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your favorite 25 alltime bands/artists

deadnothingbetterdeadnothingbetter Posts: 2,202
edited August 2008 in Other Music
mine:

fela kuti
the beatles
sonic youth
my bloody valentine
echo and the bunnymen
the smiths
the cure
joy division
slowdive
the doors
spacemen 3
cafe tacuba
the flaming lips
yo la tengo
led zeppelin
talking heads
tupac
jesus and mary chain
amon tobin
the clash
slayer
the jam
black sabbath
theivery corporation
the kinks
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  • PearlJamMusicPearlJamMusic Posts: 81
    my list changes constantly. Here's today's (in no particular order). And it's 27. Sue me.

    Pearl Jam
    Phish
    Led Zeppelin
    Miles Davis
    John Coltrane
    Herbie Hancock
    Tool
    Neil Young
    Bob Dylan
    Bruce Springsteen
    R.E.M.
    Grateful Dead
    The Who
    Bob Marley
    The Police
    The Band
    Pink Floyd
    Jimi Hendrix
    AC/DC
    Weather Report
    John Scofield
    Clifford Brown
    The New Deal
    Beethoven
    Aaron Copland
    Antonin Dvorak
    The Beatles
    "One good thing about music: when it hits you feel no pain. So hit me with music!"
  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    1. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
    2. Pearl Jam
    3. Heatmiser/Elliott Smith
    4. The Roots
    5. My Morning Jacket
    6. Led Zeppelin
    7. Nirvana
    8. Soundgarden
    9. Alice In Chains
    10. N.W.A.
    11. Public Enemy
    12. Bob Marley & The Wailers
    13. Modest Mouse
    14. Common
    15. Outkast
    16. Beastie Boys
    17. NoFX
    18. Ben Harper
    19. The Clash
    20. Queens of the Stone Age
    21. Wu-Tang Clan
    22. 311
    23. Sublime
    24. A Tribe Called Quest
    25. Red Hot Chili Peppers
    NERDS!
  • stu geestu gee Posts: 1,174
    Pearl Jam
    Mogwai
    Radiohead
    Kings of Leon
    Radiohead
    Broken Social Scene
    Jimi Hendrix
    Bob Dylan
    Arcade Fire
    Boards of Canada
    Deftones
    Aphex Twin
    Jimmy Eat World
    Queens of the Stoneage
    Stone Roses
    Massive Attack
    And you Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
    The Libertines


    There are plenty other bands i like but 25 is a bit much!!
    People say im paranoid. Well, they dont say it, but i know that's what they are thinking.
  • boroff89boroff89 Posts: 786
    Pearl Jam
    The Beatles
    Arcade Fire
    Alice in Chains
    The Shins
    Incubus
    Modest Mouse
    Thrice
    Dashboard Confessional
    Jimi Hendrix
    Ben Folds (with or without his "five")
    Faith No More
    The Doors
    Social Distortion
    Stevie Ray Vaughn
    AFI
    Radiohead
    Wilco
    Mark Lanegan
    Pink Floyd
    The Temptations
    Otis Redding
    The Ramones
    Flogging Molly
    Norah Jones
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    pearl jam
    neil young
    wilco
    dinosaur jr
    queens of the stone age
    doors
    black sabbath
    pink floyd
    alice in chains
    tool
    soundgarden
    miles davis
    modest mouse
    built to spill
    the mars volta
    ryan adams
    mastodon
    radiohead
    smashing pumpkins


    thats 19 for ya
    Charlotte 00
    Charlotte 03
    Asheville 04
    Atlanta 12
    Greenville 16, Columbia 16
    Seattle 18 
    Nashville 22
    Ohana Festival 24 x2
  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    bob dylan
    nick cave & the bad seeds
    black sabbath
    neil young
    pearl jam
    joy division
    tom waits
    led zeppelin
    mastodon
    david bowie
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  • KeirKeir Posts: 46
    jj
  • petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
    In no particular order:

    Pearl Jam
    U2
    Muse
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
    Incubus
    The Beatles
    The Rolling Stones
    Foo Fighters
    Led Zeppelin
    White Stripes
    Alice in Chains
    Nine Inch Nails
    Arctic Monkeys
    Black Rebel Motocycle Club
    Black Crowes
    Oasis
    Pink Floyd
    The Police
    The Who
    Radiohead
    Kings of Leon
    Stereophonics
    Bob Dylan
    Bruce Springsteen
    The Clash
    Shows:
    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • peacegirlpeacegirl Posts: 841
    Here's 20, in no particular order:

    1. Pearl Jam
    2. Foo Fighters
    3. Nirvana
    4. The Doors
    5. Red Hot Chili Peppers
    6. Guns N Roses
    7. The Beatles
    8. Bruce Springsteen
    9. Led Zeppelin
    10. Pink Floyd
    11. The Ramones
    12. Aerosmith
    13. Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks
    14. Madonna
    15. No Doubt/Gwen Stefani
    16. Alice in Chains
    17. Rob Zombie/White Zombie
    18. Green Day
    19. Bob Marley
    20. Michael Jackson
  • petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
    peacegirl wrote:
    Here's 20, in no particular order:

    13. Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks
    14. Madonna
    15. No Doubt/Gwen Stefani
    20. Michael Jackson

    hmmm...:) which dont seem to fit...I wonder...lol
    Shows:
    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • peacegirlpeacegirl Posts: 841
    petrocs wrote:
    hmmm...:) which dont seem to fit...I wonder...lol

    Yeah, I know..that's the reaction I usually get. But oh well, I'm not ashamed to admit it
  • petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
    peacegirl wrote:
    Yeah, I know..that's the reaction I usually get. But oh well, I'm not ashamed to admit it


    at least its not Creed, Good Charlotte, and Nelly :)
    Shows:
    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • peacegirlpeacegirl Posts: 841
    petrocs wrote:
    at least its not Creed, Good Charlotte, and Nelly :)

    very true!
  • butterflybabebutterflybabe Posts: 26
    Top 10:

    Pearl Jam
    Led Zeppelin
    The Beatles
    My Morning Jacket
    Blind Melon
    Jeff Buckley
    Jimi Hendrix
    The Doors
    Grateful Dead
    Dave Matthews Band

    The rest are in no particular order:

    Soundgarden
    Alice in Chains
    ELO
    Neil Young
    Janis Joplin
    Sublime
    Nirvana
    Citizen Cope
    The Raconteurs
    Fleetwood Mac
    Pink Floyd
    The Who
    Carly Simon
    Ben Harper
    Common
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  • TransplantedNewfTransplantedNewf Posts: 805
    Pearl Jam
    MMJ
    Tom Waits
    Ben Harper
    Ben Folds
    Regina Spektor
    The Beatles
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    Janis Joplin
    Cat Stevens
    Jason Mraz
    Sarah Harmer
    Sarah Slean
    Damhnait Doyle
    Rodrigo y Gabriela
    Xavier Rudd
    Fiona Apple
    Ani Difranco
    The Fratellis
    David Usher
    Barenaked Ladies
    Allison Crowe
    Fiction Plane
    Wintersleep
    Nikka Costa
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    1) Drive-by Truckers
    2) Pearl Jam
    3) King Crimson
    4) Kate Bush
    5) Sleater-Kinney
    6) Led Zeppelin
    7) Genesis (Peter Gabriel Era)
    8) Neil Young
    9) U2
    10) Metallica
    11) The Who
    12) Pink Floyd
    13) Stone Temple Pilots
    14) Primus
    15) Rush
    16) Hole
    17) Peter Gabriel
    18) Southern Culture on the Skids
    19) The Beatles
    20) Yes
    21) Steely Dan
    22) Magenta Lane
    23) Dire Straits
    24) The Police
    25) Emerson, Lake & Palmer
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  • MyMorningPearlsMyMorningPearls Posts: 73
    pearl jam
    bob dylan
    my morning jacket
    the beatles
    radiohead
    bright eyes
    the who
    wilco
    the cure
    sonic youth
    neko case
    pink floyd
    marvin gaye
    led zeppelin
    grateful dead
    the pixies
    arcade fire
    of montreal
    miles davis
    rolling stones
    the clash
    kings of leon
    blind melon
    white stripes
    queens of the stone age
  • hendrix78hendrix78 Posts: 507
    Jimi Hendrix
    Led Zeppelin
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
    Jane's Addiction
    Pearl Jam
    Funkadelic
    Clapton (especially Cream and Derek and the Dominoes)
    Allman Brothers
    Sly and the Family Stone
    Dinosaur Jr.
    A Tribe Called Quest
    Public Enemy
    Screaming Trees
    Muddy Waters
    John Lee Hooker
    Neil Young
    Miles Davis
    John Coltrane
    Mahavishnu Orchestra
    Black Sabbath
    Black Keys
    Mars Volta
    Rory Gallagher
    Jeff Buckley
    Pink Floyd
  • WWSWWS Ontario Posts: 459
    Pearl Jam
    Neil Young
    U2
    The Who
    Led Zeppelin
    The Verve
    Spiritualized
    REM
    Bruce Springstein
    The Rolling Stones
    Tragically Hip
    The Afghan Whigs
    Beastie Boys
    Coldplay
    The Doors
    Jack Johnson
    Jimi Hendrix
    Modest MOuse
    Jimmy Buffet
    Nine Inch Nails
    Tom Petty
    Tool
    Smashing Pumpkins
    Liz Phair
    Jane's Addiction
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  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    This is gonna be tough, but I'll give it a shot:

    1. Queens of the Stone Age
    2. Black Sabbath
    3. Nirvana
    4. Pearl Jam
    5. Nine Inch Nails
    6. Rancid
    7. Mark Lanegan
    8. Drive-By Truckers
    9. Red Hot Chili Peppers
    10. Jimi Hendrix
    11. King Prawn
    12. The Clash
    13. Arcade Fire
    14. Stone Roses
    15. Metallica
    16. Guns N' Roses
    17. Pantera
    18. The Distillers
    19. Alice In Chains
    20. Soundgarden
    21. The Lemonheads
    22. Kings of Leon
    23. David Bowie
    24. The Doors
    25. Toots and the Maytals
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  • Grunge100Grunge100 Posts: 178
    Pearl Jam
    Rush
    AIC
    Soundgarden
    Nirvana
    STP
    Mother Love Bone
    RHCP
    Tool
    Temple of the Dog
    Mad Season
    A Perfect Circle
    ELO
    Concrete Blonde
    Social Distortion
    Screaming Trees
    Smashing Pumpkins
    Neil Young
    Metallica
    Yes
    Pink Floyd
    Led Zepplin
    The Doors
    Primus
    Light green to green, dark green, brown..
    Every life is falling down
    Brown to black, it's coming back
    Dies to be part of the ground
    Seed to seedling, root to stem
  • alpittalpitt Posts: 91
    In no particular order, besides the first few...

    Pearl Jam
    The Beatles
    Wilco
    Radiohead
    Elliott Smith
    Neil Young
    Air
    My Morning Jacket
    The Strokes
    The Rolling Stones
    CSNY
    Jackson Browne
    The Shins
    Led Zeppelin
    Thievery Corporation
    Belle and Sebastian
    New Pornographers
    Nickel Creek
    Pink Floyd
    Arcade Fire
    My Bloody Valentine
    Pete Yorn
    Rilo Kiley
    Sigur Ros
    Spoon

    Close call on a few...
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  • wcsmithwcsmith Posts: 165
    Pearl Jam
    Led Zeppelin
    Pink Floyd
    Bob Dylan
    The Band
    Elton John
    Bruce Springsteen
    Neil Young
    Genesis
    Peter Gabriel
    U2
    The Black Crowes
    Soundgarden
    Jackson Browne
    King Crimson
    Captain Beefheart
    Willie Nelson
    Johnny Cash
    Radiohead
    The Who
    The Eagles
    Tool
    Def Leppard
    Waylon Jennings
    The Avett Brothers
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  • Brain Of EBrain Of E Posts: 499
    1. PJ
    2. NIN
    3. Cafe Tacvba
    4. Toadies
    5. Led Zep
    6. The Who
    7. P.Floyd
    8. Soundgarden
    9. Audioslave
    10. RHCP
    11. Sleater-Kinney
    12. SOAD
    13. Metallica
    14. Interpol
    15. GNR
    16. Faith No More
    17. Incubus
    18. Ely Guerra
    19. Neil Young
    20. Nirvana
    21. RATM
    22. Radiohead
    23. Smashing Pumpkins
    24. Sublime
    25. Tenacious D
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  • GhostBoyGhostBoy Posts: 113
    25 is a pretty long list...here goes: (in no particular order)
    1. Pearl Jam
    2. Iron & Wine
    3. Ray LaMontagne
    4. The Beatles
    5. Neil Young
    6. Led Zeppelin
    7. The Who
    8. The Rolling Stones
    9. Pink Floyd
    10. Radiohead
    11. Weezer
    12. Nick Drake
    13. Jimi Hendrix
    14. Bob Marley
    15. Cat Stevens
    16. Fleetwood Mac
    17. Guns 'n Roses
    18. Nirvana
    19. My Morning Jacket
    20. Tegan & Sara
    21. Pete Yorn
    22. Bon Iver (little early to tell, but so far, so good)
    23. Otis Redding
    24. Elliott Smith
    25. tie between like another 30 people....
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  • The VacantThe Vacant Posts: 271
    Three that have had the biggest influence on me musically:

    Neil Young
    Black Sabbath
    Bob Dylan

    And several others I enjoy quite a bit:

    Black Crowes
    Gov't Mule
    Alice In Chains
    Big Sugar/Grady
    Howlin' Wolf
    ZZ Top (mainly '79 and earlier)
    Motorhead
    Clutch/Bakerton Group
    Alvin Youngblood Hart
    Frank Zappa (mainly the original Mothers and then the '73 - '75 era)
    Little Feat (mainly '75 and earlier)
    Traffic
    Soundgarden
    Led Zeppelin
    Rolling Stones (mainly from '68 - '73)
    Aerosmith (mainly '79 and earlier)
    North Mississippi Allstars
    Steepwater Band
    Pink Floyd (mainly '77 and earlier)
    Kevn Kinney/Drivin' n' Cryin'
    Drive-By Truckers
    Screaming Trees
    Queens of The Stone Age
    The Band
    Monster Magnet
    Social Distortion/Mike Ness
    Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
  • AzwethinkweizAzwethinkweiz Posts: 547
    Ah well...

    1. Tom Waits
    2. dredg
    3. Incubus
    4. Deftones
    5. Faith No More
    6. ISIS
    7. Pelican
    8. Mr. Bungle
    9. Pearl Jam
    10. The Who
    11. Frank Sinatra
    12. Mastodon
    13. Glassjaw
    14. Pinback
    15. Clann Zú
    16. Fair to Midland
    17. Led Zeppelin
    18. Sublime
    19. Down
    20. Jeff Buckley
    21. Black Sabbath
    22. Social Distortion
    23. Now It's Overhead
    24. Soundgarden
    25. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
  • pearljamgirl07pearljamgirl07 Posts: 792
    Pearl Jam
    Ramones
    Sebastian Bach
    nirvana
    Pink
    Elton John
    Gn'R
    Soul Asylum
    Stone temple pilots
    Metallica
    The clash
    Sex pistols
    Aerosmith
    30 secopnds to mars
    Simple plan
    greenday
    korn
    Iron maiden
    keane
    Ozzy osbourne
    RHCP
    Alanis Morisette
    Queen
    The Beatles
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  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    pearl jam
    tripping daisy
    the polyphonic spree
    nada surf
    arcade fire
    the phoenix foundation
    rage against the machine
    sigur ros
    death cab for cutie
    bloc party
    heather nova
    radiohead
    the black seeds
    soundgarden
    ryan adams
    the smashing pumpkins
    rem
    counting crows
    secret machines
    the cardigans
    blackalicious
    explosions in the sky
    supergroove
    pinback
    guns n roses
    Look Alive,
    See These Bones
  • spnkrispnkri Posts: 137
    1. U2
    2. Radiohead
    3. Arcade Fire
    4. Metric
    5. Tori Amos
    6. Rolling Stones
    7. Pearl Jam
    8. White Stripes
    9. Bjork
    10. Garbage
    11. Tegan & Sara
    12. Emiliana Torrini
    13. Fiery Furnaces
    14. Camera Obscura
    15. Goldfrapp
    16. Nine Inch Nails
    17. The National
    18. New Pornographers
    19. R.E.M.
    20. Smashing Pumpkins
    21. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    22. Beck
    23. Death Cab For Cutie
    24. Portishead
    25. Fleet Foxes
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