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

NolanJ · Jul 11, 2004

The top 4 for me were easy, the last 6 took some thinking.

10 - Fiona Apple
9 - Rolling Stones
8 - The Temptations
7 - Alice In Chains
6 - Tool/A Perfect Circle (am I cheating for grouping these two together?)
5 - Black Sabbath
4 - Jimi Hendrix
3 - The Doors
2 - Pink Floyd

And my favorite band of all time is:

1 - Led Zeppelin

I'd love to hear all of your favorites as well !

Jon Sheedy · Jul 12, 2004

10 - The Waterboys
9 - Elton John
8 - Jethro Tull
7 - David Bowie
6 - Yes
5 - Bob Dylan
4 - Graham Parker
3 - Pink Floyd
2 - Catherine Wheel

1 -
The Beatles

Angelo.M · Jul 12, 2004

This is the Sea and Fisherman's Blues are still two of my favorite albums from my college days.

Jan H · Jul 12, 2004

10.U2
9. Radiohead
8. Yes
7. Soundgarden
6. Jimi Hendrix Experience
5. The Beatles
4. The Who
3. Steely Dan
2. Led Zeppelin
1. Rush

Michael Martin · Jul 12, 2004

Sorry, have to break the rule about order of preference. Too much of that depends on my mood.

But here are my top 10 favorite bands or musical artists:

1. Led Zeppelin
2. Grey Eye Glances
3. BoDeans
4. Rich Mullins
5. October Project
6. Rush
7. Evanescence*
8. Jars of Clay
9. U2
10. Hans Zimmer (done some great movie scores)

There are TONS of other artists I love, and narrowing it down to even 10 top listings is difficult!

*based on how many times I've listened to the CD in my car over the last 15 months!

Mike Broadman · Jul 12, 2004

1. Miles Davis Quintet 1965-1968 (Williams, Carter, Hancock, Shorter)
2. King Crimson
3. John Coltrane quartet (Jones, Garrison, Tyner)
4. Rush
5. Dream Theater
6. Miles Davis Quintet 1954-1958 (Jones, Chambers, Garland, Coltrane)
7. Monk quartet (Dunlop, Ore, Rousse)
8. Led Zeppelin
9. Marillion
10. Jethro Tull

Byron_T · Jul 12, 2004

Here's my list.

10 - Alice in Chains
9 - Deftones
8 - Beastie Boys
7 - Pink Floyd
6 - Helmet
5 - Nirvana
4 - Led Zeppelin
3 - Dinosaur Jr.
2 - Rage Against the Machine

1 - TOOL

I don't think A Perfect Circle is anywhere near the same class as Tool.

Jean D · Jul 12, 2004

1. Dave Matthews Band
2. Tupac (does he count as a band? or an artist?)
3. Tool
4. Pink Floyd
5. Nine Inch Nails
6. Smashing Pumpkins
7. Soul Coughing
8. 311
9. Stone Temple Pilots
10. Guns N Roses (not the new lineup with Axl.)

the order of this list depends on my mood as well. so its interchangable for me.

runners up: Rage Against the Machine, Alice In Chains, Sponge, the Verve, Sevendust, Fuel

chung_sotheby · Jul 12, 2004

10. Alison Krauss & Union Station
9. Nick Drake
8. The Roots
7. The Beatles
6. The Pharcyde
5. Pink Floyd
4. Neil Young
3. A Tribe Called Quest
2. The Rolling Stones

and finally ......
1. Led Zeppelin (big surprise there, huh?)

Near Misses:

1. Beastie Boys
2. Radiohead
3. The Who
4. Allman Brothers
5. Grateful Dead
6. Beck
7. Chuck Berry
8. Elvis Costello
9. Tupac
10. Elton John

10 Newer faces that might make it if they continue to put out great music:

Rufus Wainwright
Interpol
Coldplay
Sondre Lerch
Kanye West
Outkast
Queens of the Stone Age
System of a Down
The Streets
N.E.R.D.

Todd H · Jul 12, 2004

10. Soundgarden
9. Faith No More
8. Primus
7. Red Hot Chili Peppers
6. Pearl Jam
5. Led Zeppelin
4. Marvelous 3
3. Alice In Chains
2. R.E.M.
1. Dave-era Van Halen

Runners up include STP, Rage Against The Machine, 311, and Audioslave.

StephenA · Jul 12, 2004

1. Moody Blues
2. Jimi Hendrix
3. Beatles
4. Elton John/Nat King Cole
5. Matchbox Twenty
6. The Who
7. Black Sabbath
8. Iron Maiden
9. Jim Croce
10. AC/DC

Charles Gurganus · Jul 12, 2004

1. Hollies
2. Beatles (solo included)
3. Barclay James Harvest
4. Neil Young
5. Neil Finn (Crowded House and Split Enz included)
6. Alan Parsons Project
7. America
8. Steely Dan
9. Richard Thompson (Linda as well)
10. Todd Rundgren
11. XTC

Levi · Jul 12, 2004

I only get ten?

10. Johnny Cash
9. Converge
8. Fugazi
7. Big Black
6. Seven Seconds
5. Portishead
4. AFI
3. Smiths
2. Earth Crisis

1. Misfits/Samhain/Danzig

Runners up:
Milemarker, Q and Not U, Sunny Day Real Estate, Bjork, Indecision, Integrity, Old Man Gloom, Gorilla Biscuits, Youth of Today, Mos Def/Blackstar, Themselves, Torn Apart, These Arms are Snakes, Old Man Gloom, My Bloody Valentine, Minor Threat, Redemption 87, much, much more....

--LEVI

John Milton · Jul 12, 2004

Jon Sheedy:

Bless your heart, great to see another fan of Catherine Wheel!

Here's my top 10 favorite bands:

10. Compulsion
9. Ash
8. The Jesus And Mary Chain
7. Oasis
6. Nine Inch Nails
5. U2
4. Depeche Mode
3. Catherine Wheel
2. Charlatans U.K.
1. Ned's Atomic Dustbin

Brajesh Upadhyay · Jul 12, 2004

Oops, double post. Please delete.

Brajesh Upadhyay · Jul 12, 2004

01. U2
02. Pink Floyd
03. James (very underrated, at least in the U.S.)
04. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
05. The Who
06. R.E.M.
07. The Cure
08. Led Zeppelin
09. The Beatles
10. New Order

Joe Fisher · Jul 12, 2004

1. Judas Priest w/Rob Halford
2. Black Sabbath w/Ozzy Osbourne
3. Bad Religion
4. Slayer
5. Overkill
6. Kiss
7. Joe Satriani
8. Queensryche
9. Motorhead
10. Iron Maiden

Jim_F · Jul 12, 2004

Rather than choose, I'll put my mouth where my money is. A quick survey of my music collection shows the most tracks from the following artists:

1- The Beatles
2- Frank Zappa
3- Neil Young
4- Jethro Tull
5- Tonio K.
6- Yes
7- Emerson, Lake and Palmer
8- R.E.M.
10- Jefferson Airplane

I'm sure Cream, among others, belongs in there somewhere, but there you have it.

Chris Stainton · Jul 12, 2004

01 - KISS
02 - The Beatles
03 - Marillion
04 - Queen
05 - Prince
06 - Genesis
07 - Yes
08 - Queensryche
09 - U2
10 - Iron Maiden

Will_B · Jul 12, 2004

1 David Bowie
2 U2 (later phase)
3 Eurythmics
4 Sam Phillips
5 Stuart Davis
6 Adam Ant
7 Thomas Dolby
8 Paul Westerberg
9 Erin McKeown
10 Robyn Hitchcock

Every one of these folks are brilliant, but the higher placings are for those who are more consistently so, or who have steadily reemerged with genius works after time away (that means you, Davie!). So a sometimes-genius like Paul Westerberg comes in fairly low because he turns out more dreck than gems.

The names are linked to official or sanctioned sites with official or sanctioned mp3s, for those who want to check them out.

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