# best band of all time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 14, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-of-all-time/113951 "2002-06-14T00:09:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![japatlgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@japatlgt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/japatlgt)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-of-all-time/113951/41 "2002-06-15T20:14:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sublime54465 \* > \*\*led zeppelin, of course… \*\* ``` what they said... ``` ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-of-all-time/113951/42 "2002-06-15T21:15:34Z")
Gotta go with Aerosmith. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-of-all-time/113951/43 "2002-06-15T22:10:18Z")
The Band That Saved The World. I mean…what more do you want from them? They saved the friggin world, people! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-of-all-time/113951/44 "2002-06-15T22:19:31Z")
The greatest by far were the Hillbilly Bugger Boys, before they sold out and became The Who. ---
**Author:** ![ezra\_brooks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/13edae/32.png) [@ezra\_brooks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ezra_brooks)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-of-all-time/113951/45 "2002-06-16T13:36:05Z")
Pink Floyd- no doubt about it. ---
**Author:** ![Fibonacci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Fibonacci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibonacci)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-of-all-time/113951/46 "2002-06-16T14:35:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gex gex \* > \*\* > > ah yes. but influential is not the same as greatest. \*\* But neither are they mutually exclusive. ---
**Author:** ![Fibonacci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Fibonacci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibonacci)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-of-all-time/113951/47 "2002-06-16T14:50:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sam Stone \* > \*\*I can’t make up my mind between Otis Day and the Nights, or Murph and the Magictones. > > Good runners up would be the Rutles, or possibly even Spinal Tap. \*\* The Rutles… another band that owes everything to the Beatles.😉 Alright, with a nod to the Bonzo Dog Band as well. So we could conceivably include the Bonzos on here and not feel that we’re making a stretch. After all, this is the band who taught Monty Python to be “silly”, had a Rock and Roll magazine named after one of their songs, “Trouser Press”, and appeared and played for the Beatles in “Magical Mystery Tour.” And arguably, The Rutles were also the inspiration for Spinal Tap! ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-of-all-time/113951/48 "2002-06-16T16:55:58Z")
The Beatles get my vote all the way. ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-of-all-time/113951/49 "2002-06-16T17:19:43Z")
What was the name of Buckaroo Banzai’s band? Those guys, definitely. Sure, other bands might have lasting impact and create entire genres, but do they routinely save the world and travel through the fifth dimension via overspeed? I don’t think so; it’s no contest. ---
**Author:** ![Barrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@Barrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-of-all-time/113951/50 "2002-06-16T20:47:57Z")
\Pink Floyd\, definately, absolutely, most assuredly, but not unanimously. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-of-all-time/113951/51 "2002-06-16T23:51:26Z")
**The Beatles.** Asked and answered. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-of-all-time/113951/52 "2002-06-17T00:05:26Z")
The Beatles finish a distant second here to **James Brown and the Famous Flames!** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Bee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Larry\_Bee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Bee)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-of-all-time/113951/53 "2002-06-17T00:16:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Squish \* > \*\*Tie: Rolling Stones pre 1983 and Bowie. > \*\* 1983 or '73 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-of-all-time/113951/54 "2002-06-17T00:22:34Z")
Dr. Teeth, and the Electric Mayhem. Was there ever any doubt? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-band-of-all-time/113951.md?page=2)