Who would you put in your top 5 greatest American rock bands ever?

[Down Brownie]

1) Aerosmith
2) Van Halen
3) Nirvana
4) Metallica
5) Guns N Roses

 

[cottonmike]

Allmans
Skynyrd
ZZ Top
Eagles
Aerosmith

 

[DewieCox]

Pearl Jam
Tool
Black Crowes
My Morning Jacket
GnR

 

[PatrickE_FenderADV]

ABB
Dead
TP & the HBs
Pearl Jam
Black Crowes

 

[CoachD]

1) Aerosmith
2) Van Halen
3) Nirvana
4) Metallica
5) Guns N Roses

I'm surprised you didn't choose ZZ Top?

in no order off the top of my head-

Kiss
ZZ Top
The Doors
Van Halen
The Byrds

 

[Echoes]

Band of Gypsies
Santana
Montrose
Queensryche
Elvis

 

[Powderfinger]

CCR
Springsteen and E Street
Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Ramones
Talking Heads

 

[katuna]

Stooges
Velvet Underground
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
Flipper
The Keggs

 

[Bieling3]

Originators, Innovators, Artists, they started whole genres and were copied by thousands of bands that came after them:

1. The Doors
2. The Byrds
3. The Velvet Underground
4. Tie, MC5/The Stooges
5. Nirvana

Honorable Mention: 13th Floor Elevators, Television, The Ramones, R.E.M., Kyuss...

 

[fl00dsm0k3]

Megadeth
The Doors
Dio
Korn
Slipknot

 

[Tweedman]

Aerosmith
ZZ Top
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Pearl Jam
Allman Brothers

 

[tiktok]

The Velvet Underground
Big Star
The Ramones
REM
Drive-By Truckers

 

[Boston617]

Y&T
Van Halen
Aerosmith
Badlands
Blue Murder

 

[jabromusic]

steely dan
jimi hendrix
van halen
aerosmith
metallica (just for the first 3 albums alone) / slayer (tie)

special shout out to: stone temple pilots

 

[BeigeHammer]

Alice In Chains
Tool
REM
Kiss
Van Halen

 

[Stinky Kitty]

Van Halen
Aerosmith
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Eagles
Journey

 

[timmytVA]

based on an entire body of work over time/multiple albums

(not it any particular order)

CCR
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Aerosmith
Van Halen
ZZ Top

Tim

 

[ZeyerGTR]

Allman Brothers Band
Frank Zappa (various incarnations)
Van Halen
Aerosmith
Metallica

 

[dancehall]

Fugazi
The Ramones
Television
Pixies
The Velvet Underground

 

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