Greatest American Rock and Role Bands of ALL Time

Ben, what you said "after" your Doors election was right on, but you can't think the Doors had a bigger influence on American rock music than the others you mention?? To quote Lester Bangs, "Morrison was a drunken bafoon". Don't take that as though I don't like the Doors!! But Jesus, don't give them that much credit! I honestly can't think of a big name American band that has had as little affect on rock as the Doors. I have NEVER heard ANY musician give credit to the Doors as an influence other than Patti Smith. I would hate to think what could have happened at the Paramount if the Doors had been the first white act to play there. Are you from L.A.?

Do we see yet? Do we see how frivolous and futile an exercise like this really is? (Yes, Wstritt, Tommy James & The Shondells are American, but I would include B.O.C. before them - even though I like 'em - and I would think that you would too, if you don't care for The Archies or Sonny & Cher, "groups" [and I like them, too] who are closer in spirit to T.J.& T.S. than say [as you suggest] The J. Geils Band.) And yes, The Beatles are *still* British, and sorry, Gunbei, Screamin' Jay (who I have seen live, as is truly one of the Gods) is *still* not a "band", no matter how many kids he fathered! Gabba gabba hey...

Here is the updated list, now 146 entries. Allmond Brothers still #1

By the way Wstrit, doesn't Blue Oyster Cult deserve a nod?

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1 Allman Bros 10
2 Creedence Clearwater Revival 8
3 Velvet Underground 6
4 Eagles 6
5 Ramones 5
6 Jimi Hendrix Experience 5
7 Doors 5
8 Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young 5
9 Byrds 5
10 Beach Boys 5
11 Santana 4
12 Talking Heads 3
13 Lynryd Skynyrd 3
14 Grateful Dead 3
15 Frank Zappa & The Mothers 3
16 Bob Dylan and "The Band" 3
17 Alice Cooper 3
18 Wilco 2
19 Temptations 2
20 Sonic Youth 2
21 Replacements 2
22 REM 2
23 NRBQ 2
24 Neil Young & Crazy Horse 2
25 Los Lobos 2
26 James Brown & His Famous Flames 2
27 Jackson 5 2
28 Grand Funk 2
29 Chuck Berry 2
30 Buffalo Springfield 2
31 Buddy Holly Trio 2
32 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 2
33 Booker T. & The M.G.'s 2
34 Blood, Sweat and Tears (original band with Al Kooper) 2
35 B-52s 2
36 13th Floor Elevators 2
37 ZZ Top 1
38 Yo La Tengo 1
39 Ventures 1
40 Van Halen 1
41 Turtles 1
42 Trouble Funk (I'm from DC - wanna argue?) 1
43 Troggs 1
44 Treniers 1
45 Traveling Wilburys 1
46 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 1
47 The Band (well, North American - they're mostly Canadian) 1
48 Ted Nugent 1
49 Supertramp 1
50 Stooges 1
51 Stevie Ray 1
52 Steve Miller Band 1
53 Steely Dan 1
54 Standells 1
55 S-R Vaughan band 1
56 Sonics 1
57 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 1
58 Smokey Robinson 1
59 Sly & The Family Stone 1
60 Simon & Garfunkel 1
61 Shaggs (all hail) 1
62 Seeds 1
63 Runaways 1
64 Rock & Roll Trio 1
65 Remains 1
66 Redd Kross 1
67 Raspberries 1
68 Rascals 1
69 Public Enemy 1
70 Prince 1
71 Paul Revere & The Raiders 1
72 Paul Butterfield Blues Band, w/Mike Bloomfield 1
73 Parliament/Funkadelic 1
74 nirvana 1
75 New York Dolls 1
76 Neville Brothers 1
77 Nazz 1
78 Mysterians 1
79 Muddy Water's late 50s band with Little Walter and Jimmy Rogers 1
80 Monkees (stop that)--are they american? 1
81 Modern Lovers 1
82 Mission of Burma 1
83 Meters 1
84 MC5 1
85 Martini Ranch 1
86 Marshall Tucker Band 1
87 Mamas & The Papas 1
88 Lyres 1
89 Lovin' Spoonful 1
90 Love 1
91 Louis Jordan & The Tympani Five 1
92 Little Richard & The Upsetters 1
93 Little Feat 1
94 Link Wray & His Ray-Men 1
95 Left Banke 1
96 Kiss 1
97 Journey 1
98 Johnny Winters 1
99 Janice Joplin 1
100 Jackson Five 1
101 J Airplane, J Starship 1
102 Impressions 1
103 iggy and the stooges 1
104 Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns 1
105 Hank Ballard & The Midnighters 1
106 Guided By Voices 1
107 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five 1
108 Go-Go's 1
109 Ginger Baker's Airforce 1
110 George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers 1
111 Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps 1
112 Garfunkel 1
113 Frankie Goes to Hollywood 1
114 Fleshtones 1
115 Flaming Lips 1
116 Flamin' Groovies 1
117 Five Royales 1
118 Everly Brothers (hey, it only takes two mininmum to make a band) 1
119 Elvis & His Trio (yeah, they were a band) 1
120 Dwight Twilley Band 1
121 Drifters 1
122 Dire Straits 1
123 Dictators 1
124 Dick Dale & The Del-Tones 1
125 Devo 1
126 Dead Boys 1
127 Davie Allan & The Arrows 1
128 Crickets 1
129 Cramps 1
130 Coasters 1
131 Chocolate Watch Band 1
132 Chicago 1
133 Cheap Trick 1
134 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band 1
135 Camper Van Beethoven 1
136 Boston 1
137 Bodeans 1
138 Bobby Fuller Four 1
139 Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band 1
140 Blasters 1
141 Bill Haley & The Comets 1
142 Big Star 1
143 Beau Brummels 1
144 Bad Company 1
145 Bad Brains 1
146 Amerosmith 1

Yes, The Monkees are *still* American, and no, The Troggs, Supertramp, and Bad Company are not, and will *never* be!

P.S. - Bbtuna, apparently you're the only one here with an even worse case of Too Much Time On His Hands than me!

We're not done!! You list efectively how many times (almost)a US band was mentioned, but as an absolute end, it is not. Beyond the mentions of UK bands in a US list, and cartoon characters competing, you are trying to end this now? Hell, I should have posted about Johnny Winter a few more times and he would have won. I have been thinking about my list of absolute influences on American rock music, and I think I have to add Alice Cooper. I included Little Richard, so as to include the flamboyant, but I realize now that Alice took it a step further. As for Aerosmith, yeah they are a great R'n'R band, as the Black Crows were too. I kinda listen to both when I'm trying to decide what I really want to hear. Tom trich727