the best rock band (active) in the world

[SBTNW]

by "best", i mean:
- popular
- quality of its music
- sales
- importance
- influence on other bands
- influence in history music
- number of fans
- tradition (trajectory)
- most respected
EVERYTHING! the whole package.

 

[dick van cock]

"Best" as defined by *in their current shape* = Pearl Jam

"Best" as defined by *what they've done in the past* = the Rolling Stones

 

[Friday on my mind]

While I have not bought any of those groups very recently,is REM still active?They were the last one of those I bought a cd of.

 

[AndyHunter]

U2 all the way!

 

[stainedblueyes]

I gotta go Pearl Jam on this list - however if Queens of The Stone Age had been on it I would have spent the next 24 years of my life creating freeones profiles to vote for them.

 

[Gugi22]

Metallica for life

 

[yaheem]

Naw, I cant pick. Metallica? GNR? Aerosmith? the Stones? Cant do it. All of em:thumbsup:

 

[al_omegamx]

the stones, no doubt about it!!!

 

[sputnikgirl]

Out of that list, only U2 and RHCP I'd consider "active" at this point in time. In terms of the criteria you set forth, NIN is better than anybody on the list.

 

[Facetious]

Although not my favourite

Stones

 

[BlueBalls]

- popular
- quality of its music
- sales
- importance
- influence on other bands
- influence in history music
- number of fans
- tradition (trajectory)
- most respected
EVERYTHING! the whole package

The Rolling Stones, cover everyone of those.

 

[DukeLaCrosse]

U2 is humorless and self-important. they have a few good songs though

 

[titsrock]

On that list...Pearl Jam. And I do like them, just haven't been "in awe" of their recent music efforts.

Currently, right now, the best band on the planet is Radiohead.

But in my opinion....I'm waiting for new stuff from Rage Against the Machine and whenever Axl Rose decides to drop "Chinese Democracy"...I'll give that one a listen too...

 

[BigSwede]

I wouldn´t call Guns´n´Roses an active band.
All the bands in the poll are way behind their past and not very good.

 

[E-Ann-Hilden]

While I have not bought any of those groups very recently,is REM still active?They were the last one of those I bought a cd of.

REM is back with a new album and on tour. The new album has great reviews and the first songs I have heard are very good.

I would vote for U2 in the poll, but I think the best band out right now is Wilco!

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[senob44]

RHCP are my favorite of the bands on the list. But IMO Metallica is the class of that list.

 

[StormRuller]

using these:
- popular
- quality of its music
- sales
- importance
- influence on other bands
- influence in history music
- number of fans
- tradition (trajectory)
- most respected

it is JUDAS PRIEST!!

but my fave is Axel Rudi Pell... which is for sure influenced in some Judas Priest songs!!!

 

[tunsty]

I would say the Rolling Stones.

But having seen the ageing members of said band in recent years, I'm not sure 'active' is the word..


Influence?.. more like 'under the influence'

 

[Facetious]

I actually would say RUSH but they don't really fit into the criteria set for the thread.

In a way I like the fact that they are unique and tend not to influence the masses.

 

[angelfire1972]

Metallica