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As a Canadian my favorite U.S. bands are...The Doors, Velvet Underground, Iggy Pop, Ramones, Circle Jerks, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, The Lemonheads, Sonic Youth, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Alice In Chains, REM, Janes Addiction, Metallica. *Ron Reyes has been living here in Vancouver Canada since 1985. I'll say hi for you & tell him to watch your YT channel when i bump into him again.*
@@vinylrichie007 Agreed Ron is the shit, but better than Keith Morris on Nervous Breakdown Richie? Even if that was all he did, he'd still be punk royalty in my mind.
@@benrankins4446 I think on my video Keith Morris was my number two Punk singer. So no Ron is not better than Keith. But SaintMartins doesn’t need to tell him that. I’m just trying to get Ron to watch my video.
Very cool... No Lynard Skynerd? No Allman Bros.? No Germs? No Steve Miller Band? No X? Yea... it's hard to wrap 25. Keep on keeping on. Peace on earth.
Really cool video. I like your spread of music, some of it I already love and the rest I'm going to give a listen. I might need to start smokin weed again to dig into that Byrds stuff😂
@@vinylrichie007 ( not a subject related to this post ) but I need your help. I think you are the only one on earth able to help me. Lookin' for a 1982 punk song that goes more or less "You can come around my house, you can sit & read my books, you can drink my Pepsi, yeah ... ... far to me , My mommy says, better change my ways, I won't share my toys with the other boys ... Been lookin for that song for this song/bands since 1982 +/- . Thanks
Great list. 1.When I was 15 my band opened for Redd Kross in 1987. Teen Babes From Monsanto is my fave also! 2.When I was 17 saw L7 at CBGB when they only had their first LP on their own label (I bought it at the show). I was wearing a Black Flag Slip It In shirt and the guitarist came up to me and said "Hey! I'm the girl's voice on Slip It In!!!" 3. Everything went Black was my first punk album I ever owned in 1982. Cheers!
Fantastic dude. I yelled “yeah”! When you included Jefferson Airplane at number 4. Man your wide music taste is impeccable. I LOVE hearing you share your thoughts.
I came here because of Mizzy and I am glad I did. Fantastic list...Redd Kross are an American treasure. Tim at Middle Earth was salty but there was a guy named Joe that worked there who was fantastic. Did you ever go the Best Records in Cerritos?!
@@birdy1numnum Joe was a cool dude. Tim was always cool with me but I saw him be an a-hole more than once. Was Best Records a record store? I’m glad you stopped by. I apologize for the length of this video. I try to keep them around 20 minutes. Hope to see you stop by again,
Amazing list Richie, surprised to see REM on your list, but cool that you included them, I would have placed them higher of course, but only because they were my favorite band. Saw L7 and the Melvins at a small club in '97 or '98, L7 were touring for Bricks are Heavy, fantastic show. The Buttholes definitely deserve a spot on the Greatest American Bands list, their 80s output is probably my favorite, but I do like Independant Worm Saloon too. I knew your list would be punk heavy, but you surprised me with the Byrds as your no.1 pick. They were a great band.
Interesting choice for #1. It's not a band I've ever paid any mind to; they weren't in my atmosphere at the time I really started to love music. I don't know how anyone can whittle down to 25 US bands but you managed it. Well done. I hope all is well! Cheers, Tom
I think of myself as mainly a fan of British bands, but whenever I start making lists of American ones I always surprise myself at how many I like...probably a mixture of solo artists and bands to be honest. I'm a very late REM convert. Weather Report I need to get more of their classic records. I actually purged my copy of Heavy Weather a while back. The only two Doors records I've ever really clicked with are the debut and LA Woman, both of which are among my favourite albums of all time. Love that Sly Family Stone best-of. The drummer that played on 'Fresh' was Andy Newmark who was on John Lennon's last album. I saw him play live in Liverpool a couple years ago with the other guys from those sessions.
Brilliant video! Sly, Cramps, Doors, the Airplane, NWA, Beasties, Beach Boys, Ramones!!!! You should have jammed Brian Jonestown Massacre in there! The Byrds are a fine #1, but no place for Love?!?! That is sacrilege. Good stuff though 🇺🇸
@@TheVinylVoyage-ud3uf Love are great. To be honest Kaleidoscope are the 60s LA band that I had the hardest time leaving off. Thanks for watching and leaving the comment.
Slayer, WAR, L7, NWA(i've got that tattooed in my arm), The Smashing Pumpkins, The Doors(my dad's favorite band), The Cramps, The Grateful Dead, Black Flag, The Stooges, Sly & The Family Stone, The Misfits, Beastie Boys, Jefferson Airplane, The Beach Boys(the pet sounds sound like two different records), The Ramones and The Byrds. Damn dude, great freaking list, as you may notice i really like them eheh. Nice vid mate, have a nice weekend
I was releaved to see The Byrds come in at number one ..I thought you were going to pass on them but thankfully you gave them the recognition they deserve ..My only add would be Talking Heads as a top 25 but a great list regardless ..
I struggled with including hip-hop groups. To me, it was similar to including singing groups. Although, NWA and Public Enemy I would consider. I would definitely consider The Roots. But damnit! Damnit! Why didn’t I think of The Beastie Boys?!?!! Arrrrgh! I screwed up there. Possibly… Would I have put them in my Top 15? Great list. Even if you include The Doors. 😎🤣 So happy to see Sly & the Family Stone as high as #7. A few people gave me crap for including them. You told me who your #1 would be and you stuck to it. Thanks for doing this. Really enjoyed it. The 39 minutes almost flew by. 😂 Congrats to your Dodgers!
I’ve never checked out the Roots. I have a difference of opinion with anyone that criticized you for including Sly and the Family Stone. Aren’t you the person that did a video on Spoon? Thanks for watching.
@ I like The Doors just fine. It’s just a vibe I’m putting out there now because I angered The Doors Army with my list. I do think they are overrated. “The Beard Years” were a steady decline imo.
Hey Richie..thanks for doing this..loved your list..REM👍👍Weather Report…not familiar with Big Black..Will give them a listen..I could never get the Velvet Underground..Stand is a friggin great record…The Airplane❤❤great video👍❤glen
I don’t think you will like Big Black. I think you should give the Velvet Underground songs Pale Blue Eyes and Jesus a listen. Both songs are on youtube. Those songs are on the 3rd Velvet Underground album.
That was very entertaining. I have to admit I was shocked with your number one, not that I don't think they are well deserved but I just didn't think that would be your pick! I hope we have a lot more submissions to this thread. take care my friend.
@@elliottcrews4997 I had the Beach Boys at two but changed them to three right before filming. This was a great idea and a fun video to do. Be good, take care and don’t forget to vote.
I have watched a couple of these and your list is the one the closely mirrors what I would pick, no huge surprise though. I had asked Jon about Rap groups, where is Public Enemy? There are some great rap bands. Not surprised about #1 but for me, I just don’t listen to The Byrds, I use to have a lot of their earlier stuff but after their Notorious album I moved on. Maybe I’ll pop on the Byrds today.
In no particular order. Funkadelic, Jellyfish, CCR, Pere Ubu, The New York Dolls, James Gang, Flipper, Ted Nugent with Derek St. Holmes, Black Flag, Television, Alice Cooper Band, Grand Funk Railroad, Love, Swans, Bob Seger Sound System, ZZ Top, St. Vitus, Chrome, MC5, Neurosis, The Stooges, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Meat Puppets, Blue Oyster Cult of course The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Very good list of bands. I’ll comment about a few. I love the 2nd and 3rd studio albums by Grand Funk plus the live album but they lost me after that. The Alice Cooper Band is one that deserves to be included. I never got into Jellyfish. I was going to check out the new reissues but they supposedly sound terrible.
@vinylrichie007 Same. Early Grand Funk for sure! Alice Cooper, early on! Jellyfish definitely grew on me. Of course they definitely channeled a ton of Beatles/Byrds/Ballinger and The Sweet. Just like you, I certainly dig Red Kross!! And of course Cheap Trick, lol!!!
Normally I don't watch ridiculously long videos. However it was time well spent. I hear people rag on Walmart records but I find their exclusives usually sound great. Nice list of bands.🍻
Normally I don’t watch ridiculously long videos either. I aim to keep my videos 20 minutes or shorter. Some go longer. If it feels organic I don’t really worry about it. The Wal Mart version of Love Supreme by John Coltrane is the same as the Acoustic Sounds which probably cost three times more. Someone on a livestream agreed that the pressing is the same but Walmart didn’t use the same quality of vinyl. I called BS on that. The Metallica Walmart exclusives are better than any reissue and most likely better than the originals. Thanks for watching this video that did go on a bit too long.
Sorry for being goofy but I''m just trying to brighten people's days, but I know I'm not for everybody. Love seeing Velvet Underground on your list! Ramones debut album is my favorite of theirs! Glen will be so happy to see the Grateful Dead, but not the Beach Boys. I've become a huge fan of them since hearing albums such as Sunflower, Surf's Up and others.
Richie, fun survey of US bands. My deluxe version cd of The Doors, '' The Soft Parade'' has two bonus songs, ''Who Scared You'' and a song with Ray Manzarek on vocals, '' ( You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further''. Those two tunes were B- sides and are included on the compilation, ''Weird Scenes Inside The Goldmine'', the double album which was my introduction to the band when I was a teen. In a previous video you said that Weather Report was a Prog- Rock band, I agree 100%. I also agree with Miles Davis,'' Fresh'' is my fave Sly album. Signe Anderson, the lead female vocalist on JA ''Takes Off'' died on the same day as JA's Paul Kantner, just a few hours apart. I grabbed a fantastic Beastie Boys 2 cd compilation, ''The Sound Of Science'', it's got some unreleased and hard-to- find tracks, I paid 3 dollars for it.
That Doors Soft Parade CD is very good. It is so weird that Paul Kantner and Signe Anderson both passed away on the same day. Thanks for leaving the comment.
Great picks Pat, but no Talking Heads or Sonic Youth? It would be interesting to see your take on the best UK bands? You (and I) might need more than 25 though!
Great list. I’d add Creedence Clearwater Revival somewhere. Maybe The Replacements, Sonic Youth, and The Pixies. Big Star was a great band and one of the biggest influences on 80s alternative, though they only stuck around for two albums.
I imagine that your will be unlike some of the others videos I will likely watch on this topic. Because I am so predictable, VU would be #1 for me (probably).
Some cool bands there..I saw Big Black live in the 80s Some real good American bands that got overlooked Lords of the New Church The Meat men Dion& the Belmonts
It would be interesting to compare top 25 North American vs U.K. All-Time Bands/Artists and see who comes out on top. Beatles, The Clash, Rolling Stones vs The Beach Boys, The Stooges, Marvin Gaye! So many conversations to be had 😎🎸
As a proud American 🇺🇸 my favorite U.S. bands are, The Beach Boys, Chicago (band), Van Halen, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, Dokken, Ratt, Guns N’ Roses, Slayer, Mötley Crüe Megadeth, Pantera and Metallica.
“Sing A Simple Song” is on Stand!. At least it is on the copy that I have. It’s the fifth song on the album, last song on side one. I have the copy in my hand, which makes this really hard to type on my phone.
@@vinylrichie007 ok Now I see the mix-up. I only have those songs on Sly and the Family Stone’s album Anthology. Which was a later greatest hits album from the one you showed. And it does contain those three songs you mentioned. I only had Anthology for years and just recently picked the Stand! album. I figure I might be covered, but I’m curious if you would recommend any other studio albums to look into.
You pronounced “Monsanto” as if it was an LA neighborhood. It’s actually a huge agribusiness corporation famous for their reckless bio-engineering of crops. Hence the album title hints at cloning of “teen babes.”
Great list great Video as always! 25 isn‘t easy, IMO the Doors are overrated, would change them for X or pere ubu/wipers/minor thread/descendents…! Cheers
WAR, Weather Report? Heck yea! Mysterious Traveler my personal fav....R.E.M. UH HUH.....I was hoping you’d pull the Dead out...Rich 😮no Canned Heat?? Great list though, good description of each....
Steely Dan, Sly and Family Stone, velvet underground, Funkadelic, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Wu tang, REM, RHCP, Booker T and MGs, Talking Heads, Blondie, Pixis, Allman Bros, Doors, Earth Wind & Fire, Ramones, black crowes, little fear (with Lowell), Santana, Wilco, Flying Buritto Bros, the Jazz Messengers, public enemy, beach boys (non surf stuff) Television/Modern Lovers
Santana, The Doors, The Dead, Velvet Underground, The Stooges, The Airplane, and The Byrds would be on my top 25. Also do you know if the Chuck Biscuits comes with sausage gravy?
Rinyl Vichie how ya been? So...I have to go with Historically speaking for the Greatest U.S band..... The Beach Boys Created a sound that really has never been duplicated at the level The Beach Boys achieved.....Also another in my top 5..CCR...Just a Great band (as I'm sure you know). I would have put the Doors a bit higher and (I know your not big on these guys) But Chicago deserves to be close to the top 5......Great band! Anyhow fly low, beat the radar and all that Crap!!! Out!
I’m big on the Doors. Chicago not so much. I agree with about the Beach Boys. I actually had them at 2 but moved them to 3 right before filming. Three all time ain’t bad.
Yea a Vinyl Richie video that starts off with Slayer! Hell 👍! L7 this is going to be a list that goes back and forth. Metallica! REM only got one record shown, yea. That was Digital Gramaphone #1. He didn’t have Doors at all on his list. He told me I just got zonked. We like Pumpkins. There are the Doors 🚪 of perception, man! Other than Heroin, I still can’t click with Velvet Underground. Peace ☮️ Namaste 🙏 the Zonkman
A lot of people don’t get the Velvet Underground. I didn’t like them until the 80s. I like REM but no way are they #1. Part of these type of lists is generational.
Parliament/Funkadelic would be 26 or 27. I really like the first MC5 but not a big fan of Back In The USA. I haven’t any of their other albums. A couple of them recorded with GG Allin though.
Love how your number one and Mazzy's would probably be the same but you're number 25 (and pretty much everything else) wouldn't even register with Old Man San Fran 😂
Fun list. 1. Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band 2. The Stooges 3. Television 4. The Velvet Underground 5. The Feelies 6. Big Star 7. Funkadelic 8. Hüsker Dü 9. Dinosaur Jr. 10. R.E.M. 11. Talking Heads 12. Fugazi 13. X 14. Nirvana 15. Sleater-Kinney 16. Blue Cheer 17. MC5 18. Metallica 19. Ramones 20. Mission of Burma 21. DIO 22. Melvins 23. Sparks 24. Slayer 25. Creedence Clearwater Revival 26. Sly & the Family Stone 27. The Temptations 28. The Gun Club 29. Bad Brains 30. Misfits Bubblin': Cramps, Black Flag, Love, Pere Ubu, Kyuss, Sleep, Van Halen, ZZ Top.
Just off the top of my dome & in no particular order … *Redbone* *MC5* *Grand Funk Railroad* *Riot* *Lynyrd Skynyrd* Minor Threat *Society System Decontrol* *Jimi Hendrix / The Jimi Hendrix Experience* *Jimi Hendrix / Band of Gypsy’s* *10,000 Maniacs* *The Freeze* Sir Lord Baltimore *Band of Horses* *Possessed* *The Doors* *War on Drugs* *Dead Kennedys* *Beastie Boys* *Sly & The Family Stone*
Man lots of killer albums and bands from the greatest country in the world whose future is now murky at best. Hard to argue with any of your picks. Love the Doors! I’ve really been getting into the Butthole Surfers lately and the Cramps too! I have to thank you for turning me onto Redd Kross I love those guys and the albums you showed are among the ones I picked up at your recommendation. I actually just picked up L7 Hungry for Stink basically after watching this killer Rock Doc about Lollapalooza and their song Andres. If you haven’t seen that Lollapalooza doc It’s on Prime Check it out Pretty awesome! Peace ✌️👽
Interesting choices. I agree with some disagree with a few but I like how unique your list was. Biggest surprise was the Byrds at number one. Im a big fan too. They tend to be a bit underrated these days but their mix of folk and rock was the start of an entire genre. I actually prefer their first lps in mono. To me they just hit harder in mono. I think all rock pre 1966 should be heard in mono! Just my opinion. Im not gonna nitpick everyone has their favorites and their reasons. But for me nothing can touch the Velvets they were and still are to me the best US band ever. The one I can never understand is the Beach Boys. Granted they were an excellent singles band. But for my money they never released a good lp. Not even Pet Sounds is good all the way through. Two great songs and whatever for the rest. Anyway enjoyed the video.
I love the Byrds and not only their early albums. I didn’t care for Velvet Underground until the 80s. Really not many liked Velvet Underground in the 60s. I generally prefer stereo but mono is preferred up to 65 or 66. But I’m perfectly fine with most stereo versions.
No ZZ Top, No CCR, No Talking Heads, No Devo. No Van Halen 🙄lol, I knew the Ramones was either #1 or #2 as much as you've been showing them recently, they're definitely my favorite US punk band. it's your list so just tell me to eff off..lol take care VR 🤘🤘.
Your list is good but not great. Your omissions of Aerosmith and Creedence Clearwater Revival is akin to leaving Bach and Brahms off the greatest classical composers list. Also, you left off Husker Du, arguably the most influential US punk band. I hope you and your viewers, don't take offense to my comments. Just wanted to share my two cents. Thank you for sharing your awesome album collection and your perspective on the best US bands.
@@vinylrichie007 Jack of Jefferson Airplane took me in with him twice when we poor kids were bumming for tickets outside the Fillmore East. Bobby of the Dead did the same three times. Love those two bands!! And love those two righteous brothers But no Jimi Hendrix Experience? Richie, you're killing me....
As a Canadian my favorite U.S. bands are...The Doors, Velvet Underground, Iggy Pop, Ramones, Circle Jerks, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, The Lemonheads, Sonic Youth, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Alice In Chains, REM, Janes Addiction, Metallica.
*Ron Reyes has been living here in Vancouver Canada since 1985. I'll say hi for you & tell him to watch your YT channel when i bump into him again.*
If you do get a chance to tell Ron Reyes about my channel let him know I think he was Black Flag’s best vocalist. Thanks for the comment.
@@vinylrichie007 Agreed Ron is the shit, but better than Keith Morris on Nervous Breakdown Richie? Even if that was all he did, he'd still be punk royalty in my mind.
@@benrankins4446 I think on my video Keith Morris was my number two Punk singer. So no Ron is not better than Keith. But SaintMartins doesn’t need to tell him that. I’m just trying to get Ron to watch my video.
@@vinylrichie007 It's all about the views mate 👍
@ I live for subs and views.
My initial response was, what were you thinking, 39 minutes. The time actually flew by. What a great video.
When I was making this I figured it would be over 20 minutes.
This is the best video I have watched in forever.
I don’t know about that but thank you.
The Surfers are a purely American band. They really couldn’t have come from anywhere but Texas, really.
Great list. I think you called number 1 correctly. A band who helped change the sound of music three times and their influence is still felt today.
I’m kind of amazed at some other people’s list with bands like REM rated higher than the Byrds.
Fantastic, and surprising list, Rich. Very cool.
Thanks for watching.
Big Black>Sonic Youth
Very cool...
No Lynard Skynerd?
No Allman Bros.?
No Germs?
No Steve Miller Band?
No X?
Yea... it's hard to wrap 25.
Keep on keeping on.
Peace on earth.
Of those X was the hardest to leave off. I need to get the first few Lynyrd Skynyrd.
@@vinylrichie007 Yea... there are a lot of good USA bands.
You could do a part 2... Apart 3, etc. Peace on earth.
I could argue (as others have) about bands left off - but I won’t.
I appreciated the wider reach. Thanks.
When you limit the list to 25 the result is, many are left off. I know I left off some that should have been included.
Ritchie, GREAT and always inspiring. And i know the hard part for you is putting the records back. Keep rockN
@@LPS-R-US Its not that bad putting everything back.
Really cool video. I like your spread of music, some of it I already love and the rest I'm going to give a listen. I might need to start smokin weed again to dig into that Byrds stuff😂
I haven’t smoked weed in years.
@@vinylrichie007 ( not a subject related to this post ) but I need your help. I think you are the only one on earth able to help me.
Lookin' for a 1982 punk song that goes more or less "You can come around my house, you can sit & read my books, you can drink my Pepsi, yeah ... ... far to me , My mommy says, better change my ways, I won't share my toys with the other boys ...
Been lookin for that song for this song/bands since 1982 +/- .
Thanks
@ That does not ring a bell but I’m terrible when it comes lyrics.
Great list.
1.When I was 15 my band opened for Redd Kross in 1987. Teen Babes From Monsanto is my fave also!
2.When I was 17 saw L7 at CBGB when they only had their first LP on their own label (I bought it at the show). I was wearing a Black Flag Slip It In shirt and the guitarist came up to me and said "Hey! I'm the girl's voice on Slip It In!!!"
3. Everything went Black was my first punk album I ever owned in 1982. Cheers!
I probably should have known but I didn’t know the L7 guitarist was the one on Slip It In. Redd Kross are a great live band. Thanks for the comment.
Fantastic dude.
I yelled “yeah”! When you included Jefferson Airplane at number 4. Man your wide music taste is impeccable. I LOVE hearing you share your thoughts.
I’ve thought about doing a top ten 60s bands video. Jefferson Airplane would surely be included.
I came here because of Mizzy and I am glad I did. Fantastic list...Redd Kross are an American treasure. Tim at Middle Earth was salty but there was a guy named Joe that worked there who was fantastic. Did you ever go the Best Records in Cerritos?!
@@birdy1numnum Joe was a cool dude. Tim was always cool with me but I saw him be an a-hole more than once. Was Best Records a record store?
I’m glad you stopped by. I apologize for the length of this video. I try to keep them around 20 minutes. Hope to see you stop by again,
Amazing list Richie, surprised to see REM on your list, but cool that you included them, I would have placed them higher of course, but only because they were my favorite band. Saw L7 and the Melvins at a small club in '97 or '98, L7 were touring for Bricks are Heavy, fantastic show. The Buttholes definitely deserve a spot on the Greatest American Bands list, their 80s output is probably my favorite, but I do like Independant Worm Saloon too. I knew your list would be punk heavy, but you surprised me with the Byrds as your no.1 pick. They were a great band.
REM had a run of great albums. There is no way I could leave REM off. The Butthole Surfers are one of my favorite 80s bands. Thanks for the comment.
Interesting choice for #1. It's not a band I've ever paid any mind to; they weren't in my atmosphere at the time I really started to love music. I don't know how anyone can whittle down to 25 US bands but you managed it. Well done. I hope all is well!
Cheers, Tom
It was easy. I just didn’t over think it. Did I forget some of my favorites, yes, Mudhoney.
The Beach Boys are one of the best things ever.
They have so many hits and very few misses. There is nobody like them.
No America 😮😮 fantastic band , and right from the get go
@@thornbird6768 The first America album is my favorite.
Great video Richie, all influential. Cheers
Much appreciated
I think of myself as mainly a fan of British bands, but whenever I start making lists of American ones I always surprise myself at how many I like...probably a mixture of solo artists and bands to be honest. I'm a very late REM convert. Weather Report I need to get more of their classic records. I actually purged my copy of Heavy Weather a while back. The only two Doors records I've ever really clicked with are the debut and LA Woman, both of which are among my favourite albums of all time. Love that Sly Family Stone best-of. The drummer that played on 'Fresh' was Andy Newmark who was on John Lennon's last album. I saw him play live in Liverpool a couple years ago with the other guys from those sessions.
Solo artists next.
What a great list! Love all of these!
Glad you like them!
Brilliant video! Sly, Cramps, Doors, the Airplane, NWA, Beasties, Beach Boys, Ramones!!!! You should have jammed Brian Jonestown Massacre in there! The Byrds are a fine #1, but no place for Love?!?! That is sacrilege. Good stuff though 🇺🇸
@@TheVinylVoyage-ud3uf Love are great. To be honest Kaleidoscope are the 60s LA band that I had the hardest time leaving off. Thanks for watching and leaving the comment.
@ So many great US bands… Moby Grape would be high up there for me and Neutral Milk Hotel.
Slayer, WAR, L7, NWA(i've got that tattooed in my arm), The Smashing Pumpkins, The Doors(my dad's favorite band), The Cramps, The Grateful Dead, Black Flag, The Stooges, Sly & The Family Stone, The Misfits, Beastie Boys, Jefferson Airplane, The Beach Boys(the pet sounds sound like two different records), The Ramones and The Byrds. Damn dude, great freaking list, as you may notice i really like them eheh.
Nice vid mate, have a nice weekend
People won’t watch the video after reading this comment.
Attention people he didn’t list all the bands.
Good to see The Cramps in there.
The cramps were amazing.
I was releaved to see The Byrds come in at number one ..I thought you were going to pass on them but thankfully you gave them the recognition they deserve ..My only add would be Talking Heads as a top 25 but a great list regardless ..
Talking Heads were given heavy consideration. Most definitely top 30.
I love The Byrds and not only their early albums.
I struggled with including hip-hop groups. To me, it was similar to including singing groups. Although, NWA and Public Enemy I would consider. I would definitely consider The Roots. But damnit! Damnit! Why didn’t I think of The Beastie Boys?!?!! Arrrrgh! I screwed up there. Possibly… Would I have put them in my Top 15?
Great list. Even if you include The Doors. 😎🤣 So happy to see Sly & the Family Stone as high as #7. A few people gave me crap for including them. You told me who your #1 would be and you stuck to it. Thanks for doing this. Really enjoyed it. The 39 minutes almost flew by. 😂
Congrats to your Dodgers!
I’ve never checked out the Roots. I have a difference of opinion with anyone that criticized you for including Sly and the Family Stone. Aren’t you the person that did a video on Spoon?
Thanks for watching.
You aren’t a Doors fan?
@ I like The Doors just fine. It’s just a vibe I’m putting out there now because I angered The Doors Army with my list. I do think they are overrated. “The Beard Years” were a steady decline imo.
Hey Richie..thanks for doing this..loved your list..REM👍👍Weather Report…not familiar with Big Black..Will give them a listen..I could never get the Velvet Underground..Stand is a friggin great record…The Airplane❤❤great video👍❤glen
big black are great
I enjoyed doing this. I will bet big money you won’t like Big Black. They are very abrasive.
I don’t think you will like Big Black. I think you should give the Velvet Underground songs Pale Blue Eyes and Jesus a listen. Both songs are on youtube. Those songs are on the 3rd Velvet Underground album.
Big Black is GREAT!!!! Rip steve albini!!!
@ Big Black are one of my favorite 80s band.
That was very entertaining. I have to admit I was shocked with your number one, not that I don't think they are well deserved but I just didn't think that would be your pick! I hope we have a lot more submissions to this thread. take care my friend.
@@elliottcrews4997 I had the Beach Boys at two but changed them to three right before filming. This was a great idea and a fun video to do. Be good, take care and don’t forget to vote.
Solo artists next.
I have watched a couple of these and your list is the one the closely mirrors what I would pick, no huge surprise though. I had asked Jon about Rap groups, where is Public Enemy? There are some great rap bands. Not surprised about #1 but for me, I just don’t listen to The Byrds, I use to have a lot of their earlier stuff but after their Notorious album I moved on. Maybe I’ll pop on the Byrds today.
I do have a Public Enemy 12” single so I could have included them. Maybe top 30.
Fun to watch your list. Quite a lot of work doing 25 bands! Well done.
@@retromusings I enjoy doing this so it really isn’t work.
In no particular order. Funkadelic, Jellyfish, CCR, Pere Ubu, The New York Dolls, James Gang, Flipper, Ted Nugent with Derek St. Holmes, Black Flag, Television, Alice Cooper Band, Grand Funk Railroad, Love, Swans, Bob Seger Sound System, ZZ Top, St. Vitus, Chrome, MC5, Neurosis, The Stooges, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Meat Puppets, Blue Oyster Cult of course The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Very good list of bands. I’ll comment about a few. I love the 2nd and 3rd studio albums by Grand Funk plus the live album but they lost me after that. The Alice Cooper Band is one that deserves to be included. I never got into Jellyfish. I was going to check out the new reissues but they supposedly sound terrible.
@vinylrichie007 Same. Early Grand Funk for sure! Alice Cooper, early on! Jellyfish definitely grew on me. Of course they definitely channeled a ton of Beatles/Byrds/Ballinger and The Sweet. Just like you, I certainly dig Red Kross!! And of course Cheap Trick, lol!!!
......Badfinger, lol
@@RoryLynott I love Ballinger.
All solid choices. I regret not getting Raw Power when it used to be all over for $3.
Funhouse is the only one I didn’t get in the $1 bins.
Great list of favorite bands !
Can’t believe no Dokken🔥🤘🏻
Take care Brian ☮️
@@BoomKazoo2112 Damn, I forgot Dokken.
Normally I don't watch ridiculously long videos. However it was time well spent. I hear people rag on Walmart records but I find their exclusives usually sound great. Nice list of bands.🍻
Normally I don’t watch ridiculously long videos either. I aim to keep my videos 20 minutes or shorter. Some go longer. If it feels organic I don’t really worry about it. The Wal Mart version of Love Supreme by John Coltrane is the same as the Acoustic Sounds which probably cost three times more. Someone on a livestream agreed that the pressing is the same but Walmart didn’t use the same quality of vinyl. I called BS on that. The Metallica Walmart exclusives are better than any reissue and most likely better than the originals. Thanks for watching this video that did go on a bit too long.
Sorry for being goofy but I''m just trying to brighten people's days, but I know I'm not for everybody. Love seeing Velvet Underground on your list! Ramones debut album is my favorite of theirs! Glen will be so happy to see the Grateful Dead, but not the Beach Boys. I've become a huge fan of them since hearing albums such as Sunflower, Surf's Up and others.
@@canadianstudmuffin My mannerisms are just as goofy as yours. I’m just having a bit of fun.
Props on doing a list on the 25 US Bands...not sure I could decide the order. All great picks though a few I would rank higher.
@@zeppearl The order is pretty subjective. I knew my number one and just went from there without over thinking it.
Great and entertaining list. Nice that Slayer was included!
Hey, thanks!
Yes Pat, I watched your video, I hadn't seen it yet when I commented on the Long Cut video. 🤣🤣
@@elliottcrews4997 I was just playing.
Richie, fun survey of US bands. My deluxe version cd of The Doors, '' The Soft Parade'' has two bonus songs, ''Who Scared You'' and a song with Ray Manzarek on vocals, '' ( You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further''. Those two tunes were B- sides and are included on the compilation, ''Weird Scenes Inside The Goldmine'', the double album which was my introduction to the band when I was a teen. In a previous video you said that Weather Report was a Prog- Rock band, I agree 100%. I also agree with Miles Davis,'' Fresh'' is my fave Sly album. Signe Anderson, the lead female vocalist on JA ''Takes Off'' died on the same day as JA's Paul Kantner, just a few hours apart. I grabbed a fantastic Beastie Boys 2 cd compilation, ''The Sound Of Science'', it's got some unreleased and hard-to- find tracks, I paid 3 dollars for it.
That Doors Soft Parade CD is very good. It is so weird that Paul Kantner and Signe Anderson both passed away on the same day. Thanks for leaving the comment.
Great picks Pat, but no Talking Heads or Sonic Youth? It would be interesting to see your take on the best UK bands? You (and I) might need more than 25 though!
Great suggestion! I think over all the UK has the US on bands. But the US would take the UK when it comes to solo acts or vocal groups.
Yeah... I'd agree. Maybe Crickets?
Buddy Holly’s crickets or the long pauses between words.
Great list. I’d add Creedence Clearwater Revival somewhere. Maybe The Replacements, Sonic Youth, and The Pixies. Big Star was a great band and one of the biggest influences on 80s alternative, though they only stuck around for two albums.
I agree with your Big Star assessment. All the other bands you listed are great bands.
I imagine that your will be unlike some of the others videos I will likely watch on this topic. Because I am so predictable, VU would be #1 for me (probably).
@@EmbryonicRobot a bit unlike some of the others. Mazzy and I had the same #1.
Flamejob is 90's. My fav from The Cramps is A date with Elvis which is 80s.
I know Flamejob is 90s. I’m a bit of a dumba$$.
Some cool bands there..I saw Big Black live in the 80s
Some real good American bands that got overlooked
Lords of the New Church
The Meat men
Dion& the Belmonts
There are a lot of great bands that were left off. I never saw Big Black. I was never aware of any of their live shows in LA.
Excellent cross section of genres.
Glad you enjoyed it.
The Replacements!
Maybe 28.
I love The Beastie Boys.
Me too.
Some goodies there..hello from Ireland
Thanks for watching.
It would be interesting to compare top 25 North American vs U.K. All-Time Bands/Artists and see who comes out on top. Beatles, The Clash, Rolling Stones vs The Beach Boys, The Stooges, Marvin Gaye! So many conversations to be had 😎🎸
@@tedlogan5628 I think the UK would top the US as far as bands are concerned. With solo artists the US would top the UK.
As a proud American 🇺🇸 my favorite U.S. bands are, The Beach Boys, Chicago (band), Van Halen, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, Dokken, Ratt, Guns N’ Roses, Slayer, Mötley Crüe Megadeth, Pantera and Metallica.
@@michellerosebrown Rockin with Dokken. Van Halen should be included.
@@vinylrichie007 Definitely, their music never goes out of style. That’s why I love listening to them.
“Simple Song” is on Stand!. I love that album and love that song.
The Cramps were great live.
@@plasticsoundwavecult You made me look it up. Thank You, Sing A Simple Song and Hot Fun In The Summertime weren’t on a studio album.
“Sing A Simple Song” is on Stand!. At least it is on the copy that I have. It’s the fifth song on the album, last song on side one. I have the copy in my hand, which makes this really hard to type on my phone.
@@plasticsoundwavecult I can’t believe I listed Sing A Simple Song. The third song that was a single not on any studio album is Everybody Is A Star.
@@vinylrichie007 ok Now I see the mix-up. I only have those songs on Sly and the Family Stone’s album Anthology. Which was a later greatest hits album from the one you showed. And it does contain those three songs you mentioned. I only had Anthology for years and just recently picked the Stand! album. I figure I might be covered, but I’m curious if you would recommend any other studio albums to look into.
@ After Stand I would get Fresh. After that check out There’s A Riot Goin’ On.
You pronounced “Monsanto” as if it was an LA neighborhood. It’s actually a huge agribusiness corporation famous for their reckless bio-engineering of crops. Hence the album title hints at cloning of “teen babes.”
Did the McDonald brothers know about bio-engineering of crops?
Number one was a surprise.
They are one of my favorite 60s bands.
That WALMART 'BLACK' sounds incredible.
@@LPS-R-US The WalMart exclusives are great.
I'm going to do a video based on this video.
KISS at #1.
Great list great Video as always! 25 isn‘t easy, IMO the Doors are overrated, would change them for X or pere ubu/wipers/minor thread/descendents…! Cheers
I had a hard time leaving off X.
Ridiculously long indeed! :-)
That is what I thought at first but Richie pulled it off. This is a great video that flies by.
I had no idea I was babbling that long.
WAR, Weather Report? Heck yea! Mysterious Traveler my personal fav....R.E.M. UH HUH.....I was hoping you’d pull the Dead out...Rich 😮no Canned Heat?? Great list though, good description of each....
Canned Heat and Steppenwolf got heavy consideration.
Holy shit Batman. 600 views, 50 comments and 8000 subscribers.... You've gone viral Pat. A pain in the ass ain't it. LOL
It’s all good.
Watch the video. It is very good.
Up to 140 comments. I don’t watch Rachel’s stream any more so that frees up 21 hours a week.
Steely Dan, Sly and Family Stone, velvet underground, Funkadelic, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Wu tang, REM, RHCP, Booker T and MGs, Talking Heads, Blondie, Pixis, Allman Bros, Doors, Earth Wind & Fire, Ramones, black crowes, little fear (with Lowell), Santana, Wilco, Flying Buritto Bros, the Jazz Messengers, public enemy, beach boys (non surf stuff) Television/Modern Lovers
That is a great list of bands. I would have included Black Crowes if I had them on vinyl.
Santana, The Doors, The Dead, Velvet Underground, The Stooges, The Airplane, and The Byrds would be on my top 25. Also do you know if the Chuck Biscuits comes with sausage gravy?
@@davethepickupartist7161 I think Chuck Biscuits came with lots of drugs. That is why he didn’t last in Black Flag.
1 Doors; 2 Ramones; 3 Pantera; 4 Nirvana; 5 Metallica; 6 Black Flag
Rinyl Vichie how ya been? So...I have to go with Historically speaking for the Greatest
U.S band..... The Beach Boys Created a sound that really has never been duplicated at the level
The Beach Boys achieved.....Also another in my top 5..CCR...Just a Great band (as I'm sure you know).
I would have put the Doors a bit higher and (I know your not big on these guys) But Chicago deserves to be
close to the top 5......Great band! Anyhow fly low, beat the radar and all that Crap!!! Out!
I’m big on the Doors. Chicago not so much. I agree with about the Beach Boys. I actually had them at 2 but moved them to 3 right before filming. Three all time ain’t bad.
@@vinylrichie007 Not at all!! Good job Vinyl...
The Sonics
But great list
The Sonics were hard to leave off. They are great.
Would have had Paul Revere and the Raiders in there, agree with you on the Byrds at No1. Hard to condense it down to 25 bands.
@@blastmatic I like Paul Revere and the Raiders but I think I would include the Monkees before them. Is that crazy?
@@vinylrichie007 Not at all both fantastic pop bands. Being from the UK I heard the Monkees way before the Raiders, but the Raiders edge it for me.
Iove the Fleetwood
A great make of Cadillac.
I think I’m going to do a response to this but just do my favorites
I should stick to doing favorites. I guess I do best lists because it gets some people to complain.
Yea a Vinyl Richie video that starts off with Slayer! Hell 👍! L7 this is going to be a list that goes back and forth. Metallica! REM only got one record shown, yea. That was Digital Gramaphone #1. He didn’t have Doors at all on his list. He told me I just got zonked. We like Pumpkins. There are the Doors 🚪 of perception, man! Other than Heroin, I still can’t click with Velvet Underground. Peace ☮️ Namaste 🙏 the Zonkman
A lot of people don’t get the Velvet Underground. I didn’t like them until the 80s. I like REM but no way are they #1. Part of these type of lists is generational.
I will definitely check out Redd Kross
By the way, have you listed anything on Discogs for sale yet?
No I haven’t. I will leave a comment and let you know when I do.
Wot, no hair metal bands! Seriously though-I’d have some of the other 60s LA bands on the list- Love, Spirit and from the 70s-Little Feat.
Spirit is an overlooked band. The 60s LA band that I should have included was Kaleidoscope.
MC5 & Funkadelic are the only 2 I thought you'd include but didn't
Parliament/Funkadelic would be 26 or 27. I really like the first MC5 but not a big fan of Back In The USA. I haven’t any of their other albums. A couple of them recorded with GG Allin though.
@@vinylrichie007 I think their best is High Time, give that a listen again if you haven't recently VR!!
Love how your number one and Mazzy's would probably be the same but you're number 25 (and pretty much everything else) wouldn't even register with Old Man San Fran 😂
@@benrankins4446 We had a couple in common.
@@vinylrichie007 I thought you might but any opportunity to stir up Maslov's Dog.
Fun list.
1. Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band
2. The Stooges
3. Television
4. The Velvet Underground
5. The Feelies
6. Big Star
7. Funkadelic
8. Hüsker Dü
9. Dinosaur Jr.
10. R.E.M.
11. Talking Heads
12. Fugazi
13. X
14. Nirvana
15. Sleater-Kinney
16. Blue Cheer
17. MC5
18. Metallica
19. Ramones
20. Mission of Burma
21. DIO
22. Melvins
23. Sparks
24. Slayer
25. Creedence Clearwater Revival
26. Sly & the Family Stone
27. The Temptations
28. The Gun Club
29. Bad Brains
30. Misfits
Bubblin': Cramps, Black Flag, Love, Pere Ubu, Kyuss, Sleep, Van Halen, ZZ Top.
Forgot The Pixies and Little Feat. Oh yes and Steely Dan.
Of those I think Little Feat rate the highest.
Just off the top of my dome & in no particular order …
*Redbone*
*MC5*
*Grand Funk Railroad*
*Riot*
*Lynyrd Skynyrd*
Minor Threat
*Society System Decontrol*
*Jimi Hendrix / The Jimi Hendrix Experience*
*Jimi Hendrix / Band of Gypsy’s*
*10,000 Maniacs*
*The Freeze*
Sir Lord Baltimore
*Band of Horses*
*Possessed*
*The Doors*
*War on Drugs*
*Dead Kennedys*
*Beastie Boys*
*Sly & The Family Stone*
Is Band Of Horses a band? We used to ssy Redbone plays rubberband guitars.
Very good list but come on Richie Baxters is the Airplane’s third album, Crown is number 4. I wanted to be that one dude who corrects you. 😵💫😎🤠😆
@@mazzysmusic Did I say third. Maybe I was thinking the third with Grace Slick. Maybe I’m full of it.
@ I loved your list. Going to Seattle Record show today. Maybe I’ll record mine tomorrow ✌🏼🚀
Man lots of killer albums and bands from the greatest country in the world whose future is now murky at best.
Hard to argue with any of your picks. Love the Doors! I’ve really been getting into the Butthole Surfers lately and the Cramps too! I have to thank you for turning me onto Redd Kross I love those guys and the albums you showed are among the ones I picked up at your recommendation.
I actually just picked up L7 Hungry for Stink basically after watching this killer Rock Doc about Lollapalooza and their song Andres. If you haven’t seen that Lollapalooza doc It’s on Prime Check it out Pretty awesome! Peace ✌️👽
One thing to note is that most of the great music Richie showcases bubbled up from the underground during the oppressive Reagan years.
The future looks bright my friend. Don’t believe the hype.
Interesting choices. I agree with some disagree with a few but I like how unique your list was. Biggest surprise was the Byrds at number one. Im a big fan too. They tend to be a bit underrated these days but their mix of folk and rock was the start of an entire genre. I actually prefer their first lps in mono. To me they just hit harder in mono.
I think all rock pre 1966 should be heard in mono! Just my opinion.
Im not gonna nitpick everyone has their favorites and their reasons.
But for me nothing can touch the Velvets they were and still are to me the best US band ever.
The one I can never understand is the Beach Boys. Granted they were an excellent singles band. But for my money they never released a good lp. Not even Pet Sounds is good all the way through. Two great songs and whatever for the rest.
Anyway enjoyed the video.
I love the Byrds and not only their early albums. I didn’t care for Velvet Underground until the 80s. Really not many liked Velvet Underground in the 60s. I generally prefer stereo but mono is preferred up to 65 or 66. But I’m perfectly fine with most stereo versions.
Battalion Of Saints
They are so awesome.
No ZZ Top, No CCR, No Talking Heads, No Devo. No Van Halen 🙄lol, I knew the Ramones was either #1 or #2 as much as you've been showing them recently, they're definitely my favorite US punk band. it's your list so just tell me to eff off..lol take care VR 🤘🤘.
Talking Heads were heavily considered. They came in at 28.
@@vinylrichie007 super great video, reminded me of the good old days ..
if you hold American beauty to a mirror. it reads American reality. its true! what? no grand funk!! dude...
I love two studio albums and the first live album by Grand Funk. After Closer To Home I don’t care for them.
Van Halen Funkadelic Cheap Trick The Eagles Husker Du Love West Coast Pop Art The Cars Aerosmith X Wilco Los Lobos
Of those X and Funkadelic were the hardest to leave off.
DEVO should be within top 10
@@jessvex I like Devo but they aren’t top 25 for me.
somebody forgot creedence clearwater revival
@@kurtzcol I know they were huge but I got tired of them. Honestly, they should be included.
Your list is good but not great. Your omissions of Aerosmith and Creedence Clearwater Revival is akin to leaving Bach and Brahms off the greatest classical composers list. Also, you left off Husker Du, arguably the most influential US punk band. I hope you and your viewers, don't take offense to my comments. Just wanted to share my two cents. Thank you for sharing your awesome album collection and your perspective on the best US bands.
I would say Black Flag had the biggest impact on US Punk. A 3rd band I left off that is akin to leaving off Bach and Brahms is Van Halen.
And thanks for the great comment.
22 great choices, 3 terrible choices, haha. I also have Loser Editions and Walmart Exclusives in my collection.
I can only imagine the terrible choices. Every Walmart record I have picked up is excellent.
Hell awaits is the best Slayer album
@@ShivaShakti4488 It is a monster.
you better have Ramones, Bad Brains and Minor Threat or I will be VERY disappointed....lol...
One out of three.
@@vinylrichie007 Jack of Jefferson Airplane took me in with him twice when we poor kids were bumming for tickets outside the Fillmore East. Bobby of the Dead did the same three times. Love those two bands!! And love those two righteous brothers
But no Jimi Hendrix Experience? Richie, you're killing me....
16:38 Flamejob, I think you meant to say 90’s.
@@MurkyWater-x4d I certainly did mean 90s.
No germs?
They only released one album. The LA band that was hard to leave off was X.
Favourite US band is smashing pumpkins,great depth.Hi from England.
@@Frank788 I don’t recall anyone else including Smashing Pumpkins on their list.