No solo artists. Not a joke poll (so there will be no Styx). My buddies and I have been discussing this and I thought I'd put it to the Test here. He says Aerosmith. I say Velvet Undergorund, he's probably right. There are a lot of different criteria we could put on this, but let's just say, in general, the Best American Band is... USA Today did a poll on this in '05 that you can find here--> http://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/popcandy/2005-07-05-pop-candy_x.htm And yeah I didn't put the Velvet Underground on there because, I don't think they'd have enough votes...
Trick question. It's AMERICA. There is no other option. I always think of Dave on NewsRadio accidentally playing a recording of himself singing 'Horse w/ No Name' now when I hear that song.
Obviously, it's Grand Funk Railroad We're an American band. We're an American band. We're coming to your town We'll help you party it down. We're an American band.
of course this is all purely subjective... i voted for the doors. in all honesty though, i'd have to say alice in chains has consistently been my favorite (i am relatively young of course).
This is a better choice than any on the list, IMO. You know my pick. But some ****tards who haven't even listened to them in years will disagree with me.
So there are definitely a lot of write in's, but the poll isn't meant to be subjective. I hate Aerosmith, but I have to put them in the top 5 in terms of importance, volume, etc. Myself, I love the Pixies, and although they were very influential to bands of the 90's I can't vote for them because they just aren't well known enough to be the Greatest American Band. That plays a part.
of the ones listed, the ones that get the most play from me are Guns n Roses and the Doors. but the Doors are a distant second. i'm a huge Axl Rose, the musician, fan.
I hate putting "other" in these types of threads. You can state your "other" opinion in the post, but putting it in a poll just skews the results of the included bands.
