What's your favorite band...for how long?

[Kazak]

Mine has been Stereolab for about seven years.

[LoZoccolo]

1. Oasis, since 1995. n/t

[progmom]

14. that's a shocker

:+

[ComerPerro]

18. LOL I remember your posts in the Beatles thread

[Emops]

2. Rush for five years.

[merwin]

3. Our lady peace, 1995

[givemebackmycountry]

4. No Band, Just a Guy

Steve Earle.

I guess if you factor in The Headhunters, it's a band.

Steve Earle just flat out rocks.

[Kazak]

9. That's okay, you can do a guy...

My favorite "guy" is Luke Vibert.

[Momof1]

20. CASH

The Tennessee three were in there too.

[d_b]

5. It changes weekly.

This Week: Roxy Music.

[TroubleMan]

6. Currently it's La Banda Gorda

Only for a few months. Their new album, Puro Mambo, is incredible.

[WildClarySage]

7. REM since 1982.

[Kazak]

8. They were my favorite too, back then.

I just moved on... :shrug:

[driver8]

24. My favorite also, since 1983

Although I haven't really cared for their last two albums.

[BurtWorm]

10. Roky Erickson and the Aliens

for about two days. ;)

(I'm very fickle. They've been my favorite band before for a few days many many times since about 1981.)

[Az]

11. Art of Noise

Though their lack of activity has sent me searching for replacements.

Currently the front runner is Juno Reactor.

[AverageJoe]

12. The Beach Boys

Since about 1975.

[Floogeldy]

13. "Yes"

Prolly for about 25 years.

[Mojambo]

15. Bad Religion

They've been my de facto choice for favorite band since the early 80's

Even now in their "golden years" they are putting out some pretty terrific stuff.

[LeftCoast]

16. Bad Religion

Gotta love'm. Back in the late '80s I used to have a Bad Religion t-shirt with their logo (a christian cross with a red circle and line drawn across it) My mom threw it away, though to this day she won't admit it. :)

[Mojambo]

22. I had that shirt

I wore it down to rags.

My mom absolutely hated that shirt. Not because of the anti-religion symbol but because it was so ratty looking.

[ComerPerro]

17. Phish since about 1997

Yeah

[Seabiscuit]

19. The Beatles. Forever.

[WindRavenX]

21. Coldplay, U2, or Moby

U2 since 1995
Coldplay since 1998
Moby since 1999

[Jamastiene]

23. Blondie

26 years and counting. IMHO, I still think Deborah Harry has the greatest most perfect voince.

[drhilarius]

25. Tool, since '94.

[Cadence]

26. No Doubt. Since 1994. n/t

[SmileyBoy]

27. System Of A Down for about 5 years.

They're the best. The best thing is that they never have forgotten their musical roots.

I only wish that they didn't hate the Turks.

[MemphisTiger]

28. Maroon 5

Since thier CD came out. Every song on their album is good, no fillers

[sniffa]

29. cypress hiLL

about 12 years - "how i couLd just kiLL a man" is one of the best songs ever!

[Squeech]

30. Henry Cow

Since some time in the '70s. (I'm no longer certain at what point I decided they were better than everybody else.) They could get away with anything: sophisticated jazz-rock fusion, dense industrial noise, dark hopeless goth, Who-style mosh that made you want to storm the barricades...

They broke up in 1979, and there has never been a better rock band since.

One great lack in my life is a musician who's currently working that I can obsess over. Nobody's good enough. (Not even the musicians who used to play in Henry Cow! They're always interesting, but there was an incredible synergy when they were together.)

If pressed to name a contemporary favorite, it's Mike Keneally, who was Frank Zappa's stunt guitarist in the 1988 big band, and has been making his own records (and very good ones) since 1992 or so.

[Joe Power]

31. jane's addiction

Since their first release. It was actually my second listen. The first listen had me dismissing them as Led Zeppelin clones, a comparison that makes me chuckle now.

[Atlas Mugged]

32. Rolling Stones - 40 years.

[jswordy]

47. Hurray for us godgers!!!! Heh.

[sendero]

33. Stereolab..

... is in my top ten of all time. I've been listening to music since 1964, so I've had a lot of time. :)

I was listening to Peng! just the other day. Beautiful. Also, Mars Audiac Quintet, Random Transient Noise Bursts with Announcements, Emperor Tomato Ketchup, Cobra and Phases.

Stereolab is a great band. They came to Dallas way back when and I was there. I love them but their show was competent but mechanical. I guess that was to be expected.

Other all-time faves include Eno, Bowie, Cocteau Twins, Squarepusher, Boards of Canada, Wolfgang Press (last 2 records), DJ Shadow, and various brilliant acts that for whatever reason only made one brilliant record, such as Portishead, Goldie, My Bloody Valentine.

[Kazak]

42. Cheers!

I caught the 'Lab in Ft Worth last year. Loved it!

[elehhhhna]

34. FooFighters 6-7 years

[noonwitch]

35. The Beatles, since I was a little kid

What can I say, some things are always great.

[Jessica]

36. Medeski, Martin & Wood ....

A few years - not sure exactly. :D

[flvegan]

37. The Beastie Boys, since 1987

[XNASA]

38. XTC....since 1986, when Skylarking was released.

I've a big Radiohead fan too, since '97 when OK Computer was released.

[electricmonk]

39. The Clash

Closing in on 25 years now. Still play their albums guite regularly.

[bobbobbins]

40. Elton John, since about 1996

[Patiod]

41. Springsteen/E Street Band since 76

The first time I heard "Rosalita" I was hooked. Plus I'm a Philly girl (i know a lot of West Coast people don't "get" Springsteen)

[jswordy]

48. I'll vote BROOOOOCE, too! Since '76, as well.

I didn't get hooked right away but my roomie in college was totally mesmerized by "Born to Run," and Bruce caught on with me cuz he played it so much. I got into it, then backtracked to his earlier stuff. I now own all his stuff from "Live" back on vinyl.

Three things about Bruce I find so intriguing.

First is that he was a kind of Woody Guthrie for the Reagan years, when I lived in the Rust Belt and could understand songs like "My Home Town." (Still chokes me up, as I left mine and went South due to the economy, too.)

The second thing is, his music has grown with me. The older I get, the more meaning and relevance I seem to find in his lyrics.

Third, he sings a lot about fast cars and I am a gearhead! The absolute BEST "car song" I have ever heard is "Racin' in the Streets" off "Darkness on the Edge of Town." Not yer typical hot car song.

He's the Boss, for sure.

[Frogtutor]

43. U2 since forever n/t

[Orsino]

44. Jethro Tull, since the seventies...

...but the Who are also great.

[grace0418]

45. Crowded House (or anything Neil Finn) since 1986 n/t

[Tikki]

46. X......

....since 1979.

[GardeningGal]

49. YES - since 1972 when "Close to the Edge" was released n/t