Greatest American Rock and Role Bands of ALL Time

Durbin,
sorry but after reading threads for weeks, there aren't too many "original" threads are there? At least this is about music. What you do in your dorm room is your own business. happy listening :)

This is good, I have some new music I need to go out and buy.

How about Bruce Springstien and the E-Street band.

Just as a point of interest here are the most requested rock bands from allmusic.com...I understand that not all of these meet my own criteria however I thought it was interesting...

Artists
U2 ( 21192) The Beatles ( 18423) Bob Dylan ( 12601)
Jimi Hendrix ( 12397) The Who ( 9330) Korn ( 9215)
Neil Young ( 9187) Nirvana ( 9111) 'N Sync ( 8581)
Elton John ( 8563) Björk ( 8400) Moby ( 8252)
Eric Clapton ( 8157) Destiny's Child ( 8115) Radiohead ( 8026)
R. Kelly ( 7796) R.E.M. ( 7786) Yes ( 7653)
John Lennon ( 7651) Frank Zappa ( 7523) Paul Simon ( 7506)
Queen ( 7213) Trina [1] ( 7102) Genesis ( 6758)

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After all the diverse and great responses I thought I would take a minute and tally the votes. This can serve as a shopping guide as well as a point of interest. I tried to add up all the times bands were selected and where possible keep it to American. Even though several were alternative, like Nirvana, I left them in.

The clear winner....Almond Brothers....ironically enough, Aerosmith ended up at the bottom when I did my sort...hmm, I wonder is it fate or....

I will save my file if more names are added and next week I will post the finals.

hope you find some new music to go buy

happy listening :)
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Allman Bros 7
Velvet Underground 5
Doors 5
Santana 4
Ramones 4
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young 4
Creedence Clearwater Revival 4
Beach Boys 4
Jimi Hendrix Experience 3
Eagles 3
Byrds 3
Wilco 2
Talking Heads 2
REM 2
Los Lobos 2
Grateful Dead 2
Frank Zappa & The Mothers 2
Chuck Berry 2
Buffalo Springfield 2
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 2
Bob Dylan and "The Band" 2
Alice Cooper 2
ZZ Top 1
Yo La Tengo 1
Troggs 1
Traveling Wilburys 1
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 1
Temptations 1
Ted Nugent 1
S-R Vaughan band 1
Sonic Youth 1
Smokey Robinson 1
Replacements 1
Paul Butterfield Blues Band, w/Mike Bloomfield 1
NRBQ 1
nirvana 1
Muddy Water's late 50s band with Little Walter and Jimmy Rogers 1
Martini Ranch 1
Little Feat 1
Kiss 1
Journey 1
Jackson 5 1
J Airplane, J Starship 1
iggy and the stooges 1
Grand Funk 1
Ginger Baker's Airforce 1
George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers 1
Garfunkel 1
Devo 1
Camper Van Beethoven 1
Booker T. & the MGs 1
Bodeans 1
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band 1
Blood, Sweat and Tears (original band with Al Kooper) 1
Blasters 1
B-52s 1
Amerosmith 1

Yes, Paul has it right. This was intended to be a thread to find out the truely

GREATEST, GREATEST, GREATEST......ONLY
AMERICAN, AMERICAN, AMERICAN, AMERICAN.......ONLY
BANDS (in general) and BAND (THE band of bands)

If this keeps going, I think we will end up naming every rock band, American or otherwise, that has ever played. Maybe I should add my friends garage band from the mid seventies, they were really good.

Now I think it is still great fun because the variety is so large. See, this is why I was trying to see if there was anything nearing a consensus for what I think is a difficult question.

I still note that Aerosmith is not on anyones list...hmmm, I guess the outside experts (non-agon) don't know what they are talking about or maybe that was just a marketing ploy for Areosmith, I wonder.....

I will post an updated list in a few minutes.

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Trich727,

No, no, don't end it here, that wasn't the point. I am just trying to keep up. No, adding up votes is NOT the gauge of truth but it is truely AMERICAN, so it seems fitting that we pick the best by majority vote. I have tried to not count the same person talking about the same band more than once.

Aerosmith wouldn't make my top 10, I was just curious based on things I have heard from others. My list I started the thread with was just to stir up conversation.

keep em coming and lets see if you guys with all the knowlege can come to a consensous on the top 5 or 10...you don't even need to put them in a particular order. he he he

tuna

Here is the updated list, now 146 entries. Allmond Brothers still #1

By the way Wstrit, doesn't Blue Oyster Cult deserve a nod?

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1 Allman Bros 10
2 Creedence Clearwater Revival 8
3 Velvet Underground 6
4 Eagles 6
5 Ramones 5
6 Jimi Hendrix Experience 5
7 Doors 5
8 Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young 5
9 Byrds 5
10 Beach Boys 5
11 Santana 4
12 Talking Heads 3
13 Lynryd Skynyrd 3
14 Grateful Dead 3
15 Frank Zappa & The Mothers 3
16 Bob Dylan and "The Band" 3
17 Alice Cooper 3
18 Wilco 2
19 Temptations 2
20 Sonic Youth 2
21 Replacements 2
22 REM 2
23 NRBQ 2
24 Neil Young & Crazy Horse 2
25 Los Lobos 2
26 James Brown & His Famous Flames 2
27 Jackson 5 2
28 Grand Funk 2
29 Chuck Berry 2
30 Buffalo Springfield 2
31 Buddy Holly Trio 2
32 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 2
33 Booker T. & The M.G.'s 2
34 Blood, Sweat and Tears (original band with Al Kooper) 2
35 B-52s 2
36 13th Floor Elevators 2
37 ZZ Top 1
38 Yo La Tengo 1
39 Ventures 1
40 Van Halen 1
41 Turtles 1
42 Trouble Funk (I'm from DC - wanna argue?) 1
43 Troggs 1
44 Treniers 1
45 Traveling Wilburys 1
46 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 1
47 The Band (well, North American - they're mostly Canadian) 1
48 Ted Nugent 1
49 Supertramp 1
50 Stooges 1
51 Stevie Ray 1
52 Steve Miller Band 1
53 Steely Dan 1
54 Standells 1
55 S-R Vaughan band 1
56 Sonics 1
57 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 1
58 Smokey Robinson 1
59 Sly & The Family Stone 1
60 Simon & Garfunkel 1
61 Shaggs (all hail) 1
62 Seeds 1
63 Runaways 1
64 Rock & Roll Trio 1
65 Remains 1
66 Redd Kross 1
67 Raspberries 1
68 Rascals 1
69 Public Enemy 1
70 Prince 1
71 Paul Revere & The Raiders 1
72 Paul Butterfield Blues Band, w/Mike Bloomfield 1
73 Parliament/Funkadelic 1
74 nirvana 1
75 New York Dolls 1
76 Neville Brothers 1
77 Nazz 1
78 Mysterians 1
79 Muddy Water's late 50s band with Little Walter and Jimmy Rogers 1
80 Monkees (stop that)--are they american? 1
81 Modern Lovers 1
82 Mission of Burma 1
83 Meters 1
84 MC5 1
85 Martini Ranch 1
86 Marshall Tucker Band 1
87 Mamas & The Papas 1
88 Lyres 1
89 Lovin' Spoonful 1
90 Love 1
91 Louis Jordan & The Tympani Five 1
92 Little Richard & The Upsetters 1
93 Little Feat 1
94 Link Wray & His Ray-Men 1
95 Left Banke 1
96 Kiss 1
97 Journey 1
98 Johnny Winters 1
99 Janice Joplin 1
100 Jackson Five 1
101 J Airplane, J Starship 1
102 Impressions 1
103 iggy and the stooges 1
104 Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns 1
105 Hank Ballard & The Midnighters 1
106 Guided By Voices 1
107 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five 1
108 Go-Go's 1
109 Ginger Baker's Airforce 1
110 George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers 1
111 Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps 1
112 Garfunkel 1
113 Frankie Goes to Hollywood 1
114 Fleshtones 1
115 Flaming Lips 1
116 Flamin' Groovies 1
117 Five Royales 1
118 Everly Brothers (hey, it only takes two mininmum to make a band) 1
119 Elvis & His Trio (yeah, they were a band) 1
120 Dwight Twilley Band 1
121 Drifters 1
122 Dire Straits 1
123 Dictators 1
124 Dick Dale & The Del-Tones 1
125 Devo 1
126 Dead Boys 1
127 Davie Allan & The Arrows 1
128 Crickets 1
129 Cramps 1
130 Coasters 1
131 Chocolate Watch Band 1
132 Chicago 1
133 Cheap Trick 1
134 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band 1
135 Camper Van Beethoven 1
136 Boston 1
137 Bodeans 1
138 Bobby Fuller Four 1
139 Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band 1
140 Blasters 1
141 Bill Haley & The Comets 1
142 Big Star 1
143 Beau Brummels 1
144 Bad Company 1
145 Bad Brains 1
146 Amerosmith 1

got Boston and Supertramp so I might as well add Kansas and any other state bands but really, are you saying you think Boston or Supertramp are the best American R&R band of ALL time or are we just trying to name all the American bands we can think of?

Even with that said, isn't it Boston who holds the record for most albums sold an a debut album or am I thinking of someone else? But after the debut, then what...nothing or close to it.

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