Your top twenty bands!

[Foxhound]

The list of my top twenty bands evolves over the years but rather slowly. In rough order right now it would be as follows:

Rolling Stones
Doors
Animals (Eric Burdon & the)
Beatles
The Who
(Peter Green's) Fleetwood Mac
Cream
Kinks
Blondie
Jethro Tull
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Ten Years After
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Junior Walker & the All Stars
Spirit
Roxy Music
Butterfield Blues Band
Yardbirds
Creedence Clearwater Revival

David Bowie, Johnny Rivers, Neil Diamond, James Brown, the Supremes, the Four Tops, Prince and Jeff Beck could make it up there somewhere but they're not bands.



Any more lists?

[Tkitna]

Beatles - (You Never Give Me Your Money, Dear Prudence)
Pretty Things - (Shes A Lover, Trust)
Grip Weeds - (Heaven and Earth, Changed)
Kinks - (Situation Vacant, Brainwashed)
Moody Blues - (Gypsy, To Share Our Love)
Buckinghams - (What Is Love, Just Because I've Fallen Down)
Zombies - (Brief Candles, I Want Her She Wants Me)
Supertramp - (If Everyone Was Listening, School)
Elton John - (Where To Now St. Peter, Someone Saved My Life Tonight)
Stones - (Monkey Man, 100 Years Ago)
Badfinger - (I'd Die Babe, Dear Angie)
Zep - (Ozone Baby, Tangerine)
Who - (Slip Kid, The Real Me)
Rush - (Lessons, Subdivisions)
Kansas - (All The World, Helplessly Human)
Yes - (I'm Running, South Side Of The Sky)
Bowie - (Panic In Detroit, Moonage Daydream)
Blondie - (11:59, Youth Nabbed As Sniper)
Love - (Daily Planet, She Comes In Colors)

No particular order

[Foxhound]

Ordering the list is almost as tough as deciding which bands must be left off the list.

[hightea]

Gong
The Beatles
Pink Floyd
Bob Dylan
Tori Amos
Genesis
David Bowie
Grateful Dead
King Crimson
Neil Young
Radiohead
U2
Frank Zappa
The Strawbs
Peter Gabriel
Pearl Jam
Jefferson Airplane
The Allman Brothers
REM
The Byrds

[Foxhound]

Hmmmm, I dunno. I see you snuck a few solo acts into your list....

[diezman]

Blue Oyster Cult
King Crimson
Supertramp
Rush
The Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
Queen
Black Sabbath
Pat Metheny Group
Genesis
Weather Report
Aerosmith (70s)
Spock's Beard
Yes
AC/DC
Steely Dan
The Cars
Pink Floyd
The Who

[Jooa]

Beatles
Big Star
Alice in Chains
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Soundgarden
The Replacements
Thin Lizzy
Nirvana
Led Zeppelin
Deep Purple
Bruce Springsteen
Black Sabbath
Metallica
Van Halen
Radiohead
Queen
The Byrds
David Bowie
Creedence CR
Velvet Underground

[Wheeds]

I'm doing these as my favorites, not necessarily the best of all time...

Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
AC/DC
The Lovin' Spoonful
Styx (Guilty pleasure from my youth)
The Kinks
Black Sabbath
Pink Floyd
Megadeth
Nirvana
Foo Fighters
Mastodon
My Chemical Romance
Soundgarden
Alice in Chains
Queen
Cheap Trick
Blue Oyster Cult
Yes
Jethro Tull

I'm also probably going to think of someone glaring I missed 5 minutes after posting...

[Jooa]

Originally Posted by Wheeds

I'm doing these as my favorites, not necessarily the best of all time...

Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
AC/DC
The Lovin' Spoonful
Styx (Guilty pleasure from my youth)
The Kinks
Black Sabbath
Pink Floyd
Megadeth
Nirvana
Foo Fighters
Mastodon
My Chemical Romance
Soundgarden
Alice in Chains
Queen
Cheap Trick
Blue Oyster Cult
Yes
Jethro Tull

I'm also probably going to think of someone glaring I missed 5 minutes after posting...

Lot of stuff we have in common. Good music is good music no matter what.

[dwill123]

Mahavishnu Orchestra
Weather Report
Return to Forever
The Eleventh House
Grateful Dead
King Crimson
Jethro Tull
Yes
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
The Rippingtons
Band of Gypsys
The Who
Mountain
Sly and the Family Stone
David Sancious & Tone
Manassas
Mothers of Invention
Focus
Chieli Minucci & Special EFX
Jefferson Airplane

[dr wu]

No special order though.....

Beatles
Stones
Who
Led Zeppelin
King Crimson
Genesis
Jethro Tull
Steely Dan
Caravan
Jefferson Airplane
Traffic
Moody Blues
Allman Brothers Band
Buffalo Springfield
Yes
Blue Oyster Cult
Doors
Spirit
Little Feat
The Byrds

But...
there are a few that I could substitute for others and of course this doesn't include solo artists that would replace many on the list.

[Foxhound]

Anyone else willing to give this one a try?

[Zombeels]

Kinks
Beatles
Rolling Stones
Zombies
Built To Spill
Jack Drag
The Who
Small Faces
Turtles
Monkees
Paul Revere & The Raiders
Easybeats
Heartless Bastards
Girls In Hawaii
Eels
Radical Face/Electric President
Yes
Led Zeppelin
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Cloud Cult

[Foxhound]

I like the mix of old and new.

We saw the Heartless Bastards at the Guvernment in Toronto in August 2009. They were opening for the Decemberists. The Heartless Bastards we rather liked. Overall though it was not a good experience that evening since it was standing room only. We were already tired from spending the holiday weekend touring six or so beaches on Lake Erie from Port Dover to Port Stanley and it was hot and claustrophobic in the concert club. I vowed to never again consider a concert in any venue without comfortable seating.

[Darth Pazuzu]

Here are my Top 20 Favorite Rock Bands/Artists.

I'm also taking the liberty of including my favorite album by each, as well as my two favorite songs not on that album!

01. The Beatles - The Beatles ["White Album"] | A Day In The Life / I Am The Walrus
02. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti | Achilles Last Stand / No Quarter
03. Yes - Relayer | Turn Of The Century / South Side Of The Sky
04. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane (1973) | Rebel Rebel / Look Back In Anger
05. The Who - Quadrophenia | I Can See For Miles / Pinball Wizard
06. Queen - Jazz | Who Wants To Live Forever / Liar
07. The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta | Demolition Man / King Of Pain
08. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger | Loud Love / Like Suicide
09. Neil Young - Tonight's The Night | Rockin' In The Free World / Like A Hurricane
10. Blue Öyster Cult - Cultosaurus Erectus | Hot Rails To Hell / Astronomy
11. Metallica - ...And Justice For All | Holier Than Thou / Disposable Heroes
12. Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I-II | Nightrain / There Was A Time
13. The Doors - Waiting For The Sun | I Can't See Your Face In My Mind / The Changeling
14. Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff | Pioneers Over 'C' / Man-Erg
15. Manic Street Preachers - Gold Against The Soul | Faster / Stay Beautiful
16. Black Sabbath - Sabotage | Supernaut / Looking For Today
17. Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual | Jane Says / I Would For You
18. Pink Floyd - Animals | Comfortably Numb / Money
19. Aerosmith - Rocks | Spaced / Young Lust
20. Nirvana - Nevermind | Aneurysm / Dive

Anybody else want to take the same approach...?

[Foxhound]

Okay then. I'll give it a try:


Rolling Stones - December's Children & "Mother's Little Helper" and "We Love You"

Doors - The Doors & "When the Music's Over" and "Waiting for the Sun"

Animals (Eric Burdon & the) - The Twain Shall Meet & "It's My Life" and "When I Was Young"

Beatles - Rubber Soul & "I Feel Fine" and "Paperback Writer"

The Who - Who's Next & "Happy Jack" and "The Seeker"

(Peter Green's) Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On & "Need Your Love So Bad" and "The Green Manalishi"

Cream - Disraeli Gears & "Spoonful" and "White Room"

Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround & "All Day and All of the Night" and "Don't Forget to Dance"

Blondie - Parallel Lines & "In the Flesh" and "Denis"

Jethro Tull - Aqualung & "A Song for Jeffrey" and "Cross-Eyed Mary"

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I & "Immigrant Song" and "When the Levee Breaks"

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon & "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" and "Another Brick in the Wall"

Ten Years After - Cricklewood Green & "Hear Me Calling" and "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl"

Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? & "Hey Joe" and "Voodoo Chile"

Junior Walker & the All Stars - Shotgun & "Cleo's Mood" and "Pucker Up Buttercup"

Spirit - Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus & "I Got a Line on You" and "1984"

Roxy Music - Avalon & "Love Is the Drug" and "More Than This"

Butterfield Blues Band - East-West & "Born in Chicago" and "Walkin' Blues"

Yardbirds - Having a Rave Up & "Heart Full of Soul" and "Over, Under, Sideways, Down"

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River & "I Put a Spell on You" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"

[Zombeels]

My 2 favourite songs by each band

Kinks - Autumn Almanac, Shangri-La
Beatles - Cry Baby Cry, For No One
Rolling Stones - 2000 Man, Back Door Man
Zombies - Brief Candles, This Is Our Year
Built To Spill - Centre Of The Universe, I Would Hurt A Fly
Jack Drag - We Could've Been Big, ,Aviating
The Who - Sally Simpson, Daily Records
Small Faces - Wild Eyed Girl On The Wall, Call It Something Nice
Turtles - Happy Together, Outside Chance
Monkees - Randy Scouse Git, Sometime In The Morning
Paul Revere & The Raiders - Trishalana, Just Like Me
Easybeats - Land Of Make Believe, Fancy Seeing You Here
Heartless Bastards - Onions, Searching For The Ghost
Girls In Hawaii - Organeum, Misses
Eels - Last Stop: This Town, Beautiful Freak
Radical Face/Electric President - Welcome Home, Always Gold
Yes - Sweetness, Starship Trooper
Led Zeppelin - Fool In The Rain, Over The Hills And Far Away
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain, Born To Move
Cloud Cult - Everybody Here Is A Cloud, Through The Ages

[Foxhound]

Originally Posted by Zombeels

My 2 favourite songs by each band

Rolling Stones - 2000 Man, Back Door Man

Back Door Man is by the Doors. Do you mean Backstreet Girl?