British or American rock?

American all the way!!!!!

I have never really been into British rock

Same here

Both are good! And in the old days they borrowed from each other a lot.

Led Zeppelin was a British band, but they were influenced a lot by American blues as well as early Rock n Roll like Elvis and Chuck Berry. However, the American rock bands that followed LZ (such as Boston, Heart, Billy Squier) often played covers of Led Zeppelin songs at their concerts.

American
I bet Skold will go with British

I actually like British Rock better. I'm talking Classic Rock though.
Zeppelin, Sabbath,Floyd,The Who, Priest, Beatles, Stones,Diamond Head, Motorhead, lets not forget Punk and British overdrive. For some reason I feel British rock has greater emotion and energy.For example Anarchy in the UK has more anger than Blitzkrieg Bop. I think the British had more inpiration to write good songs. Some of the new bands in both sides of the Atlantic arent too good though.

I love British Punk,
but I listen to a hell of a lot of American Punk
It's what I grew up with lol

I'm gonna agree with League here British please!

hmmmmmmm, well, under british is...

british:beatles, kinks,ozzy, black sabbath, led zep, ac/dc(scotland), the who, rolling stones, queen, pink floyd, scorpians(german)

american:SKYNYD, BOSTON, aerosmith, gnr, metallica, err....btw these are just huge mainstream bands tht i mostley listen to, feel free to add, my choice is...

because skynyrd and boston are american, i must give it to american, i do love british rock tho.

Haha, since when does German = British EMB5490!?

Old music, British

New music (80s onwards), American

lol errr....im a dumb american wtf do i know lol. they all speak funny lol.

metallica isnt rock... okay WASNT =p

Depends on what you mean by rock. For me, rock is The Beatles, The Kinks, Oasis, The Who, etc.

Oh shoot. I accidentally voted for American :( I wanted to vote for British, considering that my three "indispensable" bands are Led Zeppelin, Radiohead, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Two of which are "British" staples, and my other, less obsessive, tastes lean towards overseas artists like U2 (Irish...), The Who, Rolling Stones, Oasis, Coldplay (yes, I like Coldplay), The Kinks, and many more only for 4 easy payments of 14.9... wait.

I forgot The Beatles, double you tea eff.

oh god the choices. I guess I wont vote because im more into metal.

but lets see if this were for metal...

AMERICA- Megadeth, Metallica (c. 80), uhh cant think of more right now...

BRITISH- Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin (some people consider it metal), Judas Priest.

i would vote Britain

Kosovar Rock, lol, try to guess who I am.

Umm...
Tele?
Empir?

@IRONMAN

Most of those are Metal bands, mate.

Maiden, Metallica, Priest, etc. are metal.

if it was metal id vote finland, hands down =p

I do not consider Led Zeppelin heavy metal, especially taking into account the band's hate of that label.

Mici From Kosovo

look at zeppelins first disc (records back in those days) all a bunch of cover songs from American black (African American if you will) artists.

Look at Cream who got Eric Clapton god status by covering a song by Robert Johnson (crossroads anybody).

If you trace back who inspired who it all goes back to Africa.

(Shhhhh.....I cheated and voted twice)

how?

Man I'm stupid.
I should known it was Mici lol.

Yeah I agree w. Crunch cause they hated that label and I too don't consider them heavy metal o.O

i love all forms of rock and quite honestly could care less where
they originated from

zeppelin in my opinion is nothing more than a classic hard blues rock band
and couldn't possibly even be considered metal by any means.

considering i don't hear a lot of british rock i have to say American Rock

Yeah, Led Zep was never metal. Damn metal players trying to claim one of ours (Rock & Blues players) as their own.

this is bit close call again... But those bands that League mentioned... I must turn to British

tho i personally dont like new style is that "British pop rock" like Oasis and a like stuff... soz Skold :D

but when we go to the Blues Rock...well maybe American...

Meh, to each his own.

I prefer The Beatles to them anyway.

Which one you like more from Beatles, earlier or later albums?

I personally like more...much more their later records starting from Sergeant pepper...

Damn! I thought you were just jokin in the earlier post....

Lol
I was trying to think who comes from places that are like, not American.
And I know tele likes a bit of everything.

I forgot the fact that you are from Kosovo, Mici. o.O

@ telecrater:-

I think you'll find Clapton had acquired God like status before Cream & Crossroads. Think Yardbirds.
Incidently, it just proves how important it is to be in the right place at the right time. Blackmore, Paige and Beck (not forgetting Hendrix)were all much better than Clapton around that time, but who turned out to be the blue eyed boy?

I like Page better :) All of his songs just move exactly how I think they should, to the point where I can usually tell if it's Page playing just by listening.

British all the way man its what rock was and its what started metal

I'm surprised that no one's mentioned the bands that gave us (arguably) two of the finest rock singles of all time, that is " All right now" and "Smoke on the water" (incidentally, both British!).

AFRICAN ROCK!!!

wait...wtf

Yes Deefa, Free and Deep Purple, there are far more British rock bands than there are American ones, and when rock hit its prime the vast majority was from England

Isnt Metal originally British?(Sabbath) The only good Metal bands to come out of the U.S. are Thrash bands. African Rock? Blues inspired rock, which inpired Metal, but if youre talking about pentatonics, it wasnt just in Africa that it was used.

Hey, I am brand new to this place and figured this is as good of thread as any to begin to contribute. Gotta say there's a lot of depth to this site. I've picked up a bunch of new ideas in the week since I stumbled upon it. Great work all.

With that preamble out of the way...I'd have to go with both American and Brits. So many great acts on both sides of the pond!

By the way, Dave Matthews is from South Africa. You gotta give Robert Johnson, Son House, etc to the American Delta region. They were born (and created their music) in the U.S.

dire straits, pink floyd, they win it hands down for british for me
muse aswell, depends how you consider them as rock or not

british CLASSIC rock!, **LED ZEPPELIN** **Pink Floyd** **The Beatles** **Hendrix**

Hendrix wasn't british rock. :P