The Fifty Best LIVE Bands....Ever!

[L3ggy]

As voted by the stars.

1. Led Zeppelin
2. The Who
3. AC/DC
4. Jimi Hendrix
5. Pink Floyd
6. Queen
7. Iron Maiden
8. The Rolling Stones
9. KISS
10. The Beatles
11. Aerosmith
12. Van Halen
13. Guns N' Roses
14. Radiohead
15. Rage Against The Machine
16. Cream
17. Brunce Springstee
18. The Clash
19. Thin Lizzy
20. UFO
21. YES
22. The Plice
23. Slayer
24. Rammstein
25. Motörhead
26. U2
27. Soundgarden
28. Ramones
29. David Bowie
30. Fugazi
31. Sir Paul McCartney
32. REM
33. Status Quo
34. Nirvana
35. Rainbow
36. Rush
37. Fleetwood Mac
38. Marillion
39. Mötley Crüe
40. Metallica
41. Jeff Beck Group
42. Deep Purple
43. Alice Cooper
44. Genesis
45. Sensational Alex Harvey Band
46. Dio
47. Grateful Dead
48. Heart
49. Muse
50. Rory Gallagher

 

[bodie54]

who are "the stars"?

the allman brothers shoud definitely be on that list

 

[L3ggy]

who are "the stars"?

the allman brothers shoud definitely be on that list

Stars Who Voted:

1. Alex Burrows, Classic Rock(Magazine)
2. Alex Milas, Edit of Metal Hammer
3. Andy Copping Promoter of Live Nation
4. Any Powell Wishbone Ash
5. Andy Fraser, Free
6. Bat Kinane, Glyder
7. Bill Demain, Classic Rock
8. Billy Gibbons, ZZ Top
9. Billy Rowe, Jetboy
10. Bob Young, Manager
11. Brad Merret, Classic Rock
12. Brad Tollinski, Editor-In-Chief, Guitar World
13. Brook ELlis, Classic Rock
14. Bruce Kulick, Grand Funk Railroad
15. Bun E Carlos, Cheap Trick
16. Burke Shelley, Budgie
17. Carl Palmer, ELP
18. Carmine Appice, Vanilla Fudge
19. Carol Clerk, Classic Rock
20. Chip Z Nuff, Enuff Z'Nuff
21. Chris Charlesworth, Author
22. Chris Ingham, Publisher, Classic Rock
23. Danny Bowes, Thunder
24. Dante Bonutto, Universal Music
25. Dave Bedford, Manager, The Answer
26. Dave Cousins, The Strawbs
27. Dave Glessner, Classic Rock
28. Dave Hill, Slade
29. Dave Ling, Classic Rock
30. Dave Robinson, FOunder, Stiff Records
31. David Coverdale, Whitesnake
32. David Gulvin, Century Media
33. Davy O'List, The Nice
34. Dickie Peterson, Blue Cheer
35. Don Brewer, Grand Funk Railroad
36. Don Powell, Slade
37. Dustin Hengst, Damone
38. Elliot Easton, The Cars
39. Eric Carmen, The Raspberries
40. Eric Coubard, Bad Reputation Records
41. Eric Singer, Kiss, Alice Cooper
42. Frank Dimino, Angel
43. Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd
44. Gary Bushell, Columnist
45. Geezer BUtler, Black Sabbath
46. Gene Simmons, Kiss
47. Gillian Gaar, Author/Journalist
48. Glenn Hughes, Voice of Rock!
49. Henry Yates, Classic Rock
50. Hirsch Garder, New England
51. Ian Anderson , Jethro Tull
52. Ian Camfield, DJ
53. Ian Fortnam, Classic Rock
54. Ian Mosley, Marillion
55. Ian Richards, Promoter, Academy Events
56. Jaan Uhelszki, Classic Rock
57. James Cassidy, Alberts Productions
58. Jamie Hibbard, Editor, topgear.com
59. Jerry Ewing, Classic Rock/Total Rock DJ
60. Jim Bonfanti, The Raspberries
61. Jim Peterik, Survivor
62. Jimmy Fox, James Gang
63. Joe Bosso, Classic Rock
64. John Davis, Hard Rock Hell
65. John Dryland, Cargo Records
66. John Giddings, Agent, Solo
67. John McCoy, GMT
68. John Whetton, Asia
69. Jon Hotten, Classic Rock
70. Josh Harper, Classic Rock
71. JY Young, Styx
72. Ken Sharp, Classic Rock
73. Kory Clarke, Warrior Soul
74. Larry Love, Alabama 3
75. Lucy Jordache, Manager, Marillion
76. Malcolm Dome, Total Rock DJ
77. Mark Kelly, Marillion
78. Mark Palmer, Roadrunner Records
79. Mark Tremonti, Alter Bridge
80. Marky Ramone, Ramones
81. Max Bell, Classic Rock
82. Michael Corby, The Babys
83. Michael Meisel, Manager, Foo Fighters
84. Mick Box, Uriah Heep
85. Mick Coll, Logan
86. Mick Wall, Classic Rock
87. Mickael Åkerfeldt, Opeth
88. Myles Kennedy, Alter Bridge
89. Neil Jefferies, Classic Rock
90. Neil Warnock, Agent, The Agency Group
91. Nicky Horne, DJ, Plant Rock
92. Pat Cash, Tennis Player & Rock Fan
93. Paul Elliot, Classic Rock
94. Paul Henderson, Classic Rock
95. Paul Mahon, The Answer
96. Paul Rodgers
97. Paul Stanley, Kiss
98. Pegi Cecconi, Manager, Rush
99. Pete Agnew, Nazareth
100. Pete Makoski, Classic Rock
101. Phil Collen, Def Leppard
102. Philip Wilding, Classic Rock
103. Randy Meisner, Ex-Eagles
104. Richie Ranno, Starz
105. Rick Springfield
106. Ricky Philips, The Babys
107. Rob Hughes, Classic Rock
108. Ross Halfin, Photographer
109. Scott Philips, Alter Bridge
110. Scott Rowley, Classic Rock
111. Siân Llewellyn, Classic Rock
112. Simon Kirke, Free, Bad Company
113. Sleazegrinder, Classic Rock
114. Steve Guest, Live Nation
115. Steve Homer, Live Nation
116. Steve Lukather, Toto
117. Steve Priest, Sweet
118. Steve Wood, Manager, Alter Bridge
119. Steven Rosen, Classic Rock
120. Tom Beaujour, Editor, Revolver
121. Tommy Thayer, Kiss
122. Tommy Udo, Metal Hammer
123. Tony Brock, The Babys/Rod Stewart
124. Tony Wilson, Total Rock
125. Vasquez, Damone
126. Vivian Campbell, Def Leppard
127. Wally Bryson, The Raspberries

P.S Few aren't stars, but they voted.

 

[Legzman]

Maybe we should put up a list of who we think the best live bands are. After all I've never seen any of the bands on that list live.

I've only seen Godsmack live and they were pretty good, of course I was high as fuck the whole time so that was a bonus!

I wish I would have seen metallica back when they were actually good!

 

[tex.usa]

Muse #49? You got to be kidding me...

 

[BlueBalls]

From that list Ive seel

Slayer, twice.
Metallica three times.
Motorhead once.

They are all fantastic live.

 

[FAH-Q]

my only qualm is motley crue is on the list and not Pantera.

 

[MRPIMPN4EVA]

Metallica should be top 10.

 

[L3ggy]

Metallica should be top 10.

May i ask why?

 

[dave_rhino]

No tool, no point...

 

[dick van cock]

Every list is biased. Everybody votes for his / her favorite band regardless of their true talents playing live.

So this could have been named "50 random bands people tend to like" just the same.

 

[dave_rhino]

The opinions of "the stars" are no more valid than the opinions of any Regular Joe off the street.

 

[FAH-Q]

The opinions of "the stars" are no more valid than the opinions of any Regular Joe off the street.

they can spot talent more than the average joe.

 

[SBTNW]

As voted by the stars.

1. Pink Floyd
2. Aerosmith
3. Guns N' Roses
4. Radiohead
5. Rage Against The Machine
6. U2
7. Soundgarden
8. Nirvana

agre with those, specially RATM

 

[L3ggy]

The opinions of "the stars" are no more valid than the opinions of any Regular Joe off the street.

There is a few regular joes in the voter's list.

 

[senob44]

What, no GWAR? Shenanigans!!!

Seriously, though, GWAR puts on one hell of a stage show. Marilyn Manson in the early years was a good stage-show band. A lot of the bands listed are great live, but there's no show. For me there has to be a show or else why did I bother coming. That's just me though, and I have eclectic tastes.

 

[L3ggy]

What, no GWAR? Shenanigans!!!

Seriously, though, GWAR puts on one hell of a stage show. Marilyn Manson in the early years was a good stage-show band. A lot of the bands listed are great live, but there's no show. For me there has to be a show or else why did I bother coming. That's just me though, and I have eclectic tastes.

Classic Rock wrote about GWAR in this months issue.

GWAR Sprayed The Front Rows With Ejaculations From A Giant Penis...

 

[DukeLaCrosse]

the best i saw was suicidal tendencies. no way is zep the best live band

 

[gunslingingbird]

[*]Andy Copping Promoter of Live Nation

Having worked for 4 years for this evil company which you call Live Nation, I can tell you that Andy Copping is not a promoter of Live Nation. He might be the head of the promotions department, but he can't be a promoter because Live Nation IS a promoter. If that company heard that they have employed a promoter for a promoter, they would immediately eliminate his position, and give him the choice of either transferring him to another department, taking his benefits and reducing his hours to part time, or being let go of.

I've only seen Godsmack live and they were pretty good

Well I'm glad SOMEBODY had a good time with Godsmack! The last time I worked one of their shows it was one of the worst days of my working life. It was the last day of the tour, and their crew were all out of coke, so they were a bunch of raging bitch bags when load in started at 8 in the morning, and they remained quite the same until we closed the last truck at 1:53 in the morning. For the show I had to page the camera operator's cable on the stage during the show, which was all gravy, except for nobody informed me of the fact that the riser that was 10 feet from where I was there wasn't a riser at all, but it was a pyro deck, from which a 25-foot high column of flame would be shooting out, and that I should watch for that. During one of their songs, I think it was Voodoo, said flame tower shot off, and singed my eyebrows. The rest of the night I smelled like chicken.

 

[dave_rhino]

they can spot talent more than the average joe.

Why? Their opinions are as valid as yours or mine. Money and fame doesn't make your taste in music better than anyone elses.

What, no GWAR? Shenanigans!!!

Seriously, though, GWAR puts on one hell of a stage show.

Hell yeah! I was covered in fake blood, fake piss, fake vomit and fake oil (Which squirted out of the veins of a giant robotic Nixon).

Extremely memorable. However I can only remember two of their songs :1orglaugh