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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Has anyone mentioned Chicago? I'm not into them but they are totally American, incredibly prolific, still around in some form and had quite a few hits.
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Has anyone mentioned Chicago? I'm not into them but they are totally American ...
Great band! But although he's not an original member, singer Neil Donell is a Canuck.
Well as I don't think The Jimi Hendrix Experience qualifies as while Jimi was American, the Experience were English, and were formed in the UK. So International, although Band Of Gypsy's does qualify.



So an approximate Top 20:
Neil Young & Crazy Horse. Just an incredible Catalogue of work.Sonics Rendezvous Band. The Super talents of Fred "Sonic" Smith & Scott Morgan.The Stooges/Iggy & The Stooges.CCR- Brilliant at best, but a few average songs and some unnecessary Covers.MC5.The Sonics.Ramones.
Big Star.Blue Oyster Cult. First 5 Albums are sublime.Flamin' Groovies.Pixies.
The Replacements.Jason & The Scorchers. The Greatest Live Band I've ever experienced.
Spirit.Dead Moon.The Beach Boys with BRIAN.New York Dolls.The Dictators.Screaming Trees.Band Of Gypsys.
But then look who's left out: (In no particular order).
Heartbreakers. (Johnny Thunders).
Dead Boys.
The Byrds.Buffalo Springfield.The Allman Brothers Band.
The Band.
New Bomb Turks.Johnny Burnette & His Rock & Roll Trio.Love.13th Floor Elevators.Rocky Erickson & The Aliens.The Real Kids.
The Guess Who.Modern Lovers.Richard Hell & The Voidoids.The Gun Club.The Plimsouls.Television.Monster Magnet.Paul Revere & The Raiders.The Velvet Underground.Mountain.Mission Of Burma.The Posies.
Nirvana.
Steppenwolf.J.Giels Band.Devo. (early).Lynyrd Skynyrd.Drive By Truckers.Son Volt.Whiskeytown.Blondie.Talking Heads.TV On The Radio.Husker Du.Melvins.Black Flag.The Jim Carroll Band.The Georgia Satellites.Aerosmith (early).Little Feat.The Mono Men.The Dream Syndicate.Green On Red.The Long Ryders.The Chocolate Watch Band.Dramarama.Uncle Tupelo.REM. (Good early, then patchy).Funkadelic.Kyuss.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.Sly & The Family Stone.The Bellrays.The Supersuckers.Deadstring Brothers.The Pontiac Brothers.Queens Of The Stone Age.Mazzy Star.The Tubes.Jefferson Airplane.Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels.Ween.ZZ Top.Wipers.Living Colour.The Chambers Brothers.Janes Addiction.Pere Ubu.Wall Of Voodoo.Dead Kennedy's.Red Kross.Luna.The Litter.Veruca Salt.L7.The Breeders.Fugazi.Weezer.Grant Lee Buffalo.Endless Boogie. (Awesome Live!)Luna.Moby Grape.X.James Gang.Alice In Chains.Sugar.Tommy James & The Shondells.The Cramps.Sloan.Billy Riley & The Little Green Men.Rocket From The Crypt.The Standells.Social Distortion.Wailers.Montrose.Raspberries.Velvet Crush.Wilco.