Top 10 Favorite Bands/Artists?

[matt72582]

I'll try to do mine in order...

1. Pink Floyd
2. The Beatles
3. The Doors
4. Supertramp
5. Led Zeppelin
6. The Who
7. Steely Dan
8. Electric Light Orchestra
9. Rolling Stones
10. Bob Marley

[Iroquois]

There are already a few threads covering the same topic - this one (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=16081&highlight=bands) being the most recent one.

That being said, here's a quick list...

1. Pink Floyd
2. Swans
3. Rush
4. Talking Heads
5. David Bowie
6. Neil Young
7. Miles Davis
8. Queen
9. The Velvet Underground
10. The Replacements

[Guaporense]

In no particular order:

Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Helloween
Slayer
Kreator
Running Wild
Black Sabbath
Blind Guardian
Iron Savior
Kamelot

At least these are the top 10 bands/artists that I have listened to the most. Read my top 100 albums thread for an overview of my favorite albums. Interestingly, all these 10 bands come from only 3 countries: 5 hail from Germany, 3 Hail from England and 2 from the US. Although I am Brazilian I do not like Brazilian music in particular and the main Brazilian metal bands do not appeal to me particularly (Angra and Sepultura are the two most famous ones, really great bands whose music did not seduce me with the exception of Angra's first album, Angel's Cry).

[Swan]

1. Pink Floyd

1. Pink Floyd

:highfive:

[Guaporense]

Pink Floyd is so booooooring. Though you have to smoke pot to fully enjoy it I guess.

[Swan]

Don't smoke pot. Don't find Pink Floyd boring.

[Miss Vicky]

Here's a top five, after that it gets pretty muddled and dependent on my mood.

1. Tom Petty
2. Lindsey Buckingham
3. Eric Clapton
4. Bob Seger
5. Warren Zevon

[Guaporense]

Do you mean you don't smoke pot and you don't find PF boring? I find boring anything that's not metal, since PF is not metal I find it boring. My music tastes are as diverse as the colours of the antartic landscape:

http://www.classicalarchives.com/prs/astro/Antarctica/0479-One_of_many_shots_of_the_magnificent_Antarctic_landscape_4.jpg

[Swan]

Yes, I don't smoke pot and don't find Pink Floyd.

I have figured that out about you, Guapo my friend. :laugh:

[Guaporense]

A nice question would be to ask what are your favorite bands not hailing from English speaking countries?

My favorite metal bands not from English speaking countries all sing in English but that's perhaps because metal is nearly always sung in English because it's lyrics are just to silly to be sand in your natural language, such as this Helloween's song:

"A Tale That Wasn't Right"

Here I stand all alone
Have my mind turned to stone
Have my heart filled up with ice
To avoid it's breakin' twice

Thank to you, my dear old friend
But you can't help, this is the end
Of a tale that wasn't right
I won't have no sleep tonight

[Chorus]
In my heart, in my soul
I really hate to pay this toll
Should be strong, young and bold
But the only thing I feel is pain

It's alright, we'll stay friends
Trustin' in my confidence
And let's say it's just alright
You won't sleep alone tonight

[Chorus]

[Solo]
[Mike]

With my heart, with my soul
Some guys cry you bought and sold
They've been strong, young and bold
And they say, play this song again"

[Miss Vicky]

A nice question would be to ask what are your favorite bands not hailing from English speaking countries?

1. Rammstein
2. Rammstein
3. Rammstein
4. Rammstein
5. Rammstein
6. Rammstein
7. Rammstein
8. Rammstein
9. Rammstein
10. Rammstein

[Guaporense]

I had a highschool friend who loved Rammstein. I personally dislike their mix of dance music with downtuned guitars.

[Guaporense]

Top 10 fav. bands not from English speaking countries:

Helloween (Germany)
Running Wild (Germany)
Accept (Germany)
Kreator (Germany)
Blind Guardian (Germany)
Iron Savior (Germany)
Heavenly (France)
Sodom (Germany)
Hybria (Brazil)
Bathory (Sweden)

[Guaporense]

I have figured that out about you, Guapo my friend. :laugh:

However, you also should note that other people's top 10 bands lists also are not the most diverse mix, they are usually top 10 rock bands lists. Metal is a musical field that originated from rock but developed into it's own musical field developing a great diversity in subgenres. If you want melodic metal with complex melodies you can listen to Symphony X, if you want melodic metal with enough cheese to supply the population of Congo with calcium you can listen to Heavenly, if you want enough heaviness to kill children and small animals you can listen to some Dark Angel, if you want the sound of pure evil you can listen to some early Bathory, if you want straight rock played with some extra heaviness and musical virtuosity you can listen to early Iron Maiden. Overall, metal is as diverse as rock, pop or other large international music genres.

I guess a truly eclectic top 10 would be something like:

Mahler
Tupac Shakur
Mayhem
Rush
Vivaldi
Helloween
Haydn
some Indian artist
some Chinese artist
some Jazz dude

[Iroquois]

A nice question would be to ask what are your favorite bands not hailing from English speaking countries?

Ah, now that's a challenge. Not a definitive list:

1. Can
2. Kraftwerk
3. Bjork
4. Opeth
5. Boris
6. Mercyful Fate
7. Neu!
8. Amon Düül II
9. Sigur Ros
10. AIR

[Guaporense]

Oh yeah, Mercyful Fate.

[R.P. McMurphy]

My top 10 is usually a revolving door, but here are my Top 10 as of lately and the ones I've been listening to the most:

1. The Rolling Stones (They are actually always my #1)
2. Them (the albums with Van Morrison)
3.Fleetwood Mac
4.Turbonegro
5.Wu Tang Clan
6.The Smiths
7.The Cure
8.The Sisters of Mercy
9.The Cars
10.The Police

[Iroquois]

However, you also should note that other people's top 10 bands lists also are not the most diverse mix, they are usually top 10 rock bands lists. Metal is a musical field that originated from rock but developed into it's own musical field developing a great diversity in subgenres. If you want melodic metal with complex melodies you can listen to Symphony X, if you want melodic metal with enough cheese to supply the population of Congo with calcium you can listen to Heavenly, if you want enough heaviness to kill children and small animals you can listen to some Dark Angel, if you want the sound of pure evil you can listen to some early Bathory, if you want straight rock played with some extra heaviness and musical virtuosity you can listen to early Iron Maiden. Overall, metal is as diverse as rock, pop or other large international music genres.

I guess a truly eclectic top 10 would be something like:

Mahler
Tupac Shakur
Mayhem
Rush
Vivaldi
Helloween
Haydn
some Indian artist
some Chinese artist
some Jazz dude

I'm not sure if classical composers can really be counted in the same vein as actual performers, though. If they lived and died before the invention of audio recording then nobody that's alive today has ever actually heard them perform, only modern orchestras doing renditions of their work.

[TylerDurden99]

In no particular order...


Def Leppard
The Beatles (this includes solo careers of all members)
Van Halen (both eras)
Talking Heads
Genesis (includes Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel solo stuff)
Aerosmith
Queen
AC/DC
George Michael/Wham!
Led Zeppelin

[Captain Spaulding]

Guns N' Roses
The Rolling Stones
The Doors
Led Zeppelin
David Bowie
Aerosmith
Willie Nelson
Bob Dylan
The White Stripes
Prince

[matt72582]

I'm a U.S. citizen, but except for The Doors and Steely Dan, my favorite bands are from UK, mostly England.

There is some real heavy Pink Floyd stuff. Can't just listen to the hits, but Dark Side to The Wall is great.

I first loved Pink Floyd before I ever smoked pot.

[seanc]

U2
Elton John
Counting Crows
Dave Matthews Band
Springsteen
John Mayer
Clapton
Coldplay
Third Day
Casting Crowns

I'm old, I had my hair band and rap days but waved bye-bye to them a long time ago.

[matt72582]

Because there's a lot of great bands you like that aren't in my top 10, I'll throw the rest out, to show camaraderie.

1. Pink Floyd
2. The Beatles
3. The Doors
4. Supertramp
5. Led Zeppelin
6. The Who
7. Steely Dan
8. Electric Light Orchestra
9. Rolling Stones
10. Bob Marley

11. Fleetwood Mac (Green, Kirwan, and current lineup which I'll see in a few weeks)
12. Black Sabbath
13. Neil Young
14. Jimi Hendrix
15. Stylistics
16. Bob Dylan
17. Queen
18. Delfonics
19. Cream
20. Billy Joel
21. Elton John
22.; Bee Gees
23. ABBA
24. Rush
Genesis (Gabriel)
The Police
Jefferson Airplane/Starship
Alan Parsons Project
Guess Who

[gbgoodies]

Since I seem to be the only country music lover on this site, I did a list of my ten favorite artists that you guys might know and appreciate, rather than a bunch of artists that none of you have heard of or like.


My ten favorite pop/rock artists are:

1) Neil Diamond
2) Billy Joel
3) Elvis Presley
4) The Eagles
5) Air Supply
6) Survivor (After Jimi Jamison joined the band)
7) Chicago
8) Bryan Adams
9) Styx
10) Journey


But just for the record, my ten favorite country artists are:

1) Ricky Van Shelton
2) George Strait
3) Don Williams
4) Wade Hayes
5) Steve Wariner
6) Blake Shelton
7) Garth Brooks
8) John Schneider
9) Kenny Rogers
10) Randy Travis


And my ten favorite non-country vocalist/easy listening artists are:

1) Neil Diamond
2) John Barrowman
3) Michael Crawford
4) Dean Martin
5) Gene Kelly
6) Michael Bublé
7) Harry Connick Jr.
8) Steve Lawrence
9) Olivia Newton-John
10) Whitney Houston

[Victoria48]

Since I seem to be the only country music lover on this site, I did a list of my ten favorite artists that you guys might know and appreciate, rather than a bunch of artists that none of you have heard of or like.


My ten favorite pop/rock artists are:

1) Neil Diamond
2) Billy Joel
3) Elvis Presley
4) The Eagles
5) Air Supply
6) Survivor (After Jimi Jamison joined the band)
7) Chicago
8) Bryan Adams
9) Styx
10) Journey


But just for the record, my ten favorite country artists are:

1) Ricky Van Shelton
2) George Strait
3) Don Williams
4) Wade Hayes
5) Steve Wariner
6) Blake Shelton
7) Garth Brooks
8) John Schneider
9) Kenny Rogers
10) Randy Travis


And my ten favorite non-country vocalist/easy listening artists are:

1) Neil Diamond
2) John Barrowman
3) Michael Crawford
4) Dean Martin
5) Gene Kelly
6) Michael Bublé
7) Harry Connick Jr.
8) Steve Lawrence
9) Olivia Newton-John
10) Whitney Houston

There are some names here I listen to or have listened to,lol

Here. Is my list:

1.Metalica
2.Guns and roses
3.Pink
4.Muse
5.Bon jovi
6.Queen
7.Sia
8.Pink Floyd
9.Led Zeplin
10.Janis joplin

[honeykid]

I hated Pink Floyd before I smoked pot, but after I smoked it.... I still hated them. The problem was that now I was too stoned to get up and turn it off. :D

[matt72582]

I hated Pink Floyd before I smoked pot, but after I smoked it.... I still hated them. The problem was that now I was too stoned to get up and turn it off. :D

Pink Floyd has been a favorite of mine since middle school. I got The Wall on record from a garage sale, then I saved up and got Dark Side from a record shop.

I listened to Pink Floyd before ever smoking pot :)

Just like movies, my rankings change... I'm gonna list mine without looking at the OP

1. Pink Floyd
2. The Beatles
3. The Doors
4. Supertramp
5. Led Zeppelin
6. The Who
7. Steely Dan
8. ELO
9. Eagles
10. David Bowie

[Swan]

My buddy and I were talking about our top fives the other day.... top five artists, top five albums, etc. Here's what I said about artists:

1. Pink Floyd
2. Bon Iver/Justin Vernon (basically tied with Pink Floyd as Vernon is my musical hero, but WHATEVER)
3. Autechre
4. Miles Davis
5. Pig Destroyer

[Swan]

Expanded to a top ten:

1. Pink Floyd
2. Bon Iver/Justin Vernon
3. Autechre
4. Miles Davis
5. Pig Destroyer
6. Hildur Gudnadottir
7. The Rolling Stones
8. Aphex Twin
9. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
10. Boards of Canada

[Holden Pike]

Alphabetically...

The Band
The Beatles
James Brown
Leonard Cohen
Dexter Gordon
Billy Joel
Otis Redding
The Rolling Stones
Tom Waits
Stevie Wonder

24645

[gbgoodies]

There are some names here I listen to or have listened to,lol

Here. Is my list:

1.Metalica
2.Guns and roses
3.Pink
4.Muse
5.Bon jovi
6.Queen
7.Sia
8.Pink Floyd
9.Led Zeplin
10.Janis joplin


There's not much there that I listen to, but you should do well in the song tournaments with that list.

[CiCi]

Mine would probably be:
1. Bryan Adams
2. Bruce Springsteen
3. Whitney Houston
4. Madonna
5. Charli XCX
6. Laura Branigan
7. Pat Benatar
8. Journey
9. Van Halen
10. Kate Bush

[neiba]

1. Queen
2. Iron Maiden
3. Pantera
4. Elvis Presley
5. Dream Theater
6. Youngblood Brass Band
7. Rammstein
8. Dobranotch
9. System of a Down
10. Beatles

I excluded jazz and classical or it wouldn't be fair to the rest of the bands.

[Fabulous]

In no particular order:

1) Red Hot Chili Peppers
2) Foo Fighters
3) Oasis
4) Smashing Pumpkins
5) Nirvana
6) Metallica
7) Rush
8) Pearl Jam
9) Led Zeppelin
10) Eminem

[Guaporense]

In no particular order:

Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Helloween
Slayer
Kreator
Running Wild
Black Sabbath
Blind Guardian
Iron Savior
Kamelot

At least these are the top 10 bands/artists that I have listened to the most. Read my top 100 albums thread for an overview of my favorite albums. Interestingly, all these 10 bands come from only 3 countries: 5 hail from Germany, 3 Hail from England and 2 from the US. Although I am Brazilian I do not like Brazilian music in particular and the main Brazilian metal bands do not appeal to me particularly (Angra and Sepultura are the two most famous ones, really great bands whose music did not seduce me with the exception of Angra's first album, Angel's Cry).

Uptaded list:

Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Helloween
Slayer
Kreator
Running Wild
Black Sabbath
Blind Guardian
Virgin Steele
Ensiferum

4 from Germany
3 from UK
2 from US
1 from Finland

[AboveTheClouds]

Running Wild is awesome Guap.

I can never really put my top 10 in order because it fluctuates daily as to which of the ten is my favourite of that day, anyway. Also, I can't pick 10 so I'm gonna pick the only three genre's of music I listen to, and pick 10 from each.


Top 10 Metal Bands.

Weapon
Conqueror
Profanatica
Katatonia
Midnight
Behexen
Faustcoven
A.M.S.G.
Grand Belial's Key
Nifelheim


Top 10 Punk Bands

Discharge
Broken Bones
Uproar
Doom
Amebix
Leftover Crack
Dishammer
Riistetyt
Tragedy
Avskum


Top 10 Hip-Hop Artists/Groups

Big Pun
Big L
Apathy
De La Soul
Hieroglyphics
Wu-Tang Clan
Viro The Virus
Geto Boys
Gang Starr
Non Phixion

[Zotis]

I couldn't even list mine. There are so many bands that I love certain works of but hate others, like Alexisonfire and Thrice. Others are just too hard to compare with each other. I love Screamo bands like Orchid, Saetea, Circle Takes the Square, Anomie, Totoro, Pg.99, Tristan Tzara, Loiuse Cypher, and Emo bands like The Birds Are Spies They Report to the Trees, Gospel, Cap'n Jazz, and Black Metal bands like Raspberry Bulbs, Bone Awl, Black Murder, Furdidurke, and Deathspell Omeaga... And so many others, Aspid, Death, Morbid Angel (old), Beherit (old), and countless others...

How can I pick ten?

[False Writer]

I guess I'll give this a shot as well...

This is judged based on how much I like the band's discography. My top favorite albums would look a bit different since there are bands where I absolutely love one album but am not too crazy about anything else they did.

1. Hatebreed
2. Breaking Benjamin
3. Enter Shikari
4. A Day To Remember
5. I See Stars
6. Thirty Seconds To Mars
7. Underoath
8. Slipknot
9. Carnifex
10. Silverstein

Honorable Mentions: Brand New, System of a Down, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Poison The Well, Gideon, Mineral

[Zotis]

You like Underoath that much False Writer? I saw them live twice, and they were very good. I like their older material more, but they are a great band throughout their timespan. I saw them live with Norma Jean. It was a great show.

The greatest live performance I ever saw was without a doubt Alexisonfie in 2003. They set the par for exellence and nothing else has come close since. Their energy was unmatched. Their loyalty to their fans was humbling. It was a gift to witness it, like something not of this wretched Earth.

[AboveTheClouds]

One of the best show I've ever been too was Against Me! back in 05/06. It was in a dirty, small, smokey, poorly lit basement venue called the underground. The place was full to capacity, so like 150 or so people, packed wall to wall, the whole place is circle pits and crowd surfing for a solid hour and 25 minutes. I was in paradise.

[Tugg]

The Cranberries
The Corrs
Billy Joel
Madonna
Queen
Abba
Metallica
Rammstein
Guns N' Roses
The Prodigy

[False Writer]

You like Underoath that much False Writer? I saw them live twice, and they were very good. I like their older material more, but they are a great band throughout their timespan. I saw them live with Norma Jean. It was a great show.

The greatest live performance I ever saw was without a doubt Alexisonfie in 2003. They set the par for exellence and nothing else has come close since. Their energy was unmatched. Their loyalty to their fans was humbling. It was a gift to witness it, like something not of this wretched Earth.

Yeah after I posted it I wasn't sure if I should've put them a little lower, but yeah I think they have a very impressive track record. Their first 2 albums are awesome due to their heaviness, The Changing of Times was a good transition record that had hints of their old stuff mixed into what they were gonna be in the future. TOCS and DTGL are my favorites, mainly because that's when I discovered them when I saw the music video for Reinventing Your Exit on TV. To be honest though I never really listened to anything after DTGL in full. I kinda got out of them by then, and even though I still listen to their old stuff I never bothered checking their later stuff out.

I never got to see them live, but it is cool that they're back together again. Maybe I'll get the chance sometime soon!

I haven't been to too many live shows, that's what sucks about being in a nowhere place. I would say my favorite live performance was Enter Shikari on Warped Tour 2014 though, they were amazing to finally see live.

[Guaporense]

Update:

Bathory
Helloween
Virgin Steele
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Black Sabbath
Slayer
Kreator
Ensiferum
Running Wild

Bathory + I removed Blind Guardian.

[TheMaster]

No order:

LCD Soundsystem
Arcade Fire
Amy Winehouse
Death Grips
Bon Iver
Kanye West
The Flaming Lips
At The Drive-In/The Mars Volta

Too many to count

[AboveTheClouds]

Update:

Bathory
Helloween
Virgin Steele
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Black Sabbath
Slayer
Kreator
Ensiferum
Running Wild

Bathory + I removed Blind Guardian.


You ever listened to Midnight, Trench Hell or Sodomizer? If not they're Black/Thrash/Speed and soooooo good.

[Derek Vinyard]

1. Pink Floyd
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/1958s9wb3qjvfjpg/original.jpg

2. Avenged Sevenfold
http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/29500000/Avenged-Sevenfold-avenged-sevenfold-29508419-500-281.jpg

3. Linkin Park
http://www.thedeadtrees.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/linkin-park-environmental-efforts.jpg

4. Three Days Grace
http://scenecore.cz/upload/images/pages/page-8850/Three-Days-Grace-4-12-11-Promo-Van-Hoff-03-600-751x500.jpg

5. Billy Talent
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Billy_Talent_4.jpg

6. Red Hot Chili Peppers
http://thesheaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/red-hot-chili-peppers.jpeg

7. All That Remains
http://cdn.ernieball.com.s3.amazonaws.com/images/artist_980x527/1316650750AllThatRemains.jpg

8. Metallica
http://prabhatrayal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Metallica.jpg

9. System Of A Down
http://s3.amazonaws.com/rapgenius/System-of-a-Down.jpg

10. Supertramp
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/files/2012/08/Supertramp-Hulton-Archive.jpeg

[matt72582]

Pink Floyd is my favorite group ever! I saw Roger 3 times, want to see Gilmour this year! Big meetup from another forum, our last one was in Toronto.

Wasn't expecting Supertramp - I think they are the most underrated band (no tabloids, no drama, substance abuse, cheating, violence, hotel trashing.. just the music, even some of my favorite bands got attention from gossip and trivial crap).

One of my favorite bands. From their first album "Words Unspoken" is a real gem, Crime of the Century, Crisis? What Criis? - a very, very underrated album. Up until "Famous Last Words". I saw Roger Hodgson 3 times, his voice is better than ever, and his band is great. I usually don't like 99% of drummers, but the guy is pretty good. Good piano player, plays "Child of Vision" a bit different - Rick played his best piano solos on Roger's songs, and Roger's best guitar solos are on Rick's best.... Rick is very sick... :(