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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Yes it is but I love Holy Diver, Finding the Sacred Heart and Rainbow in the Dark.
Evette Evil and The Daughters of Darkness. Best stage “show” ever.
Originally, they are from the Isle of Man which would make them British. Started their first band while still in England before moving to Australia. Returned to Britain after achieving some early success in Australia. It was from here that they became part of the second wave of the British Invasion. A lot more British than Australian.
Used to live near Cement City MI. Saw George Clinton on the roadside near his “compound”. Stopped. Talked. When on our way.
Not long after that, George had to move because he...uhhhhh...didn’t believe in property taxes. What a great American!
Bad Time is a good song.
Nope! Isle of Man...technically Great Britain!
Anyone notice Jeff Skunk Baxter in the White House with Trump and Kanye?
I sure did.
He was hiding behind a moustache, but I seen him.
The Kinks...are you kidding me? You can hear their accents in their vocals!
Captain Beyond
Thems were some pipes, too - absolutely. Man in the Box is my go-to AiC tune.
And ‘Erman’s ‘Ermit’s LOL
Absolutely.
One time a thing occurred to me
What's real and what's for sale
The funniest part of the British Invasion is we invaded them first.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF99RzRhvAI
What the Ramones did in 1977 that was supremely important was to throw dirt on the rotting corpse that was Disco and then slam dance around the grave.
They reminded us that it was OK to play basic high-intensity R&R in two or three-minute doses once again.
They were the best garage band ever.
I'll see your Ramones and raise you The Stooges.
Odd that they started out as the “Psychedelic Stooges”.
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