What are your 10 favorite bands?

[LynneSin]

I started another thread about how Queen was no longer in my top 10 as favorite bands because they are using some idiot to try and fill the shoes of Freddie Mercury. To be honest, my Top 5 hadn't changed in ages because I loved Queen and Yes. But I hate when they try to use tribute band singers to replace lead singers ESPECIALLY when the lead singers are very readily available (looking at you folks in YES who stabbed Jon Anderson in the back).

Anyhow people got to posting about their favorite bands and thought we should make a thread about it - I'd like to see what other favorite top 10 bands people have! So post away - what are your top 10 favorite bands of all time!

1. Led Zeppelin
   
2. Pink Floyd
   
3. David Bowie
   
4. Electric Light Orchestra
   
5. Green Day
   
6. U2
   
7. Rush
   
8. King Crimson
   
9. Talking Heads (just moved into the TOP 10 list)
   
10. Bruce Springsteen (also just moved into the Top 10 list)
    

Floating around at 11-15 (no order yet) includes Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Jethro Tull, Moody Blues and The Clash.

In the 16-20 range would include (no order yet) The Beatles, Madonna, The Cure, Beastie Boys and Prince.

In the 21-26 range would include Queen, Yes, REM, Stone Temple Pilots and Foo Fighters/Nirvana (any David Grohl project), Steely Dan.

My lists are based on the following criteria - how many albums I have of the group, how often I've seen them in concert (or parts of the band - like Seeing Robert Plant or Jimmy Page solo concerts for Led Zeppelin), how often I find myself listening to their music, if I've seen them live in concert or how much I'd be willing to pay to see him in concert.

[OriginalGeek]

1. Lower levels are subject to change

01. Led Zeppelin
02. Rush
03. Black Sabbath
04. Napalm Death
05. Carcass
06. Death
07. Bathory
08. Atheist
09. Motorhead
10. Pink Floyd


The next 40 would be a mix of metal and classic rock (most definitely The Who and the the Beatles and the Beach Boys etc...) and some country and John Coltrane and some 80s new wave and several punk bands. The top 100 would include something from nearly everything except probably nu-metal. Just never liked that. There would also be a few rap artists in there. Wu-Tang, M.U.R.S, Louis Logic, Dalek, A Tribe Called Quest, Blackstar etc... But I am not as familiar with them yet as I am the music I've been listening to since the early 80s so I may find rap songs where I love the flow and the beat but then find out the lyrics are horribly misogynist or promote other things I don't agree with so I drop them from the rotation. I do that with metal too.

I am also not well educated on classical but I love Beethoven and Mozart and Tchaikovsky and several others so I keep looking for that stuff to add to the list.

ETA: Oh and of my top 10, Bathory is the only one I haven't seen live (and the real Led Zep but I have seen all the surviving members in various formations - Jimmy with the Firm, Robert solo, Robert and Jimmy together, JPJ on his Zooma tour)

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. subject to change at my whim

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1. London Symphony Orchestra
2. The Moody Blues
3. The Rolling Stones
4. The Beatles
5. The Allman Brothers
6. Emerson, Lake and Palmer
7. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
8. Buffalo Springfield
9. Poco
10. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
11. Led Zepplin
12. The Beach Boys
13. The Who
14. Traffic
15. The Four Tops

on edit: Eric Clapton needs to go in there somewhere, somehow . . .

[HopeHoops]

3. Well I already answered that in the other thread (subject to change).

There are just so many good ones.

[pipi_k]

4. As I posted in the other thread...

My #1 is Led Zeppelin.

After that, and in no particular order other than coming after Zep...

Pink Floyd
Santana
Boston
Jefferson Starship
Nickelback
Dio
Def Leppard
Glenn Miller
Benny Goodman
Beatles

[hifiguy]

5. In no particular order

save as I thought of them

King Crimson
The Beatles
Can
The Beach Boys (with Brian)
Pink Floyd
Roxy Music
Led Zeppelin
The Grateful Dead
Van der Graaf Generator
Fairport Convention

[Bake]

6. NEW GRASS REVIVAL!!!

And then, in no particular order, Zep, Cream, Blind Faith, Allman Bros., JD Crowe and the New South, Lester & Earl & The Foggy Mtn Boys, and of course, the best band I ever played in, Brooks & Baker ...

OK, I'll put Brooks & Baker at the top ...



Bake

[rocktivity]

7. If music were food, I'd have a garbage can for a stomach. Alphabetically:

The Beatles
Black Sabbath
Bon Jovi
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Clutch
Crosby Stills Nash & Young
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Led Zeppelin
Pantera
Slayer

Honorable Mention: Every Band Eric Clapton Was In


rocktivity

[LynneSin]

14. So which is your favorite Eric Clapton band?

Will always be Blind Faith for me!

[blue neen]

21. Yep. Eric Clapton.

My son and I were just having this discussion. He wanted to know my favorite band...couldn't choose one band, but I could definitely name my favorite artist.

Eric Clapton, whatever band he was in. Derek and Dominoes would probably be at the very tip top, though.

[Arugula Latte]

8. ...

Not necessarily in order:

World Party
REM
Doves
The Clash
INXS (particularly early-mid 80s)
The Jesus & Mary Chain
Echo & the Bunnymen
U2 (particularly 80s)
Elvis Costello & the Attractions
The English Beat

(Gotta mention the Beatles, Stones & Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry as well)

[RiffRandell]

9. Mine.

1. Ramones
2. Blondie
3. The Clash
4. Green Day
5. Foo Fighters
6. U2
7. Metallica
8. Nirvana
9. Pink Floyd
10. Eminem

Honorable mention: Rolling Stones, Weezer, D.R.I., Beastie Boys, Descendents, Aerosmith

[LynneSin]

10. I had a tough time putting Nirvana in the top 25 even though I love their music

I mean they really only put out 2 albums. But I'm also a big fan of the Foo Fighters, which is lead by former Nirvana drummer David Grohl - so I kinda lumped them together.

[OriginalGeek]

30. The weird thing is

I love Dave Grohl. Foo Fighters are definitely in my top 25 somewhere. I love his Probot project and wish he would do another album of that. I love that he is in Them Crooked Vultures with John Paul Jones. He was funny on Saturday Night Live.

But Nirvana does nothing for me. I almost never discovered the joy of Dave because I ignored him early on as he was just "that drummer from Nirvana".

I'm glad I got over that. I still don't own any Nirvana and will change channels if they come on the radio but whatever the reason is for my hating on Nirvana, it ain't Dave.

[cyglet]

44. I have to say

I think the Foos are a way better band. Not that I hated Nirvana by any means, I've just never really been into them. I don't get the people that say they sound the same (NO!!!).

On topic, I can't make a list like this. I listen to everything. I like a lot of bands.

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

50. I totally agree.

I also enjoy the Foo Fighters, but never liked Nirvana.

But I don't think it's that strange, since the two bands are radically different musically. Far as I know Grohl had little input in Nirvana's songwriting, so he was "only" the drummer. Also the Foo Fighters moved away from the grunge sound early on, so there is even less overlap between the two bands.

[OriginalGeek]

63. Man that blows my mind

Knowing how creative and interesting Dave Grohl is now - writing songs and playing many instruments (well, I know guitar and drums but I bet he can play other things too) - and yet he had little input in Nirvana.

If I got Dave Grohl in MY band I'm damn sure letting that dude run free.

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

65. Well, if Dave Grohl had had any input

then Nirvana would have made some decent music... I keed, I keed, but I still don't get Nirvana...

I heard in some documentary that at some point agreements in Nirvana were changed so that Kurt got something like 90% of the royalties, while the other two split the rest (which apparently was still a ton of money). So I doubt the others would have agreed if they were doing a significant part of the songwriting.

As far as I know Dave recorded the first Foo Fighters album by himself. If you play guitar you can also play bass, which together with drums is all you need for a basic rock band.

If I got Dave Grohl in MY band I'm damn sure letting that dude run free.

When it comes to my bands I'm a type A control freak (strangely I'm not in any other aspects...), so if I had him in my band there'd probably be some spectacular arguments!

[Populist_Prole]

11. Let's see

1) The Ramones

2) Iron Maiden

3) Judas Priest

4) Diamond Head

5) Metallica

6) Megadeth ( stop that chuckling right now )

7) Misfits

8) KISS

9) Black Sabbath

10) Agent Orange

In the remaining category ( NOT to be considered also-rans ) We have Aerosmith, Queen, Led Zeppelin, UFO, Accept, Cheap Trick, Rush ( pre-1981 ) and Green Day.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

17. I thought Rush went for a shit in the '80's too,

But growing up in Neal Peart's hometown and being a teenager in the 1980's, you'd find yourself ostracized pretty quick if you said it out loud! ah memories.

[OriginalGeek]

31. In the 80s I didn't like 80s Rush much either

but then in the 90s I met a guy who grew up on 80's Rush and was so enthusiastically in love with them that I started giving them a second thought.

I now count Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows, Hold Your Fire and even some of Presto as some of their best. It's still Rush, it's just different Rush. And every album after that has songs I dearly love even if I might not love the entire album like I did for the first 8 or so. Hearing those songs live made me a believer on some and my friends' weird love for their late 80s/early 90s output got me into others.


It's Iron Maiden that started seriously sucking after Somewhere In Time...

[Populist_Prole]

38. I was so disappointed with Presto I gave it away for free

The later Rush isn't bad per se', as you say it's just different. I gotta have my power chords/bass/drums oriented sound.

Maiden began getting worse after 'Somewhere in time' indeed and and then the band started a revolving door period of members joining/leaving. The return of the original line-up in 2000 with 'Brave New World' heralded the return of the Iron Maiden I knew and love. Subsequent albums were even better and IMO rank right up there amongst the best stuff they did.

[Populist_Prole]

33. I know what you mean

I'm not Canadian, but I get a lot of static for not liking Rush unconditionally. Fans of their "keyboardy" era like to rave about how deep and cerebral their lyrics are, but then I tell them they always were; it's just that so many people ignored the band before they went soft just because they don't like hard rock.

[vi5]

66. I had a recent revelation with Rush

I always loved Rush. All their early stuff and all their keyboardy 80's stuff. But I was in a weird spot because I was a metalhead into all the heaviest stuff of the 80's but I was also a fan of new wave and alternative stuff around that same era. I never really made a connection and just firmly kept including Rush as one of my favorite rock/metal/whatever bands, even during the keyboard era. I always assumed their delving into keyboards were more of a Rick Wakeman/ELP prog rock type thing.

So when I finally watched that Beyond The Lighted Stage documentary I had an "Of course!" moment when I heard Neil say how influenced they were by New Wave bands and that was a lot of what drove their direction back then not only with the keyboards but with a lot of the more reggae lite beats and such.

In over 30 plus years of fandom I never thought of them as the connection between my metal and my new wave sides, but there it was laid bare. Interesting (well, to me anyway...probably nobody else).

[OriginalGeek]

34. tried to edit my other post but got an error

just wanted to add: I saw Accept open for Dio in the 80s, maybe early 90s - one of the best 30 minutes of hard rocking power metal I've ever seen. Made Dio seem just about boring. And I love Dio.

[Initech]

12. Oh god so hard to choose.

All time would be something like this:

1. Frank Zappa
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Iron Maiden
4. Pink Floyd
5. Black Sabbath (Dio)
6. James Brown
7. Bob Marley
8. Rolling Stones
9. Parliament / Funkadelic
10. Radiohead

Current favorites would look something like this:

1. Porcupine Tree
2. Tool
3. Foo Fighters
4. Gogol Bordello
5. Symphony X
6. The Roots
7. Dream Theater
8. Muse
9. Modest Mouse
10. Gorillaz

Honorable mentions:

Weird Al Yankovic
Flogging Molly
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Jane's Addiction
Mastodon
Opeth

[UnrepentantLiberal]

13. Hard to pick just ten.

The Beatles
The Stooges
Kraftwerk
Bob Marley
The Sex Pistols
X
The Okanes
Alice in Chains
Stone Temple Pilots
Marilyn Manson

[GoCubsGo]

15. No particular order...

The Who
Talking Heads
Grateful Dead
U2
Pink Floyd
Glenn Miller Band
Bob Marley and the Wailers
The Rolling Stones
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefers
They Might Be Giants

[Joe Shlabotnik]

16. Here's 10 as of today,

1) Jimi Hendrix Experience
2) Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble
3) The Doors
4) Deadbolt
5) The Allman Brothers Band
6) Dick Dale and the Deltones
7) The Beachboys
8) Art Blakey and Jazz Messengers
9) Ramsey Louis Trio
10) The 5,6,7,8's


Honorable mentions:
The Ventures
Ministry
Rage against the machine
The Ronettes
Brian Setzer (Orchestra, and Stray Cats)
Van Halen (pre 1984 album)
Deep Purple (Mach 1 and 2)
Lynyrd Skynryrd
Frank Zappa (and his many band configurations)
Pink Floyd (before the Wall album)

[wysimdnwyg]

18. Damn... 10?

The order is subject to change depending on my mood, especially at the bottom.

1. Pearl Jam
2. Widespread Panic
3. Pink Floyd
4. Led Zeppelin
5. Seven Mary Three
6. Will Hoge
7. Green Day
8. The Who
9. Rage Against the Machine
10. Three Days Grace

I can't use your last criteria (how much would I spend to see them), because Led Zeppelin would automatically go to the top. (Seeing Robert Plant is not even close to the same thing.)

[LynneSin]

19. My criteria is one of like 5 of my criteria for rating favorite band

It just happens to be that I've got a ton of LZ albums and I listen to them all the time.

But the criteria for paying to see a concert is one of the reasons Talking Heads is in the top 10 - because I would be happy to drop a chunk of change to see them in concert. Helps that I love their music too!

[auburngrad82]

20. Not in any order

It's hard for me to rank them.

Bruce Springsteen
The Clash
The Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
REM
The Ramones
The Beatles
Warren Zevon
Pink Floyd
Elvis Costello

I also have a ton of Marvin Gaye, The Eagles, AC/DC, The Police, Stevie Wonder, Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix, Clapton in his various incarnations, Dylan in his various guises, and on and on.

[LynneSin]

22. Ok here is the top 10 list for DU thru 21 posts

I only counted those that are Top 10 list - each band received one vote regardless of where you place them as long as they were the all-time top 10. Current top 10 or honorable mentions were not counted.

So far 98 bands were mentioned.

Here are the top vote getters so far:

#1 with 9 votes - Led Zeppelin
#2 with 8 votes - Pink Floyd
#3 with 6 votes - U2
#4 with 4 votes (3 tied) - U2, Black Sabbath, Rolling Stones
#5 with 3 votes (4 tied) - Green Day, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, The Allman Brothers, The Ramones

After that it goes on forever with 2 or 1 votes.

So keep posting your top 10 lists. Let's see what the definitive top 10 list looks like!

[blue neen]

23. Interesting idea!

I like that!

Okay, LynneSin. Now name your #1 favorite Led Zeppelin tune!

[LynneSin]

29. That varies from time to time between 2

What is and What Should Never Be

and

Ramble On

[OriginalGeek]

35. Get the Led Out did a fine job

on Ramble On. But they didn't play WIAWSNB.


Mine are Since I've Been Loving You, Tea For One and Achilles Last Stand.

[pipi_k]

36. From their album

"The Song Remains The Same", my favorites are:

Rock and Roll
Whole Lotta Love
No Quarter

Then...

Ramble On and
How Many More Times

[blue neen]

47. Mine would be Ramble On followed by

Boogie with Stu!

[OmahaBlueDog]

58. My Top 10 Led Zeppelin Songs

1. Candy Store Rock
2. Stairway to Heaven
3. Bring It On Home
4. Houses of the Holy
5. Custard Pie
6. Misty Mountain Hop
7. Black Dog
8. Nobody's Fault But Mine
9. Since I've been Loving You
10. Trampled Under Foot

...at least that's the list this week

[RZM]

74. Ok now I gotta do one

1) Living Loving Maid
2) Houses of the Holy
3) Immigrant Song
4) Whole Lotta Love
5) Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
6) The Ocean
7) Over the Hills and Far Away
8) Hey Hey What Can I Do
9) How Many More Times
10) Dazed and Confused

[LynneSin]

79. Ok here is my 10 favorite but no particular order

• What is and What Should Never Be
  
• Ramble On
  
• Fool in the Rain
  
• Kashmir
  
• Misty Mountain Hop
  
• The Rover
  
• Night Flight
  
• In the Evening
  
• Your Time is Gonna Come
  
• How Many More Times
  

[wtmusic]

75. Their blues covers: esp. "You Shook Me", "Dazed and Confused", "When the Levee Breaks".

Timeless.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

28. Looks like The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin are topping that list so far

[Joe Shlabotnik]

43. As of 9:20 pm there are some pretty clear trends here on DU,

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I wonder what the results of the OP question would trend like on a right-wing discussion site.

[LynneSin]

48. at 10:09 we have a new front runner

And that is Pink Floyd

#1 is Pink Floyd with 11 votes
#2 is Led Zeppelin with 10 votes
#3 is The Beatles with 9 votes
#4 is The Rolling Stones with 6 votes
#5 is Black Sabbath with 5 votes
and #6-#13 with 4 votes (alphabetical order): Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band, Green Day, The Allman Brothers, The Beach Boys, The Clash, The Doors, The Ramones and U2
#14-#18 with 3 votes (alphabetical order): Elvis Costello & the Attractions, King Crimson, Metallica, The Grateful Dead, and The Who

After that it's a big mess - over 140 bands were listed.

[dana_b]

24. Pearl Jam (#1), Soundgarden, The Beatles

The Who, Queen, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Clash, Queens of the Stone Age, Eleven, Nirvana

Oops! Sorry - that's eleven and as you can see I love them or, as Nigel says, "this goes to eleven".

[dana_b]

26. I forgot AIC! eeee... that's 12. n/t

[DFW]

25. All time? Really tough to weed a few out

In no particular order:

The Doors
Bruce Hornsby and the Range
Dire Straits
The Beatles
The Byrds
Wolverlei
The Beach Boys
Steeleye Span
Steely Dan
The Freedom Toast (the Atlanta group, not the Canadian group)

Since Leo Kottke never had a group, I didn't have to include him--thank goodness!!
I wouldn't have wanted to try to eliminate one of the others.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

27. In no particular order

1. The Beatles
2. Black Sabbath (Ozzy)
3. Motorhead
4. Ministry
5. Pink Floyd
6. AC/DC
7. Afro-Celt Sound System
8. King Crimson
9. Hawkwind
10. Morphine

Honorable mentions to Frank Zappa, Blondie, Lovenut & Whale- any of whom could bump somebody out of the top 10 in any given week.

ETA: I always forget there was a Black Sabbath after Ozzy...

[Mendocino]

32. Byrds

The Band

Allman Brothers

Spirit

Yes

Collective Soul

Derek and The Dominoes

The various Jeff Beck Groups

Kinks

Small Faces/Faces

Little Feat


Yea, I'm old.

[abq e streeter]

37. My 10: # 1...Bruuuce and The E Street Band, 2. The Clash...

3.Dylan with The Band
4.The Doors
5.The Beatles
6.The Beachboys
7.James Brown and his Famous Flames
8.Kozmic Blues Band (Janis Joplin)
9.Rolling Stones
10.The Blasters

Did not include strictly singing groups or individuals, such as The Temptations, Sam and Dave, Wilson Pickett,4Tops etc...although the Stax/Volt/Muscle Shoals, and Motown back up guys (not to mention Phil Spector's Wrecking Crew) were up there among the great bands of all time.

[rocktivity]

45. "I have a very Springsteen-like relationship with my band.

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I DO NOT EXIST WITHOUT IT."
-- Pat Benatar


rocktivity

[kaitcat]

39. In no particular order

The Doors
Ministry
Marillion
The Alan Parsons Project
Pink Floyd
Porcupine Tree
Queensryche
Tool
Supertramp
Kansas

[Tikki]

40. These are mine...

X
Los Lobos
RAMONES
Country Joe and the Fish
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Bobby Fuller Four
Gun Club
Clash
Minutemen
Sonics


Tikki
xtra credit..Meat Puppets, Unclaimed, Blondie and Rockpile, Paul Revere and the Raiders

[bluedigger]

41. Always hard to answer.

Bands

Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band
C,S,N & Y
Grateful Dead
Pink Floyd
The Who
Talking Heads
Pearl Jam
Clash
Jethro Tull
U2

Individual artists

Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
John Prine
Liz Phair
Paul Simon
Peter Gabriel
Patti Smith
Lucinda Williams
Billy Bragg
Jimmy Buffet

I'm not sure where to put Elvis Costello...

Aw, crap, I left out Bowie.

[LynneSin]

46. I need 10 only please -you can mix them up

[bluedigger]

57. Just use the bands for your definitive tabulation.

Like everyone else, I started with them and then realized all the great acts I was forgetting.

[taught_me_patience]

42. #1) Dire Straits

#2) Stones
#3) Pink Floyd
#4) Led Zep
#5) Metallica
#6) Red Hot Chili Peppers
#7) STP
#8) Santana
#9) Green Day
#10) Grateful Dead

[MrSlayer]

49. Slayer

1. Slayer
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Rolling Stones
4. AC/DC
5. Jane's Addiction
6. Black Sabbath
7. Judas Priest
8. Possessed
9. Mercyful Fate
10. Motörhead

[nirvana555]

51. Here are mine in order...

The Beatles
Nirvana
The Rolling Stones
U2
The Doors
Green Day
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
Fleetwood Mac
Amy Winehouse & her band
Bob Dylan and his band




I'm sure there are others but these are what come to mind off the top of my head....

[LynneSin]

67. Wow, how did you get your screen name?

[MrSlayer]

72. Because I'm a Viking berserker in my spare time.

[RZM]

52. Here's mine

1) Catherine Wheel
2) Smashing Pumpkins
3) Hum
4) Placebo
5) Led Zeppelin
6) Neil Young
7) The Beatles
8) Sonic Youth
9) Nirvana
10) Sunny Day Real Estate

Honorable Mentions:

Ice Cube, AC/DC, Outkast, Psychedelic Furs, Soundgarden

[OmahaBlueDog]

55. Placebo is an underrated band

They weren't quite in my top bands, but I like what I've heard. The downside is that there are very few homes for Placebo on commercial radio.

[RZM]

56. I agree

For whatever reason, they've never really broken through in the US. In Europe they are fairly popular - that's actually where first heard of them about 12 years ago.

[OmahaBlueDog]

53. Like you, my #1 is Zep

1) Led Zeppelin
2) Little Feat
3) Steely Dan
4) Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band
5) The Beatles @ solo work by Lennon/Harrison/McCartney/Starr & Wings (I count as one group)
6) Roxy Music
7) Dire Straits
8) The Jimi Hendrix Experience/Band of Gypsies (Count as one group)
9) Queen
10)
Honorable mentions: Peter Gabriel, Genesis/Phil Collins, David Bowie, The Temptations, The Jackson 5, The Brothers Johnson, Prince & The Revolution/The new Power Generation, The Spinners, Green Day, Eminem, Toto, Jefferson Starship, Black Sabbath.

Billy Joel now occupies a sad, but increasingly growing category: Bands/performers I once loved, but who have been played so damn much on FM radio I now can't hit the seek button fast enough.

[WiffenPoof]

54. So Hard To Narrow Down...

1. Beatles
2. Pink Floyd
3. Jethro Tull
4. Steely Dan
5. King Crimson
6. Santana
7. Black Sabbath
8. U2
9. Queen
10. Led Zeppelin

Greatest Live Concert Video: Soul Sacrifice (Santana at Woodstock) - 2nd: Sunday Bloody Sunday (U2 at Red Rocks)

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How does a 19 year old drummer hold down a percussion dominated band? Carlos on acid.

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There is just something about this video...the cold, the energy...

Greatest Unplugged Album: No Quarter (Robert Plant/Jimmy Page "Unledded&quot This is what Led Zeppelin should have been

Plant and Page playing the greatest Zeppelin song.

-P

[OriginalGeek]

64. "...This is what Led Zeppelin should have been... "

I dunno man - I love the folky side of Zep but I don't think the acoustic stuff would be as special if it weren't for the Hammer of the Gods side. Light and dark, tight but loose...they were masters at it and without one or the other the whole is less.

Maybe I'm biased - I love every single song they ever did.

[WiffenPoof]

80. Actually I sort of agree with you...

There is certainly nothing wrong with what they became. I suppose that hearing the Egyptian (Middle Eastern) musicians add their style (particularly in the percussion area) sounded so right.

I was sorry that they did not have John Paul Jones on bass. I think that you can make a valid argument that he is the most talented of the four. At least his side work in creating soundtracks for movies and other projects indicate that he was (is) no light-weight).

-P

[Broken_Hero]

59. Okay,

Metallica

Pink Floyd

Bryan Adams

Life of Agony

Type O Negative

Guns N Roses

AC/DC

Sarah McLachlan

Fear Factory

Johnny Cash

[Bennyboy]

60. Playing today,,,,all time

FURTHUR (The what's left of the grateful dead)
Phish
String Cheese Incident
Leftover Salmon
Galactic (new Orleans Funksters)
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
My Morning Jacket
Railroad Earth
Yonder Mountain String Band
The Mother Hips

ALL TIME:

The Grateful Dead
Rolling Stones
The Who
talking Heads
Oingo Boingo
The Clash
Jerry Garcia band
The Highwaymen
Bruce and the E Street Band
Pink Floyd

[LynneSin]

68. When there are 2 lists I go with all time

[Ter]

61. Mine are mostly 80's

1) Poison
2) Guns 'N Roses
3) Motley Crue
4) Cinderella
5) Def Leppard
6) AC/DC
7) Aerosmith
8) Pantera
9) Metallica
10) Ace of Base

[LynneSin]

69. Ace of Base?

You have like 9 Headbanger Hair bands greats and an 80s Swedish ABBA wannabe

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

62. I'm sure I'll forget some

And I'll be happy if people know even half of these.

1. The Wildhearts: My favorite band for over fifteen years now, perfect combination of hard rock, metal, punk and pop with lots of vocal harmonies. And although some albums are better than others they aren't on a descending arc, their last album "¡Chutzpah!" is one of my favorites.

The rest in no particular order:

Anything Devin Townsend does: The bands and styles may change, but the music is always amazing.

Honeycrack: Three guitarists, five voices and not afraid to use them. Hard Rock/Punk with lots of harmonies at its finest. Unfortunately only released one album ("Prozaic", 1996), but to me it's one of the most amazing works I've hears. (My sig quote is theirs too)

Marvelous 3 / Butch Walker (1999-2002): In those years Butch Walker managed to make some incredibly fun rock music (with one minor hit: "Freak of The Week" with the Marvelous 3). Marvelous 3's "ReadySexGo" (2000) and Butch's first solo album "Left of Self-Centered" (2002) are great. Unfortunately (for me) since then he's started making pop music, which, with the exception of the odd song here and there, pretty much leaves me cold.

Saigon Kick: It probably won't score me any points with the cool kids, but they've been amongst my faves for some twenty years. Wonderfully eclectic and (IMHO) underrated. "Love Is On The Way" was one of their worst songs (they've even done better schmaltzy love songs).

Jellyfish: "Spilt Milk" is pure magic.

Ska-P: Spanish ska/punk band. Very political and very left wing. Saw them in concert and had a great time. They even manage to make a song about police brutality danceable.

Muse: "Absolution" is an amazing album. And the others are no slouches either.

Green Day

The Beatles: To me they are the most important rock band of the last century.

Chaos unLtd. and ?Syntax Error: What do you mean I can't put my own stuff on this list???

Honorable Mentions: Nine Inch Nails, Faith No More, Alkaline Trio.

[LynneSin]

70. Morning 10am Update - we have a 3-way tie for first place

Originally it was Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin battling it out for first place but the Beatles decided to jump into the fray

#1 with 14 votes: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Beatles
#2 with 9 votes: Rolling Stones
#3 with 7 votes: Black Sabbath
#4 with 6 votes: Green Day, U2
#5 with 5 votes: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Metallica, The Clash, The Doors
#6 with 4 votes: The Allman Brothers, The BEach Boys, The Grateful Dead, The Ramones, The Who
#7 with 3 votes: AC/DC, Dire Straits, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Buffett, King Crimson, Motörhead, Nirvana, Queen, Santana, Steely Dan, Talking Heads.

Now some of these things got lumped together. Example - we had a couple variations of Jimi Hendrix including Jimi Hendrix Experience - it's all Jimmy Hendrix. Crosby Stills & Nash will be lumped with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Stuff like that.

[LanternWaste]

71. No order... but the same ten have been pretty stable for the past five years or so

No order... but the same ten have been pretty stable for the past five years or so

Bruce Springsteen

Billy Joel

The Proclaimers

Chicago Transit Authority

Spyro Gyra

Paul McCartney

Stan Kenton

Moody Blues

George Gershwin

Regina Spektor

[limpyhobbler]

73. Beatles, Neil Young, Grateful Dead, Bob Marley, REM, The Smiths, The Cure,Billy Bragg,Fugazi, Pixies

Here goes my top 10 list in no particular order (It is very hard to choose you know!):

The Beatles
Neil Young
The Grateful Dead
Bob Marley

REM
The Smiths
The Cure

Billy Bragg
Fugazi
The Pixies

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Honorable Mentions:
Dinosaur Junior
Uncle Tupelo
Son Volt
Jesus and Mary Chain
10000 Maniacs
The Lemonheads
The Clash
Jimi Hendrix
Smashing Pumpkins

Lifetime Acheivement Awards:
Hank Williams Sr.
Bob Dylan
Willie Nelson
The Rolling Stones

[dawg]

76. I want mine to count.

1. Yes
2. Radiohead
3. Beatles
4. Genesis
5. Clash
6. Police
7. R.E.M.
8. Marillion
9. Gentle Giant
10. U2

[Art_from_Ark]

77. The Beatles

The Rolling Stones
The Kinks
Herman's Hermits
The Hollies
The Who
Manfred Mann
The Turtles
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
Apollo 100

[LynneSin]

78. Todays update - still time to vote for favorite 10 bands

So far with DUers:

#1 with 16 Votes - The Beatles (New #1)
#2 with 15 Votes - Pink Floyd
#3 with 14 Votes - Led Zeppelin
#4 with 10 votes - The Rolling Stone
#5 with 8 votes - U2

7 votes - Black Sabbath, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, The Clash

6 votes - Green Day, The Grateful Dead, The Who

5 votes - Metallica, The Doors

4 votes - Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Jimmy Buffett, REM, Talking HEads, The Allman Brothers, The Beach Boys, The Ramones

3 votes - AC/DC, Bob Dylan, CSNY, Dire Strait, Jimi Hendrix, King Crimson, Motorhead, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Queen, Santana, Steely Dan

[mvd]

81. Too hard for me to narrow to ten. Here are 10 OF my faves

1. The Beatles (this rank doesn't change)
Beach Boys
Simon And Garfunkel
Elvis
Bruce Springsteen
The Bangles
The Cars
Dixie Chicks
A Fine Frenzy
The Corrs

I tend to love classic rock, rock, singer/songwriter, pop, indie pop, folk, and classical the most.