Most original musical artists/bands of all time

[Sam Flynn]

That's for sure.whats your take on the English super star? Anyone else other than Elton John? Is he englands biggest star?

Probably; he's certainly a huge favourite of mine. Wales, of course, has produced Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey - not bad for a small country. Not forgetting Shakin' Stevens who, though not in the same league, I think was the biggest-selling UK solo artist of the 1980s.

[John Wheat]

Kate Bush

[Robert]

Wales also produced one of the unluckiest bands of all time :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C53QAuOoSgc

[John Wheat]

That's for sure.whats your take on the English super star? Anyone else other than Elton John? Is he englands biggest star?

Elton John Englands biggest star come off it? He's average at best in my opinion.

[drstrange169]

Hello Abby,

>> Anyone else other than Elton John? Is he englands biggest star?<<

You may not have heard of him, but he did pretty well for awhile, a guy named Bowie;-)

Adele has done pretty well for herself so far too. She just picked up a $38 million check for doing five towns here in Oz.

[John Wheat]

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[John Wheat]

Hello Abby,

>> Anyone else other than Elton John? Is he englands biggest star?<<

You may not have heard of him, but he did pretty well for awhile, a guy named Bowie;-)

Adele has done pretty well for herself so far too. She just picked up a $38 million check for doing five towns here in Oz.

Adele is not remotely original though or good. Average voice, boring pop songs that all sound the same.

[John Wheat]

Paul Simon

[drstrange169]

Hello John,

Re Adele: Abby was amending it to famous solo UK artists rather than exceptional talent.

I'm not particularly an Adele fan either.

Re Metal bands: To me, it's not a list unless Motorhead is at the top of it!

[Svensson]

most original bands/artists of all time? Probably the ones who have really created (or at least got it to a "critical mass") a new genre on their own (sorry, Beatles, "Pop music" is not really a genre IMO ). So based on that, I can think of:

David Bowie
New York Dolls
Kraftwerk
Led Zeppelin
Elvis Presley

Dunno much about Soul/RnB but I suspect that the roots of this really go back to pre-media or pre-recordings times so it's probably hard to come up with genre-defining names there.

[Abby Normal]

Hello Abby,

>> Anyone else other than Elton John? Is he englands biggest star?<<

You may not have heard of him, but he did pretty well for awhile, a guy named Bowie;-)

Adele has done pretty well for herself so far too. She just picked up a $38 million check for doing five towns here in Oz.

well was thinking of Bowie, but is he really a super star even close to Elton John or any of the others I listed?

I have him listed as one of the most original musical artists, but a full blown super star? not so sure.

Adele, kind of same.

Don't get me wrong-Love en both, just not so sure if Bowie and Adele are on same super star level as the others.

[Abby Normal]

Death
Obituary
Repulsion
Disembowelment
Slayer
Sepultura
Anthrax
Deep Purple
Led Zeppelin
Mayhem
Venom
Agoraphobic Nosebleed
Megadeth
The Berzerker
Cryptopsy
Carcass
Exit 13
Origin
Extreme Noise Terror
Rakoth
Rage Against the Machine
Turisas

I don't know most of those bands, but the ones I do know(slayer, sepultura,anthrx,DP, LZ,Mega, RAM) I don't see anything particularily original.

love the name Exit 13 though-great name! On that alone I'm looking them up!!

[Abby Normal]

most original bands/artists of all time? Probably the ones who have really created (or at least got it to a "critical mass") a new genre on their own (sorry, Beatles, "Pop music" is not really a genre IMO ). So based on that, I can think of:

David Bowie
New York Dolls
Kraftwerk
Led Zeppelin
Elvis Presley

Dunno much about Soul/RnB but I suspect that the roots of this really go back to pre-media or pre-recordings times so it's probably hard to come up with genre-defining names there.

agree with Bowie, Kraftwerk, maybe dolls.

I would need some convincing though on Elvis and Zep, though theyre definitely close. (on true originality).

[John Wheat]

Hello John,

Re Adele: Abby was amending it to famous solo UK artists rather than exceptional talent.

I'm not particularly an Adele fan either.

Re Metal bands: To me, it's not a list unless Motorhead is at the top of it!

To be honest I nearly included Motorhead

[John Wheat]

I don't know most of those bands, but the ones I do know(slayer, sepultura,anthrx,DP, LZ,Mega, RAM) I don't see anything particularily original.

love the name Exit 13 though-great name! On that alone I'm looking them up!!

Of the bands you do know they were original when they first came out with the exception of Sepultura who were original up until after Roots. As for Exit 13 they are kind of an avant garde Grindcore band. I recommend there track Societally Provoked Genocidal Contemplation.

Cheers John