Best pop/rock band

[naMruM]

Foo Fighters is a sweet choice

I love the Cure as well, but expect elD to DQ them

Live
The Tragically Hip (Go Canada!)
The Lowest of the Low (Go Canada! the sequel)

[Aces McGee]

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Was Superunknown really that far out there?

Badmotorfinger is perfect album that fits this description:

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listen to the whole thing straight through and think, man, that rocked!



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Go back further.

-McGee

[4_2_it]

One band I have not seen yet is INXS.

[scotnt73]

havent seen depeche mode listed yet. early 90s violator every song was a hit on the radio.

[Ghazban]

Some more from the 80s:

J. Geils Band
Poison
Warrant
Huey Lewis and the News
Winger

[kyro]

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OK, I'm not talking Radiohead or Flaming Lips or Tool or really any band that does anything really creative.

I am talking about rock bands that for the most part just make great, relatively straightforward music that rocks. Bands that put out albums where you can just listen to the whole thing straight through and think, man, that rocked! Bands that put out albums just chock full of great songs that rock.

I'll start.

Foo Fighters.

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Why start a thread? This is the obvious answer.

[DrewDevil]

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Boston put out three of the most stereophonic albums of all time, and then disappeared.

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Third Stage is a fantastic album and absolutely worthy of its place alongside Boston and Don't Look Back.

On a personal note, it is also the first CD I ever bought (fall 1986).

[edtost]

Reel Big Fish

[El Diablo]

KJS, nath, and others:

The point is not that a bunch of bands you've listed don't rock or are not as good as those in the thread - I like many of them a lot more than most bands in this thread. But the question is pop-rock.

[El Diablo]

killa: It's pretty crazy that nobody mentioned Jovi, wow. .38 Special also a decent choice.

4: INXS, very good one.