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Re: Best American Band?
mace #143749 07/19/06 01:09 PM
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There's been some good suggestions, but hasn't it occurred to anyone that there's no "obvious" choices?

There's no Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin or Who among American rock bands? I thought the Black Crowes were gonna have a shot at it, but they fizzled....

I still have to go with Aerosmith or Green Day for longevity, relatively consistant performance, and overall popularity.


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Re: Best American Band?
MarkSJohnson #143750 07/19/06 01:25 PM
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It would seem that you're correct. Although the Doors make a shot at it. (personally, I can't stand them, but that's almost undoubtedly because of overexposure.)


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Re: Best American Band?
RickF #143751 07/19/06 05:08 PM
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I do know that Collective Soul is from Atlanta, GA ... isn't R.E.M. and The B-52s from Atlanta also?




Collective Soul: yes, Atlanta. The other two are actually from Athens, GA. I attended high school in Athens from 1982 - 1986 and was too young to appreciate what was going on around me. It was actually at college that I got into R.E.M. and Guadalcanal Diary, another Athens band and my favorite that never made it big. One of my favorite shows ever is seeing GD one summer ('87 or '88) at the old Uptown Lounge amongst a couple hundred people.


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Re: Best American Band?
MarkSJohnson #143752 07/19/06 05:33 PM
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There's been some good suggestions, but hasn't it occurred to anyone that there's no "obvious" choices?




Oh, totally.

My favorite bands of all time, in rough order starting from favorite:

Rush (Canada)
Beatles (UK)
The Who (UK)
Pink Floyd (UK)
Green Day(USA! USA!)

with many, many more foreign bands in my top ten and top twenty.

R.E.M. threatened for a while to become THE American band, but with Bill Berry's retirement in the mid 1990s due to a brain aneurysm and the band's subsequent shift in direction towards milder music, they didn't reach that perch. And their brand of rock was not always the kind that resonates with the masses anyway.


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Re: Best American Band?
MarkSJohnson #143753 07/19/06 06:34 PM
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If bigjohn were still around, I'm sure he'd throw a vote in for Pearl Jam.

Me? I think Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers deserves a vote.

Re: Best American Band?
pmbuko #143754 07/19/06 06:54 PM
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A couple that I really thought were great:

- Mr Big ; they seemingly got branded after their ballad "To Be With You"
- Y&T ; a very good Blues influenced rock band from California

Already mentioned - The Allman Brothers.

One that was not mentioned, but alluded to in terms of older artists - Elvis. While he was not necesarily musically gifted, there is no denying the impact to music history.

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One that was not mentioned, but alluded to in terms of older artists - Elvis. While he was not necesarily musically gifted, there is no denying the impact to music history.


He opened the door for greasers and rockabilly, and then got the hell out of the way.

Think we did miss a lot of the older artists. Personal favorites were Jan & Dean, the Beach Boys (the gateway drug!), J. Frank Wilson, Del Shannon, the Ventures (mentioned), Dion, the Piltdown Men...

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Re: Best American Band?
MarkSJohnson #143756 07/20/06 01:49 AM
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I thought the Black Crowes were gonna have a shot at it, but they fizzled....




Coincidentally, I just scored two premium, club, table-service tix for the Black Crowes (Robert Randolph band and the Drive By Truckers opening) for this Friday for $15 total! Sweet!


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Re: Best American Band?
MarkSJohnson #143757 07/20/06 03:07 PM
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Don't miss the Robert Randolph Family Band. They put on an awesome show, and have incredible energy. I saw them twice at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, and then saw them a couple of weeks ago when they opened up for the Black Crowes.

I first saw the Crowes in San Francisco in 1991. They were loud. They were rocking. They were raw. They were fun. I've listened to their music over the years, but hadn't seen them (except at the ACL festival last year, where they did play a 60 minute "hits" set).

I was quite surprised. They have mellowed quite a bit, and it really felt a lot more like a Grateful Dead show. They can still rock, but the whole vibe is very, very different. And they only play 2-3 of their top radio hits. On the other hand, they do venture into some interesting stuff. When I saw them they did a cover of the old Pink Floyd song "Fearless". It seemed like only 2 or 3 other folks recognized the song.

Anymore, more info than you probably wanted! Go see Robert Randolph (and the Drive By Truckers -- they're good, too)

Rich

Re: Best American Band?
samandnoah #143758 07/20/06 07:11 PM
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Yeah... I like Robert Randolph and bought their first CD after they blew me away with a great performance on David Letterman. Not familiar with the Drive By Truckers. I oughta check 'em out on Amazon.

I had almost forgotten that Roomful of Blues is playing a free concert downtown tonight!

Jeez, I'm normally lucky to go to one concert per season, and this'll be three including the Allman Brothers and Government Mule in a few weeks!

Kewl.


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