Top 5 American Bands of all time

[march madness]

Please list bands, not artists with backing bands. A majority of members must be from the U.S.

1. Metallica
2. Pearl Jam
3. the Doors
4. Aerosmith
5. Guns n Roses
6 Lynard Skynard
7 the Eagles
8 CCR
9 Van Halen
10 REM

I grew up in the late 80's, early 90's as you could guess.

 

[tikited]

My favorites and successful:
The Doors
Beach Boys
REM
Van Halen
The Ramones

 

[stocker08]

Nirvana
Foo Fighters
Smashing Pumpkins
Incubus
Rage Against the Machine

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[saintpaulguy]

 

[BarnBurner]

Great White
Aerosmith
Gunners
Skynrd
Styx

 

[short ornery norwegian]

In no particular order:

Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Grateful Dead
The Allman Brothers Band
The Byrds
Jefferson Airplane/Starship
Steely Dan
The Talking Heads

(and if you just want to say successful bands - not necessarily a critical success)
Chicago
the Jackson 5
all the Motown Groups - the Temptations

 

[Angry]

Pearl Jam
Metallica
JB's
Black Keys
Sublime

 

[Cruze]

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Allman Brothers Band

The Byrds

The Grateful Dead

 

[GopherJake]

The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Grateful Dead
Metallica

Honorable Mention:
Cake

"Obscure" Pick:
Dixie Chicks (bring it!)

 

[JimmyJamesMD]

The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Grateful Dead
Metallica

Honorable Mention:
Cake

"Obscure" Pick:
Dixie Chicks (bring it!)

I had no idea all of these bands were from this country

 

[GopherJake]

I had no idea all of these bands were from this country

Ooops! I missed that criteria. I mean, it's only in the title of the thread. My bad. Oh well.............

 

[JimmyJamesMD]

Ooops! I missed that criteria. I mean, it's only in the title of the thread. My bad. Oh well.............

Still good bands!

 

[short ornery norwegian]

I was going to include The Band - which is one of the most "American" groups I can think of in terms of their music - but then I remembered that four of the five members were from Canada. Only Levon Helm was from the US.

 

[Iceland12]

I was going to include The Band - which is one of the most "American" groups I can think of in terms of their music - but then I remembered that four of the five members were from Canada. Only Levon Helm was from the US.

Good catch.

 

[MennoSota]

How do the Commodore's not make the list? [emoji56]

 

[DeathClutch]

CCR
Soundgarden
Alice in Chains
Pantera
Tool

 

[KD6-3.7]

i'd put the doors up there toward the top. a lot of other good bands itt, i would add for consideration:

the talking heads
double trouble
van halen
boston
journey
styx

 

[Costa Rican Gopher]

The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Grateful Dead
Metallica

Honorable Mention:
Cake

"Obscure" Pick:
Dixie Chicks (bring it!)

Pink Floyd's Australian, not American.

 

[march madness]

Pink Floyd's Australian, not American.

Pink Floyd originated in London.

 

[march madness]

Wow nice list late 80's-90's hard rock/metal, then CCR.
AIC, Pantera, and Tool are all in my top 20 fav's.

 

[saintpaulguy]

duplicate!

 

[saintpaulguy]

Pink Floyd's Australian, not American.

Only during PBS pledge week.
https://www.tpt.org/australian-pink-floyd-show-eclipsed-by-the-moon/
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[diehard]

Ooops! I missed that criteria. I mean, it's only in the title of the thread. My bad. Oh well.............

No big deal. Obviously under the influence of the Somalians.

 

[diehard]

For my taste, Molly Hatchet and Marshall Tucker need to be considered.

 

[saintpaulguy]

For my taste, Molly Hatchet and Marshall Tucker need to be considered.

I'd agree.

 

[God]

For my taste, Molly Hatchet and Marshall Tucker need to be considered.

In college a buddy of mine was arrested for public urination at some music fest in northern Minnesota or Wisconsin. He shared a cell with Molly Hatchet. Evidently, they’d get drunk and show up late to shows, so tgeir manager kicked term out and they were arrested for trespassing trying to climb a fence to get into the show that they were playing at.

My top five:
Slave Raider (to include Letitia Rae’s other work)
Powermad
The Coup de Grace
Morticia
Touched

 

[Gopher68]

Other successful bands not yet mentioned:

ZZ Top
Motley Crue
Poison
Loverboy
Foreigner

 

[Bad Gopher]

I'm with those who include the Byrds. They seemingly get more important as time goes on.

 

[Bad Gopher]

I'm with those who include the Byrds. They seemingly get more important as time goes on.

I could listen to / watch this over and over.

 

[tikited]

I'm with those who include the Byrds. They seemingly get more important as time goes on.

50th Aniversary tour coming this fall if you don't mind traveling for it.