I am going have a poll on this but they really do rock.

Kashmir is THE GREATEST SONG EVER along with Travelling Riverside Blues.

Vote yes or no and if you say know tell who you think is better and it has to be a rock group no younger than 1990.

Its gonna take a long time for someone to surpass the group that the Quarrymen evolved into.............

Bon Jovi....

Depends what you mean by "Rock" group. I always thought the Rolling Stones held that particular title. As Brensec points out, Led Zeppelin fit the Heavy Rock or Heavy Metal category.

Were the Beatles a rock group? Maybe they were in the early days when their music would be more accurately described as Rhythm & Blues. Some of their stuff is pure pop. I'm not sure which category their later efforts fit into.  ???

This topic makes me wonder where all the young talent is. Most of these guys you're all raving about are my age or older. I bet this will make the fur fly. LOL

PS. I always liked The Who. The sight of the mad Moon in full flow was a wonder to behold.  
This man was arguably the finest bass guitarist in the world. He will be sadly missed.  

Brensec. You are not alone. I was in a Rock & Roll group all through the 60s & although we never had their success or songwriting talent we were contemporaries of "bands" like the Beatles & Rolling Stones.
I have every Beatles single & album ever published in this country. As you say, they were originally a rock & roll group. This was later more popularly known as R & B. What the music they (or more correctly George Martin) produced after they gave up live perfomances would be described as is anyone's guess.  I never liked categories myself. It's all music to me.

Stairway to Heaven is a good song...

but the best rock band ever is and will always be Metallica. and guess what, within two months i'll see them in real life...yeah baby! 

I must say that there is a good tatse in music in this forum the who is definately good. I still feel amazed when I hear the bass solo in My Generation.

On the Beatles front it is more rock and roll really than rock but I love em especially "I am the Walrus" creative genious at work there truly alternative work.

Deep purple very good my favourite being Highway star.

Oh well Thanks for the replys.

Oh yeah I'll see metalica at reading in a few months as well.

David gilmour basically is Pink Floyd these days.

personally i don't think they are the best, but at the moment i can't really think of any more talented so i voted yes

my favorite song of theirs is probably immigration song or dazed and confused

Seeing a few comments regarding individuals who are considered the "best" with their particular instrument.

I have to add my tuppence worth.

Deep Purple (the most successful and I think the No 3 outfit) of Gillan, Blackmore, Lord, Paice and Glover must be considered as the single most "multi-talented" groups ever to have graced the earth. My analysis may be common knowledge with some and unknown to others, but it goes like this.
(Once again, many aspects of talent are a matter of taste, but there is also plain "raw ability").

Ian Gillan - If none of his DP work makes your grade (which much of it should) check his vocals on the "all star" British recording of JC Superstar. As an ex-professional vocalist, I know no other "rock' voice which can compare.

Ritchie Blackmore - Considered by, not only critics, but by his peers, as one of the most talented and versatile R & B/Rock/Blues guitarists of his time (and probably others).
Listen to the solo on "Place in Line" on the "Who Do We Think We Are" album. It contains every conceivable style of modern guitar picking I can imagine.

Ian Paice - What can you say about the man that the professionals went to lessons for?

John Lord - Classically trained and accomplished pianist before he even saw a Hammond.

Roger Glover - Alas, I don't know much about Roger. I can't say I have read or recall any accolades or complimentary accounts by his peers or critics, but to be in such company, he just had to be pretty good, I reckon.