Members dparr Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 Dire Straits Black Sabbath Kinks Cream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tron Murphy Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 Interesting... look what I just found:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists_in_the_United_States Lol yes, this. There have been so many lists about everything. Why do we even bother any more? There is a list for everything almost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onyxrhino Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 I love ABBA. Good call! actually, i was trying to point out the absurdity of equating profits with quality. I think ABBA is terrible. YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 actually, i was trying to point out the absurdity of equating profits with quality. I think ABBA is terrible. YMMV. LOL right over my head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 9520575 Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 misfits, parilment funkadelic, grandmaster flash, & kraftwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jenesis Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 Interesting... look what I just found:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists_in_the_United_States No ABBA. For shame, America. For shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dpizappi Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 Also, Townes van zandt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members evets618 Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 There's something wrong with a world in which Kid Rock beats Hendrix. Seriously wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MojoZilla Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 Success? How about influence? Sure, the Beatles and Stones had a lot of success and a lot of influence... but if you reach beyond them 20 years, who had a broader influence than Joy Division? Jeez, half of everything "modern" came from there. Well maybe not half, but they spawned just a ____load of top shelf bands and music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members decode6 Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 I'd say The Bensons or The Ombudsmans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Lou-Dog Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 As far as I'm concerned, it's The Beatles The Stones Bob Dylan David Bowie Jimi Hendrix Frank Sinatra Elvis Stevie Wonder Michael Jackson Ray Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 Interesting... look what I just found:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists_in_the_United_States The most interesting thing about this list for me is that this is mostly music that us old folks listen to, not the teenage demographic with all that supposed dispensible income. Lesson to all the young guns: if you want to make it rich as a rock star, then write songs that appeal to the older generations :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erased_over_out Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 Success? How about influence? Sure, the Beatles and Stones had a lot of success and a lot of influence... but if you reach beyond them 20 years, who had a broader influence than Joy Division? Jeez, half of everything "modern" came from there. Well maybe not half, but they spawned just a ____load of top shelf bands and music.Influence is cumulative - Joy Division didn't spring immaculate into the world, they were the sum of their influences... Influences like Bowie, Iggy and hence the Beatles, Stones etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 9520575 Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 FrkEDe6Ljqs commadores sans richie greatest band ever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erased_over_out Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 The most interesting thing about this list for me is that this is mostly music that us old folks listen to, not the teenage demographic with all that supposed dispensible income. By being solely based on sales figures, it also omits bands like the Grateful Dead, who surely must be considered as having been financially successful from their ability to continually tour & fill huge venues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 By being solely based on sales figures, it also omits bands like the Grateful Dead, who surely must be considered as having been financially successful from their ability to continually tour & fill huge venues? .... only in the States though, I couldn't even name one of their songs... and I don't know a single person that likes them or even owns an album by them. I think successful has to mean international success in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LSDis4me Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 The Dead were unique in the fact that their best music was primarily to be found on bootleg tapes rather than on their studio records. I saw the Dead when I was 14 (first time experiencing the lysergic ). But didn't really understand how to listen to them until I was 30 and had a Deadhead girlfriend with a lot of tapes. The Dead were probably the most successful rock band based upon their concerts rather than records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Poltergeist Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 The Ramones Joy Division King Crimson Black Sabbath Bob Dylan Tom Waits will post more later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 There's something wrong with a world in which Kid Rock beats Hendrix. Seriously wrong. BAWITDABA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onyxrhino Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 .... only in the States though, I couldn't even name one of their songs... and I don't know a single person that likes them or even owns an album by them. I live in the States and this is my experience as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 .... only in the States though, I couldn't even name one of their songs... and I don't know a single person that likes them or even owns an album by them.I think successful has to mean international success in this case. You've never heard Casey Jones?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheQuietWilds Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 You've got to include the Dead on any top ten list like that. They basically built the Jam-band scene by themselves. You could argue that they were the basis for an entire counterculture up until Jerry's death. I'd say, if you count only groups, not solo artists like Elvis, Bob Dylan or Sinatra, or bands named for the frontman (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, BS and the E Street Band, etc); basing on work done pre-1990, so not counting U2's chart-toppers post 1990 and their top-ranking tours, for example; and using the ethic of a combination/averaging of Sales, Touring Gross, Cultural Relevance and Musical Impact 1 - Beatles2 - Pink Floyd3 - Rolling Stones4 - Led Zepplin5 - Black Sabbath6 - The Ramones7 - Grateful Dead8 - Metallica9 - Fleetwood Mac10 - The Eagles I don't even like most of these bands, but when you're a on the list of top album sales and tour gross, you've got to hand it to them, they're 'successful.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bdegrande Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 .... only in the States though, I couldn't even name one of their songs... and I don't know a single person that likes them or even owns an album by them.I think successful has to mean international success in this case. No, I think playing before probably more people than any other band in history qualifies as success no matter where you set the bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 I get The Grateful Dead about as much as RoboPimp gets Radiohead. But yeah, in the US at least, TGD belong among the most successful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Expressway to yr Skull Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 You've got to include the Dead on any top ten list like that. They basically built the Jam-band scene by themselves. And for that very reason they deserve be sealed within a pit of their own excrement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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