I was looking back at some old music threads and thought I would resurrect this old thread of favorite solo artists and favorite bands back up as people's music tastes change over time (and mine has a lot). Favorite Bands (limited to 10): 1 - Pink Floyd 2 - Roxy Music 3 - The Band 4 - Queen 5 - The Byrds 6 - Led Zeppelin 7 - Sigur Ros 8 - Genesis 9 - Red Hot Chili Pepppers 10 - Radiohead Honorable mentions: The Jimi Hendrix Experience (also include The Band of Gypsys), The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Interpol, Bloc Party, Kraftwerk, Can, The Cars, Boston, Cream, The Doors, Love, Massive Attack, The Flaming Lips, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, Rush, Coldplay, Blondie, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, Yes, The Cure, Wilco, The Police, and King Crimson Favorite Solo Artists (Limited to 10) 1 - Neil Young 2 - Bob Dylan 3 - Leonard Cohen 4 - David Bowie 5 - Beck 6 - Bruce Springsteen 7 - Kate Bush 8 - Peter Gabriel 9 - Joni Mitchell 10 - Stevie Wonder Honorable mentions: Eric Clapton, Marvin Gaye, Nick Drake, Brian Eno, Prince, and Elvis Presley
As of right now: Bands (1) Stone Temple Pilots (2) U2 (3) TV on the Radio (4) Iron & Wine (Don't know if you qualify this as solo or not) (5) Army of Anyone (6) CCR (7) Jeff Healy Band (8) The Rolling Stones (9) Soundgarden (10) The Devil Makes Three Solo Acts (1) D'Angelo (2) Maxwell (3) Lauryn Hill (4) Leonard Cohen (5) Chris Cornell (6) Sia (7) Neko Case (8) Micheal Jackson (9) Grant Lee Philips (10) Marvin Gate
Aerosmith AC/DC Guns N Roses Pearl Jam Red Hot Chili Peppers Metallica John Mellencamp Hootie and the Blowfish Stone Temple Pilots Third Eye Blind Fuel The Black Crowes The Wallflowers Oasis Live Green Day Foo Fighters Bush Bon Jovi Better Than Ezra
Artists Elvis Costello......and the rest Bob Dylan Joni Mitchell Stevie Wonder....before 1985 Van Morrison Al Green Richard Thompson Tom Jobim as of late... Sam Phillips PJ Harvey Bands The Replacements..... The Rolling Stones The Spinners The Velvet Underground Steely Dan The Beatles Talking Heads ABBA The Smiths The Pixies
I'll spare you w/ the drum & bass artists that no one will know. I'll also avoid the 'obscure people' pissing contest too. (Although my friend's sister actually put out some good stuff on her 1500 copies independent release) groups: Smashing Pumpkins Ivy Interpol Stereolab Tribe Called Quest De La Soul EPMD Basement Jaxx Prodigy Hall & Oates Clash solo: Bjork
Bands 1. Pavement 2. REM 3. Pixies 4. Beatles 5. Nirvana 6. The Clash 7. Led Zeppelin 8. Replacements 9. Talking Heads 10.Velvet Underground Honorable Mention: U2, Pulp, Blur, Yo la Tengo, Radiohead, Guided by Voices, Wilco, Sonic Youth, Sleater-Kinney, The Who, Velvet Underground, T. Rex, Mercury Rev, Smashing Pumpkins, GnR, Artists 1. Neil Young 2. Bob Dylan 3. Beck 4. David Bowie 5. Bruce Springsteen 6. Johnny Cash 7. Lucinda Williams 8. Bjork 9. Elliot Smith 10. PJ Harvey
1. mewithoutYou 2. Mogwai 3. Smashing Pumpkins 4. Kings of Leon 5. The Beatles 6. Between the Buried and Me 7. Becoming the Archetype 8. Anathallo 9. The Shins 10. At the Drive-In 1. Bob Dylan 2. Thom Yorke 3. Nick Drake 4. Elliott Smith 5. Tommy Giles 6. Sufjan Stevens 7. Dave Bazan (Pedro the Lion) 8. John Lennon 9. Devendra Banhart 10. Derek Webb
Groups: Interpol Arcade Fire Voxtrot Hot Chip The Rosebuds Coldplay Keane The Sounds Arctic Monkeys Royksopp Mew Air Ratatat Explosions in the Sky Artists: Sufjan Stevens Pete Yorn Thom Yorke Morrissey Damian Marley Matisyahu Erland Oye Aqualung
Bands: 1. Belle and Sebastian 2. Roxy Music 3. The Beatles 4. Led Zeppelin 5. Steve Miller Band 6. ZOX 7. State Radio 8. The Who 9. The Doors 10. Genesis Solo Artists: 1. Bob Dylan 2. Danny Schmidt 3. Cat Stevens 4. Sufjan Stevens 5. Neil Young 6. Johnny Cash 7. Joni Mitchell 8. Lou Reed 9. David Bowie 10. Jeff Buckley
I'm going to adopt this list, add Rage to the top and subtract Mellencamp and Bon Jovi. I also like me some Blues Traveler.
I don't really have any favorites and but here's some of the stuff I've been listening to a lot recently. The Dropkick Murphys The Flogging Mollys Bowling for Soup The Ramones Social Distortion Big Country Neil Young
heh. Nice range. Gangster Rappers to Pretentious Icelandic Pretty Boys who play guitars with cello strings and sing in their own language. Bands 1.) Avenged Sevenfold 2.) Red Hot Chili Peppers 3.) Nirvana 4.) Smashing Pumpkins 5.) Muse 6.) Tool 7.) The Killers 8.) Pantera 9.) Outkast 10.) The Shins solo - Justin Timberlake probably.
Band: Beatles Stones Who Pink Floyd Mothers of Invention Led Zeppelin Clash REM Talking Heads Velvet Underground Solo: Bob Dylan Neil Young Frank Zappa Cat Stevens Joni Mitchell Lou Reed David Bowie John Lennon Warren Zevon Patti Smith Van Morrison
