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Originally Posted by WEG Cory
I think The Velvet Underground (particularly the Warhol years) and The Doors did just as much to influence the world of Rock. The Beatles just sold more albums and had one tied to mass murders in the Hollywood Hills.
I also think you have to look at some blues influences for all 3 of them.
The Beatles are "said to be the greatest most influential band EVER." So people rarely take the time to question what is placed on the spoon before them.
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But what exactly is there to question? They did stuff nobody else had ever done before. They surely had their own set of influences, and you gotta give Phil Spector credit for doing the work he did with them, but they are by far THE most influential band of the last 50 years. They epitomized the boy band model, they radicalized the formula of rock and roll, and they have had more popularity than any other band ever. Nirvana, while absolutely an incredible, genius band (thanx largely to Kurt, it must be said), also revolutionalized rock, but how much of their music do you hear in bands coming out today in comparison to the obvious Beatles influences you can still hear in the music of tons of new artists?
Nirvana started a fad that died out quickly. Grunge is over, thank God. Rock, however, will never die.