Official Favourite Band/Artist Thread

Originally Posted by Arie

Def agree with ALL of theses. I'm assuming you listen to a lot of 90s music? xD

I always said to myself and my friends that i listened mainly to classic rock, but my preferences have changed alot over the year. I guess i do like alot of 90's stuff, eh?

Queens of the Stone Age
At the Drive-In
The Mars Volta

Modest Mouse.

And no, not just their new ****. And no, all their new **** ain't bad. It's all quite good, really. Although, the new EP of theirs is seeming to be quite a let-down from the songs I've heard that will be on it. Quite underwhelming. But they need a place in the Hall of Fame.

And, just to specify, my favorite LPs in order:
1. The Lonesome Crowded West (Noteworthy- Teeth Like God's Shoeshine, Doin' the Cockroach, and Styrofoam Boots/It's All Nice on Ice, Alright. Duds- Bankrupt on Selling)
2. The Moon and Antarctica (Noteworthy- Gravity Rides Everything, The Stars Are Projectors, and What People Are Made Of. Duds- None. Closest though, would be Perfect Disguises. But only because it's in the way of Tiny Cities Made of Ashes)
3.We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Noteworthy- Dashboard, Parting of the Sensory, and Invisible. Duds-Steam Engenius)
4. This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About (Noteworthy- Dramamine, Tundra/Desert, and Make Everyone Happy/Mechanical Birds. Duds- Novocain Stain)
And last, but cetainly not bad,
5. Good News For People Who Love Bad News (Noteworthy- Ocean Breathes Salty, Bukowski, and The Good Times Are Killing Me) (Duds- Horn Intro. It's only nine seconds.)

Other favorite bands (in no particular order):
Of Montreal
Frightened Rabbit
M83
The White Stripes
Grizzly Bear

To name a few. There are many more, but they currently escape me as I am not on my computer, with all my music. Good enough, though.

another new fav band...KoRn...i can't believe i'm saying this...i love Korn, a band i've spent tha last few years bashing and hating on(believing that their songs were all like Twisted Transistor.
But after swapping iPods with a guy during math class or something, i secretly liked the Korn songs he had...and now i bought their first album, which has to be one of the best all round records i've ever heard.
PHEW! now, i feel much better outside the Korn closet.

(Best songs: Blind, Divine, Faget, Shoots and Ladders, Trash)

Great tastes Lunchbox.
I've gotta go with Radiohead for my all time favorite. Saves the Day, The Beatles, Daphne Loves Derby are some other big ones that I haven't listened to all that much lately. Recently I've been digging lots of Beirut, Neutral Milk Hotel, mewithoutYou, stuff like that.

lets see here... I've got:
Cradle of Filth
Dimmu Borgir
opeth
Mastadon
Angtoria
Mortiis
MSI
Lords of Acid
E Nomine
Rammstein
Pitchfork Project
Marilyn Manson
Papa Roach
Disturbed
Godsmack

Me a metal head? Nooo.

Mindless Self Indulgence
Tool
A Perfect Circle
The Cure
Three 6 Mafia

...The list can go on forever. I like everything but country pretty much

Here's the people I think are good:

Decyfer Down
Fort Minor
Bullet For My Valentine
Rise Against
Rage Against The Machine
50 Cent
Eminem
DJ Khaled
DJ Jazzy Jeff
Godsmack
Three Days Grace
Five Finger Death Punch
Sean Paul
Kings of Leon
Lil' Wayne
Pitbull
Ying Yang Twins
Drowning Pool

....That's about it, really.

There was a time when I'd post an updated list every year here. Starting way back in 2003, there's a huge chunk of bands I don't listen to from that list anymore, there's some I still listen to and love, and there's some that I stopped listening to, but have started again. Also, I apparently thought NOFX was breaking up, which means apparently I was an idiot.

Then in 2005 I started doing a more ranked style than just a simple list. The 'Absolute Favourites' but isn't entirely correct anymore. It's probably bigger, but The Used isn't on there anymore. Also, it is minuscule compared to today.

2006 brought more ranks, and many more bands. Things have shifted around quite a bit since then, as partially evidenced by the 2007 list.

So lets take a look at where things stand in 2009 then.

Absolute Favourites (No order)
Less Than Jake
Barenaked Ladies
The Beatles
Great Big Sea
New Found Glory
mewithoutYou
Motion City Soundtrack

Favourites (Somewhat ranked)
Brand New
As Tall as Lions
Tegan and Sara
Arcade Fire
The Gaslight Anthem
Lupe Fiasco
Jimmy Eat World
Joshua Radin
R.E.M.
Counting Crows
Copeland
Simon & Garfunkel
Paramore
Forgive Durden
The White Stripes
The Format
Margot & the Nuclear So and So's
Kanye West
Gym Class Heroes
Sufjan Stevens
Hanson
Good Old War
Rx Bandits
Cary Brothers
Moneen
blink-182
Valencia
Okkervil River
The Mountain Goats
Metric
Broken Social Scene
Alanis Morissette
Arab Strap
The Used
Beck
The Offspring
The Band
Ben Harper
Fall Out Boy
The Academy Is...
Gordon Lightfoot

I listen to plenty more, but those are just some of my favourites.

My three main favorite bands are The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Muse and Queen. I listen to the three of them more frequently than anything else. But I'm also a pretty large fan of Ben Folds, Pink Floyd and The Beatles.

Floyd and the Peppers eh? I love those bands!

The Peppers are my current favorite among my favorites. They have three extremely talented members, and then there's Anthony Keidas, who just has great chemistry with Frusciante, so it works out.

What's your favorite album by them?

Right now I really like the By the Way album

Good man. That's my current favorite of theirs as well.

awesome! I never noticed this thread, so I X-posted. (sorry Nolan)


(in no particular order)
3 Doors Down, Gary Hoey, Chuck Berry, Joe Satriani, Eagles, Flogging Molly, AC/DC, Placebo, Brooks & Dunn, The Fray, Billy Talent, Fort Minor, Dope, Etta James, Kaisers Orchestra, Fall Out Boy, Hoobastank, B.B. King, Little Richard, Mindless Self Indulgence, Sara Bareilles, Finch, The All-American Rejects, Minus The Bear, Nine Inch Nails, Matt Wertz, Muse, The Killers, Nas, Gary Jules, Coldplay, Metallica, Damien Rice, Willie Nelson, Kings Of Leon, Bloodhound Gang, Buckcherry, Jimmy Eat World, Depeche Mode, Puscifer, Kansas, The Black Keys, John Mayer, Thrice, The Cure, Rancid, Michael Bublé, Foo Fighters, Trapt, Chopin, Al Green, The Beatles, Elevator Music, Ayumi Hamasaki, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Chevelle, John Lennon, Schumann, Queens Of The Stoneage, The Mamas & The Papas, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, London Philharmonic orchestra, Three Days Grace, Plastic Tree, Mono (UK), Satie, Punk, Jackie Wilson, Lisa Hall, Smashing Pumpkins, Mozart, The Bravery, Ella Fitzgerald, Debussy, Aerosmith, BACK-ON, Jpop, Dropping Daylight, 311, Tori Amos, Janis Joplin, Sarah McLachlan, Madonna, Lostprophets, Leo Delibes, Dixie Chicks, R.L. Burnside, ZZ Top, London Symphony Orchestra, Harvey Danger, Big Bad Voo Doo Dadies, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chingy, Sarah Brightman, Shawn Mullins, Hot Hot Heat, Silverchair, Bush, Mono, Tool, Spacehog, Orgy, Do As Infinity, Ludo, 4 Strings, Sugarcult, Soft Rock, Finger Eleven, Pink Floyd, Iron Maiden, Jem, Beck, Van Morrison, Queen, KISS, Goo Goo Dolls, No Doubt, Linkin Park, The Mars Volta, Utada Hikaru, Beethoven, Adema, Bach, Rammstein, Enigma, White Zombie, Ian Van Dahl, Björk, Tchaikovsky, Incubus, 30 Seconds To Mars, Dido, Radiohead, Gorillaz, The Killers, Samuel Barber, Cradle of Filth, Alien Ant Farm, Jackson 5, AFI, Eminem, System Of A Down, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Green Day, Franz Ferdinand, Poe, James Brown, Marit Larsen, Rob Zombie, Enya, Kelly Clarkson, Alternative Rock, Sia, Portishead, Gackt, Rachmaninoff, Robin Thicke, Ray Charles, Marilyn Manson, Helios, Kill Hannah, Fiona Apple, Cary Brothers, Deftones, Creedence Clearwater revival, U2, John Lee Hooker, Rascal Flatts, Modest Mouse, Black eyed Peas, Billy Joel, The Ataris, Gwar, Wumpscut, Blue October, Yann Tiersen, Van Halen, Queensryche, Tom Petty, Trans Siberian Orchestra, The Scorpions, The Doobie Brothers, Sylvia Tessari, Styx, Sammy Hagar, Santana, Skid Row, Radiohead, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Nat King Cole, Nancy /and / Frank Sinatra, Ozzy, Motley Crue, Miles Davis, Michael Nyman, Megadeth, Maroon 5, Iron Maiden, Genesis, Dokken, Dire Straits, Don Henley, Def Leppard, Cat Stevens, Cake, Chicago, Bryan Adams, Bruce Springsteen, B-52's

I have a last.fm station that streams music from my itunes. If you are interested just ask and I'll post up a link. I have an obscene ammt. of music, its one of my favourite hobbies.

as for suggesting, I really like Helios its a great one man band, its more of 'relaxation' type music. But its awesome to listen to. Also Minus the Bear, its not a really well known band, but their music is awesome.

Helios: Halving the compass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj55nG2tkKw

Minus The Bear: Pachuca Sunrise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXTADlY1NMY

Oh, you like Three Days Grace? Nice! Those guys rock.

I think I may be in love with you.

Just because I never thought I'd see anybody else who also loves Mono. But the fact that you like Muse, RHCP AND Frank Sinatra is the icing on the cake.

You should post your last.fm. Here's mine if you're interested http://www.last.fm/user/Sorrow23

I just decided to make a Last.fm account.... It's kind of barren right now because I just started it. My user name on it is the same as everywhere else: Koulatio.

Originally Posted by Koulatio

Oh, you like Three Days Grace? Nice! Those guys rock.

Three days grace is fantasmical. they magage to be thoughful yet full of rock-awesomeness. I listen to them a lot.

Originally Posted by Gatsby

I think I may be in love with you.

Just because I never thought I'd see anybody else who also loves Mono. But the fact that you like Muse, RHCP AND Frank Sinatra is the icing on the cake.

You should post your last.fm. Here's mine if you're interested http://www.last.fm/user/Sorrow23

LMFAO. Yeah Mono is awesome. my fav by them is 'Life in Mono' its old as dirt but I really love that song.

And don't get me started on Muse.. 'Plug in baby' is one of my top 10 songs.

Gotta love the classics.

Here is my link, though my computer died when I moved, so I havnt been able to scrobble for a very long time.
http://www.last.fm/user/Erusvindicio

Hey, you know we have a thread just below this one chock full of last.fm accounts. Even mine.