Straight forward DU Poll: What is your favorite band ?

[Bombtrack]

Mine is Led Zeppelin. I've been addicted to em for years and I never get tired.



what is yours?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

1. Robb and the Dingbats

They seem to be a selection on everyone's polls.

Other than that,

da Stones.

[Eagle_Eye]

2. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

"Tightrope" was one of their best songs.

[Joe Fields]

21. I love Vaughan's cover of Voodoo Chile. Only Stevie Ray could

pull that off.

[Guava Jelly]

3. The Beatles

closely followed by Greenday

[elocs]

31. Definitely, The Beatles.

As an 11 year old, they were my musical awakening and I grew up with them. Such a wide range of fine music. I would include what John, Paul, George, and Ringo did as a group and individually.

[carly denise pt deux]

4. The Doors

acutally it's a tie between the Doors and Led Zep.

[Maine-ah]

5. Beatles, NIN, Manson, Greenday

sorry I don't have just one.

[MissMillie]

6. depends on the day

Lately I've been going completely ga-ga for Robbie Robertson.

I historically have a hard time picking a "favorite" anything. How a band hits me today, at this stage in my life, on this particular day.... may be entirely different from how they hit me next year, or even next month.

[Redbear]

7. Sleater-Kinney

followed by White Stripes

[Red State Prisoner]

8. I love the classics but...

I have to go with Nine Inch Nails. His new Year Zero album is terrifying and politically charged. I'm surprised more people aren't discussing it here in DU.

[Crazy Dave]

9. Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritchie_Blackmore
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritchie_Blackmore's_Rainbow

There's a lot of bands I still like so it wasn't an easy choice so I went for the unwaivering support option. I liked everything he did both with Deep Purple and Rainbow.

[Joe Fields]

10. Overall, the Beatles, but I have loved Led Zeppelin forever.

[SaveElmer]

11. Beatles...no question...nt

[taterguy]

12. The Tarbox Ramblers

For obvious reasons

[kwassa]

13. Kassav'

the band from the French Antilles that invented a style of music known as "zouk". Their music has such variety and depth that I find them endlessly interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFH7r0HJrOk

[grace0418]

14. Crowded House.

Loved em since I was 16.

[Joey Liberal]

15. AC/DC with Bon Scott n/t

[masshole]

16. The Jam, with the Clash a close 2nd

[aljones]

17. U2

Ever since I watched Rattle and Hum the movie in High School, I have been in love with Bono!!

[RandomKoolzip]

18. Guided by Voices

[Omphaloskepsis]

19. Toss up between...

Fifteen, Jawbreaker, and Propagandhi.

[SteppingRazor]

20. I really, really hate this question because it's so hard to answer...

but, overall, generally speaking (and this will probably change within a week, as it always does), I gotta go with Bob Dylan. There are soooo many close second-places, though — everyone from The Beatles to The Clash.

As far as newer acts, that person who posted Sleater-Kinney ealier had a pretty good idea. :thumbsup:

[ceile]

22. The Pixies

followed by Catherine Wheel.

[vi5]

23. So hard to answer, but the facts say that it's U2

..I come to this conclusion based off of a combination of # of albums I own by them, the number of years I've listened to them, the # of times I've seen them live, and mostly the fact that even when they haven't been my favorite I've listened to them to some degree. Since 1983 I've listened to them. When I've been mostly into metal I listened to u2. When I was into punk and hardcore, I still listened to U2. When I went through a Deadhead phase I still listened to U2. They have always been there as a musical staple in my life even when other bands commanded more attention or extremity of devotion.

[ghostsofgiants]

24. Refused

[LynneSin]

25. Without a doubt Led Zeppelin

I have this picture as my desktop on my desktop computer

[Roon]

26. Violent Femmes

I love the thrashing acoustic guitar.

[benEzra]

27. U2, at the moment...

"Elevation" is currently my favorite song (it bumped Sheryl Crow's "Soak Up the Sun" for that spot).

I loved the "Lara Croft mix" video of that song, which put Dave Evans into a bunch of scenes from Tomb Raider...

[flvegan]

28. the Beastie Boys

[libodem]

29. Counting Crows

and I love the Flying Burrito Brothers

[Burma Jones]

30. Beatles, Dead, Floyd, Ramones, Camper Van Beethoven and the Polyphonic Spree

Flaming Lips too.....