25 Most Influential Bands Of All Time

[BMR]

^ Yes, good points. Also in my opinion some important bands that are missing:

Venom
Hellhammer/Celtic Frost

Without those, there wouldn't be Slipknot, Napalm Death, Slayer or even Pantera that are on the list already! Or any other death/black/doom metal band.

[Mr.Metal]

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?

I agree 100% with you, the fact that Blink 182 is there as well as Manson makes me wonder what were they smoking while doing the list. What did Manson influenced music in?! Metal? I doubt it, Gothic? Hell no...there are HUGE gothic bands that made that music what it is...Lacrimosa anyone?!
I always thought the Beatles was considered the biggest and most influencial band in Pop, yet Blink and Slipknot are there?! What a joke...

And about NME, it doesn't surprise me, that magasine only seems to knows 3 bands...Oasis, Radiohead and Nirvana...and that is it! Haven't they had Thom Yorke of Radiohead on the cover of the magasine twice in a row?!

[metkirk85]

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

That's pretty funny to see Oasis above the Beatles.

But will all know that those top ten shit is meaningless.

[dmegametal#1]

well Motorhead/Ramones/Def Leppard/Iron Maiden(NWOBHM) were all major influence
to North American Bands...i don't get it where they find these bands????

65% of these bands are correct and the rest are crap!!!

[superman321]

I'm wondering if since bands like the Ramones and the Clash - which were very influential in the 80s and after - started in the 70s they aren't included. Also, do remember the sudden surge of pop-punk clone bands of Blink 182 that came out after Enema of the State and All the Small Things. As I said before though - if they want to put a pop-punk bands, which I suppose they should since it was a very large musical movement in the late 90's early 2000's, then you should put in the Offspring or NOFX given that those two inspired Blink 182. And GreenDay is a yes since they started the more mainstream punk-pop surge.

[Danallica]

^ Yes, good points. Also in my opinion some important bands that are missing:

Venom
Hellhammer/Celtic Frost

Without those, there wouldn't be Slipknot, Napalm Death, Slayer or even Pantera that are on the list already! Or any other death/black/doom metal band.

Yep you gotta have Hellhammer...and also Bathory IMO

and Greenday is a FUCK NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!