Directors List your 10 favorite bands of all time (in order or preferece) (1 Viewer)

[Brajesh Upadhyay]

Not a one hit wonder. If all you know of James is "Laid", you're missing out. These guys released a couple of terrific albums since then, but I got them all from the UK (don't know if they ever came out in the U.S.). I love these:

Whiplash (1997)
James: The Best Of... (1998)
Millionaires (1999)
Pleased To Meet You (2001)

 

[Evan S]

Jean,

Being a big Extreme fan, I knew all about the Cherone incarnation, but chose to ignore it. Van Halen III is simply a horrible album, no two ways about it. It's amazing the quality work Gary did with Extreme and the quality work Eddie did with both Sammy and Dave, yet together the work they produced is atrocious.

 

[George See]

Personally I don't think talent has anything to do with hits. I would call James a one hit wonder irregardless of how many great albums they had, simply because they had only 1 hit (in the US at least). Look at a band like Wilco, they are like a no hit wonder but that certainly doesn't say anything about their talent.

 

[Mark Klaus]

10. Alan Parsons Project
9. Bruce Springsteen
8. The Who
7. Pink Floyd
6. Eric Clapton
5. Stevie Ray Vaughan
4. Rush
3. Led Zeppelin
2. U2
1. The Beatles

 

[Matt Butler]

In no order

1. Beatles
2. Sarah Mclachlan
3. Iron Maiden
4. Pink Floyd
5. Stone Temple Pilots
6. Tool
7. Disturbed
8. AC/DC
9. Van Halen (Both Sammy and Dave)
10. Alice in Chains

Mentions:
Rush, Metallica (Early years), Who, Zeppelin,
Neil Diamond, Def Leppard, Testament, Luxt (local band who needs to hit it big).

 

[Tony-B]

1. Metallica
2. Nirvana
3. Less Than Jake
4. Slayer
5. Killswitch Engage
6. Fear Factory
7. The Offspring
8. Spineshank
9. Slipknot (Guilty pleasure of mine. They just rock.)
10. Green Day

 

[Alan-C]

1. Stone Temple Pilots
2. Metallica
3. Evanescence
4. AC/DC
5. Enya
6. Alice in Chains
7. Korn
8. Nirvana
9. Disturbed
10. Saliva

 

[Kyle Schaffer]

Sure- I'll play

1. Led Zep
2. Tool
3. Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler too)
4. Rusted Root
5. Peter Gabriel (some Genesis too)
6. U2
7. Metallica
8. Rage against the Machine
9. Guns and Roses
10. Fishbone

hon mention: Rush, Floyd, Pearl Jam

The order of #s 2-10 is open to change over time. Zep is and always be #1- their catalog is so big, no matter WHAT mood I'm in I can find an album that fits it.

 

[James_Welch]

According to my CD collection and assuming that this is to include pop/rock only my top ten is:


1.) Uncle Tupelo/Son Volt/Wilco
2) Rush
3.) REM
4.) Tom Petty with and with out the Heartbreakers
5.) Dire Straits
6.) The Who
7.) Ryan Adams-Whiskeytown
8.) Frank Zappa
9.) Sonic Youth
10.) Rolling Stones

Non pop/rock
Count Basie
Duke Ellington
Johnny Lee Hooker
Miles Davis
Louis Armstrong
Howlin Wolf
John Coltrane
Billy Holiday

 

[Andrew Chong]

I'm probably missing a few I like that should be in this list and oust a few of those that I've chosen, but the synapses perhaps aren't firing as they should . Regardless:

10.New Order
09.Depeche Mode
08.Dave Brubeck Quartet
07.The Shadows
06.Boney M
05.ABBA
04.Queen
03.The Beatles
02.Electric Light Orchestra
01.The Art of Noise

 

[gregD]

Harmless fun...

Order not etched in stone, but the top 3 have sorta always been tied for 1st place...

1. Frank Zappa
2. King Crimson
3. Jeff Beck
4. Miles Davis (esp 1969-75)
5. Björk
6. Led Zeppelin
7. Bela Fleck & the Flecktones
8. The Beatles
9. Mahavishnu Orchestra
10. Santana

Have seen most of 'em live, too.

 

[Jean D]

What? No one thinks Britney Spears should be on their lists?




Relax all, it was a joke.

 

[David Lawson]

That's the biggest cheat I've seen so far! (I thought of combining Husker Du and Sugar with my Bob Mould listing, but decided against it.)

 

[Trey Fletcher]

1. Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers/Refreshments (I hardly go a day without listening to these guys)
2. Great Big Sea
3. Rush
4. Spirit of the West
5. Neil Diamond
6. Jackson Browne
7. Crosby Stills and Nash (& Young!)
8. Jimmy Buffet
9. The Connells
10. Ryan Adams

 

[chung_sotheby]

Oh, she's on my, and many others' list, just not this one

 

[George See]

The bottle and fresh horses is one of the best albums i've ever heard, they were really close to making my list.
Not living anywhere's near AZ as i see you do, i've only caught them live once and that was an opening slot for a festival and they were plagued with technical difficultys. Roger Clyne is definitly one of the better song writers out there right now.

 

[Sean A]

My choices as the BEST :

1. The Rolling Stones
2. Led Zeppelin
3. The Beatles
4. James Brown
5. Aretha Franklin
6. Prince
7. The Who
8. Jimi Hendrix
9. Bruce Springsteen
10.The Faces (this choice was solidified after listening to the new Rhino box set )

And sad to leave out : The Temptations, The Band, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Elvis Presley , Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, The Clash, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, BB King, Allman Bros, Eric Clapton, J Geils Band , Talking Heads, Otis Redding, Roy Orbison, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Al Green, Four Tops
and too many others ....

 

[PaulP]

Does "bands" mean pop/rock? I like a lot of the bands being listed, and most are undeniably classic artists, but if I were to compile a list, it would not have any well-known artists at all.

 

[Rob P S]

1. Steve Earle
2. The Clarks
3. Counting Crows
4. The Eagles
5. Bob Seger
6. James Taylor
7. Keb' Mo'
8. Paul Westerberg/The Replacements
9. the subdudes
10. Soul Coughing

 

[Zen Butler]

1. Sonic Youth
2. Jefferson Airplane (not enough room for this era)
3. Edgar Winter's White Trash/Edgar Winter Group
4. Beatles, The
5. Wu-Tang Clan
6. Cure, The
7. Doors, The
8. Police, The
9. Roots, The
10. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds


Since the title was bands, I purposely left out solo artists:
Bjork
Steve Roach
David Bowie
Prince
Jay-Z
Donovan
Jeff Buckley
Tom Waits
Beck
PJ Harvey
David Sylvian