at how many here like bands whose major attribute is . . . noise. Also surprised to see the Doors on the dislike list; they had some talent. I can understand not caring for early Beattles, when they literally were still kids, but from Rubber Soul on they displayed serious talent in composition and arrangement.

Maybe a better question is what are the elements of good music, compared and contrasted with bad? Mozart anyone?

Sg

Listen to the lyrics Brewer....the Beatles rock.



Ain't talking carnival ticket's either....

Mf

heavy metal, more specifically 'guitar heroism' owes everything to classical music...



...and this is for salmo...

The Beatles are, and always will be, my favorites.

Most good music, especially metal, wouldn't exist were it not for classical music...Iron Maiden, anyone?

Fish on...

Todd

Awesome...retarded white people singing other people's songs that they have no idea what they mean...remember Pat Boone singing Little Richard's "Tootie Fruitie"?

Fish on...

Todd

I think people are confusing Classical Music with Classic Rock. Can anyone tell me which piece of maistream, popular Western Music was the very 1st to incorporate the use of cymbals?*


Anyhoo, My all time suck list:

The Beatles. (The 1st boy band)
The Eagles
Led Zeppelin
The Beach Boys
The Doors
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Chicago
Boston
Kansas
Foghat
Grateful Dead (Play crap music for 40 years and make millions off tye-dyed t-shirt sales)
Steve Miller Band
Peter Frampton
Journey
Toto
Metallica (Fvcked their own fans)
Any and Every Glam/Hair band (See faggiest band thread for complete list)
The Police
Depeche Mode
Styx


*Yes, Google cheaters, and well knownStrunck was the very 1st in the 1680's, but Mozart's Turkish March (In honor of the siege of Vienna) was the first mainstream popular one.

Alcatrazz- I don't care if Ingvie or Steve Vai played with them,they were wankers

Bad Company-I like Paul Rodgers,but that song Feel Like Making Love is their flagship song and I hate it

Steve Miller-Doo doo doo dood doo.

Grateful Dead-Sugar Magnolia lalalalala god awful hippie music,and Jerry just wasn't that good.

Lynrd Skynrd-I have tried to like them. But....I just can't. Enough with the wanking 15 minute guitar solo at the end of Free Bird. Give some hicks a bunch of speed and that's what ends up happening

Nicklebag!-nicklefag? Nickle sucks

Irie pretty much summed up the list

How can anyone not like the Doors? Who else had such heart warming lyrics as ."Father I want to kill you. Mother I want to [censored] you."

I can see Quiet Riot on this list and i don't care much for Ozzie but Randy Rhoads was an incredible guitar player. He would have been on the all time best list had he lived. Take listen to his playing on Mr.Crowley.

+ 1

Mf

Survivor
Cindarella

The Eagles,
Steve Miller Band,
Pearl Jam,
Offspring,
Aerosmith.

I can't think of any songs by those artists that I can stand to listen to. The weird thing is I like bands in those genres, but I can't stand those particlar bands.

A lot of votes for Beatles, and Nirvana, and I like both of them a lot. Maybe it is because I learned like 4 or 5 chords on my guitar and can play virtually all the songs by both.

I can see people not liking the Offspring... even though I like them.

Not liking either the Beatles or the Eagles is a crime.

H2O,

That hurts man, really hurts. I'm 60s, thru and thru. Lawrence Welk was my parents' music.

Like I said, there's no accounting for taste. But what's the attraction for you heavy metal fans. If music consists of melody, harmony, and rithym, then how is metal music and not just noise?

Irie,

You might have a managable list if you just list what you do like.

For those who don't like the Eagles, I'm curious what it is about them or their music you dislike. I know a couple musicians who don't like the Eagles, but I don't understand why. They said they play "too perfect" like that's a fault. I don't get it.

Dave,

What about Riders on the Storm? One of my favorites when I'm not worn out by Light My Fire.

Maybe I'll actually learn something from this thread.

Sg

The Eagles suck, because:

Peaceful Easy Feeling,
Witch-y Woman,
Take it Easy,

and