The Netherlands: DeWolff.

Cardiacs in general, great call.

Gillan - You make me nervous

Motorhead - (back at) the Funny Farm

Nina Hagen - Alptraum

Harry Nilsson - I'd rather be dead

Alice Cooper - From the Inside

And I'd like to nominate for the lifetime achievement award:

Diamanda Gallas

Led Zeppelin - the Ocean

Fischer-Z - Til the Oceans Overflow

Yes ☺️, George Harrison himself stated that Ringo never practiced , adding that he didn't practice much himself too. So indeed, talent was not the problem.

I have heard every single Beatle song at least twenty times. They were inescapable in the seventies and eighties. I don't know why you call them underrated now, but they were certainly overrated back then. I don't hate them, but I don't need to hear them again, honestly. There's so much more to discover. About Ringo: his drumming style and sound worked well with the Beatles, but his technique?? That would be his weakest point, not surprisingly, because he never practiced.

Let's agree to disagree on your statements about the Beatles. We're not going to meet in the middle, no need to argue.

J.S. Bach pats Mozart's head: "Come on Wolfgang Amadeus, just because we're dead, it doesn't mean we have to be condescending. Let the children play."

Best music ever? In 100 years from now, the Beatles will probably be mentioned in the paragraph "pop music", chapter 20th century, in between the paragraphs "jazz" and "EDM". That pop paragraph will probably be dominated by Frank Zappa, but it's too early to predict what will be regarded of importance by that time. It will certainly not be "sales" or "popularity", but focused on the music itself. There will surely be a paragraph about New Orleans, cross-influences and World Music (Fela Kuti, Indian music, Astor Piazolla)

They will be in the list of "most popular pop bands 1950-2000", but for the list "best pop bands", I am afraid their drummer was too sub par.

Most innovative? A bunch of 20th century classical composers with decades of influential work like Ives, Stravinsky, Messiaen, and Stockhausen will be mentioned. Miles Davis and Coltrane probably. Zappa. Aphex Twin. Robert Fripp and certainly John Zorn. The Beatles, no matter how much we like or dislike them, will be not in that list of most influential in the 20th century, leave alone music history.

Oh! I forgot one: "Don't Cry (I'll be back before you know it baby)" - Ted Nugent

Fun fact: This song has Tom Waits on guest vocals. Not every band can say that. Talking about great lyricists.

Ian Gillan and Frank Marino like to blurt out lots of syllables in their uptempo songs: Gillan - unchain your brain. Frank Marino - Juggernaut. Just two examples, there are many more.

Another singer, completely different, who comes to mind is Al Jarreau. Try his live version of "Take Five". He is a vocal acrobat.