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Top 20 - Bands

This will never be in any kind of order I had to copy straight off Facebook

System of a Down
Nine Inch Nails
Girls Aloud
Faith No More
Rage Against the Machine
Radiohead
Depeche Mode
Deftones
In Flames
SikTh
Led Zeppelin
Mansun
Muse
Tool
The Mars Volta
Arcade Fire
Massive Attack
Mínus
Gorillaz
Incubus
Black Sabbath
Porcupine Tree
Cult of Luna
Soulfly

That's 24 and I honestly cannot exclude more!
 
Crikey this is hard. In no order whatsoeever.

Within Temptation
Lacuna Coil
Nightwish (I may be the only person in the universe to prefer the new girl, though)
The Who
Alter Bridge
Juno Reactor
Faith No More
Evanescence
Deftones
Professional Murder Music
Foo Fighters
Audioslave
Muse
The Killers
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Linkin Park
Lostprophets
Velcra
Saliva
Snake River Conspiracy
 
Top 5

1. Van Halen
2. Creedence Clearwater Revival
3. Foo Fighters
4. Godsmack
5. Disturbed

Rest in no particular order:

Van Hagar
Adema
Korn
White Zombie
Boston
No Doubt
Journey
Smashing Pumpkins
The Offspring
Powerman 5000
The Killers
AC/DC
Rob Zombie
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Linkin Park
 
I'm not a huge music lover, but here are my Top 5.

1. The Beatles
2. Led Zeppelin
3. The Who
4. The Rolling Stones
5. Queen

The rest., in no particular order.
Guns n' Roses
Pink Floyd
REM
U2
Oasis
Radiohead
Nirvana
The Eagles
Blondie
Metallica
Keane
The Beach Boys
Cream
Jimi Hendrix
Duran Duran

BRG
 
My favorite is Nine Inch Nails
there are others I like too, like The Cure, Foofighters, Radiohead, Bjork, Portishead, etc & own a couple cds of, but NIN's the only one I have 2 or more cds of...
 
NIN could easily be on my list. My list was far closer to 20 bands I like than my top 20.
 
I tend to follow artists through their whole careers, so I am doubling up and more on some bands with common key personnel as I consider them to be essentially the same thing.

Queen
Stone Temple Pilots
Pearl Jam
Bjork
Ry Cooder
The Afghan Whigs/Twilight Singers/Greg Dulli
Mike Patton/Faith No More/Tomahawk/Peeping Tom
Screaming Trees/Mark Lanegan
Alice in Chains
Anthrax
Seth Lakeman
Radiohead
The Prodigy
The Almighty
Live
Leatherface
Jeff Buckley
Manic Street Preachers
Therapy?
Iron Maiden
Counting Crows

I think i had to cut out some really good bands there :(
 
  1. The Beatles
  2. The Who
  3. U2
  4. The Clash
  5. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
  6. The Jam
  7. The Rolling Stones
  8. REM
  9. Elvis Costello and the Attractions
  10. The Kinks
  11. Oasis
  12. Red Hot Chili Peppers
  13. XTC
  14. The Doors
  15. The Police
  16. Beach Boys
  17. The Ramones
  18. Stray Cats
  19. Cream
  20. Jimi Hendrix Experience
 
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!
 
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
 
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. :)
 
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").
 
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
 
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
 
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.
 
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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
 
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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! :D 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. :techman:



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.
 
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