Poll: The Most Influential Band/Artist of All Time

[Azzurri]

Following on from a discussion with @Garrick in the Bowie (RIP) thread that felt a bit out of place, I ask you this question. I've had a look at a few different lists (ignored the NME one, though, what a load of nonsense) and listed the most common names as options with a couple of wildcards thrown in to account for genres other than rock.

 

[Azzurri]

That should probably say the 20th century to be fair, Mozart or someone probably did bits.

For me it's got to be The Beatles. They virtually invented pop music.

 

[Sapie88]

Bruce Springsteen has done a fair bit like.

Bowie for me though.

 

[Elong]

Different people were influential to different genres. Cobain to the 90s, The Beatles to Pop, Elvis to rock etc. I'll go Bowie as he's ace though and I'm in mourning.

 

[gonetomorrow]

Probably Blind Lemon Leadbelly or some such who thought up the first blues number while picking cotton in a field.

 

[Azzurri]

Different people were influential to different genres. Cobain to the 90s, The Beatles to Pop, Elvis to rock etc. I'll go Bowie as he's ace though and I'm in mourning.

Aye I get that so you can never really say I suppose, that's why I lobbed Dre and Madonna in there.

 

[Woolly Blue]

Dylan for me, and not just because he runs this place. He's been hugely influential on so many musicians.

 

[Tubey]

It's a very subjective thing - for example, a grunge fan would say Nirvana/Pearl Jam, and wonder why the hell they weren't on this list yet Dr. Dre is.

In terms of pure reach, I'd say The Beatles, although I'm not a huge fan myself.

Of that lot, Bowie had the biggest influence on me personally.

 

[ijjysmith]

S Club 7

 

[Elong]

Aye I get that so you can never really say I suppose, that's why I lobbed Dre and Madonna in there.

@gonetomorrow mentioned Leadbelly above, he influenced a hell of a lot of people. There's always an origin to the origin.

Jackson inspired pop as we know it.

It's an impossible, though hopefully fun, task.

 

[Elong]

S Club 7

 

[McBain]

If it ain't Elvis then its wrong.

 

[Azzurri]

It's a very subjective thing - for example, a grunge fan would say Nirvana/Pearl Jam, and wonder why the hell they weren't on this list yet Dr. Dre is.

And I'd say "leg it you smelly Goth, no one's listened to Grunge since the 90s anyway mate."

 

[ijjysmith]

It's a very subjective thing - for example, a grunge fan would say Nirvana/Pearl Jam, and wonder why the hell they weren't on this list yet Dr. Dre is.

In terms of pure reach, I'd say The Beatles, although I'm not a huge fan myself.

This.

 

[ijjysmith]

And if you're saying The Beatles or Elvis and so on, then you'd have to have the likes of Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and loads of the old Blues guys on there as they influenced them.

All in all dead hard question to answer.