Rock and roll history help.
 

okay i need bands that were important to rock and roll for a report ive got


Misfits
Ramones
Clash
Sex Pisotls
Crass
Casualties
The Who
Elvis
Pink Floyd
The Who
The Beatles
The Doors

so post more.

Queen ?

i dont think the misfits or the casualties are important to rock n roll history, good bands, but i dont see how they would be important (the others on the other hand i can see especially Crass, Sex Pistols, Clash, Elvis, The Doors, and the Beatles)
How about Lou Reed or Iggy Pop?

k ill do those especially Iggy.

Important to rock n roll:

Elvis
Chuck Berry
Little Richard
Jerry Lee Lewis
etc etc

Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Black Sabbath

Kurt Cobain, and even try Roger Waters without Pink Floyd....he had some good **** without the band, and lets face it, he was the true genius behind it all....

The misfits probably did have some impact, i think alot of bands out there credit them as an influence of some sort. Plus, all the skater kids wouldn't have any bands to rep on their tee shirts and hoodies.
Definitely agree that the casualties have no impact, besides being drunk and proud to be punk.
Yeah, Velvet Underground, Iggy Pop, Joy Division, and the Pixies got assraped on that list. I'd add the Slits too.

Hey what about David Gilmour he was a genius to.

What about The Kinks they were pretty vital. They wrote the first ever rock riff with 'You Really Got Me.'

Rock music was around long before the Kinks.

yes, fine Dave Gilmour was a genius...but Roger Waters was..uuhhh... not even worth explaining to you why he is better, if you don't already know, you dont appreciate his musical or lyrical songwriting abilites enough to know that Dave Gilmour played what he was told alot of the time...

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It can`t be a coincidence Pink Floyd turned to crap after Roger Waters left

^thank you urban....see, you know what you are talking about...

Well they were crap before he left to be fair , but the levels of crapness after he left were far greater.

Hey Urban Hatemonger why dont u post some? IM pretty sure you would know a few...

I didnt say rock MUSIC I said rock RIFF. And it's a well know fact that You Really got Me was the first ever ROCK RIFF. Check if ya don't believe me.

^ actually, rock started with the same basic chords long before you really got me...C Aminor, F G ....lets see, Ritchie Valens, the big bopper, Elvis, etc...etc...give me a break.

So what were on all those Chuck Berry & Elvis records then?

the stone roses were very influential i think
also, mudhoney for in my view, starting grunge, the white stripes for spawning this new wave of garage rock, and a band who i think were influential in that they harboured 3 of the greatest guitarists of all time (who in their own right were influential)- the yardbirds.

Rock music, not rock 'n' roll. Berry and Elvis were Rock 'n' Roll . Were there any famous Elvis riffs?

LedZepStu The Yardbirds were good but I think Page did wonderful things in Zeppelin, and Clapton did wonders in Cream and as a solo. Beck as a solo artist is amazing.

OK then what about all the early 60s garage bands.

Name some bands in particular and i'll comment.

The Kingsmen , The Trashmen , Paul Revere & the Raiders , The Wailers , The Standells ,? & the Mysterians.

And then of course you had surf music too , you`ll have a hard time convincing me that d1ck Dale`s music wasn`t riff orientated.

Wait..i thought rock was just short for rock and roll..

Nah rock is heavier. Rock and roll has like keys in it, and strange sounding electric guitars. Listen to Chuck Berry- 'Roll over Beethove' and then The Rolling Stones- Sympathy for the Devil, you'll get it.
Plus rock 'n' roll was usually played by black artist, until some guy called Elvis came allong. Rock music is usually played by white guys (appologizes if this seems racist, eg if some members dont like the term black and preffer coloured, it isnt meant to be)

i think grunge bands were an important part of rock n roll during the 80s and 90s. nirvana, pearl jam, and soundgarden started a muscial revolution in the northwest, and one cant forget the west coast bands that helped alternative rock evolve, such as the red hot chili peppers and jane's addiction. guns n roses were great too!

zep
black sabbath
kiss
lou reed
velvet underground
lynard skynard
jethro tull
dammed
what about those just to name a few.

The imopratnt band to Rock and Roll
 

Hi
These are some bands to Rock and Roll.I like these bands very much.
1. Sufjan Stevens
2. The National
3. Kanye West
4. The Hold Steady
5. Green day

Johnny Cash, Richard Hell, Ray Charles, Parliament Funkadelic, The Who, MC5, lame ass Metallica, Kelly Clarkson.

Jeff beck
Blondie
television
guns n roses

I don't need help anymore, I don't even remember what class this was for and I ended up turning something in on punk I think that i'm very sure is sitting in the dump by now.