Greatest Rock N' Roll Moment in History

Greatest Rock N' Roll Moment Ever...

  • Led Zepplin/Sharks/Groupies/Seaside Hotel

    Votes: 2 10.0%
  • CxxxSucker Blues

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Ozzy bites the bat

    Votes: 3 15.0%
  • John Bonham likes his Vodka.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Sid and Nancy: The Last Night.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Keef Moon prangs the motor into a swimming pool.

    Votes: 3 15.0%
  • Keef Moon accidently kills his chaffeur.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Bon Scott's likes his Vodka too.

    Votes: 1 5.0%
  • Any number of incidents described in Motley Crue's 'The Dirt'.

    Votes: 2 10.0%
  • Ozzy urinates on the site of The Alamo

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Jim Morrison exposes himself in Miami.

    Votes: 1 5.0%
  • The Hells Angels at Altamont.

    Votes: 2 10.0%
  • Marilyn Manson and friends smoking bones in New Orleans.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • The Sex Pistols ferry trip gig on the river Thames

    Votes: 5 25.0%
  • GG Allin eating his own faeces

    Votes: 1 5.0%

  • Total voters
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This is a poll to decide which is most 'Rock N' Roll' moment of all time.

Was it Keith Moon on tour in the states, crashing a Lincoln Continental into a swimming pool at his 21st Bday party? Or perhaps the night, Moon ran over his chaffeurs head in a Limo?

Was it Led Zepplin's notorious seaside escapade of inserting pieces of shark bait into the orifices of a red haired groupie they had tied down? Or the night John Bonham drank himself to death?

Was it the infamous 'Cxxxsucker Blues' film with all manner of Rolling Stones debauchery?

Was it the night Sid Vicious may or may not have killed Nancy Spungen?

Was it the gig where Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off a live bat?

So many wonderful events are contenders. Ive included some of the most obvious ones in a poll, but feel free to throw in others for discussion.
 

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Ozzy Osborne snorts a line of ants in the company of Nikki Sixx. Anything Ozzy did when he was off his tree :rolleyes:


The Beatles perform on the Ed Sullivan Show.


Bob Dylan releases Like A Rolling Stone and each one of his albums through the mid 60's took music past simple 50's rock and roll and removed all boundries and many followed changing the face of rock and roll as we knew it.

Concert for Bangladesh: the first rock charity concert pathing the way for....

Live Aid/8.


The summer of 1969. the actual summer not the song.


When John Lennon met Paul McCartney who knew the words to 25 songs at the Woolton Village Fate in 1957.


Woodstock.


When Hendrix lit his guitar on fire. The Hendrix experience. Nothing came near or will. Also when he saw Townsend of the Who smash his guitar, Jimmy had a go of that too.
 
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In terms of debauchery + great tunes in the vein of UNIT's suggestions, I would have to make a bit of a Brissie's 3-peat suggestion and nominate:

Stones 68-72.

Four of the greatest rock n roll records ever.

A bunch of uncollected singles (Jumping Jack Flash, Honky Tonk Women) among the greatest too...

Altamont (not great, but symbolic/destructive in a way Crue coke-snorting ain't)

Plus all the drugs, and boozing and whoring that make up the rest of that dubious "legendary behaviour".

But mostly for the records: Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main Street. I don't think a band has ever had such a hot run of records, ever. Not the Beatles. Not the Beach Boys.

(Apologies for the earlier sarcasm - unnecessary).
 

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Theres another version of the shark story that suggests the 'implement' used was a red snapper, apparently they could fish out the window of this room and when they pulled in a few Noah's they hung them up through coathangers to await discovery by the hotel staff!
 

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But mostly for the records: Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main Street. I don't think a band has ever had such a hot run of records, ever. Not the Beatles. Not the Beach Boys.

The Beach Boys I agree didnt have the hot run of albums the stones did, i own all those stones records and they were better than anything in that particular period and when the stones were the undisputed greatest rock band at that time. Are you forgetting the beatles run of: Rubber Soul - Revolver - Sgt Pepper?? Theres also the run of White Album - Abbey Road - Let It Be, almost as good as the former. This is all subjective
 

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Man,
after reading them i am hyped, great work

but i must go back to the 60's
Marianne Faithfulll during the raid,
with a Mars Bar inserted.

Keef putting a Nazi staff car into the lake.

Keef putting the dogs on acid.
 

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materamagic said:
But mostly for the records: Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main Street. I don't think a band has ever had such a hot run of records, ever. Not the Beatles. Not the Beach Boys.

The Beach Boys I agree didnt have the hot run of albums the stones did, i own all those stones records and they were better than anything in that particular period and when the stones were the undisputed greatest rock band at that time. Are you forgetting the beatles run of: Rubber Soul - Revolver - Sgt Pepper?? Theres also the run of White Album - Abbey Road - Let It Be, almost as good as the former. This is all subjective
Neither of them top the run of Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall. Anyway of course it's all subjective.

Greatest moment for me, I don't know, I'll saw Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock.
 

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materamagic said:
But mostly for the records: Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main Street. I don't think a band has ever had such a hot run of records, ever. Not the Beatles. Not the Beach Boys.

The Beach Boys I agree didnt have the hot run of albums the stones did, i own all those stones records and they were better than anything in that particular period and when the stones were the undisputed greatest rock band at that time. Are you forgetting the beatles run of: Rubber Soul - Revolver - Sgt Pepper?? Theres also the run of White Album - Abbey Road - Let It Be, almost as good as the former. This is all subjective
I'm not forgetting them. I love 'em, esp. Revolver. But track for track the Stones run of 4 is the better, and more archetypally "rock n roll".

To the poster who suggested Pink Floyd's run of 4 was stronger - the drugs required to properly enjoy the records has clearly had some negative side effects. But then again, that "subjective" word seems appropriate again.

btw - If you take the Beach Boys Party! record with "Barbara Ann" out of the run, the BB's have a pretty hot run of records. From memory, Little Deuce Coupe, The Beach Boys Today, Summer Days (Summer Nights!), Pet Sounds, Wild Honey, 20/20, Sunflower, Surf's Up. There are some crap tracks there, but also some phenomenal and relatively unknown stuff. Sunflower and Summer Days (Summer Nights) in particular.

Working from memory on ther BB's stuff. Hope I got the names right.
 

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CarterS said:
Neither of them top the run of Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall. Anyway of course it's all subjective.

Greatest moment for me, I don't know, I'll saw Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock.
'The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A' was another good one.
 

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The Blackboard Jungle

Trivia: This film launched the Rock and Roll era by using "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and the Comets as its theme music. The song was chosen for the theme after it was heard among records owned by Peter Ford, the son of the film's star, Glenn Ford. For years it was thought the producer's daughter had discovered the song, but this has since been proven incorrect. "Rock Around the Clock" went to No. 1 around the world and eventually sold an estimated 25 million copies. (more)

Then Woodstock

Then Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

Then Altamont ... the death of the summer of love and the birth of the angry black man.

Echoes
 
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Too many to mention but here are some;

The Stones 1965-1974 period both on record and on the road.

Talking Heads, Blondie and the Ramones playing around New York in the mid to late 70's

Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Santana at both Woodstock and Monterey.

Bruce Springsteen's emergence in the 70's.

Carole King's Tapestry

Elvis returning from the ARMY

The Beatles "serious" albumns from 1965.

The Band recording "Songs from big Pink".
 
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