"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

I do love The Clash but not the best of all time imo

Hanson.

Anybody?...Anybody?

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

 Oh, you mean Marilyn Hanson.

Ben:  "We've laid in a gala reception for your fair-haired boys tonight.  All of Twin Peaks' best and brightest."

Jerry: "We're holding it in a phone booth?"

 Personally, for me anyway I'd have to say The Doors. Although I know they are an acquired taste for some. Just a great band full stop, Robbie Kreiger was a guitar legend (that riff in Spanish Caravan rocked so much!), Ray Manzarek was superb on the piano/keyboard/organ etc, John Densmore a drumming master...and well Jim Morrison was just an amazing talent, tragic loss of talent at 27! Just the awesome frontman for a band like The Doors, Jim had the look, the voice, the charisma...but a shame he had an addictive personality, in that he dabbled in too many risky drugs, and too much whisky drinking

"Ive got good news....that gum you like is going to come back in style!"

"I'm a WHOLE DAMN TOWN!"

Well, not nearly the level of acrimony I was hoping for expecting.  I love poking people who can't distinguish value judgments from fact judgments.

I have a friend who says THE WHO! I'm sorry, having more than one farewell tour automatically disqualifies you in my book.

One of the reasons I say The Clash is the relatively brief period of their work. Always leave them wanting more.  That and it was the first thing that popped into my head when he said THE WHO!  Best to go with your first thought.

"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu

After spending all day listening to the Kinks today, I'm not sure which is the better band. Probably The Beatles, as their style was more varied, but Ray Davies' songwriting is just as good as Lennon/McCartney. Anyway, the Greatest Band of All Time has to be from the 60s. That's the conclusion...

the doors is my all time favorite as well.  
 

Sonic Youth.  So many good records, and so different from everything that preceeded them.

-cg

I do have to say this, while the Femmes are my all time favorite for various reasons, it truly is hard to narrow it down to one "greatest." I have always said that I have 5 great bands, you know, the ones that if I was stranded on a desert island I would want their music with me. That being said, the 5 are:

1. Violent Femmes
2. The Who
3. The Beatles
4. Oasis
5. Our Lady Peace

It's really difficult for me to decide between these 5.

Ben:  "We've laid in a gala reception for your fair-haired boys tonight.  All of Twin Peaks' best and brightest."

Jerry: "We're holding it in a phone booth?"