Best 3 bands from the US of A

[Mick Dundee]

There are too many!

Ben Folds Five
The Roots
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

If you asked me tomorrow I’d probably give a different answer

 

[seahamstar]

There are too many!

Ben Folds Five
The Roots
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

If you asked me tomorrow I’d probably give a different answer

I'd go along with that statement.
At the moment i'd say:
The Doors
Nirvana
Bob Dylan - not a 'band' as such I know.

 

[Darlo Discopants]

I'm not sure, give me a few minutes.

Daryl Hall and John Oates
America
Fleet Foxes

Osmonds
Jackson 5
David Cassidy RIP and The Sundance Kids

 

[vinegar hill]

The Eagles
The Beach Boys
The Killers

 

[Binxy]

 

[Village Idiot]

Love
Interpol
Public Enemy

 

[Arkle]

There are way too many. You could probably divide them by states or east coast, west coast, the rest and still have too many in some cases.

 

[riffraff]

There are way too many. You could probably divide them by states or east coast, west coast, the rest and still have too many in some cases.

Springsteen wins New Joisey.
Petty wins Florida.
Velvets win NY.
Stooges win Michigan.
R.E.M. win Georgia.
Aimee Mann wins new england

 

[Arkle]

Springsteen wins New Joisey.
Petty wins Florida.
Velvets win NY.
Stooges win Michigan.
R.E.M. win Georgia.
Aimee Mann wins new england

I'd go with The Pixies for New England.

 

[CatOnKeyboard]

I will throw in Molly Hatchet - most won't have heard them but they are a canny band (or were in their heyday)

Although not in my top 3 The Eagles deserve a mention

You're flirting with disaster with posts like that on here!

 

[Jasper]

Go on then I'll say it, they are not bands.

Or American, was his joke.

There are way too many. You could probably divide them by states or east coast, west coast, the rest and still have too many in some cases.

And then by time, genre.....etc.

Springsteen wins New Joisey.
Petty wins Florida.
Velvets win NY.
Stooges win Michigan.
R.E.M. win Georgia.
Aimee Mann wins new england

This is much more fun.

 

[Arkle]

And then by time, genre.....etc.

True. Different states and/or cities have their golden periods...

 

[Jasper]

True. Different states and/or cities have their golden periods...

Exactly. I defy anyone to get a reasonable consensus on the best music to come out of Michigan say without narrowing it down.

 

[cluffy]

Exactly. I defy anyone to get a reasonable consensus on the best music to come out of Michigan say without narrowing it down.

Here's a clue- she made it through the wilderness

 

[Pop]

Def Leppard have to be up there.

 

[Arkle]

Here's a clue- she made it through the wilderness

Elsa the lion from Born Free?

 

[AB22 Easy Tiger]

Def Leppard have to be up there.

Apart from the fact that they're from Sheffield, then yes.

 

[PinzaC55]

The Supremes.
The Spinners.
The Four Tops.

 

[Arkle]

The Supremes.
The Spinners.
The Four Tops.

Officially known as The Detroit Spinners in the UK (to avoid confusion with the folky spinners).

 

[Pop]

Apart from the fact that they're from Sheffield, then yes.

Whoosh!