Best American Rock Band Ever

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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,809
    edited August 2018
    You can be the OP and still be wrong.  :)

    Hating Aerosmith and not considering them for this?
    razy!

    Like the thread and everyone can certainly have their own opinions!

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  • fruupp
    fruupp Posts: 88
    Frank Zappa for me.
  • RobZ
    RobZ Park City, Utah Posts: 195
    Any love for Warren Zevon...??
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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,896
    YourDirtisMyfood said:
    I don't even think FF has as many classic songs as PJ does off Ten.  The catalogue isn't even comparable, in my opinion.  Don't get me wrong, I like FF and the Sound City doc is one of my all time faves, but for songs and live experience, it's two different levels for me.
    The thing with Foo Fighters is that only a few albums are great front to back (selt-titled, colour and the shape, wasting light), but there's a few great songs on every album.  Thus when they play live they play a greatest hits type set, but they do have a lot of songs to draw on.
  • JBob87
    JBob87 Posts: 485
    I’m not even a huge fan of theirs but the answer is the Grateful Dead. Just can’t touch the impact. Jazz + lsd, can’t get more American than that. 
  • maynardsux
    maynardsux Posts: 1,100
    Journey 
    '93 Toronto
    '94 Detroit
    '10 Columbus
    '11 Detroit (Eddie solo), Toronto 1 and 2, Ottawa, Hamilton
    '13 London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    '14 Detroit
    '16 Ottawa, Toronto 1 and 2, Chicago 1 and 2
    '18 Chicago 1 and 2
    '22 Hamilton, Toronto
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,273
    maynardsux said:
    Journey 

    they’re a Filipino band :wink:
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
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    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
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    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,853
    Van Halen
    Hendrix
    Aerosmith
    GnR
    Petty
    Boss
    DMB
    Foo Fighters
    Pearl Jam

    Pick from there i think.  Sustained success/popularity.  Lots of recognizable hits that percolated into all demographics.  International success.  Ability to sell out large venues well after peak.  
  • PEARLJAM NJ
    PEARLJAM NJ Posts: 42
    What an easy question...from Macon Georgia, The Allman Brothers Band
  • RoleModelsinBlood31
    RoleModelsinBlood31 Austin TX Posts: 6,239
    I actually ended up seeing the eagles several years ago at ACL just because I had tickets and they were one of the headliners. Never cared for them at all but have to give them massive respect- it was like a setlists of songs that I didn’t even know were there’s and EVERY SONG was a huge hit- like every song I knew just from radio play.  I was shocked.  They have written a huge pile of massive hits.  I’d give them reluctantly a slot above Bruce just because the sheer amount of massive hits they have.
    I'm like an opening band for your mom.
  • rummy
    rummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,466
    Sorry to bring up the R&R HoF again but this article might add to the conversation: http://www.vulture.com/2018/05/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-artists-ranked-from-best-to-worst.html
  • RoleModelsinBlood31
    RoleModelsinBlood31 Austin TX Posts: 6,239
    Foo fighters shouldn’t even have been mentioned.  They’re terrible. Of course it’s my opinion but seriously? Not sure how anyone can take them seriously in a conversation about the best American bands of all time.
    I'm like an opening band for your mom.
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    RoleModelsinBlood31 said:
    Foo fighters shouldn’t even have been mentioned.  They’re terrible. Of course it’s my opinion but seriously? Not sure how anyone can take them seriously in a conversation about the best American bands of all time.
    This comment is ridiculous.

    They're massive and have been massive for years.
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  • thispureamericanriot
    thispureamericanriot California Posts: 514
    Starts with Pearl, ends with Jam.
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  • RM162643
    RM162643 Posts: 37
    Pearl Jam, Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,598
    RM162643 said:
    Pearl Jam, Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead
    Led Zeppelin is many things but an American rock band is not one of them.
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  • RM162643
    RM162643 Posts: 37
    Lol, thanks Jimmy...I missed that "American" part...  I'll change it to PJ, Hendrix, Grateful Dead, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Doors. 


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    St. Paul, MN 06/26/2006
    MPLS, MN 07/02/2011 EV
    St. Paul, MN 10/19/2014 
    Missoula, MT 08/13/2018 
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    St. Paul, MN 09/02/2023
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    Wrigley N2 2024 
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    RoleModelsinBlood31 said:
    Foo fighters shouldn’t even have been mentioned.  They’re terrible. Of course it’s my opinion but seriously? Not sure how anyone can take them seriously in a conversation about the best American bands of all time.
    The resume is pretty identical to PJ’s. Only difference is PJ doesn’t have the number of classic songs and FF don’t have the classic albums.
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    edited August 2018
    MayDay10 said:
    Van Halen
    Hendrix
    Aerosmith
    GnR
    Petty
    Boss
    DMB
    Foo Fighters
    Pearl Jam

    Pick from there i think.  Sustained success/popularity.  Lots of recognizable hits that percolated into all demographics.  International success.  Ability to sell out large venues well after peak.  
    Get rid of the 4 most recent and you have a very solid top 5.
  • rummy
    rummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,466
    DewieCox said:
    RoleModelsinBlood31 said:
    Foo fighters shouldn’t even have been mentioned.  They’re terrible. Of course it’s my opinion but seriously? Not sure how anyone can take them seriously in a conversation about the best American bands of all time.
    The resume is pretty identical to PJ’s. Only difference is PJ doesn’t have the number of classic songs and FF don’t have the classic albums.
    Let's go deeper here. As someone who doesn't listen to the radio anymore, which FF songs would be considered "classics?" I'm here to be informed, not argue.

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