{"id":23792,"date":"2020-09-01T11:15:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T15:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=23792"},"modified":"2020-09-01T11:15:04","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T15:15:04","slug":"the-mount-rushmore-of-rock-roll-americas-counter-attack-to-the-british-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/the-mount-rushmore-of-rock-roll-americas-counter-attack-to-the-british-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mount Rushmore of Rock & Roll: America\u2019s Counter-Attack to The British Invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Following up on the Mount Rushmore of Rock & Roll: British Invasion<\/a>, which American bands held the line against the invaders, trying to champion the rock & roll that those British groups had co-opted from the United States?

I will propose that the Beatles equivalent for this Mount Rushmore is The Beach Boys<\/strong>. Yes, I know they had an album\u2019s worth of hits before the Fabs ever met Ed Sullivan, but I think that makes them even more deserving. They were at the top of the heap, they took the challengers\u2019 best punch, lost the championship, but came back stronger than ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a Beach Boys deep cut that is one of my BB favorites:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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