What Are Your Top 10 Bands?

[Jack Pozzi]

Personally, for me..

The Who
Black Sabbath
Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
Kiss


Deep Purple
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Police
Ramones
The Cars


any top 10 is very difficult to quantify, but these are mine; at this particular time and space..

[dontboxmein]

the police
the beatles
xtc
king crimson
animal logic
yes
concrete blonde
oyster head
the choir
the replacements


for now

[drummike]

The Police
Rush
Yes
Genesis
REM
The Church
U2
Midnight Oil
Elvis Costello
The Clash
The Specials
English Beat
King Crimson
Missing Persons

Hard to stop at 10...

[Soundragon]

1. The Police (Far ahead of any other band.)
2. Def Leopard
3. John Meyer Trio
4. The Doobie Brothers
5. The Who
6. Journey
7. Led Zepplin
9. Rush
10. Not sure... I'm having a hard time remembering the last 7. :p

[sockii]

Not necessarily in any order:

The Police
Pink Floyd
The Beatles
Elton John
Warren Zevon
Foo Fighters
The Who
Genesis/Peter Gabriel (can I count those combined?)
Rush
Duran Duran

(Runners up: Yes, Placebo, Pet Shop Boys, Beastie Boys, Marillion/Fish, System of a Down, The Hoosiers, others I'll think of tomorrow...)

[TheEqualizer]

Off the top of my head and in no particular order:

Beatles
Police
Porcupine Tree
King Crimson
Elvis Costello and the Attractions/Imposters
The Who
Oysterhead
Foo Fighters

Uh, I'm too tired right now to think of 2 more

[smax]

in no particular order, 'cept for number one, natch:

Da P'leece
The Beatles
The Clash
Manu Chao
The Chemical Brothers
XTC
The Field Mice
Air
Beastie Boys
Madness

[Dietmar]

The Police
Deadeye Dick
AC/DC
Adam & The Ants
Maximo Park
Midnight Oil
Semisonic
a-ha
Fischer Z
Skunk Anansie

with follow ups including Big Country, Del Amitri, Manic Street Preachers, Killers, Men At Work, Foo Fighters, Queen...

[roddswett]

In no particular order:

YES
THE POLICE
RUSH
KING CRIMSON
ELP
GENESIS
INXS
JETHRO TULL
QUEEN
EARTHWORKS

[LARNOULD THERESE]

THE POLICE
DURAN DURAN
SEX PISTOLS
THE CURE
U2
DEPECHE MODE
COLDPLAY
MANO NEGRA
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
DUFF MCKAGAN LOADED

[redneckpride]

R.E.M
Foo Fighters
Nirvana
Red Hot Chilli peppers
The Police
Souxsie And the banshees
Jimi Hendrix
Etta James and her band
Van Morrison
The Who

in no particular order

[olivier]

In no particular order (except for the Top One !) :

The Police
King Crimson
Nirvana
Blur
The Melvins
Magma (mythical french band)
Shellac (famous US noise band)
The Jesus Lizard (famous US noise band)
Bellini (italian indie band)
Chevreuil (french math-rock band)

[bab]

1) The Police
2) David Bowie
+ (in no particular order)
Blur
Hayes Carll
King Crimson (Adrian Belew-era)
Pet Shop Boys
The Cars
The Monkees
Pink Floyd
U2
XTC

- bab

[moonstone]

[quote="Jack Pozzi"]any top 10 is very difficult to quantify, but these are mine; at this particular time and space..[/quote]

It is difficult isn't it? Just going on what's on my i-pod at the moment and excluding solo artists which would be even harder to list.

The Police
Eurythmics
Pretenders
All about Eve
Level 42
Everything but the girl
The Jam
Pet shop boys
Fleetwood mac
Deacon Blue

[TheEqualizer]

1) The Police
2) David Bowie
+ (in no particular order)
Blur
Hayes Carll
King Crimson (Adrian Belew-era)
Pet Shop Boys
The Cars
The Monkees
Pink Floyd
U2
XTC

- bab

Bowie doesn't count. He's not a group. If he were, he would definitely be in my top ten as well.