bands in my opinion, I was conflicted with that though. You could put Billy Joel in there too. They we great but they were hired guns that supported the main act not as collaborative.
They’re all really good bands, but The Eagles were like the American version of the Beatles and so I would have to say The Eagles.
There were so many other great, great American Bands.......Journey, The Doors, Heart, CS&N, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Bon Jovi, Springsteen & the E-Street Band, The Beach Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stone Temple Pilots, Billy Joel, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Van Halen, CCR, Chicago, just to name a few.
agree with this for peak GnR which lasted a whopping 1 album. Appetite for Destruction is probably the greatest American rock album ever, but Lies, and the Use your Illusions, etc. weren't close.
I think Appetite for Destruction fares well against the greatest rock albums of all time, not just American but worldwide. In the entire decade of the '80's maybe Back in Black is close, I wouldn't argue with those who have Back n Black ahead of Appetite for Destruction but then when you look for a better rock album you're into Zeppelin, Sabbath, the Who, and your into the all-time greats.
have some good songs but a lot of what the blazed led to the worst Rock and Roll we ever had. You can blame White Snake, Poison and Skid Row on Van Halen. Blue Oyster Cult and Boston were on the bubble. VH was never in the running.
They're good at best. Not close to classics. Not in the same stratosphere as Appetite for Destruction.
Appetite for Destruction compares favorably to some bands greatest hits albums. It's like Clash London Calling in you can listen to every single song without one time forwarding to the next one.
Lies and both Use your Illusions have a couple good songs.
have some good songs but a lot of what the blazed led to the worst Rock and Roll we ever had. You can blame White Snake, Poison and Skid Row on Van Halen. Blue Oyster Cult and Boston were on the bubble. VH was never in the running.
VH only with DLR. I don’t even recognize their post-DLR years.
On the link I provided of rankings of everybody that participates. Van Halens 1984 ranked higher than apptetite for destruction. 1984 imo is not even their best album. It's not even close.
Van Halen is absolutely a pioneering band and one of the best of all time.
GNR had one album that was good.
Also Slash is completely overrated as a guitarist.
That is my opinion. But VH is superior to GNR and it's not even close.
Kansas. And no other band out of the U.S. comes close. Their first 5 albums are some of the best recorded music by any rock band on the planet over the last 50 years, in my opinion.
Also, it's Aerosmith.
As a rock "dinosaur" I might put the Doors up there and maybe even the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
There were so many other great, great American Bands.......Journey, The Doors, Heart, CS&N, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Bon Jovi, Springsteen & the E-Street Band, The Beach Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stone Temple Pilots, Billy Joel, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Van Halen, CCR, Chicago, just to name a few.
Pretty uninspiring list.
Jimi Hendrix and the Experience
Prince and the Revolution
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In comment 14186652 Tom from LI said:
agree with this for peak GnR which lasted a whopping 1 album. Appetite for Destruction is probably the greatest American rock album ever, but Lies, and the Use your Illusions, etc. weren't close.
I think Appetite for Destruction fares well against the greatest rock albums of all time, not just American but worldwide. In the entire decade of the '80's maybe Back in Black is close, I wouldn't argue with those who have Back n Black ahead of Appetite for Destruction but then when you look for a better rock album you're into Zeppelin, Sabbath, the Who, and your into the all-time greats.
They're good at best. Not close to classics. Not in the same stratosphere as Appetite for Destruction.
Appetite for Destruction compares favorably to some bands greatest hits albums. It's like Clash London Calling in you can listen to every single song without one time forwarding to the next one.
Lies and both Use your Illusions have a couple good songs.
not 100% American especially back when they were popular.
If you want to make a case for CCR, and you could, you link as evidence track one, side one, of Cosmo's Factory...
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VH only with DLR. I don’t even recognize their post-DLR years.
Van Halen
Jefferson Airplane
oops... maybe they aren't an American group? oh well...
(1) Light My Fire
(2) People Are Strange
(3) Love Me Two Times
(4) Hello, I Love You
(5) Touch Me
(6) Love Her Madly
(7) Riders on the Storm
But if you asked: What is my favorite American rock group?
Gotta be the Byrds.
David Crosby
Chris Hillman
Gene Clark
Jim McQuinn
Michael Clarke
If nothing else, they probably created the first, real psychedelic hit, "Eight Miles High."
I likes the Eagles, and you can't argue with the astounding number of memorable hits, but IMHO they are a sweet, canned version of The Byrds.
Sidebar .. Starship with Mickey Thomas does a nice job with Airplane stuff! His singer Stefeny (spelling) gives Grace Slick a run for her money!
Sorry bro. You are delusional.
On the link I provided of rankings of everybody that participates. Van Halens 1984 ranked higher than apptetite for destruction. 1984 imo is not even their best album. It's not even close.
Van Halen is absolutely a pioneering band and one of the best of all time.
GNR had one album that was good.
Also Slash is completely overrated as a guitarist.
That is my opinion. But VH is superior to GNR and it's not even close.
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