Buddy says at the bar last night"Aerosmith is the greatest American band"

[JVS]

What say ye?

[Bok_Tukalo]

1. "I thought they were British"

I know they aren't but that is what I would say.

[WCGreen]

2. REM.....

No doubr about it..

Love or hate them you have to admit they have tried all sorts of different styles of music and have never been afraid to go outside the box, unlike someother bands from, cay the Boston Area...

Also, Springsteen, while not a band, has produced some of the best rock music of all time...

Thunder Road, Born to Run, Incident on 57th Street, Born in the USA, Brilliant Disguise.....

[Left Is Write]

23. I still don't think REM ever did anything better than "Murmur" - but

that doesn't mean I don't like some of the stuff that came after. :)

Springsteen's Born In The USA and Tunnel Of Love are among my well-loved albums.

[WCGreen]

39. Try Born to Run and THe Wild the Innocent and the Backstreet Shuffle....

[Fenris]

3. "Yes. If no other bands ever existed in America. Then yes."

[WCGreen]

4. Doubie Brothers, Eagle, Steely Dan, The Doors...

Hell, they don't even make the first cut....

[progmom]

5. nope

that's what i would say.










nope.

[WCGreen]

6. Hell, Grand Funk Railroad, Threee Dog night

all had more talent....

Even Teddy Nugent,,

Todd Rungrean....

Sorry, I think Aerrosmith, after Dream On, Just was phoneing it in......

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

7. "The First Coming," yes. "The Second Coming," probably not.

When Aerosmith discovered Diane Warren power ballads like "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing," they jumped the shark.

It's two bands...the one that fell apart at the seams on "Night In The Ruts," and the one that tried to regroup...unsuccessfully...on "Done With Mirrors," then finally hit paydirt on "Permanent Vacation."

The pre-"Ruts" band could kick the "revived" band's ASS.

THIS one was the top of the mountain:



Yep, Aerosmith used to be "the greatest American band." Now they flirt with greatness every once in a while.

:toast:

[johnnie]

14. I agree with you on all points n/t

[bigwillq]

8. Aerosmith may not be the greatest but

they're one of my faves! Saw them 3 times in concert and each time they rocked the house. All 3 times were in this decade too.

[Left Is Write]

21. Agreed.

Of course, what do I know? I'm planning to see Motley Crue next month. ;)

I did see Aerosmith recently - last May - and had a fabulous time. Cheap Trick was fun too.

[Sandpiper]

9. If you exclude every album they've made in the past 15 years

Then maybe.

[Squeech]

10. Hogwash

Since they so obviously modeled themselves on a British band.

The greatest American band should be, you know, American. I could see choosing the Allman Brothers, or the Grateful Dead, as purveyors of a distinctly American roots music (Chicago blues or folk/ragtime) in a distinctly American mode of performance (extended improvisation like the jazz greats).

But not Aerosmith. They're a good band, not a great one.

[Catch22Dem]

11. Allman Bros.

Hard to top them, ain't it.

[WCGreen]

13. Good point about the free form of the Dead and the Bors...

But, America created Pop music so anything that came back from England originated here to begin with......

[RPM]

12. I say:

what are you doing at the bar on a tuesday night!?!?!?!?!

Then i say - um, no.

[JVS]

25. It was monday night

which is the appointed time and place

[RPM]

38. so it is spoken...

so it is done. Drink on, good man.

[Magrittes Pipe]

15. Well, they're probably about the 7th or 8th best band to come from Boston.

That's close enough, right? :shrug:

[Wat_Tyler]

16. Nah - that's clearly Live Skull.

[Magrittes Pipe]

17. Fine. 8th or 9th.

[Atlas Mugged]

27. Yeah - after Ultimate Spinach n/t

[Touchdown]

18. I can't say anything, when I'm...

:puke:

[ProfessorGAC]

19. Whatever!

I think the first great american rock band was CCR. (Beach Boys are NOT a rock band. Sorry, that's my story and i'm stickin' to it.)

Aerosmith wouldn't even be in my top ten, as far as importance, and some i would put in the Top 10, i don't even like. (Eagles, for instance.)

Aerosmith may be amongst the most successful american rock bands ever, but they are not that important or influential.
The Professor

[fishwax]

20. i can think of half a dozen greater

just off the top of my head

the doors
the grateful dead
the allman brothers band
r.e.m.
the ramones
the red hot chili peppers

And those are just the ones with a fairly high degree of commercial success. There are plenty of other bands (wilco, for example) that had more modest commercial success but that I would consider greater.

I don't hate Aerosmith -- or at least, I didn't use to -- but I think they're far from the greatest american band, unless longevity is the sole criteria.

[matcom]

22. your buddy needs to lay off the sauce

hell - "America" is a better American band than those fools

[dbt]

24. Four letters: NRBQ!

[Spider Jerusalem]

26. Time to cut him off, if he's saying THAT...

[ThorsHammer]

28. Most prolific, or longest lasting, ok; but not the best

[DemGa]

29. I've got to put The Allman Brothers Band at the top of that list n/t

[bobbobbins]

30. I wouldn't say THE greatest, but definately one of the greats

There are so many to choose from that its hard to pick, but there are only a small handfull that are greater than Aerosmith. REM and the Dead come to mind. I'm kinda fond of earlier counting crows stuff too.

That being said, Aerosmiths earlier stuff is unmatched, but after Pump, Aerosmith became irrelevant. Pump still knocks my socks off though.

[Richardo]

31. "Have ANOTHER three Jaegermeisters, why dontcha?"

:eyes:

[dean_dem]

32. For me to poop on!

All kidding aside, Aerosmith sucks.

[XNASA]

33. That's like saying, "So-and-so is the best pizza in Tuscaloosa."

Who cares?

All the great bands are and were British, or Irish.

[DrGonzoLives]

34. Nope, that would be Blink 182, of course

:evilgrin:

[jandrok]

35. Creedence Clearwater Revival....'nuff said.

Bruce Spreengsteen and the E Street Band a close second.

Los Lobos comes in a close third.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers maybe for fourth.

[HEyHEY]

36. I hope you decked him

[Jack_Dawson]

37. Where do you live?