Fisher brothers. Then the Wilson sisters broke up with them and fired them from the band.
And Ann Wilson ate Toronto.
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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@angcat LOL
Opened for them too back in FL for a sea food festival Mrs rktman was in charge of. .38 special that is.
HAHAHA lot’s of Wine!
HAHA I hate Styx and I also had that fat blob Paradise by the Dashboard light. I can’t remember his name.
Robert Paulson?
“Grateful Dead...Best.Band.Ever.”
Q. What did the Deadhead say when he ran out of dope?
A. This band sucks!
MEATLOAF!
I think a lot of the bands already listed are “greatest” in the influence they had on American listening and style. Lots of great memories in there. Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Chicago, Doobie Brothers.
I would add RUSH (hey they said “America” - not the USA!).
Only the Beattles and the Rolling Stones have had more consecutive gold or platinum albums.
You hurt my feelings. *sniff*
Great Rock Bands is an obvious oxymoron.
Hunter and Wagner, best 1-2 Guitar punch ever.
Fisher brothers. Then the Wilson sisters broke up with them and fired them from the band.
And Ann Wilson ate Toronto.
Didn't Neil Peart just become a US Citizen?
Buddy Holly and The Crickets
In no order, Hendrix, The Doors, Chicago, The Band, CCR, The Animals (House of the Risin Sun) J. Geils Band...maybe Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention...Lovin Spoonful...
But Hendrix wasn’t really Rock n Roll...he was...Hendrix.
the Ramones
Talking Heads
Many more of my favorites are English or Scottish.
Yes - he is, lives in California now. And he has also said he has “grown up” from his Ayn Rand days (sadly).
Here is an interview and a quote from Peart in 1978:
“Look at Britain and what socialism has done to Britain! It’s crippling! And what it’s done to the youth. What do you think the Sex Pistols and all the rest of ‘em are really frustrated about? They’re frustrated because they’re growing up in a socialist society in which there’s no place for them as individuals.”
He talks at length about it in the interview.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/13/rush-nme-interview-1978-rocks-backpages
What I don’t get is why all these Canadian liberals insist on coming here, when they have the man of their dreams, Trudeau, in charge in Canada.
Meatloaf.....I love Styx....old stuff not the Mr. Roboto....
Maybe they don’t want to have to wait 6 months for a hearing test in their Northern Utopia?
Here in Seattle there are lots of folks where they (or maybe it’s just the kids?) have dual citizenship. They live down here (”Up in Canada you can’t find a decent job, and the wages are low.”), and the kids go to school in Canada. (”Canada is great - University is free!”)
It might prove aggravating, but you might as well read the thread and chime in.
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