What Are *Your* Ten Favorite Rock Bands or Artists of All Time?

[MylesBAstor]

Add an extra star of two for their live performance too!

In no particular order mine are:

1) David Bowie
2) The Beatles
3) The Rolling Stones
4) Nirvana
5) Bob Dylan
6) Bruce Springsteen
7) Neil Young
8) U2
9) Elton John
10) The Doors

[nc42acc]

In no particular order
1. Queen
2. Peter Gabriel
3. Supertramp
4. Journey
5. Little Feat
6. Doobie Brothers
7. Bad Company
8. Alan Parsons Project
9. Boston
10. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

[Johnny Vinyl]

The only one on that list I haven't been able to get into is Little Feat. I can't remember if I have one or two LPs by them, but I might give them a listen on the weekend.

[nc42acc]

John start with this album.

[Johnny Vinyl]

Alan Parsons Project
Beatles
David Bowie
Genesis
Harmonium
Neil Young
Peter Gabriel
Pink Floyd
Steve Winwood
Supertramp

Bonus: John Lennon and Paul McCartney (both solo and tied for 11th.

[MylesBAstor]

Wow some major differences going on here! Let's see some more members weigh in here!

[Asamel]

Neil Young
Peter Himmelman
Richard Thompson
The Byrds
The Beatles
Traffic
Jefferson Airplane
Wilco
Dylan
Dead

[jazdoc]

1a) The Rolling Stones
1b) The Clash

3) Prince
4) Led Zeppelin
5) Los Lobos
6) X
7) Velvet Underground
8) Nirvana
9) Calexico
10) Lynyrd Skynyrd

My 2nd ten...

11) The Kinks...was between them and Led Zep for #10
12) Bad Brains
13) Neil Young
14) Beatles
15) Cream
16) Opeth
17) Elvis Costello
18) Rockpile/Nick Lowe/Dave Edmunds
19) Elton John
20) Little Richard

[JCOConnell]

Pink Floyd
Beatles
Stones
Led Zeppelin
Cream
Jimi Hendrix
Doors
Neil Young
Skynyrd
Jethro Tull

[nc42acc]

Maybe I need to make mine a top 20?

1a) The Rolling Stones
1b) The Clash

3) Prince
4) Led Zeppelin
5) Los Lobos
6) X
7) Velvet Underground
8) Nirvana
9) Calexico
10) Lynyrd Skynyrd

[Bill Hart]

I may be the odd man out, but I will like a band for a particular album, even though I have many or all of their other albums. Thus,
Led Zep, mainly for the 1st album, though I listen to select things from others;
Tull, mainly for Stand Up, though again, listen to other albums.
Having recently gone back to the well on Skynyrd, those guys just got better and better.
Jimi- to me, Are You Experienced is the one, though I love the long version of Red House on Hendrix in the West
Blind Faith- for a couple songs, particularly Can't Find My Way Back Home (and the only decent sounding copy I have heard is the first UK pressing).
Hard to ignore the Beatles, but again, I'm selective, though they exhibited continual brilliance throughout- if I had to pick, it would be side 2 of Abbey Road.
I was never a Stones fan, but Gimme Shelter off Let it Bleed still gives me goosebumps.
And so on....
I'm sure there are many other artists I dearly love for particular records, but the above come to mind immediately. (Some of the stuff in the Vertigo catalog will get played here, as will Chris Whitley and Trixie, his daughter, but there are also acts I've seen live that don't translate as well to record).

[rbbert]

My listening patterns are so cross-genre that I apologize in advance if some don't consider all of these artists "rock". More than that, I try to come up with this kind of list from time to time and it's never the same twice, so if I end up posting in this topic again I may be thinking of a different group of artists than these

1) Grateful Dead (and side projects to a much lesser extent)
2) String Cheese Incident
3) Jimi Hendrix (all "groups")
4) The Beatles
5) Porcupine Tree / Steven Wilson
6) Jimmy Buffett
7) The Who (at least through Keith Moon's demise)
8) Eric Clapton (inc. Cream, Derek, etc)
9) The Allman Brothers Band
10) Railroad Earth

pretty much all of these (except perhaps The Beatles) are my "favorites" based on live performance rather than albums, so I guess the whole list deserves an asterisk or a couple of stars

[Johnny Vinyl]

Alan Parsons Project
Beatles
Genesis
Harmonium
Jimi Hendrix
Neil Young
Peter Gabriel
Pink Floyd
Steve Winwood
Supertramp

Bonus: John Lennon and Paul McCartney (both solo and tied for 11th.

I'm editing my list and replacing David Bowie with Jimi Hendrix.

[mep]

This is really difficult for me. I see the above lists and I like most of the bands/groups on there, but some just for particular songs/albums and not everything they did. Sort of what Bill Hart said actually. And I agree with Bill about Lynyrd Skynyrd. I loved their sound and their songs up until the plane crash. What was left of the band after the crash was a pale imitation and they simply couldn't play the songs correctly IMO.

Easy picks that put you in the club:

Beatles
Stones
Jimi Hendrix
The Who
Led Zep
Doors
Janis Joplin
ZZ Top
Pink Floyd
Cream

[JackD201]

Growing up top 10

U2
The Cult
The Beatles
Smashing Pumpkins
Soundgarden/C.Cornell
RHCP
The Police
INXS
Rush
Metallica

left field 10

Japan (Sakamoto/Sylvian/Karn)
Sisters of Mercy
Bauhaus
Bolshoi
very early The Cure
The Glove
Muse
Psychedelic Furs
Fields of the Nephilim
This Mortal Coil

[Johnny Vinyl]

Hi Jack - Never realized you were such a headbanger. No EDM either?

[JackD201]

My drinking holes of choice in college were the equivalent of your road houses. I have lists for Electronica too.

[allenh]

Would love to see your list your Electronica, Jack!

[MylesBAstor]

I love the agreement and at the same time the diversity of choices! Some bands that weren't on my list and other people's lists I did consider, others I have no idea about and will certainly check out now!