In your opinion, the greatest *American* rock and roll band of all time?

[sumday]

Van halen

 

[sumday]

van halen's 'i'll wait' and bon jovi's 'you give love a bad name' two of my fav songs of all time. def leppard is alright. kiss, scorpions, queen, lots of good ones

 

[billhill999]

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i was in the 12 th row at this one bill

Seen the Boss over 50 times.
Thanksgiving morning, 1978, (I'm dating myself here) 6am, WNEW FM announces Bruce purposely held back a couple of hundred tickets (to keep out of scalpers hands) and will go on sale at the Madison Square Garden ticket office at 8am.
I call half a dozen of my buddies, like 10th on line, got sixth row side seats for, get this, $ 12.50 face value.

Good times.

 

[WorldNumberOne]

1) van halen
2)aerosmith
3)eagles
4)journey
5)kiss
6)pearl jam
7)lynard skynard
8)metallica
9)fleetwood mac
10)heart
11)motley crue
12)bon jovi
13)38 special
14)bad company
15)boston
16)styx
17)foreigner
18)queensryche
19)doors
20)doobie brothers
21)bob seger and the silver bullets
22)tom petty and the heartbreakers
23)cheap trick
24)chicago
25)ratt

from this list my top 10 would be :

aerosmith
van hagar
eagles
tom petty
pearl jam
foreigner
bob seger
journey
chicago
boston

badco was an american band ? english singer

 

[RobFunk]

Buster, R.E.M. ?!

They are top 15 at least, some have them at #1

 

[billhill999]

van halen's 'i'll wait' and bon jovi's 'you give love a bad name' two of my fav songs of all time. def leppard is alright. kiss, scorpions, queen, lots of good ones

Queen is from the UK.

 

[WorldNumberOne]

van halen's 'i'll wait' and bon jovi's 'you give love a bad name' two of my fav songs of all time. def leppard is alright. kiss, scorpions, queen, lots of good ones

not american

 

[steaktartar]

Seen the Boss over 50 times.
Thanksgiving morning, 1978, (I'm dating myself here) 6am, WNEW FM announces Bruce purposely held back a couple of hundred tickets (to keep out of scalpers hands) and will go on sale at the Madison Square Garden ticket office at 8am.
I call half a dozen of my buddies, like 10th on line, got sixth row side seats for, get this, $ 12.50 face value.

Good times.

:toast:

 

[Buster]

Buster, R.E.M. ?!

They are top 15 at least, some have them at #1

you are right replace bad company with them....some reason i thought bad co was american....by the way? rem first album was recorded blocks from my first home here in charlotte...saw them many times before they were somebody...i figured stipe as a fruit,before he "came out"....

 

[WorldNumberOne]

Buster, R.E.M. ?!

They are top 15 at least, some have them at #1

no question... top 7 maybe

 

[RobFunk]

you are right replace bad company with them....some reason i thought bad co was american....by the way? rem first album was recorded blocks from my first home here in charlotte...saw them many times before they were somebody...i figured stipe as a fruit,before he "came out"....

Pretty interesting tidbit. Always love hearing about the 'humble beginnings'

 

[viking611]

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - 30+ years and counting ....

too easy of a question.

 

[PBR]

I think barman nailed it with The Doors...but I gotta give some love for Blue Oyster Cult.

 

[RobFunk]

The Doors?! Yeah sure why don't we mention Jefferson Starship while we are at it.

Acid Rock was a great sub-genre, but to put The Doors anywhere near the very top is rediculous

 

[PBR]

Rob, history didn't start in 1988 ya know.

 

[PBR]

The Doors?! Yeah sure why don't we mention Jefferson Starship while we are at it.

Acid Rock was a great sub-genre, but to put The Doors anywhere near the very top is rediculous

The Doors weren't acid rock. Jefferson Airplane was...not the Doors though.

 

[REDEYE]

Nirvana

 

[ThreeKings]

Skynyrd

 

[Akillies]

Chicago
beach boys

 

[OAKAS]

What?
No Fog Hat?

:missingte:missingte:missingte

Mountain barely nosed out:

Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks
Mason Proffit
Camander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Captain Beyond.

Do any of you guys remember these great band?