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AC/DC: The Greatest Rock N Roll Band in History

  • Certainly not the best in history but a very good band. Love most of their stuff.

    Posting member of tRCMB since 1997. It is ALWAYS a great day to be a Spartan!!!!

    Raytooth Morgan ●

  • I bought their first three albums in the 70's. To me they were one of the better groups trying to latch on to the market created by Led Zepplin. By 1980 I was sick of them - for me the genre of catchy guitar riff accompanied by a shrieking vocalist was played out and ACDC was boringly predictable. Any modicum of originality they ever had died with Bon Scott.

    Beastial

  • I agree 100% with the OP. AC/DC are the kings of hard rock.
    For those that think all their songs sound the same, you are missing out on lots of great songs that never get played on the radio.
    I don't think music needs to be complex to be great; so what if they use simple 4 chord guitar licks that sound awesome - that is part of the beauty of it to me.

    EJE

  • AC/DC died when Bon Scott died. Back in Black was written by Bon Scott which is why it was the only good album after he passed. Greatest band until his death.

    Charlie Sheen

  • Is this a Nucky thread?

    Big John Studd

  • Phila Lawyer's take on why AC/DC is the greatest. Side note, this guy's blog is brilliant.

    We Salute You « Philalawyer.net

    http://philalawyer.net/2006/07/we-salute-you/

    philalawyer.net

    TX Sparty

  • Zeppelin could rock harder than ACDC and could do whatever the fuck else they wanted to as well.

    SpartanPride204

  • Spartan-Pride said...

    Zeppelin could rock harder than ACDC and could do whatever the fuck else they wanted to as well...

    ...like steal songs from other artists and claim them as their own.

    Pervis Muldoon ●

  • I like a lot of AC/DC songs, but have always felt that they were overrated. Their recent music is boring and a ton of their songs sound alike. They are a decent band, but the "greatest," definitely not.

    I'm lost

    StorkMSU ●

  • boozhoo said...

    Pure Rock and Roll...the very essence of it. Kicks ass and amazing consistency and the greatest rebirth in music history with Back in Black. Saw them after Flick of the Switch and it remains the best concert i've ever seen. For my money, no one can touch them when I just want to rock the fuck out.

    Still can't touch Van Halen.

    PassTheRock

  • Pervis Muldoon said...

    ...like steal songs from other artists and claim them as their own.

    Maybe you haven't noticed - they all steal!

    Beastial

  • It's ridiculous to give a thread title like this to any band that isn't The Beatles.

    Now, lock the damn thread!

    Spartexaco

  • Spartexaco said...

    It's ridiculous to give a thread title like this to any band that isn't The Beatles.

    Now, lock the damn thread!

    that's because the Beatles are in their own stratosphere as the kings of all genres. they aren't even in the discussion because they are simply the greatest of all.

    Led Zeppelin is an interesting suggestion that I would agree with on some days. I must admit to be having a bit of a nostalgia fueled review of their stuff up to For Those About to Rock - which is what I am talking about when I talk about AC/DC - i didn't even know they released a new album a few years ago. But that happens in your 40s....you youngins will see lol

    I was watching a documentary on them and someone was referring to AC/DC as "Riff Rock" and so that was kind of the category I had in mind...i wouldn't even consider Zeppelin comparable in that sense because they kicked ass in a very different way....as did the Who. The Stones would probably be the best comparable w/ the blues influences but i've just never been a huge fan. It's worth noting, however, that the Stones have in the past invited AC/DC to play with THEM and Keith Richards idolizes Angus Young.

    They're all great - I just think for straight ahead 3 cord rock and roll it doesn't get any better than AC/DC from inception to about 1984. and yes, Bon Scott was eons better than Brian Johnson. (notice he's who i mainly posted videos for.)

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    boozhoo ●

  • MSchott said...

    If you stick to heavier electric bands, the best ever are Zeppelin and The Who. Pink Floyd, ELP and Yes are in a slightly different category. AC/DC is pretty low on my list.

    Floyd, ELP, and Yes are all Progressive Rock Gods and just not comparable - and all are also great.

    One name i expected to see here is Aerosmith, who were kings in the 70s too....but also faltered in the 80s and now just won't fucking give it up. Probably the only band more likely to be heard at a strip club. I also expected someone to bust out Sabbath. Paranoid is definitely one of the all time great albums. You are correct though, the peak was from the late 60s to the late 70s...then it all went to shit...got better for a little bit w/ Mudhoney, Nirvana and Soundgarden and so on, then went to diarrhea after that little period of rocking.

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    boozhoo ●

  • Best rock band in history? No. That is Led Zeppelin.
    Are they Nickelback before Nickelback? No, because AC/DC had plenty of good songs.
    AC/DC was just a good band to rock out to, and songs like "Back in Black" and "Thunderstruck" are classics. They just don't have enough classic songs.

    What is that, a Titleist? A hole in one...

    Cosmo_Kramer ●

  • I am thunderstruck by some of the opinions in this thread. It's clear that some of you are on the highway to hell, given your arguments.

    "Leave the gun.....take the cannoli" "It's not your job to be as confused as Nigel."

    Son of Sparta ●

  • Cosmo_Kramer said...

    Best rock band in history? No. That is Led Zeppelin. Are they Nickelback before Nickelback? No, because AC/DC had plenty of good songs. AC/DC was just a good band to rock out to, and songs like "Back in Black" and "Thunderstruck" are classics. They just don't have enough classic songs.

    the fact that you could say such an idiotic thing with zero reference to the Bon Scott era shows your ignorance and renders your opinion null and void. Highway to Hell? TNT? Whole Lotta Rosie? It's a Long Way to the Top? They have a shit ton of classic songs. And again, the Bon Scott era is what makes them great...not the Brian Johnson coattail surfing post Back in Black.

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    boozhoo ●

  • Beastial said...

    Maybe you haven't noticed - they all steal!

    They don't all steal like Led Zeppelin stole. It's fine to have stylistic influences and still write your own songs (AC/DC's obvious Chuck Berry influence is a good example), it's fine to cover other people's songs and give them credit, but it's not cool to directly copy other people's music and put your own names on the writing credits.

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    Led Zeppelin: The Songs Remain the Same

    Led Zeppelin have stolen a lot of songs from blues artists and claimed them for themselves, becoming the no.3 selling act in the US (behind the Beatles and Garth Brookes) and very wealthy. Many of these songs are still incorrectly credited, look at the inside of the sleeve of CDs on sale. Their compilation albums carefully avoid the nicked tracks, even when they are the more popular ones. This has done much to publicise Willie Dixon and Howlin' Wolf, but has not given them their due money or credit. This is based on a book chapter called the Blues Blueprint by Dr. Rupert Till in Overseas Blues edited by Neil Wynn.

    http://www.youtube.com/v/deOPtlcLdHM

    Pervis Muldoon ●

  • Pervis Muldoon said...

    They don't all steal like Led Zeppelin stole. It's fine to have stylistic influences and still write your own songs (AC/DC's obvious Chuck Berry influence is a good example), it's fine to cover other people's songs and give them credit, but it's not cool to directly copy other people's music and put your own names on the writing credits.

    the great irony being how quick they are to sue anyone who dares try to use their music and they charge the most outrageous fees in all of music to use their stuff in movies....to the point it's nearly impossible for anyone to do so. biggest hypocrites in rock.

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    boozhoo ●

  • MSchott said...

    If you stick to heavier electric bands, the best ever are Zeppelin and The Who. Pink Floyd, ELP and Yes are in a slightly different category. AC/DC is pretty low on my list.

    ELP, Yes, and Pink Floyd all fell into a category of progressive/art rock.. loosely associate at the time with album rock. All three are GREAT bands, along with the early King Crimson stuff.

    Still, I think we're talking different genres here.

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    Archangel

  • Pervis Muldoon said...

    They don't all steal like Led Zeppelin stole. It's fine to have stylistic influences and still write your own songs (AC/DC's obvious Chuck Berry influence is a good example), it's fine to cover other people's songs and give them credit, but it's not cool to directly copy other people's music and put your own names on the writing credits.

    First off, I'm not jumping on you as a poster, so please recognize that and respect my contribution here. Thanks!

    Zeppelin stole elements just like everyone else did. If we're gonna talk about stealing stuff, and keep with the genre of rock music, let's talk about ELP. Yes? Sure. Pink Floyd had their influences as well.

    Shucks, if you really want to get to the bottom of everything, jazz artists like Miles and Coltrane "stole" stuff... in the sense that they incorporated elements of other artists before them and made it their own.

    If you really want to go VERY OLD school, so did Bach and Handel. Is anyone here going to complain that Bach incorporated a French style when he wrote the Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor? I'm sure the internet message boards were screaming plagiarism back in 1713 when that hit the charts. And of course nobody that's a baroque organ fan wants to here that now because of that. Any more than anyone now wants to hear Led Zeppelin's original album version of "Dazed and Confused", or my personal preference of the live version off the "Song Remains the Same." (I love the live version, as well as the live version of "No Quarter".)

    This post has been edited 2 times, most recently by Archangel on 5/13/2012 at 11:09 PM

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  • In the spirit of listing greats, had Izzy not departed Guns N' Roses and the band had somehow been able to mitigate Axl's moods, that band would be high on any list. But Appetite, Lies and the Illusions aren't enough to go on.

    Anyone. Anyplace. Anytime.

    rookmsu ●

  • boozhoo said...

    the great irony being how quick they are to sue anyone who dares try to use their music and they charge the most outrageous fees in all of music to use their stuff in movies....to the point it's nearly impossible for anyone to do so. biggest hypocrites in rock.

    Exactly. Of course, they could afford better lawyers and manager than the people they stole from - so they could aggressively protect their stolen music. And people who call Led Zeppelin the best band ever are continuing to give them credit for inventing stuff they stole.

    Pervis Muldoon ●

  • Archangel said...

    First off, I'm not jumping on you as a poster, so please recognize that and respect my contribution here. Thanks!

    Zeppelin stole elements just like everyone else did. If we're gonna talk about stealing stuff, and keep with the genre of rock music, let's talk about ELP. Yes? Sure. Pink Floyd had their influences as well.

    Shucks, if you really want to get to the bottom of everything, jazz artists like Miles and Coltrane "stole" stuff... in the sense that they incorporated elements of other artists before them and made it their own.

    If you really want to go VERY OLD school, so did Bach and Handel. Is anyone here going to complain that Bach incorporated a French style when he wrote the Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor? I'm sure the internet message boards were screaming plagiarism back in 1713 when that hit the charts. And of course nobody that's a baroque organ fan wants to here that now because of that. Any more than anyone now wants to hear Led Zeppelin's "Dazed and Confused."

    I'll be happy to argue this reasonably - no worries there.

    Led Zeppelin did not steal "elements just like everyone else did". Watch the video - most of those aren't mere "influences", they're the actual creators of the songs Led Zeppelin took the writing credits for. And how does Jimmy Page answer to the fact that they stole "Dazed and Confused" from Jake Holmes? "I haven't heard Jake Holmes so I don't know what it's all about anyway. Usually my riffs are pretty damn original - what can I say?"

    If you want to discuss ELP, Yes, or Pink Floyd, show me how they blatantly ripped off other musicians like Led Zeppelin did. Don't just mention the names of other bands and say they did it too - give me some evidence that comes close to Led Zeppelin's blatant thievery.

    Pervis Muldoon ●

  • A few things,

    1) The very vast majority of their material was not 'stolen'
    2) The majority of material that Zeppelin "stole" was lyrics; who listens to Zeppelin for the lyrics?
    3) Anything they "stole" was almost always dramatically different (see: Whole Lotta Love, Dazed and Confused)

    SpartanPride204

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