Who Is The Greatest American Band?

[Nasty_Magician]

There have been a lot, but who would be considered the best American Rock Band? If you were to list the top 10 bands of all time it would no doubt be UK heavy but what about American?

CCR?
Beach Boys?
More recent groups like PJ?

Discuss

 

[Chef99]

Ramones
Nirvana

Bachman Turner Overdrive, just 'cuz they're An American Band.

 

[JohnShadows]

KISS!

 

[Sam Sportboy]

Metallica!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Smoke]

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Velvet Underground
Grateful Dead
Doors

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Flaming Lips
Allman Bros.
Pixies
X

 

[Sam Sportboy]

Flaming Lips
Allman Bros.
Pixies
X

Nice............................

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Bruuuuuuuce & the E Street Band
Steely Dan
Aerosmith
Eagles
RHCP

 

[Panthera tigris Bob]

Skynrd

 

[beardown07]

Doors and the Dead gotta be near the top

 

[Berkeley_Blues]

Bob Dylan with The Band.
Springsteen and E street
Doors
The Jimmy Hendrix Ex
Velvet Underground
RHCP
Steely Dan

 

[Chef99]

The Go Go's

The Monkees

Jesse and the Rippers

 

[outlaw okie]

G&R

CCR

Doors

Hendrix

Heart (she might be the best front man of all time)

Alice n Chains

Chicago

Kansas

Tool (USA?)

Steely Dan

Tesla

RHCP



Not saying they are the best, but worthy of mention.

 

[KansasSooner]

You guys forgetting Alice Cooper? Hard to believe, and god forbid I ever hear another Steely Dan tune in my life. Oh yeah, my BOC avatar more or less says who my favorite American band is.

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

The Eagles
The Doors
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Allman Brothers
Aerosmith
Van Halen

 

[Berkeley_Blues]

Bachman Turner Overdrive, just 'cuz they're An American Band.

BTO was from Canada.

 

[Chef99]

BTO was from Canada.

Oh yeah...I was thinkin' of Grand Funk Railroad.

 

[packerzrule]

The Doors



then everybody else

 

[cezero]

Beach Boys are right up there. Pet Sounds still sounds modern and different, as does Smile.