Top 20 - Bands

[kalysto]

Absolute favourite is Soundgarden.

Pretty close behind....

The White Stripes
Rage Against The Machine

And the rest...

Pink Floyd
Midnight Oil
Radiohead
Blur
Audioslave
Led Zeppelin
Pearl Jam
Pulp
The Doors
Oasis
Cold Chisel

Small list it seems, but bands just kinda make me think rock outfits I guess, not individual artists or other genre acts. Whatever, it doesn't really matter because my Top 3 is up there and that's all that counts to me these days!

[Starbreaker]

1. Crosby Stills & Nash
2. Steve Miller Band
3. The Guess Who
4. The Beatles
5. The Eagles
5. Electric Light Orchestra
6. Led Zeppelin
7. Pink Floyd
8. Creedence Clearwater Revival
9. Savage Garden
10. Foreigner
11. Boston
12. Train
13. Journey
14. Styx
15. Supertramp
16. The Doobie Brothers
17. Paul McCartney & Wings
18. Three Dog Night
19. America
20. The Byrds

[tomalak301]

I don't know if I can get a top 20, but what I do like:

The Offspring - Been listening to thier new album a lot lately. Very good comeback.
Linkin Park
Green Day
Credence Clearwater Revival
The Beatles
Rolling Stones
Metallica
Lostprophets
Foo Fighters
The Who
Queen
Guns N' Roses
Seether
Godsmack
System of a Down (And I've heard a song from the spin off group Scars on Broadway which I liked)

I don't know, I'm really getting into the hard rock alternative stuff that you'd here on Octane or The Sqizz if you have Sirius or XM (respectively). Ranking current bands is tough since it depends on the music. For example, I've heard some of Saliva's stuff as well as stuff from Trapt, but I don't know the longevity of those bands nor have I heard more stuff from them. I also listen to country but in terms of bands, there aren't that many. Mostly of them are solo artists.

I'm looking to fill my Itunes library with more hard rock (Too much pop and country and indie artists that I'm starting not to like such as a Seattle Group called Long Winters) stuff so if anyone has any suggestions, I'm listening.

[Canadave]

^

The Tragically Hip.

[Harvey]

The Doors.

(The End)

(Really, I mostly listen to film scores and jazz artists... I have a White Stripes album, and a few other CDs, but none that I could immediately list as my "favorite").

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

Rush
King's X
Queensryche
Faith No More
Iron Maiden
Old Metallica
Dream Theater
Savatage
Led Zeppelin
Black Sabbath
Guns n Roses
Mr. Bungle
Living Coolur
Ozzy
Manowar
Overkill
Soundgarden
Alice in Chains
Def Leppard
ACDC

[GMac]

Only twenty eh? Well I'll have a go......

1. Gary Numan
2. Jean Michel Jarre
3. Sparks
4. Def Leppard
5. Queen

Then in no particular order:

T'Pau
Abba
New Order
The Human League
Rush
Depeche Mode
Roxette
Clannad
The Stranglers
XTC
Blondie
Bon Jovi
O.M.D
Marillion
Icehouse.

Quite a few missed the cut, but when you've got 830+ albums to go at, there had to be the odd absentee.....

GM

[zakkrusz]

Kamelot
Rammstein
Nightwish
Within Temptation
Evanescence
E Nomine
Metallica (the Pre-St. Anger stuff)
Breaking Benjamin
Godsmack
Stabbing Westward
Tool
Judas Priest
Motley Crue
Iron Maiden
Linkin Park
Spineshank
AC/DC
Adema
Gravity Kills
Three Days Grace

Nightwish (I may be the only person in the universe to prefer the new girl, though)

Well, you're not alone at least, I like her too.

[TheArsenal]

The Clash
The Beatles
Ramones
Oasis
Blur
999
Dandy Warhols
Radiohead
Stevie Wonder
The Kinks
Dion and the Belmonts
Talking Heads
Greenday
Eric Clapton
R.E.M.
B 52s
Neil Young
Bob Marley
Nirvana
Joe Jackson

[PKTrekGirl]

Canadave wrote:

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The Tragically Hip (seriously look these guys up if you like rock\classic rock and haven't heard of 'em)

One of the best pieces of advice I've taken away from this board, in 7 years on here. Thanks again, Canadave! tomalak301, based on the rest of your list, I'd encourage you to take the man's advice. I know I certainly am glad I did. I started listening to them about what? 5 or 6 months ago, Dave? And with the possible exception of the time about 6 1/2 years ago when someone told me told me to give Babylon 5 a try, this is the most valued piece of advice I've ever received on this board.

Still mystifies me why these guys are so huge in Canada but they've never made it down here. IMO, they are all kinds of awesome.



My list:

Top 5:

1. Bruce Springsteen
2. Pearl Jam
3. Bon Jovi
4. The Tragically Hip
5. U2

Others include (in no particular order): Queen, Journey, Fuel, REM, Alanis Morissette, The Goo Goo Dolls, Matchbox 20, The Beatles, The Eagles, Janis Joplin, Green Day, Nirvana, The Police, The Counting Crows, Prince, The Sam Roberts Band, Soundgarden, 3 Doors Down.

And even though they're just a baby band at this point, I do like Daughtry.

[anais]

The Pixies
Beck
The Postal Service
Goldfrapp
Thievery Corporation
Joy Division / New Order
Broken Social Scene
The Clash
Franz Ferdinand
Metric
Saturday Looks Good To Me
Nouvelle Vague
Arctic Monkeys
Ladytron
The Shins
The Dandy Warhols
The Go! Team
Depeche Mode
Modest Mouse
The Arcade Fire

[tomalak301]

anais wrote:

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Broken Social Scene
Metric

I'm glad I'm not the only one on this board who knows who these groups are. When I was introduced to them and come on here to talk about it, I thought I was. Metric is alright (Emily Haines has a great voice though) and I do know of one of Broken Social Scene's members, Jason Colett who has soothing music but has gotten a bit boring.

[anais]

tomalak301 wrote:

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I'm glad I'm not the only one on this board who knows who these groups are. When I was introduced to them and come on here to talk about it, I thought I was. Metric is alright (Emily Haines has a great voice though) and I do know of one of Broken Social Scene's members, Jason Colett who has soothing music but has gotten a bit boring.

There is no doubt, Emily Haines carries the whole band. Metric always seems a little off to me (not performance-wise), sometimes cheesy, but I like their style.

[I am not Spock]

In no particular order

The Who
Led Zeppelin
Queen
Dream Theater
Rush
Yes
Pink Floyd
Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
Metallica
Radiohead
Porcupine Tree
Judas Priest
Opeth
Soundgarden
Nirvana
Rage Against the Machine

That's probably more than twenty. Oh well. There's plenty of other bands besides those that I like.

[Canadave]

PKTrekGirl wrote:

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One of the best pieces of advice I've taken away from this board, in 7 years on here. Thanks again, Canadave! tomalak301, based on the rest of your list, I'd encourage you to take the man's advice. I know I certainly am glad I did. I started listening to them about what? 5 or 6 months ago, Dave?

That sounds about right. And you're welcome, once again! I'm always glad to spread the love. And if you are actually interested, tomalak, I can recommend a few songs to you.

tomalak301 wrote:

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I'm glad I'm not the only one on this board who knows who these groups are. When I was introduced to them and come on here to talk about it, I thought I was. Metric is alright (Emily Haines has a great voice though) and I do know of one of Broken Social Scene's members, Jason Colett who has soothing music but has gotten a bit boring.

I saw Emily Haines solo about a year ago. She was pretty good... love her voice! BSS is pretty cool, too, but I tend to be more of a fan of it's various member groups. The Stars are pretty good, as is Memphis, a side project of one of their members along with another from Metric. The Arcade Fire is far and away my favourite, though... Neon Bible is just an amazing album.

Another great artist out of the Canadian indie scene, though not necessarily connected to that Montreal scene are Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, who play sort of country-rock, much in the spirit of The Band. The Rheostatics are another great band, though probably a little too experimental for some, but personally I think they're one of the five best Canadian bands of the last twenty years.