 " Sun Sep 00, 0000 0:00 am Grand Classic wrote: ↑Sat Sep 00, 0000 0:00 pm DaveinSpain wrote: ↑Sat Sep 00, 0000 0:00 pm Pretty straight forward question. Clearly Kiss were the biggest band in the world for a few years. I'm not debating who was bigger. Obviously Kiss sold millions more albums. But The Ramones are credited with starting a whole new genre of music. Yes The Ramones played 0 chords and wrote minimal lyrics. I also feel Kiss wrote basic 0000's arena rock songs. Great songs that I love, but they didn't reinvent the wheel either musically. I'm not arguing who was better everyone has their own taste. I'm strictly speaking about influencing new generations of bands. I think The Ramones were more influential. Without them who knows how punk music would come to be. Kiss definitely was the bigger band and maybe the biggest of the mid to late 00's, but The Ramones created a style of music that has gone on to create some of the biggest bands of today. People everywhere still wear their shirts. I don't see too many Kiss shirts out there today. I think The Ramones never got the credit they deserved in life as they do in death or post breakup. They are my 0 favorite bands and I love them pretty equally. I will say regardless of the outcome of the poll The Ramones definitely made the better movie of the 00's. Were KISS really the biggest band in the world though? Or was it hype and Bogart/Aucoin marketing? They sure as shit weren't selling more records than a slew of bands. I am not saying that KISS weren't a phenomenon, but the numbers don't actually add up in terms of actually being the biggest band in the world. This. KISS were never the biggest band in the world just never. Maybe they were the biggest band in America for a couple of years - though 'biggest live draw' might be a more accurate debate. T