Best American Band of all time

[Turbodog]

Hey Mac, you inspired me to start this thread. This is a topic that I have discussed with others for years.

My nominees:

Creedence Clearwater Revival
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
ZZ Top
Ramones
Old 97's

[Mac da Knife]

Absolutely Creedence Clearwater Revival.
I'm following Fogarty to this day.

CCR!

[peychaud]

Velvet Underground

[Turbodog]

Good one Peychaud.

[GuySajerForgottenSoldier]

I already said: THE DOORS

[bam bam]

The Clash or Bryan Adams

[Jerry]

Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie....hard to pick one.

[Lobstros]

My nominees:

Metallica
Aerosmith
Los Lobos
Neil Young and Crazy Horse

[Envie]

Dread Zeppelin

[Bill in Tally]

Glen Miller. Still popular.

[Turbodog]

bam, I don't know what you were thinking. You picked a british band and a canadian solo artist. What up with that?


Lobstros, Neil Young is Canadian (born in Toronto, Ontario).

[PNG]

Others listed are not American either.

[Occasional Cook]

I'd put Chicago up there. I'd also put The Who and Yes up there too, but they're from the wrong side of the ocean.

And if you want to go back a ways, I like Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven in the late '20s.

OC

[Lobstros]

Lobstros, Neil Young is Canadian (born in Toronto, Ontario).

I consider Crazy Horse an American band. Neil has been an American citizen for over 30 years now and all of his band mates are from here as well.

I'll also add Guns and Roses to the list even though their flame burned out too quickly.

[Alex]

My nominees:

Metallica
Aerosmith
Los Lobos
Neil Young and Crazy Horse

Metallica lost me after the 6th album, but I saw them in Biloxi with the Cult opening and it was a great show. That was the Justice for All tour. Serious jamming.

[Rollista]

Great topic. Don't know who I would pick, but I'll throw out some names already mentioned and some not:

CCR
Tom Petty
Grateful Dead
Beach Boys
Kiss
ZZ Top
Grand Funk Railroad

[Admin]

More fodder:

Steely Dan
Eagles
Talking Heads
R.E.M.
Red Hot Chili Peppers

[Schuarta]

Think - BAND - not soloists (or singers) with back-up!

[Admin]

Think - BAND - not soloists (or singers) with back-up!
Just curious. Who among the aforementioned do you consider not a band?

[PNG]

Still more non american people being added. Make up your mind.

[Admin]

Still more non american people being added. Make up your mind.
Who, exactly, has been suggested that is non-American since you previously complained?

[PNG]

Not complaining, just pointing out as others have done. Need to define "american band." Neil Young, Brian Adams, The Clash, Gene Simmons is an Israeli. Do you mean a band formed in the usa regardless of what nationality the members are, or just a band that became popular in the states regardless of the nationality of the band members?

[Schuarta]

Just curious. Who among the aforementioned do you consider not a band?

Beach Boys :confused:

[Admin]

Funny, every time I see The Beach Boys, they're all playing instruments; even Mike Love, if only a tambourine.

[Admin]

Need to define "american band." Neil Young, Brian Adams, The Clash, Gene Simmons is an Israeli.
Last time I checked, Canada was still a part of the Americas, if we're splitting hairs that fine, bam bam is still trolling with posts like that, and Gene Simmons has yet to release a record in Yiddish. Try to have a little more fun with these things, OK? Do you have a nomination?

[JonSmith]

I was a kid of the 80's, so I have some bias, but:

for kicking a$$:
Rush (NORTH American)
Van Halen (pre 1984)
and of course, The Crüe!

for cerebral pleasure:
Uncle Tupello

for funking you to death:
The Meters

[Hadacol]

Los Lobos.

They have a body of work that is just about impossible to touch. Talented musicians all, broad expanse of styles, and David Hidalgo has a voice that is unmatched. The guy can sing.