20 Greatest AMERICAN Rock Bands?

[ScarabGator]

Journey
Aerosmith
The Stones
The Eagles
Kiss
Pink Floyd
Guns-N-Roses
STYX
Rush
Boston
Chicago
Def Leppard
The Beatles
Van Halen
Nirvana
Bruce Springteen
Blondie
Black Sabbath
Queen
Bon Jovi

[MartyMoffatt]

Journey
Aerosmith
The Stones
The Eagles
Kiss
Pink Floyd
Guns-N-Roses
STYX
Rush
Boston
Chicago
Def Leppard
The Beatles
Van Halen
Nirvana
Bruce Springteen
Blondie
Black Sabbath
Queen
Bon Jovi

Er... can I just point out that The Stones, Pink Floyd, Def leppard, The Beatles, Black Sabbath and Queen are all BRITISH bands. (The thread had asked for American bands). Also Rush are Canadian so I'm not sure they count either - although I'd happily have them in any list

Marty

[piecesofeight]

Styx
Journey
Van Halen
Eagles
John Mellencamp
Bruce Springsteen
Neil Young
CSNY
The Beach Boys
Heart
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Boston
Foreigner
Kiss
Bon Jovi
Grateful Dead
The Doors
Fleetwood Mac
Chicago
Stryper



Not a fan of all of these, but how can you deny what they have done. When thinking about this list, I was trying to think of groups also that made a impact or a boom somewhere.

[piecesofeight]

I had to do a double think too as I found myself wanting to add British bands. Damn, there are some good one's.

[ScarabGator]

Sorry-I just listed my top 20 bands period-dont care where they come from. Guess I should read better.

[Rick]

I had to do a double think too as I found myself wanting to add British bands. Damn, there are some good one's.

Me too, I don't think they should have made the list exclusive. I don't give a shit where any band calls home, if they rock, they rock.

[piecesofeight]

It really should be top 25 as I could easily add these to my 20 above

Hard to choose

CCR
Santana
Grand Funk
Foreigner
Doobie Brothers

Not a fan except for Foreigner, but agree because of their impact.

[piecesofeight]

Oh yeah Rush should go on any list, but not this one.

Thanks for reminding me about Boston, how did I forget them?

Yep, just good straight up Amercan rock. Damn amazing stuff.

[Jeremey]

Greatest American ROCK bands in my opinion...Not by personal preference, but by the typical factors (influence, impact, artistic vision, longevity, etc etc etc)

1 Kiss
2 Aerosmith
3 Metallica
4 Nirvana
5 Van Halen
6 The Eagles
7 Lynyrd Skynyrd
8 Guns N Roses
9 The Ramones
10 Journey
11 The Grateful Dead
12 REM
13 The Allman Bros
14 Bon Jovi
15 Sublime
16 Dave Matthews Band
17 Heart
18 Red Hot Chili Peppers
19 The Misfits
20 The Doors

Didn't include people like Springsteen or Mellencamp, as they weren't really about "bands," per se, nor did I include some obvious omissions like The Beach Boys or The Temptations, cause I don't really consider them "Rock" in the sense of what really developed out of the late 1960's into the heyday of rock and roll from the mid-70's to mid-80's.

[Clasicrockldy]

Food for thought....

Steppenwolf
Dave Clark Five
Blue Oyster Cult

???

Hello Fact Finder........ the Dave Clark 5 are a British band!

[Greg]

Journey
Boston
Kansas
38 Special
KISS
Survivor
Metallica
Aerosmith
Lynyrd Skynyrd
REM
Bon Jovi
Chicago
Foreigner
The Eagles
Van Halen
Beach Boys
Steve Miller Band
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Creedence Clearwater Revival
And the last isn't a band, but daggonit, if we're talking about American music, you have to include Billy Joel in there somewhere.

[belar]

Pearl Jam at #1?!? Give me a break. Pearl Jam might be #50 or #100, but no WAY are they even close to the top. Aerosmith wins easily. I would have said Journey last year at this time, but hey...

[7 Wishes]

What a fucking joke. Pearl Jam is the worst fucking band of all time. Stone Gossard can't play for shit, they're never syncopated, and Vedder sounds like an off-key, drunken karaoke caterwauler. What a disgrace.

[7 Wishes]

Oh yeah Rush should go on any list, but not this one.

Thanks for reminding me about Boston, how did I forget them?

Rush is a Canadian band.

How could any moron try to insinuate that Pearl Jam is better or more talented than the Boss? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! So frustrating!

[Just Mindy]

What a fucking joke. Pearl Jam is the worst fucking band of all time. Stone Gossard can't play for shit, they're never syncopated, and Vedder sounds like an off-key, drunken karaoke caterwauler. What a disgrace.

Gotta agree w/you about Pearl Jam. You ever see this one before?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z3cDUHLAJJ4

[*Laura]

Oh,God... Pearl Jam at No.1. Thanks for the laughs.
Hope the ones who decided this will survive the tons of crack they've been smoking only to be struck by lightning.

The Doors shouldn't be on that list either.More crack,for real.

Nirvana.OMG. That band was a shit stain on Rock Music's face.What a disgrace.


Lots of great bands missing from that list.
I'd shrink it to this:

Aerosmith
Van Halen
The Eagles
Journey
Queensryche
Fleetwood Mac (they're British)
Metallica
KISS
The Beach Boys
Bon Jovi



And where's Creedence C.R.?Mountain?Molly Hatchet?Grand Funk?Boston?The Doobie Bros.?Toto?ZZ Top??

[ScarabGator]

I thought Alice in Chains were better than Pearl Jam....

[Saint John]

Journey
Boston
Kansas
38 Special
KISS
Survivor
Metallica
Aerosmith
Lynyrd Skynyrd
REM
Bon Jovi
Chicago
Foreigner
The Eagles
Van Halen
Beach Boys
Steve Miller Band
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Creedence Clearwater Revival
And the last isn't a band, but daggonit, if we're talking about American music, you have to include Billy Joel in there somewhere.

This is the most plausible list thus far. Great choices.

[ScarabGator]

I'll place into consideration

The Cars
Motely Crue

Oh God, I wanted to say "The Cars" so bad!!!!!

[Saint John]

Sorry, but Night Ranger deserves to be on this list.

[Saint John]

OK, how'd we miss....ELVIS....and Jerry Lee...

Robert Johnson, Muddy and Buddy and BB?

"Bands"

[markumsherreum]

Kansas
Boston
Triumph
Rush
Saga
Pat Travers Band
Heart
Frank Marino&Mahogany Rush
Journey
Van Halen
The outlaws
LYNYRD sKYNYRD
Allmann brothers
Aerosmith
The Eagles
Grand funk railroad
Wasp
Motley crue
SKID ROW
Soundgarden
dead kennedys
Extreme

[chf34jmac]

didn't you forget Menudo?

[Rockindeano]

Haven't seen REO mentioned yet either.

Nor should you EVER see them in a list of top 20 bands.

[markumsherreum]

didn't you forget Menudo?

Menudo
is
the
dream
of
raiderfan

[Rockindeano]

Sorry, but Night Ranger deserves to be on this list.

Put down the pipe, and check yourself into rehab, now.

You have got to be fucking kidding me? Night Ranger? Jesus Christ.

[Saint John]

Sorry, but Night Ranger deserves to be on this list.

Put down the pipe, and check yourself into rehab, now.

You have got to be fucking kidding me? Night Ranger? Jesus Christ.

Eat shit. They have an extensive catalog, great harmonies, a tremendous guitarist and have stood the test of time the right way. LIVE. Jack Blades has helped pen almost as many songs as Monker has pimples. And that's a shitload. These guys, like Journey(with Perry), are actually better live than on their albums.

[RedWingFan]

didn't you forget Menudo?

Only 20 ,not 6000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 and 1 more...

Way to screw up the whole page you idiot.

[chf34jmac]

Who? Me or the 7 foot tall banana picker.

[RedWingFan]

Haven't seen REO mentioned yet either.

Nor should you EVER see them in a list of top 20 bands.

As much as I hate to, I have to agree with you on this. The dismissal of Richrath from this band crippled this band. Even the best post-Richrath era song "Love Is A Rock" pales in comparison to the Richrath years.