ABC's: Old-ish Metal/Rock Bands

I'm bored as hell, so here's the ABC's of the best old-ish bands.

AC/DC
Angus Young is a pretty badass guitar player. Not amazing, but badass.
Others: Aerosmith, Anthrax

Black Sabbath
Overrated but still pretty damn good.
Others: Blind Guardian

Carcass
There's not really a standout 'C,' but this CD cover made me put Carcass here.
Others: The Cult, The Clash (Both are better than Carcass)

Deep Purple
If you can stay good while changing your lineup every few years or so, you deserve a spot on the list.
Others: Dio, Dream Theater, Doobie Brothers

The Eagles
Most of the songs they make become hits, and they have great guitar.
Others: Europe (Pretty much just for The Final Countdown)


Fear Factory
They have some BADASS drumming.

Guns N Roses
Slash is good but pretty overrated, and Axl Rose's voice is annoying as hell, but they make some super badass songs. Welcome to the Jungle is definitely the best.

Helloween
They have a crazy good cover of Paint It, Black by the Rolling Stones. That's not the only reason why, I just didn't really have anything else to say about them.

Iron Maiden
Hands down the best band on this list. One of the most amazing bassists ever, and super badass guitar. The songs are even catchy, which usually doesn't happen with the extremely musically talented.

Judas Priest
They have catchy songs too, and quite a few. One of my favorite and all around kickass.
Others: Journey

Kansas
Not a whole lot of very successful songs, but I have to give props to the geniuses that wrote Carry On Wayward Son.

Led Zeppelin
Thank you Jimmy Page for becoming the master of interrupting an otherwise bad song with an amazing, purely badass guitar solo.

Metallica and Motley Crue
There's so many M's, so there's a tie here. I don't like Hetfield's voice, it just seems to ruin a lot of Metallica songs, but they have amazing guitar and super fast bass pedaling to make up for it. Motley Crue is awesome, and unlike most of these bands, their new CD doesn't suck.
Others: Megadeth, Motorhead

Nirvana
The streak of purely amazing bands comes to a screeching halt. Nirvana was extremely popular, a lot because of Kurt Cobain, but extremely overrated. I saw Kurt Cobain on Rolling Stone's Top 100 guitarists list and it pissed me the hell off. Still, find an N band that's better.

The Offspring
A lot of people don't like the singer's voice, but I think it compliments their unique style of music. And they're badass.

Pantera
Again, an overrated band, but they are still awesome. They have extremely simple riffs that they turn into great songs, and can still shred (sort of) on guitar.

Queen
Great singing. Freddie Mercury was the face of Queen. Too bad he died of gay-AIDS.

Rush
If Fear Factory had Badass drumming, I can not begin to describe how kickassly awesome Neil Pert is.

Slayer
It's hard to not be good when you have four thousand people in your band.
Others: The Scorpions

Testament
They were good. And stuff. Someone please comment with a better 'T' band.

U2
Definitely not a fan, but their success is bigger than anyone else on here, and there's not a lot of competition in the 'U' section.

Van Halen
Guitar that makes you piss your pants, drums that make you shit yourself, and songs that make you not care. It's a shame David Lee Roth ever left. Dumbass.

The Who
A plethora of good songs, my favorite being 'You Better You Better You Bet.'

Symphony X
Not really old, and not really an 'X,' but rather than put a sucky band up here I figured I'd put them. 'Cause they're actually good. And there's an 'X.'

The Yardbirds
Again, not a fan. But they definitely have the most kickass group of guitar players of any band in history. They weren't all there at the same time.
-Eric Clapton
-Jeff Beck
-Jimmy Page

Damn. By the way, they eventually turned into Led Zeppelin.

ZZ Top
Although they needed grooming help, they definitely didn't at making music. Damn, that was clever.