Favorite Bands?

The other thread has solo artists mixed in. I'm going to even avoid (Bob Marley and) The Wailers and The Alan Parsons Project.



(in order)


Pink Floyd
The Doors
Chicago (70s)
Supertramp
Led Zeppelin
The Rolling Stones
The Who
The Beatles
Black Sabbath
America
Steely Dan
Fleetwood Mac
Electric Light Orchestra
Santana
Curved Air
Illusion
Eagles
Van Halen (not Van Hagar)
The Stylistics
The Delfonics
The Carpenters
The Bee Gees
ABBA
Heart
Dire Straits
The Doobie Brothers
Genesis (70s)
Grand Funk Railroad
Jefferson Starship
Three Dog Night
The Moody Blues
Queen

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Speaking of bands, I love The Band.

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I know they didn't write this, but the vocal is so amazing.. I probably listened to this song every day for a year around 2011 right before I went to Australia.

At the moment:
Soundgarden
Queens of the Stone Age
Velvet Underground

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Some of my favourites:

U2
Nickelback
Metallica
Mercy Me
Bon Jovi
Linkin Park
Green Day
The Beatles
Backstreet Boys
Jars of Clay

These are always the bands I adore that come into my head first when asked, always listening to them:

The Doors
Black Sabbath
Type O Negative
Slipknot
Joy Division
Our Lady Peace
Metallica
Nirvana
The Cramps
Rage Against The Machine
Iron Maiden - mostly earlier work.

If I HAD to do a Top 5 it would look like this:

1 - Pink Floyd
2 - Led Zeppelin
3 - Rush
4 - CCR
5 - The Beatles

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ELO was/is one of my favorites.. They don't get much love, but I love violins.

1. Nine Inch Nails
2. The Cure
3. Tool
4. David Bowie
5. St. Vincent

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Killing Joke
King Crimson
Porcupine Tree
Tangerine Dream
Yes

Seen them all live except Killing Joke, who cancelled two tours for which I bought tickets. Likely and understandable that they won't tour again since we lost Geordie (R.I.P.).

Benny Goodman Orchestra
Gene Krupa Orchestra
Woody Herman Orchestra
Artie Shaw Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra

very nostalgic

Out of curiosity, do you like Stan Kenton?

This is off my ranked list based on average ratings of the top 3-5. The same rules as my Best Directors List apply. 1-22 were added to the top for having three perfect albums.

1. Led Zeppelin (Rock, Blues)
2. Miles Davis (Jazz)
3. Pink Floyd (Prog, Psych)
4. Vangelis (Electronic, Ambient, New Age)
5. Beach Boys (Pop)
6. Beatles (Pop Rock, Psych)
7. Frank Zappa (Exp. Rock)
8. Tim Buckley (Folk)
9. Jay-Z (Hip Hop)
10. Herbert Von Karajan (Classical)
11. Simon and Garfunkel (Folk, Pop)
12. Pharoah Sanders (Jazz)
13. Coil (Electronic, Experimental)
14. King Crimson (Prog)
15. Metallica (Metal)
16. Swans (Exp. Rock)
17. Johnny Cash (Country)
18. Nina Simone (Soul, Blues)
19. The Clash (Punk)
20. Stevie Wonder (Soul)
21. Symphony X (Prog Metal)
22. Arcade Fire (Indie)
23. John Coltrane (Jazz)
24. Yes (Prog)
25. Kamasi Washington (Jazz)
26. Blind Guardian (Metal)
27. David Bowie (Rock)
28. Charles Mingus (Jazz)
29. Muddy Waters (Blues)
30. Dead Can Dance (Darkwave)
31. Bob Marley & the Wailers (Reggae)
32. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (Rock)
33. Type O Negative (Metal)
34. Helloween (Metal)
35. Jimi Hendrix (Rock, Psych)
36. Mothers of Invention (separate from Zappa due to solo acts, Exp. Rock)
37. Judas Priest (Metal, Rock)
38. John Williams (Classical)
39. Tyler the Creator (Hip Hop, Soul)
40. Freddie King (Blues, Rock)
41. Tangerine Dream (Electronic)
42. The Rolling Stones (Rock)
43. Herbie Hancock (Jazz)
44. Emperor (Metal)
45. Black Sabbath (Metal, Rock)
46. Allman Bros. (Rock)
47. Sufjan Stevens (Folk, Indie)
48. Moody Blues (Rock, Pop)
49. Fleetwood Mac (Rock)
50. Neurosis (Metal)


But my personal favorites to listen to are totally different.

off the top of my head it'd be like:

burnt-feathers
horse the band
yes
bjork
melt-banana
100 gecs
rainbow
xiu xiu (probably because i just saw them live)