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Battle Of The Bands

THE COMPLETELY-BIASED, BEST 108 MUSICAL ACTS OF ALL TIME

What follows is a completely biased, flawed list of the top 108 musical acts of all time. Music – in this view – is predominantly defined as classic rock and heavy metal derived from the blues, so those types of acts dominate the list. Still, many acts that stray from this formula are included because they are simply too good or influential to leave out. So where does the bias come in? Essentially everywhere. If I don’t like an act they simply aren’t on the list regardless of what society says, including vastly overrated acts like U2, Guns N Roses and ZZ Top, limited-shelf-time acts like Blind Faith and acts that are obscure within their sub-genre like Johnny Winters (blues) and Gerry & The Pacemakers (British invasion). At least I tried. Feel free to start an argument about it. (Edited December 27, 2017.)

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“Sir, I Have Come To Rock”

Fun Facts: Rock & Roll

Life is mostly about the pursuit of knowledge and, therefore, the collection of fun facts. All my fun facts were harvested personally … They started as a physical book purchase from Amazon, then moved to a Kindle download where I bookmarked them by hand; at the conclusion of a book they were transcribed into a Snoopy Moleskine, and finally, they appear here for your personal wonderment.
  • In 1970, Neal Schon was fifteen years old and had two job offers, one was to join Santana and the second was to go to England and play with Derek & the Dominoes.
  • When Woodstock started, Yogi Bhajan asked the audience to “meditate for one minute for brotherhood” to which a voice in the crowd screamed out: “Fuck you. Let’s boogie.”
  • Here’s the translation of the lyric in The Doors song “Five To One” that says “Five to one, one to five”: the first part is the preferred ratio for cutting heroin and the second part are the odds when playing Russian roulette.

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