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Question: Which country has the best rock music? USA or UK?
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buritobr
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« on: April 19, 2017, 06:55:03 PM »

It is hard to choose.

In one side of the Atlantic, we can find Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Doors, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Ramones, Metallica, Guns n Roses, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Strokes...

In the other side of the Atlantic, we can find Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Queen, Iron Maiden, Oasis, Blur, Radiohead, Franz Ferdinand...
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« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2017, 07:03:19 PM »

The Beatles alone put the UK over the US.
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« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2017, 07:27:49 PM »

I like most of the bands on both lists, but I have to give the edge to the UK.
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« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2017, 09:17:43 PM »

UK wins because Elvis Costello and Van Morrison are enough to beat any country.
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« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2017, 09:31:16 PM »

I voted for the U.S. to balance out the result, and also to remind you all not to forget two of the Greatest Bands: Talking Heads and Velvet Underground (granted VU had British influences via John Cale, but still)
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« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2017, 07:22:12 AM »

It was invented in the US.  The best UK bands (at least the first couple generations of them) were just copying their favorite American artists.  The UK has way more than their fair share of bands and artist at the top of the list, so it's impossible to argue one is wrong to pick the UK here, I just think the birth of it and the huge influence American artists had on UK artists pushes it back towards the US.
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« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2017, 08:25:14 AM »

Post-Punk alone wins it for the UK.
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« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2017, 09:15:43 AM »

It was invented in the US.  The best UK bands (at least the first couple generations of them) were just copying their favorite American artists.  The UK has way more than their fair share of bands and artist at the top of the list, so it's impossible to argue one is wrong to pick the UK here, I just think the birth of it and the huge influence American artists had on UK artists pushes it back towards the US.

Cultural appropriation!!!!
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« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2017, 09:27:26 AM »

The Beatles alone put the UK over the US.

Dude, we have the King...

Anyway, "per artist" goes to the UK (at least of the artists who were known in America), but overall ... probably a nice tie. Smiley
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« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2017, 09:31:14 AM »

The U.S. U.K. rock music is too removed from the source, hence why the most overrated band from each decade has always come from the U.K. - The Beatles in the '60s, David Bowie in the '70s, The Smiths in the '80s, and Radiohead in the '90s.
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« Reply #10 on: April 20, 2017, 09:38:52 AM »
« Edited: April 21, 2017, 05:25:32 AM by Meclazine »

In the 60's and 70's, the UK easily.

Apart from Jimi Hendrix, the UK had Led Zepplin, Black Sabbath, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles.

But in the 80's and 90's, the USA took over. Van Halen, Guns 'n Roses, Metallica, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Slayer.

Even Def Leppard moved to the USA in an attempt to crack the market there.

So it swings around.

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« Reply #11 on: April 21, 2017, 02:45:17 AM »

Tough call.

Favorite US:
Metal: Metallica, Alice In Chains, Deftones, Avenged Sevenfold, Guns n Roses, Van Halen, Korn, System Of A Down, Slipknot, Mötley Crüe

Hard Rock: Shinedown, The Offspring, Chevelle, Disturbed, Five Finger Death Punch, Papa Roach, Creed, Godsmack, Puddle Of Mudd, Staind, Tool, Bon Jovi (80s), Aerosmith (80s)

Alternative: Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Linkin Park, Green Day, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Weezer, Stone Temple Pilots, The Offspring, Cage The Elephant, Soundgarden, Nine Inch Nails, Queens Of The Stone Age, 30 Seconds To Mars, Incubus, 3 Doors Down, 311, Jane's Addiction, Beastie Boys, Jimmy Eat World, Marilyn Manson, Kings Of Leon, The Killers, The White Stripes, R.E.M., Lenny Kravitz

Punk/Emo: My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco, Blink-182, Paramore, Good Charlotte, AFI, All Time Low, A Day To Remember, Rise Against

Pop/Rock: Imagine Dragons, Twenty One Pilots, Bleachers, The All-American Rejects, No Doubt

Adult Rock: Dave Matthews Band, Matchbox 20, Goo Goo Dolls, Lifehouse, Train, The Fray, OneRepublic, Jack Johnson, Bruce Springsteen, Plain White T's, O.A.R., Bon Jovi (90s-), Aerosmith (90s-)

Christian: Skillet, Flyleaf, Switchfoot, P.O.D., Third Day, Casting Crowns, Needtobreathe

Indie: Silversun Pickups, Death Cab For Cutie, The Strokes, The Black Keys, Beck, Interpol, Modest Mouse, The Lumineers, TV On The Radio, Portugal. The Man

New Wave/Synth: The B-52s, Devo

Favorite UK:
Metal: Black Sabbath, Bullet For My Valentine, Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne

Hard Rock: Royal Blood, Led Zeppelin, Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Judas Priest

Alternative: Muse, Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys, Bush, Franz Ferdinand, Oasis, Catfish and The Bottlemen, The Clash, Queen, Sex Pistols, The Kooks

Pop/Rock: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, The Who

Adult Rock: Snow Patrol

Indie: Radiohead, Bloc Party, Mumford and Sons, Alt-J, Bastille

New Wave/Synth: The 1975, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran
  
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« Reply #12 on: April 21, 2017, 05:26:37 AM »

Adult Rock hey.

I always thought Bruce Springsteen was mid-life crisis rock.
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« Reply #13 on: April 21, 2017, 06:02:58 AM »

The Jam, The Clash, Elvis Costello, The Who, Bowie, ELO, Tears for Fears, and The Zombies have to edge out Creedence, The Band, The Beach Boys, and The Talking Heads, love the American bands as I do.
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« Reply #14 on: April 21, 2017, 07:33:17 AM »

US for variety and the invention of it but the UK for some great bands too, Stones, The Who, Pink Floyd, etc.
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« Reply #15 on: April 21, 2017, 09:33:13 AM »

1950-1960: USA
1960-1980: UK
1980-1995: USA
1995-2000: UK
2000-: tie

Since I consider that the 1960s and the 1970s were the best decades for the rock music, I voted for UK
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« Reply #16 on: April 21, 2017, 12:20:42 PM »

Write-in: Canada.

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« Reply #17 on: April 21, 2017, 12:41:40 PM »

Would've been inclined to agree with you had it not been for "Southern Man".
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« Reply #18 on: April 21, 2017, 12:43:19 PM »

This would be the correct answer if we were talking about woman singers of the 90s.
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