Your top ten bands

OlivavuOlivavu England Posts: 1,683
edited November 2013 in Other Music
Simple question...but a hard one to answer!

Mine would be:

Pearl Jam
Placebo
Jeff Buckley
Led Zeppelin
Faith No More
Incubus
Soundgarden
Deftones
Nine Inch Nails
Pink Floyd

Honourable mentions: Mammal, Alice In Chains, Robert Francis, Guns N Roses, Rage Against The Machine, Reef, Silverchair, Jane's Addiction, Tool, Stone Temple Pilots, Audioslave, Blind Melon, Smashing Pumpkins, Longpigs, Pavement, Foo Fighters, Filter, Prick, Lemonheads, Eels, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pixies, Nirvana, Refused, The Cure, The Cult, Quicksand and Cake.

I'm very honourable! :D
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,411
    Zeppelin
    Pink Floyd
    PJ
    Black Crowes
    Beatles
    TOOL
    MMJ
    Radiohead
    Jack White in all of his forms
    Hendrix
  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,292
    Pearl Jam
    Rush
    Phish
    The Beatles
    Miles Davis
    Joe Satriani
    Jane's Addiction
    Primus
    Tommy Emmanuel
    Pink Floyd
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • PapPap Aspra Spitia, Greece Posts: 28,060
    Pearl Jam
    Bob Marley & The Wailers
    Johnny Cash
    Tom Waits
    Screaming Trees
    Mudhoney
    Ben Harper & R7
    Soundgarden
    RATM
    The Earthbound
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / London 2024
  • LiftedLifted Posts: 1,583
    excluding music outside of the rock genre

    My Morning Jacket
    Pearl Jam
    Wilco
    of Montreal
    Bright Eyes
    Grateful Dead
    The Beatles
    Sonic Youth
    Arcade Fire
    The National

    If solo artists count, Neko Case and Bob Dylan would knock the last two out
  • chainchain Montreal Posts: 336
    #1 Pearl Jam

    Pink Floyd
    Radiohead
    REM
    Led Zeppelin
    Nirvana
    U2
    The Tragically Hip
    Pixies
    The Cure
    Toronto 96-09-21 / Montreal 98-08-20
    Barrie 98-08-22 / Montreal 00-10-04 / Montreal 03-06-29
    Montreal 05-09-15 / Quebec 05-09-20 / Montreal 11-09-07
    Worcester 13-10-15 / Denver 14-10-22 / Quebec 16-05-05
    Ottawa 16-05-08 / Ottawa 20-03-20 / Quebec 20-03-22
  • Headstones
    Nirvana
    Pearl Jam
    Soundgarden
    Alice in Chains (Layne)
    Mad Season
    Watchmen
    QOTSA
    Smashing Pumpkins
    White Stripes
    Gimli 1993
    Fargo 2003
    Winnipeg 2005
    Winnipeg 2011
    St. Paul 2014
  • pearl jam
    radiohead
    sleater kinney
    soul coughing
    sonic youth
    deerhoof
    cat power
    mudhoney
    breeders
    neil/crazy horse
    i have a paper here that entitles me to fast track status
  • Nine Inch Nails
    Miles Davis
    Led Zeppelin
    Pearl Jam
    Pink Floyd
    Morphine
    Tom Waits
    Soundgarden
    Ludovico Einaudi
    Mark Lanegan
  • Pearl Jam
    Neil Young & Crazy Horse
    Soundgarden
    REM
    Replacements
    Smashing Pumpkins
    U2
    Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
    The Who
    Jimmy Eat World
    Happy up here in my tree
  • I've never had a top ten, but always have a top 3

    In this order:

    Zeppelin
    Pearl Jam
    Nirvana
  • leekstokieleekstokie Stoke-on-Trent - UK Posts: 900
    Pearl Jam
    Radiohead
    Oasis
    Rolling Stones
    Led Zeppelin
    Arctic Monkeys
    Foo Fighters
    Guns N Roses
    U2
    The Smiths
    PJ
    2012 - Manchester 1 - 20/6 
    2014 - Amsterdam 1 - 16/6, Amsterdam 2 - 17/6, Milan - 20/6, Leeds - 08/07, Milton Keynes - 11/07
    2015 - Bogota - 25/11
    2016 - Philly 1 - 28/04, Philly 2 - 29/04, NYC 1 - 01/05, NYC 2 - 02/05
    2018 - LDN 1 - 18/06, Krakow - 03/07, Berlin - 05/07, Madrid - 12/07, LDN 2 - 17/07, Missoula 13/08
    2022 - LA 1 - 06/05, LA2 - 07/05, Berlin - 21/06, Frankfurt 28/07, London 1 - 08/07, London 2 - 09/07, Budapest - 12/07, Krakow 14/07, Amsterdam 2 - 25/07, NYC Apollo - 10/09, NYC MSG - 11/09, OKC - 20/09, Denver - 22/09.
    2023 - St Paul 2 - 03/09, Chicago 1 - 05/09, Chicago 2 - 07/09

    EV
    2012 - Manchester - 28/07/12, 2017 - Amsterdam - 29/05/17, 2019 -Amsterdam - 09/06/2019, Madrid - 22/06/2019
  • Pearl Jam
    Alice In Chains
    Soundgarden
    Billy Talent
    The Black Crowes
    Metallica
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
    AC DC
    Tesla
    The Offspring
  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 6,823
    LCD Soundsystem
    The White Stripes
    Radiohead
    Blur
    Miles Davis
    Ryan Adams
    Tom Waits
    Arcade Fire
    The National
    Pearl Jam
  • Bronx BombersBronx Bombers Posts: 2,208
    edited November 2013
    Led Zeppelin
    Pink Floyd
    Pearl Jam
    The Who
    Bruce Springsteen & The E.Street Band
    The Rolling Stones
    Lynyrd Skynyrd
    Bob Marley & The Wailers
    Jimi Hendrix
    Post edited by Bronx Bombers on
  • goldrushgoldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,251
    These are the ones that I always keep coming back to:

    Pearl Jam
    Neil Young (with or without the Horse)
    The Afghan Whigs
    Sebadoh
    REM
    Mark Lanegan/Screaming Trees/Duke/Isobel/whoever-he's-with-next
    Joseph Arthur
    You Am I
    Wilco
    Ryan Adams

    Iron & Wine, The Black Crowes and Beastie Boys were very close to making this list too
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • choopchoop Posts: 1,060
    Radiohead
    Phish
    Pearl Jam
    Ryan Adams
    Arcade Fire
    Modest Mouse
    The National
    Wilco
    Maynard projects
    Jack White projects
    "If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music." KV Jr.
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 40,648
    1. Pearl Jam
    2. Black Rebel Mototrcycle Club
    3. Arctic Monkeys
    4. Metallica
    5. anything Jack White
    6. My Morning Jacket
    7. Kasabian
    8. Queens Of The Stone Age
    9. Foo Fighters
    10. Alice In Chains
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    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
  • rangers72rangers72 lockerbie.uk Posts: 141
    pearl jam
    goodbye mr mackenzie
    kinks
    who
    springsteen
    big country
    biffy clyro
    white lies
    shed seven
    foo fighters
  • 1 Jack White projects
    2 Pearl Jam
    3 Modest Mouse
    4 The Doors
    5 Blind Melon
    6 tragically hip
    7 Marilyn Manson
    8 Matthew Good Band
    9 Nirvana
    10Rage Against the machine

    Probably screwed up somewhere and forgot something but this is pretty pretty close.
  • My top 10 bands at the moment are.


    1. Pearl Jam
    2. Sigur Rós
    3. Led Zeppelin
    4. NIN
    5. The Doors
    6. Jimi Hendrix
    7. Mono
    8. Joseph Arthur
    9. Alice in Chains
    10. Garbage

    Every changing apart from the top 3
  • RoeghmannRoeghmann Posts: 968
    PJ
    Queens of the Stone Age
    Mark Lanegan
    The National
    Kashmir
    Arcade Fire
    Band of horses
    Soundgarden
    The Twilight Singers
    Run away my son. See it all. Oh see the world.
  • Pearl Jam
    Local H
    Foo Fighters
    Shinedown
    White Stripes
    Seether
    Steel Panther
    Metallica
    Volbeat
    Halestorm

    I'm guessing outside of PJ, the Foos, & White Stripes, the rest of the bands will be unique to my top 10 :lol:
  • uninnocent-uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    Off the top of my head:
    1. Nine Inch Nails
    2. Pearl Jam
    3. Alice in Chains
    4. David Bowie
    5. Soundgarden
    6. Ben Harper
    7. Deftones
    8. Pixies
    9. The Who
    10. Metallica

    Realistically, the top three are 1a, 1b and 1c.
  • thefixer9thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    1. Pearl Jam
    2. The Killers
    3. Bruce Springsteen
    4. Glen Hansard (Solo/Swell Season/Frames)
    5. Tom Petty
    6. Blue October
    7. U2
    8. The Raconteurs
    9. Barenaked Ladies
    10. Toadies

    This is a real quick list, I'm sure I missed some. And this order can changed alot, except for the first two.
    Tres Mts- 3/16/2011
    Eddie Vedder- 7/16/11
    Brad- 4/21/12 (RSD Performance), 4/27/12, 8/10/12
    Flight To Mars- 5/23/12
    RNDM- 11/27/12

    PEARL JAM- 12/6/13 I have finally seen Pearl Jam live!
  • he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    edited October 2013
    Off the top of my head:
    Pearl Jam
    My Morning Jacket
    Led Zeppelin
    Neil Young & Crazy Horse
    John Butler Trio
    Heartless Bastards
    Pink Floyd
    JJ Grey & Mofro
    Jimi Hendrix
    Wilco

    honorable mentions: The Rolling Stones, Portugal. The Man, Dispatch/State Radio, CCR, Cream, The Black Keys, Jack White, The Who, Shovels & Rope, Modest Mouse, Tedeschi & Trucks Band
    Post edited by he.who.forgets on
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  • Led Zeppelin
    Pearl Jam
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
    Dave Matthews Band
    TOOL
    Pink Floyd
    Alice in Chains
    Bob Dylan
    Bon Iver
    Joy Division
    ~ Enjoy The Struggle
  • Pearl Jam
    Soundgarden
    Alice in Chains
    Nirvana
    Meat Puppets
    Foo Fighters
    Led Zeppelin
    Blind Melon
    Black Crowes
    Dave Matthews Band
    Pit 10/11/13
    Philly 10/22/13
  • uninnocent-uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    Off the top of my head:

    ...
    10. Metallica

    Realistically, the top three are 1a, 1b and 1c.

    Just realized Blind Melon should be in my top 10. Metallica gets bumped down to 11.
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