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What are some of your favorite bands?

Asked by Mom2BDec2010 (2669points) September 6th, 2010

Just curious to see what people like. :]

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TexasDude's avatar

AFI
The Cure
Talking Heads
mewithoutYou
Stars
Why?
The Black Kids
The Go! Team
Unknown Hinson
Animal Collective
The Arcade Fire
Paul Anka
The Temptations
The National
Passion Pit
The Smiths
She & Him
Frank Sinatra
Johnny Cash
Blue Oyster Cult
Tetrastar
This Mortal Coil
The Avett Brothers
This Mortal Coil
Cheap Trick
Frou Frou
Imogen Heap
Iron Maiden
The Sugarcubes
My Bloody Valentine
My Morning Jacket
The New Pornographers
Third Eye Blind
The Barenaked Ladies
Seabear
Gatsby’s American Dream
The Cocteau Twins
Tegan and Sara
Sigur Ros
Spill Canvas
The Misfits
The 69 Eyes
Amanda Palmer
Ben Folds

jeffgoldblumsprivatefacilities's avatar

Thrice
Led Zeppelin
Brand New
Pink Floyd
If These Trees Could Talk
dredg
Bob Dylan
Tool
Queen
Ratatat
Minus the Bear
The Black Keys
Coheed and Cambria
Great Lake Swimmers
Pinback
Iron and Wine
Ludwig van Beethoven
Arctic Monkeys
Depeche Mode
Manchester Orchestra
Pearl Jam
Frederic Chopin
Silversun Pickups
The Stone Roses
And So I Watch You From Afar
Neko Case
Sergei Rachmaninoff
No Knife
Tom Waits

and on and on and on….

FireMadeFlesh's avatar

The 69 Eyes, Amorphis, Alter Bridge, Blind Guardian, Breaking Benjamin, Delain, Dio, Dream Theatre, Epica, H.I.M., Hammerfall, Helloween, Kamelot, Leaves’ Eyes, Led Zeppelin, Lordi, Metallica, Nightwish, Paradise Lost, Pink Floyd, Queesnryche, Rammstein, Savatage, Saviour Machine, Soilwork, Sonata Arctica, Still Remains, Stratovarius, Symphony X, Tool, Tarot, Toto, Trans Siberian Orchestra, Tyr, Unsun, Within Temptation, Xandria and Xystus.

muppetish's avatar

iTunes says: Andrew Bird, The Arcade Fire, The Beatles, Björk, Bob Dylan, Daft Punk, David Bowie, Devotchka, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Frames, Gogol Bordello, Hole, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nick Drake, Nirvana, No Doubt, OK Go, Otis Redding, the pillows, PJ Harvey, Queen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Regina Spektor, She & Him, Sigur Rós, The Velvet Underground, Weezer, the White Stripes, and the Zutons.

I know I include solo artists, but I couldn’t leave them out. I listen to them a lot.

Simone_De_Beauvoir's avatar

Morcheeba, Queen, and loong ago I loved No Doubt and The Offspring.

faye's avatar

Steppenwolf, Led Zeppelin and others I don’t know the names of because I never can remember!

Nicole8's avatar

Led Zeppelin
Aerosmith
Third Eye Blind

Randy's avatar

Brand New
Pedro The Lion
Bayside
Lucero
Say Anything
As Cities Burn
1997
iwerstledabearonce
Lovedrug
Senses Fail
The Almost
Minus The Bear
Mastodon
Norma Jean
Forever The Sickest Kids
George Straight
Hank Williams Sr
Damien Rice
Kevin Devine
Cory Brannan
Neutral Milk Hotel
Coheed & Cambria
Sigur Rós
Buckethead
The Chariot
Chiodos
mewithoutYou
Modest Mouse
Taking Back Sunday
Counting Crows
CCR
Everclear
Of Mice & Men
Lil’ Wayne
David Bowie
The Thermals
Vendetta Red
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Weezer
Blink 182
+44
MGMT
Gucci Mane
Marcy Playground
Logh
Led Zeppelin
Johnny Cash
Incubus
JJ Heller
Harp And Lyre
George Strait
Flogging Molly
And the list goes on… I have many, MANY, MANY favorites.

Pretty much any band besides Nickleback and other super poppy cockrock.

Mom2BDec2010's avatar

Wow, everyone has great tastes in music on here. GA’s to all :)

boxer3's avatar

Mixed genre:

Modest Mouse
Okkervil River
Neutral Milk Hotel
Wolf Parade
Radiohead
Glassjaw
Mewithoutyou
Brand New
Björk
Ruiner
Against me!
Cat Power
Bane
Blink 182
Saves the day
Andrew Bird
Ugly Casanova
Pixies
Say Anything
yeah yeah yeahs
Dagger mouth

Hip Hop:

Immortal technique
Nas
Mr. Lif
Talib Kweli and Hi Tek
Lauryn Hill
Dead Prez
Notorious B.I.G
Tupac
MF DOOM
Danger Doom
Common
Kanye West
Atmosphere

etcetcetc….

ANef_is_Enuf's avatar

Tool
Portishead
Angus and Julia Stone
Tori Amos
Atmosphere
Fiona Apple
Incubus
CCR
Rasputina
Fleetwood Mac
Bob Marley & the Wailers
Louis Armstrong
Sublime
Johnny Cash
The Pogues
Dropkick Murphys
A Perfect Circle
Deftones
Bjork
NIN
Ella Fitzgerald
Frank Sinatra
BB King
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Burya
The Cure
Lamb

eesh, I could go on forever. I’ll just stop now.

Vincent_Lloyd's avatar

Slipknot
Killswitch engaged
the cure
311
AFI
Avenged Sevenfold (R.I.P The Rev James Sullivan)
Nine inch nails
Incubus
Hoobastank
Linkin Park
Disturbed
A perfect Circle
GazzettE
Gackt
Utada Hikaru
Underoath
Panic! At the disco
Silversun Pickups
Apocalyptica
Alien Ant Farm
All that remains
Breaking Benjamin
Three days grace
Bullet for my Valentine
System of a down
Wolf mother
X Japan
Etc….Etc….

shpadoinkle_sue's avatar

The Pogues
AC/DC
Fallout Boy
Rush
Social Distortion
Great Big Sea
The Cure
Frank Sinatra
Hello Goodbye
Styx
Queen
Rolling Stones
Reel Big Fish
The Libertines
Au Revoir Simone
The Wombats
The Avett Brothers
Dala
The Good Lovelies
Nirvana
Glenn Miller
Andrews Sisters
ABBA
Van Halen
Linda Ronstadt
Mellisa Ethridge
Bonnie Raitt
Wilson Phillips
Slim Smith & The Uniques
Mireille Mathieu

Whitsoxdude's avatar

Pink Floyd
Nirvana
Weezer
U2 (not really feeling it as much lately)
The Replacements
The Cars
Counting Crows
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Guided By Voices
Guns N’ Roses
The Hold Steady
Led Zeppelin
Manic Street Preachers
The Police
Talking Heads
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
The White Stripes
The Beach Boys
Niel Young

I’m sure I’m forgetting some :)

shpadoinkle_sue's avatar

I know I put up a lot but I remembered one last one. Django Reinhardt.

Dewey420's avatar

Depeche Mode
Nirvana
Prince
Beastie Boys
White Zombie
Silverchair
Korn
ICP
Twiztid
Tech N9ne
Combichrist
Lordz of Acid
Manson
NIN
Type O
NOFX
MFATGG
Bad Religion
Dead Kennedys
The Offspring
Green Day…

The King of Pop.. and THE KING

tiny_dancer's avatar

Bjork, Arctic Monkeys, The Cure, Massive Attack, Audioslave, Morcheeba, Radiohead, Portishead, The Smiths,Muse, Nirvana, Pearl Jam,Pink Floyd, REM, Gorillaz, Foo Fighters, Vampire Weekend, The XX, The Stone Roses, Paul Weller

rts486's avatar

Van Halen
Tom Petty
AC/DC
Aerosmith
Foo Fighters
The Offspring

Scooby's avatar

AC/DC
Iron Maiden
Saxon
white snake
Judas priest
Motorhead
Deep Purple
Rush
Sepultura
Deaf Leppard
Thin Lizzy
Kiss
Pink Floyd
Celtic Frost
Scorpions
Dio
Slayer
Antrhax
Metallica
Queens ryche
Manic Street Preachers
Green Day
Nirvana…..

& The wonder stuff….. :-/

‘To name but a few’ :-/

Deja_vu's avatar

Einstürzende Neubauten
Can
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The Cure
Roxy Music
David Bowie
T-Rex
Neu
Goon Moon
Tom Waits
Clinic
Sigur Ros
Portishead
Elliot Smith
Alice Cooper
Bauhaus
Siouxsie Sioux
Blonde Redhead
Flaming Lips
Sonic Youth
Hole
Bikini Kill
Lightening Bolt
NOFX
The Clash
Crass
Flogging Molly
Dead Kennedys
Lynda Lunch
Rowland Howard
Billie Holiday
The Birthday Party
The Surgar Cubes
The Talking heads
DEVO
Operation Ivy
Adam Ant
Mono
The Smiths
Duran Duran
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Le Tigra
Queen
The Cars
Frank Sinatra
Sammy Davis Jr.
Ella Fitzgerald
Robert Johnson
Chocking Victims
Samantha Fox
Madonna
GG Allin
The Who etc. etc. etc. and Leonard Cohen

whatthefluther's avatar

I decided to limit myself to current bands still producing significant music:

3 Doors Down *
30 Seconds to Mars *
Ryan Adams (& The Cardinals) *
AFI *
Anberlin
Arcade Fire *
Blue October *
Broken Bells *
Richard Buckner *
Coldplay *
Cure
Dave Matthews Band *
Death Cab for Cutie *
Depeche Mode
dredg
Five for Fighting *
Foo Fighters
Franz Ferdinand *
Fuel *
Green Day
Incubus *
Damien Jurado *
Keane *
Killers *
Kings of Leon *
Linkin Park *
Margot & The Nuclear So & So’s *
Maroon 5 *
Modest Mouse
Muse
New Pornographers *
Postal Service *
R.E.M. *
Radiohead *
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Shins *
Sigur Ros
Silversun Pickups *
Smashing Pumpkins
Smile Empty Soul *
Snow Patrol *
Spoon *
Staind
Stone Temple Pilots *
Third Eye Blind *
Three Days Grace *
Wallflowers *
Wilco *

* indicates artists of whom I own entire catalogue of studio albums (and that is saying a lot for R.E.M.)

See ya…...Gary/wtf

Michael_Huntington's avatar

Sabbath
Maiden (First seven albums + some modern albums)
Dissection (before Reinkaos)
Hellhammer/early and monotheist era CF
Triptykon
Grand Belial’s Key
Judas Priest (everything before Turbo)
Demilich
Death
Electric Wizard
Sigh (first two albums)
Carcass (before heartwork)
Joy Division

bippee's avatar

Social Distortion
The Clash
Dead Kennedys
Echo & the Bunneymen
Black Flag
Butthole Surfers
The Cramps
Misfits
Buzzcocks
Green Day

boffin's avatar

3, After Forever, Ambrosia, Anathema, Angra, Annie Haslam, Anthony Phillips, Arena, Asia,
Atlanta Rhythym Section, Atlantis, Atlas, AtmOsfear, Ayreon, Batdorf & Rodney, Beardfish,
Big Big Train, Blackfield, Blue October, Camel, Chase, Cheap trick, Chicago, Circa, Cream, Cryptic Vision, Curved Air, Dead Soul Tribe, Deep purple, Dream Theater, Dredg, Ecolyn, Electrum, Eloy, Enchant, Enid, Eureka, Fair to Midland, Fates warning, Flower Kings, Frank Zappa, Freak Kitchen, Frost*, Gazapacho, Ghost Circus, Glass Hammer, Gracia Bauer, Gypsy, Honk, Ian Anderson, Iced earth, IZZ, Jethro Tull, John Tesh, John Wesley, Jon Anderson, Kaipa, Kamelot, Kansas, Karmakanic, Karnataka, King Crimson, Kings X, Knight Area, Lana Lane, Led Zeppelin, Liquid Tension Experiment, Lunitic Soul, Magenta, Magic Pie, Manning (Guy), Marillion, Mars Hollow, Moon Safari, Mostly Autumn, Mountain, Mystery, Neal Morse, Nektar, Nightwish, No-Man, Nosound, Oasis, Opeth, Pain of Salvation, Pallas, Panic Room, Pendragon, Peter Cetera, Pharmacopia, Phideaux, Pineapple Thief, Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Presto Ballet, Proto-Kaw, Pure Reason Revolution, Queen, Queensryche, Quidam, Redemption, Renaissance, Rick Wakeman,
Riverside, Robert Lamm, RPWL, Russian Circles, Salem Hill, Santana, Satellite, Scarlet Haze, Shadow Circus, shadow gallery, Sigur Rios, Spocks Beard, Starcastle, Steve Hackett, Steve Howe, Steve miller Band, Steve Walsh, Steven Wilson, Styx, Sun Caged, Symphony-X, Talking Heads, Terra Blue, The beatles, The Guess who, The Moody Blues, The Reasoning, The Tangent, The Third Ending, The Who, Threshold, Toto, Touchstone, Transatlantic, Triumvirat, Trix, Typhoon Ferri, U.K., Ultravox, Umphrey’s McGee, Unitopia, Vanden Plas, Visual Cliff, Von Hertzen Bros., White Willow, Within Temptation, and Yes

whatthefluther's avatar

@boffin….A list no less lengthy and diverse as I have come to expect from you, my fine music loving fluther friend. There just isn’t enough hours in the day to enjoy it all, is there? Well, back to The Vines, here. See ya…..Gary/wtf

boffin's avatar

@whatthefluther
Yeah, it makes loading up the mp3 player a bit of a chore when you only have 8 gigs of space.

jonsblond's avatar

Jane’s Addiction, Tool, The White Stripes, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Pearl Jam, The Cure, Primus, Neil Young, Ministry, Ludacris, Rolling Stones, Muddy Water, The Pixies

jonsblond's avatar

I forgot The Kills. :)

RareDenver's avatar

..The Stone Roses, The Clash, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, Inspiral Carpets, The Charletans, PWEI, The Candy Skins, Donovan, Love, Happy Mondays, The Kaiser Cheifs, The Libertines, Editors, De La Soul, New Fast Automatic Daffodils, Hendrix, Murphykid & The Bad Luck Band, White Stripes, 2 many DJ’s, Krafty Kuts, Utah Saints, Mylo, New Model Army, Pixies, Nirvana, Basement Jaxx, Ride, Jeff Buckley, The Beatles, Bob Marley, The Zutons, Her Space Holiday, Death Cab For Cutie, The Go! Team, BT, Carla Bruni, Catherine Wheel, Mega City 4, The Wedding Present, Teenage Fanclub, Radiohead, Suprisingly Rude, The Strokes, Simon & Garfunkel, Jose Gonzalez, Primal Scream… blah, blah, blah, anything but R&B

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