Made in America....top 5 American rock n roll bands,

[clarice]

Does not necessarily have to be in order. When making my list, I considered not so much, records sold, but level of musicianship. Longevity, song writing ability, etc.

Allman Brothers Band
Little Feat
Eagles
Creedence
REM

[Number9Dream]

1. I might be able to narrow down to ten...

- Allman Brothers Band
- Frank Zappa / Mothers of Invention
- Kansas
- Steely Dan
- Springsteen / E-Street Band
- Jefferson Airplane
- The Doors
- CSN&Y
- Grateful Dead
- Mountain
I'd include Return To Forever, but they're not rock.

[dana_b]

2. Hmm.. mine may not have as long of longevity but

they kind of help to change music in the 90s for my generation. Then of course I had to add some of my favourite all time musicians (from ANY generation!):

Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
Rage Against the Machine
Buddy Holly and the Crickets
Jimi Hendrix Experience

[cemaphonic]

5. I don't know that you could call the Jimi Hendrix Experience American

Obviously, Hendrix was the centerpiece, but the rest of the band was British, and the band formed in the UK.

[ghostsinthemachine]

3. The Grateful Dead

The American dream, consciousness and musical history all in one band. From The Carter Family to Berio, the Dead remain the thread that runs through America.
Easily the most influential band in history not named the Beatles. Almost every band touring today credits the Dead for their influence. From Sonic Youth, the Talking Heads to My Morning Jacket and Dave Matthews Band. All of them.

[postulater]

13. Hard to imagine American music without the Dead.

[ghostsinthemachine]

16. Especially in regards to today's Americana

The Dead were way ahead there. And so influential.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

4. We agree on two.

Beach Boys
CCR
REM
Steely Dan
Springsteen/E Street

(so many greats, so hard to narrow to five)

[Tikki]

6. These:

Los Lobos
Jimi Hendrix Experience and for the purists I will, also, list LOVE
The Stooges
RAMONES
Country Joe and the Fish/Canned Heat



my all-time favorite...The SONICS

Tikki

[clarice]

12. Saw Los Lobos twice...AWESOME live band.nt

[OriginalGeek]

25. I just saw the Sonics week before last

They opened for Robert Plant. Fun show!

[Initech]

7. Mine would be:

Eagles
Nine Inch Nails
Tool
The Roots
Foo Fighters
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Parliament Funkadelic

[gratuitous]

8. No love for The Band?

Maybe they're not rock n roll, though.

Let's see if I can avoid any duplications:

Grand Funk Railroad
Doobie Brothers

[clarice]

10. LOVE The Band. !!!!!

[KamaAina]

19. Ah yes, the Doobie Brothers. One of San Jose's few contributions to civilization.

Along with Eggo waffles and Chuck E. Cheese.

Fun fact: Michael McDonald is a native of... wait for it... Ferguson, Mo. "Takin' It To The Streets", indeed!

[Mendocino]

29. They were

4/5 Canadian. Only Levon was American.

[GreydeeThos]

9. You have got the Marshall Tucker Band

and
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Charlie Daniels Band
38 Special
ZZ Top

Oh wait, I thought you said southern rock band

[clarice]

11. Can't argue with any of those. nt

[shenmue]

14. Ramones. Pixies. Blondie. Iggy Pop. Slayer.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. Pretty Good List, But. . .

. . .hard to figure with your criteria, how Van Halen isn't on the list. Very good musicianship at two spots and an all time great in the third. Songs were clever, loaded with double entendre and they were around forever.

I think you've overrated Little Feat, although i like them. And, full disclosure, i think Lowell was overrated as a guitar player. His slide work is super cool, but he's pretty pedestrian in normal fretting.

Not a giant Eagles fan, but they belong.

Credence absolutely.

REM, i would have replaced with Talking Heads. Equally long careers. TH had a far greater breadth of styles and made some enormously adventurous records with a cast of great players.

But, different strokes. . .

[clarice]

17. Agree with most of this....were it a list of 10, VH , Talking heads would def be on the list. nt

[ProfessorGAC]

18. To Be Fair

TH is one of my favorite three bands ever, so top 10 would never be good enough for me.

[KamaAina]

20. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band

Mom went through a Seger phase intense enough that the cassette broke!

Others not yet named:

Chicago
The Radiators (NOLA band that never quite hit the big time)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Jefferson Airplane/Starship

[ghostsinthemachine]

21. The Radiators were AMAZING! best bar band ever.....

I'm a huge Fishhead. Seen em a big bunch of times. Another band that will get their due someday, just not right now. Lots of people they influenced. I miss those guys a ton.

Suck the head!

[ghostsinthemachine]

22. Leftover Salmon.....

Guys were major influences on so many bands that are out there doing the bluegrass/Americana music it is not funny. The first jamband if you must say. Guys kill it huge too with Billy Payne (from Little Feat) on keyboards now.

excellent band:

[bobbobbins01]

27. I love Leftover Salmon

I've seen them live a few times, once was a straight bluegrass show, and the other was more of their jamband style music. Very different shows by some fantastic musicians.

[ghostsinthemachine]

28. One day I will tell my story of those guys.

Even got married because of them. Seen em at least 100 times and Vince has become a good friend. But the story is taking some time to write.

[ghostsinthemachine]

23. What? No Little Feat?

Shame that. One of the all time great bands.

[KamaAina]

24. Take a chill pill, dude. They're in the OP.

Does not necessarily have to be in order. When making my list, I considered not so much, records sold, but level of musicianship. Longevity, song writing ability, etc.

Allman Brothers Band
Little Feat
Eagles
Creedence
REM

[ghostsinthemachine]

26. Pill taken, swallowed. (Will it give me constipation?)

I'll take reading comprehension for 100 Alex!

[Mendocino]

30. Byrds

Spirit
Alice Cooper-the whole band was called Alice Cooper before Vincent became the personification of the name.
Phish
Booker T. and the MG's

[Mendocino]

31. Heart

J. Geils-early career was solid
Areosmith-not at all my favorite, but worth a mention
Collective Soul-not a huge pile of material, but they did their stuff so well
Fleetwood Mac-Without the Americans Buckingham/Nicks, who would have ever really listened to them? (but I really like Brit Christine Mcvie, a lot more than Stevie)

[ghostsinthemachine]

40. Oh come on.......

Fleetwood Mac was my favorite band way before Nicks & Buckingham came around. The Bob Welch era was amazing. "Hypnotized" was as good as anything in their catalog. Future Games, Mystery to me were all big records. Bob also gave Stevie Nicks her first public appearance at CalJam as part of his band (the date on this is wrong, should be 1974)

I saw this version, and got tear gassed, In Stockton at Billy Herbert field.

Then there is the Kiln House, Bare Trees era with Jeremy Spencer, Danny Kerwin and an uncredited Christine McVie. Again, some of my favorite albums. Love the song "Blood On the Floor"......Hi Ho Silver.....

Of course there is the original with Peter Green (Who wrote Santana's hit, Black magic Woman.) Then Play On is a great album.

Or the bogus band that toured in 75. Got booed off the stage at Winterland but were quite sucessful before they got found out in SF.

Some info and music from each version of the band: http://ultimateclassicrock.com/fleetwood-mac-lineup-changes/

[Mendocino]

32. Derek and the Dominoes

Yes they were built around Brit Eric Clapton, but the sound was US Delta and Chicago blues. They were 4/5 American. Besides Duane Allman blew EC aside with his playing. Bobby Whitlock wrote or co-wrote nearly every original song and contributed better vocals than Eric.

[Enrique]

33. Santana

since they haven't been mentioned yet.

[hobbit709]

34. 13th Floor Elevators, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Country Joe and The Fish, The Fugs,

[ghostsinthemachine]

35. String Cheese Incident

Amazing band. They average playing one song they have never played before, one song they only play once that year, one song they only play once that tour at every show. 200 songs at anytime can pop up anywhere in the set. Their songs are amazingly well written, some with the Grateful Dead lyricists....(Listen to the lyrics in Little Hands or Rollover.....)

They cover the most amazing array of music from Hot Rize to Paul Simon (they actually were planning a tour with Paul Simon as his backing band) to Coltrane......and every other musical universe...from bluegrass to musique Concrete.

Easily the best keyboard player (Kyle Hollingsworth) anywhere and the best acoustic guitar player on the planet. (Bill Nershi)

Great lights and the theme shows on NYE and Hulaween are stupendous shows featuring music, parades, costumes etc to fit the theme.

[davidpdx]

36. My top 5...

Areosmith
Bon Jovi (seen them once in concert)
Chicago (seen them two times in concert)
Genesis
The Police

[Arugula Latte]

39. Genesis is a UK band and the Police's Sting & Andy Summers are British.

I'll give you Stewart Copeland, though.

[ghostsinthemachine]

37. No Bruce Springsteen and The E St Band?

Crazy. One of the best bands ever. Ever.

[LynneSin]

42. I agree but I think some folks see it as 'Bruce Springsteen the person' and not the entire band

But he is a band and he happens to be the lead singer so I'm on your team with that one.

[Arugula Latte]

38. I'm more into British music, but REM is my #1 US band.

Also: The Strokes, the Replacements, the Byrds, and Green Day.

Props to Creedence as well.

[LynneSin]

41. Green Day, the Foo Fighters and of course Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

Two of those groups are already in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. I suspect that the Foo Fighters will get in their first attempt (although lead singer David Grohl is already in there with Nirvana).

[Miles Archer]

43. Paul Revere & The Raiders

The original albums...before Drake Levin, Mike Smith, Phil "Fang" Volk and Jim "Harpo" Valley left...are still "garage rock" classics.