there are only 3

beatles
stones
led zep

no one else is close.
and each of the 3 are different enough that it's silly to compare in any competitive way.
my 2 cents.

but why limit it to just bands?

jimi hendrix and chuck berry belong alongside these guys.

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sonomastone
there are only 3

beatles
stones
led zep

no one else is close.
and each of the 3 are different enough that it's silly to compare in any competitive way.
my 2 cents.

but why limit it to just bands?

jimi hendrix and chuck berry belong alongside these guys.

black sabbath or cream should be on that list.

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sonomastone
there are only 3

beatles
stones
led zep

no one else is close.
and each of the 3 are different enough that it's silly to compare in any competitive way.
my 2 cents.

but why limit it to just bands?

jimi hendrix and chuck berry belong alongside these guys.

Yes, it's easier to name 3 than 5, these three are so obvious.

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rollingon

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sonomastone
there are only 3

beatles
stones
led zep

no one else is close.
and each of the 3 are different enough that it's silly to compare in any competitive way.
my 2 cents.

but why limit it to just bands?

jimi hendrix and chuck berry belong alongside these guys.

Yes, it's easier to name 3 than 5, these three are so obvious.

not obvious to me as i think the kinks and the who are way better than led zeppelin and slightly better than the beatles

Difficult to pick five and if you asked me next year the list will probably be different!

Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
Black Sabbath
Guns N' Roses
Thin Lizzy

A reminder of why Elvis could be at mt. rushmore all by himself.

On this day in 1954 Sun Records released Elvis Presley's 1st single "That's All Right."

LateBloomer, you started my LA morning in a GREAT way! MANY thanks.

I was at the taping of this NBC true "special."

This photo reminds me of how very happy Elvis was playing with his pals.
Like to remember him this way instead of those last sad days.

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stonesrule
LateBloomer, you started my LA morning in a GREAT way! MANY thanks.

I was at the taping of this NBC true "special."

This photo reminds me of how very happy Elvis was playing with his pals.
Like to remember him this way instead of those last sad days.

You are most welcome, stonesrule. I came to Elvis late, as my first impressions of him were from his later sad days, as you put it. Discovering his earlier music was a shock and delight. How cool that you got to be at that taping, it must have been spine tingling.

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stonesrule
LateBloomer, you started my LA morning in a GREAT way! MANY thanks.

I was at the taping of this NBC true "special."

This photo reminds me of how very happy Elvis was playing with his pals.
Like to remember him this way instead of those last sad days.

Wow, you were there in that taping? That is so cool! That must be worth like 200 stones shows, by the standards of another ongoing thread

I always put the Stones first.

Just Twin Peaks for me.....The Stones and Ian Dury & The blockheads........there's a few largest foothills but no more

Mt. Rushmore only has dead presidents. So the Stones should not be on it.

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there is never a time i thought dio sounded or tried to sound like ian gillan. dio's voice was pretty much intact on his first widely available single released in the early 60's. you think dio knew who gillan was more than 5 years before gillan joined deep purple?

I'm not familiar with Dio's early releases, and I wasn't putting him down with my comment. I was merely saying that Man On The Silver Mountain sounds like a Deep Purple song, rather than the Rainbow I first heard (Since You Been Gone, Stone Cold, etc.), when they had (first Graham Bonnet and then) Joe Lynn Turner as a singer and were attempting to have "hits" so they could "pay the bills".

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keefriffhard4life
there is never a time i thought dio sounded or tried to sound like ian gillan. dio's voice was pretty much intact on his first widely available single released in the early 60's. you think dio knew who gillan was more than 5 years before gillan joined deep purple?

I'm not familiar with Dio's early releases, and I wasn't putting him down with my comment. I was merely saying that Man On The Silver Mountain sounds like a Deep Purple song, rather than the Rainbow I first heard (Since You Been Gone, Stone Cold, etc.), when they had (first Graham Bonnet and then) Joe Lynn Turner as a singer and were attempting to have "hits" so they could "pay the bills".

some of dios early work with elf, elves and the prophets