What's Your Top 3?: American Bands

Feel like we haven’t had an exciting new series for a while so here we go. No over-thinking, no spreadsheets, no calculations, just hit me with a top 3 for each topic on instinct alone.

I’ll start:

  1. Ramones
  2. REM
  3. Nirvana
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R.E.M.
Deerhunter.
R.E.M.

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3 Likes
  1. Guided By Voices
  2. Modest Mouse
  3. Pavement

could all be in my top 5 bands ever tbh

3 Likes

Blood Brothers
Beach Boys
Angel Du$t

Sleater Kinney
Bright Eyes (yes it’s a band)
Wu Tang Clan

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Fugazi
Trail of Dead
Melvins

2 Likes

Big Thief
Little Feat
White Denim

sounds like an interesting person

2 Likes

Big Dipper
The Feelies
Slovenly

Today anyway, tomorrow it could well be
REM, Yo La Tengo, American Music Club

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Do Simon & Garfunkel count as a ’band’ ? If so they’re 1

Otherwise:

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
Galaxie 500
Pixies

Honourable mentions: Mazzy Star, VU, Blondie
Dishonouable mention: Rdhouse Pinters

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  1. Blondie
  2. Nirvana
  3. The Velvet Underground

:tophat:

2 Likes

Jimmy Eat World
Sulversun Pickups
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

3 Likes

The Beastie Boys
Pavement
The Smashing Pumpkins… or Deftones?

3 Likes

Option 3: Deafness please.

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Yo La Tengo
Deerhunter
Talking Heads.

3 Likes

My Chemical Romance
Sleater-Kinney
R.E.M.

2 Likes

Wu-Tang Clan
Prince & The Revolution
Outkast

Pavement, Fugazi and Flaming Lips just missing out

2 Likes
  1. Guided By Voices
  2. The Brian Jonestown Massacre
  3. Beach House

Beach House don’t seem very popular on here, but I reckon they’re properly lovely.

Honourable mentions go to Deerhoof, Allah-Las and Ty Segall (if he counts?).

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the dude your opinion GIF

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R.E.M.
Grandaddy
The Breeders

1 Like

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Pavement
R.E.M.