If You Could Eliminate One Band (or Artist), Just Erase Them From History ...

[elwood-914]

Originally posted by Jeff Higgins
Bee Gees.

No Bee Gees? No Disco! Man, what could have been..........

[Erakad]

My vote:

Sunshine Vocal Band

Archies

Vanilla Ice

Mille Vanille

Bread (music for a good BM)

And any bubble gum band that ever "sang"

[jyl]

Beatles, here too. Sorry, I know they were the most popular rock band in history and so on, but I just can't stand the songs. We'd have still had the British invasion - Rolling Stones et al. We just wouldn't have had the Monkees and all sorts of "concept" albums.

[ed martin]

Electric Light Orchestra.

[ronin]

boy did I hate those buggers back in the day. come to think of it, I still do!

[Nader]

Geez, you people are ready to eliminate some badass classic rock groups, but never mentioned Barry Manilow? Air Supply? Ace of Bass?

[speeder]

The curious thing about this thread is the concept. Eliminating most of the bands mentioned would have had zero effect on the history of music because they had no influence, ie. Vanilla Ice, etc...

Why eliminate them? Who cares?

As for the more significant ones, all I can say is wow. You guys need to leave culture alone and go lube your lugnuts.

[ronin]

Originally posted by Nader
Geez, you people are ready to eliminate some badass classic rock groups, but never mentioned Barry Manilow? Air Supply? Ace of Bass?

so many bands, so little time

[Tyson Schmidt]

Originally posted by dmoolenaar
I knew that my Beatle vote would not be popular but hey this is a very subjective topic. I happen to like Neil Diamond, not everything, but his Stones album is original and I still play it now and then. Just because the Beatles were wildly popular and I failed to recognize their "genious" doesn't make me wrong in this category. There is no wrong answer here as this is much like asking what's the best color for a 911. Subjective - though black is the correct answer there

Oh and country music. For years I hated the stuff, then I happened to marry a woman who loves rock and country, and I've grown to enjoy it. I still can't listen to the older honky tonk type country, or songs with tons of banjo, but I do have 2 country stations programmed on my car radio. As long as I continue to hate "elevator" music I know I'm still younger than my Dad!

O.K., I'm with you on the "Black 911" thing.

And as far as Country: Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, and some Willie Nelson, and that's all I can handle. The rest is the same damn song.

[david914]

Boy, I just read this thread for the first time and you guys are making me feel old! Dylan? Neal Diamond? THE BEATLES?!?! For Pete's sake, with all the crap that abounds in today's music industry, I don't understand how these names can even garner a thought, let alone a vote. Wow, I must be outta touch. For the record (no pun intended), cast my vote for Guns and Roses, or more accurately, Axle Rose.

[mattdavis11]

The Dixie Chicks. I can't believe they haven't been mentioned yet. Single artist, Marilyn Manson.

[Victor]

That idiot from Oasis.

[Adam]

Originally posted by Victor:
That idiot from Oasis

Aha! You hold him down, Vic - I'll kick him to death! LOL!

[YAHBO]

PHISH.

[smoak]

ABBA, with a very close second tie to Yanni, Tesh and Kenneth G. WAIT. I take it back. Yanni clear winner.

[elwood-914]

CAT STEVENS or what ever his name is.........Abudulla Dumbass

[hoff944]

I understand that everyone is entitled to an opinion, but eliminating Elvis and the Beatles? Elvis did so many things for rock and roll. I used to hate rap but some rap does have some musicianship to it and some original creativity. I can't stand any band that is put together from the start by some guy who is like, "We need a bad boy, a pretty boy, the silent one, and the "creative one'". They don't even write their own stuff and when they do it is terrible.

[notfarnow]

I liked the beatles before Paul died in '66.

And add Bryan Adams to the list... "summer of '69" makes me want to bash my head against a wall.