Which band IS really America's Greatest (rock & roll band)?

Well as I don't think The Jimi Hendrix Experience qualifies as while Jimi was American, the Experience were English, and were formed in the UK. So International, although Band Of Gypsy's does qualify.



So an approximate Top 20:
Neil Young & Crazy Horse. Just an incredible Catalogue of work.Sonics Rendezvous Band. The Super talents of Fred "Sonic" Smith & Scott Morgan.The Stooges/Iggy & The Stooges.CCR- Brilliant at best, but a few average songs and some unnecessary Covers.MC5.The Sonics.Ramones.
Big Star.Blue Oyster Cult. First 5 Albums are sublime.Flamin' Groovies.Pixies.
The Replacements.Jason & The Scorchers. The Greatest Live Band I've ever experienced.
Spirit.Dead Moon.The Beach Boys with BRIAN.New York Dolls.The Dictators.Screaming Trees.Band Of Gypsys.
But then look who's left out: (In no particular order).
Heartbreakers. (Johnny Thunders).
Dead Boys.
The Byrds.Buffalo Springfield.The Allman Brothers Band.
The Band.
New Bomb Turks.Johnny Burnette & His Rock & Roll Trio.Love.13th Floor Elevators.Rocky Erickson & The Aliens.The Real Kids.
The Guess Who.Modern Lovers.Richard Hell & The Voidoids.The Gun Club.The Plimsouls.Television.Monster Magnet.Paul Revere & The Raiders.The Velvet Underground.Mountain.Mission Of Burma.The Posies.
Nirvana.
Steppenwolf.J.Giels Band.Devo. (early).Lynyrd Skynyrd.Drive By Truckers.Son Volt.Whiskeytown.Blondie.Talking Heads.TV On The Radio.Husker Du.Melvins.Black Flag.The Jim Carroll Band.The Georgia Satellites.Aerosmith (early).Little Feat.The Mono Men.The Dream Syndicate.Green On Red.The Long Ryders.The Chocolate Watch Band.Dramarama.Uncle Tupelo.REM. (Good early, then patchy).Funkadelic.Kyuss.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.Sly & The Family Stone.The Bellrays.The Supersuckers.Deadstring Brothers.The Pontiac Brothers.Queens Of The Stone Age.Mazzy Star.The Tubes.Jefferson Airplane.Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels.Ween.ZZ Top.Wipers.Living Colour.The Chambers Brothers.Janes Addiction.Pere Ubu.Wall Of Voodoo.Dead Kennedy's.Red Kross.Luna.The Litter.Veruca Salt.L7.The Breeders.Fugazi.Weezer.Grant Lee Buffalo.Endless Boogie. (Awesome Live!)Luna.Moby Grape.X.James Gang.Alice In Chains.Sugar.Tommy James & The Shondells.The Cramps.Sloan.Billy Riley & The Little Green Men.Rocket From The Crypt.The Standells.Social Distortion.Wailers.Montrose.Raspberries.Velvet Crush.Wilco.

... Supertramp?

Umm, besides being rubbish, they were English.

America?

Besides being a Soft Pop band. They are a UK group.

@bdp24 Wow, some great experiences there. Must have been a great time!


Yeah, I'm a Lyres fan. Have quite a few of there Albums, EP's. I just did the list off the top of my head, so left out quite a few good bands. The Smithereens, who were just great Live, The Blasters etc.
I just love that 60's Garage sound from the US. Those bands had a real Raw, Tough, Authentic Sound played with a real passion. Some of those Bands did more in one Single than some bands who had Long Careers! Here in Australia we had quite a few bands in a similar vein. The biggest issue was the equipment and studios were below par here. Check out early Masters Apprentices, (Australia's Greatest Band), Missing Links, Wild Cherries etc.
Cheers.

@ tyray
"Rocket 88, by Jackie Brenston, with Ike on Piano, is generally considered the first R&R Record, along with Fats Domino's "Fat Man".

@bigjoe


No argument about The Jimi Hendrix Experience being the Greatest Band Of All Time, but the thread is "America's Greatest". Jimi's American, Mitch is British, Noel is British, band was formed in London. I tend to describe them as "International".