No poll this time!
Most outstanding group ever? The Beatles? U2? The Jackson's? Take That? Queen? Rolling Stones? Depeche Mode?
Present your nominations!

showaddywaddy
i would vote for queen because i like what they done the best

The Beatles 100% not my time period . not particularly favourite type of music but the sales the influence on other artists the sheer amount of recordings etc etc makes them in my eyes the best ever.

Dire Straits.

Only group I've never tired of and still enjoy listening to.

weezer - the greatest group ever to walk God's green earth

Beatles for me too

Its got to be Black Lace!

Adam, I think your reputation as one of the more upmarket local DJ companies to aspire to has just been severely dented

Wouldn't even begin to try answering that!

I've got lists of 'outstanding' bands....but all for different reasons.

However........

If I had to choose the absolute 'best of the bestest':


............((( Thin Lizzy)))..............










Or.......

For me it has to be .....RUSH

Been a fan since the first album and to me they are such an underated group.

So far, groups mentioned include:

Rush
Thin Lizzy
Black Lace
The Beatles
Weezer
Dire Straits
Showaddywaddy
Queen

Any more?

Depeche mode

Su Pollard
Russ Abbot

Would that be Sue from the 'Hi Di Hi' Hello Campers Band, and Russ from the Black Abbots?
Thought you liked the Troggs?

Maybe I should say the Beatles being from Liverpool an all but I'm a big U2 fan

The Beatles They can still fill a dance floor 30 years on

The Stones Still Going

The Clash My personal choice went from punk rock to Getting big in the States and could have been much bigger if they hadn't split.

Alice Cooper

The Inkspots

Girls Aloud. I can look at their wall poster for hours.............

Oh sorry, musically, Level 42

Out of the following, The Beatles have 4ish votes so far.

Alice Cooper
Black Lace
Depeche Mode
Dire Straits
Level 42
Queen
Rush
Showaddywaddy
The Beatles
The Clash
The Inkspots
Thin Lizzy
U2
Weezer

Status Quo (yes we laugh) but these guys have been around a long time and as Dj's we still use their stuff !

Forgot to mention

............................... The Legendary T. REX !!!!!

A timely mention for the Quo with their new collaboration with Scooter filling the airwaves at the minute. Everything about it is wrong, which makes it so right!!!

The Four Seasons.

Oh they were brilliant whatever time of year you saw them.

Erm

Beegees
Abba
(one of my fav's) 'Chic'

At the moment though....

Killers
Arcade Fire
Kooks
...and of course.... the mighty... Kings of Leon.

With regards to Dance music...

Prodigy (although really its a one man band rather than a group)
Pendulum
Mint Royale


erm.... that is I'm out I could be here all day...

Not even worth a reply LOL

I think in any 'poll' like this, The Beatles should be taken out. No other band comes, or will ever come, close.
They defined modern music and their influence on 'culture' as a whole was immense.
Try playing the most obscure Beatles track you can think of at a disco, and I guarantee you'll see people tapping their feet, singing along or dancing to it.
Try doing that with the music of any other band!