Greatest American Band?

I don't really consider USA Today a "real" newspaper. It's basically a poor summary of current events, written on a second grade reading level. Not only that, the headlines never match the content of each story.

Anyway, they conducted a reader's poll of the Greatest American Bands ever.

I don't necessarily agree with what's listed. The "greatest" encompasses both the breadth of music, as well as influence on music itself. How influential were they compared to the others? In my mind, Ramones being ranked at #14 is just a travesty. They INVENTED the genre of punk music. You can't really say that for many other American bands.

Nirvana also deserves to be listed higher than Kiss. This band is nothing more than a marketing machine. They have one or two decent songs, and the rest is just a freakshow. And what about The Pixies??

The readers of USA Today must go back and relearn the history of music.