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Greatest American Rock Band?

The correct answer is Lynyrd Skynyrd
 
deuce said:
For me it'd be Chicago (the early days)

You also have to consider:

The Eagles
The Beach Boys
Aerosmith (as much as that pains me)
The Grateful Dead

Going a bit more modern day I'd have to say:
Metallica
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The Chicago Transit Authority Album (Chicago 1) is so good - It is really a must listen with Headphones.
The music dances between your ears - I mean the first track "Introduction" is just so unbelievable, Just so "Clean and Sharp"
 
tucsoncacti said:
Also Van Halens Fair Warning absolutely crushes to this day. Seriously its like 32 minutes of sonic assault. Its a masterpiece.
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It was so hard to follow up their first album, which was magnificent - but they managed to do it several times.
 
Snowman said:
It was so hard to follow up their first album, which was magnificent - but they managed to do it several times.
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Honestly I like all their albums, even through Van Hagar. I think Dave got a raw deal though.
 
Jman said:
Man, the “Core” album is one of my front tire back favorites.
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Agreed, core is just loaded. My favorite songs are Big Empty and vasoline so purple might be my favorite album, but they have a fantastic catalog that makes it hard to choose. I even like some of their more recent stuff, "all in the suit that you wear" was pretty solid for a greatest hits add on.
 
Why is this a discussion?

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rallo said:
If the question was guitar chops alone I'd agree with you.
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Roth is a frontman and not a "lead vocalist" per se, but together they were amazing.

I'm not a fan of the Van Hagar era, but I can't deny that it's amazing to be JUST as big, if not bigger, when you change frontmen. That's the toughest thing for a band to do by far.
 
HipCheck said:
Roth is a frontman and not a "lead vocalist" per se, but together they were amazing.

I'm not a fan of the Van Hagar era, but I can't deny that it's amazing to be JUST as big, if not bigger, when you change frontmen. That's the toughest thing for a band to do by far.
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I can't pick one era over the other as my favorite, because a lot of great music came out of both of them. The very brief Gary Cherone era...not so much. In their current incarnation, Wolfie is definitely not Michael Anthony - in his bass chops or his background vocals - and David Lee Roth is a sad, washed up parody of himself in his prime.

I will say that Sammy was much better in concert than DLR. Diamond Dave was usually a s***faced, obnoxious drama queen, and forgot about half the words to the songs. I saw them three times in concert with DLR, and was disappointed every time.
 
Snowman said:
I can't pick one era over the other as my favorite, because a lot of great music came out of both of them. The very brief Gary Cherone era...not so much. In their current incarnation, Wolfie is definitely not Michael Anthony - in his bass chops or his background vocals - and David Lee Roth is a sad, washed up parody of himself in his prime.

I will say that Sammy was much better in concert than DLR. Diamond Dave was usually a s***faced, obnoxious drama queen, and forgot about half the words to the songs. I saw them three times in concert with DLR, and was disappointed every time.
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Oh yeah no doubt. I just don't like Sammy's songwriting. It's was all love love love, and Roth ain't talkin' bout it.
 
HipCheck said:
Oh yeah no doubt. I just don't like Sammy's songwriting. It's was all love love love, and Roth ain't talkin' bout it.
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"You know you semi-good lookin'":p
 
Don't know if they've been mentioned. You can argue what genre they are but one of the greatest of all times:

Beastie Boys !!!

Best song - Sabotage



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