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Name your top 5 favorite artists from your home country

gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
edited June 2008 in Other Music
Let's hear it from the non-English speaking countries too.

Here are mine, right now.

PJ
Wilco
White Stripes
Son Volt
Jimi Hendrix

Damn the fifth one was tough. I know Fins will argue Jimi's a British artist with the Experience. ;)
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  • ThecureThecure Posts: 814
    From canada

    1) Broken Social Scene
    2) Sam Roberts
    3) The Hip (people from canada will knwo the band)
    4) Metric
    5) Leonard Cohen
    People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
    - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)

    If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me."
    - Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)
  • RiotAct1987RiotAct1987 Posts: 9
    Australia:

    Midnight Oil (second favourite band after PJ)
    The Whitlams
    Nick Cave
    Regurgitator
    Ghostwriters
  • toastertoaster Posts: 152
    From Norway:

    Kaizers Orchestra
    DumDum Boys
    Superfamily
    Madrugada
    Skambankt

    None of them particulary well-known outside Norway and parts of Europe though.
  • Evensolo05Evensolo05 Posts: 118
    U2
    My Bloody Valentine
    Thin Lizzy
    Van Morrison
    Damien Rice
    no additives, preservatives, or artificial colouring
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    Pearl Jam
    Wilco
    Dinosaur Jr
    Alice in Chains
    Modest Mouse
    Charlotte 00
    Charlotte 03
    Asheville 04
    Atlanta 12
    Greenville 16, Columbia 16
    Seattle 18 
    Nashville 22
  • SnakeSnake Posts: 2,605
    US

    1. Jimi Hendrix
    2. Bob Dylan
    3. Screaming Trees
    4. Mark Lanegan
    5. PJ
    Pirates had democracy too.

    "Its a secret to everybody."
  • BinFrogBinFrog Posts: 7,309
    Pearl Jam
    Phish
    Miles Davis
    John Coltrane
    Primus or Jane's Addiction
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    PJ
    Black Crowes
    MMJ
    Metallica (still hanging in there after all these years)
    The Boss
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    The Arcade Fire
    Neil Young
    The Tragically Hip
    Rush
    Metric
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    intodeep wrote:
    Pearl Jam
    Wilco
    Dinosaur Jr
    Alice in Chains
    Modest Mouse

    I gave Jimi the edge, but Dinosaur Jr. was like my 5 1/2 pick.
  • gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
    The Tragically Hip
    Neil Young (Yes, I'm re-claiming him)
    Wintersleep
    The New Pornographers
    old I Mother Earth
    “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’” - Kurt Vonnegut
  • soclosesoclose Posts: 628
    Number 4 and 5 are likely to change, first 3 are pretty stable.

    1. Wilco
    2. Pearl Jam
    3. Son Volt (listening to them right now)
    4. The National
    5. Drive-By Truckers
  • Worldwidesuicide08Worldwidesuicide08 Posts: 79
    Led Zeppelin
    The Beatles
    Radiohead
    David Bowie
    Rolling Stones
    Cant touch the bottom...


    London 96.
    Manchester 00.
    London 07.
  • ramborambo Posts: 170
    1)Neil Young
    2)Tragically Hip
    3)Sam Roberts
    4)Wintersleep
    5)Hey Rosetta
    st. john's newfoundland, sept 24/2005
    st. john's newfoundland, sept. 25/2005
  • Glorified Irish GuyGlorified Irish Guy Posts: 350
    Thin Lizzy
    Rory Gallagher
    The Answer
    The Frames
    U2
  • caifan82caifan82 Posts: 321
    Elfonia
    Caifanes
    Maldita vecindad
    La Barranca
    Cafe Tacuba
    Mexico City - July 17th 2003
    Mexico City - July 18th 2003
    Mexico City - July 19th 2003
    Monterrey - December 7th 2005
    Mexico City - December 9th 2005
    Mexico City - December 10th 2005
    Mexico City - November 24th 2011
  • Todd76Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    CANADA

    Arcade Fire
    Broken Social Scene
    Rheostatics
    the New Pornographers
    godspeed you black emperor

    I could go on and on and on and.....Canada rocks ;)
    In my world everyone is a pony,
    and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Todd76 wrote:
    Canada rocks ;)
    What Todd said!
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • TransplantedNewfTransplantedNewf Posts: 805
    Can Na Duh

    Allison Crowe
    Big Sugar
    Sarah Harmer
    Wintersleep
    Damhnait Doyle
    <a href="http://www.last.fm/user/Krisdababe/?chartstyle=Krisdababe"><img src="http://imagegen.last.fm/Krisdababe/recenttracks/Krisdababe.gif&quot; border="0" /></a>

    "To is a preposition.
    Come is a verb"

  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Pearl Jam
    Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
    The Doors
    Nirvana
    BRMC
    Alpine Valley 2000
    Summerfest 2006

    "Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
  • AmadeusDAmadeusD Posts: 44
    1)Fat Freddy's Drop
    2)Jakob
    3)Crowded House
    4).....turns out New Zealand music is utter shite. Haha.
    Won't you come see me, Queen Jane....

    Leaving the pillow alone tonight
    And I can see for miles
    Speak father with all your might
    Drive in one last nail
    I’d walk right into your hands
    From the end of the earth
    I’d make one final stand
    If you could see what I’m worth
  • SchokiSchoki Posts: 5,072
    Beatsteaks
    Die Ärzte
    The Notwist
    Kettcar
    Tomte
  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    The Clash/Joe Strummer
    King Prawn/Babar Luck
    Black Sabbath
    The Verve/Richie Ashcroft
    David Bowie

    Techniqually 8 recording artists but they can count like that I think.;)

    Honurable mention to

    Gomez
    The Buzzcocks
    The Damned
    and many more.

    Toughie for sure that one.:)
    Can not be arsed with life no more.
  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    AmadeusD wrote:
    1)Fat Freddy's Drop
    2)Jakob
    3)Crowded House
    4).....turns out New Zealand music is utter shite. Haha.

    Nah man, what about Liam Finn? And the Conchords?? :D
  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    caifan82 wrote:
    Elfonia
    Caifanes
    Maldita vecindad
    La Barranca
    Cafe Tacuba

    This probably ain't your style, but my wife got me liking Mana years ago. I saw them live here in Houston a few years ago.
  • pirlo21pirlo21 Posts: 534
    Wales:

    Manic Street Preachers
    Super Furry Animals
    Feeder
    Stereophonics
    Tom Jones (okay, I was struggling for number 5!!)
    Cymru Am Byth

    PJ albums, at the moment!! -
    1,Vs 2,Vitalogy 3,No Code 4,Yield 5,Ten 6,Backspacer, 7Pearl Jam 8,Binaural 9,Riot Act.
  • MathMath Posts: 71
    Belgium :

    Well, nobody's gonna know them but they are worth mentionning :

    Deus
    Ghinzu
    Bacon Caravan Creek
    Arno / TC-Matic
    Betty Goes Green

    + Hollywood Pornstar as a bonus.

    (There are so much good stuff I left out, like René Binamé et les Roues de secours, Priba 2000, les Slugs...)

    We have some really good bands here.
    "Not only is there no God, but try getting a plumber on weekends" - Woody ALLEN
  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    Math wrote:
    Belgium :

    Well, nobody's gonna know them but they are worth mentionning :

    Deus
    Ghinzu
    Bacon Caravan Creek
    Arno / TC-Matic
    Betty Goes Green

    + Hollywood Pornstar as a bonus.

    (There are so much good stuff I left out, like René Binamé et les Roues de secours, Priba 2000, les Slugs...)

    We have some really good bands here.

    I know Deus.:)
    Can not be arsed with life no more.
  • Carlos DCarlos D Posts: 638
    Cranberries
    Ash
    My Bloody Valentine
    JJ72
    Gemma Hayes
    It may be the devil or it may be the Lord
    But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

    www.bebo.com/pearljam06
  • MathMath Posts: 71
    reeferchief wrote:
    I know Deus.:)

    The tip of the iceberg.
    "Not only is there no God, but try getting a plumber on weekends" - Woody ALLEN
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