r/musicsuggestions • u/RRE4EVR • 5d ago

Best American rock band of all time

This is obviously a subjective post. As post suggest “all time” so feel free to go back to to the 50’s and please consider that bands from this millennium may not hold up in a couple decades. Also genre blending bands welcome.

Greatful Dead my answer

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u/Lumpy_Soup3613 5d ago

My more objective answer is Metallica. I think that their impact and influence is unmatched by other American rock bands at a global scale.

My very subjective answer is Hüsker Dü. I love them and think they are the best to ever do it in America.

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u/Ewilliamsen 5d ago

I saw Bob Mould live a couple months back. He still rocks so hard. Total badass.

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u/Raggeddroid85 5d ago

Hüsker Dü is great. I think The Replacements were even better. Don’t know what was in the sky-blue waters of Minneapolis in the ‘80s, but to think that both those bands (and Prince) emerged then and there is remarkable.

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u/nwbeeceefriend 23h ago

I'll give An honorable Minnesota mention to Soul Asylum

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u/FutureMind2748 5d ago

Lmao. They are very objectively metal.

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u/panic_bread 5d ago

Metal is just a subgenre of rock.

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u/FutureMind2748 5d ago

Metal isn’t rock and roll, it’s metal. And metal has its own sub genres. They aren’t the same.

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u/panic_bread 5d ago

Of course metal has its own subgenres. Those are subgenres of a subgenres.

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u/Lumpy_Soup3613 5d ago

Metal not falling under the “rock” umbrella is the wildest take I’ve seen in a long time.

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u/King_of_da_Castle 5d ago

Yeah and OP’s choice is like psychedelic, blues. I’m guessing all sub genres can be included based off that.