Greatest AMERICAN Rock & Roll Band? Go!

[veinbuster]

Love every band mentioned....but...

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Without hesitation.

They are solid - all the time.

 

[toothace]

Spinal Tap is British. Why else would they have those outrageous accents?

Yes...but their members are American...

 

[WeFixFlats]

Aerosmith!

Ditto. They were the first band that came to mind for me. Drums/Bass/Two Guitars/Lead Vocalist. Classic lineup.

 

[Coral Sky Music]

The Good Old Blues Brothers Boy Band From Chicago

 

[goat-n-gitter]

King's X

 

[merciful-evans]

The Grateful Dead (3rd to chime in with this)

30 year career.
Still releasing live albums 24 years after they ended.
Just look up 'jam band' on Wiki...

 

[alantig]

Yes...but their members are American...

Wait - you're saying David St. Hubbins isn't actually British? Why would he lie about that?

 

[Tosca]

Wait - you're saying David St. Hubbins isn't actually British? Why would he lie about that?

No, of course he’s British..David and Nigel are from Squatney, east London....everybody knows that.

 

[Steve's addiction]

Grand Funk Railroad 'cause they're an American band

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Tap takes it!

 

[11top]

Loved the Hagar era but OG Van Halen is on another level entirely. Roth era for the win.

You had me until this misguided post.

Sammy Hagar can sing circles around DLR (and I’m a fan of both). I’m even reversed biased; DLR’s dad went to my high school (no f’n age jokes), and his uncle had a bar in my business building. But alas....Sammy is one of the best rock singers ever.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

You can’t beat DLR stage persona and charisma!

 

[Wakester]

Eagles tops my list, then probably ZZ Top and George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers.

 

[11top]

You can’t beat DLR stage persona and charisma!

Music

 

[11top]

Eagles tops my list.

Hard to argue that one.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

The title is “greatest” and it’s my humble opinion. DLR isn’t the best tonally, but surely stage presence counts for something?

 

[11top]

The title is “greatest” and it’s my humble opinion. DLR isn’t the best tonally, but surely stage presence counts for something?

Fair enough.

 

[WEDGE]

You had me until this misguided post.

Sammy Hagar can sing circles around DLR (and I’m a fan of both). I’m even reversed biased; DLR’s dad went to my high school (no f’n age jokes), and his uncle had a bar in my business building. But alas....Sammy is one of the best rock singers ever.

Agreed wholeheartedly on the singing ability, but for me the material, and Eddies playing in particular during the Roth era, is what seals it for me.

 

[alantig]

You had me until this misguided post.

Sammy Hagar can sing circles around DLR (and I’m a fan of both). I’m even reversed biased; DLR’s dad went to my high school (no f’n age jokes), and his uncle had a bar in my business building. But alas....Sammy is one of the best rock singers ever.

Why? Hadn't they come up with the concept of age by then?

For me, the music and attitude of DLR-era VH beats what they did in the Hagar era. Hagar is a much better singer, but the bite wasn't there in the material. But DLR couldn't have pulled that stuff off.

 

[bodia]

You had me until this misguided post.

Sammy Hagar can sing circles around DLR (and I’m a fan of both). I’m even reversed biased; DLR’s dad went to my high school (no f’n age jokes), and his uncle had a bar in my business building. But alas....Sammy is one of the best rock singers ever.

All for Sammy. Most prefect album,,,,Standing Hampton