what's your favorite American rock band and why is it Journey?

[KD6-3.7]

 

[tikited]

The Doors and The Beach Boys and not Journey for me.

 

[WilliamsArenaGuy]

R.E.M.

 

[MonikerSchmoniker45]

Grateful Dead

 

[tikited]

R.E.M.

Forgot about them. The Doors, The Beach Boys, REM, The Grateful Dead...and The Velvet Underground. No more. Except The Replacements...and Buffalo Springfield...and Dinasuar Jr.

And the Ramones.

 

[Ignatius L Hoops]

If you mean American Rock Bands=Guitar Gods, then I've gotta go with these gents. (he took “the blues out of the Mississippi Delta and sent it to Mars.”)

 

[MonikerSchmoniker45]

CCR is classic Americana

 

[beatles]

Dave Matthews Band.

 

[stocker08]

I'd go with the Foo Fighters.

 

[Nokomis]

America

 

[Ope3]

Wilco

 

[Breakin' The Plane]

I love Journey unconditionally, but the correct answer is Van Halen.

 

[short ornery norwegian]

assuming we rule out solo artists - then for best "American" groups - in terms of talent and influence:

Beach Boys
CCR
the Byrds
the Doors
Allman Brothers
Grateful Dead
Talking Heads
The Ramones (Gabba Gabba Hey....)

if you expand it out to include Motown, then put in the Temptations.

 

[tikited]

assuming we rule out solo artists - then for best "American" groups - in terms of talent and influence:

Beach Boys
CCR
the Byrds
the Doors
Allman Brothers
Grateful Dead
Talking Heads
The Ramones (Gabba Gabba Hey....)

if you expand it out to include Motown, then put in the Temptations.

Add the Allman Brothers to my list as well. Long live Duane.

 

[T-Bonegopher]

I can’t believe nobody has mentioned the Eagles. I love the Replacement and Suburbs mentions.

 

[GopherJake]

Grateful Dead
Cake
R.E.M.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Simon and Garfunkel

Wilco
The Cars

Weezer

 

[scools12]

Van Halen

 

[tikited]

Van Halen

Van Halen or Van Hagar?

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Grateful Dead

Hippie

 

[MonikerSchmoniker45]

Hippie

Not a fan?

 

[GopherPoke]

Foo Fighters for me. If we're for sure talking American rock bands, I'm surprised to not see any mention of Aerosmith or Metallica or Foreigner. They're definitely up there. And I love Journey.

 

[GopherPoke]

...Lou is Foreigner to me.

 

[Ogee Ogilthorpe]

Favorite band no Journey, but I think it's a really cool story about how they found their new front man. Very cool, very "Rockstar"-esque.

 

[Ogee Ogilthorpe]

Van Halen or Van Hagar?

I was going to ask this very same question but got sidetracked. Both have their good qualities. Hard to go against Diamond Dave

 

[scools12]

Van Halen or Van Hagar?

Don’t ever say Van Hagar.

Them there are fighting words.

Though I don’t mind the Hagar stuff not one single album compares to the DLR years.

 

[Blizzard]

It depends. For the last several years it's been the Tedeschi Trucks Band. Best band in the USA and it's not close.