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DandelionPowderman
How are Aerosmith and Alice Cooper, bands, but Tom Petty and Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen & E St., not?[[/b]/quote]
Aerosmith is a band. It's not "Steven Tyler & The Aerosmiths. Alice Cooper was a band. Then Vincent took the name Alice and went solo.
Side note and perhaps future topic.
Craziest thing you've seen (performer related) at a concert.
Saw Alice in Vancouver '75, was near the rail, when in the middle of a song as he was climbing into a large toy box .. it tipped and he ended up in the crowd.
Hit the rail, broke a bunch of ribs, concussion etc.
Landed right in front of me, was unbelievable how savage some in the crowd were- tearing at his clothes etc.
After a brief intermission where the opener (Suzi Quatro) came back out for a number, he returned, head wrapped in a blood soaked towel, and did "Only Women Bleed".
Was awesome
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DGA35
I remember that Alice incident, although I was way too young to go to see him. He was my favourite artist back then, thanks to my older sister having Billion Dollar Babies. I think he was taken to Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster.
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jbwelda
Heres what wiki has to say:
On January 20, 1965, the Byrds entered Columbia Studios in Hollywood to record "Mr. Tambourine Man" for release as their debut single on Columbia.[35][44] Since the band had not yet completely gelled musically, McGuinn was the only Byrd to play on "Mr. Tambourine Man" and its Clark-penned B-side, "I Knew I'd Want You".[42] Rather than using band members, producer Terry Melcher hired a collection of top session musicians, retroactively known as the Wrecking Crew, including Hal Blaine (drums), Larry Knechtel (bass), Jerry Cole (guitar), and Leon Russell (electric piano), who (along with McGuinn on guitar) provided the instrumental backing track over which McGuinn, Crosby and Clark sang.[42][45] By the time the sessions for their debut album began in March 1965, Melcher was satisfied that the band was competent enough to record its own musical backing.[45] However, the use of outside musicians on the Byrds' debut single has given rise to the persistent misconception that all of the playing on their debut album was done by session musicians.[1]
So perhaps it is that misconception that I labor under. But I kind of believe there is more to it than that, that is what I have read anyhow (because of course I was not there).
Terry Melcher went on to other things, not soon after. Read it in the news.
Regardless, to consider the Byrds, in any of it many forms, to be the best American rock band of all time is really, really stretching it. They quickly became just another LA cosmic cowboy band in my mind.
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Koen
Define “best”, “American”, “rock”.
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Koen
Define “best”, “American”, “rock”.
‘Favourite’ would be more appropriate.
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Koen
Define “best”, “American”, “rock”.
‘Favourite’ would be more appropriate.
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TimDog
Los Lobos.
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bob r
Forgot all about the Beach Boys ! Yeah !
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DandelionPowderman
The J. Geils Band
The Byrds
The Jayhawks
The Allman Brothers
Even the poorest work of the (relatively) consistent work of these bands still sounds fresh today, imo (with the exception of the last J. Geils Band-album without Wolf - that one is a stinker).
I like some of the hard rock bands, too, but imo they haven't been able to make more than two or three great records (Aerosmith, Kiss, Alice Cooper etc).
I don't count solo acts with a backing band (Bruce, Petty etc) as bands.
What about Sonic Youth, also mentionned on Page 2 of the thread?
I haven't really listened to them. Something about their sound that never made me go discover them. Maybe I should?
Not on my recommendation alone. In case, look for the evaluation from other persons as well.
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Forgot all about the Beach Boys ! Yeah !
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Koen
Define “best”, “American”, “rock”.
‘Favourite’ would be more appropriate.