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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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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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Who I've Seen Live
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Bands that have rocked my face off or at least played well or poorly enough that I'm capable of remembering having seen them.
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The very first groups I listened to when I was a kid
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I grew up in the Midwest. My first exposure to rock was from a jukebox at a dingy arcade while I played Wizard of Wor. I hope that explains things.
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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 RG Dalton on August 03, 2010 07:41 for The Best Rock Bands Of All Time
Eddie's tapping technique on the guitar was and is fun to listen to and a great guitar player!

by b2walton on March 04, 2010 02:12 for Bad Suicide Hotline Hold Music
Jump! "Just go ahead and Ju-ump!" That's all the motivation they needed.

by Clark Benson on October 25, 2009 19:50 for Top 500 Musical Groups/Artists of Alltime
Tho the first 4 albums are the alltime classics, I am also a fan of the Van Hagar era (mainly the first 2 albums of that era). And I was pleasantly-shockingly- blown away by the reunion they did with Wolfgang on bass.

Jen and I saw them in LA in the "Sammy" days. It was a great show. We got to meet the band back stage and get a picture. Why oh why were baggy clothes and flannels in back then. Oh well, lesson learned!

Sorry, Sammy and the other leads just don't make the cut when I think of Van Halen. It's gotta be David Lee Roth. Spandex-wearing, big-haired, leg-kicking David Lee Roth.

  


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  by anonymous at May 01, 2010 09:41 about Van Halen on Top 500 Musical Groups/Artists of Alltime
Way over-rated here.

 

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