volcano62 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Oh yes they are http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/10558364/The-greatest-American-rock-band-of-all-time-Surely-not-Guns-N-Roses.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick85 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 We really owe this one to DJ Ashba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Eww... Bruce is no. 1 in that list. Shitty list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2112 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Well, I'm not sure I even agree with this. Metallica seem to win this one for me mainly due to output, high quality and a well received comeback album (a true American dream band). Guns are great, but they went away for a while and a lot of people would argue they should have stayed away. GnR are top 5 for sure but if we're talking about Guns entire history to date, they need one hell of a comeback album before they can be deemed greatest of all time again... In 1989-1996 people probably put them right up there. Maybe people still do and they just exclude the new Guns N Roses as a totally separate entity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixes Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Creedence Clearwater Revival Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangoSkank Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Boss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Dude Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 I'd rank GNR up there. People complain about there not being enough output, but there's so much quality. Its like every song is a classic. Plus if you think of the Illusions is more like 3 albums (which really it is in terms of # of songs) they have more material than a lot of people realize. I'd rank Metallica up there, CCR, Pearl Jam, RHCP, Doors, a few others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron MikeyJ Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Seems like a bias list. Since it is the broadest tense "rock and roll", I find it quite lacking. For the life of me, I don't know how this list can exist without the Beach Boys, Elvis or Chuck Berry. If you are going to include REM, how can you exclude Chuck Berry from rock and roll? If they had made it bands only, then ok exclude Elvis and Chuck, but if you are gonna proclaim Bruce #1 of all time, I gotta call bullshit. I'm not even an Elvis fan, but he deserves the top spot over Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Berry deserves to be higher than Bruce also. I'm sure Bruce would even admit to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 I'd say Metallica for number one (has there been a bigger band from the US?) but if it were a top 5 throw in Guns, CCR, Aerosmith and Nirvana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padme Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Doors? Lynyrd Skynyrd? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Bruce can eat a fat dick too. But America is much more the land of the solo artist - Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, MJ, Madonna, Prince.Oh shit forgot Van Halen and REM can suck ot. Fucking sinful bores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron MikeyJ Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 That list pisses me off...He can go fuck himself, proclaming Bruce Springsteen as the "greatest American rock and roll band of all time". Read my previous post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Doors? Lynyrd Skynyrd?I'm pretty sure Doors made it to the list.But, yeah. Lynyrd Skynyrd should be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JONEZY Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Van Halen doesn't make the list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron MikeyJ Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Van Halen should be higher than Aerosmith and Metallica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volcano62 Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 The Doors are one of the great American bands. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liers Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 I wouldn't call them the best... My favorite, yes. But not the best.Here's my top 10, in no order....The WhoThe Rolling StonesGuns N RosesACDCVan HalenLed ZeppelinMetallicaQueenAerosmithU2Honorable Mentions: Styx, Rush, Pink Floyd, The Eages.....The list fluctuates, it really depends what kind of music I'm in the mood for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Dude Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 I wouldn't call them the best... My favorite, yes. But not the best.Here's my top 10, in no order....The WhoThe Rolling StonesGuns N RosesACDCVan HalenLed ZeppelinMetallicaQueenAerosmithU2Honorable Mentions: Styx, Rush, Pink Floyd, The Eages.....The list fluctuates, it really depends what kind of music I'm in the mood for.most of those aren't American bands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Are people posting their personal favorites or the bands that they think are actually the best? Because there is a huge difference.Who/what is a rock band also matters. I don't consider Bruce a "rock band." The Beatles were more of a pop band than rock band. Johnny Be Goode is more of a rock song than anything Bruce every did.Was Buddy Holly a rock musician or a pop musician?Liers - your list looks pretty solid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 True but I'd also no bands are more American than Led Zeppelin and the Stones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Oh yes they are http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/10558364/The-greatest-American-rock-band-of-all-time-Surely-not-Guns-N-Roses.htmlMind you, this means the real Guns n' Roses. The one with Slash, Duff and Izzy.I wouldn't call them the best... My favorite, yes. But not the best.Here's my top 10, in no order....The WhoThe Rolling StonesACDCLed ZeppelinQueenU2Pink FloydNot American bands... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron MikeyJ Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Are people posting their personal favorites or the bands that they think are actually the best? Because there is a huge difference.Who/what is a rock band also matters. I don't consider Bruce a "rock band." The Beatles were more of a pop band than rock band. Johnny Be Goode is more of a rock song than anything Bruce every did.Was Buddy Holly a rock musician or a pop musician?Liers - your list looks pretty solid!I posted who should be a head of Bruce, not my personal favs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Oh, god, you're right, VH is not there. The fuck?You have Hendrix, but no EVH? They are usually referred as the two greatest american rock guitar players ever.You can divide rock history in before and after Jimmy, but the same applies for Eddie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 I vote for GNR! Although Aerosmith or the Eagles both have the bid too in my mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceguy Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 What's up with this trend of people posting polls from random websites and then saying its irrefutable proof?I don't fucking care what a poll from a random shitty website says. I genuinely don't care. I could find a million other idiotic polls from a million other idiotic websites which state the complete opposite of the ones which say that DJ and bumble are the greatest guitarists of all time or that nu-GNR is the world's leading band in 2014. Why don't you post those polls? Oh yeah, because those polls don't support your opinion, so therefore they aren't fact. Only the polls which support YOUR opinion are factual. Got it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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