What are your favorite bands?

[ExcruciationX]

Here's mine in order of era. I've added a "Badass alert" to songs that basically rock.

60's

Iron Butterfly (best song, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida)

Steppenwolf (favorite songs, Born to Be Wild, Magic Carpet Ride)

Strawberry Alarm Clock (best song, Incense and Peppermints)

The Doors (favorite songs, Light My Fire, Riders on The Storm)

Jimi Hendrix Experience (best song, Purple Haze)

70's

Sugarloaf (best song, Green Eyed Lady) Badass alert!

Climax Blues Band (best song, Couldn't Get It Right)

Boston (best songs, Don't Look Back, Smokin', Foreplay/Longtime) Badass alert

Creedence Clearwater Revival (favorite songs, I Heard It Through The Grapevine)

Chicago (favorite songs, 25 or 6 to 4, Saturday in The Park) Badass alert

Deep Purple (favorite songs, Smoke On the Water, Hush) Badass alert

Rare Earth (favorite songs, I Just Want To Celebrate, Get Ready) Badass alert

Dire Straits (best song, Sultans of Swing)

80's

Iron Maiden (favorite songs, The Trooper) Badass alert.

A Flock of Seagulls (favorite song, I Ran)

Van Halen (favorite songs, Jump) Badass alert.

Queensryche (best song, Queen Of The Reich

Today

DragonForce (best song, Through the Fire And Flames) badass alert.

Look some of these songs up if you haven't heard of them (especially Green Eyed Lady, Boston's stuff, and Chicago's stuff).

[WhizzBang]

I only have 5 bands which I would count as favorites, as I like pretty much everything they have done.

The Fall
The Breeders
Gorkys Zygotic Mynci
Orange Juice
The Pooh Sticks (last album sucks though)

[ExcruciationX]

Who are these?

[bah]

Nirvana
Smashing Pumpkins
Pixies
Tool
RATM
Radiohead
The Cure
Billy Bragg (only 1 guy so not a band)
Descendents
Caustic Soda
Propagandhi
Leæther Strip
Wumpscut
Project Pitchfork
VNV Nation
Aphex Twin
Squarepusher
Portishead
Lamb
Cake
The Whitlams
The Panics
Gotye (again, just 1 guy)

Those are the names that stand out that ive really liked from 12 or so till now. I've certainly mellowed :)

[quzar]

Favorite favorites...

Rage Against the Machine
The Limp Twins (and all Will Quantic acts, since only one album was released as the Limp Twins)
The Roots
Mindless Self Indulgence
Johnny Cash
Blood Sweat and Tears

I love it how my favorites basically all come from different genres.

Others that I love, but simply aren't up with those above:
MC 900FT Jesus, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Janis Joplin, Blackalicious, Amaral, Audioslave, Soundgarden, Infinite Mass, Hilltop Hoods, Pink Floyd, Yes, Yoshida Bros., Jimi Hendrix, Cachao, The Moody Blues, MC Chris, Nick Drake, Orishas, The Beatles, String Cheese Incident,

and
soundtracks to the following shows/games:
Cowboy Bebop, BECK, Scrubs, Grey's Anatomy, Shenmue, and Chrono Trigger

[JKKDARK]

Bon Jovi
Van Halen
Poison
Aerosmith
Skid Row
Warrant
Def Leppard
Guns N' Roses
Whitesnake
Mötley Crüe

My 10 favorite bands

[lmtlmt]

blink 182
cake
ledzepplin
D12
g-unit
gorillaz
black eyed peas
tripod
scared weird little guys
ACDC
greenday
HIM
PANIC! at the disco
plus 44

just to name a few

[Triv1um]

1. Metallica
2. Trivium (older stuff)
3. Megadeth
4. Pantera
5. Mendeed
6. Chimera
7. Stone sour
8. Coheed and cambria
9. Testament
10. Slipknot

Just my rough top 10

[lmtlmt]

oh i forgot slipknot and metallica :D

[Shadowblind]

Arch Enemy
At the Gates
Lamb of God
Disturbed
Korn
Dragonforce
Slipknot
Rob Zombie
PM5K
All that Remains
As I Lay Dying
Mastadon

I don't know what it is about metal that just sounds so awesome, but those are the hardest of metal bands.

[JKKDARK]

4. Pantera
Good one!

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http://sleevage.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/exposedpantera9.jpg

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/8828/pantera1988ew8.jpg

http://www.heavyharmonies.com/bandpics/pantera.jpg

[beetroot bertie]

Hee Hee. Early Pantera look more like the bands on your list JKK.

My musical tastes vary depending on my moods but I currently like in no particular order:

Linkin Park
Sigur Ros
Mogwai
Paradise Lost
My Dying Bride
Anathema
Neurosis
Aim
Zero 7
Cinematic Orchestra
Logistics
AFI
Bjork

Kinda like ambient and chilled out beats and also metal. My first musical loves were all hard rock and heavy metal based, stuff like Maiden, Judas Priest etc. I still follow the stuff by Paradise Lost, Anathema and My Dying Bride because it's been good seeing how these bands have evolved from their early years at Peaceville.

[gunntims0103]

all time is

-Nirvana (my number 1)
-Red Hot Chilli peppers (love em)
-Mongolian Chop Squad

[pibs]

My top favorite bands I usually always hear
-The Black Keys
-The Strokes
-Qotsa

And lots of metal and prog like
-Steel Attack
-Blind Guardian
-Between the Buried and Me
-RUSH

[Eviltaco64]

In no particular order:

Nirvana
Alice in Chains
Soundgarden
NOFX
Pantera
Slipknot
Stone Temple Pilots
Green Day (before they went Emo)
311
Sublime
Avenged Sevenfold
Weezer
Lagwagon
Linkin Park (before they lost their "tired generic" sound)
Pink Floyd
Black Label Society

Also gotta respect the Beatles.

[gunntims0103]

In no particular order:

Nirvana
Alice in Chains
Soundgarden
NOFX
Pantera
Slipknot
Stone Temple Pilots
Green Day (before they went Emo)
311
Sublime
Avenged Sevenfold
Weezer
Lagwagon
Linkin Park (before they lost their "tired generic" sound)
Pink Floyd
Black Label Society

Also gotta respect the Beatles.

I love you

[Eviltaco64]

I love you

Nice to see an AIC fan. :)

[gunntims0103]

Nice to see an AIC fan. :)

i love them. basically im a sucker for all things Grunge

[Eviltaco64]

i love them. basically im a sucker for all things Grunge

I forgot to list Pearl Jam. I've only heard songs off their first two albums (Ten and Vs.), and they were great.

[gunntims0103]

I forgot to list Pearl Jam. I've only heard songs off their first two albums (Ten and Vs.), and they were great.

Yea pearljam is awesome as well. I was also surprised when you mentioned Sublime. i had a friend that just recently introduced me to there music. I mean ive been hearing about there music for a while, but when i really stopped to listen to them it was epic.

im going to just lay this out there but i also like U2. For some reason there music is just so good even now. plus they didn't fade like all those eighties bands. Omg Pride "in the name of love". The best!

[donmichaelcorleone]

Guns N Roses
ACDC
Greenday
Dragonforce
Oasis
Metallica
Joe Satriani
Steve Vai

[ExcruciationX]

Holy shit, I barely remember posting this...

[gunntims0103]

Holy shit, I barely remember posting this...

It lives again! Nirvana was teh best band!

[ExcruciationX]

Meh. :P

I dislike Grunge (which is hilarious, because I'm from where it practically spawned; Seattle). Never did much for me.

[gunntims0103]

Meh. :P

I dislike Grunge (which is hilarious, because I'm from where it practically spawned; Seattle). Never did much for me.

:eek:

[SnesR0X]

Dream Theater
Lamb of God
Muse
(Most of ) Trivium
Rise Against
Gojira
Metallica
All That Remains
Tool
In Flames
Killswitch Engage

I like a lot of other stuff I just don't listen to them as constantly as these ones.

[LilSwish722]

Guns N Roses
Lupe Fiasco
Blu
Aceyalone
Atmosphere
Eric Clapton
Buddy Guy
Murs
NaS
Rakim

Just to name some.

[TacticalBread]

I've been listening to mostly Atreyu and Blink 182 recently.

and some Offspring.

[No_one_in_particular]

The Smiths
Verve
The Sundays
Manic Street Preachers
Ryan Adams (with his bands)
Oasis
Nirvana
Our Lady Peace
Matthew Good Band
The Sugarcubes
Pearl Jam
Modest Mouse
Muse
The Music
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

...and I'll stop there, I think.

[dejkirkby]

The Smiths
Verve
The Sundays
Manic Street Preachers
Ryan Adams (with his bands)
Oasis
Nirvana
Our Lady Peace
Matthew Good Band
The Sugarcubes
Pearl Jam
Modest Mouse
Muse
The Music
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

...and I'll stop there, I think.

DAMN!!!!!
Are you me?

[the_eternal_dark]

Nirvana
Alice in Chains
Collective Soul
Led Zepplin
Foo Fighters (early stuff)
Trivium (early stuff)
The Beatles
Rage Against the Machine
The Rolling Stones
Powerman 5000 (yep, that's not a typo)
Jimi Hendrix
The Doors
Dope
Meat Puppets
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sublime
Union Underground
Soundgarden
Pearl Jam (sometimes)
Slip Knot
Korn (early stuff)


That's all I can really think of at the moment.

[Blue Protoman]

I know virtually nothing about music. I feel lucky to know who the Beatles are. :P

[No_one_in_particular]

DAMN!!!!!
Are you me?
Haha, what have we got in common! :)

[dejkirkby]

The Smiths
Verve
The Sundays
Manic Street Preachers
Ryan Adams (with his bands)
Oasis
Nirvana
Our Lady Peace
Matthew Good Band
The Sugarcubes
Pearl Jam
Modest Mouse
Muse
The Music
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club



I'm also a fan of:
Ian Brown
Unkle
QOTSA
Gorillaz (obviously)
Blur
Cast
The Charlatans
Stone Roses
The Maccabees
The Courteeners
Flobots
Kanye West
Blu and Exile (Thnx Lil Swish)

[ICE]

Pearl jam
Nirvana
Muse
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Velvet Revolver
Stone Temple Pilots
The Who
Foo Fighters
Coldplay
The Raconteurs

EDIT:Thought of another.
Jet

[dejkirkby]

Hmm... The Raconteurs...
Great debut album, mediocre sophomore.

[ICE]

Yeah I agree to a point. "Great debut album, mediocre sophomore" reminded me of another band I like. Jet.

[mike_jmg]

I'll post mines too

Gothic metal and power metal, mostly Finnish Bands (don't know why)

- Sonata Arctica
- Nightwish
- Twilightning (First album was great, all downhill from that one)
- Charon
- HIM
- Kotipelto
- Reflexion
- Icon and the Black Roses (only 1 album, then disappeared)
- Sethian (same as above)
- Saralee (edit, not disappeared, just found their web (http://www.saraleeweb.com/disco.htm) and an album I'm missing hehe :thumbup:)
- Entwine
- To/Die/For
- Within Temptation


others
- Paramore
- Killers (first two albums)
- Greenday (never got any album though)
- Linkin Park (meteora last good album)
- Fall out boy (I kinda like it, but I still don't know)