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Originally Posted by Irish.Cursory
OK. First off, Metallica. Although they have totally degraded over time, their albums Ride The Lightning and Master Of Puppets are absolutely brilliant and terrifying. The track "Trapped Under Ice" alone from the former completely encapsulates the sensation of the same in song, and in my opinion, few bands can compete with such a sonic assault even to this day..
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Meh. They were the band that made underground thrash metal mainstream. That is their contribution. The more mainstream they became, the more they sucked... and then they got even worse when they tried to be metal again! (St. Anger did achieve what its title suggests... It angered me).
Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Metal Church, Testament, and a whole lot of bands that no one remembers were their equals... just not as commercially motivated and thus they rode on Metallica's wave into the mainstream.
I give Metallica credit for opening that door.
They get many negative points because Ulrich is one of the worse metal drummers EVER!!!
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Originally Posted by Irish.Cursory
The Rolling Stones have done exactly the same, but they are the original bad boys. Although they have a multitude of throw-away songs (e.g. "Silver Train", "Jigsaw Puzzle", etc.), their shortfalls are overshadowed by their prolific catalogue that contains undeniable classics like "Street Fighting Man" and "Mother's Little Helper", the latter being one of the most precocious and dead-on commentaries in rock music. Catchy as all heck, too..
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They did set the "rocker" scene and balance out the Beatles vile "mod" scene. They are catchy. But musical geniuses? Not by any means.
Again they are a band more noteworthy for commercial skills than musical ability.
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Originally Posted by Irish.Cursory
Led Zeppelin has gifted rock music with the richest of legacies, and Bonzo was the paradigm of rock drummers. Jimmy Page worked alchemy with regards to recording, and their compositions drew from myriads of rustic styles while establishing new frontiers...
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Led Zeppelin was awesome and important. In this case the overrated status is entirely because the hype is so pervasive.
And Robert Plant sucks.