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The Best Rock Bands Of All Time
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The best rock bands of all time, as voted on by music fans on Ranker. Click 'contribute' to add your input to this list of the greatest rock and roll groups ever. The list updates automatically every time new votes are added, making this a statistically-accurate representation of the community's collective rankings of the top rock bands in history. Add your picks to the list, vote for your favorite bands and rock on.
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Top 500 Musical Groups/Artists of Alltime
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Top 500 Rock Bands isn't 100% accurate as this includes solo artists, and though it does not include jazz or blues it does include soul, R&B, Americana, reggae, and classic country (yes, that is somewhat arbitrary, but for whatever reason i listen to blues and jazz differently than the rest, and would be too hard to compare Miles or Ornette or Hooker to, say, Aerosmith). Criteria for my greatest bands of all time list is a combination of recorded albums, live shows I've seen, live recordings I've heard, radio songs, and even overall image/album covers/general coolness or uniqueness. I guess that was a way of trying to explain that the ranking is just a gut feeling. But it's probably about 50% based on "live chops", hence the lower ranking of the Beatles, who quit playing live before the most creative parts of their career. I am very into live shows and live recordings. Obviously, this list will change over time. I'm adding commentary to items whenever i get a spare minute or something interesting comes to mind about a band, probably 10-20 entries a month.
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Rolling Stone: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time
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Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the 100 best musical artists of all time. For the full article go to: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty
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20 Songs About Careers Out There
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You'll learn lots more about career paths at Careers Out There dot com than you could ever learn from pop songs! That's because we present video interviews with real professionals who discuss the realities of their career paths to help you find the right career fit. BUT you can also learn a little something about the different careers out there by listening to pop music! Check it out:
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50 Bands I've Seen In Concert... That I Remember
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My musical taste is pretty random, but the one constant is that I love to see live shows. Here are the first 50 concerts that popped into my head when I started this list. Feel free to "comment" or create your own list... (And you can click on the black "discuss" box to learn more about my experience at that show!)
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Worst Band Names Ever
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Seriously? "As I Lay Dying"? C'mon, people.
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The Best Rock Bands Of All Time
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The Best Rock Bands Of All Time
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Career Began:
Haight-Ashbury  San Francisco 
Genre(s):
Acid rock  Jam band  Rock music 
Albums:
Workingman's Dead  Grateful Dead  American Beauty  Live/Dead  Anthem of the Sun  Aoxomoxoa  Beyond Description (1973-1989)  Birth of the Dead (disc 1)  Birth of the Dead (disc 2)  Built to Last  Dead Set  Dick's Picks! Volume 26  Dick's Picks! Volume 27  Dick's Picks! Volume 28  Dick's Picks! Volume 28 (disc 2)  Dick's Picks! Volume 29  Dick's Picks!                                                                                                                                                               
Induction Date:
1994
Hall of Fame:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 
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by Ranker Community on August 26, 2010 03:31 for The Best Rock Bands Of All Time
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by JohnH on August 03, 2010 20:21 for The Best Rock Bands Of All Time
Not so much a band as a lifestyle.

by RG Dalton on August 03, 2010 07:37 for The Best Rock Bands Of All Time
Acid heads were very loyal would follow the band on their tours.

by Luber on May 10, 2010 09:36 for 20 Songs About Careers Out There
"Monkey & the Engineer" = Railroad careers This is another....

Oooh, this is the infamous June '91 concert where we all know what happened...

  


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