1. Creedence Clearwater Revival

2. The Beach Boys

3. Lynyrd Skynyrd

4. Aerosmith

5. The Allman Brothers

6. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

7. The Doors

8. Metallica

9. The Eagles man

10. Van Halen

LOL GTFO.....Zeppelin is numero uno bar none

No Red Coats allowed!

American bands...

Not an Eagles or VH fan so they'd likely be replaced by ZZ Top and Guns n Roses for me.

Very forgivable.

The Grateful Dead

Motley Crue

Guns and Roses

Waylon Jennings

Metallica

I’m not a big music guy but those are the first five that come to mind as favorites. I can think of more favorite songs than bands.

Not in any particular order:

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Marshall Tucker Band

Allman Brothers

ZZ Top

The Eagles

CCR

The Doobie Brothers

SRV and Double Trouble

Boston

Kiss

SRV & Double Trouble

Santana

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Grand Funk

CSN(fuqk Neal Young)

Boston

Moby Grape.

WTF?! No one’s mentioned The Village People?!

Well, you have....

JellO, SuckAss UpChuck, & GooseSchitt will be along shortly to nominate them. 😂

No fair nominating themselves

I feel like The Ramones need to be honorable mention somehow.

Lots of influence

I forgot about Grand Funk Railroad.

I probably should have mentioned Steely Dan too.

And Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band.

LOL !

ZZ Top
Bob Segar
Tom Petty
CCR
KISS?
Ted Nugent
Collective Soul
Creed
Lynard Skynyrd
Imagine Dragons
Green Day
……..

Seger! Yes. Still a great listen. But who does he push out?

Top 10, not 25...

Why even bring up those fággöts on a great thread?

Imagine Dragons?

Pump

the

brakes!

I was nodding right till I got to Imagine Dragons. Talking top 10 all time. Can't put them ahead of REM, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Nirvana etc - all if whomever are personal greats but probably not macro top 10

Collective Soul and Creed?

WTF?

How'd I miss those?

JFC

Be glad Nickleback is Canadian...

I'll reach a little further back and toss Paul Revere and the Raiders into the mix. I'll second Steely Dan too.

Little Feat. You can argue about who is 2 through 10.

Based on influence - The Sonics also in conversation.

Not top 10 but in the pot top 10 gets pulled from.

Adding my list

1. Van Halen
2. Eagles
3. Lynyrd Skynard
4. Motley Crue
5. Metallica
6. ZZ Top
7. Kiss
8. Guns & Roses
9. Allman Brothers
10. Pearl Jam

I forgot Journey and Foreigner

I’d be good with this

Replace VH and The Eagles and they fit.

Nirvana
Soundgarden
Pearl Jam
REM
STP
Foo's
Rush (Canadian)
Steely Dan
Fleetwood Mac
?

Man, if we're gonna let Canadian bands slip in from the north, then, "The Band."

And, love 'em or hate 'em, Chicago has earned a spot.

#1- Creedence Clearwater Revival
#2- The Beach Boys
#3- Jan & Dean
#4- Gary Lewis and the Playboys
#5- The Buckinghams
#6- Lovin’ Spoonful
#7- Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
#8- Paul Revere and the Raiders
#9- The Grass Roots
#10- Jay and the Americans
#11- The Boxtops
#12- The Royal Guardsmen
#13- Three Dog Night
#14- The Monkeys
#15- The Association
#16- The Eagles
#17- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band



Sorry…….couldn’t stop at 10! 😉 memtb

I said 10.

The Monkeys?

LMAO, we booed Bob Seeger off the stage in Lincoln Nebraska. He fugging deserved it.

As far as significant contribution, let’s see, 75 million records sold in 4 years. One of the band spawned music videos as a way to sell bands music, can we say MTV. Imagine the influence of that.

The Monkees

American or not, don’t care…..

Zep is #1

Molly hatchet
Marshall tucker
Eagles
Bob seger
Mcguffy lane
Doors
Five finger death punch
Aerosmith
Zz top
Little feet.

Should I start a second list? 😂 memtb

LOL

Getting my lists cornfused!

Tommy James and the Shondells
Four Seasons
The Cascades
Four Seasons
Four Tops
Bubblegum bands (Archie’s, 1910 Fruitgum Company) 😁
Lobo


Maybe not the greatest bands…….just our favorites! 😉 memtb

Old farts

Elvis should be on the list but not really a band. Although his band was bad ass.

Today I learned it’s The Allman Brothers, not The Almond Brothers.

Fugging Californians....

1) Metallica

2) White Stripes

3) The Doors

4)Lynyrd Skynyard

5)The Eagles

6)ZZ Top

7) C C R

8) White Zombie

9)Steve Miller Band

10) Tool

A little addition and subtraction, In no particular order.

Jimi Hendrix Experience

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

Santana

Talking Heads

CCR
Grand Funk Railroad
Eagles
Marshall Tucker band
Allman Brothers
Black Oak Arkansas
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Kansas
Metallica
Nirvana

"This one time we saw some strippers that turned out to be Motley Crue."

Metallica

Sorry "Crüe".

Metallica
Rage against the machine
Alice In Chains
Guns and roses
Aerosmith
CCR
Nirvana
Tom petty

Gotta have:

Tommy Bolin Band

Dixie Dregs

No particular order
The Byrds
CSNY or permutations
The Dead Kennedys
The Ramones
The Allman Brothers
The Stooges
New Riders of the Purple Stage (or Greatful Dead)
Pure Prairie League
Quicksilver Messenger Service
The Outlaws

My Top 10:
1. The Beatles
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Queen
4. Pink Floyd
5. The Rolling Stones
6. U2
7. The Who
8. Guns N Roses
9. Black Sabbath
10. The Doors

80% of your list isn't American

Aliens!

Type O mofuggin Negative!

Greatful dead, Tool.

You are right, the aliens made me do it.

Id toss in some Chili Peppers.

REM, Nirvana ??? 🤮🤮🤮 😂😂😂😂😂

CCR
Lynyrd Skynard
Heart
Mountain
Blue Oyster Cult
Steppenwolf
Van Halen
Quiet Riot
ZZTop
Kansas
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

List is DQ'd because you didn't spell Lynyrd Skynyrd right.... LOL

I'll not mention "Kansas".

Paul Rever, and the Raiders.

Calm da fug down. JFC ya Nazi.

🤣😂🤣

Double DQ'd because you're a damn Californicationkopian!!!!!


LOL

With a K mudda fugga. You know like in Kansas.

Ah, Bach.

Yes..

Kansas?

Lof'inL

😆😁😎

Buddy Holly and the Crickets
Metallica
VH
SRV and Double Trouble
Queensryche
REO Speedwagon
Journey
Allman Brothers
Boston
Aerosmith

Carry on my wayward son....

Great pull!

You forgot Bad Company.

In no order...

1-Beach Boys
2-Allman Bros
3-CCR
4-Skynyrd
5-Santana
6- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
7-Metallica
8-Nirvana
9- Red Hot Chilli Peppers
10-Stevie Ray Vaughn

Not necessarily my favorites but I tried to pick either trend setters or bands that heavily influenced a change in rock music? Only 10 is hard.

We could really get into the weeds with bands like Three Dog Night or even James Brown.... not really rock but SUPER influential on everything that came out after them.... some of this 70's and 80's pop crap like Bad Co., Foreigner, and Journey do not deserve to even be anywhere near this thread...signed, Mannlicher.

Metallica
Megadeth
Who cares..

Hair bands are not ROCK..... yelled from the mountain top 😂😂🤣🤣

CCR
Eagles
Marshal Tucker
Lyranrd Skynard
The doors
Almand Brothers
Lovin Spoonfull
Paul Reviver
Jimmy Hendricks
Santana

Best spelling of Lynyrd Skynyrd to date on the 24hcf!

Poison

Spelling was never one of my fine suits, and after the stroke, we’ll look!!!!

Metallica
Tool
Queensryche
Type O Negative
Steve Miller
Guns & Roses
WASP
SlipKnot
Halestorm
VH

LMFAO.....Foghat

FWIW i tend to listen to non radio bands.
Like what ya like.
My guitar buds are all about shred. All they listen to.


Ill listen to goth, metal, doom, alt and reg old rock.

But hair bands and this new screamin stuff, is about all XM radio plays. Glad its a freebie and I ain't payin for it.

I moved from a bigger city w a goos metal culture to some hick burg. Was not for the better music wise.

Im gonna pop a beer or two and listen to Type O Negative's " October Rust ".

Beatles meets Black Sabbath sound.

Another f'n Swede.

Just what we needed..

I just wanna make.. love to you.

Lol.

😆😆😆😆

Paul Reviver?

What are you diggin up?

Lmao!

😂😂😂

If you are considering top ten bands by that criteria alone, 3 Dog Night has to be one…

Molly Hatchet

Personally, Audioslave makes the list. Everything Chris Cornell worked on was next level.

And there was a schittload of it.

Go big or go home.

Per the OP’s ask - Top 10, rock n roll, all American.

1)Van FUGGING Halen
2) Aerosmith
3) Creedence Clearwater Revival
4) Jimi Hendrix and The Experience
5) Tool
6) Alice In Chains
7) Janes Addiction
8) Nine Inch Nails
9) Allman Brothers
10) Elvis

Don’t forget Jackson Browne.

Jimi Hendrix
Joe Satriani
Steve Vai
Vinnie Moore
Slayer
Testament
Metal Church
Sanctuary
Exodus
Destruction


hate all that phagternative post cobain whiny, crying azz monotone, 3 chord, no flashy intricate guitar solo, lack of talent garbage that's on the radio


Metal Rules

He he he. Bet I can call out all your ages to within a year🤣
I'm in the middle of the older but can tell you the younger are monopolizing this thread

Love it! Especially the 'alien' banter...

Maybe some Eagles for honorable mention/11

But I’d put James Gang in front of that actually.

Be careful, Schrap. Eli's a coming...
Yes, they do belong...

Lawrence Welk do it for ya?

Mothers
Little Richard
J Geils
Doors
Allmans
Creedence
Dylan/Rolling Thunder
The Band
Santana
Ramones
There's more but that's ten.

And James Gang

Wrong. Try again. Hint: see my next post after the quote...
Did I mention the Greatful Dead? 😉

💯

Post Cobain? It sounds like you just described Cobain! Nirvana had an unmistakable influence on music but in terms of talent they didn’t have much IMO and we’re all down hill after Smells Like Teen Spirit.

Linkin' Park and Sublime should make "the list."

Cobain and his fans did to rock music what Garth Brooks did to Country Music. Ruined it.

Arbitrarily narrowing it down to a convenient 35 year window I’d go with 1953-1988 for the zenith in great music. I’m not a fan of the 90’s grunge scene and by early 2000 technology limited the need for a band and it turned into pop female vocals over piped in instruments.

Neither Foreigner or Bad Company were American Rock Bands.

Not in any particular order.


Metallica

Pantera

ZZ Top

Aerosmith

SRV and Double Trouble

Van Halen

The Cars

Beach Boys

Styx

Boston

Sorry bout that, my mistake.

When specifying “rock”, I feel you have to go all the way back to when it started. I also considered bands that defined aspects of Americana or somewhat defined a generation . This is a very hard list to create with everything considered. Here goes.

Bill Haley and the Comets (Rock Around The Clock)
The Four Seasons (Lots of hits, transitioned to 60s)
The Beach Boys (A distinct part of Americana)
Lynyrd Shynyrd (The absolute best IMHO)
The Doobie Brothers Longevity and tons of hits)
Chicago (Soft rock but played great as a band)
Jackson Browne (defined the early 80s)
Bon Jovi (They took the country by storm)
Van Halen (Mo comment needed)
The Eagles (America absolutely loved the Eagles)

Honorable mention to the following:

Boston
CCR
The Allman Brothers
ZZ Top
Guns N Roses
Dire Straits
America
Metallica
Journey
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Steely Dan

We lived in Boise where Paul Revere got started. My brother was a drummer and he was with the Raiders for a short time in the late 60's or early 70's. He didn't like rock, though. He said that for a drummer, it was too boring, nothing but keeping a beat. He preferred jazz because it let him get creative on the drums. I've seen a list of all their members over the years and he's not on it so apparently he wasn't with them very long.
He died in 2010. I met Paul Revere at his funeral when he introduced himself to me. Revere died himself 3 or 4 years later.