I once dated a beautiful girl from Panama who was here studying at A&M. I asked her when she got to America and she sneered at me and said:snowdog90 said:KidDoc said:
I'm a few days late to this spirited discussion but it is relevant to me as I sit here in my Iron Maiden T shirt browsing Texags.
For the topic I would submit the following in no particular order.
Tom Petty
Aerosmith
Van Halen
KISS
Metallica
ZZ Top
Eagles
All of these had success that passed through decades. That is impressive in music period.
Out of USA bands Rush and Iron Maiden are my two biggies. 40+ years of relative consistency and still putting out decent stuff. Maiden has become too proggy for me in the last 10 years but their 2000-2010 stuff was great. I think Clockwork Angels may be one of Rush's best it is outstanding.
For new rock there is a TON of great stuff out there you just have to look for it. Oddly enough most of it is coming out of Sweden. Search for some of the following bands to get started : Eclipse, Dorothy, Pretty Maids, The Pretty Reckless, H.E.A.T, W.E.T., Crazy Lixx, Chez Kane.
I love Rush, obviously, but I'm continuously amazed at any Rush fan who thinks Clockwork Angels is near the top of their work. It's good, but imo it doesn't come near the brilliamce of Rush circa 1976 - 1986.
And Rush is definitely greater than any American rock band.
After all, they kicked By-Tor's ass, saved the land of the overworld, and made it possible for any rock band to exist.
"I was BORN in America!"
To which I replied, "When did you get to the United States of America." And it was downhill from there. So, according to the lost love of my life that I couldn't hang on to because I was an uber nerd:
RUSH is the greatest band in America!