Most musically talented band?

I have a few in this category: Dream Theater - should be legendary but folks just don't get good muse.

Queensryche - seeing is believing, even after Degarmo left.

Tesla - Damn I miss that band!

PINK FLOYD- their genious can never be disputed, even by sober people.

 

Rush.

 

Floyd: I'm a fan. They were experimental, innovative, couragous. But not the most gifted musicians, if that's the criteria.

But if less is more, then they are up there. It's not what you put in, as Louis Armstrong said, it's what you leave out.

Compared to Yes in that way, they come off better. I can't listen to Yes anymore, at least not anything post-CTTE. More musically talented band, but lost their edge, and ceased to be a rock band. And Anderson's has got to be the world's biggest new age pansy.

To go to the other end of the spectrum, I think Black Sabbath was an underrated musical group. My cousin put on a live tape, they have chops.

Zepplin was legitimately a great group, 3 great musicians and a great singer. Cream likewise. Duane Allman is rocks greatest slide guitarist. RIP. I wish he'd made more than one record with Clapton.

Songwriting was never as strong, but for pure musical ability, it's hard to match Red era King Crimson. Or Discipline era Crimson for that matter.

Prince is an underrated musician.

Now days, all those "musician" bands that formed prog bands are either in metal bands like Dream Theatre, which I always had trouble getting into (never could headbang to 7/4 time) and jambands like Phish, Moe, Lake Trout, ect.

And ooh yea, Peart's a great drummer. He makes Rush worthwhile.

 

1. Queen
2. Rush
3. Cream
4. Black Sabbath
5. Tool

In that order

 

The Band used to switch off and play each others instruments (yes, gutter, I'm in the correct forum).

All the Beatles played multiple instruments, and composed as well - although Ringo wasn't exactly prolific.

I like the musicianship expressed by a number of other bands: Yes, Rush, Chicago (sorry Larry), Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Bee Gees, PP&M, Queen, Alan Parsons Project, Smashing Pumpkins

 

metallica
rush
ratt(really)
queensryche
tool
staind

 

Agree with most everything said above and while I know I'm not talking to their typical fan I gotta put the Dave Matthews Band up there, mostly for drummer Carter Beauford and their interesting use of instrumentation. Add to that, their live music is much better than studio and they blend well with some of the better individual musicians of their instruments (Bela Fleck, Trey Anastasio, Victor Wooten, Maceo Parker, John Popper, Carlos Santana), not to mention that their songs' lyrics are largely just another media and far from necessary in some cases. Hate to have written a damn bio but I'm expecting that my mention of this will get shunned so some argument in advance.

Piper, I thought Miles Davis said that? If so it's probably justification, the more I study and research Miles the more he's a brilliant musician and a terrible trumpet player. I remember him saying something about "running out of notes" that kinda alluded to the fact that his technical skill and musical creativity ran on different wavelengths and sometimes didn't have good compatability.

 

The Sex Pistols.

 

I gotta agree with you, gutter.

Redcoat, get a clue.

 

Uh-oh Mags. You talked shit about Miles.

He was always more director and bandleader than great soloist. However, terrible? Still love Freedie Freeloader. His ideas and concepts on improv and melody are just to great to ignore. He impacted everyone from Herbie Hancock to Santana and Duanne Allman.

And Kind of Blue is the greatest jazz record ever. Not only that, but playing seems to guarantee getting laid.

Miles may have said it, but so did Lou, and he said it first.

Favorite Miles quote: "There are two styles of music. Good, and bad."

And Redcoat, Rotten can't carry Joey Ramone's jock strap.