Most Influential Rock Artist Ever

guerillabedlam · 11-25-2009, 06:20 PM

I chose The Beatles. In their short tenure they had Bubblegum pop, rock, folk, psychedelia, and even attempted some other generes in various songs.

So often when im listening to other music not even related to rock do i hear The Beatles.

All i have heard from Badfinger sounds like a bad attempt at Beatles 2.0.

I've heard the Beatles in Nirvana (about a girl), Chemical Brothers (Private Psychedelic Reel), MGMT(Weekend Wars), Oasis (Don't look Back), Klaxons (Golden Skans), The Verve (Bittersweet Symphony).

Those are just a few examples and there influence is far reaching to other bands on this list and heavily throughout the 70's and 80's

View Poll Results: The Most Influential Rock Artist
The Rolling Stones	12	3.74%
The Beatles	152	47.35%
The Who	12	3.74%
Led Zeppelin	28	8.72%
The Kinks	4	1.25%
Bob Dylan	41	12.77%
Jim Hendrix	37	11.53%
The Velvet Underground	35	10.90%
Voters: 321. You may not vote on this poll

11-25-2009, 06:20 PM	#11 (permalink)
guerillabedlam Groupie Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 9	I chose The Beatles. In their short tenure they had Bubblegum pop, rock, folk, psychedelia, and even attempted some other generes in various songs. So often when im listening to other music not even related to rock do i hear The Beatles. All i have heard from Badfinger sounds like a bad attempt at Beatles 2.0. I've heard the Beatles in Nirvana (about a girl), Chemical Brothers (Private Psychedelic Reel), MGMT(Weekend Wars), Oasis (Don't look Back), Klaxons (Golden Skans), The Verve (Bittersweet Symphony). Those are just a few examples and there influence is far reaching to other bands on this list and heavily throughout the 70's and 80's