Favourite Bands

[Al Bundy]

To add to the Yet Another List and assorted themes here is my Top 15 favourite bands:

Sonic Youth
Half Man Half Biscuit
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Wedding Present
The Pogues
Jesus And Mary Chain
Mudhoney
Teenage Fanclub
Fugazi
Dead Kennedys
Urusei Yatsura
House Of Love
The Pixies
Boo Radleys
Joy Division/New Order

[Brainypool]

Half Man Half Biscuit
Wedding Present
The Pogues
Jesus And Mary Chain
Teenage Fanclub
House Of Love
Joy Division/New Order

As well as the above:

Belle and Sebastian, Buzzcocks, Cocteau Twins, The Cure, Dexys Midnight Runners, Dubliners, Felt, Go-Betweens, Housemartins, Makthaverskan, Pet Shop Boys, Los Planetas, Proclaimers, Ramones, Raveonettes, Roxy Music, Saint Etienne, Sex Pistols, Smiths, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Undertones, Velvet Underground, Westkust

[oldboots]

Showing my age again but in no particular, if predictable, order

Pink Floyd
King Crimson
Genesis
Hatfield & The North
Caravan
Black Sabbath
Led Zepplin
Yes
Greenslade
The Doors
David Bowie (early)
Eagles
Uriah Heep
Tangerine Dream
ELP

[Mobyduck]

Rolling Stones 66 - 72 mostly
Jethro Tull
Neil Young
The Who
Pink Floyd
Jimi Hendrix
David Bowie
Roxy Music ( The Early version)
R E M
Velvet Underground
The Dead South
Fairport Convention
The Stranglers
The Beatles
Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac

Not really in any order, though The Stones are top.
There's bound to be some I've forgotten in the moment.

Of course ...
Cream
Doors
Led Zep
Deep Purple
Hawkwind....

I could go on.

[Bucking Fastard]

In alphabetical order

Black Sabbath
The Clash
The Chats
Dr Feelgood
Genesis (only with Peter Gabriel)
Jethro Tull
Led Zeppelin
The Macc Lads
Pink Floyd (only with Syd Barrett)
Sex Pistols
The Specials

Might have missed a few out,but the above all feature on my iphone..

[Al Bundy]

As well as the above:

Belle and Sebastian, Buzzcocks, Cocteau Twins, The Cure, Dexys Midnight Runners, Dubliners, Felt, Go-Betweens, Housemartins, Makthaverskan, Pet Shop Boys, Los Planetas, Proclaimers, Ramones, Raveonettes, Roxy Music, Saint Etienne, Sex Pistols, Smiths, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Undertones, Velvet Underground, Westkust

Ahh, forgot The Raveonettes. Saw them with The Cooper Temple Clause in Manchester, November 03.
Also need mentioning are: A Place To Bury Strangers, At The Drive-In, Idlewild, Nine Black Alps, , Dropkick Murphys, Sleater-Kinney, Conflict, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and The Doves.

[Pubsignman]

In no particular order:

Mogwai
Pixies
Jane's Addiction
Public Enemy
The Clash
Manic Street Preachers
Sugar
XTC
Radiohead
Martha
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
David Bowie
Wipers
Radio Birdman
The Damned

[Spinko]

Never thought I'd see Fugazi mentioned on here!!

The Ataris
Jimmy Eat World
The Smiths
Goo Goo Dolls
Armin van Buuren
A lot of 1990s American punk like Green Day, Offspring, Lit, Blink182 but lost interest in their output after 2000

[Delboy20]

Here is my top 10 in no particular order :


The Smiths
The Smiths
The Smiths
The Smiths
The Smiths
The Smiths
The Smiths
The Smiths
The Smiths
The Smiths

:D:D:D:D:D

[aleandhearty]

Mostly listen to jazz these days, but if not it'll be one of these.

Zero 7.
Nick Cave & Bad Seeds.
The Stones.
Van Morrison.
The Smiths.
Afro Celt Sound System.
Steely Dan.
Joni Mitchell.
Thievery Corporation.
Fleet Foxes.
The Sundays.
Led Zeppelin.
The Doors.
Fun Lovin' Criminals.
Ska Cubano.
Kate Bush.
Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Ian Dury & Blockheads.
Roxy Music.
John Martyn.
David Bowie.
JJ Cale.

[Aqualung]

I've probably missed some. I started by editing the other lists, so apologies for any duplicates
Surely someone else likes AC/DC?

AC/DC
Oasis
Pink Floyd
King Crimson (mainly first album)
Black Sabbath
Led Zeppelin
Jefferson Airplane
David Bowie (early)
Eagles
Tangerine Dream
Rolling Stones 69 - 72 mostly
Jethro Tull
Neil Young (some of it inc CSNY & Buffalo Springfield)
The Who
Jimi Hendrix
Nirvana
Fairport Convention
The Beatles
Manic Street Preachers
Radiohead
Guns 'N' Roses
Jean Michel Jarre
Dodgy
Deep Purple/Rainbow
Stereophonics
Free/Bad Company
Some Eric Clapton & bands
Muse
Kasabian

Edit: There's not much I actually dislike, virtually all rap, novelty records, football & sport songs, Xmas songs and crooners. Some things get overplayed eg Queen on rock radio.

EDIT 2:
I've added Muse & Kasabian.

[london calling]

Rolling Stones 66 - 72 mostly
Jethro Tull
Neil Young
The Who
Pink Floyd
Jimi Hendrix
David Bowie
Roxy Music ( The Early version)
R E M
Velvet Underground
The Dead South
Fairport Convention
The Stranglers
The Beatles
Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac

Not really in any order, though The Stones are top.
There's bound to be some I've forgotten in the moment.

Of course ...
Cream
Doors
Led Zep
Deep Purple
Hawkwind....

I could go on.
You usually do.

[Mobyduck]

You usually do.

:D

[Lady Grey]

I like to think that I have an eclectic taste in music. In no particular order -
The Beatles
Queen
Blondie
The Carpenters
Black Sabbath
R.E.M.
The Levellers
The Smiths
Kate Bush - I know she is not a band, but I am includung her anyway.
E.L.O.
Gary Numan
Dire Straits
Simply Red
Abba
Fleetwood Mac et al.

[sheffield hatter]

I like to think that I have an eclectic taste in music. In no particular order -
The Carpenters
Black Sabbath
R.E.M.
The Levellers
The Smiths
Kate Bush

Definitely qualifies as eclectic!

[ROBCamra]

Like many of the bands listed above. A few I like that haven't been mentioned (I think).

Eels
Echo & The Bunnymen
Jeff Buckley
Tom Petty
Massive Attack
Del Amitri
Richard Thompson
Editors (aka Boy Division)
John Martyn

[sheffield hatter]

In approximately chronological order:

The Beatles
The Who
The Kinks
The Rolling Stones
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Argent/Russ Ballard/The Zombies
Terry Reid
Neil Young
If
Man
Amon Düül II
Groundhogs
Brinsley Schwarz/Nick Lowe/Dave Edmunds/Graham Parker & The Rumour
Jeff Beck
XTC
The Jam
Joe Jackson
Einstürzende Neubauten
Radiohead
Aimee Mann

[Komakino]

In no order:

Joy Division/New Order
Pixies
Velvet Underground
Sonic Youth
Interpol
Jesus & Mary Chain
Clinic
British Sea Power
Manhattan Love Suicides
Vivian Girls
ESG
De La Soul
Wu-Tang Clan
Kendrick Lamar
MF Doom

As well as the following genres:

Drum & Bass
Dub reggae
Vaporwave

Probably will be others that come to mind after I've posted...

Pleasantly surprised with the similar tastes of some of the contributors on here :)

[Mobyduck]

In no order:

Joy Division/New Order
Pixies
Velvet Underground
Sonic Youth
Interpol
Jesus & Mary Chain
Clinic
British Sea Power
Manhattan Love Suicides
Vivian Girls
ESG
De La Soul
Wu-Tang Clan
Kendrick Lamar
MF Doom

As well as the following genres:

Drum & Bass
Dub reggae
Vaporwave

Probably will be others that come to mind after I've posted...

Pleasantly surprised with the similar tastes of some of the contributors on here :)

Got to say Iv'e never knowingly experienced vaporwave, :confused: must be an age thing, I've never heard of it.

[Tris39]

Some great bands appearing - also include:

Black Lace
Whigfield
Joe Dolce
St. Winifred's School Choir
Renée and Renato
Keith Harris and Orville

;)

[Mobyduck]

Some great bands appearing - also include:

Black Lace
Whigfield
Joe Dolce
St. Winifred's School Choir
Renée and Renato
Keith Harris and Orville

;)

You missed out Bucks Fizz, or couldn't you make your mind up?

[Aqualung]

Some great bands appearing - also include:

Black Lace
Whigfield
Joe Dolce
St. Winifred's School Choir
Renée and Renato
Keith Harris and Orville

;)
Fancy adding Manhattan Transfer and Esther & Abi Ofarim to that list?

[Aqualung]

You missed out Bucks Fizz, or couldn't you make your mind up?

He's probably living in a Land Of Make Believe.

[Brainypool]

Esther & Abi Ofarim

No way!! Esther had one of the most pure and exotic voices of her era, they were capable of real beauty (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGpAp-RzxlI). Shame they came to be known for one piece of novelty fluff!

[rpadam]

Einstürzende Neubauten
Now there's a name I wasn't expecting to see; probably in my 'three least likely to appear in this list' list, along with Die Toten Hosen and the Dead Kennedys!

[london calling]

Some great bands appearing - also include:

Black Lace
Whigfield
Joe Dolce
St. Winifred's School Choir
Renée and Renato
Keith Harris and Orville

;)

david bowie .the laughing gnome should be added.

[oldboots]

Some great bands appearing - also include:

Black Lace
Whigfield
Joe Dolce
St. Winifred's School Choir
Renée and Renato
Keith Harris and Orville

;)

Chas N Dave
Peters & Lee
Millican & Nesbitt (now lovingly recreated by Reeves and Mortimer)
nearly forgot - Flintlock and of course the Bay City Rollers

[rpadam]

Chas N Dave
Don't underestimate Chas Hodges: looking beyond the 'rockney' bit, he was a class act with a history going all the way back to Jerry Lee Lewis, Gene Vincent, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and even Ritchie Blackmore.
2017
Here he is, in fine form at the Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival in The Muni at Colne, in 2013.

[Aqualung]

No way!! Esther had one of the most pure and exotic voices of her era, they were capable of real beauty (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGpAp-RzxlI). Shame they came to be known for one piece of novelty fluff!

I only knew about the novelty rubbish!!

[Aqualung]

david bowie .the laughing gnome should be added.
... and that vile Xmas song with Bing Crosby.

[london calling]

Chas N Dave
Peters & Lee
Millican & Nesbitt (now lovingly recreated by Reeves and Mortimer)
nearly forgot - Flintlock and of course the Bay City Rollers

Leave the Bay City Rollers out of it.
A mate of mine worked on Hospital radio years ago and got sacked.He was asked to play a record to cheer up a 15 year old girl who was a bit depress.He played her Bay City Rollers -Bye Bye Baby Goodbye. How was he to know she had just had an abortion.

[ETA]

Top 15:

Jethro Tull/Ian Anderson
Pink Floyd
Genesis (but not after Then There Were Three)
Led Zeppelin
Deep Purple
Black Sabbath
Yes
Thin Lizzie
The Kinks
Scorpions
Rush
Slade
Muse
Fleetwood Mac
Steeleye Span

Solo artists (top 5):

Al Stewart
Pat Benetar
Del Shannon
Judy Tzuke
Suzanne Vega

Composers (top 5):

Henry Purcell
Philip Glass
Ennio Moricone
Thomas Tallis
Ludwig van Beethoven

[sheffield hatter]

Now there's a name I wasn't expecting to see; probably in my 'three least likely to appear in this list' list, along with Die Toten Hosen and the Dead Kennedys!

Check out the opening track on Haus der Lüge (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgobIMSNSfc):

Meint ihr nicht
Wir könnten unterschreiben
Auf dass uns ein bis zwei Prozent gehören
Und Tausende uns hörig sind

Meint ihr nicht
Wir könnten uns im Äther braten lassen
Und bis zum letzten Tropfen
Im Verpackungshandel fronen

Wir könnten, aber —

Meint ihr nicht
Wir könnten unsere Züge
Zigtausendfach, in falschen Farben
Weltbewegend scheinen lassen

Meint ihr nicht
Wir könnten uns vergolden
Auf vierzig Sprossen
Für unters Volk gebrachte Massen
Viele Monde thronen

Wir könnten, aber —

Meint ihr nicht
Wir könnten es signieren
Vielleicht sogar auch resignieren
Und dieses Land
Gleich Eintagsfliegen
Nur noch auf und ab und ab und auf bespielen
Um später dann zurückzukehren
Ganz aufgedunsen
Längst vergessen
Nur noch kleine Kreise ziehen

Wir könnten, aber —

[Pangolin]

Alphabetical, usual proviso that I have undoubtedly missed some, and generally rooted in the 1970s:

10CC
Alan Parsons Project
Beach Boys
ELO
Gentle Giant
Gryphon
Horslips
Madness
Meat Loaf
Moody Blues
Queen
Roy Orbison
Seventh Wave
Slade
Status Quo

[Pubsignman]

Now there's a name I wasn't expecting to see; probably in my 'three least likely to appear in this list' list, along with Die Toten Hosen and the Dead Kennedys!

I got 'told-off' by a barmaid in the Harp, Covent Garden once, when she took exception to the Dead Kennedys 'California Uber Alles' t-shirt I was wearing!

[oldboots]

Check out the opening track on Haus der Lüge (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgobIMSNSfc):

Meint ihr nicht
Wir könnten unterschreiben
Auf dass uns ein bis zwei Prozent gehören
Und Tausende uns hörig sind

Meint ihr nicht
Wir könnten uns im Äther braten lassen
Und bis zum letzten Tropfen
Im Verpackungshandel fronen

Wir könnten, aber —


"In 1993, the band was booked to support U2 during the European leg of the Zoo TV Tour, but were thrown off the stage and off the tour when a band member threw an iron bar into the booing crowd." - I can understand that.

[oldboots]

Top 15:


Solo artists (top 5):

Al Stewart
Pat Benetar
Del Shannon
Judy Tzuke
Suzanne Vega

Composers (top 5):

Henry Purcell
Philip Glass
Ennio Moricone
Thomas Tallis
Ludwig van Beethoven

Solo Artists (top 5)
Elton John
Alice Cooper
Bob Dylan
Brian Eno (especially with Robert Fripp)
Carly Simon

Composers (top 5):

Henry Purcell
Edward Elgar
Rameau
Hadyn
Ludwig van Beethoven

[Brainypool]

Solo artists: Bowie, Jacques Brel, John Cale, George Formby, Astrud Gilberto, Françoise Hardy, Robyn Hitchcock, Morrissey, Scott Walker

Duos: Pet Shop Boys, Proclaimers, Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood, Soft Cell, Yello

[Al Bundy]

I got 'told-off' by a barmaid in the Harp, Covent Garden once, when she took exception to the Dead Kennedys 'California Uber Alles' t-shirt I was wearing!

If it's the same as I've got then she is very sensitive.2022

[Oggwyn Trench]

A few of my favorites

Joy Division
Lords of the New Church
The Stranglers
Buzzcocks (Pete Shelleys solo stuff is worth a listen as well)
Rammstein
Nightwish
Half Man Half Biscuit
Iron Maiden
The Ruts
Blondie
Rolling Stones
X Ray Spex
The Alarm
Saliva
Aphrodities Child
The Yardbirds

Solo Artists

Townes Van Zandt
Howling Wolf
Danielle Dax
Kate Bush
Frank Zappa (not really solo , i know)

[Pubsignman]

If it's the same as I've got then she is very sensitive.2022

Nice! :cool: But no, it wasn't that one - she seemed to take offense at the song title/font. Thankfully, I never saw her working in there again.

[Al Bundy]

Nice! :cool: But no, it wasn't that one - she seemed to take offense at the song title/font. Thankfully, I never saw her working in there again.

She'd have probably spontaneously combusted if it had been a Too Drunk To F*ck T-shirt.

[Pubsignman]

She'd have probably spontaneously combusted if it had been a Too Drunk To F*ck T-shirt.


:lol:

[Tris39]

You missed out Bucks Fizz, or couldn't you make your mind up?

Good point, but they were actually better than the above.


Chas N Dave
Peters & Lee
Millican & Nesbitt (now lovingly recreated by Reeves and Mortimer)
nearly forgot - Flintlock and of course the Bay City Rollers

One of the blokes out of Flintlock is the father of comedienne Sarah Pascoe.


Leave the Bay City Rollers out of it.
A mate of mine worked on Hospital radio years ago and got sacked.He was asked to play a record to cheer up a 15 year old girl who was a bit depress.He played her Bay City Rollers -Bye Bye Baby Goodbye. How was he to know she had just had an abortion.

Ouch!

[ETA]

I've just remembered that in a fit of onanistic vanity I contrived to include the names of all the Jethro Tull/Ian Anderson canonical albums in subsequent reviews from 13 Mar to 17 April 2017. I must have been bored then, so gods (Divinities?) know what I'll do if this flu thing drags on.

[Delboy20]

I got 'told-off' by a barmaid in the Harp, Covent Garden once, when she took exception to the Dead Kennedys 'California Uber Alles' t-shirt I was wearing!

I used to have a "Holiday In Cambodia" t-shirt.

[Thuck Phat]

Bit late to this so many faves already mentioned.

Currently featuring in the car and yet to be mentioned, unless I've missed them are:

Human League
Groove Armada
Foster The People
The Farm
Joan Armatrading
Lloyd Cole (and The Commotions)
The 4 Skins
Motorhead
All Saints

[Quinno]

As I finally get myself through these threads.

In no particular order

Cocteau Twins
The Cure (up to and including Wish)
Curve
Deacon Blue (first incarnation)
Joy Division
Lush
Mansun
New Order (up to Republic - Get Ready had three or four strong tracks but the rest was pish. The less said about Sirens, the better)
Pale Saints
Prolapse
Queen
Saint Etienne
Simple Minds (up to Once Upon a Time, then a fairly dramatic drop-off)
Slowdive
The Sundays
Tears for Fears (first incarnation)

Loads of other bands like Bloc Party, ABBA, The Smiths and Stone Roses where I really love a number of individual songs but can't really listen to their general output without wanting to skip a fair number of tracks. There aren't many albums I can listen to in full, life's too short for filler.



Joy Division/New Order Belle and Sebastian, Buzzcocks, Cocteau Twins, The Cure, Dexys Midnight Runners, Dubliners, Felt, Go-Betweens, Housemartins, Makthaverskan, Pet Shop Boys, Los Planetas, Proclaimers, Ramones, Raveonettes, Roxy Music, Saint Etienne, Sex Pistols, Smiths, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Undertones, Velvet Underground, Westkust

Looks like we have a few in common!!


Got to say Iv'e never knowingly experienced vaporwave, :confused: must be an age thing, I've never heard of it.

This is the most (in)famous one of the genre, knock yourself out - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCq0P509UL4 it has actual songs, though they're all essentially 45rpms played at 33rpm (see track 2 - can you guess the artist?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9L4q-0Pi4E - this one is the 'sonic landscapes' type

[Blackthorn]

The Macc Lads
Sex Pistols


Never would have had you down as a punk rocker! Macc Lads are a great band, but I wasn’t sure it was appropriate to mention them in polite company! Recently reformed, I saw them at the O2 Academy in Bristol just before Christmas, having also seem then many years ago in The Bierkeller. I called in to Hectic House in Macclesfield back in the day, only to find Mutley serving behind the counter.

Saw the Pistols on one of their reunion tours a few years ago at the Brixton Academy. My mate who was driving got his car towed and we had to go to the pound somewhere in the back streets around Millwall about 1:00 in the morning.

[Bucking Fastard]

Never would have had you down as a punk rocker! Macc Lads are a great band, but I wasn’t sure it was appropriate to mention them in polite company!

I was really into prog rock by the time I got to uni,Caravan,Tull,Genesis,Supertramp etc and all students seemed to be playing Dark Side of the Moon,Yes and ELP but during that long hot summer of '76 I first heard the two minute bursts of The Ramones ,then the Pistols and the world changed.John Peel was an influence.

The Macc Lads were of course much later and not suitable for anyone of a nervous disposition.I'm not sure many people got their ironic take on life in Macclesfield.Extremely vulgar but with some pithy insights,a bit like Chaucer.Saw them in Brighton around 87,it certainly was boisterous.