Ket Wrote:
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> luxury man Wrote:
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> > The Band
> > Allman Brothers
> > CCR
> > Eagles
> > Derek & The Dominoes
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> Derek & The Dominoes??? I know the majority of the
> band was American but the 'star' was British

Correct you are. But I consider them an American band as they made this land their home base for all intent and purpose.

If I'm not mistaken, most of The Band were Canadians (Levon Helm being an exception for sure), but I consider them an American band for the same reason.

Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band is the #1 American Band without question, and anyone who thinks Gun's and Rose's is better please tell me what kind of dope you are smokin.

I heard Robbie Robertson on the syndicated radio show Rockline back in the 80's, promoting a solo record he had just released.

He was taking questions from callers..and one guy got through was a liberal weenie nutcase who started breaking his balls for being unfaithful to his 60's roots by being on a radio show that had among it's many sponsors, the U.S. Army.

Robbie was taken aback, and started to say that something about how the Army is actually a good deal for some people, but then stopped himself and just said, "Hey man, I'm CANADIAN!"

The caller was a dope, but Robbie's sudden switch from Mr.American Music Lover to the O Canada Guy was pretty disgusting. He's a weasel. I don't like him.

If we can "consider" the Band American...we could also "consider" the Stones black.



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CCR
Temptations
Smokey & Miracles
Velvet Underground
Beach Boys

Here's my top five, in no peticular order.

1) CCR - Bayou Country was my very first LP I bought as a child.
2) James Harmon Band - Hollywood Fats/Kid Ramos era.
3) Cheap Trick - Pop at it's finest.
4) The Cars - Great songs and Orr (RIP) had one of the most emotive voices.
5) Neil Young - Sorry loog. 99.9999% of his output was here in California.

Honorable Mentions.

Plasmatics - Just really scary.
Alice Cooper - Need I say more.
Fear/X/Black Flag/Blasters - Hey, I'm a SoCal boy. They're part of my teen years.

Scotty

only come up with top 2

1. Mountain

2. Jeff Airplane

In no particular order:

The Allman Brothers Band
The Black Crowes
Guns N Roses
Pearl Jam
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

Forget about bands, the blues was invented in America, and without that no band mentioned in this thread would ever have existed.

But to play along, why hasn't Santana been mentioned? You could call them Mexican/American..right? Besides them, the only American bands I care about are CCR and Metallica (who's gonna release a new album later this year, one that's actually inspired this time..). All the other's I really have no interest in.

In no order:
!. The Grateful Dead
2. Jefferson Airplane
3. The Beach Boys
4. The Allman Brothers Band
5. The Byrds (and The Rascals)

Van Halen
Allman Brothers
Pearl Jam
Grateful Dead
Tie Black Crowes/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

It seems like every few months that one of these threads gets started and the inevitable debate about whether Neil Young and/or the Band should be considered American ensues.I was rewatching the excellent Neil 'Friends and Relatives' dvd the other night and by way of introduction to the song 'Daddy Went Walkin', Neil addressed the crowd thus ( I'm paraphrasing a bit here):" Well, folks, I moved here a long time ago but I'm not American, I'm from Canada." He then dedicates the tune to his Dad up in Ontario.
He has never taken American citizenship and it bears considering how many references to his "Canadian prairie home" are in the songs.Furthermore, "all of his changes were there(here)". Rod Stewart moved to L.A. decades ago, should he be considered an American artist as well ? Ditto Ian Hunter in Connecticut. They're quintessentially British, just as Neil Young is, and will always be, Canadian.
To get back to topic, here's my 5 fave quintessentially American bands:

Stooges
Ramones
orig. Alice Cooper group
Dolls
Replacements



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The Pixies need to be on the list

And maybe Frank Zappa's band.

Chuck Berry
J. Geils Band
Temptations
Stooges
Tom Waits

always be, Canadian.
To get back to topic, here's my 5 fave quintessentially American bands:

Stooges
Ramones
orig. Alice Cooper group
Dolls
Replacements



now that's funny

When thinkin' more about it, I don't think I can do make a list.
I have already spent my five, but havent mentioned these yet:

The Band
New York Dolls
The Miracles
Kozmic Blues Band
Full Tilt Boogie
MC5
Stooges
Velvet Underground
War
Band Of Gypsies



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Best American Bands:

Eagles
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
The Ramones
Van Halen (1978-1984)

PEMCAN

Gazza Wrote:
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> Always thought it a bit strange that Britain has
> generally produced a higher quality of bands than
> the US (despite being only a fifth of the US's
> population)...


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

That is ridiculous.

Top 5 American bands:
Velvet Underground
Sly & The Family Stone
The Doors
The Meters
The Stooges

Top 5 English Bands:
Rolling Stones
The Clash
The Who
Radiohead
I can't think of 5 British bands that I think are good. Sorry.

EDIT:
That's actually not true, I forgot the mighty Led Zeppelin.



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Prim; ya forget Animals. And Them. Faces.
And some dozens more.

(England : ) - Sabbath, Prim. Black Bleedin' Sabbath.
Deep Purple. Priest. Maiden. Dream Academy. Pistols.
Slade. Joe Cocker (no band thou). Pogues.
Pink Floyd. King Crimson. Nazareth.
And; speakin' UK: Waterboys. The Alarm.
Jethro Tull. Jam.



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Baboon Bro Wrote:
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> Prim; ya forget Animals. And Them. Faces.
> And some dozens more.


Funny you should mention the Animals, I was thinking about them over the weekend (right after I got back from the absolutely AMAZING Sly Stone show in NYC). I do need to get some Animals again - neat little band.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
The Doors
Guns N'Roses
Metallica
Nirvana

1. The Replacements
2. CCR
3. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
4. Van Halen
5. Social Distrotion

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> 1. The Replacements
> 2. CCR
> 3. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
> 4. Van Halen
> 5. Social Distrotion


Your top two could have certainly made my list too.

Couldn't agree with Gazza's comments more. England has by far the better bands, but the US blows em away with the solo artists.

British
Stones
Who
Fleetwood Mac
The Beatles
Zep

American
REM
The Eagles
Nirvana
Aerosmith
The Black Crowes

Best American bands ever: Aerosmith, Doors, Santana, Eagles and Van Halen.

Five isn't enough. First 5 anyway,
Booker T and the Mg's
The Aces
The Byrds
ABBB
CCR
Grateful Dead

There are more that would qualify

Original little FEAT
Muddy WAters Blues Band
HOT @#$%& TUNA
Fabulous Thunderbirds
The Dukes
this is insane..there are too many....

JR

Guns n' Roses
Dead Kennedys
Slayer
Nirvana
Soundgarden

Booker T
The Black Crowes
J-Giles
Greatful Dead
The Stooges