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What is the best American rock band of all time?
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:18 PM Author: maize sadistic parlor son of senegal The Doors? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46324952) |
Date: May 17th, 2023 10:21 PM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond easily van halen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46324971) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:21 PM Author: maize sadistic parlor son of senegal Lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46324976) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:22 PM Author: aquamarine dashing rigpig name a better american rock band (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46324980) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:23 PM Author: maize sadistic parlor son of senegal I did. The Doors. Smashing Pumpkins. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46324986) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:25 PM Author: aquamarine dashing rigpig I like the doors and loved smashing pumpkins. No not even close (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325003) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:27 PM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond huge pumpkins fan but they cant compare. van halen were groundbreaking kicking everyone elses ass back when rock was king.
LJL at the doors. some hippie shit propped up by intelligence. look up who jim morrisons dad was |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:30 PM Author: aquamarine dashing rigpig my buddy's ex hippie dad used to bash the Doors so much when we were in middle school just getting into the Doors for the first time.
he was like "you guys know that you are listening to the equivalent of a boy band. Jim Morrison was on the cover of every teeny bopper girls magazines and was a complete piece of shit. they had a few ok songs" |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:30 PM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325044) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:29 PM Author: Startled nursing home coffee pot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325029) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:23 PM Author: Startled nursing home coffee pot the EAGLES pink floyd nirvana the guess who the police guns n roses the beach boys talking heads CCR
to name a few |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:25 PM Author: Harsh really tough guy Pink Floyd? The Police? Well I guess one of them was American. |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:26 PM Author: Startled nursing home coffee pot totally missed "american" in the title
you can remove the guess who too then (canadian) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:26 PM Author: aquamarine dashing rigpig the police are 2/3 brits (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325013) |
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Date: June 8th, 2023 3:06 PM Author: transparent crusty station (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46404268) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:24 PM Author: hairraiser office Grand Funk Railroad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46324994) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:52 PM Author: big sweet tailpipe locale they are an American band after all (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325169) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:25 PM Author: Harsh really tough guy Sadly, it's probably the Eagles. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325002) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:25 PM Author: Startled nursing home coffee pot ON A DARK DESERT HIGHWAY (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325004) |
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Date: May 21st, 2023 10:33 AM Author: elite faggot firefighter tank Cool wind in my hair (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46337071) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:25 PM Author: peach galvanic native The Beatles (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325008) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:26 PM Author: Startled nursing home coffee pot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325012) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:25 PM Author: Dead Excitant Chapel The Beatles. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325009) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:26 PM Author: Electric Corner Eagles and it’s not close (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325015) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:28 PM Author: maize sadistic parlor son of senegal C'mon man. Aerosmith is better than the Eagles. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325023) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:45 PM Author: Embarrassed to the bone public bath Fuck no and I hate both. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325142) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:02 PM Author: Electric Corner 70s Aerosmith to me is Boston / Journey tier. Classic rock mainstays but not superstars or hit factories. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325231) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:05 PM Author: maize sadistic parlor son of senegal The Eagles were superstars or hit factories? Steve Miller Band did the same thing better. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325245) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:15 PM Author: Electric Corner Lol no. Eagles were the #1 band of the 70s. Tons of hits, super tight live performances. Waaaay more range than SMB, whom I also enjoy. Ballads, disco, hard rock, country. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325308) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:23 PM Author: Embarrassed to the bone public bath They’re literally the best selling rock band ever (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325352) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:28 PM Author: maize sadistic parlor son of senegal They are the Walmart of music. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325373) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:29 PM Author: Embarrassed to the bone public bath That’s what’s so crazy about this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325381) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:10 PM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond they absolutely were superstars and had as high a peak as almost any american band. boston and journey had hits but it was cheesy crap. aerosmith got cheesy later and in an even worse way though thats for sure (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325281) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:22 PM Author: Electric Corner They didn’t have a #1 until the 90s.
Superstars of the 70s were Zep, Eagles, Bee Gees, maybe Wings |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:32 PM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond we're talking about rock bands. american ones, ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325399) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:25 PM Author: Embarrassed to the bone public bath They had “Dream On” in the 70s but what else? Certainly not a run like the eagles from 72-77 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325355) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:33 PM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond yeah im not disputing the eagles had the hits (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325410) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:27 PM Author: Razzmatazz ebony gaming laptop Journey with Steve Perry (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325017) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:29 PM Author: peach galvanic native The Beatles and it's no contest (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325028) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:29 PM Author: Startled nursing home coffee pot yeah. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325035) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:29 PM Author: Startled nursing home coffee pot probably even if they're not my personal fave (still amazing though) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325040) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:31 PM Author: Harsh really tough guy Fleetwood Mac REM
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:33 PM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond fleetwood mac is definitely up there if they count (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325061) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:33 PM Author: aquamarine dashing rigpig amazing how REM was probably the biggest band in the world for a bit and completely forgotten about now. I literally saw Mike Mills at a record store a couple years ago and no one cared. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325064) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:35 PM Author: Harsh really tough guy I think there's a good case to be made for them.
Seemed like they got big almost by accident, and didn't seem to want fame as much as, say, U2 did.
They are actually my pick I think. They bridged a lot of classic genres together, 70s style country-rock, 80s new wave, 90s grunge but all combined into their own style.
One unfortunate thing was that some of their (to me) worst songs became their most famous but that happens with a lot of bands. |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:18 PM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond "They bridged a lot of classic genres together, 70s style country-rock, 80s new wave, 90s grunge but all combined into their own style."
cr they were the denecrane of american music |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:26 PM Author: Embarrassed to the bone public bath They were great but couldn’t get over how creepy Stipe was (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325362) |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 12:55 AM Author: free-loading coiffed stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46333505) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:34 PM Author: hairraiser office FM is like 60% British (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325070) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:35 PM Author: maize sadistic parlor son of senegal (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325081) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:35 PM Author: Harsh really tough guy Yeah, true, not sure how you'd score that one.... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325085) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 3:59 PM Author: Mind-boggling orchestra pit candlestick maker Fleetwood Mac I is American
Fleetwood Mac II (nicks and Lyndsey whatever) is British. F and M were basically relegated to sidemen in their own band |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 6:31 PM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond ?
fleetwood and mcvie are british(as was peter green) while nicks and lindsay buckingham are american |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 9:53 PM Author: Mind-boggling orchestra pit candlestick maker lmao, totally assumed the opposite
fleetwood and McVie act like americans & buckingham seems like a fag. wtf american is named "buckingham" anyway |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:32 PM Author: Iridescent Big-titted Indian Lodge Shitlib Must be a BAND?
Bands were a 1966-1996 phenomenon.
Chuck Berry Elvis Dylan Springsteen
I don’t particularly like any of the above, except for BS, but they all tower above most bands listed itt. The first three redefined the entire rock genre in turn. |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:33 PM Author: Harsh really tough guy Well, it was Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street BAND after all. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325057) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:34 PM Author: Iridescent Big-titted Indian Lodge Shitlib Only live. All records are “Bruce Springsteen” (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325067) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:39 PM Author: Harsh really tough guy oh, was not aware (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325109) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:33 PM Author: passionate rough-skinned corn cake people who are hurt what about Jarvis Funk (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325059) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:34 PM Author: Iridescent Big-titted Indian Lodge Shitlib What about James Damiano (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325072) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:34 PM Author: passionate rough-skinned corn cake people who are hurt If you're going to bring him up then why not Poop Skeet Williams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325076) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:42 PM Author: Medicated Cobalt National Organic Girlfriend (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325124) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:44 PM Author: Electric Corner Good point, Elvis was HUGE (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325140) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 9:53 AM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond cr also hendrix.
the jimi hendrix experience would be tcr to this topic except that the other two doods were british |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:33 PM Author: hairraiser office if The Lovin' Spoonful had had more consistent songwriting and ambition, they could have been an 'American Beatles.'
there is a mid-60s Beatles outtake where the Beatles tried and failed to play the chords to 'Daydream' and John Lennon admits that the Spoonful were, at least musically thought not creatively, better than the Beatles.
but like most American bands, they only have like 6 good songs, while British bands have like 100 good songs. |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:37 PM Author: Electric Corner Spoonful broke up early cuz Canadian bandmate(s?) got deported for pot possession (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325094) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:52 PM Author: Seedy avocado mother coldplay fan The kike guitarist got caught with some prison-worthy weight on him and narced like a fucking rat before fleeing back to Canada where they couldn’t deport him for whatever reason
Also not that great of a band. Had like 2 decent songs that would have been mid-album non-singles for CCR |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:34 PM Author: free-loading coiffed stage ZZ Top (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325071) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:35 PM Author: Swashbuckling toaster lodge Tool (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325077) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:41 PM Author: Motley jap area ljl (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325118) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:41 PM Author: glittery whorehouse Early-mid 70s Aerosmith. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325122) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:43 PM Author: Embarrassed to the bone public bath Probably the Eagles, as insane as that sounds. UK produced great bands. That was their thing. |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:49 PM Author: Electric Corner Product of UK art schools. Tens of thousands of smart, literate, creative, ambitious UMC white blokes who had time in their late teens / early 20s to fuck around and not have to work. Groups like the Zombies had their fun, recorded hits, and then retired to quiet lives as dentists and accountants. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325160) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:53 PM Author: Harsh really tough guy Also on top of that, you could tour the whole UK easily and all the press was right there in London, it's just a more efficient setup for developing and churning out bands and quickly getting famous than the more decentralized US. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325180) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:05 PM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond cr this was a factor, not so much "art schools" many of the UKs biggest bands were made up of proles often of irish or other non english descent and nowhere near "UMC" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325249) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:11 PM Author: Embarrassed to the bone public bath Genesis were all total snobs IIRC. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325287) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:16 PM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond lol sure. but then look at black sabbath. or most of the manchester groups (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325316) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:18 PM Author: Embarrassed to the bone public bath Huge north south cultural divide in England for sure e.g., Oasis: just literal proles, mostly Irish Beatles were northern and prole too. Both Lennon and McCartney had Irish ancestry |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:30 PM Author: Harsh really tough guy The Beatles had both prole and middle-class elements to their backgrounds. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325385) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 2:18 AM Author: Electric Corner The only middle class one was Lennon, the rest were working class. Lennon's mom and dad abandoned him, he was raised by his aunt. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325723) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:50 PM Author: Seedy avocado mother coldplay fan Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325166) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:55 PM Author: Embarrassed to the bone public bath Zappa was essentially a solo artist. Same thing as citing E Street Band (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325192) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 12:15 AM Author: purple aromatic hall I don't know a lot about Zappa, but this is a nonsense claim re: the E Street Band. The core group has been together since the 70s, they play on the albums, and their specific styles are integral to the Springsteen sound + live show. Fans know the band members by name. It's very different from someone like Dylan who burns through supporting musicians and the fans only care about the frontman. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325550) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:18 AM Author: Cracking hissy fit Ok but the act is Bruce Springsteen AND the E street Band.
It's all of Bruce's songs and he could still sell out giants stadium if he replaced everyone in the E street band tomorrow.
Yes, the members have been static but Clarence clemens died 12 years ago and they didn't skip a beat. Name the rest of the members. Steve Van Sandt? Oh cool a rhythm guitarist. Oh yeah and the drummer from Conan. |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:58 PM Author: rose marvelous crackhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325210) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:57 PM Author: Puce mexican dilemma I think a strong case can be made for Metallica. Eg if the test is which American Rock band caused the most American kids to learn to play guitar they win easily. Van Halen doesn’t have nearly the longevity and really got left behind as a band that a specific set of Gen Xers really loved and no one else gave a shit about. Nirvana and GnR can make similar claims in terms of influence both more generally and in terms of musicians specifically. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325205) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:59 PM Author: maize sadistic parlor son of senegal Is Metallica really big overseas or something? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325211) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:59 PM Author: Fragrant flirting dingle berry so can Van Halen you don't think anyone wanted to learn the guitar because of EVH? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325213) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:04 PM Author: Razzmatazz ebony gaming laptop i knew i had no chance to play guitar like EVH. i could play power chords like James Hetfield in a weekend (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325238) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 4:16 PM Author: Puce mexican dilemma EVH influenced people who thought they knew how to play guitar to learn to play like him or to give up. Literally everyone we went to high school with knew that Nothing Else Matters was just plucking four open strings on a standard E tuning. Some of us also got obsessed and eventually learned the Hetfield solo in that song perfectly but never quite got good at the double hammer-ons in the solo in One. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46327780) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:01 PM Author: Embarrassed to the bone public bath Metallica is interesting but ultimately too niche IMO. They’re a “metal” band at the end of the day. GnR’s run was too short in my opinion. Basically two good albums and that was it. Same thing with Nirvana. I really wish Cobain hadn’t killed himself. Van Halen post Diamond Dave was objectively terrible. |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:28 PM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond disagree that a short run is disqualifying pretty much every band starts to suck really quickly.
nirvana lasted about the right length even though its too bad he was suicided to death. gnr's problem is they started sucking already despite a short career.
and of course van hagar wasnt good. i dont even consider it the same band |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:31 PM Author: Embarrassed to the bone public bath If duration isn’t a criteria then the US produced lots of great bands. The Doors was a great band too. CCR as well. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325395) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:39 PM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond why would it be? most of the greats were done within a few years. bands that stick together forever become a joke at some point.
although back in the day they made albums a lot quicker and usually pumped out a good amount of material in that time |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 9:29 AM Author: aquamarine dashing rigpig "Van Halen post Diamond Dave was objectively terrible." No. Van Hagar had some fucking bangers. Post Hagar the band went downhill |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 12:35 AM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond metallica is up there. but id say hetfield is a better songwriter than they are a group.
lmao at your VH thoughts though. they blew everyone away were absolutely insane compared to everything else around in their early days. changed the course of rock(as well as metal) music. gnr can make similar claims of influence? just fucking LOL at that |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 9:31 AM Author: aquamarine dashing rigpig people don't realize how dominate VH was in the early to mid 80s. They were the top rock band, created thousands of copycat bands and guitar styles, etc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46326104) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 9:53 AM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond TCR (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46326179) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 4:12 PM Author: Puce mexican dilemma My point on VH is that no one under 45 listens to them because they sound dated as fukkk. You’re right that at the time and for people of that early/mid 80s moment they were massive. Part of it is also an MTV effect, and Sammy Hagar being too ugly and shitty, but VH died in 1985 and no one who was under the age of 12 at the time gave a shit. Influence is the wrong term, though, you’re right, and VH had a ton of influence and definitely EVH blew everyone away when they first blew up. But as far as lasting relevance they’re remarkable in how little of it they retain despite being so influential and huge in their heyday. Ie tons of millennials listened to GnR and Metallica and they still reliably drew younger Gen Xers such that they we’re still headlining festivals alongside Travis Scott and Tame Impala in the late 2010s. VH was nowhere near that level of fame and continued relevance for 25+ years prior to that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46327754) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2023 9:38 PM Author: Beady-eyed Stead Sammy Hagar looks like a chad here imo https://youtu.be/wB7cYGokbx0 |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 10:59 PM Author: Fragrant flirting dingle berry the Grateful Dead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325214) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:06 PM Author: spruce laughsome goal in life Linkin park (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325250) |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 1:02 AM Author: Brass Travel Guidebook (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46333519) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:07 PM Author: Electric Corner My personal top 5: Eagles CCR Beach Boys Skynyrd Steve Miller Band
Killer house bands: Motown Stax Wrecking Crew |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:10 PM Author: territorial set toilet seat CCR or ZZ Top. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325279) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 6:42 PM Author: Boyish Impressive Pit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328282) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:26 PM Author: diverse rehab mad-dog skullcap Jefferson Starship (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325359) |
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Date: May 17th, 2023 11:45 PM Author: clear startling institution Allman Brothers Band (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325463) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:12 AM Author: Cracking hissy fit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325951) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 9:28 AM Author: Mind-boggling orchestra pit candlestick maker As a 'band' there is no question that this is tcr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46326097) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 4:13 PM Author: french parlour came itt to say this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46327762) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 1:30 AM Author: Garnet Hell Grateful Dead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325658) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 1:31 AM Author: sapphire haunted graveyard Jason Mraz (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325660) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 1:40 AM Author: Salmon Useless Brakes Faggotry Steely Dan, if you count them as a band and not as a studio collective
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Date: May 18th, 2023 7:40 AM Author: Dead Excitant Chapel Steely Dan was a better live band than 90% of this list. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325934) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 4:22 PM Author: Magenta dragon agreed (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46327795) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 1:41 AM Author: rose marvelous crackhouse The correct answer is Nirvana. Most influential individual American band, did the most to blend art and pop. Most unique. They just weren't as prolific as some of the others but they had the biggest impact.
Second place Beach Boys. |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 1:50 AM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond not a bad choice but influential? in a way i guess but anything that sounds like nirvana gets laughed at.
they didnt really do anything new or unique they just had a flavor of what was already around that was more fashionable than others at the time. kurt was just a cool guy. good looking charismatic bro |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 1:58 AM Author: Embarrassed to the bone public bath They were the last big American rock band, at least in the “dangerous” sense. Everything since has been extremely contrived and gay. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325684) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 2:04 AM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond yeah they were cool and pretty good. but lacking in actually great songs and influence(as far as changing how people made rock music) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325689) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 2:05 AM Author: Embarrassed to the bone public bath You’re pretty done here if you think they didn’t have great songs. I don’t think Cobain ever wrote a bad song. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325693) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 2:10 AM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond some great, mostly good but not great. a lot of their biggest songs are meh like come as you are which is just a rip off of killing joke's eighties (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325701) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 2:12 AM Author: Embarrassed to the bone public bath Everything’s a rip off of everything. This isn’t an argument. I don’t think you’re familiar with Cobain’s corpus beyond Nevermind singles. Are you a boomer or something? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325706) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 2:14 AM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond lmao no i have all their stuff and have since i was 7 years old in 1995. im a fan they just arent my absolute favorite (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325713) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:45 AM Author: gaped flesh friendly grandma antidepressant drug Nirvana sucked (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325996) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2023 9:41 PM Author: free-loading coiffed stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46343325) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 9:03 AM Author: trip cumskin Nirvana was not more influential than The Beach Boys hth (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46326027) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2023 9:41 PM Author: free-loading coiffed stage Name a band that was influenced by them. Within the Seattle scene they were SUPER LATE to the game. They might have been the very last band out of Seattle. Then they died and everyone stopped playing like those Seattle bands. People listen to them a lot because there hasn't been any good music made since then. They weren't the greatest rock band of all time, they are just the most recent one that was yuge. There haven't been any "rock stars" since then. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46343326) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2023 9:44 PM Author: maize sadistic parlor son of senegal Post-grunge was a shitty, but sizable genre. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46343332) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2023 9:55 PM Author: free-loading coiffed stage Rock is expensive to promote. Digital downloads gave record companies no reason to invest and promote in new rock artists. Instead, hire people off the street who look good in sunglasses to "sing" into a computer that shapes their voice into a song. It's sad. Hardly anyone can play drums can maek it because the computer plays drums now. Country pays better than rock now, and a good guitarist is better off in Nashville than LA. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46343379) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 9:26 AM Author: razzle-dazzle private investor fortuitous meteor I'm not much of a Nirvana fan but this seems CR (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46326089) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 9:29 AM Author: Mind-boggling orchestra pit candlestick maker Not sure influential means best. Cobain had some great songs in him but there was a lot of 'right place right time' there as well (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46326100) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 2:02 AM Author: house-broken electric furnace den Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325688) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 2:04 AM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond 180 band (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325690) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 2:09 AM Author: sick metal french chef Nice, i was wondering what XiongWang and Prakesh and all their cousins had to say about American Rock Music and this thread sure delivered (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325697) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 2:15 AM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325716) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 7:26 AM Author: maize sadistic parlor son of senegal Me rika Eagres (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325915) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:07 AM Author: godawful state (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325946) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:46 AM Author: gaped flesh friendly grandma antidepressant drug (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325998) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 9:29 AM Author: Mind-boggling orchestra pit candlestick maker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46326102) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2023 3:32 PM Author: navy demanding plaza gaping (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46341908) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 7:33 AM Author: Lilac house Nirvana (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325924) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 7:37 AM Author: burgundy ladyboy Jfc great thread if you want to be told how sorry our music is wow (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325927) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:10 AM Author: godawful state Cr. Compare to the UK and it’s astonishing. The only American bands I really love are hardcore/punk, then indie stuff like the pixies. We don’t have many great mainstream bands.
Look at England - Stones, Beatles, kinks, Bowie, Pink Floyd, the who, zeppelin, the smiths, oasis, new order, the cure etc.
But their underground music ain’t got shit on America |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:19 AM Author: burgundy ladyboy We've got Aerosmith and maroon 5 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325961) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:26 AM Author: Cracking hissy fit Brits have loads of the best punk bands too and huge, robust underground music scene.
Sex pistols, crass, the clash, the business, the damned, the jam.
More recent is the skints who have managed to blend elements of reggae, ska, punk and electronic music. |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 9:24 AM Author: nighttime volcanic crater (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46326084) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 9:59 AM Author: godawful state the brits do have lots of good punk bands, but the US still decisively beats the UK's ass when it comes to underground music (and remember that punk started in the US): stooges, the ramones, dead boys, talking heads, television, blondie, etc. and then you have the early to mid 80s hardcore scene that the brits can't even begin to touch - bad brains, black flag, dead kennedys, minor threat, misfits, etc etc etc. i'll leave out hardcore post-1986 because that's a pretty narrow niche.
and indie rock. brits have some good indie rock, but where are their sonic youth, dinosaur jr, pavement and pixies, i ask u? to be clear, they have some really great underground bands - wedding present, the fall, swervedriver, lush - but i don't think their "indie rock" scene is anywhere near as good as the US. |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:21 AM Author: Cracking hissy fit Ok now do greatest jazz and blues musicians. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325963) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:24 AM Author: burgundy ladyboy Oh and do nigger bumble rap (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325968) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:43 PM Author: Emerald principal's office quadroon It’s “mumble rap,” but I like “bumble rap” because it sounds like how someone who mumbles would say mumble rap. I’m going to steal this. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328807) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 9:30 AM Author: Mind-boggling orchestra pit candlestick maker tbf must have missed this post. Easy mistake to make (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46326103) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 5:44 PM Author: free-loading coiffed stage We produced Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis, Chuck Berry and Little Richard (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328100) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:09 AM Author: hot contagious degenerate boiling water Alkaline Trio (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325948) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:18 AM Author: Cracking hissy fit Allman Bros (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325957) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:22 AM Author: lemon titillating ape Probably someone fairly recent like Imagine Dragons or Maroon 5 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46325965) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 10:19 AM Author: glittery whorehouse Kill yourself. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46326240) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:22 AM Author: Boyish Impressive Pit Beach Boys Eagles Metallica CCR Nirvana |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 9:13 AM Author: Beady-eyed Stead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46326050) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 4:00 PM Author: Mind-boggling orchestra pit candlestick maker CCR deserves more love in this thread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46327706) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 6:40 PM Author: Boyish Impressive Pit They had an unreal 5 year run (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328263) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 6:40 PM Author: free-loading coiffed stage Beach Boys only win if you consider them rock. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328261) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2023 3:19 PM Author: chartreuse bisexual telephone point Darn good list that covers most influential eras and styles.
Pearl Jam is another band with great longevity, but not really influential and their music hasn't aged well. |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:47 AM Author: lime racy pocket flask Lynard Skynard (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46326000) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 9:25 AM Author: razzle-dazzle private investor fortuitous meteor Steely Dan
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Date: May 18th, 2023 6:42 PM Author: Boyish Impressive Pit Best MPA moniker yet (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328278) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:00 PM Author: Magenta dragon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328603) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:01 PM Author: Boyish Impressive Pit Another 180 moniker, damn (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328607) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 9:27 AM Author: Self-absorbed Exciting Preventive Strike Metallica before the black album was 180 metal. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46326095) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 9:35 AM Author: Lilac house as a band (contributing musicians), Jimi Hendrix Experience (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46326115) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 9:58 AM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond only hendrix himself was american but if thats enough then theyre tcr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46326189) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 10:16 AM Author: Lilac house ebony and ivory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZN3MTgB0Ec |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 10:18 AM Author: glittery whorehouse Importance and influence of 70s Aerosmith is hugely underrated ITT. Primary influence on many bands listed here: GNR, Nirvana, Metallica, etc. Particularly the Toys in the Attic and Rocks albums. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46326238) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 10:23 AM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46326259) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 6:40 PM Author: Boyish Impressive Pit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328265) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 10:41 AM Author: territorial set toilet seat chuck fucking berry (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46326324) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 10:47 AM Author: twisted cuckold wrinkle is not a band (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46326347) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 5:48 PM Author: free-loading coiffed stage Chuck Berry and Johnnie Johnson (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328109) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 11:39 AM Author: Vivacious Home Headpube This thread is not "best American Johns" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46326579) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 10:43 AM Author: odious jewess RADIOACTIVE. RADIOACTIVE. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46326329) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 10:47 AM Author: twisted cuckold wrinkle Mentioned upthread, but R.E.M. had a long history and was influential in the alternative music scene back in the day. Up there with U2 as the 2 biggest bands in the genre. Velvet Underground was hugely influential but was not really popular enough. Lynyrd Skynyrd was a standard bearer for Southern rock, which was big through the 1980s before petering out. Metallica has a huge fan base and is a top heavy metal band (I guess-- not a metal fan). Grateful Dead-- huge following, invented the jam band More recent acts? I don't know. Nirvana was better than Pearl Jam but Pearl Jam had a longer career and was more popular.
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Date: May 18th, 2023 10:49 AM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond good poast but LOL at pearl jam being anywhere in the conversation (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46326351) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 10:51 AM Author: twisted cuckold wrinkle I felt like I was too focused on music up through the 1980s and not much beyond so I threw them in there (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46326357) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 10:55 AM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond cr.
cant believe youre the first one to bring up VU theyre in the top 5 for sure |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 6:43 PM Author: Boyish Impressive Pit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328287) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 9:47 PM Author: Crawly hideous lettuce (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46329056) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 9:53 PM Author: Startled nursing home coffee pot lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46329091) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 10:11 PM Author: comical cruel-hearted bawdyhouse nibblets Disagree. To be clear, I would not nominate them as the greatest American rock band. I would definitely put them below (for example) Aerosmith and Nirvana. But they should at least be in the conversation. I would put them as borderline top 5. Part of the problem with Pearl Jam is that they made absolutely zero effort to write hits or make their music commercially marketable. So plenty of people have never heard anything other than their first three albums. (And to be fair, they did produce some weird shit over the years.) But they were the #1 selling rock band of the 90's and they are still producing quality music 30 years later. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46329144) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 10:21 PM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond ok but another problem is that while their slower songs were good for that type of thing most of their loud rocking tunes do not hold up at all. jeremy was a 180 unique rock song but otherwise its some atrocious stuff imo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46329177) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 11:26 AM Author: Embarrassed to the bone public bath Nirvana is more popular than PJ today and Cobain’s been dead for 30 years (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46326519) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 6:44 PM Author: Boyish Impressive Pit I think influence gets VU into the top 10, but they lack the popularity to get to the top 5 imo. Surprised you're the only one to mention them though, so far. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328293) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 11:30 AM Author: Embarrassed to the bone public bath Nirvana if you’re going by pure pop culture influence and nostalgia. Nirvana and Cobain might be the most popular rock band today among Gen Z even though he’s been dead for 30 years. You see Nirvana shirts and memorabilia everywhere still. Cobain artifacts pull top dollar at auctions. Probably more than any other musician. One of his guitars recently sold for $4.5M https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kurt-cobains-smells-teen-spirit-guitar-sells-45m-auction-rcna30044 |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 4:31 PM Author: maize sadistic parlor son of senegal I am pretty surprised Steely Dan seems to be the consensus. I actually like SD just fine, but I didn't ever view them as that big. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46327826) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 4:57 PM Author: Cracking hissy fit Talking Heads Guns n Roses Ramones Phish |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 5:05 PM Author: twisted cuckold wrinkle Phish is Grateful Dead but Grateful Dead did it first and probably better. Ramones-- influential for punk, but almost a joke band. Compare their output with Clash, Pistols, New York Dolls-- doesn't hold up. You hear one album and you can call it a day. Samey GnR-- had one great album that is overrated by the people who heard it during their formative years. Not influential at all on subsequent music as far as I can tell. Talking Heads. Excellent band. Not much influence. Trumped by VU and REM regardless of whether you prefer them musically or not. |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 5:22 PM Author: Salmon Useless Brakes Faggotry GNR had one and two halves great albums. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328030) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 5:23 PM Author: godawful state this is all credited, although gnr was more than appetite... (lies was 180) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328032) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 5:45 PM Author: free-loading coiffed stage Ramones hold up better than all those bands. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328101) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 5:48 PM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond cr or its at least close. the stooges >>> all those though (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328107) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 5:56 PM Author: free-loading coiffed stage I can see punk enthusiasts being more into the Stooges but I think Ramones were way ahead of the pistols and the clash. Johnny Ramone was a great guitar player. Dee Dee was a great songwriter. Their music gets replayed more than any other bands on that list.
What made the Ramones seem like a joke is that they never had a hit record or even a hit single. They had to tour relentlessly to make money. They also weren't part of the punk fashion trend in the UK and got snubbed/overtaken by the Pistols early on. I still don't consider them punk, just rock and roll. |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 6:06 PM Author: godawful state sid vicious was a ramones superfan. fun fact. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328158) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 6:50 PM Author: free-loading coiffed stage Yeah the punk timeline is fucked. The Ramones touched off a big movement in England, but they didn't tour England until after the Pistols and Clash had gotten yuge. So to casual observers it looked like the Ramones were late to the game. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328328) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 6:16 PM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond i agree except i always thought the ramones werent taken so seriously because of the shtick with the names as well as joey's appearance and singing style.
its crazy to me people love the clash so much. i dont get that one at all |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 6:46 PM Author: free-loading coiffed stage Joey was a dumbfuck and a degenerate, and a yuge shitlib to boot. Johnny put the band together, came up with the look, and was clearly the alpha male in the group. But the fans were into Joey, and over time Joey let it get to his head and began to challenge Johnny. Then they lost Dee Dee and their songwriting tanked, like when the Beach Boys lost Brian. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328296) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 6:49 PM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328318) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 5:51 PM Author: Cracking hissy fit Green Day (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328116) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 6:30 PM Author: provocative arrogant abode deer antler Guns N Roses by a mile. Amazing this wasnt the top poast. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328224) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 6:32 PM Author: Dead Excitant Chapel They had one good album. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328232) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 6:52 PM Author: razzle-dazzle private investor fortuitous meteor CR (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328338) |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 4:03 PM Author: provocative arrogant abode deer antler Use Your Illusion had November Rain, Estranged, Knock Heavens Door, You could be Mine, Dont Cry, Coma, Civil War. That is a great lineup. THe album has filler to be sure, but there is a reason it was one of the top selling albums of a loaded year. The best of those albums are some of the best songs ever.
Guns was the GOAT band for a short period. That is far more impressive than bands that are merely good for twenty years. |
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Date: May 22nd, 2023 10:29 PM Author: Cracking hissy fit Yeah agree it's best to think of use your illusion as 1 album. Some filler but a ton of outrageously good songs. Saying GnR had 1 good album is a retarded meme. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46343549) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 6:35 PM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond nah but tbf they were pretty good. basically the creed of the 80s (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328241) |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 4:31 PM Author: Silver Center Bbw comparing Guns to Creed in any way outs you as a megaretardfag who knows less than a woman about rock music. Congrats dipshit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46334905) |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 5:27 PM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond its called a joke dumbass. not without a kernel of truth though as they're overrated as hell for multiple reasons.
"no band was as talented, impactful, and creative as GNR. not to mention how fucking cool they were." tyft i should have gone with that angle because that is some hilarious shit |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 5:29 PM Author: Silver Center Bbw haha I fucked you up in this thread. thanks for playing boss (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46335089) |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 4:29 PM Author: Silver Center Bbw This. the thread is asking for "Best". at their height no band was as talented, impactful, and creative as GNR. not to mention how fucking cool they were.
Also, Axl Rose is the greatest all time rock singer. |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 10:38 PM Author: appetizing carnelian selfie range GNR is the correct response in this thread. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46336151) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 6:43 PM Author: Brilliant spot Every Time I Die
And it isn't close |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 6:55 PM Author: spectacular library dog poop UK does rock bands. USA does rock stars. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328353) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 7:03 PM Author: maize sadistic parlor son of senegal Who is a US rock star? Elvis? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328394) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:10 PM Author: spectacular library dog poop Elvis, Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Holly, Madonna, James Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tom Petty, Carlos Santana.
i'm leaving out soul and rap. |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 12:49 AM Author: Electric Corner 1. Elvis
2. Michael Jackson |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 12:54 AM Author: free-loading coiffed stage Little Richard
Bo Diddley
Jerry Lee Lewis |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 9:30 AM Author: spectacular library dog poop how did i leave out Michael Jackson? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46333891) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 7:12 PM Author: territorial set toilet seat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B8uJ0G0HZg (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328436) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 7:59 PM Author: pearly aphrodisiac halford location They're not mentioned here, but basically since U2's Beautiful Day, the biggest "rock" band in the world has been the Foo Fighters.
So that's really 20 years now where the Foo Fighters have been the de facto rock band.
Green Day is a another good answer. But obviously the importance of rock music has dwindled but there's something to be said Foo Fighters continuing to win grammys and selling out stadiums and stuff long after the genre is dead. |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:02 PM Author: territorial set toilet seat both very fair points, they're huge, huge rock bands but they're bland as shit. i can't imagine anyone 20 years from now saying "foo fighters were a huge influence on us!" i really hope our kids aren't pulling foo fighters records out of our crates. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328609) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:03 PM Author: honey-headed offensive generalized bond lmao pretty sure foo fighters and green day being forced as the "best" in rock is meant to demoralize. both have been terrible for 25 years now (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328618) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:16 PM Author: pearly aphrodisiac halford location I don't disagree, but just making the point.
It's sort of like if Eminem kept making his albums, but we never got Kanye, Drake, Lil Wayne, etc. So all the casual rap fans were just like, "I guess Eminem has another album coming out!" for 25 years |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:05 PM Author: Cracking hissy fit U2 isn't American (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328623) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:06 PM Author: territorial set toilet seat RC pwned (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328632) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 9:35 PM Author: Cracking hissy fit Shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328996) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 9:52 PM Author: Startled nursing home coffee pot which foo fighter are you? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46329086) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 10:04 PM Author: Embarrassed to the bone public bath Rock has been dead for 25 years. So any popular band during that period by definition cannot be the best (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46329128) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:03 PM Author: Magenta dragon Steely Dan
CCR
Metallica
Tool
Beach Boys
Grateful Dead
Soundgarden
Van Halen
Doobie Brothers
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Date: May 20th, 2023 1:00 AM Author: free-loading coiffed stage Doobie Brothers are criminally underrated (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46333514) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2023 3:22 PM Author: Magenta dragon Chicago also
Though Michael McDonald has best harmonizing voice for a male all time imo |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 8:45 PM Author: hairraiser office Chicago (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46328818) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 9:49 PM Author: insecure forum associate Only bands mentioned in this thread that had more than a couple good songs at best are Eagles, Tool and Metallica (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46329071) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 9:52 PM Author: Lascivious rambunctious filthpig beach boys grateful dead talking heads springsteen prince if you count him |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 10:12 PM Author: hairraiser office The Band (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46329147) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 10:14 PM Author: Embarrassed to the bone public bath Creative force was Canadian (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46329154) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 10:23 PM Author: Lilac house Levon Helm (Virgil Caine) is American as can be. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46329181) |
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Date: May 18th, 2023 10:30 PM Author: Bespoke Cerebral Locus (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46329196) |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 12:41 AM Author: free-loading coiffed stage Sad how underrated ZZ Top is. You try doing what they did.
Trios are always cr too. You can't have any bad musicians in a trio. Look at some famous trios: Rush, Cream, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Primus, all bands with super talented musicians on every instrument. I think Motorhead belongs on the list too because they functioned best as a trio. |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 12:59 AM Author: free-loading coiffed stage Faith No More >>> Metallica (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46333512) |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 1:03 AM Author: Brass Travel Guidebook Hoobastank (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46333520) |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 1:04 AM Author: hairraiser office Styx (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46333521) |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 9:14 AM Author: nighttime volcanic crater Yo La Tengo hth (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46333866) |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 9:34 AM Author: dun blathering school cafeteria The correct answer is the Grateful Dead, if you really mean it when you use the word "band." Huge impact on recording, concerts, idiom, politics. Beach Boys would be on there, but their expertise is Mike Love's vocals and Brian Wilson's writing, and not much else. Their recordings were done by other instrumentalists. They weren't huge live. Their impact was limited.
In the UK, it's the Beatles, though I find Led Zeppelin more interesting musically |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 11:28 AM Author: maize sadistic parlor son of senegal About 1 percent of people care about the Grateful Dead. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46334116) |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 11:36 AM Author: Startled nursing home coffee pot 😆 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46334136) |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 7:39 PM Author: Fragrant flirting dingle berry the Dead are so quintessentially American, the house band for the Hell's Angels playing psychedelic country bluegrass rock and they toured the US extensively, probably more than any other band ever has or will hundreds of shows thousands of hours of playing live in all kinds of venues across the country many of which no longer exist their songs and lyrics are about the old west, road trips and the Bible places like XO will dump on them because they were a "hippie band" but in their prime they were nothing like "libs" today and had more in common w 60s bikers than 2023 San Francisco |
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Date: May 22nd, 2023 3:24 PM Author: Magenta dragon I agree and if you meet their fans they're everywhere (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46341865) |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 7:50 PM Author: tan church building affirmative action Triumph (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46335519) |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 9:58 PM Author: ivory water buffalo Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers would count if Tom Petty didn't have a few top tier solo albums (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46335985) |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 10:08 PM Author: Startled nursing home coffee pot i should've included tom petty and the heartbreakers on my list. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46336028) |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 10:07 PM Author: ivory water buffalo Collective Soul (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46336021) |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 10:42 PM Author: Brass Travel Guidebook Breaking Benjamin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46336167) |
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Date: May 20th, 2023 10:45 PM Author: appetizing carnelian selfie range my personal mount rushmore:
Guns n Roses Metalica Aereosmtih Van Halen
*if we count Springsteen as a band than you have to slot them in.
as for contenders: Nirvana - only considered legends because a junky offed himself at peak time Pearl Jam - too gay even for me (and I suck dicks) Eagles - I'm with the Dude on this one
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Date: May 21st, 2023 12:09 AM Author: maize sadistic parlor son of senegal Fuck Springsteen. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46336444) |
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Date: May 21st, 2023 12:36 AM Author: Jade Milk CR (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46336497) |
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Date: May 21st, 2023 10:18 AM Author: maize sadistic parlor son of senegal (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46337048) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2023 3:21 PM Author: Sinister personal credit line Guided by Voices (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46341847) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2023 3:37 PM Author: Dead Excitant Chapel lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46341933) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2023 4:01 PM Author: Brass Travel Guidebook LOL (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46342056) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2023 4:08 PM Author: Sinister personal credit line Pavement? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46342084) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2023 9:56 PM Author: free-loading coiffed stage It's a totally credible answer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46343385) |
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Date: June 8th, 2023 6:56 AM Author: transparent crusty station The Eagles (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46402283) |
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Date: June 8th, 2023 3:59 PM Author: buff field Surely it has to be one of these:
Eagles Aerosmith Van Halen Guns N Roses Metallica Nirvana
Personally, I'd go with either Metallica or Nirvana, but I may be biased toward the more recent music. |
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Date: June 8th, 2023 5:33 PM Author: unholy exhilarant market rigor Blink 182 and it's not even close (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46404904) |
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Date: June 8th, 2023 5:40 PM Author: buff field *Blink 1488 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5341973&forum_id=2#46404923) |