Posted on 10/22/2018 9:20:40 AM PDT by rktman
Like baseball, apple pie, and pickup trucks, rock and roll is considered quintessentially American. Sadly, many of the "best of" lists ranking rock bands are dominated by bands from the UK. Sure, there are some great bands from across the pond, but there's something special about the great rock bands from this country — something rebelliously robust. American rock bands are the teeth of our communities and they aren't afraid to get messy. So, my list is comprised of bands that formed in America and whose majority of members are American (sorry, that means The Jimi Hendrix Experience is disqualified).
Before the list, a note of explanation may be in order: readers will notice the conspicuous absence of The Beach Boys as well as Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. As far as the E Street Band, and this is probably not fair, but the music is so identified with the Boss as to basically reduce the E Street Band to his backing band (they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a backing band). The Beach Boys, on the other hand, while producing one of the greatest albums of all time in Pet Sounds, are not a great band. In fact, the band barely played on Pet Sounds. The famed Wrecking Crew provided the music for the album, as they did for many of our most beloved albums from that time period. I even considered including the Wrecking Crew on the list.
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Little Feat w/Lowell George...no one else is close.
Metallica.
That meant he liked men AND boys.
Completely subjective and arbitrary list.
The Beach Boys inspired everyone.
The California bands ca. 1965, Jefferson Airplane, Canned Heat, etc., deserve mention. Most bands listed are derivative.
Bands without mentioning Buddy Holly and Frank Zappa is just a joke.
Tom Petty learned the guitar from a local FL teacher - Don Felder.
Work To Do? I liked AWB version better though.
Another great Michigander-Mitch Ryder (& The Detroit Wheels).
Agreed
As usual....Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band are left out. Seger was easily the equal of Springsteen in his prime. He had more radio airplay, sold more records, sold out more concerts & was by far the better vocalist.
I love Aja and Gaucho. If Donald is singing, I’m good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT3XYUegiNs
Steve Gaines ‘I Know a Little’ before he joined Skynyrd.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l886uQi6Rhg
He also wrote and sang with Van Zant in ‘You got that Right’.
A criminally underrated guitarist gone too soon.
Wish I could but...Freddy’s Dead.
Amen!
Now that there is some ballsy, in your face, American ROCK!!!
Kansas; Grand Funk; .38 Special.
I saw Parliament/Funkadelic on Juneteeth Weekend 1979 at the Cotton Bowl.
Journey.
Cheap Trick.
Styx.
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