Greatest American Rock Band

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Who compiled this list?  A bunch of doddering old farts in a retirement home?

[Staggerwing]

Git offa mah rockin roll lawn!

[TacticalWargames]

Yeah..The Doors has it all from great tunes to a charismatic lead singer and well known world wide.

The Doors. Their music holds up today. God knows what they would have come up with had Jim Morrison lived. And their music was really of its own place and time as well. As well as other places and times. Pass the acid dude.

Counting Crows??? Vomit. 'Mr. Jones' should disqualify them immediately.

Doesn't Fleetwood Mac include some Brits? Like Mick Fleetwood himself?

[MetalDog]

Counting Crows are pretty good Gussy.  Not on a level with the Doors, but, good nonetheless. 

Dave Mathews was born in S.A.  So, that makes him South African.  And I do realize to whom I am replying :)  The rest of the band is from here.  And yes, Virginia was where they hailed from.

KISS, for anyone who has seen them perform, puts on a GREAT show!  Very high energy and enjoyable.  Of course, that was 30 years ago, so, they may have slowed down, but, there it is.

[Gusington]

I went to a Counting Crows show with a girlfriend about 20 years ago. Cake opened for them, and were great. I slept through the rest of the show :)

[MetalDog]

Anybody that can bang Courtney Cox and whos favorite musician is Van Morrison, can't be all bad. 

[Gusington]

I love Van Morrison and Courtney Cox. But I would hang out with Van at a U2 show and take Courtney Cox to see Cake.

[GDS_Starfury]

The jimi hendrix experience. There is NO part of rock and roll that wasnt effected and its stood the test of time.

[Al]

I really dislike The Eagles.  You can't dismiss their string of hits and popular songs, or the fact that they threw three successful solo artists (Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Joe Walsh) into the mainstream.  Though, I fear for my sanity the next time I hear Hotel California.  GOD I hate that song!

Jeez, I thought I was the only person who hates Hotel California.   ???

[MetalDog]

The jimi hendrix experience. There is NO part of rock and roll that wasnt effected and its stood the test of time.

Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell were both Brits.  But, the Master of the Stratocaster, on his own merits, can stand for American rock any time he wants.

[MetalDog]

I really dislike The Eagles.  You can't dismiss their string of hits and popular songs, or the fact that they threw three successful solo artists (Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Joe Walsh) into the mainstream.  Though, I fear for my sanity the next time I hear Hotel California.  GOD I hate that song!

Jeez, I thought I was the only person who hates Hotel California.   ???

As I grow older, and the same song hits my auditory nerve for the umpteen millionth time, I find that there are some I truly despise from the first note.  And I couldn't even tell you exactly why in most cases.  Invariably, though, as soon as it comes on, I turn it off.

[Gusington]

I love Jimi Hendrix. And I also never liked The Eagles. I like Glenn Frey and Don Henley solo stuff a lot more for some reason. Except for Glenn Frey's Miami Vice phase. Like Smuggler's Blues. Now that's godawful.

[mirth]

What is the obsession with the Doors? A band with a couple of decent songs and a bunch of B-sides. Dying young was the best thing that happened to Jim Morrison career-wise.

[Arctic Blast]

What is the obsession with the Doors? A band with a couple of decent songs and a bunch of B-sides. Dying young was the best thing that happened to Jim Morrison career-wise.

THANK YOU. I'm glad I'm not the only one. Morrison drunkenly rambling into a microphone is apparently 'genius', while the endless keyboard noodling makes me want to track down Ray Manzarek and stab him. Ugh.

They are better than the Eagles, though. That also isn't saying much.

[undercovergeek]

Pffft Doors - guy couldn't sing a fkng note