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View Poll Results: The Most Influential Rock Artist
The Rolling Stones 12 3.74%
The Beatles 152 47.35%
The Who 12 3.74%
Led Zeppelin 28 8.72%
The Kinks 4 1.25%
Bob Dylan 41 12.77%
Jim Hendrix 37 11.53%
The Velvet Underground 35 10.90%
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Old 09-15-2014, 08:36 PM   #581 (permalink)
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Had to go with the Beatles. Not my fav either, but as far as influence, it runs wiiiiiiiide
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Old 10-27-2014, 09:23 AM   #582 (permalink)
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I voted Velvet Underground. I don't appreciate them that much anymore, but there's no doubt "Velvet Underground & Nico" was decades in the future compared to other 1967's albums. Avant-garde rock, punk, post-punk and so everything that came after that until now, including non-Rock music, owe that album a lot.
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Old 10-27-2014, 10:30 AM   #583 (permalink)
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Led Zeppelin hands down.

Hard Rock?


Soft Rock?


Punk?


Grunge? (light verse heavy chorus)


90's alt rock? (Janes Addiction anyone?)
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Old 10-27-2014, 10:44 AM   #584 (permalink)
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Good examples, nearly every rock-genre post Led Zeppelin was influenced by them in some way or another.
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Old 10-27-2014, 12:13 PM   #585 (permalink)
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Punk?
Meh, I'd definitely say that song is more of a proto-metal one than Punk. Also, punkier songs had been released years before. I can't really see any of the bands of the original punk scene (or many later, really) listing Led Zep among their main influences.
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Old 10-28-2014, 11:16 AM   #586 (permalink)
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I love Led Zeppelin to my very soul. But no way they belong in the most influential category. They didn't really change rock music like some of the others mentioned. Bands like the Jeff Beck group, Free, deep Purple, etc... were doing similar things, just not as well.

Although I do think Robert Plant's vocals were very influential, maybe more than the band.
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Old 10-31-2014, 04:56 PM   #587 (permalink)
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This is just influence, right? Not who's the best?

I'd have to say The Beatles for widespread influence, not only from a songwriting standpoint (1963 became the year when people realized you better write your own stuff if you wanna be successful -- I know Buddy Holly did it first, but he died yo), but also the way they approached music with songs like Tomorrow Never Knows, trying to recreate the drug experience in the studio, and I Am the Walrus, a deconstruction of meaning blah blah blah.
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Old 12-21-2014, 09:21 AM   #588 (permalink)
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Not reading through this. I'm sure this was said a thousand times already but, uh, Chuck Berry?
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Old 12-21-2014, 04:41 PM   #589 (permalink)
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Old 12-21-2014, 04:55 PM   #590 (permalink)
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Rockin' around with Ollie Vee by Buddy Holly defines rock and roll and using the Fender Stratocaster.
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