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Edith Grove
I don't think any band from anywhere will ever be as big as the Stones.
Perhaps a couple here & there might get to play arenas for a certain stretch of time, but none will ever do that for as long as the Stones have.
BTW colonial, skipstone says: "Would ya let colonial know that it was great fun to razz him?"
I'm sure he means that in a very lighthearted way.
24FPS..Elvis Presley is the greatest individual performer of all time theres certainly no doubt about that.Quote
24FPS
No, there's no U.S. band that can or will reach those heights, since rock and roll is basically dead, with a few new, young bands weakly trying to copy past glory. Don't forget that U.S. rock royal had its present and future beheaded in one year with the deaths of Hendrix, Joplin, Morrison and Duane Allman. Try imagining it had been Jimmy Page, Mick Jagger, Roger Waters and David Bowie killed off between September 1970 to October 1971.
The Beatles greatest influence, Buddy Holly, was dead at 22. Don't you think he would have accomplished more? We almost lost Dylan from a motorcycle wreck in 1966. What did the U.K. lose? The shell of Brian Jones? T-Rex? I can't think of anyone the U.K. loss of any great rock importance in their prime. Even John Lennon died here. The closest thing you came to a mid-career loss was John Bonham, and let's face it, Led Zeppelin had peaked long ago.
Who knows what Hendrix would have done? He was going through a rough patch when he croaked, in London, but he certainly wasn't on the far downside. Joplin found a whole new gear with 'Me & Bobby McGee', posthumously. Morrison was burned out and troubled, but he could have comeback. The previous album, L.A. Woman was a stunner. And Duane Allman was just flat out on equal footing with the best guitarists in the world. He was quite capable of moving the Allman Brothers into more jazzier territory, freeing them from that 'Southern Rock' label.
No, it's true, no USA rock band will ever be as Great as the Stones. So, I'll turn the question back on you..........will any U.K. INDIVIDUAL performer ever be as great as Elvis, Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye?..........oh, it goes on and on.
Skipstone..Skipstone is that you mate, just like the good old times again..Good on ya' mate..Quote
ab
The fact remains: Americans invented rock 'n' roll, and, without that, all these poncey English bands have nothing upon which to base their acts. So kiss my -ss sideways.
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Mathijs
In '91 Guns & Roses where bigger than the Stones.
Mathijs
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Sleepy City
Will anyone in the UK ever be as big as Elvis?
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ab
The fact remains: Americans invented rock 'n' roll, and, without that, all these poncey English bands have nothing upon which to base their acts. So kiss my -ss sideways.
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Erik_Snow
Nope.
Because music has lost it's impact it had on society and cultures, completely - it's a show-business thingy now, goes hand in hand with TV reality shows. People hardly buy records anymore.