25 Most Influential Bands Of All Time

[Danallica]

1981-2006, according to Kerrang!


25 - Motorhead
24 - Rage Against The Machine
23 - Emperor
22 - Marilyn Manson
21 - Def Leppard
20 - Slipknot
19 - Soundgarden
18 - Black Flag
17 - Napalm Death
16 - Fugazi
15 - Nine Inch Nails
14 - Blink 182
13 - Judas Priest
12 - Korn
11 - Bon Jovi
10 - Nirvana
9 - Pantera
8 - Faith No More
7 - Slayer
6 - Ozzy Osbourne
5 - Green Day
4 - AC/DC
3 - Metallica
2 - Guns N Roses
1 - Iron Maiden

at least met is there...most the others are shit though

[JB77]

10 BEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME NME.COM
1 Definitely Maybe - Oasis
2 Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
3 Revolver - The Beatles
4 OK Computer - Radiohead
5 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
6 Nevermind - Nirvana
7 The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
8 Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
9 The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
10 The Bends - Radiohead

[Danallica]

^ what a joke...
oasis hahahahaha
the only one nearly deserved of a mention there is radio head - ok computer...and even that is poor, and pink floyd
fuck damn

[superman321]

the most influential bands list is probably reasonably close - whether you like the bands or not, msot of them in the list have had a major influence over bands that came after them - although I would replace some of them - say for punk pop blink 182 with greenday but better than a lot of lists that come around.

As for that album list, what a piece of shit list. No puppets, no london calling, no exile on main street. That list is a joke.

[BMR]

Oh well. I would at least rank Motörhead way more up than 25 (into top 10 at least) on that list. Mainly because if there wouldn't be Motörhead, there propably wouldn't even be Metallica for example.

Also, what the fuck is Nirvana doing on both of the lists?! I smell some Cobain's legendary status worshipping on those lists..

[Danallica]

^ I agree, Nirvana were and aweful band and they have always sucked, Cobain did nothing for no one and made the music world a much worse place imho

[superman321]

Nah, Nirvana were a really good band, some of their songs, especially the early stuff off Bleach remain really cool songs.

As for whether Nevermind is one of the best albums ever - well i suppose it depends on what musical styles your into. It remains one of my favourite albums, not in my top ten but still a favourite.

The one I really wonder about is ozzy being on the list - does his post Black Sabbath work really rate that highly? I just ask since some other bands who, despite starting in the 70s, released great, and very important stuff during the 80s aren't on the list.

[Danallica]

^ spose with nirvana its like you say subjective to what you dig, personally i hate nirvana

And yeh, ozzys post sabbath stuff is not very good nor influential, you just gotta have sabbath on there; they influenced so so many bands in there time and are really one of the faces behind the metal we know today.

At least they have Slayer and Napalm death on there. Empeoror is not neccasary, if you have Emperor you have to have Bathory and Hellhammer, two of the original death metal bands

[wolfway]

how can slipknot influence other bands while they don't even exist that long? same for bands like blink182, ...

i'dd say motorhead way more up

generally only old bands should be on it imo

[Doin]

Who decides these things?

Anyway, here are my thoughts on this...

25 - Motorhead - Definitely!
24 - Rage Against The Machine - yeah...had an influence on the Nu-metal thing.
23 - Emperor - Not really as they had prominent predecessors. (sp?)
22 - Marilyn Manson - no.
21 - Def Leppard - I would be more likely to say Van Halen
20 - Slipknot - While their first official release was in 1999 their success did spawn other mask wearing bands.
19 - Soundgarden- Yeah....
18 - Black Flag - Yes.
17 - Napalm Death - Yes.
16 - Fugazi - don't know them.
15 - Nine Inch Nails - Yes.
14 - Blink 182 - No! No! No! There is only one punk band who should hold a place on this list! See below.
13 - Judas Priest - Yes.
12 - Korn - Don't know.
11 - Bon Jovi - No. I would replace this with Motley Crue or KISS.
10 - Nirvana - Yes. Their success spawned an entire movement.
9 - Pantera - Yeah.
8 - Faith No More - Yes.
7 - Slayer - Definitely!
6 - Ozzy Osbourne - Ozzy, no. Black Sabbath, Yes.
5 - Green Day - No. (See comments RE: Blink 182)
4 - AC/DC - YES YES YES!
3 - Metallica - YES YES YES!
2 - Guns N Roses - YES!
1 - Iron Maiden - YES!

I have some queries.
1. WHERE ARE THE RAMONES?
2. Where are Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath without whom metal would not have evolved into what it is today?
3. WHERE ARE THE RAMONES?
4. If we are talking plain influential bands, not necessarily metal, what about The Beatles and Rolling Stones?
5. While we are at it, what about Queen, Pink Floyd and U2?