10 FAVORITE bands/artists

[musicPhan#41]

not necessarily who you think is the best, but who's your favorite?

mine, as of today:

1. Radiohead
2. Dave Matthews Band
3. Damien Rice
4. u2
5. Ben Harper and Innocent Criminals
6. Coldplay
7. Beatles
8. Jeff Buckley
9. Elliott Smith
10. Phish (there's a plethera of bands that could tie for #10)

 

[blackwasp]

Modest Mouse
Animal Collective
Sufjan Stevens
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Devendra Banhart
Radiohead
Joanna Newsom
Ween
Wilco
Chase Jedick

I won't try to put them in order.

 

[leothelioness]

Mine right now are as follows:

1)Rush
2)Shakira
3)System of a Down
4)The Chieftains
5)Franz Ferdinand
6)The Mars Volta
7)Rascal Flatts
8)Genesis
9)Saga
10)Alicia Keys

 

[Theogonia]

Not in order

Dimmu Borgir
Cradle of Filth
Dark Tranquillity
Emperor
Dream Theater
Finntroll
Nile
Opeth
H.I.M.
Nine Inch Nails

 

[radhead]

Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Beach Boys
Byrds (Crosby era)
Smiths
Van Morrison
Modern Lovers
Jerry Lee Lewis
Mamas and the Papas
Ramones

Although my screen name is derived from the band Radiohead, they still didn't make it to the top 10.

As you might have noticed, half of the bands on my list are very vocal oriented.

 

[Macewindu77815]

Lets see...these are subject to change, except the top 5 are pretty much set in stone.

1. U2
2. Thrice
3. Blindside
4. Mae
5. Sufjan Stevens
6. Andrew Peterson
7. Sanctus Real
8. Third Day
9. DavidCrowderBand
10. Becoming The Archetype

 

[kazzman]

Not in order

Nightwish
Rush
Kamelot
Children of Bodom
Iron Maiden
Epica
Savatage
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Blind Guardian
Queensryche

 

[white_frog914]

I hate these...because I always focus and try to make my list as best as possible, then five minutes I'm like "SNAPTASTIC! I FORGOT *insert band here*"

Here's an attempt though :

1.) The Futureheads
2.) Stars
3.) Radiohead
4.) Sufjan Stevens
5.) Sons and Daughters
6.) Mates of State
7.) Guster
8.) The Go! Team
9.) delays
10.) The Decemberists

 

[Moros]

1 Saint Vitus

2 Mercyful Fate

3 Judas Priest

4 Black Sabbath

5 Diamond Head

6 Pantera

7 G N' R

8 Metallica

9 Led Zeppelin

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[radhead]

I forgot about Black Sabbath.

 

[Chrome]

Emperor
Dissection
Tiger Army
Dark Tranquility
Children of Bodom
Arch Enemy
Dream Theater
Iced Earth
Iron Maiden
Nightwish

 

[squeak]

Ummm...they're always changing but atm....and not in order

Coldplay
Dashboard Confessional
Simple Plan
Fall Out Boy
The Killers
Kaiser Chiefs
Blink 182
Rise Against
Funeral For a Friend
Evanescence

 

[spinningtutu]

In order alphabetically:

1. Apoptygma Berzerk
2. Circle of Dust
3. Dead Can Dance
4. Funker Vogt
5. Project Pitchfork
6. Saviour Machine
7. Siouxsie & The Banshees
8. VNV Nation
9. :wumpscut:

 

[*Lu*]

thrice
story of the year
strung out
pulley
dropkick murphys
killswitch engage
a thorn for every heart
alexisonfire
boy sets fire
rise against

 

[Nienor]

Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
Porcupine Tree
Radiohead
The Verve
Dream Theater
The Postal Service
Iron & Wine
Bob Dylan

 

[GodscousinTed]

1. The Beatles
2. The Who
3. The Kinks
4. Bob Dylan
5. Bruce Springsteen
6. Talking Heads
7. Queen
8. Jethro Tull
9. Neil Young
10. Steppenwolf

 

[shiningpath68]

Yep, this is a very difficult choice for me too, as such things do change over time. Well here and now, these are my favourites:

1. Threshold
2. Genesis
3. Yes
4. Rush
5. Arena
6. The Cult
7. IQ
8. Tool/A Perfect Circle
9. Spock's Beard (with Neal Morse)
10. Marillion (with Fish)

 

[TheTruthinFiction]

Radiohead
Devin Townsend (DTB, Ocean Machine, but not SYL)
Iron Maiden
Dave Matthews Band
Porcupine Tree
Rush
Audioslave/Soundgarden
Pearl Jam
Tool
Rainbow (Dio years)

 

[elenas_flickaby]

at this particular moment in time off the top of my head

1. Radiohead
2. Franz Ferdinand
3. Belle & Sebastian
4. Robbie Williams
5. Queen
6. Mystery Jets
7. We Are Scientists
8. Gary Numan
9. David Bowie
10. White Stripes

...and travis etc

 

[neilius73]

1. Yes
2. Pink Floyd
3. Genesis
4. ELP
5. Coldplay
6. Kaiser Cheifs
7. Dream Theatre
8. Hawkwind
9. Motorhead
10. Talk Talk

not in any order and just to name ten!