Had a spirited debate Sunday on the beach with a bunch of friends on who is the greatest American rock band of all time. Your vote ?

[festeringZit]

Put Bob Dylan down as great American songwriter...

 

[Akillies]

journey

 

[Akillies]

jefferson airplane

 

[Akillies]

reo speedwagon

 

[Akillies]

mothers

 

[Akillies]

temptations

 

[REDEYE]

R E m

awsome band

 

[Akillies]

todd rundgren and utopia

 

[Akillies]

Styx

 

[phdinsports]

Ok Akillies you're killing this thread! Greatest American Bands not just bands!! 100 years from now people will be talking about mothers and utopia in the same vein as Zep and the Beatles!!!!

 

[Akillies]

Ok Akillies you're killing this thread! Greatest American Bands not just bands!! 100 years from now people will be talking about mothers and utopia in the same vein as Zep and the Beatles!!!!

just the knowledgeable ones

 

[Akillies]

sly and the family

 

[phdinsports]

Herman's Hermits

 

[phdinsports]

Gerry and the pacemakers

 

[Akillies]

boston

 

[phdinsports]

just the knowledgeable ones

The so-called experts! Got it!

 

[Akillies]

i already posted the greatest american band
just showing how many great american bands there are, in response to a post saying there are none

 

[phdinsports]

Got it. We just have a different definition of great!

 

[Akillies]

steve miller band

 

[GoSooners]

Gotta disagree! Virtually all the great UK bands wrote their own songs!
UK also has great solo artists

Eric Clapton
Phil Collins
Elton John
Cliff Richard
Rod Stewart
David Bowie
Eric Burdon
Cat Stevens
Van Morrison
Billy Idol

I don't know how this American band thread changed to UK vs US! My votes for greatest US bands


With the Doors being the greatest US band! No band/group/act before or since has sounded like them!! You may not like their sound but they're very original and unique!!!

By sheer number of great songwritrers this country has produced it's not even close:


Dylan (greatest lyricist of all time)
Springsteen
Neil Young
Stevie Wonder
Willie Nelson
Johnny Cash
Tom Waits
Lou Reed
Brian Wilson
Billy Joel
Henley/Frey
Jackson Browne
Jimmy Webb
Paul Simon
Woody Guthrie
John Denver (another great lyricist)
Phil Spector
Smokey Robinson
Marvin Gaye
Chuck Berry
Carol King
Holland-Dozier-Holland
Michael Jackson

And that's just off the top of my head