Favourite Band of All Time

ianvomsaal

I don't have an absolute favorite - I like a ton of different bands/artists.
It varies from week to week, month to month, and year to year.

lucylespian

metallica
pearl jam
pink floyd

locked in a dead heat, though that order is probably what the judges will eventually decide. i find great similarity between the three. some peeps agree with that, many don't.
james and ed are more alike than not, stone and james are the 2 best riffmeisters of the modern gen and vie for best of all time.
kirk and mike are both hendrix men and i luv em both.
pj song structure allows more improv for mike, but kirk's composed solos take off in all directions and tell more of a story for me.
gilmour is in a class of his own in every respect.

DOSW

Well I've been listening to PJ longer than any other band, so they probably get number one by default. But Bruce Springsteen might be tied... I really can't decide between the two.

in_hiding79

Beatles

Pearl Jam

Boston

Rush

Aerosmith

StuffnJunk

GivenToCarve wrote:

Pearl Jam for the overall win
Pearl Jam for songwriting
Phish for instrumental talent and improvisation


There was a time about a year ago when ability to jam and play spontaneously meant more to me than good songwriting. I've re-matured since then.

me too!!

pearl jam have been my favorite band since 1992.....then in the late 90's i got way into phish, and for a while PJ and phish were tied for the title of my favorite band

phish offered me something PJ didn't at that time - the ability to see them live, multiple times!!!!

i didn't get to see PJ until 1998.....i saw phish 35 times between 1995 and 2004

but then i got tired of phish, and i guess they got tired of themselves too

now phish are done for and pearl jam are the ones i get to see live multiple times every 2 years or so......what a turn of events

Jam10

Yeh there are a tonne of great amazing artists and bands but Pearl Jam is and always will be my favourite. Everytime I listen to a different band I always find myself popping a Pearl jam CD in the car. I just love Ed's voice, Stone's riffs, Mike's solos, Jeff's baselines and Matt on the drums. They all seem to get along and gel really well.

DocChicago

I've had a bunch of favorite bands in my life. Beginning with my first album, it went something like this:

AC/DC
Def Leppard
Rush
Pink Floyd
Nirvana
Pearl Jam

I suppose PJ have had the longest run at the top. Go ahead and have your fun with my choice of Def Leppard (mid-80s). I am not an animal.

who's_pearljam?

Impossible for me to say. Fortunately I don't have to pick a favorite because I can love'm all!


But today, with a Red Stripe and the steamy heat and the good mood of which I'm in and my friend from Jamaica is over there in her dreadlocks and singing at the top of her lungs on the patio to the tunes of:


Bob Marley and the Wailers. :cool:

Novawind

Pearl Jam, then Foo Fighters

I list these on the basis that I can pop in pretty much any Pearl Jam album and any Foo Fighters album and not hit skip; can't do that with any other artists.

xtremehardy388

hendrix78 wrote:

Hendrix and Zeppelin are tied for #1. I agree with Finsbury that the Mitchell/Cox lineup was Hendrix's best band.

After that, the top ten would include RHCP, Jane's Addiction, Dinosaur Jr., PJ, Allman Brothers, Funkadelic (with Eddie Hazel on guitar), John Coltrane's classic quartet (with Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, and Jimmy Garrison), and... let's say Cream.

Aside from Hendrix and Zeppelin, those are in no particular order and subject to change from day to day.

I'm diggin' the Coltrane Classic!!!

Jam10

I am the same way when it comes to putting in a Pearl Jam album in the CD player. I never skip a song. I love them all. Not very many artists have that same effect on me. I really love Zeppelin as well.

BinFrog

xtremehardy388 wrote:

I'm diggin' the Coltrane Classic!!!

That means you have good taste

dcfaithful

PJ
The Who
KOL
MMJ
Rolling Stones
Soundgarden
Type O Negative (seriously man, they fuckin rock)

xtremehardy388

I love Pearl Jam but there are a couple songs I'll skip if they're in the CD player. I think the band that has songs I won't skip (excluding their newest album) are Incubus.

Trailer

Grateful Dead
Pantera
Ben Harper
Beck
NIN
Neil Young
Bob Dylan

in_hiding79

I also for got to add....


Radiohead

Stone Temple Pilots

Our Lady Peace

dangeringravity

incubus and pj are tied for me, i got into both at important times in my life...from there i suppose i'd go with the the police, jeff buckley...my favorites kinda vary, but incubus and pj are always first.

ProgFan511

Heres my top 5

Dream Theater
Down
Bad Brains
Pearl Jam
Death

OysterJam01

Bob Dylan, Beck, Johnny Cash, Dire Straits, The Cure, The Smashing Pumpkins, Queen, Metallica the list could go on but most of all, as per, Pearl Jam

rigneyclan

My favorite band of all time is Fugazi. They're one of the most influential bands of the last twenty years, and their music is 100% uncompromised art. Every single one of their 8 or 9 albums is absolutely amazing. Even the way they operate as a band is awesome: they don't sell any merchandise, only vinyl records and CD's, and they only charge $10 for each one. Every show they've ever played was all ages, and they only charged between $5-$7 per ticket.