The greatest American band ever is...

[EightGaugeHippo]

Metallica.
My favorite band to come out of America =P

[Edit]
Or R.E.M. I dont think theres anyone I know that has not heared at least one of their songs.

 

[Casual Shinji]

I'm gonna consider Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan a band since I can't imagine better American music.

 

[molester jester]

Queen, Metallica, or The Rolling Stones.

I hope you were making joke.

Anyway it's a the greatest American band thread, not a your favourite American band thread, Some people don't seem to have picked up on that.

My vote goes for The Crickets.

 

[Frequen-Z]

Celldweller
Nine Inch Nails

Ain't nuthin' better than these two.

 

[Outright Villainy]

For music that's ridiculously popular and all that?
Hendrix, Easily. He was ridiculously talented and pioneered god damn everything for playing/recording in modern music.

All my personal favourites are way too obscure to have a huge influence on music at large. Progressive metal does seem to be getting more popular in metal circles though.

 

[FinalHeart95]

I'm gonna go on a limb here and say the Miles Davis Quintet. At least as far as jazz goes. (John Coltrane *****!)

For everything else, Aerosmith and the Chili Peppers. Both are actually similar in some aspects, and they both have a lot of staying power.

 

[The Stonker]

I'm gonna nominate Disturbed for this award.

Your either stating that american music is crap or that your twelve.
Sorry I just don't understand what came over me just now.
But I feel like disturbed makes the same stuff over,over and over again.

Dream Theater.

Gotta agree with you there mate ^^

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

What's the best british

It always has been and always will be a tie between the Rolling Stones and the Beatles.

OT: I say The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

Tool

/thread

EDIT: Can I change that to Black label Society? =P

No, you can't. Because you said "/thread", so you lose all your rights as a human being.

OT: I nominate...Cyanide and Giraffes. I made that up, I'm just making fun of all the obscure crap people have been nominating. In all seriousness....The Beatles.


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[JokerCrowe]

I don't know of that many great American bands. It seems, most of the bands I listen to have turned out to be british. (Like Rolling Stones). But I guess I like Foo Fighters, Nirvana and Green Day quite a bit, And they're all American, right?

EDIT: also, Guns'n'Roses.

 

[BonsaiK]

The Wesley Willis Fiasco.

 

[khaimera]

The Doors

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

The Flat Duo Jets.

 

[Thedayrecker]

Nirvana (at least for a group).

 

[Arisato-kun]

I nominate Streetlight Manifesto for this award they deserve.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Authority Zero.
Within the Ruins and Brain Drill are up there too for being amazingly, insanely technical. Kinda sad, half the bands I see people mentioning suck so much.

 

[Mysterious Stranger]

Insane Clown Po-HAHAHA NO
In all seriousness, R.E.M. or Aerosmith. Maybe the Allman Brothers Band, if my Southern side gets a word in.