Historical Fact Of The Day

[EldarOfSuburbia]

Hahah, that was too good!

Lotsa those would make neato pins

2 out of 30 so far. I vote for a Prince pinball next. Plenty of scope for toys.

 

[Naildriver74]

I think Neil Young is Canadian. But that's close enough in my book. (North America)

He's lived in the States long enough to qualify. Top ten for sure.

 

[invitro]

I think Neil Young is Canadian. But that's close enough in my book. (North America)

Good point, but... he's lived in the US since around 1967. I consider him US/Canadian. He's more American than the Jimi Hendrix Experience, depending on how much you weight the non-Jimi members of that group .

 

[Dedpop]

I'm a huge Stones fan, but I actually prefer the DEVO version of Satisfaction.
The quirky oddness of it calls to me.

I agree with you (again).

Yes! Probably the most underrated artists of all time. The second-best live act ever, after only James Brown.

Here are the greatest American bands ever:

1. Husker Du
2. X
3. Sly & the Family Stone
4. R.E.M.
5. Talking Heads
6. James Brown and the J.B.'s
7. Neil Young & Crazy Horse
8. Sonic Youth
9. Nirvana
10. Devo
11. Prince & the Revolution
12. The Velvet Underground
13. The Jimi Hendrix Experience (more American than British)
14. Ramones
15. The Beach Boys
16. The Byrds
17. Yo La Tengo
18. Public Enemy
19. The Doors
20. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
21. Pixies
22. Creedence Clearwater Revival
23. The Replacements
24. Television
25. Pavement
26. Metallica
27. Big Star
28. Aerosmith
29. The Band
30. Guns n' Roses

Honorable mentions:
Soundgarden
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Pearl Jam
Buddy Holly & the Crickets
Wilco
The Pretenders (maybe should be about #25)
The Go-Go's
Iggy & the Stooges
Cheap Trick

OK list but Aerosmith ? Really ?

 

[Kolchak357]

I've really been into Cheap Trick lately. Didn't really like them in my younger days. I'm late to the party as usual.

 

[Dedpop]

I've really been into Cheap Trick lately. Didn't really like them in my younger days. I'm late to the party as usual.

Never too late for Cheap Trick.
This one is one of my favourite.
For you Northern boy.

With pirates in it.

 

[invitro]

OK list but Aerosmith ? Really ?

I hate Aerosmith. Post-1988 Aerosmith is yucky awful. But their handful of big 1970's hits & album tracks is hard to deny.
Point taken, though. Maybe I should spend more time on this... I'm not completely familiar with every band I listed.

 

[Kolchak357]

I hate Aerosmith. Post-1988 Aerosmith is yucky awful. But their handful of big 1970's hits & album tracks is hard to deny.
Point taken, though. Maybe I should spend more time on this... I'm not completely familiar with every band I listed.

I'm totally with you. Like two totally different bands. They sort of lost me after Draw The Line. Still a fun live show if they are in your area though. Just a taste thing I guess, I also know people that only like the newer Aerosmith stuff.

 

[invitro]

I'm totally with you. Like two totally different bands. They sort of lost me after Draw The Line. Still a fun live show if they are in your area though. Just a taste thing I guess, I also know people that only like the newer Aerosmith stuff.

Well it's not -totally- a taste thing. Pretty much all notable critics give Rocks & Toys in the Attic very high ratings, and pretty much everything after Pump that very low ratings. (I don't get the love for Pump, even though I was the target audience, being an 18-yo white guy when it was released.)

I did like playing their Revolution X game back in the day, between workouts on DM and IJ.

 

[EldarOfSuburbia]

I'm totally with you. Like two totally different bands. They sort of lost me after Draw The Line. Still a fun live show if they are in your area though. Just a taste thing I guess, I also know people that only like the newer Aerosmith stuff.

Well, I saw Aerosmith live in '99 and it was at the height of their Diane Warren power-ballad era, and it sucked. Add in the support acts - Lenny Kravitz doing a shout out to every member of his band and allowing them to play a solo, the drummer included, put me to sleep! - and it was not one of the most memorable gigs I've been to.

KISS a couple of years earlier is a different matter. That rocked.

Luckily a friend gave me a bunch of '70s Aerosmith CDs in lieu of a debt a while back, and it opened my ears as to where they came from and what they were once capable of.

In so many ways, Aerosmith are similar to the Stones - I still maintain that Mick & Co. haven't released anything half-decent since I was born (in '73).

 

[invitro]

OK list but Aerosmith ? Really ?

Also I'd be very interested in seeing your list (or anyone's)...

 

[Naildriver74]

Lynyrd Skynyrd
Allman Brothers
ZZ Top
Greatful Dead
Deep Purple
Jethro Tull
Rush
Black Sabbath
Dylan
Hendrix

 

[Kolchak357]

Eldar, you didn't like Some Girls or Tattoo You? I liked those Stones albums a lot. Like you, I do prefer the earlier stuff though.

 

[Dedpop]

Also I'd be very interested in seeing your list (or anyone's)...

Just a short list so .
(Don't ask me for french bands thanks)

16 Horsepower +++
Alice In Chains ++
American Music Club +
Anthrax +
The B-52's +
Bad Brains +++
Bad Religion +++
Band Of Horses ++
The Beach Boys +
Beastie Boys ++
Big Star +
The Black Crowes +++
Black Sabbath +
Bob Dylan & The Band ++
The Box Tops +
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band +
The Byrds ++
Captain Beefheart +
The Cars +
Cheap Trick +
Creedence Clearwater Revival +
Crosby, Stills & Nash +
Cypress Hill +
The Delfonics +
Devo ++
Dinosaur Jr ++
The Doors ++
Downset ++
The Dramatics +
The Drifters
Eagles Of Death Metal +
Earth, Wind & Fire +
Eels ++
The Emotions +
ESG +
Faith No More +
The Flamin' Groovies +
Fleetwood Mac +
The Four Tops ++
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention ++
Fugazi +++
Gang Starr ++
Gossip ++
Grand Funk Railroad +
Grandaddy +
Grateful Dead +
Guided By Voices ++
The Gun Club ++
Guns N' Roses ++
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes +
Helmet ++
House Of Pain +++
Hüsker Du ++
Iggy Pop & The Stooges ++
The Impressions +
The Isley Brothers +
The Jackson 5 +
James Brown & The JB's ++
Jane's Addiction ++
Janis Joplin & The Holding Company +++
Jefferson Airplane +
The Jesus Lizard ++
Jethro Tull +
The Jimi Hendrix Experience ++
KC & The Sunshine Band +
Kepone +++
Kiss +
Kyuss +++
Lambchop ++
LCD Soundsystem ++
Love ++
Low ++
Lynyrd Skynyrd +
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas +
Mazzy Star +
MC5 ++
Melvins +++
Metallica +
Midlake ++
Ministry +
Minutemen ++
Moby Grape +
The Modern Lovers +
The Monkees +
Monster Magnet ++
Mudhoney ++
The National +
Neil Young & Crazy Horse ++
New York Dolls +
Nine Inch Nails +
Nirvana ++
The O'Jays +
Of Montreal ++
Onyx ++
Oxbow ++
Pantera +
Patti Smith Group ++
Pavement ++
Pixies +++
Porno For Pyros ++
Prince & The Revolution ++
Public Enemy ++
Queens Of The Stone Age ++
Quicksilver Messenger Service +
R.E.M. ++
Rage Against The Machine ++
Ramones +++
Red Hot Chili Peppers +
Redbone ++
The Replacements +
Richard Hell & The Voidoids ++
Rollins Band +
The Roots ++
Sly & The Family Stone +
Smog ++
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles +
Sonic Youth +++
Soundgarden +
Spain ++
The Spinners +
The Staple Singers +
Steppenwolf +
Steve Miller Band +
The Stray Cats +
The Strokes +
Sugar ++
Suicidal Tendencies ++
Suicide ++
Talking Heads ++
Television ++
The Temptations +
Three Dog Night +++
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers +
Tool +++++++
Tortoise +
TV On The Radio ++
The Velvet Underground +++
Violent Femmes ++
The Whispers ++
The White Stripes +
Wilco +
Wu-Tang Clan ++
Yo La Tengo ++
ZZ Top ++
...

 

[Dedpop]

August 31th, 1945
Birth of Van Morrison.

 

[invitro]

Just a short list so .

Thanks! Is there any chance of your ranking them?

 

[Dedpop]

Thanks! Is there any chance of your ranking them?

I tried but I just can't.
Only with + / ++ / +++

 

[Biff]

September 3rd, 1974
NBA guard Oscar Robertson retires.

 

[Dedpop]

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[Dedpop]

September 5th, 1957
Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" was first published.