I think you'll find Supertramp are British too,Audiophilles sure don't know much about music,the facts anyway-think you've all forgotten a great band,maybe not Rock n,Roll but technically not all listed are...Steely Dan.
Oh and Ginger Baker is British,Jack Bruce was born near me in Glasgow,Scotland as was David Byrne of Talking Heads.......... |
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Ben Campbell,
Supertramp is indeed British, my bad. I poorly assumed that since they started living and recording in L.A. in 1978, they must be American. Please excuse my ignorance. |
Creeper go to bed with no snacks and no listening to your system for two whole days,buy some monthly music magazines and the next time you feel the need to upgrade your system buy some music instead,some of Supertramp's best music by the way is pre 78.....now bed! |
Ben Campbell,
Wow. Why so high and mighty? I thought we were all friends here. Fairly selective criticism. How about a post directed at those mistaking Pink Floyd for American. I'm sorry I don't have your expertise in classic rock history. By the way, I was 9 in 1978. Jeez. |
Ben
David Byrne was born in Scotland, but the Talking Heads were formed when all the members were attending the New York Art Institute. They use to play at a club called CBGB's in midtown Manhattan. |
You're all wrong, here's the corrected list:
1. The Sonics
2. The Rock & Roll Trio
3. The Stooges
4. The Ramones
5. The Beach Boys
6. The Byrds
7. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
8. The Remains
9. James Brown & His Famous Flames
10. James Brown & The J.B.'s
11. Love
12. The Ventures
13. Alice Cooper (the band)
14. The Velvet Underground
15. CCR
16. Elvis & His Trio (yeah, they were a band)
17. The 13th Floor Elevators
18. The Band (well, North American - they're mostly Canadian)
19. Booker T. & The M.G.'s
18. Parliament/Funkadelic
19. Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps
20. The Seeds
21. Neil Young & Crazy Horse (yeah, I know - at least I'm not trying to list The Troggs and Pink Floyd!)
22. Bob Dylan & The Band
23. The Monkees (stop that)
24. The Modern Lovers
25. The Replacements
26. Paul Revere & The Raiders
27. The Mamas & The Papas (I consider some Pop to be R&R, and vice versa)
28. The Five Royales
29. Link Wray & His Ray-Men
30. The Flaming Lips
31. The Bad Brains
32. NRBQ
33. The Temptations
34. The Impressions
35. The Talking Heads
36. ? & The Mysterians
37. The MC5
38. Louis Jordan & The Tympani Five
39. The Meters
40. Little Richard & The Upsetters
41. The Lyres
42. Sonic Youth (for a while there, in the middle years)
43. The Standells
44. The Buddy Holly Trio
45. The Bobby Fuller Four
46. The Fleshtones
47. The Dictators
48. The Everly Brothers (hey, it only takes two mininmum to make a band)
49. The Jackson Five
50. The Cramps
All right, I'm leaving off at 50 (although honorary mentions must go to the technically disqualified Jimi Hendrix Experience and the Funk Brothers [Motown's house band]), and though they're in no particular order, you Jefferson Airplane/Grateful Dead/Allman Brothers/Doors types can rest assured that although they technically would have to make my list eventually, it would have been a long time more before I would've gotten around to them...after Blondie...after Sam The Sham & The Pharohs...after all the Girl Groups and a lot of the Doo Wop groups...after The Dead Kennedys...Cheers!... |
Zaikesman, I'm impressed! |
I forgot to mention the Neville Brothers. |
You forgot Chocolate Watchband! America's answer to the Stones, but completely overlooked. I'm glad somebody mentioned 13th Floor Elevators, but everybody has over looked Johnny Winter. I might have missed it, but Stevie Ray certainly tore it up for a while. And why is this so totally male dominated? Janis Joplin never really had a band worthy of her vocal skills, but she could own a crowd live. And Jimi not included?? You can't do that! The guy was born here, toured with Little Richard, the Isley Bro., Mitch and Noel could have been any good session musicians. In fact I think I have more Jimi recordings without Mitch and Noel than with. Jimi is IN. Tom |
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND! Other possibilities-Eagles, CCR, Bad Company, original Van Halen |
Allman Brothers
Marshall Tucker Band
CSN
Byrds
The Steve Miller Band
lynyrd skynyrd
CCR
Eagles
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Hey Zaikesman,
You left out Grand Funk and Neil Young is a fav but he is Canadian and the Jackson Five are from another planet. |
1. Grateful Dead
2. The Eagles
3. The Rolling Stones
4. Lynryd Skynyrd
5. Allman Brothers
6. Fleetwood Mac
7. Cream
8. Steely Dan
9. Dire Straits
10. Credence Clearwater Revival
11. The Beatles
12. Pink Floyd
13. The Who
14. AC/DC
15. Frankie Goes to Hollywood |
LOL-now Cream and Bad Company listed both British.
Creeper I was only trying to be ironic and ott on that last post as I knew constantly posting corrections who make me seem like a smart ass-that's why I posted that like I was your dad,I was only 5 years older than you in 1978......Rosttaman-I'm very aware of the Talking Heads story-I do consider them American and a very excellent band,,,I'm only having fun as always ironry doesn't travel too well............ |
You're all wrong, Pt. Deaux!
Chuck, I guess you must think George W. has already conquered the rest of the world. Trich 727, I thought of the Watch Band later on, so let's keep going (as above, the order can and should be ignored):
51. The Chocolate Watch Band
52. Public Enemy
53. The New York Dolls
54. The Beau Brummels
55. Davie Allan & The Arrows
56. Simon & Garfunkel (see comment at Everly Bros. above)
57. The Rascals
58. Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention (first ablum -this is the bone I'll toss to the summer of love crowd - don't choke on it!)
59. Big Star
60. The Nazz
61. The B-52's
62. The Lovin' Spoonful
63. The Shaggs (all hail)
64. The Turtles
65. The Flamin' Groovies
66. Guided By Voices
67. The Dwight Twilley Band
68. Dick Dale & The Del-Tones
69. Redd Kross
70. Prince (proof that, actually, two or more people are not a prerequisite to become a band)
71. The Go-Go's
72. The Coasters
73. The Treniers
74. The Drifters
75. Blood, Sweat & Tears (absolutely first ablum only!)
76. Bill Haley & The Comets (give credit where it is due)
77. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
78. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
79. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
80. The Dead Boys
81. The Raspberries
82. Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns
83. Sly & The Family Stone
84. The Runaways
85. Trouble Funk (I'm from DC - wanna argue?)
86. The Left Banke
87. Cheap Trick
88. Mission of Burma
All right, I'm going to bed now...Honorable mention to The Pretenders, excluded on same technicality as The J.H.E....Steely Dan and Buffalo Springfield fans are still waiting...Journey and Chicago fans better be prepared to wait forever (there's a name for that place)...America rocks! |
Screaming Jay Hawkins!!! Constipation Blues is the best! |
It just sruck me you've all forgotten the most obvious one................THE BEATLES |
Right from the heartland of Blackpool and Liverpool Ohio |
I really don't mean to nitpick but isn't the keyword here "American". Sorry Ben I'll try not to double post this time - must be that my ears are ringing and my equilibrium is off from attending those rock concerts by boys who were born on "my side of the pond". Happy listening. |
Second key word was Greatest otherwise let's add Sonny & Cher, Partridge Family, the Archies, Josie and the Pussycats, Aztec Two-Step, Blue Oyster Cult. Also where are Tonio K, New Riders of the Purple Sage, J Geils? Were Tommy James and the Shondells American too? |
The questions were: Who are the greatest American Rock Bands of All Time???????????? Who is THE Greatest of all time?
Many of the names above were not rock and/or not American. There have been dozens, maybe hundreds, of really good, even wonderful American rock bands, but "greatness" implies either long life or long influence.
To my mind, there are only two that fit the criteria: Buddy Holly and the Crickets, so much influence almost 50 years later from such a brief career; and Los Lobos, still going after 30 years of excellence in writing and performing.
Paul |
I'm pretty sure Left Banke is UK. But how can we forget ZZ Topp's first three albums or the bands ZZ came from; The Moving Sidewalks and American Blues. Also Amboy Dukes, The Third Rail, Shadows of Knight, did you mention The Seeds? Mountain? Electric Flag? James Gang, Canned Heat? Buddy Holly, Iron Butterfly, Grand Funk, MC5, Patti Smith Group, The Barbarians? And who could forget The Nightcrawlers, and Mouse and the Traps? I think since Jimi's first band, Jimi James and the Blue Flames was US, Jimi Hendrix is as American as apple pie. "And" also puts Johnny Winter in the list. Tom trich727 |
Paul depending on how you define it I would need to say The Doors although Buddy Holly is a good call..............
It's interesting because I actually think in most era's(in overall terms I mean, obviously it's hard to argue against the Beatles as being no.1 in popular,cultural and musical influence terms )American music tends to shade it against the British but usually the main influence is down to individuals i.e. Dylan,Hendrix,Brian Wilson,Elvis,nearly all the Blues artists-even back as far as Sinatra-of course these individuals did benefit from amazing back up however for some reason Britain did seem to produce more influential bands,in the collective sense.........don't really know why that is........................ |
Hey Paul, Buddy Holly certainly belongs on the list, but I'm afraid Los Lobos will fall by the way side as does my electee, Johnny Winter who cut his first record 42 years ago, and has a new one due out soon. If we are looking hard, Iron Butterfly was the first US band to go platinum, and CCR out sold the Beatles in the USA when together. So if we go by the criteria of who influenced R'n'R the most from the USA, that honor HAS to go to James Marshall Hendrix from Seattle. Followed closely by Elvis, Buddy Holly, Muddy Waters, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Velvet Underground, Little Richard, Robert Johnson, The Beach Boys, Chuck Berry and Bob Dylan. I will argue until the cows come home or get hit by a Greyhound that these people/bands had the biggest influence on American music than any others. An interesting fact is that the Velvet Undergrounds' average sale on a new release was 3,000 copies. If you go by fewest copies sold versus affect, they are only beat by Robert Johnson. In that respect, Robert Johnson would be the clear winner of influence VS sales, and you can cash that in a UK bank. Tom trich727 |
Yes, Paul has it right. This was intended to be a thread to find out the truely
GREATEST, GREATEST, GREATEST......ONLY
AMERICAN, AMERICAN, AMERICAN, AMERICAN.......ONLY
BANDS (in general) and BAND (THE band of bands)
If this keeps going, I think we will end up naming every rock band, American or otherwise, that has ever played. Maybe I should add my friends garage band from the mid seventies, they were really good.
Now I think it is still great fun because the variety is so large. See, this is why I was trying to see if there was anything nearing a consensus for what I think is a difficult question.
I still note that Aerosmith is not on anyones list...hmmm, I guess the outside experts (non-agon) don't know what they are talking about or maybe that was just a marketing ploy for Areosmith, I wonder.....
I will post an updated list in a few minutes.
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Ben, what you said "after" your Doors election was right on, but you can't think the Doors had a bigger influence on American rock music than the others you mention?? To quote Lester Bangs, "Morrison was a drunken bafoon". Don't take that as though I don't like the Doors!! But Jesus, don't give them that much credit! I honestly can't think of a big name American band that has had as little affect on rock as the Doors. I have NEVER heard ANY musician give credit to the Doors as an influence other than Patti Smith. I would hate to think what could have happened at the Paramount if the Doors had been the first white act to play there. Are you from L.A.? |
Do we see yet? Do we see how frivolous and futile an exercise like this really is? (Yes, Wstritt, Tommy James & The Shondells are American, but I would include B.O.C. before them - even though I like 'em - and I would think that you would too, if you don't care for The Archies or Sonny & Cher, "groups" [and I like them, too] who are closer in spirit to T.J.& T.S. than say [as you suggest] The J. Geils Band.) And yes, The Beatles are *still* British, and sorry, Gunbei, Screamin' Jay (who I have seen live, as is truly one of the Gods) is *still* not a "band", no matter how many kids he fathered! Gabba gabba hey... |
Here is the updated list, now 146 entries. Allmond Brothers still #1
By the way Wstrit, doesn't Blue Oyster Cult deserve a nod?
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1 Allman Bros 10
2 Creedence Clearwater Revival 8
3 Velvet Underground 6
4 Eagles 6
5 Ramones 5
6 Jimi Hendrix Experience 5
7 Doors 5
8 Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young 5
9 Byrds 5
10 Beach Boys 5
11 Santana 4
12 Talking Heads 3
13 Lynryd Skynyrd 3
14 Grateful Dead 3
15 Frank Zappa & The Mothers 3
16 Bob Dylan and "The Band" 3
17 Alice Cooper 3
18 Wilco 2
19 Temptations 2
20 Sonic Youth 2
21 Replacements 2
22 REM 2
23 NRBQ 2
24 Neil Young & Crazy Horse 2
25 Los Lobos 2
26 James Brown & His Famous Flames 2
27 Jackson 5 2
28 Grand Funk 2
29 Chuck Berry 2
30 Buffalo Springfield 2
31 Buddy Holly Trio 2
32 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 2
33 Booker T. & The M.G.'s 2
34 Blood, Sweat and Tears (original band with Al Kooper) 2
35 B-52s 2
36 13th Floor Elevators 2
37 ZZ Top 1
38 Yo La Tengo 1
39 Ventures 1
40 Van Halen 1
41 Turtles 1
42 Trouble Funk (I'm from DC - wanna argue?) 1
43 Troggs 1
44 Treniers 1
45 Traveling Wilburys 1
46 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 1
47 The Band (well, North American - they're mostly Canadian) 1
48 Ted Nugent 1
49 Supertramp 1
50 Stooges 1
51 Stevie Ray 1
52 Steve Miller Band 1
53 Steely Dan 1
54 Standells 1
55 S-R Vaughan band 1
56 Sonics 1
57 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 1
58 Smokey Robinson 1
59 Sly & The Family Stone 1
60 Simon & Garfunkel 1
61 Shaggs (all hail) 1
62 Seeds 1
63 Runaways 1
64 Rock & Roll Trio 1
65 Remains 1
66 Redd Kross 1
67 Raspberries 1
68 Rascals 1
69 Public Enemy 1
70 Prince 1
71 Paul Revere & The Raiders 1
72 Paul Butterfield Blues Band, w/Mike Bloomfield 1
73 Parliament/Funkadelic 1
74 nirvana 1
75 New York Dolls 1
76 Neville Brothers 1
77 Nazz 1
78 Mysterians 1
79 Muddy Water's late 50s band with Little Walter and Jimmy Rogers 1
80 Monkees (stop that)--are they american? 1
81 Modern Lovers 1
82 Mission of Burma 1
83 Meters 1
84 MC5 1
85 Martini Ranch 1
86 Marshall Tucker Band 1
87 Mamas & The Papas 1
88 Lyres 1
89 Lovin' Spoonful 1
90 Love 1
91 Louis Jordan & The Tympani Five 1
92 Little Richard & The Upsetters 1
93 Little Feat 1
94 Link Wray & His Ray-Men 1
95 Left Banke 1
96 Kiss 1
97 Journey 1
98 Johnny Winters 1
99 Janice Joplin 1
100 Jackson Five 1
101 J Airplane, J Starship 1
102 Impressions 1
103 iggy and the stooges 1
104 Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns 1
105 Hank Ballard & The Midnighters 1
106 Guided By Voices 1
107 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five 1
108 Go-Go's 1
109 Ginger Baker's Airforce 1
110 George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers 1
111 Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps 1
112 Garfunkel 1
113 Frankie Goes to Hollywood 1
114 Fleshtones 1
115 Flaming Lips 1
116 Flamin' Groovies 1
117 Five Royales 1
118 Everly Brothers (hey, it only takes two mininmum to make a band) 1
119 Elvis & His Trio (yeah, they were a band) 1
120 Dwight Twilley Band 1
121 Drifters 1
122 Dire Straits 1
123 Dictators 1
124 Dick Dale & The Del-Tones 1
125 Devo 1
126 Dead Boys 1
127 Davie Allan & The Arrows 1
128 Crickets 1
129 Cramps 1
130 Coasters 1
131 Chocolate Watch Band 1
132 Chicago 1
133 Cheap Trick 1
134 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band 1
135 Camper Van Beethoven 1
136 Boston 1
137 Bodeans 1
138 Bobby Fuller Four 1
139 Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band 1
140 Blasters 1
141 Bill Haley & The Comets 1
142 Big Star 1
143 Beau Brummels 1
144 Bad Company 1
145 Bad Brains 1
146 Amerosmith 1 |
Yes, The Monkees are *still* American, and no, The Troggs, Supertramp, and Bad Company are not, and will *never* be!
P.S. - Bbtuna, apparently you're the only one here with an even worse case of Too Much Time On His Hands than me! |
We're not done!! You list efectively how many times (almost)a US band was mentioned, but as an absolute end, it is not. Beyond the mentions of UK bands in a US list, and cartoon characters competing, you are trying to end this now? Hell, I should have posted about Johnny Winter a few more times and he would have won. I have been thinking about my list of absolute influences on American rock music, and I think I have to add Alice Cooper. I included Little Richard, so as to include the flamboyant, but I realize now that Alice took it a step further. As for Aerosmith, yeah they are a great R'n'R band, as the Black Crows were too. I kinda listen to both when I'm trying to decide what I really want to hear. Tom trich727 |
I have a video tape of Neal Schon and Journey jamming with greats Albert King and I want to say Lonnie Brooks, but it does not matter. Anyway, it was on a show called "Soundstage". Albert was doing his thing when it was his turn to solo, and not over embelishing. Neal was last. I must say that I have never seen someone try their hardest to out do a great, out of key. I don't mean he was in the right key but out of tune, but he was in tune, out of key AND DID NOT KNOW IT! Neal tried to out shine two greats out of key. I have never laughed harder at any musicial act in my life. What's worse yet is Journey let them air it!!!! Which tells me they are all tone deaf!!! Let's give Journey to the Brits. Tom trich727 |
Trich727,
No, no, don't end it here, that wasn't the point. I am just trying to keep up. No, adding up votes is NOT the gauge of truth but it is truely AMERICAN, so it seems fitting that we pick the best by majority vote. I have tried to not count the same person talking about the same band more than once.
Aerosmith wouldn't make my top 10, I was just curious based on things I have heard from others. My list I started the thread with was just to stir up conversation.
keep em coming and lets see if you guys with all the knowlege can come to a consensous on the top 5 or 10...you don't even need to put them in a particular order. he he he
tuna |
I am not a believer, or was not. I am considering becoming one BECAUSE NONE OF YOU HAVE SAID GUNS AND ROSES. There must be a god!!!!!!!!! I don't know where they are from, but thank all of you who have not said Gun and Roses! Tom trich727 |
Trich727 (are you an android?what a name!:-))
Of course the question wasn't who was the most influential group but the greatest-I'm not totally 100% convinced it is the Doors but they would be near the top of my list,The Doors were unique,a one off,and way ahead of their time I think they broke a lot of boundries and like Dylan had an influence that a few generations on that is not totally realised.
For some reason they've gotten forgotten in a way the VU haven't,partly due to the fact that the VU are and always have been pretty much held in universal respect(always big with the music critics)--I do get a bit pissed in recent times that there is a revisionist theory that the Doors weren't very good,they were excellent.
I do NOT think they were more influential than Dylan,Hendrix,Holly,Elvis,Johnson et al but as a bone fide group close to the best America ever produced....... |
Trich727
So, Jim Morrison had a drinking problem. Many of the rock stars of that era used and abused drugs and alcohol, but were still able to produce great music. Although too many of them did die from drug related deaths. |
Hey Rosstaman, you are right, many stars and actors have drinking problems, but Jim just didn't care when or where he let it get the best of him, repeatedly. It is pretty well known that Ray Manzarek "filled in" for Jim on vocals during live performances, because Morrison was too blitzed on numerous things to finish. The quote from Lester Bangs I used was because Lester knew Jim, and was so frustrated with him because of this. Jim was no doubt a shooting star, brilliant, but out of control. I still have a great deal of respect for Morrison as an artist, and given the circumstances, I don't know if I could have done any better under that pressure and limelight. But others did, and didn't let it affect them in public as much as Jim. Unfortunately some of them died from it anyway. Tom |
Hey Ben, are you related to Glen? Yes I am an android and that is the name AOL chose to give me. You point out that the Doors have been slipping away in the public eye as an incredible R'n'R band, and you are right. As with Janis, her band was not incredible, and neither were Ray, Robbie or John. That is the case with many many bands, in fact the majority of bands. Janis switched from Big Brother to Full Tilt with no objection from the public, Jimi switched Noel out, then later Mitch, and again still produced incredible music. Few bands have had artistic quality individualy that would stand on there own. The Beatles, Cream, and Led Zeppelin are the ones that spring to mind, but there are more. The Doors had Jim, who was out of control a lot of the time, and left little in the archives as a result. Look at the results of trying to squeeze one more out of Jim's archives; An American Prayer, or the Doors without Jim. Not much to hang on to. Compare that to Jimi, who has had far more posthumus releases than when he was alive! And many of them are really good. As an android, it takes very little computing power to see why it is the way it IS. Tom Richards |
Tom,
I agree largely with what you are saying about group dynamics(although I think you misunderstood my point about The VU) however I disagree about The Doors in general,I believe actually collectively they achieved a great sound therefore making them a group or band in the real sense of the word,I believe there was a synergy there and that the whole was more than the sum of the parts,obviously too they had a large part in the songwriting.
Morrison was a great vocalist which tends to get forgotten in the mists of his legend.
Let me put it this way to my mind Morrison was the focal point but you do tend to think of Morrison in terms of The Doors in a way that doesn't happen with Hendrix,Dylan and the Band and as you mentioned Janis Joplin.....to me that proves that they were a great band and not merely the backing group.
The fact that they didn't achieve much after Morrison's death isn't that surprising,even great musicians like The Beatles struggled to produce consistent quality output after their split..................................... |
Well put, Ben. When I first heard the Doors I was still living in NYC. They were a west coast band at the time. I was "blown away" by the quality of the playing, musical composition and the lyrics of the majority of their songs; and of course the voice of Jim Morrison. I had seen the Doors numerous times and it was always a crap shoot if they were performing great, bad or ugly. But when they were great, it was a show you'd never forget. When they were ugly (obscene, drunk and out of control) it was also a show you'd never forget. Unfortunately, I've also seen when twice when they completely sucked. Obviously, I never forget those either. |
Although I am tempted to contradict what you say, especially about the Beatles solo, as my favorite John Lennon is in his early solo releases (NOTE; Two Virgins, Unfinished Music #2, and the Wedding album came out while he was still with the Beatles). Plastic Ono Band, his first solo lp, is a masterpiece. As was George's All Things Must Pass. Even McCartney's first lp was quite good, 2nd was acceptable, and then he slipped off into pop mush with no direction from Lennon. Still what you both say is true in respect to the synergy of the Doors. Jim would not be respected as much as he is today without the band he was in. In any thing I've said, I did not knock the Doors really, I critized Morrison for his life style (actually more so his timing), and letting it affect the Doors SO much. If Morrison could have held it together better, the Doors would be remembered more favorably today. I own all the Doors releases and box sets, it's not like I am not a fan. In fact, I have all of the video I know to exist, Feast of Friends, Are Open, The Doors, and all the stuff comercially available. I wasn't shooting from my ass on this, I honestly think Morrison screwed it up. Tom |
I side tracked this train in a discussion about the Doors, which is not what this tread is about. I'm pretty sure the thread is asking if Aerosmith is the greatest American band?
If not, who is? Alice Cooper, The Allman Brothers, Dylan, or who??? |
Tom,
I agree on your assessment also on the early Beatle solo stuff(my favourites too) but they could not do it consistantly......... |
I think I would agree that the Doors were fantastic. Jim Morrison is only one piece of the band- man were they tight. I have all the DCC CD's they did of the Doors and can't wait to hear them on vinyl.
Although some would not agree, people will look very hard at Alice in Chains in 10 years, much like Queen who were very ahead of their time. Staind will probably become the band of the early 2000's.
Interesting the best bands Rolling Stones, Beatles, etc came out of Britain.
Aerosmith is very hot now, but there was a time when they weren't cool. |
Did anyone mention the Monkees? Oh yeah, someone did. When I look at this list of choices I just gotta say...folks there is no denying we are living in "The Age of Mediocrity"...that is the music over the past 40-50 years. I mean come on, one hit wonders like...? Mark and the Mysterians making the list of Greatest AMERICAN Rock and Role Bands? 96 tears...hiccup.
I know its fun but the American Rock scene, up till now, will be remembered (forgotten, mostly) for so few choices that could even remotely be deemed "GREAT". Don't shoot me I'm just a silly messenger of the tongue in cheek truth. I don't put myself above it all, I was at Woodstock for crying out loud but great music speaks to the ages and American Rock music speaks to the here and now. Mick Jagger sums it up best and I whole heartedly agree..."I know, its only Rock & Roll but I LIKE it".
Now that I got that out of my system, my FAVORITES are:
The Doors (Jim Morrison epitomizes the essence of the Rock Star, gifted, handsome, charismatic and an early death. He set the standard for the Rock star that has never been matched since, a 20th Century American pop icon)
The Beach Boys
Poco (before Ritchie Furay left)
The Greatful Dead
Santana
The Band
CSN&Y
The Association (Yeah they're dated, just love the harmonies in "Along Comes Mary" and others)
The Everly Brothers
Buffalo Springfield
Prince (early stuff)
There is no validity to my choices other than I LIKE THEM. I'll leave the Greatest list to the critics, God knows there's enough of them without me jumping on the bandwagon. Gotta add a little flavor, how about some Vanilla Ice or maybe Vanilla Fudge, or some Rasberries? Oh someone already mentioned them. How about a little Cream on them Raspberries, nah put a little sugar on it honey. Yeah, what about the Archies, biggest hit of 1969 and nobody mentions them. |
How about "Men At Work", "Midnight Oil", "Crowded House" and "INXS"? |
Isn't Neil Schon Canadian? |
Anth0456, aren't you Australian? |
Sometimes I wish I was . . . |
But then you wouldn't get to see those great "American" bands as much... |
