Top 5 American Bands of all time

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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.
 

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

Nirvana
Foo Fighters
Smashing Pumpkins
Incubus
Rage Against the Machine

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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
 

Pearl Jam
Metallica
JB's
Black Keys
Sublime
 
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Allman Brothers Band

The Byrds

The Grateful Dead
 

The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Grateful Dead
Metallica

Honorable Mention:
Cake

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






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.
 



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. :drink:
 

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


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
 



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.
 




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


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
 

Other successful bands not yet mentioned:

ZZ Top
Motley Crue
Poison
Loverboy
Foreigner
 

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






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