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[backtobasics]

OK so what are your favorite 10 bands, and why? I thought it would be interesting to get everyone?s takes and opinion.

(in no particular order)
Libertines (just a good band)
Babyshambles (Pete Doherty is a great lyricist, and I love British music)
Reel Big Fish (amazing live shows, and the songs are full of energy)
Streetlight Manifesto (Jersey ska I rest my case)
Arcade Fire (Melodic and all around great)
Architecture in Helsinki (can't beat upbeat pop)
Playradioplay (happy electronic indie)
Jerry Garcia (I'm a hippy enough said)
Zolof the Rock and Roll destroyer (another upbeat band)
Sufjan Stevens (songs are just written very well)

[öde]

Libertines (just a good band)
Babyshambles (Pete Doherty is a great lyricist, and I love British music)

No.

[kablaaamo]

Hah. Alright, I'll bite. Judge me.

Apostle of Hustle
Final Fantasy
The Most Serene Republic
Malajube
Wax Mannequin
Islands
The Weakerthans
Grizzly Bear
the Mountain Goats
Destroyer

I am too lazy to put why.

[Scytale]

Therion
Summoning
Judas Iscariot
Burzum
At The Gates
Nargaroth
The Mars Volta
Pink Floyd
Limbonic Art
Opeth

[ScrambledGregs]

The Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff
The Partridge Family
That One Band They Had On Saved By The Bell Once
Steve from Blues Clues
Puddle of Mudd
the chick from Friends who sings on the show sometimes
The B Sharps
Kevin Shields (post-Loveless)
The bee from the Nasonex commercials (he signs, doesn't he??)
Fergie

[BillAdama]

All time output:

Bob Dylan
Radiohead
Nirvana
Rolling Stones
Beatles
Joni Mitchell
Neil Young
Wilco
David Bowie
White Stripes

Recent output:

Wilco
White Stripes
Radiohead
Sleater-Kinney
Joanna Newsom
Bob Dylan
Flaming Lips
Sufjan Stevens
Bob Dylan
New Pornographers

[carrotosaurus]

Steve from Blues Clues

He actually has an album out and one in the process. Steve Drozd plays drums for him, and Dave Fridmann is his producer. I can't make up shit this wacky if I tried.

[valley_parade]

1. Lawrence Arms
2. Sigur Ros
3. Motorhead
4. Queen
5. Ted Leo & Pharmacists
6. Zep
7. The Ramones
8. The Police
9. Bad Religion
10. Chris Walla as a solo artist, so much better than the combined efforts of DCfC.

[Kyros]

As of right now(this is always subject to change):

1) The Dismemberment Plan
2) Ted Leo + RX
3) Sonic Youth
4) Guided by Voices
5) Built to Spill
7) Modest Mouse
The White Stripes
9) Belle & Sebastian
10) Radiohead

[Jackie Blue]

Hm...

Joy Division
Spiritualized
The Legendary Pink Dots
A Silver Mt. Zion
Tom Waits
Mogwai
Sonic Youth
Yo La Tengo
Broken Social Scene
Acid Mothers Temple

[Ernest]

OK so what are your favorite 10 bands, and why? I thought it would be interesting to get everyone?s takes and opinion.

(in no particular order)
Libertines (just a good band)
Babyshambles (Pete Doherty is a great lyricist, and I love British music)
Reel Big Fish (amazing live shows, and the songs are full of energy)
Streetlight Manifesto (Jersey ska I rest my case)
Arcade Fire (Melodic and all around great)
Architecture in Helsinki (can't beat upbeat pop)
Playradioplay (happy electronic indie)
Jerry Garcia (I'm a hippy enough said)
Zolof the Rock and Roll destroyer (another upbeat band)
Sufjan Stevens (songs are just written very well)

It's very clear that you are new to these forums, because you clearly are looking for some sort of validation.

Whatever, off the top of my head:
Fugazi
Sonic Youth
Polvo
At the Drive-In
Propagandhi
Jethro Tull
Neutral Milk Hotel
The Pixies
Drive Like Jehu
Dinosaur Jr

[Inlander]

Tommy, you forgot Wet Wet Wet!

[Thrillho]

Well, I'll go for this. In no order:

1. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
2. Wilco
3. Joy Division
4. Weezer
5. The Beatles
6. Pink Floyd
7. Hope of the States
8. Blur
9. blink-182
10. Hundred Reasons

By the way; I am actually going to rape you for liking Babyshambles.

[Inlander]

What is it with you and rape?

[ScrambledGregs]

Steve from Blues Clues

He actually has an album out and one in the process. Steve Drozd plays drums for him, and Dave Fridmann is his producer. I can't make up shit this wacky if I tried.

I did know that actually, I just don't take it seriously because it's a competent but not amazing album.

[Thrillho]

What is it with you and rape?

[size=20]RAPEZ LOL[/size]

[Jackie Blue]

1. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
2. Wilco
3. Joy Division
4. Weezer
5. The Beatles
6. Pink Floyd
7. Hope of the States
8. Blur
9. blink-182
10. Hundred Reasons

Blur, Weezer and blink-182 on the same list as Joy Division, Pink Floyd and Nick Cave?

*head explodes*

[TheFuriousWombat]

these are my top ten current favorites (not all time, but some of these are certainly on this list). it's not in order

sigur ros
mono
mogwai
neutral milk hotel
do make say think
the lovely feathers
godspeed you! black emperor
eluvium
the decemberists
joanna newsom

[Thrillho]

OMGZ DUDE!

A great deal of the music by both Blur and Weezer is as literate, eclectic and varied as Joy Division, Pink Floyd and Nick Cave.

In fact, I'd say that Blur have a lot more variety than Joy Division for certain.

But feel free to splutter at blink-182; they are a guilty, shameless pop pleasure for me.

[minkles]

This may or may not be in order.  Don't get offended.

Pixies
Neutral Milk Hotel
Modest Mouse
The Velvet Underground
The Decemberists
The Who
The Beatles
Belle and Sebastian
Spoon
The Clash

[Jackie Blue]

I actually like early Blur and Weezer's second album, but... Weezer as varied as Pink Floyd?  Dude.  I think you need to listen to Piper and Meddle again.

[Thrillho]

I actually like early Blur and Weezer's second album, but... Weezer as varied as Pink Floyd?  Dude.  I think you need to listen to Piper and Meddle again.

I wasn't saying that both of them were all three compared to all three.

[KharBevNor]

1 Skyclad (Best lyrics ever, witty, satirical, human, eccentric Skyclad is everything I love about Britain as an anti-nationalist)
2 Sol Invictus (Incredible atmosphere, and again, brilliant lyrics, this time just hitting like a punch to the stomach)
3 Current 93 (Intricate personal mythology creates a fascinating and illuminating journey through beautiful soundscapes)
4 Edge of Sanity (One of the most innovative and under-rated metal bands of all time. DAN SWANO IST KRIEEEG!)   
5 Coil (Gayer than Elton John sitting on a wedding cake, more experimental than William Burroughs turning Einsteins brain in to a cut-up poem)
6 Inkubus Sukkubus (My guilty pleasure? Ecstatic pagan goth rock. I don't really know why I like them so much, but I just DO)   
7 Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows (A tortured, strange human heart opened up in music. Beautiful)   
8 Agalloch (Post everything, a drift of smoke through dead forests, a leaf-strewn path of bones, the ultimate apocalyptic music)
9 Death in June (Layers of occult metaphor and meaning woven over some of the catchiest hooks and drum beats ever written)
10 Ewigkeit (Pure insanity, bought to you by one man and his basement, live from the doors of perception. I want to meet James Fogarty so badly.)   

...possibly. But there's lots of worrying ommissions from that where I just can't remove another band. I can't believe Bathory, My Dying Bride, Ancient Rites or Pink Floyd aren't up there.

[Jackie Blue]

I can't believe you put Current 93 on and NOT The Legendary Pink Dots.   

[godinpants]

Hmm I think I could narrow it down to 10.

First and foremost.

Phish - Pure musical heaven.

Now everything else in no real order.

Pink Floyd - mostly for the Animals album.

Primus - As a young bassist they turned me to the world outside of punk.

Rage Against the Machine - Just excellent.

The Frog Brigade - This band is like the band to end all bands, awesome jams, Claypool, Eenor, Skerik. What more do you need?

The Living End - Ive seen these guys so many times and I still love them.

Yes - Especially the Rick Wakeman albums.

Mogwai - I only got into these guys in the last 6 months but I'm hooked.

Trey Anastasio's solo work.

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Bela Fleck and Vic Wooten in the one band. Oh, whats this FUTUREMAN. I think yes. (Going to see them in April)


Thats mine.

[backtobasics]

whats wrong with the babyshambles?

[Inlander]

Other people don't like them and those people believe themselves to be cooler than the people who do like them.

[fish across face]

Why "bands"?

[Scytale]

Inkubus Sukkubus

Fuck I thought I was the only one who had ever heard of these guys. A friend of mine used to be pretty into them... Any reccomendations, All I've heard is parts of "Vampyre Erotica"...

[onewheelwizzard]

Kyuss
Dead Meadow
OM
Acid Mothers Temple
13th Floor Elevators
Love
Donovan
Ramona Cordova
Jack Rose
Masters of Reality

I've been on a Super Furry Animals kick recently, though.

[KharBevNor]

I can't believe you put Current 93 on and NOT The Legendary Pink Dots.   

I like the Legendary Pink Dots. I like hundreds of bands. I just prefer those ten.

@Scytale: I'm going to be brutally honest, most of their stuff is pretty samey. On an intellectual level I just should not like them, at least not as much.

[jcknbl]

Pixies (Ridiculously consistent, perfect song writing, Surfer Rosa might be better mixed than any album ever)
Deerhoof (I love how they can write a great pop hook as well as they can dismantle one. They're one of the few bands that make me laugh with glee at their surprises)
David Bowie (What the hell am I supposed to say?)
Kraftwerk (Well electronic music would barely exist without them. Their work manages to be transcendent while encapsulating post-war cultural shifts)
Can (Krautrock legends, another band that makes me laugh without telling jokes. The weirdest act on this list)
The Field Mice (This band will probably never be on any official "greatest" lists. The were the top act on Sarah records which only put out singles- that doesn't really give you legend status. The singles aren't even THAT incredible, they're special for me though.)
My Bloody Valentine (Believe it or not Loveless isn't the only thing they good they put out. But yeah... that album)
The Fugees (One album. But its the best hip hop album ever- they manage to have excellent production to match the best rhymes of the 90's)
Q and Not U (post-hardcore from my home city. Partly dance punk without all the terrible things that dance punk became, partly beautiful guitar melodies and solid drumming that all fits perfectly)
Yo La Tengo (Consistent, superb noise pop (if you haven't noticed I have a thing for that sub genre)

[magnanimusman]

1.  The Beatles (lyrics...sheer volume and variety of really great music)
2.  Led Zepplin (Amazing...just amazing.)
3.  Red Hot Chili Peppers (Sometimes fun and sometimes soulful.
4.  Miles Davis (Phenominal and brilliant improvisationalist)
5.  John Colhtrane (where Davis was cool Colhtrane had heart)
6.  Bob Dylan (Amazing lyrics and an addictive voice
7.  Pixies (Great just great
8.  Architecture in Helsinki(damned if I know why...its really different from what I normally listen to)
9.  Beastie Boys (they are so damn fun to listen to)
10. Gilberto Gil or Baden Powell i think...its tough.

[debaser24/7]

The Decemberists (This is mostly because of Castaways and Cutouts. The combination of the lyrics and thesound they had back then just floors me. Their other albums have their moments too.)
My Bloody Valentine (Mostly because of Loveless, but I like how that sound on that album was developed over time)
Menomena (They have a unique sound and do it well)
Nick Drake (A great musician and songwriter)
M. Ward (he has a fantastic voice)
Architecture in Helsinki
Andrew Bird
Vetiver
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
Arcade Fire

[Johnny C]

I think I can only give you my top four.

1) Talking Heads
2) Huey Lewis & The News
3) Genesis
4) Whitney Houston

[Ernest]

Fuck I forgot The Fall.

[blackmage]

I can't put it in any order, but here's my current top 10:

Thrice
My Chemical Romance (Yes, my guilty pop love)
Mogwai
The Faint
Saosin
Cursive
Muse
UnderOath
Death Cab for Cutie
AFI

[Evil_Lathander]

Judas Priest
Nightwish
Slayer
Dream Theater
Black Sabbath
Nine Inch Nails
Scar Symmetry
Rammstein
Rhapsody
System of A Down

[Gridgm]

The Living End - Ive seen these guys so many times and I still love them.

fucking A

whats isn't wrong with the babyshambles?

sorry jsut fixed your quote

[Thrillho]

whats wrong with the babyshambles?

I'm not sure you want me to get into that, mate.

[Vanilla Gorilla]

man, i havent heard of 80% of these bands you guys listed...i have a lot of searching to do

[ScrambledGregs]

Hmm I think I could narrow it down to 10.

First and foremost.

Phish - Pure musical heaven.

Hello, friend!!

[Takeru]

In no particular order...

The Academy Is...
As Cities Burn
Chiodos
Fall of Troy
Gatsby's American Dream
He Is Legend
Jimmy Eat World
Northstar
The Receiving End of Sirens
Under Oath

[BillAdama]

For some reason I totally blanked on Pixies and Sonic Youth in my list.

So tack them on.

[Kai]

1. The Stooges
2. The Stooges
3. The Stooges
4. The Stooges
5. The Stooges
6. The Stooges
7. The Stooges
8. The Stooges
9. The Stooges
10. Boston

[Thrillho]

Dude, Iggy Pop's not a band.

[Kai]

Fixed for technicality

[ScrambledGregs]

Dude, Iggy Pop's not a band.

So wait, this thread was ONLY about music made by groups of people?? Doesn't that necessarily eliminate a lot of people from our lists??

[Valdemar]

Not to mention that plenty of groups are really just one person's vision and compositions.

[kallisti]

This is probably a mix of "right now" and "ever ever ever" but here you are:


David Bowie
Neutral Milk Hotel/Jeff Mangum
Pavement
Pulp
The Pixies
The Smiths
Architecture in Helsinki
Blonde Redhead
T. Rex
The Unicorns

I already want to edit it again. A top 15 might be easier, or a top 5. Sigh.