spideyjack
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Always get my vote for best American band of the mid 60's, and close to the top of my 50 best american Rock N' Roll bands.
The Best American Rock and Roll Band
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Always get my vote for best American band of the mid 60's, and close to the top of my 50 best american Rock N' Roll bands.
zombie1210
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Z Z Top
vinylisfinal
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in the same respects, early "good" new wave and american punk gets washed away in the tides all of the time.... i mean who listens to greg sage and the wipers? dmz? the weirdos? the saints? the tuff darts? flaming groovies? eddie and the hot rods? etc..etc.. so many bands i could go on forever... what about johnny thunders??
vinylisfinal
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hmm agree with meatloaf.. but i have to throw in....CHEAP TRICK!
danj
modern primitive
And we still don't. As of the last published figures I could find - Feb 2009 - Bat Out of Hell has sold just short of 30 million albums world wide; Dark Side of the Moon has sold almost 46 million world-wide and Thriller more than 60 million.
Bat is a great record but, come on!
It is, however, the best selling DEBUT album of all time in the US and UK.
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danj
modern primitive
Lots of great choices here. I don't agree with all of them but that's just my opinion.
Of the top 10 selling singles of 1969, CCR had five. It was their best year. They may not have had a number 1 but they probably sold more records than the band that did. The number one song of 1969 was "Sugar, Sugar."
I don't have an absolute choice for best American band so I will throw out several I haven't seen mentioned:
1. Jefferson Airplane
2. Blood, Sweat, & Tears - first incarnation (Child Is Father To the Man) with Al Kooper
3. The Youngbloods
4. The Texas Tornados (Tex-Mex rock and roll)
5. Quicksilver
6. Neil Young and Crazy Horse (Neil is a naturalized Canadian)
7. Band of Gypsies
8. The Byrds
9. Los Lobos
10.The Stangeloves ('Aussie-Brits' from Texas) They weren't the greatest band by a long shot BUT who can argue with "I Want Candy" as being a great rock and roll anthem?
But the greatest band was whichever band was backing Dylan during his peak years - be it Kooper, Bloomfield, and Co. or The Band. Great as they were - and they were great indeed (especially The Band) - backing Dylan made them immortals.
Of the top 10 selling singles of 1969, CCR had five. It was their best year. They may not have had a number 1 but they probably sold more records than the band that did. The number one song of 1969 was "Sugar, Sugar."
I don't have an absolute choice for best American band so I will throw out several I haven't seen mentioned:
1. Jefferson Airplane
2. Blood, Sweat, & Tears - first incarnation (Child Is Father To the Man) with Al Kooper
3. The Youngbloods
4. The Texas Tornados (Tex-Mex rock and roll)
5. Quicksilver
6. Neil Young and Crazy Horse (Neil is a naturalized Canadian)
7. Band of Gypsies
8. The Byrds
9. Los Lobos
10.The Stangeloves ('Aussie-Brits' from Texas) They weren't the greatest band by a long shot BUT who can argue with "I Want Candy" as being a great rock and roll anthem?
But the greatest band was whichever band was backing Dylan during his peak years - be it Kooper, Bloomfield, and Co. or The Band. Great as they were - and they were great indeed (especially The Band) - backing Dylan made them immortals.
Ausjoe
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How about the best rock concert band. I remember some from the 70's like:
Santana- could create a groove that went on and on
J. Geils- believe it or not they could drive a crowd insane
SRV and Double Trouble -mesmerizing watching them in concert
Allman Brothers- Man Duane could play a sweet slide
Frank Zappa-At the Armadillo
and some that I remember being great:
Hendrix-but I caught a bad venue and prolly not his best show-still
Lou reed and the Velvet Underground-in a small venue
ZZ TOP-showman
Btw there were some others not listed and some of the best I remember were British or Aussie!
Santana- could create a groove that went on and on
J. Geils- believe it or not they could drive a crowd insane
SRV and Double Trouble -mesmerizing watching them in concert
Allman Brothers- Man Duane could play a sweet slide
Frank Zappa-At the Armadillo
and some that I remember being great:
Hendrix-but I caught a bad venue and prolly not his best show-still
Lou reed and the Velvet Underground-in a small venue
ZZ TOP-showman
Btw there were some others not listed and some of the best I remember were British or Aussie!
Tapehead47
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Excellent choices. Santana, Allmans, Zappa, SRV, Hendrix are all top-notch. And I've seen J. Geils live and you are sooooo right about that!! Magic Dick had a harmonica holster on, I guess with every key. The harps were spaced around the whole belt, probably a dozen. Never seen one since (70's).
Rick