I have a top 10 all-time favorite bands list - do you? What's yours?

[LynneSin]

Mine (and in order of favorite too)

1. Led Zeppelin
   
2. Queen
   
3. Yes
   
4. David Bowie
   
5. Green Day
   
6. Pink Floyd
   
7. King Crimson
   
8. Electric Light Orchestra
   
9. The Clash
   
10. Jethro Tull
    

But after listening to XTC almost non-stop this weekend, #10 could be threatened to be replaced!

[XNASA]

1. Any list that does not include 'Solar Radio' should be dismissed.

I mean, am I right, or what? :shrug:

[LynneSin]

2. Any list without Led Zeppelin should be held suspect at best

so there!

[Fenris]

3. Did I ever tell you my brother saw them in Dallas?

This was 1990 or thereabouts - near the end. Playing a packed auditorium. The end of the set came around and the fans fucking rushed the stage - total anarchy.

[XNASA]

11. They played in Dallas? Wow!!

That must have been amazing.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

42. Agreed

[Tikki]

4. Mine

1.X
2.Ramones
Bobby Fuller Four
Sir Douglas Quintet
Devo
Sonics
Four Tops
Love
Lou Christie/Del Shannon/Gene Pitney/Johnny Rivers
Chris Kenner...recording with The Clowns


Somewhere in all of this, I will always listen to the Minutemen and the Weirdos...

[ET Awful]

5. I can't say I dislike any of the bands you listed, but I CAN say that

I only have CD's by one of them in my collection :P.

[Hypatia82]

6. Here's my top ten in the moment...

1. Beatles
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Rolling Stones
4. Jimi Hendrix Experience
5. The Who
6. Yes
7. Van Halen
8. Black Sabbath
9. Rush
10. Megadeth

would love to put Green Day and Primus in there too.

[LynneSin]

8. The Who & Rolling Stones use to be in the Top 10 but...

...after numerous "Farewell Concerts" and "Last Tour Ever" stuff I got bored with their material. Had I made this post back in 1985 and not 2005 both bands would have been in the top #10. Of course Green Day wouldn't have been - go figure!

[Beer Snob-50]

7. The order changes monthly

the stones
jimmy buffet and the coral reefer band
bruce springsteen and the e street band
the ramones
j geils band
u2
bb king
elton john (early stuff)
queen
green day

[Patiod]

62. gotta include the E Street Band

won't go see Bruce without them. Saw the "Born to Run" tour, and it ruined me forever - it's the concert I judge all other concerts by.

And on a "how clueless am I?" note: I've been into Buffett for 25 years, and it took me until about 10 years ago to get the "coral reefer" pun. And yes, I did smoke way too much dope in high school.

[SteppingRazor]

9. Really, really tough...

I love Dylan. And the Beatles, and the Stones...

But there's so many good bands out there, and even grwat albums by mediocre bands. I own something like 15,000 CDs. Narrowing my favorite bands down to 10 is a little tough. Depends on my mood.

[Loonman]

10. 10

Joy Division
Sex Pistols
Minor Threat
Cure
Cult
Echo & The Bunnymen
Siouxsie & The Banshees
Curve
The Doors
New Order

[momophile]

33. someone thinking like me!

yay! your list doesn't have Led Zeppelin in it! Yay!

I have to go think of mine...

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. Replace ELO with Zappa, and then we can talk.

Sadly, I know nothing of Green Day, but I'm sure I would replace them with pre-"We Can't Dance" Genesis.

[LynneSin]

15. Zappa could make top 20 but no way I'm booting ELO

the first album I ever bought with my own money I earned back when I was 13 years old (ok it was birthday money but damnit, I earned it!) was Out of the Blue by ELO. THey've been a favorite of mine since then.

Green Day is great but you post about them here and some folks get snooty and call them sell-outs. Sure, it's really sucky they'd produce an album that has an anti-war/anti-bush tone to it and sell 10million+ Might as well buy Jessica Simpson stuff.

[trogdor]

44. People say the same thing about ELO.

Heard it a million times. Now there's a commercial with "Livin' Thing" as the theme song. It wouldn't be like that if their music didn't have both popular appeal AND staying power.

Out of the Blue is definitely in my top ten all-time greatest albums.

[pdx_prog]

13. uh huh...

1. Yes
2. UK
3. Todd / Utopia
4. Led Zeppelin
5. Genesis w/Pete
6. Crimson
7. Beatles
8. Dixie Dregs / Steve Morse
9. Zappa
10. Petty

[Burma Jones]

14. Bands, besides those I've been in......

Grateful Dead
Beatles
Pink Floyd
The Who
Jethro Tull
Ramones
Dead Kennedys
Camper van Beethoven
Talking Heads
Yes

[MN ChimpH8R]

16. In no particular order

Pink Floyd
The Beatles
Brian Wilson's Beach Boys
Can
Fairport Convention/Sandy Denny
King Crimson
Led Zeppelin
Yes
Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry
Van Der Graaf Generator

they are the first ten that come to my addled mind right now

[Initech]

17. My list:

1. Frank Zappa
2. King Crimson
3. Porcupine Tree
4. The Rolling Stones
5. Pink Floyd
6. Iron Maiden
7. Black Sabbath
8. The Mars Volta
9. Parliament / Funkadelic
10. Dream Theater

My top 20 would be something like:

11. Led Zeppelin
12. Tool
13. Queensryche
14. Opeth
15. Bob Marley
16. A Perfect Circle
17. Jimi Hendrix
18. Nine Inch Nails
19. The Clash
20. Depeche Mode

[LynneSin]

21. I never really put together an 11-20 list but I know it would include

• The Beatles
  
• Sex Pistols
  
• Jimi Hendrix
  
• Stone Temple Pilots
  
• Pearl Jam
  
• U2
  
• XTC
  
• Nine Inch Nails
  
• Frank Zappa
  
• Audioslave/Soundgarden (well they both had the same front man)
  

I'll have to think about how I'd order that list

[Initech]

23. I bet I could probably do a top 50 and still not even put them in order

[LynneSin]

30. Ooo, I just realized I need Alan Parsons & Supertramp in that list

I only organize the top 10. After that they're just bands that LynneSin thinks kickass!

[anarch]

18. don't have one

but I'll make one!

in interchangeable order:

Joy Division
Spacemen 3
The Rolling Stones
The Beatles
My Bloody Valentine
The Creation
The Pretty Things
The Telescopes
Nirvana
The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Man, it's pretty hard to limit it to ten! I'm pretty sure Led Zep is on there most of the time, btw...just been digging other stuff more, recently.

[MissMillie]

19. I can name 10 favorites

but I'm not sure I can put them in any particular order.

Moody Blues
Yes
'til Tuesday (or Aimee Mann, if you will)
Electric Light Orchestra
Pink Floyd
CSN (and Y)
The Bee Gees (sue me, I like 'em)
U2 (sue me again)
The Beatles
Cowboy Junkies

[GalleryGod]

20. The Beatles

:shrug: That's it and that's that.

[GalleryGod]

22. Upon Further Review- August 1, 1971-Madison Sq. Garden

The Concert for Bangladesh !:hippie:
Now THAT was a band!
Had only ONE LP..it did go Multi,Multi-Platinum,though:woohoo:

[momophile]

34. good answer!! nt

[ghostsofgiants]

24. Some are constant, some change from time to time...at the moment...

The Mars Volta
Protest The Hero
The Clash
Bright Eyes
Alexisonfire
Cursive
Sparta
At the Drive-in
Refused
The Lost Patrol

[pokerfan]

25. No love here for Skynyrd or Little Feat?

Led Zeppelin
Rolling Stones
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Aerosmith
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefers
Jethro Tull
George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Dave Mathews Band
Little Feat

[fight4my3sons]

29. I love Little Feat!

How can you not love "Fat Man in the Bathtub" :-)

I don't really have a top 10. There are way too many that I like and it depends on my mood, but if I did, I guess it would have to include:

Grateful Dead
Bob Dylan
Little Feat
Allman Bros
Rage Against the Machine
Beastie Boys
Bob Marley & the Wailers
Bad Religion

[Zomby Woof]

26. Zomby11

In honor of Spinal Tap, my Top 11 (and trying to stick only to the rock genre):

1. Lynyrd Skynyrd
2. Frank Zappa
3. Bob Dylan
4. Creedence Clearwater Revival
5. Neil Young
6. Pink Floyd
7. Allman Brothers Band
8. Gov't Mule
9. The Beatles
10. Morbid Angel
11. Van Morrison

After the first 3, it is easily interchangeable, not quite set in stone.

[chknltl]

36. Morbid Angel????

I am very impressed! Evil Dave Vincent went on to form the Genetortureres, a band which made my top 10 list. (No similarities between the 2 bands other than that and a great many MA fans have never forgiven Dave for doing that.)
c

[Zomby Woof]

39. David Vincent is back!

Him, and a guitarist named Tony Norman (going back to a 2-guitar line-up like the early days). I don't have info on the new album yet. Their website is promoting their 2006 our, though.

"Blessed Are The Sick" is as much of a landmark album as Sabbath's "Paranoid" was, 20 years earlier. Have seen them live twice, and never disappointed.

[LynneSin]

49. Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Bush Loving Lynyrd Skynyd

Geez, I'm so disappointed :cry:

[Zomby Woof]

58. That's not Skynyrd

That's am impostor band run by 2 original members, and they should be ashamed.

The REAL band, which died in 1977 in the plane crash, were huge Jimmy Carter supporters (courtesy of lead singer and leader Ronnie Van Zant), raising money for him at concerts, etc.

They also had songs against handguns, for the environment, and against Vietnam. That was long ago...

Too sad about the misguided souls in the fake version...

[RandomKoolzip]

27. Yup:

Guided by Voices
The Jam
Ben Folds Five
The Minutemen
Husker Du
76% Uncertain
James Brown
American Music Club
The Wrens
The Grateful Dead

[asthmaticeog]

28. Easy.

Minutemen
Joy Division
Black Flag
Public Image Limited
The Kinks
Gang of Four
Ramones
Beatles
Slint
Saccharine Trust

Subject to change of course, depending on mood or whim.

[kwassa]

31. Subject to change without notice

1) Kassav'
2) Juan Luis Guerra
3) Diblo Dbala, and all the bands he has ever recorded with.
4) Stevie Ray Vaughan
5) Rolling Stones
6) Van Morrison
7) George Clinton, in all of his manifestations, P-Funk, et al.
8) James Brown
9) Bob Marley
10) Bob Dylan

[chknltl]

32. chknltl list

1.Yes ("Yessongs" specifically)
2.Rush
3.Cookie: http://www.giantradio.com/cookie.html go listen to see why they list this high for me.
4.Jethro Tull
5.Trimvirat
6.Marty Robbins (yes THAT Marty Robbins)
7.Pink Floyd
8.Jello Biafra (spoken word material)
9.No Doubt
10. Genetorturers

A few words about Cookie: Although one of the many local bands which I had the pleasure to associate with over the years, Cookie has been only one of two which have touched me musically enough to make this list. I have mentioned this band often before but nary a word of response from my fellow DUers. I have convinced many people that this band is terrific by taking them to their first Cookie show. Each and every one of them became instant fans. (Younger women especially so). I suggest listening, if you can, to both albums. My fave songs from it are not listed here, a pity, (one is about triumphing over an abusive boyfriend), but the selections are all pretty good any way. "Bad For Me" off the first is about the singer, I know her, she is just like this song. "Mr. President" shows the hope the singer had for bush as he first took office, she was let down of course, by the end of the song: "Once again, shown the past, have times changed as much as that? What we've all come to expect, for ourselves is SO MUCH LESS." echoes her bitterness. If you actually get to listen to those two selections and like what you hear, go over to the second album, the one with the little girl sticking her tongue out and hit "sit back and play all" You won't be disappointed.
c

[KFC]

37. No specific order

The Jam
Cheap Trick
Sex Pistols
Gun Club
Black Flag
The Who
Roxy Music
Gang of Four
Ween
March Violets

[momophile]

35. first and foremost...

The Beatles.

then in no particular order:

Dead Milkmen
The Ramones
The Smiths
Indigo Girls
Beastie Boys
Depeche Mode
The Doors
Gipsy Kings
Midnight Oil

[Coventina]

38. I'm putting mine in a-z order, because at the top, it's hard to choose

I had a hard enough time picking just 10!

My definition of "band" has 3 or more members. Therefore, acts like Moby, OMD, Tears For Fears do not qualify.

Here they are:

B-52's
Cake
The Cure
Depeche Mode
Echo & The Bunnymen
Guadalcanal Diary
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Love and Rockets
Social Distortion
U2

Bubbling under: REM, The Specials, The Go-Go's, XTC, Madness.....

[Guava Jelly]

60. A fellow cake fan

They have to be the most underestimated band of all time.
I freaken love them and have the entire discography on my ipod!!!

[Coventina]

61. Agreed. Very underestimated.

:thumbsup:

[bbernardini]

40. These are so hard, but I'll give it a go (Zappa and related artists heavy)

1. Frank Zappa
2. Todd Rundgren/Utopia
3. Mike Keneally
4. Porcupine Tree
5. Kevin Gilbert
6. The Samples
7. Stuart Davis
8. Rush
9. The Hooters
10. XTC

I reserve the right to change this list at any time. :)

[LynneSin]

50. HAHA The Hooters - you must be from the Philly area

(don't worry, I love the Hooters too, but if someone has them on their tops list you know what part of the country they are from!)

[bbernardini]

67. Exactly. Although that person could be from Germany as well... n/t

[Cats Against Frist]

41. In no particular order:

Phish
Tool
Jethro Tull
Frank Zappa
Bjork (though she's not a band, exactly)
Radiohead
Led Zeppelin
The Who
Beatles
Refused

I guess.

[auburngrad82]

43. here's mine

Led Zeppelin
Bob Dylan
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Bruce Springsteen
Sex Pistols
The Clash
The Band
CCR
The Eagles



http://www.cafepress.com/opposingforces

[Zuni]

45. I have never tried to put an order on my favorite music

or make lists

I simply like what I like

[Zuni]

46. I have never tried to put an order on my favorite music

or make lists

I simply like what I like

[mvd]

47. I'll make a list

I'm only including pure groups, though, and it could change.

Beatles (#1)
The Corrs
New Pornographers
Abba
U2
R.E.M.
Pearl Jam (closely followed by bands like Stone Temple Pilots, Green Day, Garbage, and Hole)
The Beach Boys (have a greater output than the Byrds, who really are equal - and the Rolling Stones are very close behind)
The Bangles
Creedence Clearwater Revival

[LynneSin]

51. You can't lump Green Day in with Pearl Jam, STP, Hole, etc

All of those bands are from the Grunge/Seattle sound started by Nirvana. Green Day is more of a Post-Punk type sounds. I guess what I'm saying is that Nirvana broke into new territory that made all those other bands very popular (and some of my favorites too), but I don't think the Nirvana influence had any affect on whether Green Day would have made it since Green Day is such a completely different genre of music.

[mvd]

55. My thinking was that..

they are all a kind of modern rock. It wasn't supposed to be particular in the way you mentioned.

[LynneSin]

56. They are of more modern rock but of two very distinct heritages

:D

[ProfessorGAC]

48. Well, I Have A Couple I'd Change

But, not many. I'd get rid of Pink Floyd, Green Day, and ELO and replace them with The Fixx, Talking Heads, and The Beatles. I'm not sure of my order though. Just a fungible Top Ten.
The Professor

[myrna minx]

52. In no particular order

David Bowie
Tom Waits
The Pogues
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
U2
Coil
The Smiths
Joy Division
The Clash
The Cure

[AzDar]

53. Mine would be:

1) Rolling Stones
2) Led Zeppelin
3) Creedence Clearwater Revival
4) George Strait
5) Van Halen
6) Merle Haggard
7) W.A.S.P.
8) AC/DC
9) Steely Dan
10)Johnny Cash

[XemaSab]

54. Five bands I listen to most:

Nine Inch Nails
Radiohead
Tool
A Perfect Circle
Modest Mouse

I don't need no top ten! :P

[Parche]

57. GROUP

Pink Floyd
Beatles
Genesis
U-2
Alice in Chains

[Guava Jelly]

59. My list

#1 the beatles
#2 Greenday
#3 sublime
#4 Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra
#5 Queen
#6 Cake(if you dont agree you havent listened to anything but radio)
#7 The Pretenders
#8 Hole (shoot me but i love courtney)
#9 weezer
#10 Crosby stills nash and young

hows that for a list?

[HughBeaumont]

63. My top 20

1. Ozzy-era Black Sabbath
2. Pink Floyd
3. Mr. Bungle
4. Yes
5. Pre-Genesis Genesis
6. Run DMC
7. Slayer
8. Husker Du
9. Godflesh
10. Melvins
11. The Who
12. D.B.C.
13. Primus
14. Jethro Tull
15. Emerson Lake and Palmer
16. Mastodon
17. Dillinger Escape Plan
18. High on Fire
19. The Residents
20. D.R.I.

[Arkana]

64. Mine:

1. Alkaline Trio
2. Green Day
3. Social Distortion
4. Evanescence
5. Matchbox 20
6. Staind
7. Goo Goo Dolls
8. Dropkick Murphys
9. Flogging Molly
10. NoFx

[Caution]

65. My List

in no particular order

Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
Cake
Morphine
Lords of Acid
The Crystal Method
The Sisters of Mercy
KMFDM
Chemlab
Pink Floyd

[speedoo]

66. My top twelve, currently:

Not necessarily in order...

Allman Bros. Band
The Band (with or w/o Dylan)
Beatles
Stones
Santana
The Doors
The Who
Bruce & E Street
Pretenders
Ramones
Clash
Buddy Holly and the Crickets

I wish I could come up with a single band representing the doo wop era, but I can't, probably because they were really singing groups with backup bands. I also can't come up with a single band representing the bluegrass and blues genres, which are dominated by individual performers.

[wiley]

68. Here's my 10.

4 Non-Blondes
The Pretenders
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Radiohead
Live
Roxy Music
The Clash
Jeff Buckley
Pink Floyd
U2

No room for The Rolling Stones. Stone Temple Pilots, Bettie Serviert, Squueze, etc.

[Va Lefty]

69. My Top Ten

(No particular order)

1) The Beatles
2) Bruce Springsteen
3) Steely Dan
4) AC/DC
5) Lynyrd Skynyrd
6) John Mellencamp
7) Elvis Costello
8) Joe Jackson
9) Pat Benatar
10) Van Halen--DLR version