The Songfactor's Choice: Best American Bands

[Yellowsnow]

1.Doors, The

2.Creedence Clearwater Revival

3.Steely Dan

4.Talking Heads

5.Velvet Underground

6.Canned Heat

7.Jefferson Airplane

8.Pearl Jam

9.Allman Brothers Band

10.R.E.M.

[Bertrand]

1. Red Hot Chili Peppers

2. White Stripes

3. Eagles

4. Guns n' Roses

5. Aerosmith

6. Metallica

7. Lynyrd Skynyrd

8. Nirvana

9. Foo Fighters

10. R.E.M.

Thank you for starting again the Songfactor's Choice, this is very good news! Had I known earlier about it, I would have loved to take part in the nomination process, as many other bands deserve to be on the list: The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Queens of the Stone Age, The Strokes, Weezer, to name a few... Great subject anyway, thank you SF!

[Zabadak]

1. REM

2. Doors

3. Throwing Muses

4. Nirvana

5. Pixies

6. Spirit

7. Devo

8. Velvet Underground

9. Temptations

10. Bill Haley & His Comets

11. Guided By Voices

12. Residents

13. Love

14. Eagles

15. Steely Dan

16. Talking Haeds

17. Ramones

18. Blondie

19. Grandaddy

20. Dandy Warhols

[Shawna]

1. Eagles

2. Lynyrd Skynyrd

3. Bob Seger

4. Boston

5. Journey

6. Cars

7. Tom Petty

8. REO Speedwagon

9. Cheap Trick

10. Monkees

[RonJonSurfer]

1. Beach Boys

2. CCR

3. Lynyrd Skynyrd

4. Doors

5. Eagles

6. Steely Dan

7. Mamas & the Papas

8. Allman Bros.

9. Four Seasons

10. Jefferson Airplane

[Farin]

1. R.E.M.

2. White Stripes, The

3. Pearl Jam

4. Red Hot Chili Peppers

5. Pixies

6. Beastie Boys

7. Nirvana

8. Foo Fighters

9. Talking Heads

10.Creedence Clearwater Revival

[MindCrime]

1. REM

2. Doors

3. Throwing Muses

4. Nirvana

5. Pixies

6. Spirit

7. Devo

8. Velvet Underground

9. Temptations

10. Bill Haley & His Comets

11. Guided By Voices

12. Residents

13. Love

14. Eagles

15. Steely Dan

16. Talking Haeds

17. Ramones

18. Blondie

19. Grandaddy

20. Dandy Warhols

Only the artists that are nominated can be counted for.

1. REM

2. Doors

3. Nirvana

4. Pixies

5. Velvet Underground

6. Eagles

7. Steely Dan

8. Talking Heads

9. Blondie

We need one more nominated artist from you please

[Lucky]

1. Eagles

2. Creedence Clearwater Revival

3. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

4. R.E.M.

5. Lynyrd Skynyrd

6. Allman Brothers Band

7. Beach Boys

8. Doors, The

9. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band

10. ZZ Top

[Lucky]

Thank you for starting again the Songfactor's Choice, this is very good news!

We think so too Bertrand, and I'm happy that you happened in on it this time.

[Zabadak]

Oops, soz!

Of course - CREEDENCE!!!

[_Laurie_]

[edna]

...just like with Sticky Fingers (the best album ever) ...the best American band ever!!

I know, there's not a final winner yet but anyways...

[RonJonSurfer]

Reading the Grand Funk interview here on SF's (always great interviews by the way) and I realized Grand Funk didn't make our list!! They're an American Band!@!

[miamisammy29]

1. Cheap Trick

2. Creedence Clearwater Revival

3. Lynyrd Skynyrd

4. Steely Dan

5. The Cars

6. Guns N' Roses

7. R.E.M.

8. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

9. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

10. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band

Honorable Mention: Aerosmith, Eagles, Foos, Monkees, Pearl Jam, Velvet Underground, Chili Peppers, several others.

[Lucky]

Reading the Grand Funk interview here on SF's (always great interviews by the way) and I realized Grand Funk didn't make our list!! They're an American Band!@!

I almost nominated them .....

[Tenacious_Peaches]

1] Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

2] Beastie Boys

3] Red Hot Chili Peppers

4] Nirvana

5] Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

6] Aerosmith

7] Lynyrd Skynyrd

8] Creedence Clearwater Revival

9] Doors, The

10] Foo Fighters

[Lucky]

Hey Mama Peach, I'm really glad you came to play with us.

[Tenacious_Peaches]

Thanks, woman. I've missed being on the Island of Misfit Toys with you lunatics.

[TheLizard]

1. The Doors

2. Bruce and E Street

3. Aerosmith

4. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

5. Pearl Jam

6. The White Stripes

7. REM

8. The Beach Boys

9. CCR

10. ZZ Top

HM: Most of the rest. AMURRICUH!

[Shawna]

Reading the Grand Funk interview here on SF's (always great interviews by the way) and I realized Grand Funk didn't make our list!! They're an American Band!@!

They don't need to be on the list... somehow it seems like they just are.

[MindCrime]

1 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

2 Metallica

3 Creedence Clearwater Revival

4 Red Hot Chili Peppers

5 Guns n' Roses

6 Doors, The

7 Aerosmith

8 Boston

9 Eagles

10 Pearl Jam

haven't been home in a few days

[MindCrime]

The Songfactors' Choice: Best American Bands

1. Creedence Clearwater Revival 89

2. The Doors 67

3. The Eagles 62

4. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band 51

5. Lynyrd Skynyrd 45

6. The Beach Boys 40

7. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 38

8. The Red Hot Chili Peppers 38

9. R.E.M. 32

10. Steely Dan 28

.................

11. Aerosmith 23

11. The Beastie Boys 23

11. Jefferson Airplane 23

11. The Mamas & the Papas 23

11. The White Stripes 23

16. Nirvana 22

17. Talking Heads 21

18. Velvet Underground 19

19. Allman Brothers Band 18

19. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band 18

19. Guns n' Roses 18

19. Pearl Jam 18

23. The Cars 17

24. Boston 16

25. Journey 13

25. Metallica 13

25. Pixies 13

28. Cheap Trick 12

29. Canned Heat 11

30. Blondie 10

30. Foo Fighters 10

32. REO Speedwagon 7

32. ZZ Top 7

34. The Four Seasons 6

35. The Lovin' Spoonful 5

36. The Monkees 1

Thanks to all who participated

[Lucky]

Who can argue with any of these? I love this list.

[MindCrime]

Who can argue with any of these?

I still see it happening on the main page though. Many of the bands that just missed the top, will be mentioned heavily I'm sure.

[TheLizard]

Eight are pretty much perfect, always thought The Eagles were just okay, never understood the appeal of Steely Dan.