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by **Axel** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:47 am UTC

As the title says, post your top 10 artists of all time.

Mine:

Trivium
Machinae Supremacy
In Flames
Avenged Sevenfold
Children of Bodom
As Eden Burns
Three Days Grace
Naglfar
Agalloch
Dragonforce

by **Adalwolf** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:57 am UTC

Damned hard question!

I have no concrete answer, but a tentative list of 10 would be:

Falkenbach
Ensiferum
Immortal
Darkthrone
Naglfar
Bathory
Marduk
Wyrd
Korpiklanni
Tyr

Lots of other bands could have been named...If I make another list of 10 in a week or two I'm sure there would be a few changes to the list.

by **Situational Iron** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:01 am UTC

I hope this doesn't turn into some indie rep fight.

In no order.

Peter Gabriel
Elton John
Fleetwood Mac
Simon And Garfunkel
Genesis
Pink Floyd
Rush
Alan Parsons Project
Pearl Jam
Elvis Costello

by **keith hic** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:17 am UTC

primal scream
pastels
people under the stairs
gong
BelladonnaKillz
Jesus and the Mary chain
fonda 500
Susuma Yakota
The Sonics
Kid Acne

could never to a all time top 10, but this is a good list for today.

by **SecondTalon** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:36 pm UTC

Mindless Self Indulgence
Johnny Cash
Pink Floyd
Clutch
Danzig era Misfits
Dead Milkmen
Dead Kennedys
Led Zeppelin
mc chris
Mr. T Experience

by **1337geek** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 2:27 pm UTC

"Weird Al" Yankovic
Elton John
Billy Joel
Jimmy Buffett
Neil Diamond
Boston
Meat Loaf & Jim Steinman
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Nightwish

JB or CCR could potentially be replaced with Luca Turilli or Nox Arcana. What can I say -- I like a lot of great music!

by **Semidi** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 2:39 pm UTC

At the moment:

Skinny Puppy
Bauhaus
Nine Inch Nails
Black Sabbath
Iggy Pop & The Stooges
Alice in Chains
David Bowie
Joy Division
The Velvet Underground
Genitorturers

It'll probably change again in a week.

by **Felstaff** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:26 pm UTC

Recently, looking at my playlist, it's:

Stevie Wonder
Nina Simone
Buena Vista Social Club
~~Beck~~ Iron And Wine
Joy Division
Radiohead
~~Eminem~~ Sigur Rós
Bob Dylan
~~Otis Redding~~ Amon Tobin
~~Carlos Santana~~ David Bowie ('Heroes' phase)

Heydaylicious! These are all pretty much subject to change, on a regular basis, except those in bold.

by **Pirate.Bondage** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:29 pm UTC

No particular order:

Third Day
Johnny Cash
Third Eye Blind
Skillet
The Eagles
Switchfoot
Chris Cagle
Rascal Flatts
Nickelback
Keith Urban

by **Allium Cepa** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:44 pm UTC

This is kinda in order, but my favorite bands change so very often.

Streetlight Manifesto
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Death Cab for Cutie
Less Than Jake
Alkaline Trio
Against Me!
Arcade Fire
Bright Eyes
Suburban Legends
Dan Potthast

There's a lot of bands I could put in place of Dan Potthast, considering he's only one guy his scope is kinda limited, but he's so damn addictive.

by **RedWolf** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:29 pm UTC

Hmm.. its hard to pick only 10, but here's what I just decided on off the top of my head (in alphabetically order):

65 Days of Static
Conjure One
DJ Shadow
Explosions in the Sky
Juno Reactor
Mogwai
Muse
Radiohead
Rob Dougan
Sigur Ros
Tool

by **TheAmazingRando** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:32 pm UTC

Hm...subject to change drastically, depending on my mood. These are just the top ten bands/artists that spring to my mind at the moment, along with the fact that I didn't want to over-represent any one genre.

maudlin of the Well
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Isis
Okkervil River
Opeth
Bob Dylan
City of Caterpillar
Burzum
Esoteric
Converge
Velvet Underground (I realize this is eleven)

by **Amoeba** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:14 pm UTC

In the order in which I decided to write them:

The National
The Mountain Goats
Elliott Smith
Wilco
Elbow
Manic Street Preachers
Doves
The Libertines
R.E.M.
Pavement

by **Blokey** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:21 pm UTC

Do People
Actually
Read Other People's
Lists
Or Is This
Just
An Empty Shout
Into
The Ether
Flanders Sucks.

by **TheAmazingRando** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:31 pm UTC

Blokey wrote:Do People
Actually
Read Other People's
Lists

Yes.

by **ChocloManx** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:21 pm UTC

The Beatles
Queen
King Crimson
Gentle Giant
Premiata Forneria Marconi
Johann Sebastian Bach
Claude Debussy
Genesis (with Peter Gabriel)
Yes
Dave Brubeck/Miles Davies

by **sje46** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:28 pm UTC

I'm kinda a joke. I haven't heard of 90% of these.

However.

1. Beatles
2. Nirvana.
3. Bob Marley.
4.TBD
5.TBD
. . .
10. TBD

I'm new to music.

by **Axel** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:21 am UTC

SexyTalon wrote:Mindless Self Indulgence

MSI is my #12 or something...

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Wow. I either hate or haven't heard of (mainly the former) 90% of the artists listed in this topic so far.

by **RedWolf** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 4:09 am UTC

Axel wrote:Wow. I either hate or haven't heard of (mainly the former) 90% of the artists listed in this topic so far.

Well, looking at your list, you don't have quite a broad range of musical tastes...

by **Jesse** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:01 am UTC

1. Tori Amos
2. Johnny Cash
3. Damien Rice
4. Snow Patrol/Stars
5. Regina Spektor
6. Aereogramme
7. Aquabats
8. Freezepop
9. Rasputina
10. 65daysofstatic

by **Quixotess** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:57 am UTC

My musical taste is undergoing a shift right now, but here's what it's been:

Meatloaf
Alison Krauss
Goo Goo Dolls
Simon & Garfunkel
Flogging Molly
Madonna (can't help it)
Johnny Cash
Michael Ball
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Bernadette Peters
Israel Kamakawiwo (sorry! I couldn't stand to kick any of the other ones out)

I like distinctive voices. Maybe Bonnie Tyler should go in there just for that.

by **proof_man** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:55 am UTC

by **willwithskills** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 1:20 pm UTC

This is a tough one. I have a clearly defined top 3:

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Modest Mouse
Rise Against

After that it gets a bit more muddled. I suppose:

The Offspring
The White Stripes
Robert Allen Zimmerman (If you don't know who this is, google it and prepare to feel retarded)
Jimi Hendrix
Vampire Weekend
Death Cab for Cutie
Led Zeppelin

I could see Coheed and Cambria wiggling into that list in the future, but I'm not sure who it would replace.

by **SirMustapha** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 2:07 pm UTC

It's hard to choose! There's so much distinct stuff I listen to that I wouldn't be making justice to all the stuff I like by just listing artists, but, oh well... here's an attempt.

Mike Oldfield
Os Mutantes
Jean Michel Jarre
Squarepusher
Sigur Rós
Mogwai
The Flaming Lips
Talking Heads
NEU!
Kraftwerk

Unlisted, but deserving: Pink Floyd, Autechre, Radiohead, The Moody Blues, Brian Eno... and others.

by **sje46** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:43 pm UTC

Jesse wrote:8. Freezepop

I don't know if you know this, but I like "Here Comes A Special Boy" solely because it's about Phillippe from Achewoood.

by **NoDirectionHome** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:40 pm UTC

Wow, i hate this kinda thing haha, my top 10 list usually stretches about 50 if given the opportunity;

Bob Dylan
Cat Power
Pink Floyd
Pulp
Nirvana
Bright Eyes
Queens of the Stone Age
Elbow
Muddy Waters
Public Enemy

Off teh top of my head they're artists i love, but there's so many missed out really, certainly a lot more obscure stuff as most of that is pretty mainstream i guess. Bothered.

last.fm · by **Aethernox** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:31 pm UTC

In no particular order:

Ayreon
Opeth
Pink Floyd
Tool
Rush
Acid Bath or Porcupine Tree; I really can't/don't want to decide.
King Crimson
The Stone Roses
The Beatles
Tomahawk

by **Cathode Ray Sunshine** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 3:31 am UTC

Judas Priest
Dark Tranquillity
Metallica
Katatonia
Candlemass
Persuader
Blind Guardian
Savatage
Nevermore
King Diamond

by **ParanoidAndroid** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:08 pm UTC

Sufjan Stevens
The Beatles
mewithoutYou
Radiohead
Anathallo
Okkervil River
Iron & Wine
Sigur Ros
Elton John
The Decemberists

by **SkaBassist** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 11:46 pm UTC

Ok, I got this one.

-Cake
-Streetlight Manifesto
-Bear vs. Shark
-Weezer (Blue/Pinkerton)
-Les Savy Fav
-So Many Dynamos
-Defiance, Ohio
-Bomb the Music Industry!
-Neutral Milk Hotel
-The World/Inferno Friendship Society

Also,

Blokey wrote:Is This
Just
An Empty Shout
Into
The Ether

Welcome to the internet, my friend.

by **ParanoidAndroid** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 1:18 am UTC

Neutral Milk Hotel was pretty much tied with another band (not any specifically) on my list. Good stuff.

by **reversepsych** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 4:58 am UTC

Voxtrot
Death Cab For Cutie
M83
MGMT
PlayRadioPlay!
Arctic Monkeys
Sufjan Stevens
Neutral Milk Hotel
The Smiths
Rogue Wave or Embrace (can't decide!)

Close:
She Wants Revenge
Coldplay
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Arcade Fire
Interpol

by **robinberghuys** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:41 pm UTC

According to last.fm:

1 The Roots
2 Beastie Boys
3 Common
4 Rage Against the Machine
5 Pete Philly & Perquisite
6 A Tribe Called Quest
7 De La Soul
8 Sublime
9 The Opposites
10 Jaya the Cat

by **Dingbats** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:47 pm UTC

Let's see. My record collection isn't really big enough for a top ten list, so this is more like "what are some of your favorite bands?". In no particular order except number one.

The Olivia Tremor Control
of Montreal
bob hund
The Apples in Stereo
Neutral Milk Hotel
Pixies
The Microphones
Jaymay
Beirut
Animal Collective

by **malec2b** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:02 pm UTC

Probably...

Kansas
Yes
Mott the Hoople
Gong
Rush
Queen
David Bowie
The Beatles
Pink Floyd
Genesis (Peter Gabriel era)

by **ChocloManx** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:43 pm UTC

No Crimson? I am dissapointed.

by **malec2b** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:22 am UTC

ChocloManx wrote:No Crimson? I am dissapointed.

I don't have enough King Crimson albums that I rank amongst my favorites yet for them to be in my top ten.

by **MysticalChicken** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 1:51 am UTC

According to my last.fm (and just because I feel like it, I'm including # of plays as of 9.04.08, 6:48 pm PST):
1. Bettie Serveert (2,368)
2. Le Tigre (740)
3. Neko Case (689)
4. Old 97's (613)
5. The Decemberists (522)
6. The Arcade Fire (522)
7. The New Pornographers (473)
8. Spoon (442)
9. Cold War Kids (433)
10. Modest Mouse (400)

Subject to change without notice.

by **kellsbells** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:04 am UTC

My list reads like a compilation of most of the previous lists!
Subject to change, and in no particular order:

1. Arcade Fire
2. The Decemberists
3. Andrew Bird
4. The Mountain Goats
5. Rogue Wave
6. The Flaming Lips
7. Spoon
8. Okkervil River
9. The Weepies
10. Weezer

by **TheAmazingRando** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:13 am UTC

If it's last.fm, my results are bit different (I just reset it recently and I haven't been listening to music on my computer since I got a stereo).

1. Okkervil River
2. Mountain Goats
3. maudlin of the Well
4. Pig Destroyer (skewed by having a lot of very short songs)
5. Isis
6. The Good Life (might as well throw in Cursive to go along with them)
7. Converge
8. Have A Nice Life
9. The Arcade Fire / eluvium (eluvium is really only up because I sleep to it)
10. Pg. 99 (might as well throw in City of Caterpillar, Malady, and Verse En Coma)

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