Shit, didn't even think about the Stones. They should probably be on my list. Soundgarden would be in my Top 10, but not 5.

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This songs should only be listened to LOUD.

how about Wakeman's solo album, Journey to the Center of the Earth or whatever??


PASS on 4 sides of a synthesiser solo

King Arthur was performed by ice skaters dressed as knights on horseback.

C'mon...really?

It's really hard to come up with a top 5 list because it depends on what mood I'm in. Sometimes my list might include 80's alternative like Guadalcanal Diary and REM. Other times it will be classic rock or 80's NWOBHM like Holocaust or Angelwitch. Lately, I've been on kind of a 70's kick and have been picking up stuff that I didn't use to like as much, like Neil Young or CCR.

I have a half full 160g iPod and I usually just have it on random so don't really favor one band over another.

As someone who likes Zep, Rush, Yes and Tull, I also like every group on your list.

Need lots of bass for this....

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to be honest, the more bass I play, the more Noel starts to annoy the shit outta me.

I'd rather have Billy and Buddy.

To me, it goes like this :

Band Of Gypsys>Cry Of Love Band>The Experience.

Flame away.

agreed; great musicians, a couple of decent songs, then so WAY WAY overrated to the point that they made a career out of it.

Kinda like Phish, only on a way smaller scale.

In the order that I recall listening to them:

1. Van Halen
2. Ozzy
3. Iron Maiden
4. Metallica


5 is tough, toss-up between NIN and Jane's Addiction.

A lot of good ones on there--surprisingly good. Many would fit right in on the 70s albums. Of course, many of them were largely written in the 70s, so that makes sense.

Interesting take. "1983...A Merman I Should Turn to Be" is my favorite Hendrix tune of all time, oddly enough.

I just started playing the bass a few months ago (after nearly 3 decades on the guitar) and I freaking love it.

I type this as 'Sparks Will Fly' off Voodoo Lounge blasts from the Marantz receiver behind me :

as cliché as it sounds at this point, there's really no arguing that The Rolling Stones are actually the world's greatest rock and roll band.

Don't care who likes 'em or not, what anyone's opinion is; no one has done it better for longer. Their 'worst' album is better than most band's best, period.

Keith singing 'The Worst'...oh, irony.

Not fair really, that they've found a way to continue touring even though Keith has been clinically dead for like 20 years...

Hendrix was pretty good.