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Here's a list of at least some of the most popular bands (no solo artists) among TRFers (in whatever order I think them up). Rush included! Rearrange the list in order to your own preference, best to worst. Feel free to just rank the ones you know.

 

1. Rush

2. Led Zeppelin

3. Yes

4. Genesis

5. Aerosmith

6. The Beatles

7. The Rolling Stones

8. Queen

9. Iron Maiden

10. Judas Priest

11. Def Leppard

12. UFO

13. Black Sabbath

14. The Who

15. Marillion

16. Styx

17. Kansas

18. Toto

19. Steely Dan

20. Van Halen

21. Soundgarden

22. Alice In Chains

23. Metallica

24. Megadeth

25. Mastodon

26. Dream Theater

27. AC/DC

28. Pink Floyd

29. Jethro Tull

30. Triumph

31. ZZ Top

32. U2

33. R.E.M.

34. Deep Purple

35. Blue Oyster Cult

36. Thin Lizzy

37. Heart

38. Nirvana

39. The Police

40. Foo Fighters

41. Uriah Heep

42. Boston

43. Journey

44. Ghost

45. Porcupine Tree

46. King Crimson

47. Supertramp

48. Guns 'N' Roses

49. The Doors

50. Lynyrd Skynyrd

 

Okay have fun, lol. This is not my ranking by the way (which should be obvious seeing as Queen is only number 8!)

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1. Queen

2. Rush

3. Genesis

4. Dream Theater

5.The Beatles

6. Pink Floyd

7. Yes

8. The Rolling Stones

9. The Who

10. Soundgarden

11. Led Zeppelin

12. Judas Priest

13. Styx

14. Foo Fighters

15. King Crimson

16. Thin Lizzy

17. Aerosmith

18. Van Halen

19. Megadeth

20. Kansas

21. Black Sabbath

22. U2

23. Iron Maiden

24. Supertramp

25. The Police

26. ZZ Top

27. Def Leppard

28. Metallica

29. AC/DC

30. Journey

31. Mastodon

32. Jethro Tull

33. Boston

34. R.E.M.

35. Guns 'N' Roses

36. Nirvana

37. Toto

38. Blue Oyster Cult

39. Deep Purple

40. Steely Dan

41. Alice In Chains

42. Heart

43. UFO

44. Porcupine Tree

45. Uriah Heep

46. The Doors

47. Lynyrd Skynyrd

48. Triumph

49. Marillion

50. Ghost

 

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Rush

Thin Lizzy

Black Sabbath

Judas Priest

The Beatles

Aerosmith

Van Halen

AC/DC

Led Zeppelin

Deep Purple

Mastodon

Blue Oyster Cult

Megadeth

Metallica

Iron Maiden

ZZ Top

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Triumph

Queen

The Rolling Stones

Yes

Steely Dan

UFO

Pink Floyd

Nirvana

Alice in Chains

R.E.M.

Genesis

The Who

Def Leppard

Journey

Heart

Guns 'N' Roses

King Crimson

Kansas

The Doors

Jethro Tull

The Police

Boston

Uriah Heep

Soundgarden

U2

Ghost

Supertramp

Styx

Porcupine Tree

Toto

Foo Fighters

Dream Theater

Marillion

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For me, these are the bands that would be at the bottom of my ranking ( in no particular order ).

 

Some of these bands I don't like and others I know nothing about.

 

 

Iron Maiden

 

Marillion

 

Styx

 

Toto

 

Megadeth

 

Mastodon

 

Triumph

 

Heart

 

Boston

 

Journey

 

Ghost

 

Guns 'N' Roses

 

Lynyrd Skynyrd

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1. Queen

2. Rush

3. Genesis

4. Dream Theater

5.The Beatles

6. Pink Floyd

7. Yes

8. The Rolling Stones

9. The Who

10. Soundgarden

11. Led Zeppelin

12. Judas Priest

13. Styx

14. Foo Fighters

15. King Crimson

16. Thin Lizzy

17. Aerosmith

18. Van Halen

19. Megadeth

20. Kansas

21. Black Sabbath

22. U2

23. Iron Maiden

24. Supertramp

25. The Police

26. ZZ Top

27. Def Leppard

28. Metallica

29. AC/DC

30. Journey

31. Mastodon

32. Jethro Tull

33. Boston

34. R.E.M.

35. Guns 'N' Roses

36. Nirvana

37. Toto

38. Blue Oyster Cult

39. Deep Purple

40. Steely Dan

41. Alice In Chains

42. Heart

43. UFO

44. Porcupine Tree

45. Uriah Heep

46. The Doors

47. Lynyrd Skynyrd

48. Triumph

49. Marillion

50. Ghost

 

I did it.

 

Great job on a near impossible task!

 

The big question is, where would The Kinks rank on your list?

 

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The Beatles

The Who

Genesis

Queen

Led Zeppelin

Rush

Aerosmith

Pink Floyd

The Rolling Stones

Def Leppard

Van Halen

Thin Lizzy

The Doors

Styx

Kansas

Black Sabbath

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Supertramp

Guns n Roses

Nirvana

Yes

ZZ Top

Foo Fighters

Steely Dan

Jethro Tull

Blue Öyster Cult

Boston

Heart

The Police

AC/DC

U2

R.E.M.

Iron Maiden

Judas Priest

Metallica

Deep Purple

Uriah Heep

Toto

Journey

 

*The following bands I couldn’t rank because I either haven’t heard them before or don’t know enough of their music to make an assessment...

 

Alice In Chains

Dream Theater

Ghost

King Crimson

Marillon

Megadeath

Mastodon

Porcupine Tree

Soundgarden

Triumph

UFO

 

**I would substitute the above bands with the following as they would be either in my top ten or quite near the top...

 

The Alarm

The Beach Boys

Alice Cooper

The Cars

Cheap Trick

The Clash

King’s X

The Kinks

Ramones

The Stray Cats

Stryper

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This old fart is staying out of this one.

Half of the bands on the initial list would be eliminated.

 

Partially because I neither heard the band, or heard enough of them to form an honest opinion, or

What I have heard of the band puts them in one of two lists-"meh", and "no".

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Removing bands about which I am ambivalent/ignorant/or actively dislike from the 50 reduces it to about 15 :laughing guy:

VH, Rush and Sabbath are probably the only bands that I listen to regularly now from that shortlist. I`m sure the others will come back around on the listening cycle.

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I hadn't listened to Zeppelin in ages, but the past week I've been going through their discography, and it's reminded me why I'd place the alone at the top of this list without reservation.
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Am I like the only person here who thinks The Eagles are really, really fukking good (in my top 10 for sure)?

Not sure they're in my top ten, but they are one of the greats for sure.
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Removing bands about which I am ambivalent/ignorant/or actively dislike from the 50 reduces it to about 15 :laughing guy:

VH, Rush and Sabbath are probably the only bands that I listen to regularly now from that shortlist. I`m sure the others will come back around on the listening cycle.

Great observation, IJ. I started with the OP list and broke those into 4 categories:

 

Like, Meh (OK but not a big fan), NA (ambivalent or ignorant/ haven't heard enough), and NO.

 

End result: Like, 15. Meh, 12. NA, 8. NO, 15.

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Off the top of my head:

 

 

The Beatles

Rush

The Rolling Stones

Led Zeppelin

Black Sabbath

R.E.M.

Pink Floyd

Nirvana

King Crimson

The Police

U2

Van Halen

The Who

Yes

Deep Purple

Steely Dan

AC/DC

Genesis

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Heart

Supertramp

The Doors

Metallica

Queen

ZZ Top

Jethro Tull

Aerosmith

Porcupine Tree

Judas Priest

Iron Maiden

Foo Fighters

Soundgarden

Guns N Roses

Blue Oyster Cult

Thin Lizzy

Alice in Chains

Megadeth

Journey

Styx

Kansas

Boston

UFO

Ghost

Toto

Uriah Heep

Mastodon

Marillion

Dream Theater

Triumph

Def Leppard

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As for bands I thought about but didn’t include, it came down to if I thought they were generally more popular on this forum than any of the other bands listed. I may very well be wrong about Ghost being more popular than The Eagles, The Kinks, or The Ramones, but I do tend to see a lot of interest in Ghost and more of a passing admiration for those others except by certain members. In any case those are some great bands that didn’t make the list, many of which would sit nicely in my rankings.
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Am I like the only person here who thinks The Eagles are really, really fukking good (in my top 10 for sure)?

 

the eagles are amazing. ad very wel could be in mine depending on the day.

 

Mick

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