Difficult Job At hand. Review on Twenty Best Music Bands

It is really a hard work in making the list. It is not the case of my inability of writing long reviews but a case of choosing one band from another it is almost impossible in choosing only 20 from all the possible bands. So do not get hurt or offended when one of your fav. music band is not included.I had to make some tough decisions several bands were taken into considerations and they were short listed.Or It might be just a case of my ignorance i.e a possibility of me not having listened to their albums or not having listened to many of their albums.Several factors were taken into consideration into making up this list, such as how long the band stayed together, no one CD wonders here, originality, influence on their genre, overall listening endurance, my own opinion, etc. Enjoy!

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1.Iron Maiden:

The band known for its elegance in playing metal.Ruled the world in 1982 to 1988.No one came near them during this era.Satanic accusations persisted - there was a lot of controversy about occult messages in many bands' music at the time, normally discovered by playing the offending track backwards.This is what I figured out about one of their songs in Piece Of Mind album a backward message was placed at the start of the track'Still Life' as a kind of internal joke. Reverse this track, and you will hear drummer McBrain clearly saying'Hmm, Hmmm, what ho sed de t'ing wid de t'ree bonce. Don't meddle wid t'ings you don't understand'(I understood this only when one of my friends said about this to me).Thier album covers also indicated'All is Evil and Dark'.

Genre Death Metal

The Line Up

Bruce Dickinson - vocals

Dave Murray - guitar

Steve Harris - bass guitar

Adrian Smith - guitar

Nicko McBrain - drums

ALBUMS

The Number of the Beast

Iron Maiden

Piece of Mind

Powerslave

Live After Death

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Fear of the Dark

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2.  Pink Floyd:

Well what can I say.It is almost always that their songs leave me speechless. The band known for their Psychedelic songs. Almost perfect guitaring combined with great solo's this band is one of my fav. They make songs with hidden messages.

Genre Psychedelic

The Line Up

David Gilmour and Roger Waters - vocals, bass, guitar

Richard Wright - Keyboards and vocals

Nick Mason - Drums

ALBUMS

Pulse

The Final Cut

Shine On You Crazy Diamond

The Wall

The Division Bell

Poles Apart

Wish You Were Here

Dark Side Of The Moon

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3.  Metallica:

Heavy metal at its finest!Give it for them.Hats off Metallica.Their one line'.Deram is my reality'(yes you guessed it.From Welcome Home(Sanitarium)and we have a new genere of head bangers throughout the world.These guys sure do know how to make music.This band tore out of the Heavy Metal scene crossing over into charts to become legends of metal and later Rock! Gave us what I call THE PERFECT Metal songs. Their albums are must haves for an avid rock listener.

Genre Trash Metal

The Line Up

James Hetfield - Guitars and Vocals

Lars Urlich - Drums

Cliff Burton - Bass

Kirk Hammet - Lead Guitar

ALBUMS

Master Of Puppets

Ride The Lightning

.And Justice For All

Metallica

Black

Reload

Garage Inc. 1 & 2

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4.  Black Sabbath:

The founders of Heavy Metal this band is the greatest influential band to be formed ever.Aptly called'The fathers Heavy Metal!' This band made evil cool, putting out some of the most amazing riffs of all time! Everything put out by this band before Ozzy left is fantastic.

Genre Heavy Metal

The Line Up

Tony Iommi - Guitar

Ozzy Osbourne - Harmonica and Vocals

Bill Wards - Drums

ALBUMS

Paranoid

Live EvilBuy

Heaven And Hell

Children Of The Sea

Neon Knights

The Mob Rules

Born Again

Eternal Idol

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5.  Deep Purple:

Name me one person who hasn't listened to these guys. It is almost an impossible task that I've set to you. Even if you are capable of finishing the task the person named would be found dead. No! I won't kill him they will suffer death due to suffocation.Despite their association with the sub-genre, Deep Purple have never been a heavy metal band, though many later heavy metal bands cite their influence. The group has frequently changed styles and line-ups over the years, but has always included virtuoso players in its ranks and placed a high priority on musicianship.

Genre Melody with slight traces of Metal

The Line Up

Ritchie Blackmore - guitar

Glenn Hughes - bass guitar, vocals

Ian Gillan - vocals

Ian Paice - drums(The one who stays with Deep Purple Forever)

ALBUMS

Machine Head

Shades Of Deep Purple

Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple

The Anthology

Machine Head

Burn

Stormbringer

Who Do We Think We Are

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6.  Beatles:

The Beatles! Their albums have made a strong impact on me.The Beatles were a pop and rock music group from Liverpool, England, who continue to be held in the very highest regard for their artistic achievements, their huge commercial success and their groundbreaking role in the history of popular music.Never have I felt like this for a Popish type rock band.

Genre Popish Rock

The Line Up

Stuart Sutcliffe: bass, vocals

Pete Best: drums

Jimmy Nicol: drums

ALBUMS

Abbey Road

The Beatles(The White Album)

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Rubber Soul

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7.  Guns n Roses:

The traditional rock n roll band turned into a Glam metal band is worth giving shot.

Genre Rock n Roll

Albums:

Appetite for Destruction

Greatest Hits

G N' R Lies

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8.  Scorpions:

Simply the greatest band to be formed ever.Break ups in a band generally causes lowering in the level of music played. But this never happened with Scorpions.

Genre Hard Rock

The Line Up

Klaus Meine - vocals

Rudolph Schenker - guitar

Herman Rarebell - drums

ALBUMS

Lonesome Crow

Virgin Killer

Taken by Force

Blackout

Love at First Sting

Live Bites

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