gener8tr Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 Write-In votes count, so don't be shy Green-Party! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundebird Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 All great albums...but I'll go with the earliet....which is Montrose. Way ahead of it's time. Considering it was a full 5 years before VH's debut it still sound huge and is very underrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 I'm gonna have to go with VH because it was the one that REALLY got people's attention! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Rick Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Out of the 3 I'd have to go with VH (but one write-in I'd include would be AC/DC - Back In Black). When we were in junior high we were playing the VH tape at a friends house and his older (and much larger) brother comes into the room and pops the tape out of the player. He then proceeds to tell us we shouldn't be listening to it because it had the song "Running With The Devil" and that meant the band was satanic. We were all freaked out and told him we wouldn't listen to it anymore. He said he was going to destroy the evil tape but we later found out the jerk kept it for himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEYHEYKID Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Got to go with VH..........that is just a classic and has stood the test of time....................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAGICTOUCH Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Without a moments hesitation: the mighty Y & T! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Howdy Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Out of the 3 I'd have to go with VH (but one write-in I'd include would be AC/DC - Back In Black). When we were in junior high we were playing the VH tape at a friends house and his older (and much larger) brother comes into the room and pops the tape out of the player. He then proceeds to tell us we shouldn't be listening to it because it had the song "Running With The Devil" and that meant the band was satanic. We were all freaked out and told him we wouldn't listen to it anymore. He said he was going to destroy the evil tape but we later found out the jerk kept it for himself. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Can someone clarify whether this is "American album" as in "By an American band" or "American album" as in "Hit in America". Cause obviously AC/DC aint American! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Rick Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Out of the 3 I'd have to go with VH (but one write-in I'd include would be AC/DC - Back In Black). When we were in junior high we were playing the VH tape at a friends house and his older (and much larger) brother comes into the room and pops the tape out of the player. He then proceeds to tell us we shouldn't be listening to it because it had the song "Running With The Devil" and that meant the band was satanic. We were all freaked out and told him we wouldn't listen to it anymore. He said he was going to destroy the evil tape but we later found out the jerk kept it for himself. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Can someone clarify whether this is "American album" as in "By an American band" or "American album" as in "Hit in America". Cause obviously AC/DC aint American! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oops, my mistake CC. Didn't even notice the "American" in the title. Your right, they ain't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anamal Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 how about Starz......need i say more The godz..are rock n roll machine and a few more for honorable mention Piper ..billy squier never rocked harder angel..yeah they were pompish but on earth as in heaven is a rocker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbasmama Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Of the three I'd have to go Van Halen. But what??........No KISS??!!?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLPRocks Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 I went with Van Halen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasha Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 I'm partial to Y&T so I voted for 'Earthshaker' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Love them all, but Van Halen gets it for me - just because of the introduction to the world of a certain Eddie Van Halen. Say no more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gener8tr Posted March 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 I was thinking solely of an AMERICAN Band with this poll. There was just something "different" with American bands in the early days of metal compared to the rest of the world... Not necessarily better or worse, just different. And you're right, BM, Destroyer could have easily been included! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skelly Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Went with Montrose but what about Mountain - Climbin. American band with one of the earlist all-time great metal riffs on Missisippi Queen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
66 mustang Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 I know that VH was the popular choice but i have to go with Montrose because they were years ahead of VH debut and really helped to establish what 80's rock was about and what a Sammy lead VH would come out sounding like. Way, Way ahead of it's time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 VAN HALEN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Howdy Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 Wheres the love for Kiss? Aerosmith? Lynyrd Skynyrd? Blackfoot? Mothers Finest? Eddie Money? Also,I know they aint really HH material,but you cant talk early American rock without mentioning The Ramones! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Howdy Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 Oh & lets not forget Alice "we're not worthy" Cooper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doksdad Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 Oh & lets not forget Alice "we're not worthy" Cooper! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I am with Howdy, Alice gets my vote. Not really as he was NOT an option. I knew before I even voted who would win. Van Halen is just the obvious choice. Radio is what really drives peoples' first musical instincts. It did me. Until I scraped up a copy of Shout at the Devil and then the radio pretty much disappeared for me. I realized that I could listen to ANY song I wanted to, just had to buy it......so I did from then on!!! To this day, I RARELY listen to the radio. If I am in the car, I lug tapes and cd's with me. Sure its easier to listen to the radio but there is no control!!!! I guess I am a bit of a control freak, but that is just me! LMAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
66 mustang Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 the one band that could pull off everything from bluegrass to rock was CCR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted March 5, 2005 Report Share Posted March 5, 2005 The best early American rock/metal albums are not on the list. They are: 1. KISS - Alive 2. Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic 3. Boston - Boston But of the three choices given I'd take VH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 5, 2005 Report Share Posted March 5, 2005 Without a moments hesitation: the mighty Y & T! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 5, 2005 Report Share Posted March 5, 2005 The best early American rock/metal albums are not on the list. They are: 1. KISS - Alive 2. Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic 3. Boston - Boston But of the three choices given I'd take VH. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> JIMBO YOU ARE RIGHT ON THE MONEY WITH AEROSMITH - TOYS IN THE ATTIC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Gold Donors headbanger4life Posted January 16, 2006 2023 Gold Donors Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Van Halen for me. Never heard any Montrose and I wasn't a Y & T fan until about '86/'87. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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