The Beatles almost have to be #1. They created the template for the modern rock band. In one way or another, every band since the early 60's has been influenced by The Beatles. And they still remain as relevant as any band that's come before, or after them.
@total.stranger
4 ай бұрын
Yes, agreed. The Beatles created the template for the modern rock band, and The Beatles, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, and The Who - i.e. THE BIG FOUR - created the template for modern rock music that every other band, both British and American, is still using, utilizing, and developing today.
@orourkedamusic
5 күн бұрын
I still don't see what the fuss was about. I really don't get it.
@TheAlbumReviewGuy
5 ай бұрын
Top quality run down here Barry. Well presented and made so interesting with that individualistic approach to delivery that makes your channel a must watch
@mariawesley7583
5 ай бұрын
I agree. The Kinks were so influential. They had the ability to make this Yank feel British, especially with "Village Green".
@williammckay9229
5 ай бұрын
My first thought was the Kinks. I’m glad he said them. I think it was a good list.
@TimSpangler-v9i
5 ай бұрын
@@williammckay9229 Hollies > Kinks
@kelbale
5 ай бұрын
Did Ween make you feel Boognish?
@TimSpangler-v9i
5 ай бұрын
@@kelbale Let it be
@SagaciousFrank
Ай бұрын
Never understood the praise for The Beatles, the Kinks I can listen to.
@alfietomkins7829
5 ай бұрын
I'm so pleased that you mentioned the Kinks, I regard them as influential as the Beatles, and just as great
@SagaciousFrank
Ай бұрын
The Beatles are drastically overrated. I'm not a major Kinks fan, but if one of their songs come on the radio, it holds up way better in my opinion.
@PJprog
5 ай бұрын
I can certainly see Syd Barrett's Floyd being an influence in part to the earliest era of Blur. Superb. The Beatles of course have to be the most important...we all know how skillful and diverse their playing and musical direction is , and maybe it was the time and space they were present in... but my word I don't think , hand on heart that there will EVER be a band as important or influential as The Beatles ever again. Certainly in OUR lifetimes. Thanks Barry for another great video. 😍
@2008PLS
5 ай бұрын
What pisses me off is that these millennial revisionists will reduce the Beatles as a "boy band". I honest don't understand how these kids could be so ignorant and blase, in their opinion about the most important band in Rock. 🤦♀🤦♀🤦♀
@johnmurphy9385
5 ай бұрын
Conspicuously absent here are The Rolling Stones and The Byrds. Each one was enormously influential in providing a template for the thousands of musicians inspired to form bands by The Beatles, who transcended templates. Either the blues-rock template of The Rolling Stones, the folk-rock template of The Byrds, or some combination of the two was the point of departure for the vast majority of bands formed in the wake of the Beatles. What the Beatles gave the world was the rock band paradigm itself and the imperative for rock bands to write their own songs. What The Rolling Stones and The Byrds gave were starting-points for doing that for those who lacked Lennon's and McCartney's genius: i.e. almost everyone. Kids who ran out to buy guitars after seeing the Ed Sullivan show or A Hard Day's Night couldn't write or sing like John and Paul. But they could play twelve-bar blues progressions like Keith Richards and vocalize like Mick Jagger. That's what all the teenage American garage bands of the 60's did. Or they could learn to arpeggiate the "cowboy chords" of Dylan songs like Roger McGuinn. That's what all the California bands of the 60's and 70's did. I'd say The Rolling Stones (and/or The Yardbirds) are more important historically than Cream, The Stooges, Led Zeppelin, or Black Sabbath, who would not have existed without them, and that leaving those bands off the list would have left room for The Byrds and the folk-rock, psychedelic, country-rock, and alternative bands for whom they paved the way.
@PhilBaird1
5 ай бұрын
The Byrds were great but they started to fall apart almost immediately. How many great albums ? The Stones were magnificent in many ways but nowhere near as influential as the Beatles.
@earlgrey691
5 ай бұрын
I would have put the Byrds in there myself,maybe in place of Sabbath, but l defer to Barry's astute summation's in the main.
@earlgrey691
5 ай бұрын
@@PhilBaird1 5 off the top of my head, 5 being imho the benchmark of greatness but they also had an important socio/cultural cache to boast concurrently.
@ohsoedgy6888
5 ай бұрын
Also The Ramones I would add need to be on this list
@gregwilliams3120
5 ай бұрын
I'd include the Beach Boys before the Byrds.
@czechmate784
2 ай бұрын
Glad that the Velvet Underground picked up some well deserved recognition.
@JohannesYtterstrom
5 ай бұрын
The Band might have a place on a similar list somewhere. They are highly linked to Bob Dylan and his early electric years, they made Eric Clapton want to quit Cream, they made Elton John write one his most beloved and different albums, they are a big name in Americana, they made one of the most influential concerts of all time and much of their music is timeless I think while lots of their contemporaries sound dated (not bad, just obviusly from a certain time).
@nationaltrevor255
5 ай бұрын
Crossed my mind too, fantastic artists..👍
@pedroV2003
5 ай бұрын
Bravo for including the Who, Kinks.
@BruceColon-BSides
5 ай бұрын
The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd will always be top 3 for me
@douglasjaeger1559
5 ай бұрын
Agreed
@stratosvar4875
5 ай бұрын
agreed
@josephvera2991
5 ай бұрын
Agreed.
@eyeprod3101
5 ай бұрын
Finally someone who doesn't put The Stones, Sex Pistols, or god forbid, Nirvana in a top 10 influential bands. I 100% agree with this list.
@mark240862
5 ай бұрын
No Wombles??? All fantastic musicians and they always cleaned up after themselves. 😉
@andrewholliday251
Ай бұрын
Kasenatz Katz Super Circus is pretty much the basis of all modern pop (including K). Influential doesn't have to mean good.
@GorgeousRoddyChrome
5 ай бұрын
Comment Section: "Them's fightin' words!" 😂 Great list. I enjoyed your most eloquent, often quite lyrical commentary. 🤘
@calaca-skullball
5 ай бұрын
1. Pink Floyd - most influential band for me, by far. 2. The Beatles 3. Rolling Stones 4. Led Zepellin 5. The Who 6. Cream 7. Black Sabbath 8. Kraftwerk 9. King Crimson 10. Sex Pistols
@backrowbrighton
5 ай бұрын
Fine visual essay Barry. We all have our own ideas regarding this but I can't find fault with any of your choices.
@russellcampbell3274
5 ай бұрын
Pleased that you mentioned the Incredible String Band re. Led Zeppelin.
@justpeachy4938
5 ай бұрын
The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Who, The Funk Brothers (Motown house band), The Wrecking Crew (LA session players), The Swampers (FAME/Muscle Shoals house bands), Zappa & The Mothers, James Brown & The JB’s.
@marktait2371
5 ай бұрын
yeh this past week i bought 1974 glen campbell the crew and billy vera and the beaters 1981 swampers those guys were staples same as funk bros. agree
@kevinwilt5496
7 күн бұрын
Booker T and the MGs?
@jblassio
5 ай бұрын
Buddy Holly and The Crickets is in the DNA of every single band. They should not be ommited from this list.
@adamfindlay7091
5 ай бұрын
❤
@shirleymental4189
5 ай бұрын
Nope. Try again.
@jblassio
5 ай бұрын
@@shirleymental4189 yeah live up to your name!
@sapporo1832
5 ай бұрын
I agree completely about Buddy Holly's place, but - not to insult the Crickets - I wonder if this is similar to what he said about Jimi Hendrix.
@jblassio
5 ай бұрын
@@sapporo1832 I only mention this because of the fact that the Crickets was the first time in pop that we saw a 4 piece band become known worldwide. Buddy also collaborated with Jerry Allison to write most of the songs. Buddy was not a solo artist until breaking in with The Crickets.
@H-mu4bo
5 ай бұрын
Without The Kinks, there would be no Madness, Blur, Slade, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, The Stranglers, The Clash, Sex Pistols, XTC, David Bowie, UK Squeeze, Stiff label artists like Jona Lewie, Wreckless Eric etc. A call out to the Moody Blues for creating prog rock.
@MarkStevens8899
5 ай бұрын
Massive influence on Paul Weller
@nihilistlivesmatter
5 ай бұрын
Sure there would
@toddparke8535
5 ай бұрын
Procol Harum created prog rock.
@dellafenton2417
5 ай бұрын
@@MarkStevens8899Along with The Small Faces......
@ianjameson5524
5 ай бұрын
Your one hundred percent right about The Moody Blues creating Prog Rock. Most people don't think they are cool 😎 anymore so like to think it was King Crimson.
@loftlegacy
5 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed such a personal trip through time. Thank you.
@RogerGriffiths-nj3ro
5 ай бұрын
Someone mentioned the Band. They certainly had a huge influence on American music from the 70's onwards.
@200405InVision
5 ай бұрын
The Kinks back catalogue just seems to get better with every passing year. To me it's obvious without them most bands would have struggled for inspiration. Particularly thanks to the genuis of Ray Davies. My No 1.
@John-k6f9k
5 ай бұрын
Being "important" has a certain coolness to it but being important isn't a requirement for great music. As an analogy , the three greatest composers are generally regarded as JS Bach , Mozart and Beethoven. Bach wasn't that important in his own life, it was only many years after he died that his greatness was recognised, and by that time the style he composed in wasn't the fashion. Mozart was mostly following the style of earlier composers like Haydn. Beethoven though was extremely important, most of the 19th century music was influenced by him. So JS Bach and Mozart weren't that "important" really, they just wrote great music.
@BobbyBass-x6i
5 ай бұрын
Love the Rush t-shirt. The Beatles started it all. The Who, Pink Floyd and The Kinks were important after the Fab Four as part of the British Invasion in the US along with the Stones. The Dead, the Doors and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young in the US. Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath were an important part of the 2nd US invasion. The 60s bands influenced the other bands to come in the 70s and beyond. Thanks for the video.
@occamraiser
5 ай бұрын
No Velvet Underground? Alice Cooper, AC/DC. I cannot concur.
5 ай бұрын
No Jeff beck group no led zeppelin
@erolbulut2584
5 ай бұрын
Little Richard started it all.
@eccehomer8182
12 сағат бұрын
So why no Rush on the list then? Seems the vast majority of contemporary rock musicians cite them as an influence… far more than King Crimson or The Stooges ever have been.
@chipman61
5 ай бұрын
The Rolling Stones have to be on any type of list if you are going to have one. I like your list despite that big omission.
@chrisstones1249
5 ай бұрын
Superb ,mate, I didn't agree with three of your choices ,but hey that's part of what makes your channel great👍👍👍👍👍
@ship523
5 ай бұрын
Good to see Cream getting some recognition.
@harlow743
5 ай бұрын
CREAM WERE TREMENDOUS !!!!!
@handsomestik
Ай бұрын
We owe such a debt of gratitude to England. I’m an American and you guys kicked our butts when it came to music
@RogerGriffiths-nj3ro
5 ай бұрын
Didn't the Beatles say they were heavily influenced by Buddy Holly and the Crickets, you can't get more influential than that.
@RubUOutC
5 ай бұрын
Going down that road risks going back infinitely in time, though, until the only influential band is Ug and Grug throat-singing and playing stegosaurus bones like a xylophone.
@RogerGriffiths-nj3ro
5 ай бұрын
That's true but you have to start somewhere and they were operating only a few years the Beatles
@SPGhettus
5 ай бұрын
Their first top hit was based on a song by Roy Orbison. They drew influence from so many places that none of them add up to making the list just because of their influence on the Fab Four.
@seansrecords
5 ай бұрын
@@RubUOutC😂😂😂
@RogerGriffiths-nj3ro
5 ай бұрын
First 4 piece group with a singer songwriter but fair enough, maybe not so influential
@jeremymorrison3494
5 ай бұрын
Congrats on the 60K. Much deserved. Great Channel. Best Regards, Jeremy
@vicprovost2561
5 ай бұрын
My Top 10 Rock Bands that were both influential and I actually loved them most of my life: 1 The Beatles 2 The Rolling Stones 3 The Jimi Hendrix Experience 4 Pink Floyd 5 Led Zeppelin 6 The WHO 7 Black Sabbath 8 Deep Purple 9 Van Halen 10 UFO (Classic lineup with Michael Schenker on lead guitar). That's mine but really, it should be a top 50, I love so many talented bands that I considered for #10 but UFO is the most underrated band for me, in my lifetime. Saw them 5 times (3 x Michael Schenker, once each with Paul Chapman and then Vinnie Moore on lead guitar), always on a multi-band bills, and they were just plain better than anyone they played with (Styx, REO, etc, though Blackfoot at least gave it extra effort) other than Blue Oyster Cult, who could be #10 for me on a different day. Too many bands anyway going, say the Beatles were the best and here are 50 that could be #2! Rock On! 🎵🎸🎤🎸🎹🎶
@matthewlacey5307
5 ай бұрын
Full agreement on UFO.
@misterschubert3242
5 ай бұрын
Your list is juuuust about right! Nice!
@lesknight5416
5 ай бұрын
Fantastic list big up for including UFO, and mentioning blue oyster cult
@DerekGM6
17 сағат бұрын
You really have to be my age (75) or older to really understand the impact that the Beatles had not just on what was then just pop music, but also culture and fashion. Up until 1963 popular music was all rather MOR and twee, manufactured idols from Tin Pan Alley. She Loves You hit the world like a thunderbolt, shaking it to its core, and nothing would ever be the same again. Even now, listening to that epochal single sends shivers of excitement up my spine. For a while, every subsequent Beatles single just went straight to No 1, selling millions. To be honest, I was never really a Beatles fan, because they were everywhere, as a teenager one could not escape their music, the fashions such as long hair, then them embracing psychedelia and the hippy movement. The whole world hung on their every utterance, literally, with John Lennon lying in bed with Yoko Ono making what they thought were profound observations to the assembled press. As for the stars of the preceding era, they didn't know what had hit them. Musically of course the Beatles were extraordinary innovators both compositionally and technically. I mean, who would think of playing a bit of music backwards as part of a song? Of course there were others who were also innovating and producing amazing music -the Beachboys, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Rolling Stones, the Who, all sorts of bands with huge talent and as a teenager of the 1960s I feel so lucky to have lived through that wildly exciting period. Of course it has not ended even today, and even at 75 I lap up all kinds of new music, but I have been spoiled rotten through six decades of fantastic pop, rock, prog and dance music all kickstarted by the Fab Four.
@jesuschambers
5 ай бұрын
Creedence Clearwater Revival I would say were a massively important and influential band too.
@paulkazakoff9231
5 ай бұрын
I love CCR and would put them in before Rolling Stones.
@Leo_dont_shoot_video
5 ай бұрын
They would definitely be top 20, maybe 15, along with the Allman Brothers and Skynyrd.
@deepzepp4176
5 ай бұрын
Nah, not as influential as many, many others.
@chuckm4540
5 ай бұрын
America's answer to The Beatles, and a heck of an answer at that!
@deepzepp4176
5 ай бұрын
@@chuckm4540 Not even close
@brianmahan3289
16 күн бұрын
Enjoyed your video. Very good points were made, but surprised no Stones. Curious on your take.
@adamlosurdo2114
5 ай бұрын
Love your channel, Barry, but not a fan of this list. Where the hell is Van Halen? They spawned countless wannabes and there's a Sirius XM channel (Hair Nation) that wouldn't exist without VH. Not to mention the thousands and thousands of guitarists inspired by EVH. I cannot possibly fathom how anybody could say The Stooges or Velvet Underground are more influential. And that's not even taking album sales into account. I'd like to think you're not biased against US bands. And that's coming from a Yank who mostly listens to UK bands.
@NewFalconerRecords
5 ай бұрын
I have no problem with you leaving out the Rolling Stones. They have always been great at adapting other styles of music and making it their own. I don't think that they were that groundbreaking (maybe aside from Brian Jones' exotic instrumental contributions). The Kinks definitely branched out in more interesting ways than the Stones, and it's great that in recent decades they've been acknowledged more and more as true innovators. I would have put in the Clash as opposed to Cream though. The Clash blended many styles of music and reinvented it their own way. Cream aren't really that relevant any more. An amazing band to be sure, but I can think of at least ten other bands who I'd put in this list ahead of them. Otherwise, I can't really fault the rest of the top ten. Good provocative stuff.
@andrewholliday251
Ай бұрын
Good comment. The Rolling Stones are one of my all-time favourite bands - but they were never particularly important in terms of musical impact. Everything they did generally followed closely behind someone else leading the way. Musically, they were always followers...in fact following was their founding ethos - to boldly go where every blues artist had gone before. Later they applied the same thinking to RnR, pop, psychedelia, soul, disco, roots, country, sounding like a Stones tribute band...and so on.
@tonyhelliar3719
5 ай бұрын
My ten would perhaps be; 1. Beatles 2. Beach Boys 3. Rolling Stones 4. Kinks 5. Yardbirds 6. Led Zeppelin 7. Fairport Convention 8. Pink Floyd 9. Velvet Underground 10. Nirvana Bubbling under, ABBA, Sex Pistols, Shadows, Hollies.
@swfcocs1
5 ай бұрын
It's a great list, just 10 is very tricky. Personally I might include Fleetwood Mac over Fairport, The Smiths maybe over Velvet underground (though that is very debatable) and with just 10 there's no room for Black Sabbath or The Clash , Kraftwerk or Public Enemy
@aminmalik4086
3 ай бұрын
No Nirvana...
@bobtransvaal144
3 күн бұрын
@@aminmalik4086....Correct. No way Nirvana and The Who should be top 5
@daveben3573
5 ай бұрын
Yardbirds would be a good shout as the root to many subsequent branches of classic rock.
@MrCherryJuice
5 ай бұрын
Yardbirds, for sure. One of the first Brit blues bands, during their Jeff Beck era they pioneered psych, garage, raga rock, jamming (from their 'raveups') etc. and opened the gates for Cream and Hendrix. Even the Beatles weren't immune to the influence of the Yardbirds, with Paul McCartney's solo in 'Taxman' suggesting his love of his friend Beck's riffing in 'Over Under Sideways Down' and 'Shapes of Things'. Though British bands tend to cite American influences, the American bands often cite British bands, and the Yardbirds are often cited by the likes of Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent, KISS etc.
@mixaliskokkinos1496
5 ай бұрын
Don't shout at deaf ears the man is on the "track"..😂😂 Velvet Underground,Who,Kinks,even the walks laughing 😂😂😂
@yinoveryang4246
5 ай бұрын
Nah
@mahogany174
5 ай бұрын
I would include the Yardbirds before the Who
@dannybursace9151
7 күн бұрын
After a couple vids…you’re not a music snob, level head & like the style…subscribed!
@lameduck3630
5 ай бұрын
'There was nothing like The Yardbirds'. Jeff Beck
@magiscichoam
5 ай бұрын
A brilliant analysis and insightful perspective. The first concert I attended was “Cream” in 1967 at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit. It evolved my musical perspective and ignited my 50 plus years love affair with drumming. The only band on your list that I never saw live is “The Velvet Underground”. Bravo! Thank you!
@submarineUK
5 ай бұрын
A great question is what made English band's so influential for so many decades.
@stevehoran5595
5 ай бұрын
Americans excel as solo acts. Maybe it's because of all of our rugged individualism. 😁 The poster doesn't even rank the Jimi Hendrix Experience though, imo, they should be included over Cream. And I assume he excluded them because they're seen as a solo act with a rhythm section.
@smythharris2635
5 ай бұрын
@@stevehoran5595or as someone commented on a drum website, Jimi was Mitch Mitchell's guitarist.😅
@H-mu4bo
5 ай бұрын
English fondness of the absurd, and literate background seemed to be the difference. American was more base emotion.
@vordman
5 ай бұрын
@@stevehoran5595 He did explain.
@vordman
5 ай бұрын
I think they all fed off each other. Word gets around quickly in the UK. It's a very self-contained country. You see it in comedy too, The Goons, Pythons, Vic & Bob etc
@iandalby4273
4 ай бұрын
Can i just say a BIG thank you to you for all your vlogs, both entertaining and informative excellent thank you
@tonyhelliar3719
5 ай бұрын
Fairport Convention? Created the folk rock genre and were the best. Hugely influential to many and still performing to a high standard.
@steverogers2635
5 ай бұрын
No that would be the Byrds.
@robbaskerville253
5 ай бұрын
Never heard of them
@lamecasuelas2
5 ай бұрын
I'd love to see you And Andy just rambling about music! Have a nice weekend my friends!
@charleswells8453
5 ай бұрын
My list would be (not in any order): The Beatles The Rolling Stones The Who Pink Floyd Led Zeppelin The Doors The Velvet Underground Steely Dan Roxy Music U2 I think all of these pioneered a new branch of rock music eg psychedelic rock, heavy rock, jazz rock, art rock, rock opera, blues rock.
@Dave062YT
5 ай бұрын
So hard to narrow it down to just 10 I'd have Talking Heads and Dr Feelgood in there but not idea who to remove .Cream at no.2 a bit high for me I'd swap them with the Kinks .Great food for thought anyway
@dwaynejessome1728
5 ай бұрын
10) U2 9) Nirvana 8) Genesis 7) Black Sabbath 6) The Cure 5) Roling Stones 4) The Who 3) Pink Floyd 2) Led Zeppelin 1) The Beatles
@mikedem755
5 ай бұрын
You cannot omit the Byrds, Beach Boys, Rolling Stones or Sex Pistols without an explanation. Get serious 😮
@davidschecter5247
5 ай бұрын
British bias, methinks. Byrds and Beach Boys are still influencing bands to this day. and when Brian Wilson started self-producing his band at 21, that totally changed the music industry. For really the first time, the composers were deciding what their records would sound like. Yeah, there was Spector, but all his records sounded similar.
@JeffRogers1962
5 ай бұрын
Good list . You saved it at the last second by including The Doors
@NelsonMontana1234
5 ай бұрын
The Stooges and Velvet Underground influenced thousands of equally untalented people to think they too can be in a band.
@macheesmo3
5 ай бұрын
I tend to think Sabbath should be a bit higher and Velvet Underground a bit lower, but hard to argue with your list. BUT, one could make a good argument that the MC5 should replace The Stooges
@murdockreviews
5 ай бұрын
Interesting list and lots of good choices. The only entry i would definitely not have in such a top 10 are Cream. As influential as they were, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Doors or even one of the essential indie and alt bands from the 80s would be more crucial imo.
@Lazy_Sundae
5 ай бұрын
Who knew Mike Ehrmantraut had a twin brother? 🤔
@fernandodebisogno6428
5 ай бұрын
Mike Ehrmentraut's ranking
@Lazy_Sundae
5 ай бұрын
@@fernandodebisogno6428 ?
@classicalbum
5 ай бұрын
Love 'Breaking Bad'
@Lazy_Sundae
5 ай бұрын
@@classicalbum Cool! And please take my post as a compliment - Mike was a really cool character :)
@xensboy1
5 ай бұрын
Interesting video. My personal Top Ten Bands list would be the following: ABBA R.E.M. The Beatles The Clash The Jam The Police The Smiths The Teardrop Explodes U2 Ultravox + Honorable mentions: Depeche Mode Echo & the Bunnymen Roxy Music Rush Talking Heads
@opaknack5997
5 ай бұрын
Coil, Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk, Can, Tangerine Dream, Hüsker Dü, Black Sabbath, Ulver, Joy Division, Velvet Underground,
@tan-jello
5 ай бұрын
Never heard of Coil, Can, or Ulver.
@opaknack5997
5 ай бұрын
@@tan-jello just listen to them ...being not so popular, doesn't mean that they were not important.
@Titus9508
5 ай бұрын
@@opaknack5997 Coil are a rewarding listen, start with 'Musick to play in the Dark, vols 1&2'
@Titus9508
5 ай бұрын
Yes to Tangerine Dream, taught the world how to use sequencers.
@opaknack5997
5 ай бұрын
@@Titus9508 yes - together with Klaus Schulze
@authork.c.sivils3400
5 ай бұрын
Stones should have been on this list. They were the first in so many areas of performing rock and roll.
@keriford54
5 ай бұрын
I'm not really Stones fan, but I would have put them on my list, just for their 1960s singles alone, hard to argue about their influence.
@sawneyhasbean
5 ай бұрын
I agree. I think it's really a case of "The next 8 Important Bands..." I know that we all have our favourites, but, come on! Beatles and Stones are the root cause of all this list! I'm glad that he said that Ramones & Pistols stand on the shoulders of The Stooges...Correct! but the Stooges themselves stood on the shoulders of The Rolling Stones...Ron Ashton himself explained this clearly!
@genepoole1771
5 ай бұрын
Nope.
@jenscee7679
5 ай бұрын
No they shouldn’t because it’s not your fucking list.
@scottstambaugh8473
5 ай бұрын
I was ready to be outraged by the lack of The Doors, but you saved it at the end. I will take an honorable mention.
@simonholyoak8869
5 ай бұрын
I am glad that you mentioned Percy Plant ripping off Marriott and The Who. Talking of which, no Small Faces?
@jjvermeer
3 ай бұрын
I agree with you 100% on Plant ripping off Marriot. In what way did he rip off Daltry? He sounds nothing like him. His stage presence is nothing like Daltry's. The curly hair? The guy has curly hair. What's he supposed to do?
@simonholyoak8869
3 ай бұрын
@@jjvermeer and the fringed jacket. The way he moved on stage. To name but two
@frankpentangeli7945
5 ай бұрын
Hi, here's my list in no specific order. By the way, this is my list of most IMPORTANT bands, not necessarily the most influential. I make a distinction here because for instance, based on popularity, record sales and fan followings, bands such as Journey and Foreigner can be considered "important", though I doubt they influenced many other musicians. To me the "most important" bands were both influential AND popular. So here goes: - The Beatles - The Rolling Stones - The Doors - CCR - Led Zeppelin - Pink Floyd - Black Sabbath - Deep Purple - The Sex Pistols - The Police Honorable mentions: - Yes - Genesis - Jethro Tull - The Beach Boys - Nirvana - Rush - The Who - The Mothers - The Velvet Underground - The Moody Blues - Roxy Music - Metallica - Rage Against the Machine - Soundgarden
@keithstover2899
5 ай бұрын
I like your list, but The Who deserve first-tier recognition. By infusing the Who's song cycle with a storyline/narrative, Townshend's rock opera took concept albums to a whole new height--one that could be argued hasn't been topped to this day.
@frankpentangeli7945
5 ай бұрын
@@keithstover2899 You make a fair argument but these lists are somewhat subjective and, honestly, I just never thought The Who were that great. So I can't see them displacing anyone from my top 10. I recognize their importance by including them in my honorable mentions.
@thehitchsman7435
5 ай бұрын
Definitely Yes! They'd be in my top 10
@jamesheath7601
5 ай бұрын
Syd Barrett ❤
@stevewoodhouse621
5 ай бұрын
Every single one of those bands: one or two guitars, bass, drums, singer, maybe some keyboard, self-contained unit playing songs they’d written themselves. So where are The Crickets? By definition of everything we think of when we talk about a band, The Crickets are the blueprint. Irrespective of whether you like the music, the songs, the style, Holly’s voice and guitar, JI’s drums, it’s impossible to deny their extraordinary influence.
@exhaustguy
5 ай бұрын
I think the Crickets fit in with the Jimi Hendrix Experience and to some extent The Doors as well (being dominated by the front man). The dominance of the front man just can't be denied (the Doors maybe less so given Morrison didn't play an instrument).
@sbutler860
21 күн бұрын
@@exhaustguy I never thought of that. Just now I made a case for The Shadows, but presumably they were left out because of their association as a backing band for Cliff Richard. x
@antoniogalianojerez9942
5 ай бұрын
Genesis king crimson and yes. While they are the best (with pink floyd), they should be the more influential, because musicians of other groups should try to learn from them.
@MP-ej9pw
5 ай бұрын
Finally, someone who acknowledges Kraftwerk as being a driving influence of the Techno 20 years before the Detroit scene came to be.
@junk_rig_sailor1698
5 ай бұрын
Never heard of them until this video
@herchelleonwood7463
3 ай бұрын
kraftwerk was a giant influence on Joy Division , New Order, Devo, Gary Numan and much of the early new wave, post punk.
@junk_rig_sailor1698
3 ай бұрын
@@herchelleonwood7463 I will take your word or it. Those groups were much better at it then than Craftwerk, because until this video I hadn't heard of them, and that hasn't change no matter their influence. Cheers.
@Man-From-Another-Place
2 ай бұрын
@@junk_rig_sailor1698 They were much better, yet you've never even heard of Kraftwerk? How does that work?
@richardpluck6658
Ай бұрын
@@junk_rig_sailor1698 You're from the US aren't you? Kraftwerk were the foundational influence behind all early 80s synth bands. Particularly audible in the 78-83 period in the UK which was pretty much ignored by the US. Their robotic rhythms were picked up later in the US to sow the seeds of both Detroit techno and Chicago house. Of course US being the US they originated a form and never evolved it; it took Europe to take the seed and develop it into the vast array of dance styles that evolved from house and detroit techno.
@KevyNova
5 ай бұрын
Good list. I’d include Van Halen because they came along in 1978 when Disco was dominating the charts but their debut album was incredibly successful and influenced most rock bands throughout the ‘80s.
@philipkershaw7918
5 ай бұрын
Agreed! Though I would argue: Throughout the '80s and still today.
@johndonohoe3778
5 ай бұрын
I glad you included the Kinks. The lyrics, instrumentation, and production all great. When you think about it they have written hit songs on all sub categories of rock. Sad that they were black balled here in the states for awhile Barry. But I guess in essence the Kinks are an English music hall band with amplifiers. Thanks for your content.
@sstaners1234
2 ай бұрын
I get Velvet Underground but, the Doors, Stones, and Ramones should definitely be on this list. In fact the song Sympathy for the devil and heroin inspired me to write songs in the same vein.
@peterwinters8587
5 ай бұрын
Correct List: Beatles, Stones, Zep, Who, Sabbath, Deep Purple, Cream, Boston, Van Halen, Triumph
@H-mu4bo
5 ай бұрын
Triumph! Good band "Allied Forces" is a great album!
@MarkStevens8899
5 ай бұрын
No the gentleman already gave the correct list I think you'll find.
@garyh.238
5 ай бұрын
Certainly any list worth its salt should include Deep Purple.
@nationaltrevor255
5 ай бұрын
I’ve never in my life heard or read anyone mention Triumph as influential, or anything special for that matter.
@peterwinters8587
5 ай бұрын
@@nationaltrevor255 until now
@markharwood7573
Ай бұрын
Not a band exactly, and not my favourite skiffler, but Lonnie Donegan made a difference as the big star in the movement that pulled the Beatles together amongst many others.
@CliveHutchby
5 ай бұрын
King Crimson. Enough said.
@FredBloggs919
5 ай бұрын
Maybe too far ‘out there’… wherever that may be, plus ‘ Schizoid Man is what? Proto proto!
@DonaldMains
5 ай бұрын
Not really, but everyone is entitled to their opinion.
@dougreed2257
5 ай бұрын
How predictable,'king crimson' a tad overestimated in my opinion!
@SuperNevile
5 ай бұрын
King Crimson admitted to be have been influenced by The Moody Blues, especially Mike Pinder's Mellotron. Of course an "influential" band like "The Moodies" would never be on anyone's list (in fact it took around 50 years after their Magnificent 7 albums to get in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, whatever that is). Anyway, they are my band of influence and my little secret 😉
@dougreed2257
3 ай бұрын
@@SuperNevile totally in agreement👍
@jamesjukebox2386
5 ай бұрын
10 Cream. 9 Black Sabbath. 8 AC/DC. 7 The Who. 6 The Sex Pistols. 5 Jethro Tull. 4 Bob Dylan. 3 Pink Floyd. 2 Led Zeppelin. 1 The Beatles.
@billg763
5 ай бұрын
An excellent report and analysis. I imagine it would be difficult to distill a list down to ten bands only. But when you raise Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin my mind wanders over to two of their peers in that era. Uriah Heep and Deep Purple were both influential and pioneered a genre that many have followed since then. It would be interesting to hear your views on those two bands as well. Cheers.
@garyh.238
5 ай бұрын
Yes Purple especially should be on any list of this type.
@SparkAttack86
5 ай бұрын
Definitely. Probably thee most influential band on progressive hard rock and metal since they incorporated psychedelic, blues and classical into the rock format. You could also argue without Purple there would have been no Rainbow, Whitesnake or any other bands that cite them as influential including Metallica, Queen, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Van Halen or Def Leppard and so on.
@bobmartino8073
5 ай бұрын
Not having Van Halen on this list, which I understand is YOUR list, is unfathomable. They literally created a rock and roll not heard before. EVH blew up the guitar industry with Strat style guitars having humbucker pickups and a floating tremelo system, David Lee Roth is arguably the most influential front man in rock history and they, as a group, set the stage for the entire "hair metal" scene. Every band in 1980 wanted to be them. One of, if not the, greatest debut albums in the history of rock and roll but again, this is your list. SMH
@garyh.238
5 ай бұрын
Deep Purple anyone!?!? No, unfortunately once again the Red-Headed Step-Child hidden away in the attic.
@dwaynejessome1728
5 ай бұрын
They had a great moment, but too many lineup changes with seveeral subpar albums
@garyh.238
5 ай бұрын
@@dwaynejessome1728 Line-up changes perhaps......but sub-par albums? Not many. Zeppelin and Sabbath each had a couple of dud albums in their 70's catalogue before Zep ended and Sab changed singers. The main difference, was Zep & Sab had larger than life managers who were more protective of their charges and who didn't over-milk their cash cow the way Purple management did. Clever, savvy marketing by the Zep and Sabs camps too....that was not Purple's forte. Superior musicianship and virtuosity was however Purple's claim to fame.
@dwaynejessome1728
5 ай бұрын
@@garyh.238 no disrespect intended - I love Deep Purple. I included U2 and I don't really like them very much. But I considered the breadth of their catalogue & how they influenced the musicians my younger brother's age. I considered Deep Purple (along with Queen & left them both out for very similar reasons) until I thought hard about their discography - first three albums were not very good. Then In Rock came and it had some incredible songs but the rest of the album is spotty. Fireball - excellent. Machine Head (top 20 all time rock album) Who Do We Think We Are - similar to In Rock - some greatness but spotty with filler Burn - lineup change & excellent album! Stormbringer - solid album Come Taste the Band - another lineup change - As much as I love Tommy Bolin - the album is a just good - not great Perfect Strangers - classic album & they would never be the same after that. They did 10 weak albums with numerous lineup changes after that. I don't see a dud in the Zep catalogue - & with Sabbath personally I like the Never Say Die and Technical Ecstasy quite a bit & feel they're underrated. Then they followed that with two classics - Heaven & Hell & Mob Rules.I can see Purple's greatest stuff being enough to put them over for some. For me, Purple would be top 20
@krakatoa1200
5 ай бұрын
The kinks were incredible, i think they influenced many later 'heavy' bands. I think Family, and king Crimson also played a part.
@nationaltrevor255
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for another excellent post Barry. Though not in complete agreement with you, I think there’s a case for everyone on your list and that’s what makes for a good debate about it. Pleased to see The Kinks especially getting some plaudits. Growing up, The Jam were the first band to make a real impact on me and their influence was life-changing. The first gig I saw was them at The Rainbow in 1981, I was 14. Through them and primarily Weller’s influences as a songwriter, I soaked up The Beatles, Who, Kinks, Small Faces, Motown and off you go on that ever-unfolding joyous joining of the dots! Always enjoy your channel old sport. All the best..👍 Oh! Extra thanks for "Sydless" and "Teutonic tinkling." Lovely..
@DrDooDah
5 ай бұрын
Yes, yes, and thrice yes. Nice one, dude!
@paultomaney8285
5 ай бұрын
Nice to have you back..... Of course Floyd need to be on that list!
@John-k6f9k
5 ай бұрын
Pink Floyds music is lullabies for stoners.
@andrewholliday251
Ай бұрын
@@John-k6f9k binaural beats on valium? I write as a fan of course....
@peterkiefel4324
5 ай бұрын
Good list and well considered. I'm sure the choice of Rush T-shirt is a preemptive strike to placate the Rush army of uber faithfull (myself included), but clearly they are downstream of Cream and Led Zep. Thanks
@Bctass
5 ай бұрын
Forgot Buddy Holly and the Crickets, who set the template for a 4 piece band
@keithgibbings4048
5 ай бұрын
In my humble opinion, I'd certainly put the Rolling stones in instead of that awful band the Velvet underground .
@stevehoran5595
5 ай бұрын
Comments: I don't get Pink Floyd's appeal but that's my cross to bear. I don't think the Stooges are worthy. Both Iggy and Patti Smith were influenced by Jim Morrison and I think the Doors should be listed instead. The Doors also influenced a lot of 80s bands from the UK: Echo & the Bunnymen; Billy Idol; the Cult... etc. Though I know they're considered the progenitors of a zillion variants of metal (eg goth metal, stoner metal, space metal, yer granny's metal), Black Sabbath are essentially Led Zeppelin without acoustic guitars and musical virtuosity. Not worthy, imo. I'm glad to see you include the Kinks. Their great songs, the early proto-punk hits, the incipient glam/androgyny... Also, I think they were the first UK band to really embrace their Englishness. Beatles and Stones etc were grappling with convincingly appropriating American music. Ray Davies was too self conscious to bother, I think. The Who went from copying the Kinks to copying Led Zeppelin (I think Townshend has who influenced whom backwards: whom influenced Who). But they have a place, I guess. The VU influenced a lot of bands but they're, by and large, awful and pretentious bands. Just awful shit. I'd put the Stones where you put VU. I'd put the Jimi Hendrix Experience where you put Cream. Noel Redding didn't bring much to the table but Mitch Mitchell's Elvin Jones stylings were a large part of their sound. I agree on the Beatles being #1.
@nationaltrevor255
5 ай бұрын
Though I’m not in complete agreement with you, that’s a very well written opinion my friend. Cheers..👍
@stevehoran5595
5 ай бұрын
@@nationaltrevor255 thanks!
@dringypie
5 ай бұрын
Janes Addiction influenced an entire movement of alternative bands in the 80s. People blame Nirvana for ruining metal but JA did all that in the late 80s
@fritty9927
5 ай бұрын
And Niel Young was doing it in the 60’s!
@NowhereMan7
5 ай бұрын
Every band on the list should be a mid 60's band, despite how massively influential any later bands are. Like Led Zeppelin for example are one of the most influential bands ever, but the could not exist without the evolution rock music from mid sixties to 1969. You have to first agree on the start date, which would be 1963 or thereabouts when rock bands truly began. And from that point an accurate list would be almost exclusive to the following years. For example, a list like this would make sense to me: The Beatles Rolling Stones The Beach Boys The Byrds The Kinks The Who Cream Velvet Underground Pink Floyd The Doors After around 1966 and 1967 the number of sub-genres of rock music had already exploded and would continue to do so exponentially beyond counting thanks entirely to bands from rocks formative years like these ones. So it doesn't make sense to look any further into the future. The titles says what are the most important bands (to have shaped popular music as we know it, presumably). Yet the video starts saying "what are the most 'influential' bands", which is different and adds confusion. So yes Led Zeppelin are a more influential band that the Kinks, for example, but they began too late to make the list, already standing on the shoulders of the mid sixties (not to even mention early blues artists). Same goes for Black Sabbath, and all other pioneering, influential bands that came after these few short years. Hope that logic makes sense.
@tombeithemist5255
5 ай бұрын
I like your point...it's all a bit of fun though!
@NowhereMan7
5 ай бұрын
@@tombeithemist5255 No fun allowed! If he changed the title to most influential bands I'll allow it. 😤
@bmardon2112
5 ай бұрын
IMO 1 - The Beatles Rush Elvis Presley Queen Led Zeppelin The Who Ramones Deep Purple Black Sabbath Nirvana
@goatuscrow4135
5 ай бұрын
Nice, and the added bonus of The Doors was the icing on the cake.
@gabrielchurch2170
3 сағат бұрын
1. The Beatles 2. Rolling Stones 3. The Who 4. Pink Floyd 5. Black Sabbath 6. Velvet Underground 7. MC5 8. The Doors 9. New York Dolls 10. Joy Division
@louiss6788
5 ай бұрын
The Doors had to be on that list of 10, but okay, at least you mentioned them for 11. As a huge Pink Floyd fan it would break my heart if you didn't mention them. 🎸
@carlosaramayo7633
5 ай бұрын
The Doors should be on top 5.
@H-mu4bo
5 ай бұрын
The Doors influenced the Stooges. The Doors should be in the top 10 for sure.
@carlosaramayo7633
5 ай бұрын
@@H-mu4boYes, Iggy Pop was a fan of Jim Morrison.
@rft2001
2 ай бұрын
The Moody Blues' "Days Of Future Passed" has to be one of most influential albums of all time. It was revolutionary. It should be in the top 3.
@edwardgonczy3170
5 ай бұрын
Rolling Stones. Grateful Dead, the band who showed the way for every "jam" band that followed. 60 years don't lie. And in some strange way, they still live.
@50songs
5 ай бұрын
Great t-shirt! I have that one in my sizeable collection of Rush shirts and it's a personal favourite.
@rakeshadhin
5 ай бұрын
Like Andy you unfortunately left out Deep Purple. There is a reason Zeppelin, Sabbath and Purple are mentioned in the same breath as the pioneers of heavy metal. Deep Purple invented speed metal with Fireball in 1971 and of course Ritchie Blackmore inspired the whole neo-classical guitar movement. In 1993, musicologist Robert Walser defined him as "the most important musician of the emerging metal/classical fusion". As a result, he is credited as a precursor of the so-called "guitar shredders" that emerged in the mid-1980s.
@garyh.238
5 ай бұрын
Completely agree with you......but the pattern of Purple-exclusion from lists of the mighty and influential continues the same way it has for several decades. There is a narrative which runs within rock criticism circles which somehow chooses to ignore Purps' contributions to the genre.
@SparkAttack86
5 ай бұрын
Ok, so why no DP? They helped shape heavy metal mixing classical with psychedelic, blues in progessive hard rock. Even had iconic off-shoot bands like Rainbow and Whitesnake. The list of bands influenced by DP include Metallica, Iron Maiden, Van Halen, Def Leppard, Motorhead, Queen... i mean, the list goes on. Ritchie Blackmore was the first true shredder and invented neoclassical metal with Rainbow. Easily the most important guitarist of the genre, but rarely gets mentioned alongside Hendrix, Page or Clapton.
@huongdan50
5 ай бұрын
Good list; read a lot of the comments - certainly the Allman Brothers Band gave us Southern Rock, which seems rather influential too.
@cliffbungalow9373
5 сағат бұрын
The Stones reintroduced blues music to America
@johnthrasher8146
5 ай бұрын
Hard to wrap my head around a list of most important bands with The Byrds not mentioned. The Byrds made Dylan international, created the whole west coast country rock genre (for good or ill) with the Burrito Bros, Eagles, Jackson Brown, Dirt Band, Poco, CSN & Y all heavily influenced. I think the Stones get a nod, too. Maybe a baker's dozen list per chance? Thanks for the thoughtful segment, even with (imo) a big omission.
@wongnaichungrd
5 ай бұрын
Agree about the Byrds, I would make a point in merging folk with rock their influence out lasted all others from the era. The Beatles for all their greatness didn't reinvent the wheel. Also the Band would be very high on my list. Pretty close to the motherland of Americana. And of course the Beach Boys should be in there.
@denniswinters2541
5 ай бұрын
The Byrd's made Dylan.Hardly, Dylan made The Byrd's and I love The Byrd's.The Kinks could be the most underrated band.Syd Barrett was way overrated.I like later Floyd.Seen them in '75,'77,'79.
@johnthrasher8146
5 ай бұрын
@@denniswinters2541 Bob, himself, is the first to say how much he owes to Roger McGuinn & the Byrds. The Byrds first album had 4 Dylan songs on it and made both the band and Dylan international stars with Mr. Tambourine Man and All I Really Want To Do. Everyone in the pop world started recording Dylan songs after The Byrds first record. Not saying that Bob Dylan was not great. He's the best songwriter of the entire rock era in my mind, but the Byrds really propelled his star in the 1960s.
@andrewholliday251
Ай бұрын
@@johnthrasher8146 The clue is that the original Tambourine Man is 3/4; the Byrds is 4/4. Dylan's versions have been 4/4 ever since.....
@YimmyyaRashoo
Күн бұрын
The kinks and velvet underground , you must be joking. Jethro Tull & Fleetwood Mac would be better choices , head and shoulders more influential with a ton more output
@seabud6408
5 ай бұрын
None of them would have wanted to follow Deep Purple on stage when in their prime .. 1969 to 1975. No other band could have recorded “Concerto for Group and Orchestra” and “Deep Purple in Rock” within a few months of each other in 1969. No one could play rock guitar like Ritchie Blackmore between 1968 and 1977. No one could have played the solo on Child in Time (studio version) but RB. Who’s missing in the sequence Clapton, Hendrix, ___?___ Eddie Van Halen … Yip .. RB. I have a theory that as Eddie played Purple covers in his band pre fame, he actually hit on his tapping technique by trying to play Jon Lord’s organ solos on the guitar. He realised he’d struck rock gold when he pulled that off .. say on Highway Star .. and hats off to him. That’s why he never cited Ritchie or Purple as an influence IMHO. Give me a break Eddie … 😀
@kraz007
5 ай бұрын
Deep Purple is still touring and have a new album. Machinehead is unmatched. It's in my top 3.
@brianpirie5490
5 ай бұрын
Doing a concerto shows just how up their own arse they were. That said yes they were influential..
@ianjameson5524
5 ай бұрын
I read somewhere that Eddie got the tapping technique from watching Steve Hackett.
@danielmacdonald8349
5 ай бұрын
The fact is - in the 70’s and 80’s every up and coming guitarist wanted to sound like RB. That being said - DP should have been on this list - along with King Crimson - the BIGGEST influence on progressive rock - and also Yes should have been included. Just my opinion.
@seabud6408
5 ай бұрын
@@brianpirie5490 With respect. You haven’t been in the audience at a performance of the Concerto. (I’ve seen it 3 times) It was designed for live performance as a conflict/resolution piece for group and orchestra. I saw one of Jon’s last performances of it with a student band and orchestra (which he mentored) in Edinburgh/Usher Hall. It got two 5 star reviews in the National press the next day. That’s how great it was and still is 55 years later. The 1969 premier has restored film and remixed sound in surround and sounds fantastic. Give it a listen. The score was lost after it was performed in Los Angeles in the early 70’s. A Dutch PhD student reconstructed it listening to the vinyl album and presented it to Jon. Purple packed arenas all over Europe in the 90’s playing it .. with Ronnie James Dio singing excerpts from Roger Glovers Butterfly Ball album and joining Purple at the end of their second half band set. Jon Lord was given several honorary Doctorates for his musical achievements .. but the Rock and Roll hall of fame waited until he died until inducting Purple (after a campaign headed by Metallica) Lars - “Deep Purple were just better than everyone else” The Concerto is one of the best live musical experiences one can have .. believe me. 😀
@TheNobbynoonar
5 ай бұрын
The ten most important bands for me were the ones I played in.
@nicholasbyrne7315
5 ай бұрын
I'm not sure if I agree with Led Zeppelin being an influence on NWOBHM, surely Wishbone Ash & Judas Priest had more of an impact on the young musicians that came through in the late 70's & early 80's. Wishbone Ash were not a 'Heavy' band, but their use of twin harmony guitars certainly made an impact on the young Steve Harris among many others. And many bands that became part of that movement used that template of twin guitars playing off each other.
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