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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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The words 'hardcore' and 'Hootie and the Blowfish' in the same sentence kind of froze up my brain. Then I laughed and laughed.

 

I am listening to some Jeff Buckley right now (the Live at Sin-E deluxe edition)... What a talent. The mainstream didn't and never will know what it missed.

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Styx

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I laughed right out loud the first time I heard the faggot with the quivering falsetto sing,

"I'm sailing away."

 

Then I laughed right out loud when I saw the fem boys running around the malls with Styx t-shirts.

 

Now I'm laughing right out loud at you.

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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 Scorcese's "The Last Waltz" and see for yourself.

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My vote is for the Band. They put together a fusion of rock, beebop, blues, country, folk and even classical that inspired a new form of music.

 

The Eagles were a product of that fusion.

 

Eric Clapton went to jam with them to learn what they were doing.

 

They are also on the cover of Time Magazine 1/12/1970.

 

Take A Load Off Fanny. :D

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Sand In The Vaseline.  I have that here at work, along with Stop Making Sense.

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Great collection of songs!

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My vote is for the Band. They put together a fusion of rock, beebop, blues, country, folk and even classical that inspired a new form of music.

 

The Eagles were a product of that fusion.

 

Eric Clapton went to jam with them to learn what they were doing.

 

They are also on the cover of Time Magazine 1/12/1970.

 

Take A Load Off Fanny.  :D

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Oh Man! Were you at Watkins Glenn? What a time we had. I hope it wasn't your dried apples I ate. that show brought a whole new meaning to the term "bartering".

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Embrace was better.  Fugazi is better than both, but I don't consider them mainstream.  :D

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Ian aside, no way were embrace or Fugazi better the Minor Threat. Very glad MT got posted here. For me, Black Flag was a top fav too. I still listen to punk. These bands gave my aggression an outlet when I was younger.

 

For the most part now I get out my aggression swearing at the TV Sunday afternoons... :D

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My vote is for the Band. They put together a fusion of rock, beebop, blues, country, folk and even classical that inspired a new form of music.

 

The Eagles were a product of that fusion.

 

Eric Clapton went to jam with them to learn what they were doing.

 

They are also on the cover of Time Magazine 1/12/1970.

 

Take A Load Off Fanny.  :D

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If you have Dylan fronting The Band,

then I'd say they were the best.

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If you have Dylan fronting The Band,

then I'd say they were the best.

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The youngsters don't even know what we're talking about. I don't think.

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The youngsters don't even know what we're talking about. I don't think.

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Definitely not in great numbers,

but there are quite a few who get it.

It's pretty cool to look at the crowd when Dylan plays a college campus

in a metropolitan area like American U.;

people of all ages, but the big majority are students.

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Definitely not in great numbers,

but there are quite a few who get it.

It's pretty cool to look at the crowd when Dylan plays a college campus

in a metropolitan area like American U.;

people of all ages, but the big majority are students.

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and the beat goes on?

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Objectively it is Aerosmith by a mile. Nearly 31 years non stop, heavy radio, video, album sales, and concert ticket sales . Metallica wasn't really main stream until 1991 but since then they have been relentless( I much prefer them before 1991). I would put Van hagar higher but they haven't been relevant in years. The others get airplay and I'm sure to a lesser extent album sales but just werent together long enough.

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Good God...That's all I have to chose from? I'd say Nirvana based on that list, but I'll instead abstain...

 

BYW, I would always vote for AIC as the Greatest American Rock Band ever...But that's just me... B)

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No knocks on any of the great underground bands. What band do you guys think is/was the greatest out of those choices?

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The EAGLES!!!! oh God help us all. What vanilla dreck.

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The EAGLES!!!! oh God help us all. What vanilla dreck.

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Vanilla dreck?

 

Go bang your head on something....the Eagles wrote the best songs of anyone in that era.

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