Fantasy Football - Footballguys Forums
Welcome to Our Forums. Once you've registered and logged in, you're primed to talk football, among other topics, with the sharpest and most experienced fantasy players on the internet.
Is Guns N' Roses a top 10 US band all-time? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Joe T
- Start date
Juxtatarot
Footballguy
Maybe they get in because you're excluding the British.
Last edited by a moderator:
Anarchy99
Footballguy
In a poll by Gibson, GNR came in 11th.
http://www.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/full-american-list-0701-2011.aspx
http://www.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/full-american-list-0701-2011.aspx
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
My initial vote was yes but this list has them 13 (has Tool at 68 so you know it's a ####ty list)
http://m.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-american-rock-bands
I'd bump the Eagles and Van Halen out because they suck . Id probably bump them ahead of Skynyrd too
So I guess they get in but closer than I thought
http://m.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-american-rock-bands
I'd bump the Eagles and Van Halen out because they suck . Id probably bump them ahead of Skynyrd too
So I guess they get in but closer than I thought
Last edited by a moderator:
mr roboto
Footballguy
Ditkaless Wonders
Footballguy
No.
wikkidpissah
Footballguy
Yes. Not my era at all, but Welcome to the Jungle is the greatest rock song of all time and gets em in all by itself, whatever else.
NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
Voted no only because there wasn't an "Oh Hell No" option.
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
Can't deny their peak when it comes to sales and popularity. They were undeniably the biggest band on the planet for a good stretch of time and that helps their case for top 10 consideration.
For me, it was one great album followed by a never ending stream of dreck.
For me, it was one great album followed by a never ending stream of dreck.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Nope.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
No way were they bigger and/or more popular than U2, who was at their biggest in the late 80s and early 90s. U2 was selling out stadiums alone everywhere then. Granted, these are two different animals - U2 and GNR are two very different rock bands - but there is no way you can say that GNR was undeniably bigger than U2.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Critics will always R.E.M, who are one of those bands critic love to drop to their knees for.
Nirvana ahead of GNR is a joke, too.
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
You're thinking about the white part of the globe. I'd call them about even in American / Europe, but there's no way U2 was more popular throughout Latin American than GnR was. Those countries love their metal.
No way were they bigger and/or more popular than U2, who was at their biggest in the late 80s and early 90s. U2 was selling out stadiums alone everywhere then. Granted, these are two different animals - U2 and GNR are two very different rock bands - but there is no way you can say that GNR was undeniably bigger than U2.
Righetti
Footballguy
U2 might have been bigger but big and sucky just means you are incredibly sucky
No way were they bigger and/or more popular than U2, who was at their biggest in the late 80s and early 90s. U2 was selling out stadiums alone everywhere then. Granted, these are two different animals - U2 and GNR are two very different rock bands - but there is no way you can say that GNR was undeniably bigger than U2.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
I thought you said "on the planet"? Now you are isolating it to Latin America?
Besides, is GNR metal? I've always thought of them as a harder Aerosmith: that kind of trashy hard rock that girls love as much as guys.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
I glossed over that, but, yikes, that is awful. Punk rock is another one of those things critics love to ejaculate over and overrate.at the ####### Ramones at #4
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
To me, they barely make it into the top 5 when it comes to metal / hard rock bands, so it's hard to throw them in top 10 overall.
In no particular order, Id put these bands ahead of them.
Metallica
VH
Motley Crue
Aerosmith (who I hate, but can't deny their sucksess)
In no particular order, Id put these bands ahead of them.
Metallica
VH
Motley Crue
Aerosmith (who I hate, but can't deny their sucksess)
TripItUp
Footballguy
jvdesigns2002
Footballguy
Definitely not in the top 10 for me. However--I would put Appetite for Destruction in as a top 10 US album of all time.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
The Allmans & Skynyrd were better, could "rock" just as hard, and were miles more versatile than any of those guys, IMO.
TripItUp
Footballguy
From that list I'd put GnR ahead of petty, aersosmith and the doors.
aerosmith and the doors are among the two most overrated bands ever.
skycriesmary
Climbing up the Walls
No, not even close. A couple of songs that were monster during the 90's do not make a top 10 US band of all time. Especially with the screeching weasel on vocals.
jvdesigns2002
Footballguy
You are dismissing the fact that the list in question only ranks Rock bands--and the Op's question only asked if G&R are a top 10 US band. One could easily argue that NWA was better than G&R in regards to talent and the way they transformed the culture of music. Also--while I'm not a fan of teeny bopper music--New Kids on the Block, Backstreet boys, and N'sync could be arguable because while their music was terrible--their album sales and popularity cannot be debated.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
That list seems to be artists overall and may be even worse than the one that David posted. They have Chuck Berry at #86 (a crime in and of itself) behind the B-52s. I think I'm gonna :X
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
TripItUp
Footballguy
jvdesigns2002
Footballguy
Not according the way the OP titled the question. I read it as top US band--which doesn't necessarily mean rock.
Doug B
Footballguy
The Gibson top-50 list is odd. While almost all the names belong, there are some baffling omissions: Where are The Cars, Styx, and Journey? I can see the list is very heavy on "influence" (or else Nirvana stall out around #15), but still.
If they can squeeze in The Boss, Elvis, and Zappa ... they can find a place for Prince and the Revolution. Also agreed about Funkadelic.
...
TripItUp, we can assume acts like Fleetwood Mac and Foreigner are left off because they are multi-national.
If they can squeeze in The Boss, Elvis, and Zappa ... they can find a place for Prince and the Revolution. Also agreed about Funkadelic.
...
TripItUp, we can assume acts like Fleetwood Mac and Foreigner are left off because they are multi-national.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Critics hate Styx and Journey, thus their exclusion. The success of both is foolish to deny, but critics hate most kind of rock described as arty (or progressive).
Last edited by a moderator:
The Future Champs
Footballguy
jvdesigns2002
Footballguy
Define what? The list is titled "greatest American rock bands". Bands like the beastie boys, run dmc, NWA don't exist on that list--and if they are somehow on that list--they would be criminally underrated.
Last edited by a moderator:
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Also, the biggest exclusion from this list is Blue Oyster Cult. They'd be near the top for me for American bands, although I get that while popular for a while, they were never huge like GNR, Metallica, VH, Eagles, etc.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Doug B
Footballguy
It occurred to me that Journey could be excluded for having a British member at one time (Aynsley Dunbar). Same with Jefferson Starship (also Dunbar).
NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
Never liked Petty that much - saw him in concert and I think I actually liked him less afterward. Aerosmith and the Doors were practically the soundtracks to different periods in my life and fit perfectly what I was into during those brief seasons. GnR never fit into anything I was doing - I always made a big profit off scalping their tickets so they have a special financial spot in my green heart.
For a top ten list I'd have to deliberate where to put Aerosmith and Doors but GnR wouldn't even enter the discussion.
Reg Lllama of Brixton
Footballguy
No. Hell no. #### no. No ####### way. Absolutely ####### not.
jvdesigns2002
Footballguy
Why should I? All I did was comment on what an author/publication titled their own list as being. There are no rap bands, hip hop bands, teeny bopper bands on that list--which is crystal clear. There is no Beastie boys on that list, no run dmc, no Boyz II Men, no n'sync, no New Kids on the Block, no Backstreet Boys--all of which are clearly US bands. If you want to know what the author of that list defined "rock" as being--ask them--not me. I'm not debating the definition of rock--I'm bringing up the point that the list in hand does not include many bands that could arguably be defined as being in the top of "US" bands. Let's not disregard that the Jackson 5 could and should easily be ranked ahead of G&R--and this list doesn't even consider them.
Last edited by a moderator:
skycriesmary
Climbing up the Walls
Petty>>>>>>>>>>>GnR. Although this is comparing apples and oranges.
bagger
Footballguy
Appetite is probably one of the top rock albums of all time, but no GNR is not a top 10.
Last edited by a moderator:
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
Does anyone in rock have an easier job than Petty?
Start song
sing half the first verse
let crowd take over the singing part
Rinse, repeat
Similar threads
