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Which band IS really America's Greatest (rock & roll band)?

When I consider my priorities for this category, I cannot come up with any other than CCR.

Their output as a band was short compared to others, yes..

When I say America's greatest rock & roll band, this = the output or even the basis on which a band formed, had in their DNA, America's roots! It doesn't even matter that we now know CCR formed in California, their DNA as a band transformed their birthplace but it more importantly brought forth the (soul) of get down and dirty) Rock & Roll in it's raw form!

HELL YEAH!
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stereo5
6,407 posts
 
Mamas & Papas
The Doors
Steppin Wolf
Jimi Hendrix
The MC5
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Smashing Pumpkins
Green Day
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billybob7088
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Also what makes a band the greatest. Sales? Game Changer? That one masterpiece of an album? Longevity? These have all been talked about many times over.

Upon further review I think we need to clarify Rock vs Rock and Roll.  
justvintagestuff
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... Fall Out Boy ...
raymonda
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The Grateful Dead. Anyone else is a distant second.
n80
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I don't agree with you at all about the Grateful Dead. For a lot of reasons.

But at least you put them out there and staked your ground whereas most of the rest of us are just listing names of American bands we like or have heard of.

So for that reason alone as far as this thread is concerned.....the Grateful Dead it is.
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