Who is the best American rock band right now?

[Anonymous]

Pinegrove

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dr. Dog
Black Keys
Spoon

Dr. Dog really is one of the best IMO. Very well-rounded and appeal widely. Beautiful but easy to hear and understand lyricism, catchy hooks and melodies, amazing live performers (it’s a true experience) and genuinely good people. I’m not a great critic or connoisseur but they’re easy and fun to listen to and I’ve never introduced someone to them and they didn’t enjoy their music. I have heard they are kind of divisive in the people who really know music community so maybe I’m wrong and they’re just a forgettable guitar band and I have basic tastes. I just do think in today’s saturated internet and streaming music environment they don’t get the recognition and aren’t a household name they would have been 30 years ago, but I highly encourage anyone who hasn’t to check them out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wilco
Lucero
The War on Drugs

Jason Isbell and Drive By Truckers are also top notch.

Agree, especially Wilco. I'll add SUMAC for metal and Marcus King for more of a ballad/70s style rock.

[Anonymous]

Loving all the great bands I’m learning about. Keep them coming!

[jsteele]

Here are my nominations:

Against Me!
Teenage Bottlerocket
Dropkick Murphys
Social Distortion

Admittedly, not to everyone's taste.

[Anonymous]

Dolly Parton

Her latest album release, Rockstar, is currently the NUMBER ONE album on the Billboard Top Rock Albums Chart. Her latest effort is all rock and features some very well know rock icon guest appearances.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2023/12/01/dolly-parton-hits-no-1-for-the-first-time-on-three-billboard-charts/?sh=72ff01096069

[Anonymous]

U2 isn’t American.
But RHCP are and they are amazing live.
GVF are also excellent live (3/4 are brothers) and I love that they sound like LZ. Rock on!

[Anonymous]

RHCP suck. They haven’t had a decent album since Mother’s Milk. The guys in the band are all incredibly stupid too. All their new songs sound exactly alike.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:RHCP suck. They haven’t had a decent album since Mother’s Milk. The guys in the band are all incredibly stupid too. All their new songs sound exactly alike.

And how has Anthony kiedis not been canceled?

And Frusciante is a jerk.

That said, I like many of their recent albums.

[Anonymous]

The Blue Stones

I think they are Canadian....but close enough?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Killers

Foo
Greta van fleet

Rhcp

Black keys

And my fave, The Strokes.

So underrated. I recently said to a group of other mid-40s guys with similar musical taste that the Strokes saved rock n roll and they all kind of scoffed at me.

But bands like the Strokes and The White Stripes had to bring it back to the fuzzy garage sound to get away from the horrible rock scene that was 97-02. It had to get away from the Korn/Limp Bizcuit non-sense and bring it back to just a few musicians in a room making loud noises

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My picks:

The Killers
Foo Fighters
Red Hot Chili Peppers

It is clearly The National. Maybe the War on Drugs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Greta Van Fleet. Amazing.

The National/War on Drugs poster ^^ I also think Greta Van Fleet fits this category.

Manchester Orchestra too. And Death Cab for Cutie.

Whoever said rock is dead was clueless.

[Anonymous]

For about a decade, it was the Silversun Pickups.

But you can probably just say: whatever band Jack White happens to be in at the moment

[Anonymous]

The Nude Party is good too, reminiscent of REM.