Your Top 10 Favorite Bands

[El Fangel]

This has been done to death, on every forum in the history of the internet yes, however I wish to ask only to see if 2011 changed any of your list.

It shuffled mine around quite a bit honestly, as I discovered some new stuff, heard some stuff for the first time that I enjoyed, found a song I had not known the name of forever.

Bit of commentary on each to give you an idea why they are there.

1) Metallica - They might not be the best band ever, but they are my favorite.

2) Foo Fighters - Somehow, someway I managed to not know the name of "Learn to Fly" for what must be years. In the days before Shazam, I had to ask people and one person did say FF. When I searched Youtube, I got the elevator intro played to the tune of Everlong and skipped it because I didn't know it was the right song. Also, Rope and Walk from Wasting Light is Amazing.

3) Pink Floyd - I watched "The Wall" and they immediately cemented a spot unlikely to ever lower.

4) Pearl Jam - My wife got me to listen to their entire discography and well, you guys mostly already knew.

5) Our Lady Peace - After seeing the live, I absolutely fell in love with these guys. I think one of the very few bands who are much better live then hearing them through earphones.

6) Led Zepplin - I don't need to explain myself here.

7) The Trews - They originate from where I grew up and I had heard they were total assholes. However, their latest CD, Hope and Ruin changed my opinion of them as musicians at least.

8) The Black Keys - Requiem turned me onto to these guys and they have some pretty sick stuff.

9) Tool - The hidden track from 10,000 Days is just...oh my god.

10) Static-X - Only because they were my first favorite band do they hold the last spot.

[Indifferent Clox]

You do realize your fake razor quote is a song lyric right?

[Pintint]

In no particular order, although the first three would theoretically vie for the 1st spot.

1. Nevermore
2. Lacrimosa
3. Dio
4. Megadeth
5. Uriah Heep
6. My Dying Bride
7. Old Man's Child
8. Deep Purple
9. Willie Nelson (technically not a band )
10. Judas Priest

[FakeLaser]

1) Sonic Youth
2) Animal Collective
3) Radiohead
4) Pink Floyd
5) Joy Division
6) The Smiths
7) Velvet Underground
8) A Tribe Called Quest
9) David Bowie
10) The Beatles

I guess, if I were to pick ALL TIME.

[Buzzkill]

For all time, not necessarily top 10 right now

Also not in order

Radiohead
Animal Collective
The Beatles
Lil Wayne
Kanye West
Joy Division
OutKast
Sufjan Stevens
The White Stripes
Destroyer

[Buzzkill]

I realize my choice of Lil Wayne might be controversial. Listen to his mixtapes and try to be open minded and you will see where I am coming from.

As a disclaimer, I hate most of his "hits". Any time he tries to sing or use autotune is straight trash. But he changed the "rap game" in a huge way, and for about 4 years was by far the best rapper on the planet. Could seriously write like 5 pages on why he is amazing but I know nobody would read it.

[Buzzkill]

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[Buzzkill]

In 2008 he released 281 songs or something.

[El Fangel]

I realize my choice of Lil Wayne might be controversial. Listen to his mixtapes and try to be open minded and you will see where I am coming from.

As a disclaimer, I hate most of his "hits". Any time he tries to sing or use autotune is straight trash. But he changed the "rap game" in a huge way, and for about 4 years was by far the best rapper on the planet. Could seriously write like 5 pages on why he is amazing but I know nobody would read it.

Any song I have ever heard by him sounds autotuned. And the look he got going on doesn't do him any favors.

To each his own though.

[FakeLaser]

Dunno, just can't get into Wayne. I get the appeal and all. And he can spit, definitely.

[Buzzkill]

He's just such a goofy crazy dude who loves rapping so much. I dunno, great/creative rhyme schemes, crazy flow, extremely good wordplay across his whole body of work (for those few years...he seriously was putting out like 200+ songs a year and his verses were sick on 95% of them). He just sounds like he is having a blast rapping, and when he was at his prime he was the best gangster rapper of all time (IMO).

I dunno, I almost like him for the same reason I liked Sit Down Man by Das Racist. You can just break down any song and it's just jam packed with deceptively witty double/triple entendres, etc...tons of "hidden gems" everywhere)

I think his consistency of awesomeness is what really places him on that list for me though.

[El Fangel]

I don't think Wayne is the problem, I think my problem is the amount of people who will try to emulate him.

[Rammsteinmad]

Dream Theater
Symphony X
Savatage
Andromeda
Rush
Shadow Gallery

Meh, can't really decide on the last four, but these six are definites.

[Triple A]

These are my 10 favorite bands I think :)

The Beatles
Destroyer
The Smiths
The Doors
The Beach Boys
of Montreal
The Magnetic Fields
Daniel Johnston
John Maus
The Fiery Furnaces

[weather vane]

Motley Crue
AC/DC
Jason Aldean
Keith Urban
Aqua
Dierks Bentley
Eric Church
Garth Brooks
Kenny Chesney
Guns N Roses

[The Mask]

nirvana
led zeppelin
my bloody valentine
sepultura
failure
beatles

anything else i go hot or cold on. high ranking bands who i'm not crazy into at the minute would be queen, black sabbath, metallica

[Buzzkill]

These are my 10 favorite bands I think :)

The Beatles
Destroyer
The Smiths
The Doors
The Beach Boys
of Montreal
The Magnetic Fields
Daniel Johnston
John Maus
The Fiery Furnaces

Have never listened to The Smiths...a bit before my time. Where should I start?

[Triple A]

I guess I would start with their first album, "The Smiths" but I think "The Queen is Dead" is my favorite maybe, but not by much!

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[Buzzkill]

Like all three of those a lot. Great bassist!

[FakeLaser]

some more

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[FakeLaser]

GREATEST SONG EVER

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[FakeLaser]

Johnny Marr is so good

[El Fangel]

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Oh my god, love this song so much.

[MoFo]

Kasabian
CKY
Zuul Fx
Pendulum
Take That (old stuff not new)

[Malfeitor]

My top 10 favorites can change from month to month, but I'll try my best to narrow it down...

In no particular order:

1. Naysayer
2. All Out War
3. Merauder
4. NJ Bloodline
5. Judge
6. Metallica (And Justice For All album mainly.)
7. Madball
8. Strung Out
9. Cold As Life
10. Blood For Blood

[blake639raw]

No particular order:

The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Bob Dylan
The Who
Pantera
Woody Guthrie
Grateful Dead
Jimi Hendrix
Frank Zappa
Howlin' Wolf


Although, it will probably change tomorrow. The first 5 are permanent though.

[mitch_h]

The Beach Boys
The Beatles
David Bowie
Talking Heads
Joy Division
Fugazi
Destroyer
Animal Collective
Sonic Youth
The National

[Indifferent Clox]

Okkervil river
Radiohead
animal collective
sufjan Stevens
pavement
beach boys
Beatles
The band
Joanna newsom
destroyer
Bowie
Sonic youth.


I did 12

[DLVH84]

01. Def Leppard
02. Van Halen
03. Motley Crue
04. Whitesnake
05. Winger
06. Loudness
07. Europe
08. Danger Danger
09. Gorky Park
10. Blue Murder

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

1. The Beatles.
2. Queen.
3. The Blanks.
4. Bruce Springfield and the E-Street Band.
5. Aerosmith.
6. London Symphony Orchestra (Star Wars)
7. Blink 182.
8. Downstait.
9. Reel Big Fish
10. Weezer

[Kapoutman]

Oasis
The Beatles
IAM
Modest Mouse
The Smiths
Pulp
Radiohead
Gorillaz
Arcade Fire
Foo Fighters

Feels like I should put Pixies, The Stones Roses and Pearl Jam on that list, but I don't know who I would take off.

As for The Smiths songs, here are my two favorites:

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[Shaved Monkey]

No particular order to the list after 1 and 2.

1. The Doors
2. Nine Inch Nails
3. Tool
4. Type O Negative
5. Del tha Funkee Homosapien
6. Red Hot Chili Peppers
7. Foo Fighters
8. The Who
9. Neil Young
10. Tim Minchin

[Requiem]

The Black Keys
Nine Inch Nails
John Mayer
Pink Floyd
Tool
Frank Sinatra
Queens of the Stone Age
Modest Mouse
AC/DC
Muse

[Vastardikai]

As of right now, no particular order

Melvins
At the Drive-in
Down
Clutch
Corrosion of Conformity
Those Poor Bastards
Hank 3
Thin Lizzy
Frank Zappa
Lonesome Wyatt and the Holy Spooks

[JiM PolPot v.W.o.]

Led Zeppelin
Beatles
Hendrix
Genesis
Alice in Chains
Van Hagar
Allman Brothers
Marvin Gaye
Elton John
Queen

[Rammsteinmad]

Genesis :love:

[CSL]

Brand New, CKY, HIM, Rammstein, OLP, Springsteen/E Street, N.W.A, The Gaslight Anthem, The 69 Eyes, the final one can be "rotating", for rn we'll say Oasis or Queen. Would include single artists but they aren't bands now are they