January 9, 20179 yr In the Chicago documentary on CNN, someone mentioned that any list of the greatest American bands would have to include the Beach Boys, the Eagles, and Chicago. Who would make your top 3 list as the greatest American bands of all-time? 1. ??? 2. ??? 3. ???
January 9, 20179 yr My list... KISS - because they changed the way artists viewed live performances/touring... they also changed the landscape of merchandising for musical acts Van Halen - because Eddie influenced so many generations of guitar players And my "out of the box" pick... Creedence Clearwater Revival - because Fogerty and the gang wrote more great hit songs and recorded more studio albums in a short period of time than almost anyone I can think of... I think they did 7 or 8 albums in a 5 year career or something crazy like that...
January 9, 20179 yr Aerosmith Creedence Clearwater Revival The Doors (or possibly The Allman Brothers Band)
January 9, 20179 yr While they aren't in my top three by any stretch of the imagination, they were an American band.
January 9, 20179 yr Author It's hard to narrow it to three but my list would have to include Chicago , Jefferson Airplane/Starship , The Eagles , Boston. Make one of them 3a and the other 3b.
January 9, 20179 yr Aerosmith Creedence Clearwater Revival The Doors (or possibly The Allman Brothers Band) I love The Doors pick... they're my 4th, but more like a 3b I guess
January 9, 20179 yr Author The Ramones Nirvana REM Y'all are OLD. Unfortunately, true. Of course, we did grow up in the best era for music.
January 9, 20179 yr Unfortunately, true. Of course, we did grow up in the best era for music. A joy the younger folks could never hope to realize.
January 9, 20179 yr My list... KISS - because they changed the way artists viewed live performances/touring... they also changed the landscape of merchandising for musical acts Van Halen - because Eddie influenced so many generations of guitar players And my "out of the box" pick... Creedence Clearwater Revival - because Fogerty and the gang wrote more great hit songs and recorded more studio albums in a short period of time than almost anyone I can think of... I think they did 7 or 8 albums in a 5 year career or something crazy like that... Technically VH is not an American band. Brothers were born in Netherlands. They grew up in Cali though so they are considered an American band. And a darn good one at that. Also I may be old but REM would be at the very top on my list of the worst bands ever.
January 9, 20179 yr Technically VH is not an American band. Brothers were born in Netherlands. They grew up in Cali though so they are considered an American band. And a darn good one at that. Also I may be old but REM would be at the very top on my list of the worst bands ever. And Gene Simmons was born in Israel, both bands started here and are as American as they come.
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