As influential and important as the Beatles were to rock n roll, Zeppelin took it to a whole new level when they hit the scene. The Beatles were good but their music for the most part was simple and poppy. It wasn’t until the later years when they started getting creative and more complex with their music. Zeppelin was a force from the get go and were light years ahead of the Beatles in regards to musicianship, creativeness and pure talent both lyrically and musically.

Zeppelin took rock music to another level. Their concerts changed the rock tour landscape. Their music influeneced the masses and changed the face of Rock N Roll. Their attitudes and mystic have come to symbolize what we all imagine Rock stars to be. They Are rock n roll.

Yes they were the best ever.Every album they made sounded different. Led Zeppelin invented a new kind of music.They were the Beatles of hard rock. “The who” doesn’t even come close to Zeppelin.

A great band can be defined by: how commercially successful the band have been, how influential they have been particularly with regards to inspiring other bands to play a similar type of music and also how successful and inspirational they have been as a live act. Led Zeppelin have been among the top in all the above categories. Yes, the Beatles have sold more albums, but how good were they in concert? The Who were a great live act, but did they sell as many albums as Zeppelin [No] ? The only band who come close to Zeppelin is probably Pink Floyd, but did Floyd spawn as many imitators ? Zep are the greatest !

Yes. Although with different genre’s, tastes & opinions it’s pretty much impossible to say definitively that any one group is the greatest- but Zeppelin is as close as they come.

For those that say all their songs sound the same- you obviously don’t know what you’re talking about. Not only was every song a masterpiece in it’s own right- but they explored and incorporated so many different musical styles and outlets- reggae, blues, heavy metal, country, rock, folk and so much more.

Their passion is a tangible presence in every song- and you can feel the music live. And each member was a master that added their own genious. Page is obvioulsly a guitar legend. Plant’s vocal range & writing are obvious. Bonham is easily one of the most influential drummers ever and the talent that Jones added was immeasurable. They were an all star cast who produced nothing but magic, and pioneers that influenced almost every aspect of the industry as we know it today.

well there should be no doubt as far as the guitaring genius of jimmy page is concerned but…..best band ever, i dont think so and the foremost reason would be lack of purpose and sometimes bad lyrics as well. Pink Floyd surely is the best band of all times

Absolutely the greatest. In the mid-sixties, the Beatles stoping being a rock band, and morphed into a pop studio machine bent on exploring & propping up their songs with novelties. Zeppelin became the hard driving high energy arena band that the Beatles could have been—but they were obsessed with being cute, clever, and culturally evolving. With Zeppelin though, it was always more about the music than the image.

They are absolutly 100% the greatest band of all time. The album sales, the songs, the concert tickets sold, and the fact that their music created a new genre all add up to them being the best ever.

Whoever says Zeppelin doesn’t have artistic merit does not know what they are talking about. They go from albums as hard rocking as Zeppelin 1 and 2 to an acoustic filled 3rd album. Houses of the Holy continues to follow their trend of each album sounding differently. Presence is one of the most underated guitar albums of all time. Zeppelin will never be touched.

Um, what about the Stones?

No. They were a good band, but not a great one - they owe a ton to blues musicians and to Jimmi Hendrix. They weren’t terribly innovative or original and their songs all sounded the same (to borrow a phrase).
Great bands would be the Who, Pink Floyd, Joy Division, Radiohead, U2, the Smiths, the Stone Roses, the Rolling Stones, Clapton/Dominos, Rush, the Doors, the Clash, Nirvana, and the FooFighters.
These are bands with originality, purpose, meaning, artistic merit, and their own sound. Zepplin falls short on too many of those criteria to be a truly great band.

They are absolutely the greatest band ever. You just have to look at the number of albums they have sold and the number of seats they have filled in stadiums across the world. Their music was so full of passion and it’s hard to think of another band whose fans are so passionate about them!