Mine:
1. The Rolling Stones
2. U2
3. David Bowie
4. Aerosmith
5. The Smashing Pumpkins

USA:
1. Aerosmith
2. The Smashing Pumpkins
3. The Beach Boys
4. Tina Turner
5. Nirvana

1. The Rolling Stones.
2. The Rolling Stones.
3. The Rolling Stones.
4. The Rolling Stones.
5. The Rolling Stones.

Hehe, just kidding.. no..

1. The Rolling Stones.
2. Van Halen.
3. AC/DC.
4. Iron Maiden.
5. Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings(admit it, they SWING as hell!).

How about that..

David Bowie and Tina Turner: not bands.

Reptile Wrote:
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> 1. The Rolling Stones.
> 2. The Rolling Stones.
> 3. The Rolling Stones.
> 4. The Rolling Stones.
> 5. The Rolling Stones.
>
> Hehe, just kidding.. no..
>
> 1. The Rolling Stones.
> 2. Van Halen.
> 3. AC/DC.
> 4. Iron Maiden.
> 5. Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings(admit it, they SWING
> as hell!).
>
> How about that..


I liked your first list better.

lots of great choices. i think people here are more open minded about bands then i thought they were. very few people mentioned some if any of the following great artists.
def leppard
chucky berry
jerry leee lewis
little richard
bon jovi
hank williams jr.
motorhead
megadeth
kiss
poison (lets face it they rock)
bob seger and silver bullet band
bruce and the e street nand
fleetwood mac
motley crue
tina turner
joan jett
alice cooper
l.a. guns
twisted sister

Mine
1.The Rolling Stones
2.The Who
3.Faces
4.Alice Cooper
5.The Clash

USA
1.KISS
2.Cheap Trick
3.Red Hot Chili Peppers
4.Pearl Jam
5.Motley Crue

"It's Good To Be Here, It's Good To Be Anywhere"-Keith Richards

"Halloween Is Every Night Of My Life"-Keith Richards

"I Got The Sticky Fingers, For Some Girls"

1) Rolling Stones
2) Grateful Dead
3) Kinks
4) CCR
5) Aerosmith

Good thread!

American:
Doors - The only genuine contribution from America to the world of rock n'roll. The rest came from Africa. Forget about Elvis.)

Creedence - Pure songwriting skills from a genius dressed as an idiot.

E-street band - Saw them in Oslo 2001: Pure greatness!

Aerosmith - Oslo 1994 was the concert ever! Nobody has ever played rock like that! I Promise!

Guns/Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Just love'em

English:
Stones - The best band on the planet earth

Beatles - Best songs - plus John Lennon

Led Zeppelin - A Very good third. And the best drummer!

The Who - Have you ever heard "Live at Leeds"? Well, you ought to!

Clash - Rocking the Casbah

more greats. i seem to overlook CCR and tom petty by accident.

nikkibong Wrote:
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> David Bowie and Tina Turner: not bands.


OK. So instead of Bowie I should take Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars or Tin Machine? You're joking I hope....

JumpingKentFlash

Here are my favorites:

-The Band
-The Rolling Stones
-Pink Floyd
-The Who
-Kiss

Keep on rollin'
Gangster

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> I liked your first list better.

Me too, but that would be like having a top 5 of best posters on this board:

1. Reptile.
2. Reptile.
3. Reptile.
4. Reptile.
5. Reptile.

From the U.S/ N. America :-

Wilco
THe Jayhawks
The Flying Burrito Bros.
The White Stripes
Neil Young & Crazy Horse

From the U.K :-

The Rolling Stones
The Beatles
The Who
The Kinks
The Pretty Things

stones
zeppelin
beatles
who
police

The Rolling Stones
Aerosmith
Pink Floyd
Genesis
Beatles

No specific order

UK -

Stones
Who
Jam
Clash
Smiths

No.1 - The Stones


USA -

Velvet Underground
Stooges
Temptations
Four Tops
Jimi Hendrix Experience

No.1 - The Temptations

Jamaica -

Abysinnians
Congos
Wailers
Culture
Wailing Souls

No.1 - Wailers