The very greatest rock bands, British and American, by time period

[brentspeak]

Starting out in 1964 ('cause there were so few notable British bands prior to 1964), and excluding solo artists:

British, 1964-68: The Beatles
British, 1969-1971: The Rolling Stones (with The Who very,very,very close behind)
British, 1972-1975: Led Zep
British, 1976: Pink Floyd
British, 1977-1982: The Clash
British, 1983- I'm not sure. Need some help here.


American, 1964-1966: The Byrds
American, 1967-68: The Velvet Underground
American, 1969-1970: Creedence Clearwater Revival
American, 1971-1972: Sly and the Family Stone (Grateful Dead close 2nd)
American, 1973-1976: Not sure (Lynryd Skynyrd? Allmans?)
American, 1977-1979: The Ramones
American, 1980-1983: Talking Heads
American, 1984-1987: REM
American, 1988-1992: Sonic Youth
American, 1993-1994: Nirvana
American, 1995-present (Not sure)

[vixengrl]

1. British 1983-? Queen might go in there, somewhere.

But I know bugger-all about anything more recent.