Music

Classic Rock Bands Tier List

The Beatles vs the Stones vs everyone else, the debate that never dies.

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The crowd's ranking

S: Led Zeppelin

A: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Queen (band), Pink Floyd, The Doors

B: AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Fleetwood Mac, The Who

C: Deep Purple

Discussion

throwaway449: Stones for selling out stadiums six decades in a row

throwaway79919: I object to the premise

alex.k3702: Build a rock supergroup and 9 times out of 10 you end up with Led Zeppelin

FeralSandwich68: Freddie beats Plant as a vocalist, sorry

biscuitdad: No Rush? Best pure musicianship of any band.

angry_frog_57: I'm not even a Beatles fan and it's the Beatles

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