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Is Guns N' Roses a top 10 US band all-time?

Yes or No

  • Yes

    Votes: 47 28.5%

  • No

    Votes: 109 66.1%

  • Shuked

    Votes: 9 5.5%
  • Total voters
    165
I'm going "no," tough the answer is more convoluted than I thought. Lot of people I respect on the board saying "yes."

Beach Boys are certainly better than GNR. It's not even close. 

 
Ok, bands definiately better than GnR

Grateful Dead

Van Halen

Pearl Jam (if for no other reason than @Tremendous Upside so no arguing on this one otherwise maybe they go below)

Nirvana

Lynard Skynard

Credence Clearwater Revival

Metallica

Aerosmith

Allman Brothers

The Doors (although I can't stand them)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Bruce and the E Street Band

Crosby Still Nash (& Young)

Beastie Boys

Beach Boys

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 

Prince and the Revolution

(if we want individuals not fully associated with a band add Elvis, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Billy Joel, Ray Charles and if we take the title literally not to cover just rock, a couple dozen jazz, big band, country acts and other 'bands' to throw in)

Probably Better

Eagles

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Bon Jovi (  :X  , but hard to deny their impact)

Steely Dan

The Supremes

Run DMC

The Temptations

Probably mossing a few and any number could be argued in the second group as this is just at first blush.

So, even mlre confidently than before... No.  Not even top ten rock acts as demonstrated above, 

 
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Koya said:
Ok, bands definiately better than GnR

Grateful Dead

Van Halen

Pearl Jam (if for no other reason than @Tremendous Upside so no arguing on this one otherwise maybe they go below)

Nirvana

Lynard Skynard

Credence Clearwater Revival

Metallica

Aerosmith

Allman Brothers

The Doors (although I can't stand them)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Bruce and the E Street Band

Crosby Still Nash (& Young)

Beastie Boys

Beach Boys

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 

Prince and the Revolution

(if we want individuals not fully associated with a band add Elvis, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Billy Joel, Ray Charles and if we take the title literally not to cover just rock, a couple dozen jazz, big band, country acts and other 'bands' to throw in)

Probably Better

Eagles

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Bon Jovi (  :X  , but hard to deny their impact)

Steely Dan

The Supremes

Run DMC

The Temptations

Probably mossing a few and any number could be argued in the second group as this is just at first blush.

So, even mlre confidently than before... No.  Not even top ten rock acts as demonstrated above, 
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The jackson 5 and NWA would also definitely be better than G&R.

 
Absolutely. 

Theyre Mike Tyson. Not a lot of longevity, but lightning in a bottle for a short while and disrupted and dominated like nobody else. 

 
Took way too long before Elvis, Springsteen and the Grateful Dead were mentioned.  And I'm not even much of a fan of 2 of those 3.

Oh, and he'll no to the OP.

 
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Eephus said:
Speaking of miles, both Miles Davis Quintets belong on the list. 
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Hence my comments in if we go by the definition of band, not rock band or even pop.

Miles

Dave Brubeck Quartet

Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Art Blakey and the Messengers

Cab Calloway Orchestra

Glen Miller Orchestra 

Count Basie Orchestra

Modern Jazz Quartet

The performers, which ever band they played with... Wynton, Satchmo, Monk, Dizzy

Oh, I didn't even mention the super group Blind Faith... ONE album and they were both better and more a historical influence than GnR.

 
At this point, if we are talking 'band' - not heavy rock, not rock, not rock/popular music - they are an honorable mention, at best.

 
Hard to have reverance and respect for a band that authored these lyrics:

 







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Lyrics
One, two, one, two, three, four
Yes I needed some time to get away
I needed some peace of mind
Some peace of mind that'll stay 
So I thumbed it, now it's six in L.A.
Maybe a Greyhound could be my way 

Police and s, that's right 
Get outta my way
Don't need to buy none of your 
Gold chains today
Now don't need no bracelets 
Clamped in front of my back
Just need my ticket 'till then
Won't you cut me some slack

You're one in a million
Yeah that's what you are
You're one in a million babe
You're a shooting star
Maybe some day we'll see you
Before you make us cry
You know we tried to reach you
But you were much to high
Much too high
Much too high
Much too high

Immigrants and fagots
They make no sense to me
They come to our country 
And think they'll do as they please
Like start some mini-Iran
Or spread some ####### disease
And they talk so many ### #### ways
It's all Greek to me





 
Short Corner said:
I'll take Purple Rain over the entire GnR library.
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I would, too, but even calling Purple Rain a group effort is sketchy.  Yeah, it is created to Prince and the Revolution, but When Doves Cry, for example, was not a group effort; everything we hear in that song was played or sang by Prince. 

 
pollardsvision said:
Holy ####. 1. That list is ####. 2. US Rock seems a little underwhelming, looking at that. C. Nirvana at 3? Really? I mean, ####. I get it that a couple of songs really spoke the tortured soul of suburban white kids for a couple of years and effectively killed hair metal, but that's just stupid.
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hair metal was stillborn. it's rock like porn is cinema

 
mr roboto said:
Rolling Stone ranked Pet Sounds #2 album of all time. Let me guess - you only know their early surfer pop stuff. 
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The Beach Boys are considered pop music put to chamber music put to classical. If you're arguing with someone who isn't a fan, you're wasting your time. 

I'd also argue that Weezer put out two or three better albums than GNR, too.  

 
rockaction said:
The Beach Boys are considered pop music put to chamber music put to classical. If you're arguing with someone who isn't a fan, you're wasting your time. 

I'd also argue that Weezer put out two or three better albums than GNR, too.  
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Big fan of the Weezer Blue Album and not really a hair metal fan but Appetite for Destruction is epic.

 
How I missed (era: yes I'm an idiot)Funkadelic/Parliament (when you are the sample for half of an entire genre) I don't know. far more influential than GnR.

and FWIW I think GnR rocks.  And it's two great albums IMO and Use Your Illusion was pretty damn good.

Still not close to top ten and at this point I have them out of the top twenty. 

 
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Koya said:
How I missed U2 and Funkadelic/Parliament (when you are the sample for half of an entire genre) I don't know. Both better and each far more influential than GnR.

and FWIW I think GnR rocks.  And it's two great albums IMO and Use Your Illusion was pretty damn good.

Still not close to top ten and at this point I have them out of the top twenty. 
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Don't think U2 qualifies.

 
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