froggie Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 #2 will make you cringe! http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/top-american-bands-0630-2011/ With roots firmly planted in both salt-of-the-earth folk songs and unblinkingly experimental rock, Wilco just might be the quintessential modern American band. Fearless and inventive, frontman Jeff Tweedy has guided his alt-rockers through numerous permutations, delivering a soul-satisfying road album (Being There), multi-tracked melancholy (Summerteeth) and haunting dispatches from life in the 21st century (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot). Wilco reside somewhere between the “Ashes of American Flags” and the Sky Blue Sky, telling tales from the forgotten recesses of the mind, the world and rock ’n’ roll. – Bryan Wawzenek Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 #2 will make you cringe! Who is it? It's not showing the top ten. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moxiebean Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Who is it? It's not showing the top ten.#2 - Aerosmith Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ThisIsNowhere Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Heh, nice to see Wilco being recognized among the greats. Not that it's surprising, but they are a little less known than those other bands. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 #2 - Aerosmith Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rhino4evr Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 I'm happy to see Wilco grab number 6 on the readers poll. I'm fine with Aeromsith being number 2..as they are definitly an iconic American band...I just think they are terrible. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 the doors and eagles at 12 and 13 makes me cringe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
welch79 Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 this doesn't surprise me...does it you guys? "most people" wouldn't know good music if it kicked them in the ass, and i'm pretty sure this poll/ranking represents "most people." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 this doesn't surprise me...does it you guys? "most people" wouldn't know good music if it kicked them in the ass, and i'm pretty sure this poll/ranking represents "most people."Yes, this is true. "Most people" I know don't know who Wilco is, much less put them in a list of top bands. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Frank Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 #2 - AerosmithWell I'm gonna stick up for Aerosmith. It's only rock n roll...and they rocked n rolled. I still spin 'Rocks', 'Toys' and 'Live Bootleg' loads. Give 'em some slack you snobs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 they put out some great records but #2? yeesh, their output since say, Permanent Vacation was awful, and I'm being kind w/ that end point. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 they put out some great records but #2? yeesh, their output since say, Permanent Vacation was awful, and I'm being kind w/ that end point. Aerosmith is certainly problematic. Up until Joe Perry left the band in the 1979, Aerosmith was as good an American band has ever existed. After the reunion, they certainly had a lot of hits and sold a lot of records, but they were more of a vaudville act. They belong on the list, but I don't think I would put them in the top 25 over what they have become in the last 25 years. I think that putting Bruce and the E Street Band at #1 is on target and was really pleasantly surprised. The choice is an obvious one for those of us who saw them in 1976, 1978, 1981, 1985 or on the Reunion tour. They were a raw, obscure cult bar band before Born to Run, an they went through the motions on the Tunnel of Love Express tour. The Rising tour and last two tours were, in effect, valedictory shows that were more energetic and powerful shows than those put on by most bands 30 years their junior. Even though I am not a fan, I think it is a joke that the Dead aren't in the top 10. These guys were the quintessential American Band. I am anything but a fan, but any list that doesn't have these guys in the top 5 is really doubtful. Creedence at 14? Really? The epitome of American Music. Almost as much of a head scratcher as having Yo Lo Tengo on the list. The quirky, obscure cult band that other artists love and practically nobody has ever heard of niche is properly occupied by NRBQ. Nirvana at #3 and the Byrds at #&7? People love lists almost as much as they like critiquing them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shakespeare In The Alley Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Nirvana at #3 and the Byrds at #&7? You object to either of these bands making the list? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Even though I am not a fan, I think it is a joke that the Dead aren't in the top 10. These guys were the quintessential American Band. I am anything but a fan, but any list that doesn't have these guys in the top 5 is really doubtful. Yeah, I had the same thought... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
welch79 Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 People love lists almost as much as they like critiquing them.you can say that again. You object to either of these bands making the list?i don't think he's objecting to them being on the list, just maybe the order in which they appear. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shakespeare In The Alley Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Byrds are great.Nirvana's better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted July 4, 2011 Author Share Posted July 4, 2011 Creedence at 14? Really? The epitome of American Music. i would have put them at #1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott Gyrrr Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 i would have put them at #1 Me too I reckon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Plumplechook Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 No Steely Dan + no Little Feat = no credibility. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 No Steely Dan + no Little Feat = no credibility.Steely Dan you're right about, but Little Feat has too small of a nationwide appeal to approach this list. Maybe top 100, but not top 50. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Guns N Roses have no business in the top 100. There I said it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Steely Dan you're right about, but Little Feat has too small of a nationwide appeal to approach this list. Maybe top 100, but not top 50. Well...it is the Top 50 American Bands of All Time. I think Little Feat had the chops and the rep to warrant a spot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 You object to either of these bands making the list? Placement on the list, not the inclusion. The Byrds in the top 10 and not the Dead? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Frank Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Anyone care to provide an alternative top ten. Would be interesting to see if there is any kind of consensus. Would Wilco be in there? As an aside, us Brits always produced the best bands whilst you guys seem to produce the best solo artists. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 my alternate top 10, based on personal preference and perceived influence (in no particular order...can't be arsed to spend too much time thinking about it)...for this list i am not putting in 'person x and y band' like springsteen or petty...pretty arbitrary decision i know... jefferson airplanesonic youthbyrdsblack flagREMnirvanafunkadelic/parliamentstoogesCCRguided by voices Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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