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Which Is the Greatest Mainstream American Rock Band of All Time?  

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  1. 1. Which Is the Greatest Mainstream American Rock Band of All Time?

    • Aerosmith
      17
    • Metallica
      9
    • Nirvana
      9
    • Van Halen
      18
    • Lynyrd Skynyrd
      8
    • The Eagles
      24


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Here's a vote for "The Band." Whether it was backing up Dylan or making music on their own, they had a sound and a vibe unlike no other.

 

Rent a copy of Sorcese's "The Last Waltz" and see for yourself.

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Butthole Surfers

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There's an awesome chapter on The Butholes in "Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991" by Michael Azerrad. Really entertaining read. If you're into the early indie rock/hardcore scene stuff, this book is a pretty good read. So is Legs McNeil's book "Please Kill me." Great stuff in that one, too, about the NYC scene.

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From your list:

1. Lynyrd Skynyrd (pre-plane krash)

2. Aerosmith (pre-1979)

3. Van Halen (with DLR)

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4. Nirvana

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5. The Eagles

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6. Metallica

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1. Metallica

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2. Nirvana

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3. Van Halen

4. Aerosmith

5. Skynard

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6. Eagles

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Faith No More

 

Seriously...

 

The f'ing Eagles? They are horrible. MetalliKorn sucks, Skynard blows...The only good one on the list is Aerosmith.

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The greatest American rock band far & away is the Grateful Dead,

and I'd say they were pretty close to "mainstream" for the last 10+ years of Jerry's life

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Faith No More

 

Seriously...

 

The f'ing Eagles? They are horrible. MetalliKorn sucks, Skynard blows...The only good one on the list is Aerosmith.

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The Eagles are horrible, but you think Barenaked Ladies are great?

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The Eagles are horrible, but you think Barenaked Ladies are great?

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Yup! The greatest band in the history of music. You should actually LISTEN to their lyrics. Absolutely brilliant.

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The greatest American rock band far & away is the Grateful Dead,

and I'd say they were pretty close to "mainstream" for the last 10+ years of Jerry's life

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Yes they were close, but still not mainstream, however they are as you said The greatest and/or gratest

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Yup! The greatest band in the history of music. You should actually LISTEN to their lyrics. Absolutely brilliant.

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I have two of their albums and do like them.

 

But dude, The Eagles were creating music the likes of which BNL will never understand, in my opinion. Hell, even Skynard were pretty incredible...especially if you were a redneck growing up. But if I recall, you're something of a young'n and probably didn't grow up with either the Eagles or Skynard playing in the background, so I can understand your thinking somewhat.

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