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/Infinite-Ad-1055 5d ago

Q: Are we not men?

A: We are Devo!

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u/analcackle 5d ago

Yes! Just watched the new doc.

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u/Infinite-Ad-1055 5d ago

They glossed over the controversial stuff. Come to think of it, controversial stuff was the entire point of Devo.

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u/analcackle 5d ago

What stuff and where could I read about it?

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u/Infinite-Ad-1055 4d ago

Can you think of a single Devo song that is politically correct? Case in point, Mongoloid?

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u/Decent_Brush_8121 4d ago

The Jimi Hendrix Experience??? Def my top choice. Even over Iggy.

But I don’t want to omit thousands of other bands.

One that doesn’t fit this AT ALL, The Sex Pistols, had planned a reunion (minus you-know-who) in Dallas in a couple weeks. They canceled over a broken wrist—prob the Sex Pistol was trying to slit a wrist with a dull knife to prevent going back to Big D.