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WeLoveToPlayTheBlues
Record sales is a joke to bother comparing.
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tkl7
Led Zeppelin? Didn't they steal their songs from other artists?
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whitem8
Like them both, but The Stones for sure carry the crown. They lasted longer, played more live gigs, and put out far more music. Really Zep was kind of lame in that they didn't release a lot of music for the amount of time they were active. Also, they were a bit of a one trick pony with not near the amount of personality or dynamism as The Stones.
The holy trinity for me are The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Who. With the Kinks coming in on the top five.[/quote
Your forgetting pink floyd, noe if there was a contest these would be pretty hard to beat.
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jazzbass
For the true crown of Worlds Greatest Rock and Roll Band.
Obviously, the Stones are my choice, but one of my good friends argues that Zeppelin deserves the title.
I'm asking that you guys help me with some ammo to support my position for this debate.
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brownsugar86
Who is the bigger band of the two in the UK in terms of Joe Public knowing them????
I would say Stones but I'm biased because I know more about them.
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James Kirk
beats LZ's Led Zeppelin's hippie/Lord of the Rings image any day.
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WeLoveToPlayTheBlues
Record sales is a joke to bother comparing.
How so?
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James Kirk
Nobody is saying they LZ can't compete in the modern era, but the fact is they didn't.
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James Kirk
Nobody is saying they LZ can't compete in the modern era, but the fact is they didn't. Nobody knows what Zep would have looked like in the 80's,90,'s 00's and until today...If that Page/Plant record that came out in the late 90's is any indication they were better off keeping their image intact and not re-entering the scene. That "reunion" record was a huge disappointment on the charts. It barely registered in some countries around the world and only reaching #8 in the United States before quickly falling out of the charts.
The record seemed like a relic from a different era. LZ can kind of be a one trick pony.
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WeLoveToPlayTheBlues
Some listings have Led Zep at over 300 million, the Stones at 200 million.