Ok Friends....Top of your ear.....Favorite bands of all time.......?

[Flabbergasted]

The Who
Pink Floyd
The Beatles.


No I'm not a hippy. This music is all old to me. I'm 30 next week....

[rwenos]

1. Beatles.

Then Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Jimi Hendrix.

I'm Old School, I guess.

[Flabbergasted]

6. Jimi Hendrix was amazing..... but once you get beyond....Little Wing

you realize he died young...

[Beelzebud]

2. TooL

TooL
Butthole Surfers
The Doors

[Flabbergasted]

7. Thats interesting!

[Buddyblazon]

3. The Beatles...

The Pixies...

The Stones.

[Flabbergasted]

8. Hell yeah great bands

[Twist_U_Up]

4. Rush.

[Flabbergasted]

11. Rush was amazing. Hard to listen to all the time but really incredible!

Queen is the same for me.

[Mr_Spock]

15. Rush fan here

[Twist_U_Up]

Just came across this , I never knew

I grew up listening to Rush but never investigated them to any degree. I was looking into the New World Order the other day and came across this. Pretty weird they wrote about certain things that have and are happening now.

http://www.egodeath.com/rushacid.htm

[Beelzebud]

32. You should check out Tool. They deal with many similar themes.

[CAG]

5. Dave Matthews Band & Pink Floyd

Singer/songwriters:
Bob Dylan
Paul Simon
Elvis Costello
Neil Young

[Flabbergasted]

14. Oh yeah I love these guys too....Listen to Bobby now

[Systematic Chaos]

9. I'm named after one of them.

As for the other two, right now I'd have to say Yes for another one, and forget about a third. I have about 30 nominees floating around in my head. :)

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

10. The Band; The Stones, The Cleveland Symphony

[Flabbergasted]

18. The Band was Van Morrison fisrt band? Can't remember? I love 70's

Van Morrison

[Minnesota_Lib]

31. Morrison's first band was Them. The Band was Dylan's back-up..

...band for a number of years before going out on their own. You may remember their great musical documentry:

[NYCGirl]

12. Beatles, Ramones, the Clash, Rockpile, Squeeze. NT

[Zen Democrat]

13. I'd put Cream in there somewhere after the Beatles and before the Who.

Today. Tomorrow I'd probably adjust the line-up, move in the Moody Blues. Zeppelin would have its day, that's for sure. And Floyd is a player.

[Flabbergasted]

20. Eric is one of my guitar idols!

[madame defarge]

16. Oh man... here goes...

(order does not imply preference)

Stones
Springsteen
Sting
Prince
Pretenders
Dylan
Bowie
Aretha
Annie Lennox/Eurythmics
John Prine
Leon Redbone
Neil Young
Elvis Costello
Clapton


(I could go on & on...)

(and I am an old hippie...)

[Flabbergasted]

22. Oh yeah great musicians!

[Nickster]

17. Led Zeppelin of course, duh. LoL.

Then I'd say, Deep Purple, The Who, Beatles.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

19. Mozart, Styx, The Grateful Dead, Supertramp, The Moody Blues,

Queensryche, Ozzy, Asia, Filter, Alice In Chains, Simon And Garfunkle, Kiss, Queen, Rush.

Really depends on which of my schizophrenic personalities is in my frontal lobe at any given moment. :)

[mishanti]

25. Pink Floyd

for certain...Queen..Stones..Beatles..

[Flabbergasted]

27. Great Bands! Ok I not familiar with all of them!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

21. Queen & Moody Blues

[Flabbergasted]

29. I had tickets to See Moody Blues at the Gorge at George (WA)

Arrived at the end of the concert....5 hour drive.....Had a great time even though.....

[wiley]

23. Four Non-Blondes

[daveskilt]

33. wow thats bigger faster and better than I would have thought

[SnoopDog]

24. Best harmonization....CSNY

Beatles, Stones, Boston, Journey... so many great bands.



The Monkeys.
:rofl:

[madame defarge]

Herman's Hermits...

:rofl:

[Minnesota_Lib]

39. Best harmonization....The Mama's and the Papas

[mitchum]

63. Absolutely the best on harmonization...

Papa John Phillips may have been a very creepy guy, but he could certainly do vocal arrangements. The best.

[RagAss]

26. Neil Young and Crazy Horse !!!

[cherokeeprogressive]

28. How about the best bands we've ever SEEN?

REO Speedwagon
Eddie Money
Oingo Boingo
The Robert Williams Band
KI$$
(I'll get flamed for this) Ted Nugent BEFORE I became politically aware
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Styx
Queen (Christmas Eve, Santa came on stage in a sleigh, and in his bag of gifts? FREDDIE MERCURY)
Alice Cooper
A band who never made it big... Ala Carte (they mostly played back yard parties in So. Cal.)
I could go on, but I'd only be bragging... hehe

[daveskilt]

37. greatest band in concert - the Aquabats

discovered them by accident going to a toasters concert -they were the support band and were unbelievable.

most disspointing live -dire straits - is mark knopfler really an animatronic?

[mitchum]

64. Is that Robert Williams the drummer / multi-instrumentalist...

of Beefheart fame, etc...?
I once offered to step outside of my house with him and kick his ass :)

I was little surprised years later to see he and John Lydon standing before Judge Judy on the People's Court.

Williams is a very talented musician, but he can be...difficult

[silverojo]

30. ABBA

Their "revival" (which is still in full and very profitable swing for their worldwide record label) has officially lasted longer than their career. And deservedly so.

[enigmatic]

34. Uncle Tupelo

Richmond Fontaine



Rocket From The Tombs



Americam Music Club


Velvet Underground


The Silos

[daveskilt]

35. Kinks, Aquabats, Beatles, Housemartins, Cake, Deacon Blue,

Pulp, Blur, Elastica, Silly Wizard, The Smiths, Depeche Mode, Skatalites, Queen, Cream, The Cure, Indigo Girls, Green Day, Madness, The Specials, The Toasters, They Might be Giants, Nitty gritty Dirt Band, Kentucky headhunters, Hue and Cry, Hipsway, Gene, Transvision Vamp, Underworld, future sound of London,

and of course CCR.

I just couldn't choose. If anyone else likes all of these i would be astounded.

[Derailer]

53. If anyone else likes all of these i would be astounded.

That needs to said again

;)

[smoochpooch]

36. The List, no order...

Led Zeppelin, Pearl Jam, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Nick Drake, The English Beat, Rancid, Bad Brains, The Band, 311, Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan, The Urge, Van Morrison, Dance Hall Crashers, Phil Ochs, Less Than Jake, The Black Crowes, Guns N Roses, Toots and the Maytals, Pantera, Tom Petty, Sublime, Operation Ivy, System of a Down and too many more...

[Minnesota_Lib]

38. Jethro Tull, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Spirit, Dylan, Moody Blues...

Jefferson Airplane, Maria Muldaur, Led Zepplin, early Rolling Stones, Santana...among other 60's and early 70s bands.

Musically, I live in the past (I can count on one hand the number of post mid-1970s DvDs I own). :P

[China_cat]

52. Nobody's mentioned King Crimson.

You may live in the past musically, but is there anything being written today that even comes close to what we had in the 60's and early 70's?

[WeRQ4U]

40. Ben Folds Five, HUM, Queen, Pumpkins, Boston...

There are a lot of individual artists that I really like too...but they're not "bands".

[saltpoint]

41. A lot of good choices in this thread. A lot of great bands.

Tough to cull 3 from the constellations, really. Allman Brothers Band, Zombies, Mamas & Papas, Return to Forever, Steely Dan, Joe Mama, the various incarnations of Santana but especially when Michael Shrieve was handling a lot of th percussion, and even The Police.

Note for note, it's hard to argue with Emmylou Harris' Hot Band.

The UK has sent us U2, Beatles, Stones and The Who -- wouldn't care to live on a planet without those musicians. It would be pointless. And dull.

[Lilsarah]

42. Big Tall Wish

www.bigtallwish.com
they write funny essays as well.

[flyarm]

43. moody blues..nights in white satin!!..n/t

[flyarm]

44. oh and Bruce Springsteen and E street Band..i am jersey gal!! n/t

[XemaSab]

45. Modest Mouse, NIN, Radiohead

:D

[aquaman]

46. Impossible question, mine change by the day, but....

right now.....


16 Horsepower




Magnolia Electric Co.




Morphine




Calexico





And the best release ever:

[swag]

47. The Sex Pistols

[datadiva]

48. Okay. Let's see

Queen
Todd Rundgren (specifically, Bang the Drum)
I have to agree with Pink Floyd
Aerosmith (in the old days)
Dave Mathews
Fleetwood Mac

And I'm 60,

:hi:

[ms liberty]

49. The Beatles...

Peter Gabriel
Genesis(pre-Abacab)
Led Zepplin
CSN/CSNY
Rush
Traffic
Squeeze
Dave Matthews Band
Springsteen
Kate Bush
Yes
U2
Jethro Tull
The Dixie Chicks

That's just a few from off the top of my ear.
That's in no particular order, except the Beatles, who are always first.

[Initech]

50. Zappa - A #1

Some of my other favs:

The Who
The Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd
Dream Theater
Porcupine Tree
Tool
Toots & The Maytals
The White Stripes
George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars
Beck
Black Sabbath (the before-Ozzy-sold-out Black Sabbath)
Depeche Mode
Dropkick Murphys
Flogging Molly
The Mars Volta
Matisyahu
King Crimson
Queens Of The Stone Age
Queensryche
Radiohead
The Doors
Yes
Muddy Waters
Opeth
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
The Beatles
Rage Against The Machine
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Strapping Young Lad / Devin Townsend Band
Iron Maiden
Miles Davis

[Carla in Ca]

51. The Beatles

n/t

[Derailer]

54. Hey

I've actually seen a few of my favorites mentioned here specifically Rancid and Operation Ivy.

Oh and the Pixies which is a pretty obvious lead-in to Nirvana.

Some others: Bad Religion, Bouncing Souls, Green Day, Millencolin, Nine Inch Nails, NOFX, Pennywise, Pinhead Gunpowder, Screeching Weasel, Offspring, The Queers, Dillinger Four, Adolescents, MTX, Kid Dynamite, A Wilhelm Scream, Rise Against

[mcscajun]

55. The Beatles. Cream. The Grateful Dead. Genesis. Led Zeppelin.

The Moody Blues.
Hot Tuna.
Little Feat.
Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys. Laissez les bon temps roulez!

That's keeping it only to Bands. There are other singer-songwriters, single acts, and duos I particularly like, too. :)

[hholli11]

56. U2

I think there is a difference between 'the best' and 'favorite'. U2 is absolutely my favorite AND they are one of the best.

[Patiod]

57. E Street Band

won't go see Bruce without them.

[HuskerDU]

58. The 3 greatest bands of all time are... wait for it...

Minutemen
New York Dolls
Rolling Stones

[daveskilt]

59. aw man how did I miss the new york dolls in my uberlist

[mitchum]

60. Velvet Underground, John Coltrane Quartet, Gun Club, Rolling Stones...

Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mogwai, and Cannon's Jugstompers

[WritingIsMyReligion]

61. Okay, let's just make a list:

Beatles
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Rolling Stones
Steely Dan
Supertramp
Led Zep
Bruuuuuuuuuuce (Springsteen, of course)
Dylan
Clapton (both solo and with Cream)
Van Morrison
Aretha Franklin
Miles Davis
Louis Armstrong
Ella Fitzgerald
Count Basie
Duke Ellington
Bill Evans
"Cannonball" Adderley

Etc.

:D

[Blue_Tires]

62. 63 posts, and no one yet mentions

Earth, Wind, and Fire....

infidels, all of you!

[ghostsofgiants]

65. The Mars Volta, The Clash, At the Drive-in, Sparta, Cursive, Bright Eyes

Bad Brains, Radiohead, Glassjaw...I dunno, a bunch more.

[sakabatou]

66. The Seatbelts

[TomInTib]

67. Little Feat (live, before Lowell George died), The Band

Check out "The Last Waltz" on DVD and watch Robbie Robertson blow Clapton off the stage.

[Tikki]

68. X, Ramones, Sonics, DEVO........n/t

[MiniMandaRuth]

69. The Clash,

Ladytron,
The Caesars,
The Who.