10 Rock Bands With Amazing Live Shows

The common belief that goes down in history is that James Brown is the hardest working man in show business. From the minute he hit the stage, the Godfather of Soul was always giving it his all, dancing in between every song, screaming his lungs out, and sweating like no one else in the business. The Godfather might have an heir to his throne though, and the Purple One got there by bringing in every genre known to man.

While Prince has always been a bit hazy in terms of genre labels, that's because every single style he touches ends up turning out so well. Being just as committed to his craft as his heroes, Prince was never one to just jam for the hell of it onstage. Here was a guy who had music flowing through his veins, and he was going to share that love in whatever way he knew how, whether it was unleashing a guitar solo that could melt your face off or laying into a groove and keeping the rhythm as tight as possible.

Even when he wasn't even the star of the show, your eyes always zeroed in on him, like on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tribute shows where he turned in one of the greatest guitar solos in history on While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Though there was always a debate on whether Michael Jackson or Prince came out on top in the '80s, The King of Pop definitely had some stiff competition when it came to laying it down in a live setting.