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re: Top 5 American Bands? Who would you put up against UK's top 5?

Posted on 3/18/14 at 12:42 pm to
Posted by Melvin
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Posted on 3/18/14 at 12:42 pm to
Dead
Phish
ABB
Posted by SUB
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Posted on 3/18/14 at 1:00 pm to
You can't possibly think that the Top 5 american bands all exist pre-1985
Posted by MC123
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Posted on 3/18/14 at 1:22 pm to
if we were listing my favorite 5, it would include Pearl Jam and Wilco if that makes you feel any better. I think most people are listing the 5 they feel were the most influential in this thread.

Where's your list?
Posted by LSUTygerFan
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Posted on 3/18/14 at 1:35 pm to
Aerosmith
Van Halen
Metallica
Heart
Skynyrd
Posted by Dandy Lion
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Posted on 3/18/14 at 2:12 pm to
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Heart
They´re North Americans from Canada. Anyway, I don´t know what they´d apport in this battle of top 5s. Two songs?


Anyway, we´re on an LSU board, populated by many others from Louisiana, and nobody´s mentioned that lil ol´ band from Northern California, which created a pretty hefty catalogue of solid material based upon the Bayou.

This post was edited on 3/18/14 at 2:18 pm
Posted by LSUTygerFan
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Posted on 3/18/14 at 2:19 pm to
you're right... i like your list much better... oh wait..
Posted by Dandy Lion
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Posted on 3/18/14 at 2:21 pm to
There is no possible list of 5 which can go toe to toe with that list.

Come close, maybe.
Posted by HeadyBrosevelt
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Posted on 3/18/14 at 2:22 pm to
Phish
Tool
American Aquarium
Turnpike Troubaors
Drake
Posted by LSUTygerFan
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Posted on 3/18/14 at 2:22 pm to
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There is no possible list of 5 which can go toe to toe with that list.


agreed...but ya gotta send someone into the ring
Posted by Dandy Lion
Member since Feb 2010
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Posted on 3/18/14 at 2:32 pm to
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agreed...but ya gotta send someone into the ring
OK

Doors
CCR
VU
REM
Tom Petty
Posted by GCTiger11
Ocean Springs, MS
Member since Jan 2012
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Posted on 3/18/14 at 2:34 pm to
It is of my opinion that the Beach Boys were the most important American band and the best the country could offer.


The Beach Boys
The Doors
The Velvet Underground
Nirvana
ABB
Posted by The Seaward
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Posted on 3/18/14 at 2:41 pm to
Nirvana is definitely a good choice. Forgot about them.
Posted by LSUTygerFan
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Posted on 3/18/14 at 2:41 pm to
seems like the beach boys just copied jan and dean and were a round for a lot longer
Posted by TFTC
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Member since May 2010
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Posted on 3/18/14 at 2:43 pm to
Beach Boys
Velvet Underground
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
The Ramones/The Replacements/REM/CCR/Minutemen/Black Flag

Posted by HeadyBrosevelt
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Posted on 3/18/14 at 2:44 pm to
quote:

seems like the beach boys just copied jan and dean and were a round for a lot longer


Yeah ok
Posted by HeadyBrosevelt
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Posted on 3/18/14 at 2:45 pm to
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Black Flag


I was rocking out to Nervous Breakdown the other day
Posted by GCTiger11
Ocean Springs, MS
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Posted on 3/18/14 at 2:51 pm to
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seems like the beach boys just copied jan and dean and were a round for a lot longer
The only thing I see they have a common is surf music.

Posted by TFTC
Chicago, Il
Member since May 2010
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Posted on 3/18/14 at 2:57 pm to
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seems like the beach boys just copied jan and dean and were a round for a lot longer


Well, it's official... the MB party is over! Last one out please turn off the lights..

Posted by lpgreat1
Monroe, LA
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 3/18/14 at 2:58 pm to
First off, I think the UK list is debatable.

Beatles, Stones and Zep I think are in. Last two spots can be debated.

Some people, especially if you look at polls of Brits themselves hold bands such as Oasis and Radiohead in higher regard than Americans probably do. Also, the Who have an argument over Queen or Pink Floyd as well.

As far as American bands go, the list totally depends on the criteria. I could make an argument against any one of those five bands on the OP list.
This post was edited on 3/18/14 at 2:59 pm
Posted by TFTC
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Member since May 2010
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Posted on 3/18/14 at 3:01 pm to
quote:

First off, I think the UK list is debatable.


Most definitely... The Kinks are in the top 3 for me
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