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top 12 american bands/artists

IndianSummerIndianSummer Posts: 854
edited May 2007 in Other Music
my top 12 would like this -

bob dylan
pearl jam
guns n roses
simon and garfunkel
van halen
lynyrd skynyrd

grateful dead
the doors
rem
rhcp
steely dan
queensryche
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  • Todd76Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    tough call (especially since most of the best bands are from Canada these days)

    1) the Decemberists
    2) Sonic Youth
    2) Sebadoh
    3) Interpol
    4) Wilco
    5) Yo La Tengo
    6) the Shins
    7) Pavement
    8) the Flaming Lips
    9) Cat Power
    10) the Dandy Warhols
    11) Ween
    12) Dinosaur Jr.
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    1. miles davis
    2. bob dylan
    3. pearl jam
    4. wilco
    5. dinosaur jr
    6. alice in chains
    7. tool
    8. smashing pumpkins
    9. kyuss/queens of the stone age (aka whatever josh homme is doing)
    10. mars volta
    11. soundgarden
    12. sonic youth

    those are my favorites. not the best. Now if i was making a best of list number Miles & bob would probalby still be at the top the rest would change though.
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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Bands that are still around (and relevant):

    Pearl Jam
    Smashing Pumpkins
    Bob Dylan

    Kings of Leon
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    Sonic Youth

    Chris Cornell and all his bands (though hopefully Carry On will be better than what I've heard of it so far)
    Pixies
    Incubus

    Modest Mouse
    REM
    Neil Young (okay, he's canadian, but that's technically in the continent of america. Can't think of a good 12th that follows the rules).
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    Neil Young (okay, he's canadian, but that's technically in the continent of america. Can't think of a good 12th that follows the rules).

    I dont think the canadians of the board will allow you to draft neil as an american.

    If he is though put him at number two on my list behind miles davis ;)
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    Nashville 22
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    No order...

    Aerosmith
    Guns N' Roses
    Nirvana
    Jimi Hendrix
    Miles Davis
    The Ramones
    The Doors
    Bob Dylan
    Pearl Jam
    REM
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
    NIN

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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    keeponrockin wrote:
    No order...
    Jimi Hendrix

    damn i forgot about jimi he has to be on there.
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    Asheville 04
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    Greenville 16, Columbia 16
    Seattle 18 
    Nashville 22
    Ohana Festival 24 x2
  • B niceB nice Posts: 182
    after this last shit album...pearl jam doesn't deserve shit
    life has nothing to do with killing time
    Bring it on cause I'm no victim

    b nice loves pearl jam like ed vedder loves america
  • righteousbaberighteousbabe Posts: 662
    PJ
    The Doors
    Ani Difranco
    Tool
    Marilyn Manson
    Blind Melon
    Nirvana
    White Stripes
    Rage Against the Machine
    Stone Temple Pilots
    Alice in Chains
    Hendrix
  • Gremmie95Gremmie95 Posts: 749
    B nice wrote:
    after this last shit album...pearl jam doesn't deserve shit

    well then......SHIT!
  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    1. the ramones
    2. the doors
    3. aerosmith
    4. metallica
    5. greatful dead
    6. g n r
    7. bob dylan
    8. the boss and the e street band
    9. van halen
    10. kiss
    11. the pixies
    12. fugazi
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  • clayton12clayton12 Athens, GA Posts: 350
    1-10 My Morning Jacket
    11-PJ
    12- Ryan Adams
  • TwatayTwatay Posts: 64
    B nice wrote:
    after this last shit album...pearl jam doesn't deserve shit

    B nice B nice!
  • dave grolschdave grolsch Posts: 730
    hope these are all american,
    pearl jam
    tool
    corrosion of conformity
    down
    system of a down
    nine inch nails
    metallica
    aerosmith
    foo fighters
    red hot chilli peppers
    faith no more
    KISS(purely on the live show)
    i know most of these bands are kinda modern-ish,but all the best older bands are british-deep purple,the who,led zep,the stones,black sabbath,priest,pink floyd,genesis,moody blues,the clash, YEP the americans got all the best boxers us brits got the musical bragging rights!!(take it as a laugh,coz you know i,m right)
  • Scratchin a LetterScratchin a Letter Posts: 2,303
    Pearl Jam
    Bob Dylan
    The Doors
    James Brown
    Stevie Wonder
    Grateful Dead
    The Strokes
    Sonic Youth
    Patti Smith
    Van Halen
    Public Enemy
    Springsteen

    I refuse to recognise The Jimi Hendrix Experience as American for obvious reasons, which I hold in high regard.
  • frusciante89frusciante89 Posts: 125
    favorite not best
    Pearl Jam
    RHCP
    RATM
    Soundgarden
    Ben Harper
    Tool
    Mastodon
    My Morning Jacket
    Incubus
    DMB
    Sonic Youth
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,424
    metsfan531941 wrote:
    1. the ramones
    2. the doors
    3. aerosmith
    4. metallica
    5. greatful dead
    6. g n r
    7. bob dylan
    8. the boss and the e street band
    9. van halen
    10. kiss
    11. the pixies
    12. fugazi


    arent you forgetting someone?????
  • funkymonkfunkymonk Posts: 279
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
    Pearl Jam
    NIN
    Tool
    Jimi Hendrix
    Queens of the Stone Age
    Rage Against the Machine
    Stevie Ray Vaughan
    Incubus
    old Guns N' Roses
    old Aerosmith
    Metallica
  • gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
    My Top 12 American bands:

    1. Pearl Jam
    2. The Doors
    3. The Pixies
    4. Beastie Boys
    5. Nirvana
    6. The Shins
    7. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
    8. Queens Of The Stone Age/Kyuss/Other Josh Homme projects
    9. Soundgarden
    10. Eels
    11. Dandy Warhols
    12. Jane's Addiction
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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,935
    how hasn't anyone mentioned the BEACH BOYS???
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  • tonadaxtonadax Posts: 594
    pj
    alice in chains
    nirvana
    soundgarden
    stone temple pilots
    the ramones
    metallica
    incubus
    red hot chilli peppers
    jimmi hendrix
    the doors
    the pixies

    13.guns and roses,14.beach boys,15.rage agains´t the machine
  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    Get_Right wrote:
    arent you forgetting someone?????
    nope no-one that i know of. i left pj out for a reason.
    Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
    Sammi: Wanna just break up?

  • LiftedLifted Posts: 1,836
    Pearl Jam
    Bob Dylan
    My Morning Jacket
    Grateful Dead
    Sonic Youth
    Jimi Hendrix
    Neko Case
    Wilco
    M. Ward
    Ramones
    Blind Melon
    CCR

    oh yeah and the beach boys. i saw someone mentioned that no one put them on their list. i forgot about them too but definately worth the mention

    just my opinion
  • Alex_CoeAlex_Coe Posts: 762
    1. Queens of the Stone Age
    2. The White Stripes
    3. Pearl Jam
    4. Mark Lanegan
    5. Kyuss
    6. Screaming Trees
    7. Mondo Generator
    8. The strokes
    9. Explosions in the Sky
    10. Incubus
    11. Eagles of Death Metal
    12. ?
  • PearlJamaholicPearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    in no order, and i dont even like some of these. im listing what 12 american bands i think are the biggest influenece.

    01. velvet underground (how come no one else mentioned them yet?)
    02. pixies
    03. replacements
    04. pearl jam (this might have some bias here)
    05. nirvana (cant deny their impact on music)
    06. bob dylan
    07. dead kennedys
    08. nine inch nails
    09. metallica (another love them or hate them band, but still important)
    10. jimi hendrix
    11. elvis
    12. grateful dead
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  • drew0drew0 Posts: 943
    grateful dead
    lynyrd skynyrd
    bob dylan
    aerosmith
    the doors
    van halen
    jimi hendrix
    red hot chili peppers
    pearl jam
    nirvana
    the ramones
    metallica
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Run DMC
    Nirvana
    Janis
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  • ZosoZoso Posts: 6,425
    wilco
    kings of leon
    rem
    interpol
    my morning jacket
    pearl jam
    white stripes
    the strokes
    dinosaur jnr.
    the doors
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    jack white
    sonic youth
    dylan
    springsteen
    crosby stills and nash
    lou reed
    patti smith
    nirvana
    gram parsons
    jeff buckley


    plus pseudoamericans
    neil young
    The Band.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • AbookamongstthemanyAbookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    Pearl Jam
    The Flaming Lips
    Wilco
    Smashing Pumpkins
    The Strokes
    Ani Difranco
    Bob Dylan
    The Decemberists
    Tool
    The Lemonheads
    Sonic Youth
    Beck
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  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    In no particular order:

    Tom Waits
    Pearl Jam
    Wilco
    The Hold Steady
    Drive-By Truckers
    Los Lobos
    Bruce Springsteen
    Queens of the Stone Age
    Neko Case
    Son Volt
    Steve Earle
    The Black Crowes
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