Pearl Jam is the best American Band ever.

That's definitely a good one for bands that are still around making albums. Tweedy is the man. Now if the Pixies would only make a new album....

 

Lynyrd Skynyrd!

ZZ Top

Molly Hatchett

Southern rock Rules!

 

The only problem with this thread is that Pearl Jam has sucked since the day they released album #2

 

You're saying that VS. sucked? You must LOVE frat rock.

 

Listen to PJs "Live at Benaroya Hall".... I think what Mike McCreedy does with a guitar on Black at this show should be illegal in all 50 states. And Puerto Rico.

 

The Doors aren't anywhere as good as some would have you believe.

 

True story.

I haven't read this thread - only the last page. However, The Dixie Dregs would be tough to beat if we're judging the band simply on talent. If we're talking "present day" bands then I don't have an opinion. They all pretty much suck to me.

 

PJ's a really good band.

And that's all I've ever thought about them.

Dang.

 

You guess of Grand Funk on the first page was better.

Not that I'm claiming to know much about The Dixie Dregs.

 

Grand Funk had some serious anglo-fros.

They were truly kickin' it live...

 

:O Next time I should look at the first page and see that the thread is over 2 years old!

I do like me some Grand Funk, but for sheer musicianship, check out the Dregs. Not real easy to listen to (no commercial sound here), but the boys are lights out on their instruments. No vocals either. I'm thinking early 80's maybe?

 

Can someone please delete all the posts after my MC5 post and lock the thread?

 

Without Eddie Vedder's weird note jumping singing, there'd be no Dave Matthews. That's why I wish there were no Eddie Vedder.

 

Without Eddie Vedder, there would be no Eddie Vedder fans.

That's why I wish there were no Eddie Vedder.

 

it's either:

Skynard
CCR
the Stooges (props to GDC)
Velvet Underground
the minutemen
sonic youth
Buddy Holly and the Crickets
Allman Bros
pixes
Band of Gypsies
Bill Haley and the Comets


it ain't PJ.

 

if it were me: i'd vote for either CCR, VU, or the stooges as being quintessentially americana at a place in time. or whatever the hell the Woody Guthrie is doing these days.

 

The Stooges would be right up there, also. And CCR if it hadn't been for "Heard it through the grapevine"

 

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