POLL - The WEAKEST LINK of AMERICAN BANDS - (WEST) ROUND 1

MedozK
MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
in Other Music
Ok, with the new 'WEAKEST LINK' I will be staying with music and bands. However this time we will debate the greatest American Band.

Now since there are so many that limiting it to 10 would only cause chaos and confusion. I have decided to spread this 'Weakest Link' out into 4 different Polls. These polls will be identified tournament style as East, South, West, and North. I have tried to keep some cohesion with the band and geographic poll they are placed in, but couldn't do it for all. These polls WILL be occurring at the same time, so you will need to place votes in all 4 polls for each round. I did this so it wouldn't take so long to complete.

Each of the 4 polls will be narrowed down to the final 2, then I will take the 2 from each poll and make a Championship poll with 8 bands.

Alright, so here go. Lets determine the GREATEST AMERICAN BAND. WEST REGION

You are going to pick the band that you think is the "Weakest Link" after 2 days I remove the two (2) bands with the most votes. We will then move on to Round 2.

The Beach Boys
Van Halen
The Doors
Eagles
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Sly & the Family Stone
Metallica
Guns N' Roses
Grateful Dead

POLL - The WEAKEST LINK of AMERICAN BANDS - (WEST) ROUND 1 55 votes

The Beach Boys
12%
goldrushcutzmickeyratAW124797Asterisk on the Street1ThoughtKnownultrapig 7 votes
Van Halen
5%
Spiritual_Chaos23scidooHughFreakingDillon 3 votes
The Doors
9%
2-feign-reluctanceTim Simmonsjjflashjpayne1976joe159 5 votes
Eagles
21%
CantKeepmedownmfc2006Yefastatic111GlowGirlRS151862dankindbrewdog123brianluxHobbestempo_n_grooveOffSheGoes35 12 votes
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3%
pjhawksJumb0 2 votes
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3%
Poncierpjl44 2 votes
Sly & the Family Stone
20%
darwinstheorymcgruff10Ledbetterman10ComeToTXBrainofBGAEA5429RP112579Kearn5yNSLwilliscummingsbbiggs 11 votes
Metallica
3%
erebuseddiec 2 votes
Guns N' Roses
3%
DC29940ed243421 2 votes
Grateful Dead
16%
mr bungletbergspledgeagrievanceHesCalledDyerJohnny AbruzzoBLACK35eeriepadaveF Me In The BrainPJ_Soul 9 votes
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,487
    The Beach Boys
    feels like the cruel belong here.....
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  • jjflash
    jjflash Posts: 5,031
    The Doors
    Lotta heavy hitters in this group. No glaring weak links.
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    The Doors
    Damn. It was like deciding which of my fingers to cut off. 
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  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 3,959
    Metallica
    Tough start, but I like GnR more than Metallica.
  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    Eagles
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    Damn. It was like deciding which of my fingers to cut off. 
    And you chose the middle fingers?

    ;)
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    The Doors
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    Damn. It was like deciding which of my fingers to cut off. 
    And you chose the middle fingers?

    ;)
    Yeah, pretty well useless in my life! Haha!! 
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,686
    edited November 2021
    Grateful Dead
    I could have gone three ways on this... but I guess the Dead are the most painful to listen to because their songs go on and on and on... or at least it feels like they do, lol.
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,480
    Van Halen
    Van Halen is nothing
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Eagles
    Fly, fly away, Eagles!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,480
    Van Halen
    Honestly - Hotel California is the most epic song ever written.

    Tol bad the drummer wanted to drug up naked 15-year olds in his home. 
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • pledgeagrievance
    pledgeagrievance Posts: 2,874
    Grateful Dead
    One of the bands I just cant listen to. Like ever
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Eagles
    pledgeagrievance said:
    One of the bands I just cant listen to. Like ever

    A lot of people who don't like the long extended jams of the Dead have found the song oriented American Beauty and Workingman's Dead to be a whole other ball of... I mean disc of wax, myself included.  I love those two albums, find the rest just tedious.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    The Beach Boys
    The Beach Boys sound like awful children’s music to me.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Eagles
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    The Beach Boys sound like awful children’s music to me.

    Even Pet Sounds?
    Or here, try this one:

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    The Beach Boys
    brianlux said:
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    The Beach Boys sound like awful children’s music to me.

    Even Pet Sounds?
    Or here, try this one:

    Nope. Not into any of it. Pet Sounds is the most overrated record in history imo. 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Eagles
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    brianlux said:
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    The Beach Boys sound like awful children’s music to me.

    Even Pet Sounds?
    Or here, try this one:

    Nope. Not into any of it. Pet Sounds is the most overrated record in history imo. 

    Wow, well OK than, haha.  Fooled a damn lotta people, didn't it?!
    By the way, Trader is not from Pet Sounds.  Did you listen to it?

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,410
    edited November 2021
    Grateful Dead
    Be dead! Not a fan at all. Every other band on this list has hits I enjoy. Sly is great, but not enough hits. Same with CSNY. Beach Boys are ok. Doors were solid, but career is too short. I personally really liked the Eagles....greatest hits albums. GnR, not enough in the catalog. Early Van Halen dominates, but then sporadic. A lot of great CCR songs, but no one else on this list made anything even close to as masterful as Master of Puppets. Metallica's run of metal albums in the 80's is outstanding and I really liked Load and the over rated, but still good, black album. Easy pick for me in the end.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 3,959
    Metallica
    Damn. 
    I'd have the Dead in my top 5 American bands, probably top 3.
    The older I get, the more I listen to them.

  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,372
    Grateful Dead
    Apparently there's this new "debate" about who's better - Beach Boys or Beatles. Seriously, people are surprised when I say - um, Beatles. By like 8 trillion miles. What is happening?!?
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  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    Johnny Abruzzo said:
    Apparently there's this new "debate" about who's better - Beach Boys or Beatles. Seriously, people are surprised when I say - um, Beatles. By like 8 trillion miles. What is happening?!?
    I am actually surprised I haven't seen a thread about the "Get Back" documentary..... I am going to submerge myself in nothing but Beatles this whole holiday weekend.

    This thing looks AMAZING
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Auta2lagtw4
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