Air Supply
Dr. Hook
The Little River Band
Captain and Tennille
Debbie Gibson
Honorable mentions:
Abba
Bread
America
The Beach Boys
Seriously, for me:
1. Stones
2. Zepplin
3. The Who
4. AC/DC-Aerosmith (tie)
5. U2-REM (tie)
Honorable mentions: CCR, Doobie Brothers, Boston, The Clash, Pink Floyd, Def Leppard, Talking Heads, REM, the Kinks, the Pretenders, RUSH, Foriegner, Judas Priest, Tom Petty, The Eagles, KISS, Van Halen, ZZ Top, The Police, The Cars, Clapton, INXS, YES, Eurythmics, Guns and Roses, Lenny Kravitz, Sublime, Collective Soul, and many others.
Contenders I'd admit to
friends, but not to strangers list: (and some you may not consider "bands"): KC and the Sunshine band, the Gap Band, Parliament,
Earth, Wind, and Fire, ELO, Fleetwood Mac, Styx, Queen, REO, Journey, Cheap Trick, The Scorpions, Jefferson Starship, Triumph, Nirvanna, Pearl Jam, Elton John, Prince, Michael Jackson, Madonna, The Cure, New Order, and Bon Jovi. Today, Nickelback, Linkln Park, Eminem, Nelly, Pink, and others.