My top three
1.) The Who
I think as a group they were the total package, Townsend's lyrics, Kieth moon's drums, The late ,great, John Entwistle, and the booming vocals of Roger Daltrey.
2.) Jimi Hendrix(the whole band)
His drummer(Mitch Mitchell) and bass player were phenoms, it's too bad it all ended so soon.
3.)There is a group of about 5 I can put here, i'de have to make a top ten:)
Alot of people do not not listen to Rush because it is too "deep".
They have a strange cult of intellectuals that follow them. They write of science, books, and man as he thinks. The "Fear" trilogy is written about three aspects of fear and how it affects us. "Witch Hunt" (that I relate to the salem witch trials) That describes how fear manifests itself into one's thinking and how that fear is used. "The Weapon" that describes how fear of weapons used against us affects us and our thinking( could fit well into current times) "The Enemy Within" that describes the fear of evil within ourselves and the fear of what we are capable of.
Songs written based on books include "The Body Electric" and "Red Barchetta" ( read the lyrics of red barchetta, I think it is a fantastic story)
And songs of science(there are alot) and man's hopes for the future include "Manhatten Project" "New World Man" and my favorite "Countdown" is about the first space shuttle launch( the recording of the coversation between control and the shuttle during launch is pretty cool, then again, anything to do with the space shuttle I think is cool:) )
http://www.rush.com/BTW, I don't consider them a great band, but The Scorpions was a great concert.
