The depressing part is that I knew that.

Whas is "classic?" Is that like 10 years ago? 20 years ago? I like Suicidal Tendencies. Are they classic?

As for the takeover of the world by Raziel and company, I really wouldn't mind. Smart people running the world for a change would be awesome.

Talking of suicide, Japan is like suicide city...

You're such a dolt.

Leme list some numbers right here.

I listen to these frequently.

Queen-
The B-52's-
GoGo's-
Foreigner-
Grand Funk-
Alice Cooper-
Brownsville Station-
Lynyrd Skynyrd-
Beastie Boys-
Poison-
White Snake-
Twisted Sister-
Motorhead-
Blue Oyster Colt-
EAGLES WOOT

wolf the beattles suck plain and simple!

They were the first boy-band.

List:
Immortal James Marshal Hendrix
Alice Cooper
Pink Floyd

Tiny Tim ain't too bad either.

I'm sorry, i can't say if they are i've never heard of them.

Wolf

i dont know what he considers classic but i like Iron Madien, Dio, Judas Priest. if those are considered classic rock

Edit:

i also like Guns n Roses, early Metalica, and some Aerosmith songs

Well a few of those bands would be in the "Heavy Metal" genre but as for the others, yes they are Classic Rock

Wolf

Wow, how pathetic can you get? I didn't think it was possibly to be any more idiotic.

PS: Please ban that guy^^

Wolf

Boy bands don't play instruments.

The Beatles played quite a few and weren't afraid to have other musicians play with them.

Having lots of ladies follow you around doesn't necessarily make you a boy band.

If it wasn't for The Beatles, the British invasion would probably not have happened, and bands would still have most likely been one-hit wonders like in the 50's. Bands like Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, etc revolutioned pop (this means popular -- don't get this confused with Britney Spears) songwriting, studio production, video promotion, general presentation and instrumental styles. A lot of the effects we have today should be indebted to these classic rock bands who had to use microphone 'maneuvers' and what not to get the effect. They couldn't just plug something in.The Doors' (don't want to make fun of them, but it is, in my opinion, true) sound was basically The Doors. They didn't really revolutionize anything. The Beatles and Led Zeppelin even dominated and defined their time, reflecting every culturally significant shift in their kaleidoscopic decade in ways so acute that the groups themselves even caused some of the major social changes of the 1960s and 1970s. These groups set the record for indoor stadium performances, and both Paul McCartney and John Lennon were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. (Beatles and solo) Led Zeppelin was inducted as well.

This may or may not alter your opinion about them, but I'd just like to point a few things out.

Wow, you obviously know ure Beatles, very well put.

Wolf

I'm a fan of music and history in general, really. :D

I just saw a video on VH1 yesterday for boy-band called Busted. They were playing instruments. Download the video if you like. It was called "The Reason I Go To School", or something like that.

The Beatles were the first boy band.

Meh. I classify a boy band as a band that relies on their using their physical appearance to sell CDs to teenage girls, rather than actually producing music.

Yeah, those poser/pop bands..

Considering over 70 million people were watching The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show and many of their fans are male, then I guess they aren't a boy band.

If you could please state what made them the first boy band, I would greatly appreciate it.

1. In the very beginning of the band's career, they recieved a groutesque amount of attention due to the length of their hair (i.e. their physical appearance earned them publicity) and had teenage girls fawning all over them as a direct result of their appearance.

2. Lyrics like this:

"Oh please say to me
You’ll let me be your man,
And please say to me,
You’ll let me hold your hand,"


Which is essentially what The Beatles did in the beginning. They got huge because of the length of their hair and the fact that they wrote catchy pop songs about holding girls hands. That smacks of "boy band" to me.

Just because the current definition of "boy band" doesn't exactly match up with the image of the original Beatles doesn't mean they weren't one. Led Zepplin was technically the first "metal" band, and most metal bands nowadays sound nothing like Zepplin. Definitions evolve over time. That doesn't mean the origin of the definition loses it's purpose or potency.

The Beatles = The Original Boy Band