Top 5 greatest American bands of all time

[Abones]

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Tales of a Scorched Earth is heavier than anything by Metallica

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wtf? so I'll admit that I haven't heard this album, but have you actually heard any of the pre-MTV metallica? no one is talking about "load", "st anger" or the black album when they are talking about metallica.

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The first CD's I ever bought were Kill 'Em All and Ride The Lightning

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How can you honestly say that Tales of a Scorched Earth is heavier than anything on Kill 'Em All?

[Syko_Skotty]

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Remember- I'm not just talking about your own personal favorites, I'm talking about the how prolific they were and their international popularity.

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<font color="blue"> Based on the above criteria (prolific and international popularity) I make the following list in no particular order:

The Eagles

Cheap Trick

Aerosmith

ZZ Top

KISS


Flame away, but these bands have the most international recognition and are all extremely prolific.</font>

[Stagger_Lee]

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Pretty funny when you see people bagging Nickelback and Creed whilst loving Metallica in the same thread. If MTV didn't put those names in the bottom of the screen how would you know what crap you were listening to anyway.

Kiss [censored] all over Metallica and they weren't even serious.



This is the dumbest thing I have ever read.

If Metallica sounds like Nickelback and Creed then Kiss sounds like Run DMC.

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Nothing to do with the way they sound - the point is that they are all great examples of the "beancounter" rock genre. Metallica are right up there with The Monkees &amp; history will not treat them kindly for it.

[prohornblower]

So your theory is that an albums success is directly related to how long it took to come out? So if my little brother records an album on a laptop in like 3 days, does that mean it's the greatest album ever? That is a dumb way to look at things. They already have a quantity of songs in their collection, so at this point I think it's OK to hold out for quality.

Anyway, forget Chinese Democracy. I say they are top 5 without it; what I said was that with it, they will make many more lists.

Here are some great pieces of music by GNR:

Welcome to the Jungle
It's So Easy
Nighttrain
Out to Get Me
Mr. Brownstone
Paradise City
Sweet Child O' Mine
Rocket Queen
Patience
Used to Love Her
You're Crazy
Live and Let Die (remake)
Don't Cry
November Rain
Civil War
Yesterdays
Knockin' on Heavens Door (remake)
Estranged
You Could be Mine
Sympathy for the Devil (remake)
Hair of the Dog (remake)

That is a really good body of work.

And 7 of the 9 songs from their new album I've already heard and are all top-notch. The remaining 4 supposed songs I have not yet heard.

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Pretty funny when you see people bagging Nickelback and Creed whilst loving Metallica in the same thread. If MTV didn't put those names in the bottom of the screen how would you know what crap you were listening to anyway.

Kiss [censored] all over Metallica and they weren't even serious.



This is the dumbest thing I have ever read.

If Metallica sounds like Nickelback and Creed then Kiss sounds like Run DMC.

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Nothing to do with the way they sound - the point is that they are all great examples of the "beancounter" rock genre. Metallica are right up there with The Monkees &amp; history will not treat them kindly for it.

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I don't even know what to say to this... The Monkees were a fake TV band. Metallica was at one point the most popular metal band on the planet. Metallica influenced countless other bands and created some of the most memorable metal songs in history.

[Claunchy]

This is clearly one of those threads everyone posts in but doesn't read what anyone else put (at least that's what I did), but whatever.

1. Beach Boys
2. Talking Heads
3. Pixies
4. CCR
5. Johnny Cash (I'm counting this as a "band" cuz I want to).

[tsearcher]

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This is clearly one of those threads everyone posts in but doesn't read what anyone else put (at least that's what I did), but whatever.

1. Beach Boys
2. Talking Heads
3. Pixies
4. CCR
5. Johnny Cash (I'm counting this as a "band" cuz I want to).

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Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Three were a band for quite a while.

[OrangeCat]

Beach Boys
Doors
Allman Bros.
Aerosmith
Nirvana

Eagles and Van Halen if I get to name the top seven.

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Tales of a Scorched Earth is heavier than anything by Metallica

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wtf? so I'll admit that I haven't heard this album, but have you actually heard any of the pre-MTV metallica? no one is talking about "load", "st anger" or the black album when they are talking about metallica.

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The first CD's I ever bought were Kill 'Em All and Ride The Lightning

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How can you honestly say that Tales of a Scorched Earth is heavier than anything on Kill 'Em All?

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I could argue it both ways, that's all. They are completely different kinds of "heavy" so I perhaps it was a poor statement.

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Pretty funny when you see people bagging Nickelback and Creed whilst loving Metallica in the same thread. If MTV didn't put those names in the bottom of the screen how would you know what crap you were listening to anyway.

Kiss [censored] all over Metallica and they weren't even serious.



This is the dumbest thing I have ever read.

If Metallica sounds like Nickelback and Creed then Kiss sounds like Run DMC.

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Nothing to do with the way they sound - the point is that they are all great examples of the "beancounter" rock genre. Metallica are right up there with The Monkees &amp; history will not treat them kindly for it.

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Did I say you're "pretty misinformed" about Metallica? I'd like to rephrase-- you're "blindly ignorant" about Metallica.