Greatest California Rock Band of All Time?

YellowSnow

RaceBannon

The Eagles

You can replace California with American

89ute

The Beach Boys

To me, The Beach Boys ARE California. I like The Eagles, CCR and Van Halen better, but that wasn't the question. Agree with Race, but it's about California.

YellowSnow

Grateful Dead

RaceBannon said:

You can replace California with American

Basically. Almost all the real contenders are California groups.

YellowSnow

Grateful Dead

89ute said:

To me, The Beach Boys ARE California. I like The Eagles, CCR and Van Halen better, but that wasn't the question. Agree with Race, but it's about California.

Beach Boys are the most influential act on this list. I voted with my heart though.

JoeEDangerously

The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys and the splinter groups are still going strong too.

Fishpo31

The Eagles

For me, Eagles combined the harmonies of The Beach Boys with the country / bluegrass influence of the Byrds, and wrote songs about 70's California. In the 70's, The Beach Boys were an oldies afterthought to a 15-16 year old (me), and as far as I knew (then), the Byrds had two songs. IFL both of them now (have for decades), but neither made me dream of moving to the Hotel California, bagging chicks, and living Life in the Fast Lane...the Eagles did.

El_K

Van Halen

VH from 78-84 was the American version of Led Zeppelin. Something we will probably never see again.

Mad_Son

Metallica

Only if you're willing to demean metal by categorizing it as rock.

YellowSnow

Grateful Dead

Mad_Son said:

Only if you're willing to demean metal by categorizing it as rock.

There are lots of types of rock. I would think you know this better than anyone.

chuck

Creedence Clearwater Revival

This place is shit and you're all fags.

YellowSnow

Grateful Dead

El_K said:

VH from 78-84 was the American version of Led Zeppelin. Something we will probably never see again.

It’s not looking promising

BleachedAnusDawg

Van Halen

Mad_Son said:

Only if you're willing to demean metal by categorizing it as rock.

One of the reasons I didn't vote Metallica. The other being Eddie mother fucking Van Halen. Fuck this board and it's lack of respect for VH.

ChillyDawg

The Eagles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVsbvFkhzY4

pawz

This would be a better Tournament.

whlinder

The Beach Boys

I still really like Green Day but they don't scream California. The Beach Boys still do.

PurpleThrobber

You guys are fags.

YellowSnow

Grateful Dead

pawz said:

This would be a better Tournament.

My free time is much more limited these days. You’re lucky I can post shit poles at all.

Fenderbender123

The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys and it's not even close.

YellowSnow

Grateful Dead

Fenderbender123 said:

The Beach Boys and it's not even close.

It's complicated with the Beach Boys.

In many respects they are the most influential and important group in this list. No offense to my hatchet packer BFF @Swaye .

They were really the first self contained rock group to write their own songs who make it big in the US (pre-dating the Beatles by a bit). And they were the only US group to challenge the Beatles artistically speaking, albeit for a very brief period in 1966.

But, alas, their hey day was relatively short (i.e., 1963- 66) and they collapsed right as the classic rock era kicked off. Imagine the Beach Boys is Mike Love wasn't a square. The Beatles had two genius songwriters who weren't mentally weak. The Beach Boys had one who was a full on headcase.

Swaye

Metallica

4 geniuses and 20 dummies. About what I figured at HH.