Who's the greatest American band of all time?

[JULES]

all the posts on this thread are about fuckin guitar twangers and people who are not really vocally blessed.

 

[meltonblue]

Yeah I would add REM to that list for sure. Maybe not the other two (although they are ok, for me VU whilst so influential made some pretty gash music to go with their good stuff)

Id agree with that too. The other two I put more due to influence rather than personal liking as such.

When I first started getting into music, and particularly playing it, Simon and Garfunkel were up there too.

 

[Saddleworth2]

Id agree with that too. The other two I put more due to influence rather than personal liking as such.

When I first started getting into music, and particularly playing it, Simon and Garfunkel were up there too.

yeah. They sure were. Love them and many of the singer songwriters as well.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Springsteen and the E Street Band. He writes lyrics, proper lyrics that not only conjure up visions that most can somehow relate to but actually mean something, great front man and the band does the rest.

 

[OB1]

I love Kiss, one of my top three bands of all time. Going to have to suffer a trip to the Download Festival this summer to see them headline Sunday night there.

However, the greatest American band of all time is the mighty VAN HALEN mK1 i.e. not Van Hagar.

Other great American bands (well, my favourites):

Lynyrd Skynyrd
Blue Oyster Cult
The Eagles
Aerosmith
Starz
Angel
Journey
Boston
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
ZZ Top
The Doors
Motley Crue
Guns 'n' Roses
Steely Dan
The Foo Fighters
Cheap Trick

Gonna bump my own post and add Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, who I left of previously on the grounds of putting Bruce in the solo artist category but the E Street Band are up there with Tom Petty's mob and the Rolling Stones as the greatest rock n roll bands ever - a very specific use of the term rock n roll.

 

[KnaresboroughBlue]

Earth, Wind and Fire.

 

[RobMCFC]

Gonna bump my own post and add Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, who I left of previously on the grounds of putting Bruce in the solo artist category but the E Street Band are up there with Tom Petty's mob and the Rolling Stones as the greatest rock n roll bands ever - a very specific use of the term rock n roll.

I think Bruce is also under appreciated as a guitarist. He’d probably slot right in in some band line-ups.

 

[stonerblue]

The Funk Brothers.

Thanks for the reminder @lloydie
REM another good shout

 

[AlexWilliamsGloves]

Manchester Orchestra
Midlake
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Dead Kennedys
Queens of the Stoneage
Fugazi
the Black Crowes
Nirvana

 

[stonerblue]

all the posts on this thread are about fuckin guitar twangers and people who are not really vocally blessed.

See my post from 5yrs ago.