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Greatest Band of All Time

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—The DellsFive voices that stayed together for half a century. Inducted 2004.— win— match wins
—TrafficDear Mr. Fantasy is a jam that grew a song around itself. Class of 2004.— win— match wins
—ZZ TopTwo beards, three players, and Sharp Dressed Man. Inducted 2004.— win— match wins
—The O'JaysLove Train asks every country by name to get on board. Class of 2005.— win— match wins
—The PretendersBrass in Pocket is Chrissie Hynde being certain about herself. Inducted 2005.— win— match wins
—U2With or Without You holds one note back for four minutes then lets go. Class of 2005.— win— match wins
—Black SabbathParanoid was written in minutes as filler and invented a genre. Inducted 2006.— win— match wins
—BlondieHeart of Glass is a punk band walking into a disco on purpose. Class of 2006.— win— match wins
—Lynyrd SkynyrdSweet Home Alabama answered a Neil Young song and outlived the argument. Inducted 2006.— win— match wins
—Sex PistolsAnarchy in the U.K. is a career of one album that changed everything. Class of 2006.— win— match wins
—Grandmaster Flash and the Furious FiveThe Message made rap report the news. Inducted 2007.— win— match wins
—R.E.M.Losing My Religion is a hit single built on a mandolin. Class of 2007.— win— match wins
—The RonettesBe My Baby opens with the most copied drum intro ever recorded. Inducted 2007.— win— match wins
—Van HalenJump swapped the guitar for a synth and still sounded like Van Halen. Class of 2007.— win— match wins
—The Dave Clark FiveGlad All Over knocked the Beatles off the top and got its own invasion. Inducted 2008.— win— match wins
—The VenturesWalk, Don't Run taught a generation what a guitar was for. Class of 2008.— win— match wins
—Little Anthony and the ImperialsTears on My Pillow is a falsetto that cracks on purpose. Inducted 2009.— win— match wins
—MetallicaEnter Sandman brought thrash into arenas without slowing down much. Class of 2009.— win— match wins
—Run-DMCWalk This Way put rap and rock in one video and broke the wall down. Inducted 2009.— win— match wins
—ABBADancing Queen is engineered joy from four Swedes who meant it. Class of 2010.— win— match wins
—GenesisLand of Confusion had puppets do the arguing. Inducted 2010.— win— match wins
—The HolliesHe Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother is three-part harmony carrying a heavy line. Class of 2010.— win— match wins
—The StoogesI Wanna Be Your Dog is one piano note hammered until it hurts. Inducted 2010.— win— match wins
—Beastie BoysSabotage is a fake cop show and the best two minutes of the nineties. Class of 2012.— win— match wins
—The Blue CapsGene Vincent's band, and Be-Bop-A-Lula is rockabilly at its most echoed. Inducted 2012.— win— match wins
—The CometsRock Around the Clock is the record that put rock and roll on every radio. Class of 2012.— win— match wins
—The CricketsBuddy Holly's band, and That'll Be the Day is where the template starts. Inducted 2012.— win— match wins
—The Famous FlamesJames Brown's group, and Please, Please, Please is begging as performance. Class of 2012.— win— match wins
—Guns N' RosesSweet Child O' Mine began as a warm-up exercise Slash was making fun of. Inducted 2012.— win— match wins
—The MidnightersHank Ballard's band, too rude for radio and impossible to stop. Class of 2012.— win— match wins
—The MiraclesThe Tracks of My Tears hides its crying behind a smile. Inducted 2012.— win— match wins
—Red Hot Chili PeppersUnder the Bridge is the loud band admitting it was lonely. Class of 2012.— win— match wins
—The Small FacesItchycoo Park has the flanging effect everyone copied afterwards. Inducted 2012.— win— match wins
—HeartBarracuda is the Wilson sisters answering a sleazy promoter with a riff. Class of 2013.— win— match wins
—Public EnemyFight the Power is a siren, a horn stab, and no room for disagreement. Inducted 2013.— win— match wins
—RushTom Sawyer is a synth line, an odd time signature, and Neil Peart. Class of 2013.— win— match wins
—Hall & OatesYou Make My Dreams is the most cheerful three minutes in blue-eyed soul. Inducted 2014.— win— match wins
—KissRock and Roll All Nite is makeup, pyro, and one chorus. Class of 2014.— win— match wins
—NirvanaSmells Like Teen Spirit ended one decade of rock and started another. Inducted 2014.— win— match wins
—Green DayBasket Case is an anxiety attack at a hundred and seventy beats a minute. Class of 2015.— win— match wins
—Joan Jett & the BlackheartsI Love Rock 'n Roll is a jukebox, a stomp, and no apology. Inducted 2015.— win— match wins
—The Paul Butterfield Blues BandBorn in Chicago brought the blues north with an integrated lineup. Class of 2015.— win— match wins
—Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double TroublePride and Joy is a Texas shuffle played harder than the strings want. Inducted 2015.— win— match wins
—Cheap TrickOn I Want You to Want Me the Budokan crowd screams louder than the band. Class of 2016.— win— match wins
—Chicago25 or 6 to 4 is a horn section and a guitar solo fighting for the room. Inducted 2016.— win— match wins
—Deep PurpleSmoke on the Water is the first riff every guitar shop bans. Class of 2016.— win— match wins
—N.W.AStraight Outta Compton got the FBI to write the group a letter. Inducted 2016.— win— match wins
—Electric Light OrchestraMr. Blue Sky is a Beatles record that arrived ten years late. Class of 2017.— win— match wins
—JourneyDon't Stop Believin' refused to die and got a second life on television. Inducted 2017.— win— match wins
—Pearl JamAlive turned a grim story into a crowd singing it back. Class of 2017.— win— match wins
—YesOwner of a Lonely Heart is prog rock cut down to fit the radio. Inducted 2017.— win— match wins
—Bon JoviLivin' on a Prayer has a key change that everyone waits for. Class of 2018.— win— match wins
—The CarsJust What I Needed is new wave with the guitars still turned up. Inducted 2018.— win— match wins
—Dire StraitsSultans of Swing is a guitar tone that needed no distortion at all. Class of 2018.— win— match wins
—The Moody BluesNights in White Satin put an orchestra behind a pop band and meant it. Inducted 2018.— win— match wins
—The CureJust Like Heaven is the happiest song by a band famous for the opposite. Class of 2019.— win— match wins
—Def LeppardPour Some Sugar on Me is a stadium chorus assembled in a studio. Inducted 2019.— win— match wins
—RadioheadCreep was the hit they spent a decade trying to outrun. Class of 2019.— win— match wins
—Roxy MusicMore Than This is style making its own argument. Inducted 2019.— win— match wins
—The ZombiesTime of the Season came out after the band had already broken up. Class of 2019.— win— match wins
—Depeche ModeEnjoy the Silence is synth-pop with a guitar line that stays with you. Inducted 2020.— win— match wins
—The Doobie BrothersListen to the Music is harmony over an acoustic strum that never stops. Class of 2020.— win— match wins
—Nine Inch NailsThe Hand That Feeds is industrial rock with a hook it does not hide. Inducted 2020.— win— match wins
—T. RexBang a Gong is glam distilled into a single strut. Class of 2020.— win— match wins

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