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[edit] Needs expansion

This appears to be very incomplete...and a lot of it looks to be lifted directly from the general rock and roll article, rather than expanding on it for more in-depth coverage of American rock. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.93.214.48 (talk • contribs) 04:09, 3 June 2005

  • Definately needs expansion to include the 70's and 80's, and the newer wave of music since alternative. --Lendorien 18:19, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
  • What about punk? The Ramones? CBGBs? C'mon people! Not to mention Hardcore, and then thrash! That should cover a good deal of the 70s and 80s. I know some rock purist would never included them (I think because of racism but rock was black music, as was R&B and doo woop mentioned here), but how about Soul, funk and hip hop?--SonOfUncleSam 08:28, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
  • The punk section can actually be supplemented by the punk section in the British rock article, which for some reason seems to talk about punk from an American perspective rather than a British one. --WesleyDodds 09:18, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Also, that paragraph about Green Day seems very exaggerated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.21.186.169 (talk • contribs) 19:57, 19 December 2005

[edit] Initiation of Improvements

OK, I began a section on the 1970s, and created some empty categories for the 1980s and 2000s. Hopefully someone with more time will expand these areas. I would also recommend breaking the 1990s down into categories to make it more encyclopedic. This article has potential, but needs a lot of work. Hopefully I can come back and make more contributions soon. --Havard 00:30, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Since this is an American rock article then American prog rock bands should be listed. Otherwise they should be denoted as European. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.157.111.152 (talk • contribs) 20:00, 26 January 2007

[edit] Rewrote last part of introduction.

The suggestion that no American rock was highly popular in the 1970s is incorrect. KISS and Van Halen were hugely successful American rock bands that were famous in the 1970s. What could be mentioned later in the article is the original nationality of some of the members of American rock bands, such as Gene Simmons from Israel, the other two members of Hendrix's band from the United Kingdom and the Van Halen brothers from the Netherlands. -- Kevin Browning (talk) 03:46, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] This article needs serious work.

Everything from the tone to the facts are just poor. Considering the dominance of American pop culture, including music, this article should receive a lot of attention. -- Kevin Browning (talk) 08:08, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Most of the artists listed in this article are British

Doesn't make a whole lot of sense really Westknife (talk) 03:00, 15 April 2008 (UTC)