Friends, I think British/English music bands are superior to american bands. For instances;

Rock
The Beatles
Rolling stones
Led Zepellin
Dire Straits
Pink Flyod
Whitesnake
Oasis
Queen
The Yardbirds
Bush
Who

Metal
Iron Maiden
Black Sabbath(Pioneer)
Judas Priest
UFO

Punk
Sex pistol (Pioneer)
The Clash


What's your opinion guys????

Good! now also think where they gain their major popularity, America !!!

Keep on rockin'

How about modern American bands like
Foo Fighters
Killers
Kings of Leon
Green Day
Linkin Park
Staind
RHCP
3 Doors Down
Shinedown
Black Flag
The Distillers,
Rancid
The Offspring
Lost Lonely Boys
Sublime
Avenged Sevenfold
Maroon 5
Creed
Lifehouse

 nirvana
metallica
gun s roses
green day
red hot chilli paper
blink 182
matchbox twenty
pearl jam
eagles
incubus



american bands

 Soundgarden
Alice IN Chains
Rage agaisnt the Machine
System of down

and there are many more coming frm teh american music scene however the british are reallly the pioneers but what abt today!! i guess the Americans are taking good control on the marketing and popularity section of the bands these days limiting it to the Americans except for the few exceptionals!!

Thanks guys for comments. But only very few bands you guys mentioned have been successful attaining mammoth status as comparred to English/Brit bands I wrote.

Yes britishers exported Rock n Roll to the rest of the world when it started but actually gained fame in North America. USA has pretty much taken over the western music industry  now. These days USA is the number one exporter of Music. Jazz, Rock, Metal, Alternative and punk..you name it, USA has the upper hand.

But i do agree that Britishers were the pioners of rock music. In my hay days i used to be a big Judas Priest Fan. I still listen to little Pink Floyd, Led Zep, David Bowie and few other Brits bands.

Kurt Cobain had the poster of Iron Maiden ih his room (It was one out of only 2 posters in his room). He started playing music with Beatles songs when he was a kid.

@Nalapani,

What's your point Nalapani. Do u know that Beatles are heavily influenced by American singers/guitarists/songwriters like Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard. John lennon used to worship Bob Dylan who happened to be great American poet/song writer/musician. Led Zeppelin was heavily influenced by American musicians like Howling Wolf and Muddy Waters.

I really didn't get your point.

 Hey, u left Def Leppard among British.

@ All the way

I am not claiming britons are greater. All I wanna see is your views on this. Whatever you said is very true. Keep rocking dude !!!

@ silence
Yes! you are rite. I forgot them. There are still many more like Eric Clapton, Elton John, Wham, The verve, Travis, Radiohead, Venom, Cradle of Filth,........................

One more American Band:

TOOL

Where is Coldplay . in the list ?

Too much of commercialization and bigbudget is making harder for new talents and indie songs to come to scene. Its definately needed for artist to survive but you know..........

When we think about American music most of the time we think about  hip hop stuffs where black people dancing around with scars, tapes and lockets. Although i do enjoy many of that song but I don't think it is the finest music.

I also feel in general british bands are better and sooting than US bands. Although there are greats bands in US.   On current band i really  like muse.

I also forgot to mention legendary englihs rock band DEEP PURPLE. 

Great American Bands
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
The Eagles
Chicago
Allman Brothers
Foreigner
Nirvana
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (over-rated IMO)
REM
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Green Day
The Cars
+ more


Great American Musicians labeled as Solo Artists
Jimi Hendrix
Stevie Ray Vaughan
BB King
Bo Diddley
Muddy Waters
Buddy Guy
John Mellencamp
Prince
Jerry Lee Lewis
Michael Jackson
+more

Before you write the Americans off, check inside the link how many of the bluesmen have Yankee roots:
The 20 Greatest Blues Albums Of All-Time

No Quiero,

I would not underestimate Blacks for their contribution in the modern music. I agree Hip/Hop (which is not my taste)  is more like a lifestyle and culture than music but  i give full credit for blacks for inventing Rock n Roll, blues, Jazz, Ragge and all. The legendary bands were all influenced by old timer black musicians. Elvis, Beatles, Eric Clapton, Led Zepplin all looked up to some black musician.

The only music whites have created is Line Dancing and Techno Trance....IMO

Whites learned music from the Blacks and made them popular.  Similar to Ram Thapa and Kumar Basnet in Nepal.... collected the music created by Kaami, Damai in Nepal...and made their musc/songs popular.

 

 Another Great American Bands:

Lynyrd Skynyrd
Aerosmith
Bon Jovi
Megadeath
Dream Theater
ZZ Top
Grand Funk Railrod
CCR 
Greatful Dead
Santana
Pearl Jam
Van Helan
Heart
The Beach Boys
The Doors
Pantera
Slayer
Anthrax
Poison
Mr. Big
Alice Cooper
Faith No More
Velvet Underground
Steely Dan
 
Will give u more name later,

Keep on rockin'