favourite bands (1 Viewer)

[Paul_Stachniak]

Beck
Foo Fighters
Queens of the Stone Age
Weezer
Zeppelin

 

[Kevin N]

I'll limit it to 10...

Led Zeppelin
Mogwai
The Black Keys
Chevelle
Pink Floyd
Future Leaders of the World
Audioslave
The Offspring
Rage Against the Machine
Alice in Chains

 

[Christ Reynolds]

the who is my all time favorite.

pearl jam
wendy carlos
ben folds
the beatles

CJ

 

[Michael St. Clair]

Some off the top of my head...

(old) Genesis
Beck
Sonic Youth
Frank Zappa
King Crimson
Pixies
Primus
World Party
Mike Keneally
Peter Gabriel
Bill Frisell
Adrian Belew
Ass Ponys
Bongwater
Frank Black
Talking Heads
Radiohead
Soul Coughing
TMBG
XTC
David Byrne
Flaming Lips
Green Day
The Kinks
Negativland
Nine Inch Nails
Pink Floyd

 

[Matt Butler]

I have varied taste in music.

My Favs in no order:

Disturbed
Beatles
Tool
Stone Temple Pilots
Sarah Mclachlan
Jimmy Buffett
Iron Maiden
Ac/Dc
Social Distorion
Go Gos

 

[Andrew 'Ange Hamm' Hamm]

Trying desperately to keep it short...

Solo artists:
Joe Jackson
Rich Mullins
Bruce Cockburn
Peter Gabriel
Sam Phillips
Jane Siberry
Pete Townshend
Cindy Morgan
Wesley Willis
Steve Hackett
Paul McCartney
Phil Keaggy
Mark Heard

Bands:
The Who
Genesis
Kansas
Yes
The Beatles
Dream Theater
King Crimson
Devo
Steely Dan
The Police

 

[JonZ]

Led Zeppelin
Black Sabbath
AC/DC (Especially the stuff with Bon Scott)
Voivod
The Minutemen
Jimi Hendrix
NOFX
Death
The Flaming Lips
The Plan
Hum
Robert Johnson
Quicksand
Bob Marley
The Beatles
John Fahey
Sepultura (before Max Cavalera left the band)
Alice In Chains
Exodus
The Clash
Overkill
Queen
Fishbone
Social Distortion
Metallica (PreBlack Album)
Slayer (older stuff)
Me First & The Gimme Gimmes
Johnny Cash
The Melodians
Credence Clearwater Revival
The Vandals
Pink Floyd
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
The Ramones
Motorhead
Ozzy
The Who
Accept
Leadbelly
The Rolling Stones

I can go on and on.....

 

[Mike Broadman]

I strongly second the Gordian Knot recommendation, and I'm not even into prog any more. My recommendation only applies to their first album, not the second.

The following are the only rock bands now who's new records are/would be automatic and enthusiastic buys and who I'd go out of my way to see live:

King Crimson
Marillion
Rush
Porcupine Tree

The rest are bands who's "peak" period I enjoy (of course I get to define my own peak period:

The Allman Brothers (early stuff)
AC/DC (Bon Scott, Back in Black)
The Beatles (Rubber Soul-Abbey Road)
Cream
CCR (everything with Fogerty)
Dixie Dregs (up to and including Night of the Living Dregs)
The Doors (1st two and last two albums)
Dream Theater (Images, Awake, Infinity, Metropolis)
Dylan (just the "famous" stuff like Highway 61)
The Faces
Fates Warning (with the current singer, not the first one)
The Flower Kings (though Space Revolver is their only album I can listen to all of)
Peter Gabriel (pretty much all of the "regular" studio albums, not the soundtracks or that other stuff, with a strong preference for albums whose titles consist of only on two letter word)
Genesis (Gabriel stuff)
Gentle Giant (3 Friends-Free Hand)
The Grateful Dead (only the live stuff, except for the two really obvious famous studio albums)
Jimi Hendrix
Iron Maiden (everything up to and including 7th Son)
Jethro Tull (Stand Up - Stormwatch)
Elton John (s/t - Captain Fantastic)
King Crimson (pretty much all of it to some degree with a preference for recent stuff)
King's X (up to Dogman)
Marillion (almost all of it with extremely strong preference for recent preference for current material)
Metallica (pre-Load)
Megadeth (Peace Sells, Rust, Countdown, Youthenasia)
Joni Mitchell (Clouds - Heijira)
Van Morrison (Astral Weeks - Tupelo)
Opeth (My Arms - Blackwater)
Pantera (Cowboys, Vulgar Display)
Pearl Jam (first two, though mostly for nostalgia)
Phish (only live stuff)
Pink Floyd (Meddle - Wall)
Prince (Hits)
Queen (first 6 albums)
Queensryche (Mindcrime, Empire)
Radiohead (Bends, OK Computer)
Bonnie Raitt (Nick of Time, Luck of the Draw)
Rolling Stones (68-72)
Rush (pretty much all of it except some of their very early stuff)
bits of Santana and Satriani, Rundgren, Zevon
Paul Simon (especially Graceland)
a few albums here and there from U2, Spock's Beard
lost of Zappa. Lots

Does hip-hop count?
OutKast
Roots
Mos Def

 

[Matt Stone]

Sticking to absolute favorites...

System of a Down
Rage Against the Machine
Metallica
Queens of the Stone Age
Muse
Nirvana
Slipknot

 

[Lee M T]

I really don't like a lot of groups. I'm pretty picky and I definitely have a dislike of most anything mainstream.

Rock

Porcupine Tree - Just about all their stuff

Heavy Metal

Opeth - All seven of their albums

Rap

Three 6 Mafia - From their album Chpt. 2 all the way back to the early 90's. Don't like their new stuff.

Pretty big difference between Three 6 and Porcupine Tree.

 

[Gabriel.H]

To anyone who likes a solid Rock album try Places For Breathing by Revis.

Other bands I like:

Crossfade
Coldplay
Amorphis (Am Universum and newer albums since then)
Godsmack (The Other Side)
Theory Of A Deadman

There's a whole bunch more but this is all I can remember for now.

 

[Bryan_P]

Radiohead (The best band ever. No, really.)
Radiohead
Radiohead
Pearl Jam
Metallica
Audioslave
The White Stripes
Led Freaking Zeppelin (the best rock band ever)

Those are my favorites, but I'm also a big fan of The Beatles (duh), The Stones, A Perfect Circle, Tool, and Queen.

Did I mention Radiohead? They're alright.

 

[Steve Felix]

I can't believe no one has mentioned Radiohead.

 

[Bryan_P]

I know!!!! They're sooooooooooooooooooooooo good!

 

[Dave.L]

your sarcasm detector needs new batteries

 

[Jeff B.]

Lynyrd Skynyrd - before plain crash.. if I could only listen to one band the rest of my life, Skynyrd would be it... No one has even mentioned them yet! :frowning:

Allman Brothers Band
Creedance Clearwater Revival
Pink Floyd
Alice in Chains ( can listen to Unplugged over and over...)
O.A.R.
Clapton - still making GREAT music
and of course Zeppelin

 

[Bryan Toth]

Harem Scarem
Toto/Steve Lukather
Bon Jovi
Foo Fighters
SR-71
Butch Walker/Marvelous 3
Bryan Adams
Thunder
Journey
Getaway Car

 

[JayBru]

Buffalo Springfield -
Check out who was in that band and what they all have done, amazing musicians - all.