Rank Your Top Ten Favorite Bands

[accadacca]

#1 AC/DC
#2 Van Halen
#3 Alice in Chains
#4 Ozzy Osbourne
#5 Soundgarden
#6 Pink Floyd
#7 Megadeth
#8 Black Label Society
#9 Ratt
#10 ZZ Top

[Byron]

Hmmm...you seem to be quite rock heavy there, Acca...so I guess I'll stick with that, although other genres may pop up.

#1 The Moody Blues...particularly their first 7 albums
#2 Queen...Hearing "Bohemian Rhapsody" back in 1975 for the first time changed my life.
#3 The Smashing Pumpkins...especially the album "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"
#4 Death...some of the most technical playing imaginable. If you like Megadeths "Rust In Peace" you must listen to "Symbolic".
#5 Bjork/Kate Bush...a tie here.
#6 Judas Priest...I burned out back in the day on the singles from "British Steel", but when you listen to their albums, my god they were awesome.
#7 Genesis...everything they put out from '71-'78, in particular.
#8 David Bowie
#9Frank Zappa...that guy was incredible.
#10Pretty much a tie between these...King Crimson, Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, Steve Hackett, Radiohead, Cheap Trick, Rush, UFO, Weezer and believe it or not The Carpenters.

[Iceaxe]

Motley Crue
Halestorm
Ratt
Poison
Guns N' Roses
The Runaways/Joan Jett/Lita Ford
Loverboy
Jethro Tull
The Offspring
Sammy Hagar


Tap'n on my Galaxy G3

[Byron]

Loverboy???

"You won't be lonely when it's ooooooover".,,

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/0-lH2nhC_R4/hqdefault.jpg

[DOSS]

The Heavy
The Beatles
Hendrix
Ministry
Nirvana
Arctic Monkeys
Black Sabbath
BB King
Modest Mouse
Radical Face

These are not necessarily in order :)


PS did you guys stop listening to new music in the 80's :P

[Absolute Gravity]

Janis Joplin
Marvin Gaye
Modest Mouse
Bob Marley
Ice Cube
Beastie Boys
Public Enemy
Wu-Tang Clan
Tool
Metallica, the long haired version.

[phatch]

This is not in any order of preference.

Yes
Muse
Queen
Nine Inch Nails
Gene Loves Jezebel
George Thorogood
Van Halen
Blue Oyster Cult
ZZ Top
Tool

[Absolute Gravity]

#1 AC/DC

You listed this as a technicality right?


#1 AC/DC
#2 Van Halen
...
#6 Pink Floyd

Curious, Bon Scott or Brian Johnson? David Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar? Pre or post Roger Waters?

[accadacca]

You listed this as a technicality right?



Curious, Bon Scott or Brian Johnson? David Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar? Pre or post Roger Waters?

AC/DC is my fav by a landslide. I like both singers, no clear favorite. Maybe I'll have to go back and list my fav albums. Hmmmm.

DLR has my vote in Van Halen. They got a little too commercial with Sammy, although they still have some kick ass stuff. I like Floyd before and after. Big fan of David Gilmore, his guitar work and singing too. Enough of the core around post Waters to keep them headed in the right direction.

[Iceaxe]

Loverboy???

We all have a skeleton in our closet.... I just have the balls to let you see mine.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnHm4ro_l8s

[Iceaxe]

David Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar?

Van Halen wasn't Van Halen after David Lee Roth left.... the worst part is I'm a Sammy Hagar fan, except for the years he was with Van halen.... those were the dark years.

A band can replace anyone, except their front man.

[Absolute Gravity]

Van Halen wasn't Van Halen after David Lee Roth left.... the worst part is I'm a Sammy Hagar fan, except for the years he was with Van halen.... those were the dark years.

A band can replace anyone, except their front man.

'Cept for AC/DC, I think. Brian Johnson was a great replacement for Bon Scott.

5150 and OU812, along with Dr. Feelgood, Pyromania and Appetite for Destruction were the first CD's I ever owned, given to me for Christmas with my first CD player when I was 12. Not a Van Halen fan at all, but I'd have to take Hagar just because of the memories. Appetite for Destruction is a classic though.

[Iceaxe]

first CD's I ever owned, given to me for Christmas with my first CD player when I was 12.

CD's..... :lol8:

I actually used to buy records, My first record was Jethro Tull's Aqualung.... my first car was a 74 Camaro Z-28 (bought in 76 when I turned 16) and came with a factory 8-track, which was hot stuff at the time. In 1979 I swapped that out and installed one of them new fangled cassette players.

My first cassette was Foreigner's "Dirty White Boy".... I played the hell out of that cassette, particularly 'Rev on the Redline", which is the ultimate gearhead song.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W97xeMZR6Bs

[phatch]

Loverboy would break into my top 20. Turn Me Loose was popular when I was learning to ski and I heard it most trips up the canyon. It always makes me want to ski.

[accadacca]

I was a big Def Leppard fan in high school, lotta stuff from Hysteria back. However, I kinda got burned out on them, plus they really sold out. Guns N' Roses is really close to my top 10. Leppard might be top 15.

I agree on Van Hagar. He was the singer while I was in high school and I loved several of the albums. However, he can't touch the Roth stuff IMO. Brian Johnson certainly filled the shoes as good as any replacement and the sales show it.

Here is my fav album from my top 10:

#1 AC/DC - Back in Black

#2 Van Halen - Fair Warning

#3 Alice in Chains - Dirt

#4 Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz

#5 Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger

#6 Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

#7 Megadeth - Rust In Peace

#8 Black Label Society - Stronger Than Death

#9 Ratt - Out of the Cellar

#10 ZZ Top - Eliminator

[Deathcricket]

Easy.

1. Daft Punk
2. Fat Boy Slim
3. The Chemical Brothers
4. Booka Shade
5. Reel Big Fish
6. Crystal Method
7. Less Than Jake
8. Dave Mathews
9. Talking Heads
10. Orb

[Glenn]

Okay...limiting to rock and pop BANDS...that is, at least a trio that can/could perform all its music live (without supporting musicians).

1) Crowded House
2) Rush
3) Foo Fighters
4) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
5) The Police
6) Collective Soul
7) R.E.M.
8) The Subdudes
9) Dave Matthews Band
10) Led Zeppelin
---------------
Still like these bands a lot:
Queen
U2
The Who
Dire Straits
The Clash
Electric LIght Orchestra

[Rob L]

Infrared. That's my favourite band; very useful for looking at the moon with my IR telescope. Particularly during the Christmas period (Geminid meteor showers, etc).

Rubber bands (they're great for holding together lots of unposted Christmas cards intended for people I don't like. Before I throw them in the bin).

Elastic bands (used as above).

Gastric bands (used during the Christmas period to stop me gaining so much weight).

Knicker bands (a Christmas present to my old Maiden Aunt Maude, whom I can't stand).

Knicker bands (used to strangle above Maiden Aunt Maude when she starts to warble old songs in a sherry-riddled voice).

Police Oompah Bands (the imitation Christmas Carol music that the Police use to disguise the fact that they're coming to arrest you for poor old Aunt Maude's strangulation).

I can only do seven, so my apologies....the police are just at the door, wondering why their Christmas cards haven't arrived.

[Byron]

PS did you guys stop listening to new music in the 80's :PActually, all the best music (so far) was created prior to 1997. After that, most of it turned to crap. Facsimiles and knockoffs of bands and riffs that came before.

In the last few years though, there are signs of innovation...such as Florence and the Machine and St. Vincent. The female fronted bands these days seem to be a lot more inventive, and a pleasure to listen to.

[Sombeech]

AC/DC
ZZ Top
Megadeth
Pantera
Tesla
Ozzy
Five Finger Death Punch
Van Halen (both singers)
Judas Priest
lamb of god

and most of the rest

Ratt, Rob Zombie, Slaughter, Alice in Chains, Led Zeppelin, Kiss, Guns N Roses, Disturbed, In Flames, Shadows Fall, Iron Maiden

[Bluff-Canyoneer]

What. No Skynyrd? All else is for wusses.

[Absolute Gravity]

What. No Skynyrd? All else is for wusses.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZCiUrkkElU

[Bluff-Canyoneer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZCiUrkkElU

I'll bet the Duck Dynasty boys listen to Freebird. High society types just do not understand.

[Udink]

My top ten changes on a regular basis, but here's an attempt at my current faves (anything with Maynard James Keenan tops the list, though):

Puscifer
A Perfect Circle
Tool
Shandi's Addiction
Stone Temple Pilots
Sublime
Soundgarden
Justice
Smashing Pumpkins
Deftones

[rockgremlin]

My tastes are much more varied. In no particular order:

AC/DC
Presidents of the United States of America
Junkie XL
Ice Cube
Beastie Boys
Moby
Alice in Chains
Chemical Brothers
The Lumineers
Nine Inch Nails

[savanna3313]

I can't narrow it down to just 10 - plus I would show my "old school" roots big time. :2thumbs: Suffice to say, I love classic rock (Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin/Doors) Soul/Motown (Al Green/Marvin Gaye/Otis Redding) and Jazz. One all time favorite group that combines rock and jazz is Steely Dan. I like different songs from a lot of the bands already named, just not a steady diet of the music in general. :popcorn:

[erial]

Have seen these bands, but could easily make a list of favs I'd like to see someday.

Afro Celts
Donna the Buffalo
Railroad Earth
Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd
Morphine
Waterboys
Uncle Earl
Los Lobos
Rusted Root

[cchoc]

JJ Cale
Little Feat
The Band
Warren Zevon
John Hiatt and the Goners
Taj Mahal
Randy Newman
Bonnie Riatt
Jimi Hendrix
Jackson Browne

[Absolute Gravity]

I'll bet the Duck Dynasty boys listen to Freebird. High society types just do not understand.

Nothing like a little Freebird while hunting birds.

Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if a few of them danced to it on their wedding nights.

[cchoc]

Nothing like a little Freebird while hunting birds.

Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if a few of them danced to it on their wedding nights.

In the south when Free Bird is on the radio all the pickup trucks pull to the side of the road and everyone holds up a lit cigarette lighter. Fire off a few rounds at the end and then back on the road.

[zkeys]

No particular order, except #1

#1: Zeppelin

Pink Floyd

Black Sabbath

Godsmack

Rush

Avenged Sevenfold

Van Halen

Metallica

Green Day

Motley Crue

Beatles

Poison

Aerosmith

Beastie Boys

Easy E

[Doc Foster]

1Little Feat
2 Pink Floyd
3 Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
4 Led Zepplin
5 AC/DC
6 Lynyrd Skynyrd
7 Rare Earth
8 Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
9 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
10 Fleetwood Mac

[DiscGo]

1. Lady Gaga
2. Hanson
3. B-52s
4. Backstreet boys
5. One Direction
6. Nickelback
7. NSync
8. NKOTB
9. Justin Beiber
10. Jonas Brothers

[Glenn]

1. Lady Gaga
2. Hanson
3. B-52s
4. Backstreet boys
5. One Direction
6. Nickelback
7. NSync
8. NKOTB
9. Justin Beiber
10. Jonas Brothers

That wasn't very nice to put the B-52s on this list! I mean, yes, Bob doesn't actually *sing* per se but they do at least have one instrumentalist/singer in Keith Strickland.

As for Nickelback, hate 'em if you want, but they obviously figured out a formula for making hit records and lots of money. Good for them.

[DiscGo]

As for Nickelback, hate 'em if you want, but they obviously figured out a formula for making hit records and lots of money. Good for them.

I actually can't name a single Nickelback song. I just know the internet hates them and I was in a trolling mood. :)

[accadacca]

I actually can't name a single Nickelback song. I just know the internet hates them and I was in a trolling mood. :)

I figured you were trolling, but I hesitated ripping you. :lol8:

What is your real list?

[DiscGo]

I don't think I have a list of 10 bands, but I can say that my actual favorite bands are:

Weezer
Bob Dylan
Pink

And I don't know from there.
I like a little bit of every musical genre but I listen to a lot more audiobooks than I do music.

[Sandstone Addiction]

I was a teenager in the '80's and absolutely love the talent laden heavy metal from the '70's and '80's with guitar and drum solos. I personally believe that it was the greatest rock and roll that was, or ever will be produced.

With that said, I have split my faves between then and now. 90's rock left me in the dust with Nirvana, STP and the like, so I really got into Country for about a decade and only in the last few years since the growling rock (not sure what the real genre name is for the constipated sound) faded have I since started listening again. I love the newer bands as well, but, for the most part, seem very simple and no depth compared to the old school rock, with the exception of Tool and a few others (biased opinion, of course :haha:).

Old School (no order, except for #1):

#1 Scorpions
MSG
Dokken
Rush
Pink Floyd
Led Zepplin
Aerosmith
ZZ Top
38 Special
Warrant
Firehouse
Ozzy
Black Sabbath
Rainbow
Dio
Night Ranger
AC/DC
Deep Purple
Def Leppard
Loverboy (Iceaxe knows what's up)


New School (no order):

Tool (including Perfect Circle, but NOT Pucifer)
Linkin Park
System Of A Down (Serj's solo stuff too)
Stone Sour (some of Slipknot's mellow stuff too)
30 Seconds to Mars
Three Days Grace
Seether
Hoobastank
Disturbed
Avenged Sevenfold
Evanescence
Skillet
3 Doors Down

[accadacca]

#1 AC/DC
#2 Van Halen
#3 Alice in Chains
#4 Ozzy Osbourne
#5 Soundgarden
#6 Pink Floyd
#7 Megadeth
#8 Black Label Society
#9 Ratt
#10 ZZ Top

How has your list changed over the years? I’m not listening to as much Soundgarden and Black Label Society lately.

Maybe I would swap them for Rush, Steve Miller Band and/or Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.

[Iceaxe]

Motley Crue
Halestorm
Ratt
Poison
Guns N' Roses
The Runaways/Joan Jett/Lita Ford
Loverboy
Jethro Tull
The Offspring
Sammy Hagar

Not much has changed.... I saw Halestorm, Lita Ford (twice), Loveboy, Vince Neil (Motley Crue) in concert this year.

Also saw Buckcherry, Dokken, Great White and Tesla this year among others. I'll see Slaughter on December 7th at Leatherhead's.

My current list would probably be...

Motley Crue
Halestorm
Ratt
Poison
Guns N' Roses
The Runaways/Joan Jett/Lita Ford
Loverboy
Buckcherry
Tesla

[twotimer]

Hmmm...you seem to be quite rock heavy there, Acca...so I guess I'll stick with that, although other genres may pop up.

#1 The Moody Blues...particularly their first 7 albums
#2 Queen...Hearing "Bohemian Rhapsody" back in 1975 for the first time changed my life.
#3 The Smashing Pumpkins...especially the album "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"
#4 Death...some of the most technical playing imaginable. If you like Megadeths "Rust In Peace" you must listen to "Symbolic".
#5 Bjork/Kate Bush...a tie here.
#6 Judas Priest...I burned out back in the day on the singles from "British Steel", but when you listen to their albums, my god they were awesome.
#7 Genesis...everything they put out from '71-'78, in particular.
#8 David Bowie
#9Frank Zappa...that guy was incredible.
#10Pretty much a tie between these...King Crimson, Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, Steve Hackett, Radiohead, Cheap Trick, Rush, UFO, Weezer and believe it or not The Carpenters.Not much has changed here. I might move Steve Hackett up the list a bit. Funny, I really like Rush a lot (I'm a drummer) and have learned to play a few of their songs, but they're not even in my top ten. These other bands all seem to trigger certain emotions.

[Sombeech]

I've brought Judas Priest into the mix a bit more with Boston, and then Testament on the heavier side.

[BasinCruiser]

#1 AC/DC
#2 Van Halen
#3 Alice in Chains
#4 Ozzy Osbourne
#5 Soundgarden
#6 Pink Floyd
#7 Megadeth
#8 Black Label Society
#9 Ratt
#10 ZZ Top

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