Best American Band/Musician?

[TankiesYank]

Ah, I love a good sh!t-slinging contest.

Even the most diehard anti-septic might concede that America's best cultural contributions have come through music (Motown, college bands, etc). I'm wondering who you think the best American band or solo musician was/is.

I'd have to go with my man, the patron saint of "music to shag by"...Marvin Gaye.

 

[Lairdx]

Bruce Springsteen.

 

[Tiffy_71]

Bing Crosby, and his mates - Stills and Nash.... (shurely shum mistake...)

 

[BaggyInBlack]

Ramones

 

[adonwar]

No1 yank by far

My nomination for best male solo artist (as posted on arrse)

 

[Anubis]

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - They fcuking rock.

 

[Auld-Yin]

Top Yanks
The Eagles
ZZ Top
Any Motown - 60s & 70s


feck off Septics:
Elvis
Madonna

 

[BaggyInBlack]

No1 yank by far

My nomination for best male solo artist (as posted on arrse)

Felt sick before the 1st minute ended and had to turn it off. That is a proper crap sick video

 

[Lairdx]

Top Yanks
The Eagles
ZZ Top
Any Motown - 60s & 70s


feck off Septics:
Elvis
Madonna

Ah yes The Eagles.

 

[Tiffy_71]

No1 yank by far

My nomination for best male solo artist (as posted on arrse)

Tell me it's a p!ss-take....please??

 

[One_of_the_strange]

The Offspring, Green Day and Daphne & Celeste.

 

[bernoulli]

Frank Zappa
Lou Reed
Little Feat
Bob Dylan
Ted Nugent
Sly and the family Stone

Joan Baez
Hendrix
The Byrds
The Strokes
James Brown

and John Denver..

 

[adonwar]

No1 yank by far

My nomination for best male solo artist (as posted on arrse)

Tell me it's a p!ss-take....please??

My nomination yes .... the song sadly not

 

[TankiesYank]

And the ladies' auxiliary:

Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holiday

...and their unholy progeny, Janis Joplin and Patti Smith!

(edited to agree that Joan Baez is an American treasure)

 

[crispy_haddock]

Nickelback,
Greenday.

 

[bernoulli]

And the ladies' auxiliary:

Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holiday

...and their unholy progeny, Janis Joplin and Patti Smith!

(edited to agree that Joan Baez is an American treasure)

I would of included Joni Mitchell,  but I think she is a Canuck...

 

[TankiesYank]

No1 yank by far

My nomination for best male solo artist (as posted on arrse)

Tell me it's a p!ss-take....please??

My nomination yes .... the song sadly not

There's a "Worst American Band/Musician" thread just itching to be started here... Auld-Yin's already identified two more...

 

[76mill]

James Marshall Hendrix

 

[ctauch]

JJ Cale



Tom Waits while reading Bukowski

 

[Thebull140]

It's easy. Buddy holly, he started it all

If not The Ramones.

But lets be honest thats all the american music industry has going for it. Apart from them 2 what yank has actually started a musical genre.

And you cant have blues. Thats to cool to be counted