best rock band

[Petrie.]

Why not just put in Styx and be done with it?

"Rock" is a major genre. All those you mentioned there, NaNaNa, would all be subgenres of rock itself.

If every band happens to fall under a sub-genre of rock itself, then what band collectively displays "rock" qualities?  Someone must if you can say others deviate from the description of "rock".

[Lillefot]

I do not like many of the modern Rock Bands... Example, I have not much fond for Linkin Park and Green Day!
Some of them are better than the other, but they are years, lightyears, galaxies, universes from what Rock bands used to be!  

Then again, I'm a music hunter who collect everything that sounds good in my own ears, hence I have no favorite genre.
Rock stands high though, and if I shall name some who I think is great:

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Def Leppard
Guns n' Roses
ACDC
Status Quo
Billy Idol
Poison
Scorpions
Nirvana

And loads, loads more!  

[LBTFan13]

I can't really choose which one is the best, because I like a lot of rock bands. I'm kind of all around, in which I like the modern rock bands of today as well as classic bands. If I had to put a list, my top 5 modern rock bands today would be blink 182, red hot chili peppers, muse, system of a down, and linkin park. As for classic rock, my top 5 would be guns and roses, aerosmith, bon jovi, led zepplin, and heart.

[action9000]

If every band happens to fall under a sub-genre of rock itself, then what band collectively displays "rock" qualities? Someone must if you can say others deviate from the description of "rock".

I always tended to think of it as such:



(drawing simplied to keep it smaller than it would actually be, of course. )
My theory is simple: there is no such thing as 'pure rock'.

[NaNaNa]

Instead of saying "best ever," I'm gonna go for my favorite, and say Pink Floyd, RIP Richard Wright...

Yeah that was a tragedy.

Although uhh, Gilmour and Waters wouldn't have gotten back together if it meant the end of the world otherwise

Btw action, nice chart, totally agree

[Animeboye]

Panic at the Disco? Fall out Boy? My Chemical Romance? Seriously? Dude, you haven't even covered the best of Rock!! What about Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Stone Temple Pilots, or Judas Priest? No offense but these bands rock so hard that they'd make Fall Out Boy crap their pants from the sheer awesomeness!

Anyway, Judas Priest, Stone Temple Pilots and Ozzy are some of my all time faves but one of my most favorite bands is an indie rock band called Sunday's Best. Here are some of their songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwCMqfOpENM      
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITLgGTc7AjA&feature=related    
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNSTKXws9eM&feature=related

[Nimrod]

Hard one. I like rock alot. There are some bands in the list which are very good, like Linkin Park, or Billy Talent. But I can¥t say that one single band is my top favourite rock band. Other bands I like:

Sum 41, Rise Against, Bloodhound gang, Limp Bizkit..... and many more.

[Serris]

I lean towards the Hard Rock spectrum.

But I like Elvis, the Beatles and especially AC/DC. I have liked pieces from Led Zeppelin and the Scorpions.

[Belmont2500]

AC/DC, enough said.