Top 5 greatest American bands
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I'd like to say either, but if you have terrible taste in music, please keep your opinions to yourself.
The Band would be considered Canadian, one member Levon Helm who was American.
Good list.
1. Allman Brothers Band
2. CCR- unbelievable, might as well say John Fogerty.
3. Eagles- pop music but have to be put there do to hits and selling so many albums
4. Bruce
5 ZZ TOP
You could throw Lynard Skynard, Tom Petty, Aerosmith, Van Halen, John Mellencamp into honorable mentions
USA is more about the solo artist, Blues guys, Chuck Berry, Elvis, Buddy Holly, Fats, Jerry Lee, Little Richard,
Good list.
1. Allman Brothers Band
2. CCR- unbelievable, might as well say John Fogerty.
3. Eagles- pop music but have to be put there do to hits and selling so many albums
4. Bruce
5 ZZ TOP
You could throw Lynard Skynard, Tom Petty, Aerosmith, Van Halen, John Mellencamp into honorable mentions
USA is more about the solo artist, Blues guys, Chuck Berry, Elvis, Buddy Holly, Fats, Jerry Lee, Little Richard,
The Band is mostly Canadian, though Levon Helm was brilliant.
CCR in a blowout for me. I can see the Allman Brothers, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, (early) Aerosmith. Honestly, none of them are on the level of the Beatles or the Stones, sorry.
America had/has a ton of great solo artists - Chuck Berry, Elvis, Little Richard, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, etc. etc.
EDIT: Real Deal beat me by 2 minutes lol. Well done.
CCR in a blowout for me. I can see the Allman Brothers, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, (early) Aerosmith. Honestly, none of them are on the level of the Beatles or the Stones, sorry.
America had/has a ton of great solo artists - Chuck Berry, Elvis, Little Richard, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, etc. etc.
EDIT: Real Deal beat me by 2 minutes lol. Well done.
I once told my friend in high school I preferred British Rock. He replied "not me I like American bands, Zeppelin, the Stones, the Who, the Beatles."
How you doing?
Slapping forehead and red faced...missed the "American" in the title thread! OK OK OK I'll go with Dire Straits then. LOL or wait Men At Work, no I know how about Chicago.
Of course! McCartney admitted the Beatles were amazed by "Pet Sounds."
I'll add that I'm a big fan of the 80's-90's "grunge" bands - Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Soundgarden - but I don't think that's very popular around here.
It's the Grateful Dead, like the music or not it's uniquely American and its own phenomenon unlike anything else then, now or ever probably.
Velvet Underground
Bob Dylan
Beach Boys
Not sure what else.
Make a case for Ramonees to Grateful Dead to Michael Jackson to Hendrix to Cash to Pixies to Funkadelic. Lot of good bands.
Bob Dylan
Beach Boys
Not sure what else.
Make a case for Ramonees to Grateful Dead to Michael Jackson to Hendrix to Cash to Pixies to Funkadelic. Lot of good bands.
Eagles are terrible and God awful.
The Allman Brothers Band
ZZ Top
Aerosmith
CCR
Steely Dan
ZZ Top
Aerosmith
CCR
Steely Dan
A little off topic, but if you guys haven't checked out the Lexington Lab Band...look them up on youtube...dudes are some players!
Outside of the Allmans, your list is goddamn terrible.
Beach Boys
Talking Heads
Television
Pixies
Parliament-Funkadelic
Really like CCR/Lynrd Skynrd/The Doors/Allman Brothers/ZZ Topp but they all have too much filler or forgettable tracks to be in the top 5
Talking Heads
Television
Pixies
Parliament-Funkadelic
Really like CCR/Lynrd Skynrd/The Doors/Allman Brothers/ZZ Topp but they all have too much filler or forgettable tracks to be in the top 5