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Originally Posted by Smegma covered bell-end
I only started listening to rock music about a year ago.
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Maybe that's the reason you think that way about Beatles.
Back on the topic, let's accept that Elvis and Chuck Berry aren't on that list, because they aren't "rock" but "rock n' roll". Otherwise, the battle would be between the two of them. They are much more influential than any of the artists mentioned (James Brown isn't "rock", too, but so isn't Bob Dylan, so I think JB should be on the list, too).
So, if we accept that this is only about "rock" artists influencing the "rock" genre, we immediately exclude some of the options. For example Dylan (his influences spread from political movements to the birth of the hippie movement, and so on, not that much for the rock music itself), Hendrix (he was more influential for the metal genre), and so forth. Even The Beatles, because (although I may be attacked) they had as much influence on the pop music as on the rock music itself. So, between the choices left, I'd choose The Who, because their biggest influence was on pure "rock" bands like Led Zeppelin and Queen.
Another topic is that each one accepts differently terms like "rock", "hard rock", "rock n' roll" and so on, so excuse me if you got me wrong about something.