You argue that these certain artists are much more influential on the basis that they either influenced hardcore touring (Grateful Dead), or shaped a genre entirely (Metal and Rock was founded on the basis of Blues).
Which to an extent is true, but not entirely.
Grateful Dead did a hell of a lot of touring, that I will not argue. I do disagree with that bands wouldn't tour as much if it weren't for them, because they were not the only bands to tour heavily.
Deep Purple is probably the biggest example. A heavy influence of Maiden, they have toured on every continent since 1969. They are considered one of the most hardcore touring bands of all time in the
world.
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In 2007 they received special award for selling more than
150,000 tickets in France with
40 dates in the country in 2007 alone. {that's only ONE year, which is over 40 years since their start.}
They're as important to rock and metal as Chuck Berry is to the genre, if not more - they have a DIRECT impact on it as a whole.
And then you have Maiden...
Iron Maiden, who has fans literally all over the world - with record sales to prove it - and who have toured for over 30 years. If you want to see the many, many places they've toured, the amount of times they've been there, and what years - go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Maiden_Tour_History
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Iron Maiden were ranked #24 in VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock", and in Kerrang! magazine were ranked as the most important band of the last 25 years. The band were ranked fourth on MTV's "Top 10 Greatest Heavy Metal Bands of All Time". Iron Maiden were named the third best metal band of all time on VH1 Classic: Top 20 Metal Bands. The band also won the Ivor Novello Award for international achievement in 2002. The band was also inducted into the Hollywood RockWalk during their tour in the United States in 2005.
Those achievements are based off of world-wide support to a legendary band. What's probably most awesome about Maiden, is throughout their entire success, very little is because of the media - both television and radio support.
They're international legends. Of course they're influenced by other bands, but none of whom {which continues my argument} have the world-wide success, support, respect, devotion, popularity, love, and achievements that Iron Maiden has. They're impact is HUGE to bands. Not just metal bands, but a lot of rock and even pop-rock bands. Their style and methods of playing is unique, and has provided a basis of all new bands to start off from.
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In closing, there is no way that you can dispute that Neil Young, Bob Dylan, The Dead, The Allman Brothers Band, BB King, Willie Nelson, and Elvis Costello all shaped the way music is played, produced, and presented.
True... but neither can you forget Iron Maiden. Maybe a different genre, they have still influenced and impacted MUCH of what modern music is today.
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