Greatest American Band of All-Time

[SportsAce]

Re: Greatest American Band of All-Time

The Eagles

[Tomahawk]

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How is Metallica classified?? I know Lars was born in Europe, but he grew up in the US and the rest of the members are Americans as far as I know.

[Tomahawk]

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All time records sales in the US:

http://www.riaa.com/gp/bestsellers/topartists.asp

Top 5 US bands from above:
1. The Eagles
2. Aerosmith
3. Bruce Springsteen (not sure if all of his music has been recorded with the E Street Band though)
4. Metallica
5. Van Halen

Now without looking name the next 2 US bands on the list (answer below or in the link)









Alabama and Journey. Fleetwood Mac most successful lineup is only 2/5 American. Also, hard to believe KISS has only sold 19 million albums in the US with the success they had in the 70's and the sheer number of different albums they have released.

[Scottdau]

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Kiss made their money in merchandise! Didn't really sell a lot of album, but sure rack up in toys and other things.

[pk500]

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They weren't innovative, but that doesn't mean they didn't influence a whole hell of a lot of kids to start playing pop/punk music. Pearl Jam owes their style to 70s classic rock, you can barely read anything about Tool without seeing a King Crimson comparison, the list goes on. Rock is played out, 99.9% of everythign being done in the last 20 years had already been done in one form or another. Being innovative is a lost art, but that doesn't mean certain bands weren't extremely influential.

Good point.

Makes me wonder: What genre of music isn't strip-mined? It's one of the reasons why I've gravitated to classic jazz, alternative country (Wilco, Mavericks, Son Volt, etc.) and progressive house and other techno the last five to eight years simply because I listened to pretty much nothing but rock for the first 32 to 35 years of my life.

I still enjoy rock, but there's very little in the genre that amazes me anymore. But I'm often amazed by classic jazz and progressive house.

Take care,
PK

[pk500]

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Kiss made their money in merchandise! Didn't really sell a lot of album, but sure rack up in toys and other things.

Huh? KISS has sold more than 75 million albums worldwide.

Take care,
PK

[TheMatrix31]

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Bad Religion is my favorite band, so I have to say them.

[Scottdau]

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Huh? KISS has sold more than 75 million albums worldwide.

Take care,
PK

I hear what you are saying, but worldwide isn't that much, when you think how many albums ABBA sold and david Hasselhoff lol. I ma talking about America sales.

[pk500]

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I hear what you are saying, but worldwide isn't that much, when you think how many albums ABBA sold and david Hasselhoff lol. I ma talking about America sales.

More than 20 million in the U.S. That's not too shabby.

Take care,
PK

[Scottdau]

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More than 20 million in the U.S. That's not too shabby.

Take care,
PK

yeah that is solid, but the toys is where they racked up! But I still like Kiss, and their songs are good.

[Victor99]

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Very tough question, hard to name just one band. My top 5 in no paticular order would be...

The Eagles
The Doors
ZZ Top
Allman Brothers
Grateful Dead

Some honorable mentions would be...

Grand Funk Railroad
Boston
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Aerosmith
AC/DC
Van Halen

[ODogg]

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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

[Tomahawk]

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Very tough question, hard to name just one band. My top 5 in no paticular order would be...

The Eagles
The Doors
ZZ Top
Allman Brothers
Grateful Dead

Some honorable mentions would be...

Grand Funk Railroad
Boston
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Aerosmith
AC/DC
Van Halen

Nice list, but unless Australia just became our 51st state then AC/DC shouldn't be on it.

[Victor99]

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Nice list, but unless Australia just became our 51st state then AC/DC shouldn't be on it.

Whoops. My bad. I knew something didn't look right when I posted it.

[Kissrox]

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I'm a little biased, but Kiss has more Gold Albums then any other group (American or European, yes, including the Beatles) of all time. 75 million albums and Gene Simmons is a marketing fool! I know Gene is full of himself but he loves America and the American way. Gotta love that no matter what music you are into. Plus a Kiss show is like no other, pure entertainment, music is secondary to the whole experience. If I wanted the music to sound exactly like the album, I would stay at home as listen to the CD. For 70 bucks I want to be entertained, dammit!!!!