Favorite Bands?

[No Ordinary Joe]

OK, I went back and looked at over 2 years worth of threads and didn't see this brought up yet so I think it's safe to make it myself. I'm curious to see who everybody likes. I'll wager that there's very few here who share my taste in music but I'm always interested to see what people are into:

Here's a few of the bands I like:

Metallica
Pantera
Machine Head
Lamb Of God
Slayer
Megadeth
Arch Enemy
Unearth
Killswitch Engage
The Agony Scene
Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
3 Inches Of Blood
Opeth
Children Of Bodom
Motorhead
Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
Pink Floyd
AC/DC
Strapping Young Lad
The Police
Elton John
Holly McNarland
Dire Straits
CCR
The Rolling Stones
George Thorogood
Stone Sour
Tool
Black Label Society
Soundgarden
The Who
Nirvana
Fear Factory
Alice In Chains

[TheLionKing]

Rolling Stones

Fleetwood Mac

[sj-roc]

Here's a few of the bands I like:[snip]

I've retained from your list the artists from whom I have bought at least one album. "v" denotes vinyl that I haven't and probably will never bother updating to CD, as my tastes have simply changed too much since 1985 to justify it*** :

vMetallica (MOP only, shame that Cliff died so young)

vBlack Sabbath (1st album, Paranoid, and the Dio era)

vIron Maiden (everything up to 7th Son inclusive -- even as a youth I really liked their lyrical depth, drawing on literature, poetry, history, Egyptian mythology and the like)

Led Zeppelin

vThe Beatles: I had Sgt Pepper on vinyl at one point but lost it. The Beatles have become so renowned and so overanalysed that it has actually taken some of the enjoyment out of their music for me. I still respect what they accomplished, but for me, listening to Lennon/McCartney (and some other artists from that era, I'm not singling out the Beatles) has acquired the veneer of scholarly activity. I feel like I'm listening to it not because it's good music (it is!), but more because it's important.

Pink Floyd

AC/DC (don't actually own; I like them but hear enough of them elsewhere there's no need to buy)

Dire Straits

CCR

The Rolling Stones

George Thorogood (see AC/DC)

The Who

I caught a GT show in 1986 where a fan threw a wineskin at him. He didn't see it coming and it caught him square in the face, all but felling him.

As for other musical tastes, the last four concerts I've seen are Richard Thompson, Jonathan Richman, Gang of Four and Camper Van Beethoven.

***Speaking of this topic, even though I have all of his previous recordings on CD, for some reason I can never bring myself to update my vinyl copy of Born in the USA.

[KnowItAll]

Bands:
CCR
BeeGee
The Guess Who
The Doors
Deep Purple
Three Dog Night

Individuals, male:
Neil Diamond
Elton John
Billy Joel
Jack Wagner
Elivs

Individual, female:
Cher
Shania
Helen Reddy
Olivia Newton John
Streisand

others:
simon and garfunkle
mama's and papa's
poppy family
carpenters

more country:
Willie Nelson
Kristofferson
Dolly Parton
Kenny Rogers
The oak ridge boys

Gospel:
Andre Crouch and the Diciples
Imperial (70's version)
Steve Bell
Gaither Vocal Group
David meece
Evie

[Lions_Fan_4_Life]

Bands:

30 Seconds to Mars
Nickleback
The Police
Pearl Jam
U2
Three Days Grace


Other:

T-Pain
Akon
Kanye West

[Soundy]

Wow... okay, my list is pretty much a compilation of everything so far, except most of LF4L's (save Pearl Jam, Police and U2).

Actually, I'm really into a lot of local bands: Entropia, Social Disease, Kill Rhythm, Musspellheim, Muffgoat, KJB Agents, Severfuse, Liminis, Splatter, Skookum, Joykamp, Ninjaspy, Burlap, Soma City Ward... and of course, Antiquus (whose debut album I recorded )

[Sharpo]

3rd day
Michael W Smith
Mercy Me
Newzboys

It makes me so calm.. so good.

Anyone who knows those groups/bands.. well.. I'm sufficiently eccentric.

[obs]

Heh heh, wonder if anyone's heard of these two:
Schiller
2raumwohnung

Two favourites that are still current ...

[Soundy]

3rd day
Michael W Smith
Mercy Me
Newzboys

It makes me so calm.. so good.

Anyone who knows those groups/bands.. well.. I'm sufficiently eccentric.

I know MWS and Newzboys. Never got into the latter, but MWS has been a fave for... well, 20+ years. Great talent.

[Lions4ever]

Ramones
Led Zep
New York Dolls
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
Raspberries
David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars
Mott The Hoople/Ian Hunter
Bad Co/Paul Rodgers
Generation X
Sex Pistols
They Might Be Giants
The Zombies
Paul Revere & The Raiders
The Troggs
The Clash
Echo & The Bunnymen
Raveonettes
Shirelles
Ronettes
Shangri-Las
Roxy Music
Romantics
Chesterfield Kings
Velvet Underground
Fountains of Wayne
Bob Marley and the Wailers
The Sonics
Silver Apples
Badfinger
The Smiths/Morrissey
The Fall
The Buzzcocks
Joy Division
Human League
Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps
The Paragons
The Pretenders
The Mighty Diamonds
Love
Siouxsie & The Banshees
The Damned
The Sweet
The Lyres
The Rolling Stones
The Who
The Kinks
The Beatles
The Yardbirds
The Dwight Twilley Band
The Byrds
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Pogues
Magazine
The Skids
Grin/Nils Lofgren
The dBs
The Hollies
The Bangles
The Continental Drifters
ABBA
The Motown house band
The Wrecking Crew
XTC
X
X Ray Spex
The Johnny Burnette Trio
The Patti Smith Group
The Jam
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Rocket From The Crypt
The Flamin' Groovies
The Hoodoo Gurus
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Beach Boys
The Cramps
The Everly Brothers
Free
Iggy & The Stooges
Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers
Bob Dylan & The Band
Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Graham Parker & The Rumour
The Plimsouls/Peter Case
Cheap Trick
The Move
Liquor Giants

Those are a few favourites off the top of my head

[cromartie]

I define favorite band as a group or artist I would pay money to see, and regularly buy their albums when/if they come out.

I note that because there is a huge collection of songs I enjoy. The artists themselves often times lack a cohesive body of work.

The Police
Led Zeppelin
Chris Whitley
Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Gomez
Pat Metheny Group
Lewis Taylor
Chuck Berry
Sam and Dave
Marvin Gaye
Seal
Al Green
Stone Temple Pilots
Joan Osborne
PM Dawn
Ben Harper
Beastie Boys
Beck
Blur
Jazzanova
Dave Matthews
Chris Isaak
Zero 7
Jamiroquai
The Jayhawks
John Mayer
Keane
Luce
Ray LaMontagne
Robbie Robertson
Sloan
Screaming Trees
Steely Dan
Tragically Hip
The Verve
Wilco
XTC

[Lionheart]

Astonishing no one has Van the Man.

You people lack judgement, and culture.

8)

[pinkfreud]

Barenaked Ladies
Black Box
Bobbie Brown
Brad Paisley
Coldplay
Diana Krall
Eagles
Foreigner
George Michael
Heart
James Blunt
Josh Groban
Journey
Madonna
Maxi Priest
Michelle Wright
Pet Shop Boys
The Police
The Pretenders
Rod Stewart
Supertramp
U2
Whitesnake

Yep, I'm an 80's chick.

[sj-roc]

Astonishing no one has Van the Man.

You people lack judgement, and culture.

8)

Astral Weeks is a classic.


Someone based at SFU has a fairly wide-ranging Van fansite, which has been around for several years now:

http://www.harbour.sfu.ca/~hayward/van/index.html

[sj-roc]

Among my faves are these eleven albums (because ten is so cliched):

Bob Dylan -- Blonde On Blonde (1966)
Velvet Underground -- Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
Van Morrison -- Astral Weeks (1968)
Derek & The Dominos -- Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
Modern Lovers -- Modern Lovers (1976)
Steely Dan -- Aja (1977)
Graham Parker -- Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
The Clash -- London Calling (1980)
Talking Heads -- Remain In Light (1980)
Richard & Linda Thompson -- Shoot Out The Lights (1982)
Camper Van Beethoven -- Telephone Free Landslide Victory (1985)