Favorite band time!

[wonton]

Doesn't look like this has really been brought up for quite some time, so here it is:  Whats your top 10 list of bands, in no particular order.  Well, if you want, order them but I find this too hard personally.  Try not to make it a "<insert band here> sucks, blah blah" message, this is about what you like, not what you dont =]

It changes, but here's mine at the moment...

1. John Frusciante - and his side projects (ataxia, namely)
2. Elliott Smith
3. Mars Volta
4. Jeff Buckley
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers - yeah, thats John Frusciante too, but Flea and Chad added into the mix make a pretty awesome team
6. Eric Clapton
7. Led Zeppelin
8. The Velvet Underground
9. Soundgarden - off the strength of Superunknown alone...
10.Stroke 9

It's pretty much guarenteed I'll have at least one album from an artist off that list with me at all times.

What bands are you never without?

 

[Laner]

According to my last.fm profile:

Prince
Chicago
Metallica
Def Leppard
Bon Jovi
Queensryche
Winger
Billy Sheehan
Dishwater Blonde
Lenny Kravitz

The epitome of un-hip, but I likes what I likes

[EngineNo9]

I'm not very good at making these lists because I always forget something important, and I like a lot of bands, but here's some from whom I will buy a new album sight unseen (or sound unheard...whatever). 

Eels
Rage Against the Machine
Deftones
Tom Waits
Modest Mouse
Tool
A Perfect Circle
The Black Keys

[TheMissingLink]

Rilo Kiley
Stars
Regina Spektor
The Postal Service
Sufjan Stevens
Ty Kovatch
Dido
U2
Oasis
Stabbing Westward (yeah, that's right, depward - after listening to "Whither, Blister, Burn and Peel I'm ready to throw them up as one of my top 10)

[Gratch]

1.  Skinny Puppy
2.  David Bowie
3.  Alice in Chains
4.  Frontline Assembly
5.  Bauhaus
6.  Nine Inch Nails
7.  Guns N' Roses
8.  Bad Religion
9.  They Might Be Giants
10.  Great Big Sea

A few that are interchangeable with the bottom of the list

-  Vast
-  Mr. Bungle
-  Opeth
-  Tool

[th'FOOL]

1. Ween
2. Tool/ A Perfect Circle
3. Nine Inch Nails
4. Muse
5. Flaming Lips
6. Beck
7. Radiohead
8. Amon Tobin
9. Mr. Bungle (and Fantomas, too)
10. Beastie Boys

The bottom five are pretty much interchangable with these:
Butthole Surfers
Primus
Clutch
Skinny Puppy
Queens of the Stone Age

[CrayolaSmoker]

In alphabetical order:

Barenaked Ladies
Blues Traveler
(old) David Bowie
(old) Elton John
Stone Temple Pilots
(The London) Suede
...

Can't think of too many others that see regular rotation through my playlists.

[gellar]

The Ramones
Social Distortion
The Clash
Bad Religion
Green Day

[corruptrelic]

1) Metallica
2) Breaking Benjamin
3) Nickelback
4) Black 47
5) Wolftones
6) Chicago
7) Peter Cetera
REO Speedwagon
9) Papa Roach
10) Pink Floyd

Not really in any particular order.

[Nth Power]

In no particular order :

1) Talking Heads
2) R.E.M.
3) Sonic Youth
4) The Replacements
5) Guns N' Roses
6) The Jesus and Mary Chain
7) Green Day
8 ) Garbage
9) Tom Petty (& The Heartbreakers)
10) Oingo Boingo

I'm probably forgetting some...

[Ænima]

1   TOOL
2   Radiohead
3   Faith No More
4   Pink Floyd
5   Alice in Chains
6   Opeth
7   Nine Inch Nails
8   Soundgarden
9   Metallica (Pre-Load)
10   Smashing Pumpkins

Honorable Mention: Rage Against the Machine, Muse, King Crimson, Massive Attack, and the Deftones.

[CeeKay]

I no particular order:

U2
Bon Jovi
Nickelback
Guns N Roses
Metallica
Oasis
Def Lepard
Van Halen (The Hagar Years)
Boston
Tie between Reel Big Fish/Mighty Mighty Bosstones

[Suitably Ironic Moniker]

I figured this was a thread about Morris Day & the Muthafuckin' Time.

I can't rate them 1-10 as my preferences do tend to shift, but my all-time hall of fame would include Marvin Gaye, Paul Simon, Myshkin, Peter Gabriel, The Afghan Whigs and Wink Martindale help me, if The Shins put out one more great album, I'll add them too.

[Thin_J]

I can't believe you assholes like Rage. Chris De La Rocha is the worst vocalist in the entire goddamn history of music.

[Suitably Ironic Moniker]

I can't believe you assholes like Rage. Chris De La Rocha is the worst vocalist in the entire goddamn history of music.

I think you're missing the point of RAtM.

ETA: It's Zack de la Rocha

[Semaj]

I rarely have a "favorite".. usually its more a rotating stack of cd's....

My current stack/rotation:
Snow Patrol
The Fray
Kelly Clarkson
Guns N Roses
Green Day
Joss Stone
Kanye West
Augustina
Dave Mathews (older stuff, the new stuff is more or less crap)
Patty Hurst Shifter
Embrace
Postal Service
The Killers

I'm thining it's time to switch out a few, get some stones in there, maybe some Dylan...

[Devil]

Steely Dan
The Police
The Who
Prince

[Creepy_Smell]

My lastfm says:

Fu Manchu
System of a Down
Red Giant
Misfits
NOFX
Mclusky
Zeke
Deftones
Mushroom River Band
Nebula

Not bad for my current stonerock/metal habits but it leaves out true favs burned into my brain from my skater punk youth:

Nomeansno
Mudhoney
Minutemen/Firehose
Dead Kennedys
Black Flag
Descendents
Scratch Acid/Jesus Lizard

[HankRaptor]

Im getting old.

Tom Waits
Jack Johnson
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Johnny Cash
Ozzy Osbourne
Metallica
Black Label Society
Coletrain
Miles Davis
Norah Jones
Joss Stone

[javahead]

• 1) Faith No More
• 2) A Perfect Circle
• 3) Tool
• 4) System of a Down
• 5) Kitaro
• 6) Weird Al Yankovic
• 7) Rage Against the Machine
• 8) Pink Floyd
• 9) RadioHead
• 10) Garbage

-ish

[dbt1949]

Fleetwood Mac
Beach Boys
Creedance Clearwater Revival
Four Seasons
Stevie Nicks
Enya
Heart
Four Tops
Jan and Dean
Supremes

[warning]

No particular order here.

Iron Maiden - Rock!   
Radiohead - trippy but cool
Rush - Red Barchetta owns my soul
Beatles - always have loved them
Opeth - complex and difficult
New Pornographers - not deep but still great
Spoon - they'd make my list just for "The Beast and Dragon, Adored"
Metallica - old stuff is best

I'm sure there's others but these are the ones that jump out at me.

[Kratz]

Not one AC/DC or Black Sabbath.  Heathens.

AC/DC - Bonn Scott era gets the nod for #1
Black Sabbath
Hellacopters
Black Flag
Rolling Stones
Ramones

[Kratz]

Zeke

Word.  I just got Dirty Sanchez on tasty orange vinyl in the mail this week.

I don't know how the fuck the crappy ass Deftones got in your list, but the rest of it is pretty hard to fault.

[depward]

Very tough, this isn't in order of preference:

- VNV Nation
- Hanzel und Gretyl
- The Sword
- In Strict Confidence
- Apoptygma Berzerk
- Covenant
- Stabbing Westward
- Depeche Mode
- The Amelie soundtrack
- Piano music is soothing.

[Grievous Angel]

The Pogues
Robert Earl Keen
Great Big Sea
Kevin Welch
The Decemberists
Jimmy Buffett
Gaelic Storm
Reckless Kelly
Kelly Willis
The Duhks

[Knightshade Dragon]

....we should make an officially unofficial CD of music that represents the GT cross section.  Now, if only that wasn't completely illegal....

[Dramatist]

1. The Chameleons
2. Echo And The Bunnymen
3. OMD
4. The Church
5. Nitzer Ebb
6. New Order
7. The Cure
8. Love And Rockets (can lump in Bauhaus and Tones On Tail)
9. Clan Of Xymox
10. David Bowie

[Gratch]

- VNV Nation

I've got tickets to see VNV Nation with And One on June 20.   

Frontline Assembly in May, VNV Nation in June, hopefully Skinny Puppy in July or August (they're supposed to release their tour schedule any day now), and Assemblage 23 in September.  Gonna be a good few concert months. 

[depward]

- VNV Nation

I've got tickets to see VNV Nation with And One on June 20.   

Frontline Assembly in May, VNV Nation in June, hopefully Skinny Puppy in July or August (they're supposed to release their tour schedule any day now), and Assemblage 23 in September.  Gonna be a good few concert months. 

Have you listened to VNV's new album (released a week ago)?  A LOT better than Matter + Form.

VNV isn't coming to Portland - that saddens me.  I might have to go to Seattle to see them...

Assemblage 23 should be a good show.  Didn't know they were touring...

[Gratch]

- VNV Nation

I've got tickets to see VNV Nation with And One on June 20.   

Frontline Assembly in May, VNV Nation in June, hopefully Skinny Puppy in July or August (they're supposed to release their tour schedule any day now), and Assemblage 23 in September.  Gonna be a good few concert months. 

Have you listened to VNV's new album (released a week ago)?  A LOT better than Matter + Form.

VNV isn't coming to Portland - that saddens me.  I might have to go to Seattle to see them...

Assemblage 23 should be a good show.  Didn't know they were touring...

I haven't heard it yet, but will have to give it a shot.  They've always been a little too dance-hall'ish for me, so I'm a pretty casual VNV fan (only album I have is Empires).  I've heard they put on an awesome show, however, so I figure it's worth $20.

A23 hasn't officially announced yet, but I've heard quite a few rumors that the western leg of the upcoming tour will be in September/October.  I saw them last time they came through, and it was a fun show.  They don't sound as good live (Shear loses most of that ominous deep sound in his voice when they play live), but they're very animated and have a great time.  Also, they've got a new album coming out later this month.  Can't wait!

[RodeoRanch]

1. Tom Petty
2. The Tragically Hip
3. Great Big Sea
4. Blue Rodeo
5. Diamond Joe White
6. Gordon Lightfoot
7. Bob Seger
8. Bruce Springsteen
9. The Chieftains
10. Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen


I'm excited.  I snagged some tickets to go see Rush this summer.   

[HankRaptor]

Im seeing alot of new bands, and looking at similar interest's like Engine no 9 loves Waits.. Now he is an aquired taste.. so I want to check out some of his other favs.. We should list out favs and a great album to get started in listening to them...

For instance..

Tom Waits - Closing Time (Early Stuff) Rain Dogs (later Waits)

[lildrgn]

1. Rush
2. Muse
3. Boston
4. =w=
5. Juliana Hatfield
6. Aimee Mann
7. Damone
8. Van Halen
9. Steely Dan
10. Starsailor (a recent addition)

[javahead]

....we should make an officially unofficial CD of music that represents the GT cross section.  Now, if only that wasn't completely illegal....

I'll contribute "I think I'm Paranoid" by one of my favorites, Garbage.

[JLu]

In no particular order...

The Eagles
R.E.M.
Bruce Springsteen
Aimee Mann
The Police
Toad the Wet Sprocket
Billy Joel
Cowboy Junkies
James Taylor

Can't really list the tenth-- it's a tossup between Everclear, Genesis (Peter Gabriel through Invisible Touch), Ben Folds (+/- Five), Big Head Todd and The Monsters.

[Teggy]

Superchunk
The Get Up Kids
The Promise Ring
The Spinanes
Pixies
Bad Religion
U2
R.E.M.
Liz Phair
Pavement