Top Ten Most Original Rock Bands
They are the best I love pink Floyd I think they have influenced my life style through out my life and even today I am who I am because of their inspirational music Pink Floyd is one if the best bands for sure due to their amazing talents and everything they do to make the music they do.
This and tool have the most unique sounds that I've heard where you just have to lay down and absorb it (at least for me)
They are as original as it gets... I mean, nobody's sound is more melodic and soothing than theirs.
Just brilliant. I love pink floyd and their music is pretty much one of a kind!
Best band ever,just behind the Beatles. They are never boring. Random listen The March of the black queen, then Good company then Father to son, then Jesus then Man oh the prowl then The millionaire waltz then Liar then Hitman etc. I can endless name the songs that are never the same. They could do anything. Not to mention the obe and only Freddie. And the other three musical geniuses. Period.
I love music and I love all forms of music to some degree but when it comes to pure talent, song writing skill and evolutionary diversification over decades No one beats Queen. They come up with melodies that shouldn't even exist yet you can't shake them after years and Brian May has mastered the most distinctive sound that I've ever heard on lead guitar
Just check Stone Cold Crazy (composed by Mercury in 1968! ). Then Bohemians Rapsody (74). Then Under Pressure (80). Then Innuendo (90). 22 years of music. That's all.
#19? Seriously? This is the best rock band in history we're talking about! They're also the most original.
This is the order it should be in.
1: Queen
2: Guns N Roses
3: The Beatles
4: Black Sabbath (one of the first metal bands)
5: Led Zeppelin
Unfairly lumped in with nu-metal bands of the early 2000's, System of a down are a very unique hard rock band with a funny and slightly avant-garde approach to songwriting. Their lead singer (Serj Tankian) has taken part in quite a few avant-garde projects over the years. Any of their albums are recommend since their sound and quality is very consistent throughout their discography.
System of a Down is without a doubt the most unique band I have ever heard. I have never found a single song with them that I did not love and I have never heard a band sound even remotely alike to them, and I have looked and been sent songs from other bands. Nothing is like these guys. Original, fun and heavy.
Pink Floyd is a close second though. Two of my favourite bands right there.
I barely would like a metal band, most of them sound crazy but System of a Down is insane and FUN. Its the only rock band that you can laugh and dance with it! They have a funny style and have 14 million fans in facebook and I'm one of them. But it took 3 months for me to love them. At first I hated them. That can happen to you to
All their songs are good, they don't release anything they thing is maybe good... NO! They know what their doing. All awesome musician. They don't sound like any other metal bands because they weren't listening to this kind of music before starting the band. Cheer.
These guys and Pink Floyd are both great, but man oh man. Radiohead reinvents their sound with every new album. Each one offers something different. It's hard to believe Kid A and The Bends are from the same group. Thom's lyrics are so brilliantly ambiguous and it is evident that they are not afraid to test new sounds.
Radiohead the only thing that made sense on this list. Although I feel like Gorillaz should be here somewhere since they are a mix of pretty much everything there is.
They are the most original band ever along with Pink Floyd, clash, faith no more, Black Sabbath and alice in chains and Jimi Hendrix
They change their style so much with each album that these days I honestly have no idea what they're going to come up with next
Really awesome industrial rock band. Industrial rock is a really underrated music genre and I think it deserves more attention. It's a great genre.
Trent is a musical genius! His songs are just so atmospheric. Let's keep supporting him. You're awesome Trent. And happy birthday!
Trent is extremely talented.
Very recognisable sound and made a career out of producing fantastic music.
Not so much of a band than a man. Trent Reznor. The genius
Muse are genius and their live shows are to die for!
People rank them higher. They deserve more!
Great songs. Awesome songs actually.
Please muse must be 1st on chart!
They did start off doing covers like everyone else, but Lennon & McCartney grew into unparalleled original songwriters - close to 30 #1hit songs just for starters, not to mention dozens of innovations that have been copied by bands for decades, leading to both a musical and cultural revolution around the world.. When you add in Harrison's gems (Here Comes The Sun, Something, Taxman, While My Guitar Gently Weeps), it just gets better. How can they not be #1 on this list? Perhaps because they are also the most original Pop band of all time and get branded as such, or they were "tainted" by insane commercial success. The proof is in the songs though and ongoing influence though. No one can boast more than the lads from Liverpool.
They are one of the oldest groups here and clearly inspired the other bands in front of them! They created genres, made Rock music more relevant to the world, put Liverpool on the worldwide map, INSPIRED PEOPLE TO START WRITING THEIR OWN MUSIC, were one of the first bands to write all their songs, made british music even more famous, one of the first of many British bands to make it big in America and introduced british music to the country, so many bands have cited them as inspirations and have covered their songs. The fact they started the song-writing trend makes them the most original
Why on earth aren't the Beatles first? They started several new genres of music, as well as adding a twist to rock that had came before them. They are the main reason why '70s music was so good- because they were pioneers, and all these other great rock bands followed in their footsteps. Whether you personally like them or not, they CHANGED MUSIC, people! Look at music before and after the Beatles and how drastically different it is. By far the most original band in history.
The Beatles being so low on the list is just a testament to how people just vote for their favorite band that is high on the list. The Beatles are far from my favorite band but out of all rock bands, they are the absolute most original.
Maynard is one of the few brilliant lyricists to ever admit that writing their music always starts with the sound. Then the lyrics are found. Considering the topics they choose to write about and the language that is chosen, the fact that they are inspired sonically first is a true testament to their talent.That is the best way I can describe Tool... Perhaps the most underrated band of our time.
I have listened to tool like forever since I was at least 2 so I would still say they are brilliant and amazing and it sometimes takes brainpower to even under stand their music but that's good
There is no other band in the world like tool. That being said, there is also no other band in the world as good as tool.
Unique in sound and brilliant in creation. Along with Pink Floyd, the true masters of album construction.
They are definitely the most original band - you can't pioneer 2 music genres (hard rock and heavy metal) if you are not original. Yes, not one but 2 genres, and if you ask me - the best genres in the world!
The most original metal band - they developed such an original style that they differ from the bands within the same metal subgenres.
Whatever they do, they do it their own way - their speed metal is different from the typical speed metal (their version is darker and heavier);
same for their power metal, which doesn't sound like any other power metal - absolutely unique dense sound, bizzare melodies and lyrics, it's also prog influenced;
their symphonic metal is different, too - they use orchestra in a different way.
Nobody ever sounded like rush. They have a unique sound that will never be copied. They didn't sound like their music was inspired by some other band, because it wasn't. They should already have been on this list and at the top
To me you can't even classify them under a genre they are very different in their sound, and even so they are one of the best bands in the world
How do you categorize Rush? Is it rock? Is it techno? This is a list about most original bands not the best rock bands. Rush should be number 1.
With their first two albums, Kill 'Em All and Ride The Lightning reaching underground success, their third effort, Master of Puppets has since become one of the most important heavy metal albums ever, as it became the first thrash metal album to be certified platinum. The title track has since become the band's most played song live. ...read more.
Best of the best
I like Guns N Roses, but honestly, they're not at all original. Most of music is extremely similar to that of Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, and other hard rock groups.
Awesome band. Unique and they did change they way we rock! BUT, similar to Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith? Can't buy that one for a penny.
these guys changed the landscape of rock and roll and music
I absolutely LOVE this guys! They r awesome and have REAL talent!
Greatest band ever! They made grunge what it is. Their original music that no one out of Seattle had ever heard before put the Rap industry on hold for a few years while everyone was listening to grunge!
They rock they are the one who invented grunge rock. Without their 'smells like teen sprit' world would not be have been same
Speechless is all I can say. They are so great that it's confusing to describe it.
How are they original? They ripped off the Pixies!
Best band I've known it litterally mixes rap with the lyrics so well and chesters scream cannot be beaten no matter what. their lyrics are meaningful they are good at each and every genre especially rock why are they not number 1
Calling them unique is like calling Nickelback innovative. They are just an overly polished ripoff of Rage Against the Machine if anything.
How is this not at the VERY Top #1! Love every track in the first 3 albums, listen to them none stop!
Radiohead and gorillaz should be number one most UNIQUE bands. Guys this list isn't about your personal favorite, its about originalality. So why is Linkin Park at 11!
Great band that is very original and should at least be top 20
Like a mix of everything
They are very unique, and I love the fact that there is a girl in the band who is treated as an equal. As an aspiring female guitarist, the music industry doesn't have many bands with girls in them, that are still taken seriously. This band reminds me that yes, I can do this. Also, I loved the uniqueness of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. It was nothing I had ever seen or heard before. They changed lives, and they influenced other bands to be unique and have unique themes. Panic! At the Disco for example were highly influenced by the theme of Tonight, Tonight from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Their whole album theme was influenced by the one video. The Smashing Pumpkins be whoever they want to be, and are accepted for it, and not judged. I just love them, and I will live and die as a fan.
Such unique sound mixing 70s rock with their own metal-ish style. Chris Cornel's voice is stellar and powerful! Not to mention complex and genius lyrics.
This band deserves way more recognition.
More original than Nirvana.
These guys are AWESOME! Especially their stuff at the time of Blood Sugar Sex Magic. I love John's guitar playing, Anthony's vocals, Chad Smith's highly underrated drumming, and Flea's slap bass.
They combine just about every genre of music and are all unbelievably talented ( though since john left I will admit they arnt as good)
A completely new new sound that brought two good genres together
Best rock band ever, gave a new name to funk
Rammstein is one of Germany's most successful music artists, and one of the few that gained notable chart success and fame internationally. Since their debut album "Herzeleid", Rammstein's music has often been used in well known movies, including "Lost Highway", "The Matrix" and "Nymphomaniac", the first of which is often credited as the movie that brought the group to international recognition. ...read more.
I absolutely think that this band should be higher up. The music is so unique and powerful! They bring new meaning to the word "original". There aren't enough words to describe how awesome this band is.
Love me some German rock!
One of the best grunge band one of the best heavy metal band the creators of alternative metal