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keefriff99That's soooo not true.Quote
muncy23
We can all see by the bands listed in this Thread that America doesn't really make "good bands".
There are MANY great American bands. If you made lists of the Top 10 American vs. Top 10 British bands, would the British list look more impressive? Probably, but that's only a small part of the story.
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You also have the Who and Zeppelin to contend with. It's difficult to match two American bands up against those two behemoths.Quote
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keefriff99That's soooo not true.Quote
muncy23
We can all see by the bands listed in this Thread that America doesn't really make "good bands".
There are MANY great American bands. If you made lists of the Top 10 American vs. Top 10 British bands, would the British list look more impressive? Probably, but that's only a small part of the story.
Because of the Stones and Beatles, the British bands will always win, but....
If we did not include them, I would say the American and British bands are about even. Expand the list out to top 20 American vs top 20 British bands - that would be interesting!
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Aretha Franklin
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Billy Holiday
Patti Smith
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The Rolling Stones ….
aaawwwwww no that's right they're just the best at playin' American music
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Rockman
The Rolling Stones ….
aaawwwwww no that's right they're just the best at playin' American music
That would actually be a fascinatin study. I wonder at the end of the day what percentage of Stones covers of American music would be better (a truly subjective term, of course) than their originals? Half? Less than half? More than half?
Is their "My Girl" better than The Tempations'? Is their "Under the Boardwalk" better than The Drifters'? Do they, in general, outdo Buddy Holly, Willie Dixon, or Jimmy Reed? I think we can all agree that they love American music and championed some songwriters who deserved to be championed ... but I'm not sure they played that music better than the American musicians who first recorded the songs.
That's a pretty airtight list honestly. I'd knock Heart and KISS off there and replace with the Doors and the Dead.Quote
RollingFreak
You can't top the absolute Mt Rushmore that is British rock. The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Kinks. I mean, you just can't.
Having said that, America has some incredible bands, all of which have been mentioned. Found the list Howard Stern had been referencing. Certainly not bad but obviously missing a million great ones:
1. The Beach Boys
2. CCR
3. The Eagles
4. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
5. Lynyrd Skynyrd
6. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
7. ZZ Top
8. Van Halen
9. Aerosmith
10. Heart
11. KISS
Apparently the Allman Brothers were further down. As was Hendrix. Metallica didn't make the list. No idea where bands like GNR, the Dead, The Doors, Nirvana, so many others were. Totally random list, but also hard to deny any of those guys. You could easily make a list of another 20 at least that are worthy of knocking others off of there. I'd potentially argue the Beach Boys are the #1 American rock band of all time. I knew they'd top the list and definitely think they maybe should.
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The Band
one of the greatest bands ever but 4/5ths Canadian
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Sounds like people are just rattling off any American band. Blondie? Really? Come on. I could go to my local open mic and hear better bands
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MisterDDDD
No particular order..
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