Best pop/rock band

[El Diablo]

mia: Green Day was my second choice, though I haven't given this extensive thought.

Al: PJ is one of my favorites, but they've made too much out-there music to be a contender here.

[El Diablo]

kurosh,

RHCP pretty good choice, though their early stuff (a lot of which was great) keeps them from being a top contender here because it was too funky.

[El Diablo]

G,

Whoa. Killer choice. Speaking of that, The Killers might be a contender after a few more albums.

[scraggs]

Sunny Day Real Estate

[BrightLightGirl]

Heart
Styx

Yeah...that's it. No one is better than Styx and Heart! They both wrote some of the greatest albums of all-time and wrote some of those most kick-arse songs ever! Styx and Heart are the best, baby! Two bands who never wrote crappy filler songs just to fill their albums...they just rocked it!

[Ghazban]

Def Leppard

[illeagle]

Alice in Chains

Tempted to say Faith No More but they get a little strange sometimes.

[NajdorfDefense]

Agree with Alice in Chains and Faith No More
REM
u2
White Stripes
oh, and of course,
Hanson.

[mrcoughman]

Q.What has nine arms and sucks?

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Def Leppard

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[kidcolin]

Elvis Costello and the Attractions.. not some of the later albums, but This Year's Model beats everything. Get Happy!, Armed Forces, and Trust fit the bill nicely as well (trust might be borderline).