Best American rock band

**Dark Horse** · 04-18-09, 05:59 AM

Doors and Velvet Underground. Like your choice too.

**jjgold** · 04-18-09, 07:48 AM

Not many that were that great, I guess Aerosmith.

**CaneDawg** · 04-18-09, 08:24 AM

Pearl Jam

**Bread** · 04-18-09, 08:24 AM

Happy you damn hillbilly! A Cuban hillbilly. I've seen it all.

**capitalist pig** · 04-18-09, 08:27 AM

Im older too, but I have to agree with DH, and say the Doors.

later

**pavyracer** · 04-18-09, 08:29 AM

I have to vote for the Dixie Chicks.

**20Four7** · 04-18-09, 08:44 AM

And I always thought ABBA was the best american rock band and they didn't even come from america..... you mean there is a good American rock band?

**Bread** · 04-18-09, 08:53 AM

Skinny Puppy. No wait they're Canadian.

Jackyl & Hyde. These great American artists have honed their craft to perfection and my Nana just loves them!

**Brock Landers** · 04-18-09, 09:09 AM

EASILY Metallica

In 90-93 it was Guns N Roses, but since its all Metallica

**Willie Bee** · 04-19-09, 09:03 AM

The Eagles, Lynryd Skynyrd, The Band, CCR and The Ramones need to get some consideration here.

**louisvillekid** · 04-19-09, 09:30 AM

get some Led Zeppelin out. Pearl Jam would be probably 2nd for me.

as for hippy stuff, how about The Sons of Champlin, they jam

**ijustwant2bpaid** · 04-19-09, 09:37 AM

Originally posted by louisvillekid

get some Led Zeppelin out. Pearl Jam would be probably 2nd for me.

as for hippy stuff, how about The Sons of Champlin, they jam

gotta get zep out there, and then u guys forgot about Nirvana as well...

**Matt Rain** · 04-19-09, 09:40 AM

Originally posted by Willie Bee

CCR

That would be my pick. That bad ass clean guitar tone + John Fogerty's voice =

Led Zep isn't American, mates.

**wtf** · 04-19-09, 09:42 AM

zep is british

**Dark Horse** · 04-19-09, 09:43 AM

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**smitch124** · 04-19-09, 09:43 AM

Gotta go with Lynyrd Skynyrd.

**louisvillekid** · 04-19-09, 09:57 AM

i missed the American part. Still ain't awake.

Pearl Jam, and The Boss and the E Street band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and as for southern rok i like HB's choice with the Allman Brothers.

**Bostongambler** · 04-19-09, 10:03 AM

Bat City Rollers

**Mudcat** · 04-19-09, 10:30 AM

I hadn't really stopped to think about how weak America has been in the field of rock until now.

America has certainly made a contribution to rock music. You got yer various combinations of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young who are world class at what they do - some of which is rock - but you can't call them a straight-up rock band. Dylan of course has done some rock and roll and is an all-time, world-class lyricist but again, not what you call a rock band.

I don't have an answer for this thread that feels right. I like The Band. I like CCR. I like Nirvana and the Foo Fighters. But none of those have that greatest of all-time feel for me.

**smitch124** · 04-19-09, 10:31 AM

Play their stuff 24/7...

**DwightShrute** · 04-19-09, 10:36 AM

the DOORS

**HAPPY BOY** · 04-19-09, 10:43 AM

Damn no love for my Allman Brothers..... I do love Crosby Stills Nash and young, Young is canadian and Stills I believe is British, i guess you would consider them an American band.

**smitch124** · 04-19-09, 10:58 AM

Originally posted by HAPPY BOY

Damn no love for my Allman Brothers..... I do love Crosby Stills Nash and young, Young is canadian and Stills I believe is British, i guess you would consider them an American band.

I like the Allman brothers too Happy, they were definitely the main influence on my fav band Skynyrd, but they gotta be #2.

**Matt Rain** · 04-19-09, 11:14 AM

Originally posted by Mudcat

Nirvana

I would pick them as well, but I don't consider them a "rock" band per se. In Utero certainly left a huge impression on me and it was the main reason I picked up the guitar at 15. Visions of flannel shirts and Dr. Martens boots.

**sallysnax8** · 04-19-09, 11:27 AM

creedence clearwater revival, Journey (w/ steve perry) , Boston, Phil Collins.....this coming from a 24 year old

**DwightShrute** · 04-19-09, 11:44 AM

CCR ya! forgot about them

Bob Seger

**RageWizard** · 04-19-09, 11:58 AM

Originally posted by Bread

Happy you damn hillbilly! A Cuban hillbilly. I've seen it all.

Bread, back in the day around 1980, in South Florida, we called them refnecks. Sorry Happy, but that was then, I suspect you are not actually from Cuba, but are instead a 1st generation Cuban american born in the U.S.

**reno cool** · 04-19-09, 12:37 PM

Oh yeah Allman Brothers huge. Interesting how it was American Blues that created the English rock and sold it back to the US.

**reno cool** · 04-19-09, 12:41 PM

Soundgarden, Rage Against the Machine, Van Halen

**reno cool** · 04-20-09, 01:18 AM

oh yeah, don't forget zz top

**Shortstop** · 04-20-09, 01:23 AM

Grateful Dead

and

Pearl Jam

**tacomax** · 04-20-09, 01:42 AM

Originally posted by HAPPY BOY

Im gonna be a little dated here since Im older than most, but my vote goes to the Allman brothers, these motherfvckers can jam, they also led the way to alot of the southern rock bands.

You're so fukkin' old, I thought you were going to say The Everly Brothers.

**Mudcat** · 04-20-09, 07:15 AM

Having given it some thought, I think my personal choice would be Cracker. I'm a big Dave Lowery fan. That's alt. rock if that counts.

I doubt many people here have ever heard of Cracker (or Lowery's other band, Camper Van Beethoven).

But that's what I come up with for this topic.

God gave you life
So get outta mine
Take your sorry ass back to Florida

**Willie Bee** · 04-20-09, 08:14 AM

Originally posted by RageWizard

Sorry Happy, but that was then, I suspect you are not actually from Cuba, but are instead a 1st generation Cuban american born in the U.S.

Actually, I believe he got his start in life as Havana Happy Boy: LINK

Originally posted by Mudcat

I hadn't really stopped to think about how weak America has been in the field of rock until now.

Guess it depends on your definition of 'rock.' In this thread, we have blurred some folk with pop with blues into the category. And while bands like The Eagles and The Doors will probably rank behind others such as The Beatles and Led Zeppelin for many or most, there's little doubt how much some of the early 'rock/blues' pioneers from America influenced many if not most of the British and other non-American bands that made it big. All one has to do is ask Eric Clapton that question.