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Re: Your 100 favourite artists

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:17:02 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/19/2013 15:17

What I can say my faves are at the moment are
1. Led Zeppelin
2. Meat Loaf
3. Def Leppard
4. Scorpions
5. Kansas
6. Alice Cooper
7. Fleetwood Mac
8. The Who
9. Paul Simon
10. James Horner
11. Aerosmith
12. Danny Elfman
13. GNR
14. Genesis
15. Celtic Woman

Re: Your 100 favourite artists

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:59:54 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/19/2013 12:59

Something like this; top 14 is pretty accurate right now.

1. Talk Talk/Mark Hollis
2. Joanna Newsom
3. Tortoise
4. Oval
5. Miles Davis
6. Can
7. Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon/Mark Kozelek
8. Dirty Three
9. Sun Ra
10. Portishead
11. My Bloody Valentine
12. William Basinski
13. Low
14. Grouper
15. Neil Young
16. The Stooges/Iggy Pop
17. The Microphones/Mount Eerie
18. Built to Spill
19. Talking Heads
20. Sonic Youth
21. The Rolling Stones
22. Nirvana
23. Burial
24. Mercury Rev
25. Brian Eno

Re: Your 100 favourite artists

KinkyAfro — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:29:49 GMT

Author: KinkyAfro

Posted: 03/19/2013 10:29

Only gonna do 50, and I'd say top 10 are pretty much in the right order, the rest are in my top 50 but takes to much thinking to sort them into correct order!

1. Rory Gallagher
2. The Black Keys
3. Doves
4. The Charlatans
5. Radiohead
6. Led Zeppelin
7. The Stone Roses
8. R.E.M.
9. The Beatles
10. Oasis
11. Van Morrison
12. The Rolling Stones
13. Free
14. The Smiths
15. The Raconteurs
16. U2
17. The Coral
18. Stevie Wonder
19. Jimi Hendrix
20. AC/DC
21. Blind Faith
22. Ocean Colour Scene
23. Paul Weller
24. The La's
25. Bob Dylan
26. Wolfmother
27. The Bluetones
28. The Fratellis
29. The Zutons
30. Thin Lizzy
31. The White Stripes
32. Eagles
33. The Lemonheads
34. Queen
35. Pink Floyd
36. David Gray
37. Muse
38. Marvin Gaye
39. Them Crooked Vultures
40. The Police
41. Lynyrd Skynyrd
42. Bill Withers
43. Jeff Buckley
44. Aretha Franklin
45. Frank Sinatra
46. Supergrass
47. The Cure
48. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
49. The Beautiful South
50. Lenny Kravitz

Re: Your 100 favourite artists

Patman360 — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:30:35 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 03/19/2013 09:30

Happymeal wrote:

Worst artist on the list. Never heard any vocals more atrocious than Isaac's

I've always quite liked them.. 😲

Re: Your 100 favourite artists

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:45:52 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/19/2013 08:45

Happymeal wrote:

Worst artist on the list. Never heard any vocals more atrocious than Isaac's

And those lyrics? I mean, you'd have to be some asshole to enjoy those.

Re: Your 100 favourite artists

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:34:27 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/19/2013 08:34

MrFrogger wrote:

12 Modest Mouse

Worst artist on the list. Never heard any vocals more atrocious than Isaac's

Re: Your 100 favourite artists

MrFrogger — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:01:09 GMT

Author: MrFrogger

Posted: 03/18/2013 23:01

I'm going to do this, it'll be the death of me. By the time you read this it will be too late to stop me.
1 The Beatles
2 Animal Collective
3 Radiohead
4 Pink Floyd
5 Neutral Milk Hotel
6 The Smiths
7 The Flaming Lips
8 Led Zeppelin
9 David Bowie
10 Godspeed You! Black Emperor
11 Arcade Fire
12 Modest Mouse
13 Broken Social Scene
14 The Velvet Underground
15 Panda Bear
16 Wilco
17 Sufjan Stevens
18 The Unicorns
19 The Antlers
20 Sonic Youth
21 Pixies
22 Kanye West
23 My Bloody Valentine
24 The Clash
25 Joy Division
26 Nirvana
27 Bob Dylan
28 Van Morrison
29 The Microphones
30 The White Stripes
31 Beck
32 Dinosaur Jr
33 Queen
34 Swans
35 Grizzly Bear
36 Talk Talk
37 The Avalanches
38 Death Cab for Cutie
39 The Rolling Stones
40 The Strokes
41 Miles Davis
42 The Shins
43 Dirty Projectors
44 Pavement
45 Slint
46 Nick Drake
47 Brian Eno
48 Aphex Twin
49 Can
50 Neil Young
51 Stone Roses
52 Sigur Ros
53 Gorillaz
54 Deerhunter
55 Television
56 The Postal Service
57 Ariel Pink
58 Deerhoof
59 A Tribe Called Quest
60 Silver Jews
61 Simon and Garfunkel
62 The Beach Boys
63 Pearl Jam
64 Foxygen
65 William Basinki
66 Belle and Sebastian
67 Sex Pistols
68 REM
69 Elliot Smith
70 Dead Kennedy's
71 Fleetwood Mac
72 Sleater-Kinney
73 Minutemen
74 The Who
75 Creedance Clearwater Revival
76 Jimi Hendrix
77 Tame Impala
78 The Doors
79 Black Flag
80 PJ Harvey
81 Kendrick Lamar
82 Olivia Tremor Control
83 Arctic Monkeys
84 Atoms for Peace
85 King Crimson
86 MF Doom
87 Deerhoof
88 Weezer
89 Jehro Tull
90 Spoon
91 Interpol
92 Daft Punk
93 Foo Fighters
94 Bon Iver
95 Explosions in the Sky
96 Elton John
97 Battles
98 Holy Fuck
99 Portishead
100 M83

Re: Your 100 favourite artists

Patman360 — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:35:59 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 03/18/2013 14:35

Patman360 wrote:

100 eh? Let's try it...

1. Pixies
2. My Bloody Valentine
3. Pearl Jam
4. Radiohead
5. The Clash
6. The Beach Boys
7. The Velvet Underground
8. Nirvana
9. Minutemen
10. Belle & Sebastian
11. The Beatles
12. Weezer
13. Arcade Fire
14. Pink Floyd
15. Paul Simon
16. Bob Dylan
17. R.E.M.
18. Sonic Youth
19. The Flaming Lips
20. Pulp
21. The Avalanches
22. Dead Kennedys
23. Elliott Smith
24. Led Zeppelin
25. Oasis
26. Rage Against The Machine
27. The Stone Roses
28. Guns N' Roses
29. Neutral Milk Hotel
30. Joy Division
31. The Pogues
32. Beach House
33. Talking Heads
34. Soundgarden
35. The Smiths
36. Joanna Newsom
37. Fleetwood Mac
38. The Sex Pistols
39. Red Hot Chili Peppers
40. Ramones
41. Nick Drake
42. Nine Inch Nails
43. Neil Young
44. The National
45. The Kinks
46. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
47. Arctic Monkeys
48. The White Stripes
49. Beck
50. Van Morrison
51. David Bowie
52. The Doors
53. TV On The Radio
54. Beastie Boys
55. Eagles
56. The Smashing Pumpkins
57. Sufjan Stevens
58. Love
59. LCD Soundsystem
60. Joni Mitchell
61. Fleet Foxes
62. Manic Street Preachers
63. Gang Of Four
64. Portishead
65. Primal Scream
66. The Shins
67. Black Flag
68. Massive Attack
69. Jeff Buckley
70. Gorillaz
71. Black Sabbath
72. Tom Waits
73. Grizzly Bear
74. Moby
75. Miles Davis
76. Kanye West
77. And So I Watch You From Afar
78. Atoms For Peace
79. The Black Keys
80. Franz Ferdinand
81. A$AP Rocky
82. Foals
83. PJ Harvey
84. Public Enemy
85. Ex Cops
86. Foxygen
87. Bloc Party
90. Vampire Weekend
91. Lou Reed
92. Violent Femmes
93. The Libertines
94. Tame Impala
95. The Band
96. Bruce Springsteen
97. The Strokes
98. System Of A Down
99. Biffy Clyro
100. The Modern Lovers

I somehow forgot The Beta Band and Tim Buckley...... 🧱

Re: Your 100 favourite artists

Mercury — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:23:20 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 03/18/2013 14:23

Shiiiiit! Ain't nobody got time for that!

Top 8
1. Bob Dylan
2. Tallest Man On Earth
3. Tom Waits
4. The Clash
5. The White Stripes/Jack White
6. The Beatles
7. Wilco
8. Radiohead

Re: Your 100 favourite artists

Patman360 — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:20:21 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 03/18/2013 13:20

pearljammer13 wrote:

Damn that must have taken a good chunk of time. Great list.

Thank you, surprisingly didn't take too long...

Re: Your 100 favourite artists

pearljammer13 — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:14:04 GMT

Author: pearljammer13

Posted: 03/18/2013 13:14

Patman360 wrote:

Damn that must have taken a good chunk of time. Great list.

Re: Your 100 favourite artists

Patman360 — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:43:07 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 03/18/2013 12:43

100 eh? Let's try it...

1. Pixies
2. My Bloody Valentine
3. Pearl Jam
4. Radiohead
5. The Clash
6. The Beach Boys
7. The Velvet Underground
8. Nirvana
9. Minutemen
10. Belle & Sebastian
11. The Beatles
12. Weezer
13. Arcade Fire
14. Pink Floyd
15. Paul Simon
16. Bob Dylan
17. R.E.M.
18. Sonic Youth
19. The Flaming Lips
20. Pulp
21. The Avalanches
22. Dead Kennedys
23. Elliott Smith
24. Led Zeppelin
25. Oasis
26. Rage Against The Machine
27. The Stone Roses
28. Guns N' Roses
29. Neutral Milk Hotel
30. Joy Division
31. The Pogues
32. Beach House
33. Talking Heads
34. Soundgarden
35. The Smiths
36. Joanna Newsom
37. Fleetwood Mac
38. The Sex Pistols
39. Red Hot Chili Peppers
40. Ramones
41. Nick Drake
42. Nine Inch Nails
43. Neil Young
44. The National
45. The Kinks
46. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
47. Arctic Monkeys
48. The White Stripes
49. Beck
50. Van Morrison
51. David Bowie
52. The Doors
53. TV On The Radio
54. Beastie Boys
55. Eagles
56. The Smashing Pumpkins
57. Sufjan Stevens
58. Love
59. LCD Soundsystem
60. Joni Mitchell
61. Fleet Foxes
62. Manic Street Preachers
63. Gang Of Four
64. Portishead
65. Primal Scream
66. The Shins
67. Black Flag
68. Massive Attack
69. Jeff Buckley
70. Gorillaz
71. Black Sabbath
72. Tom Waits
73. Grizzly Bear
74. Moby
75. Miles Davis
76. Kanye West
77. And So I Watch You From Afar
78. Atoms For Peace
79. The Black Keys
80. Franz Ferdinand
81. A$AP Rocky
82. Foals
83. PJ Harvey
84. Public Enemy
85. Ex Cops
86. Foxygen
87. Bloc Party
90. Vampire Weekend
91. Lou Reed
92. Violent Femmes
93. The Libertines
94. Tame Impala
95. The Band
96. Bruce Springsteen
97. The Strokes
98. System Of A Down
99. Biffy Clyro
100. The Modern Lovers

Re: Your 100 favourite artists

L Lawliet — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 05:56:19 GMT

Author: L Lawliet

Posted: 03/18/2013 09:56

Quick everyone post a new list! (Not including Jazz)

1. Fiery Furnaces
2. Talking Heads
3. New Order
4. Frank Zappa
5. Neu!
6. Mazzy Star
7. The Fall
8. Can
9. Boredoms
10. Cat Power
11. A Tribe Called Quest
12. Spiritulized
13. Joy Division
14. Aphex Twin
15. The Clash.
16. Jefferson Airplane
17. Boards Of Canada
18. Swans
19. Talk Talk
20. Violent Femmes

The order is pretty much interchangeable after the first 10 so I am going to stop at 20.

Re: Your 100 favourite artists

gussteivi — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:24:34 GMT

Author: gussteivi

Posted: 09/29/2012 00:24

Saoirse wrote:

Hillary Hahn 🥰

Have you heard this? I love the first one, by Edgar Meyer.

Barber is great too.

Link

Re: Your 100 favourite artists

pearljammer13 — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:18:09 GMT

Author: pearljammer13

Posted: 09/29/2012 00:18

Favorites off the top of my head:

Pearl Jam
Led Zeppelin
The Shins
Manchester Orchestra
White Stripes/Jack White
Modest Mouse
Smashing Pumpkins
Nickel Creek
Radiohead
Iron And Wine
Foo Fighters
Cage The Elephant
Sufjan Stevens
Blind Melon

Don't know either band well enough yet to put them on the list, but Arctic Monkeys and Built To Spill are my current love fests.

Re: Your 100 favourite artists

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:48:42 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/28/2012 23:48

It has been a while since I thought about this, so it's time for an update. A lot of groups from the 80's and 90's, as those are my favorite decades:
1. Scott Walker
2. David Bowie
3. The Velvet Underground
4. Brian Eno
5. My Bloody Valentine
6. Sonic Youth
7. Pavement
8. Talk Talk
9. Bjork
10. The Stooges
11. Pulp
12. Prince
13. Fugazi
14. Pixies
15. The Replacements
16. Belle & Sebastian
17. Stevie Wonder
18. Tom Waits
19. New Order
20. Wire
21. Public Enemy
22. Gang of Four
23. Weezer
24. Wu-Tang Clan (I'm including group and solo albums)
25. The Smiths
26. Nick Drake
27. Flaming Lips
28. Blur
29. Spiritualized
30. Portishead
31. Daft Punk
32. Joy Division
33. LCD Soundsystem
34. Yo La Tengo
35. The Roots
36. The Clash
37. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
38. Beck
39. PJ Harvey
40. Smashing Pumpkins
41. Otis Redding
42. The Rolling Stones
43. Serge Gainsbourg
44. A Tribe Called Quest
45. T. Rex
46. Sleater-Kinney
47. Spoon
48. Bob Dylan
49. Boredoms
50. Joanna Newsom
51. This Mortal Coil
52. Massive Attack
53. Sunny Day Real Estate
54. De La Soul
55. Boards of Canada
56. Oneohtrix Point Never
57. The Beatles
58. The Dismemberment Plan
59. DJ Shadow
60. Van Morrison

Re: Your 100 favourite artists

junodog4 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:01:28 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 09/27/2012 18:01

The top 25 I can rank for sure... the rest are just groupings:

1. Radiohead
2. R.E.M.
3. Beatles
4. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
5. Pixies
6. Wilco
7. Bob Dylan
8. Aerosmith
9. Beastie Boys
10. Blue Rodeo
11. The Roots
12. Soundgarden
13. Modest Mouse
14. Flaming Lips
15. Jimi Hendrix
16. Led Zeppelin
17. Nirvana
18. Rage Against the Machine
19. Rolling Stones
20. Otis Redding
21. Sloan
22. Arcade Fire
23. Pink Floyd
24. Sam Cooke
25. U2

26-50 (no particular order):

Tragically Hip
Beck
Big Sugar
Bran Van 3000
Decemberists
Fiona Apple
Foo Fighters
Johnny Cash
Jurassic 5
Kanye West
Leonard Cohen
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Marvin Gaye
Neil Young
Outkast
Pearl Jam
Queen
Simon and Garfunkel
Stone Temple Pilots
Tom Petty
Wu-Tang Clan
Tribe Called Quest
Common
Blur
Muse

51-75 (no particular order):

AC/DC
Allman Brothers
The Band
Belle & Sebastian
Black Keys
Bob Marley
Bruce Springsteen
The Doors
Elvis Costello
Erykah Badu
Feist
Gorillaz
Headstones
James Brown
Jay Z
Joni Mitchell
Live
Metallica
Portishead
Queens of the Stone Age
Sam Roberts
Shins
Soul Asylum
Spirit of the West
Strokes
Talking Heads

76-100 (no particular order):

Supergrass
Green Day
Lenny Kravitz
ABBA
Beach Boys
Ben Folds
Blondie
Buddy Holly
Busta Rymes
Clash
Coldplay
CCR
Garbage
Gordon Lightfoot
Guns and Roses
Michael Jackson
Nas
Prince
Pulp
Reverend Horton Heat
Rocket From the Crypt
Sonic Youth
Weezer
Who
2Pac

Subject to change... daily.

Re: Your 100 favourite artists

lightmyway — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:53:10 GMT

Author: lightmyway

Posted: 09/26/2012 15:53

I'll have to think about it... hold on... 😁

Edit: I couldn't fathom a top 100 but here's a rough top 25 that could change daily:

1. U2
2. R.E.M.
3. Pearl Jam
4. Prince
5. Nirvana
6. Coldplay
7. Red Hot Chili Peppers
8. Talking Heads
9. The Rolling Stones
10. Metallica
11. Linkin Park
12. Stone Temple Pilots
13. Beck
14. Green Day
15. The White Stripes
16. Radiohead
17. Smashing Pumpkins
18. David Bowie
19. Foo Fighters
20. The Smiths
21. The Police
22. The Cure
23. Beastie Boys
24. Creed
25. PJ Harvey

Re: Your 100 favourite artists

joedec — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:15:05 GMT

Author: joedec

Posted: 09/26/2012 15:15

1. The Cure
2. Depeche Mode
3. Joy Division
4. Siouxsie & The Banshees
5. David Bowie
6. Marvin Gaye
7. Jimi Hendrix
8. The Smiths
9. Nine Inch Nails
10. Smashing Pumpkins
11. Roxy Music
12. Prince
13. A Tribe Called Quest
14. The Doors
15. Outkast
16. Iggy Pop
17. PJ Harvey
18. Public Enemy
19. U2
20. Nas
21. New Order
22. The Pixies
23. Jay Z
24. Jane's Addiction
25. Stone Roses
26. Kate Bush
27. My Bloody Valentine
28. The Stooges
29. Sex Pistols
30. Dr. Dre
31. Radiohead
32. Black Sabbath
33. Stevie Wonder
34. The Clash
35. Notorious B.I.G.
36. The Killers
37. Queen
38. Def Leppard
39. Funkadelic
40. Led Zeppelin
41. Michael Jackson
42. Bauhaus
43. Interpol
44. Bob Marley
45. Echo & The Bunnymen
46. The Beatles
47. Love and Rockets
48. Jesus & Mary Chain
49. Linkin Park
50. Wu Tang Clan
51. Sisters of Mercy
52. Duran Duran
53. Nirvana
54. De La Soul
55. The Chameleons
56. 2Pac
57. N.W.A.
58. Beastie Boys
59. Jefferson Airplane
60. Kraftwerk
61. Mission of Burma
62. Eric B & Rakim
63. Slowdive
64. Velvet Underground
65. Crystal Castles
66. Heart
67. Brian Eno
68. Portishead
69. Main Source
70. Kanye West
71. Wire
72. The Replacements
73. Parliament
74. Arcade Fire
75. Snow Patrol
76. Miles Davis
77. Alice in Chains
78. Peter Gabriel
79. The O'Jays
80. Garbage
81. Rolling Stones
82. Buzzcocks
83. Incubus
84. Sonic Youth
85. Patti Smith
86. Kool G Rap
87. Kings of Leon
88. James Brown
89. Aerosmith
90. Alicia Keys
91. The Who
92. Blondie
93. Peter Murphy
94. Psychedelic Furs
95. Massive Attack
96. Japan
97. Lou Reed
98. The Pretenders
99. Morriseey
100. Aretha Franklin

Re: Your 100 favourite artists

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 04:23:41 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/26/2012 08:23

Interesting idea... this is just largely instinct and I didn't see any point in trying to rank it

Arcade Fire
Brian Eno
PJ Harvey
Van Morrison
Lou Reed
Hillary Hahn 🥰
Joy Division
Nick Cave
The Pogues
Tom Waits
Shangri-Las
T. Rex
Elliot Smith
Iggy Pop
Jimi Hendrix
Feist
Kate Bush
Nick Lowe
Dirty Projectors
Joanna Newsom
Dexy's Midnight Runners
Miles Davis
Buzzcocks
Sonic Youth
The Kinks
Frank Zappa
Television
Patti Smith
Grouper
Kool Keith
The Smiths
The Go-Betweens
Faith no More
Modest Mouse
Violent Femmes
Madness
X-Ray Spex
All of the Broken Social Scene
Echo and the Bunnymen
Led Zeppelin
Charlie Parker
The Pop Group
Laura Nyro
X
Suicide
Fred Thomas (Saturday Looks Good to Me, City Center)
Micheal Chapman
Grizzly Bear
Wire
Jim Carrol
Kraftwerk
Cat Power
Thin Lizzy
Belle and Sebastian
George Clinton
Rose Helberg (Tiger Trap, Softies)
Beach House
John Fahey
St Vincent
Shock G
Jarvis Cocker
Frank Black/Kim Deal
Sleater Kinney
Iron and Wine
Julie London
Mike Skinner
Sam cooke
Lauren Hill
Neil Halsted
Mark Hollis
Prince
Serge Gainsbourg
The Residents
Meat Puppets
Josh Homme
Lydia Lunch
Love
Einsturzende Neubaten
Paul Weller
Adam Ant
Refused
Neil Young
Dan Treacy
The Gathering
Wendy Rene
Tangerine Dream
Jungle Brothers
Bat for Lashes
Minutemen
Throbbing Gristle
Brad Paisley
Michael Brook
Joan Baez
Big Black
Stephen Merrit
Iron and Wine
David Byrne
Elvis Costello
Richard and Linda Thompson
Daniel Johnston