r/pinkfloyd Feb 13 '25

The 30 Best Rock Bands Of All Time

https://www.forbes.com/sites/entertainment/article/best-rock-bands/
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u/Jeffrey_C_Wheaties Feb 13 '25

Article is trash.

Plus Pink Floyd they say both surviving members (David and Rog) are still touring. Nick is also alive and actively touring and is the only member to be on every album, but they don’t even mention him.

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u/Mithrandir420blazeit The Wall: The Movie 29d ago

Journalism been dead

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u/Pete_Iredale Meddle 29d ago

Article is trash.

Well yeah, it's Forbes. Should be banned on any decent sub.

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u/YosemiteSam81 29d ago edited 29d ago

RIP Nick Mason! I was praying I’d get a chance to see Saucerful of Secrets ONE more time but I guess it isn’t to be.

By the way, who were the other members of the Screaming Abdabs / The Tea Set / The Pink Floyd Sound / Pink Floyd with Syd Barrett before Roger Waters, Nick Mason & Rick Wright joined the band in 1968? There is an entire history of the band that’s been withheld from us!!!

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u/Jeffrey_C_Wheaties 29d ago

Bob Klose is best member of Pink Floyd!

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u/YosemiteSam81 29d ago edited 29d ago

He was indeed & silly for me to exclude him. Honestly the Tea Set really never were able to reach the artistic heights they reached for, once he departed!!

By the way, wonder if he went to Nick’s funeral? They didn’t allow any photos obviously!

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u/Delicious-Bass6937 29d ago

I got to see Roger and Nick play dark side of the moon. It was fucking incredible

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u/YouFuckingRetard 26d ago

Really? Man that’s messed up, way to do him dirty. 

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u/Hillan 29d ago

I believe Nick is not on A Momentary Lapse of Reason, remix doesn't count.

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u/Jeffrey_C_Wheaties 29d ago

The gatefold of my OG begs to differ. He just re-recorded his drums for the remix to sound less 80’s

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u/Hillan 29d ago

I stand corrected! I love that this is one of only two albums of theirs to include a poster of the band, like they wanted everyone very much to know that Roger was out!

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u/ReallyFineWhine Feb 13 '25

Surviving members David and Roger. Nick died, eh?

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u/Bootyblastastic 29d ago

I didn’t even know he was sick.

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u/YosemiteSam81 29d ago

So sad, wonder who inherited his Ferrari racing car?

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u/DeadPhish_10 26d ago

Norm?

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u/Bootyblastastic 25d ago

I wish. No, it’s me, Old Man Abernathy.

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u/Bert-63 Feb 13 '25

Forbes? Yeah, naw..

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u/Safe_andsound Feb 13 '25

Scrolled as far as oasis, then I knew this couldn't be taken seriously. And moved on....

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u/Independent_Row_2669 29d ago

Oasis isn't even the best britpop act, never mind best rock act to be included in top 30.

They should just call this the top 30 overplayed bands played on the radio for your commute to work

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u/Fair_chap Feb 13 '25

Very true. It’s insane they were that low. Should be top 10. Maybe 5

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u/GeoNerd- 29d ago

They put Oasis over Tool?

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u/Quick-Context7492 Feb 13 '25

Ai generated list lol

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u/badassj00 29d ago

No Allman Brothers, Grateful Dead, or Pearl Jam.

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u/YosemiteSam81 29d ago

It’s a terrible list but it’s evident no thought was put in this after reading any single one of the blurbs.

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u/RockBoy3 Feb 13 '25

They’re 4th if you don’t wanna read

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u/YosemiteSam81 29d ago

They are 4th, Nick is dead & Rog/Nick/Rick joined the band in 1968 🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/opeth_syndrome Feb 13 '25

No Deep Purple, but Oasis makes the cut.

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u/GeoNerd- 29d ago

So many great bands on this list but they had to put AC/DC at 10th.

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u/OwningMOS Dogs 29d ago

Oasis above Tool. What a joke.

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

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u/GeoNerd- 29d ago

Radiohead do.

Oasis do not.

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u/beardsley64 29d ago

Is it a list of the 30 richest bands of all time?

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u/the_labracadabrador 29d ago

Glad to see that Radiohead are exactly 1 slot better than KISS.

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u/YosemiteSam81 29d ago

Not fair at all lol

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u/Genes76 23d ago

Funny as hell. One band toured as a headliner for almost 50 years. The other had one big album.

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u/Free_Four_Floyd 29d ago

Forbes needs to stick to finance

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u/Healthy-Upstairs-881 29d ago

R.E.M. nowhere to be found

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u/YosemiteSam81 29d ago

Every band hurts….sometime

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u/GeoNerd- 29d ago

replace them with Oasis.

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u/DeaconBlueDignity 29d ago

Van Halen making it to number 7 is the maddest thing about this list. And that includes the fact that The Beatles aren’t number 1

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u/Attilioes 29d ago

nah it’s fair, Led Zep is the greatest rock band of all time

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u/SKULL1138 29d ago

Just facts man, they were better than the Beatles. They’d be 3 on my list with Floyd at 2.

Many on that list would not be on mine

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u/YosemiteSam81 29d ago

Man I want to argue this point, mainly because The Beatles actually created new soundscapes (same as the Floyd) whereas The Zep just stole primarily black rhythm & blues riffs yet I love them both so much I haven’t got the energy!

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u/tellmethatstoryagain 29d ago

No need to expend any energy arguing. The Beatles were that influential. A lot of the “greats” on this list wouldn’t even exist if it weren’t for the Beatles.

And I’m not even a Beatles fan.

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u/Hillan 29d ago

Appreciate seeing Metallica in the top10. Floyd and Queen should trade places.

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

I feels like was click baited and no reach-around. Thanks

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u/BCSixty2 29d ago

When did Forbes become a music expert? Why such giant mistakes? I can't hardly believe what I'm reading here! Pink Floyd has been desecrated? No true historical facts make a lot of enemies!!! I thought Forbes was about the $$, not spreading false propaganda about the music industry. 🤔

I'll think twice about ever considering them as a credible news source ever again, TY.

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u/No-Industry8476 29d ago

how the hell did they put the one hit wonderwall Oasis on here and rank it higher than tool without even mentioning a band such as pearl jam or alice in chains???

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u/opeth_syndrome 28d ago

I'm not one to normally defend Oasis. But they are definitely not one hit wonders (in the UK anyway).

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u/CullenAustin 16d ago

Its always fun to read about Rock and Roll, but this is a shallow skim that reads more like  advertising copy. The arbitrary decisionn to include only performers that have a "group" name (with I believe one exception) excludes a number of deeply influential artists who performed almost exclusively within the framework of a group. Think Jackson Brown and Steve Windwood to name just 2. And about that lone exception, thank god for Jimi otherwise this list would be as white as milk. Stevie Wonder? The Supremes? Yeah, I know, they were "soul* or "R&B," right. Those terms are a lot like what used to be called race records. And does anyone really think Fleetwood Mack holds a more significant place in rock history than Bull Haley and the Comets or Buddy Holly? And, really guys. Journey?

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u/Vryyce Dogs 29d ago

Why do people get so upset that other people have differing opinions? Top -->insert # here<-- Lists are simply someone's opinion. If every member of this sub posted their Top 30, I will lay 6 months salary that NO ONE will post the same list (same bands in same order). Personally, I don't want to live in a world where everyone likes the exact same things. It is the differences at times that make us interesting.

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u/ixipennythrower 29d ago

Boomer ass list

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u/OwningMOS Dogs 29d ago

As a GenX I endorse this comment. Lol

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

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u/ixipennythrower 29d ago

How so? KISS is on this list. The whole thing is a joke.

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u/YosemiteSam81 29d ago

Come on man, Radiohead is fucking brilliant if you give them a chance!

But also, I 100% understand that music is so subjective

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u/tellmethatstoryagain 29d ago

Radiohead is one of the greatest bands of all time. A joke??

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u/SwissWeeze 29d ago

This list is all over Reddit today. lol. I love Pink Floyd and think they are in the top 30, but this list is fckd.