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/hankbobbypeggy 3d ago

I disagree on that. Sure, it was a little nebulous and they all did sing, but Levon was the best and most frequent lead vocalist. I also think you can be an American band without all members being from the US, originally. They played distinctly American music and lived/practiced/threw famous house shows in NY. I live in Chicago, if a band lives and plays here, but the members themselves are transplants, they're still a Chicago band. Either way, it's not a big deal.

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u/Defiant_West6287 3d ago

Again with the American nonsense. They were Canadians playing Canadian music, because everyone except Levon was Canadian. They were born Canadians, raised in Canada, and cut their teeth as musicians in Toronto, CANADA. And again, as a result they're in the CANADIAN Music Hall of Fame. Americans may think they're entitled to everything, as usual, but you're not.

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u/Sorries_In_A_Sack 2d ago

And yet I bet you have no problem with AC/DC being accepted as and considered to be an Australian band. You’re just butthurt. They spent their career before The Band playing for American musicians, and the entity known as The Band formed and existed in the US. You could’ve just said they’re a Canadian-American band, but you have some sort of inferiority complex going on. The fact that you think people are trying to diminish Canada or whatever by saying The Band could be considered American is hilarious and telling.

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u/Defiant_West6287 1d ago

I'll refer you to my previous comment.