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Shorties (The Great American Rock Band, A.S. Byatt, and more)
Largehearted Boy —
A.V. Club writers each choose the "great American rock band."
A.S. Byatt talks to the New York Times about her latest novel, The Children's Book.
The idea for the novel came to her, Ms. Byatt said, because she had been ...
The American Beatles... What was the Great American Rock Band?
The Daily Swarm —
... AV Club:
This seems out of date, but I can’t shake a question I’ve been pondering since VH1’s merciless listings earlier this decade. When talking about the greatest rock bands of all time, the debate almost always boils down to The Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones, with the occasional argument for Led Zeppelin. I can’t help but notice that these bands are all from England. Sure, one could argue for Dylan, Hendrix, Ray Charles, or Elvis, but these are really all solo artists. Who then would you say represents us as “our Beatles,” or the Great ...
Beastie Boys, Michael Jackson, The Beatles, The Replacements, Wilco:
AV Club Seeking Great American Rock Band
Prefix —
... choice. Though they didn't have the amount of success that the Beatles did, they started off playing relatively simple music, morphed into something totally other and more challenging, and then imploded. My personal choice among the bands not mentioned in the article would have to be Wilco. Jeff Tweedy and company also might not have the mainstream success, but their artistic trajectory from "young men imitating roots music" to experimental rockers is right on line with the Fab Four. [A.V. Club] via [ ...
