What Are Your Top 10 Bands?

[sockii]

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

Huh, well, I had Warren Zevon and Elton John on my list b/c whenever I see a "Top 10 Group" list I always assume that "solo" artists are to be considered as well. B/c I don't tend to think of them differently anyway - every great solo artist usually has a dedicated group of session/touring musicians or writers to help make them such a success.

[policefan]

in no particular order:


The Police

U2

Queen

Arcade Fire

Keane

The Black Keys

The Velvet Unterground

Coldplay

Simple Minds

Modest Mouse

[Rusty James]

The Police
The Clash
Led Zeppelin
Rush
The Who
The Replacements
The Specials
Tragically Hip
Midnight Oil
Pink Floyd (Waters & Glimour, Waters VS. Gilmour or any incarnation thereof)

[conroy]

I hate every top 10 list (except for the Letterman show) because lazy magazine editors use it to fill up space in their rags instead of paying good writers, but here's mine:

The Police
Joy Division/New Order
The Smiths
The Pixies
The Who
Pink Floyd
The Kinks
Heart
The Pretty Things
The Dares

close runners up - James, Husker Du, Sugar, the Verve, Electronic, the Damned, Orbital, the Cure, Southern Culture on the Skids and too many others to mention. I'm sure if I had laid the list out tomorrow, it would be a totally different list of bands except for the Police which is the only constant in my top 10 band list.

[Divemistress of the Dark]

from Bab's list - Hayes Carll! I'll be damned. Saw him at Bonnaroo this year and thought he was just awesome.

I keep trying to do this and failing miserably, for the simple fact that my top 10 varies so much depending on what's going on in my life. But if I had to list bands that I make damn sure are on my IPod whenever I leave for a trip someplace...

Nick Lowe
Paul Kelly (Australian rocker, not American R&B-er)
Neko Case
The Clash
Nina Simone
Of course I love the Police, but honestly these days I listen to Stewart's solo projects more often.
Elvis Costello
Beatles
John Lennon solo
OK, I fucking love Green Day. I admit it...

But then...Earlier tonight I had on Spotify and went from Slayer to Johnny Mathis to Eddie Cochran. So I just dunno. God, there are so many bands I'd list here. How can I leave off AC/DC? And the Flaming Lips, who saved my life as a teen (by playing nearby when I was stuck in middle of nowhere Kansas and letting me know freaky and weird as a way of life?) Motorhead, which I listen to constantly? Freaking Elvis - the dead one, who I grew up with... Wanda Jackson, who I want to be when I grow up... Jack White, Karen Elson, Black Belles or somebody else from Third Man Records, who are doing so much of an awesome nature here in Nashville... U2 or REM, who I loved with all my heart for years upon years...

OK, giving up now.

[Mario]

THE BEATLES
THE ROLLING STONES
THE POLICE
PINK FLOYD
WEATHER REPORT
YES
ELP
OS MUTANTES
BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS
FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION

[stevel]

The Police (by a country mile)
The Alarm
U2
Simple Minds
Queen
The Clash
Pink Floyd
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Meatloaf
The Sweet

[Pezish]

1. The Police
2. The Beatles
3. Wilco
4. John Prine
5. John Wesley Harding
6. The Pretenders
7. Roxy Music
8. M. Ward
9. The Del Fuegos
10. The Monkees

[luna_virgo]

In no particular order:

The Police
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
The Misfits (Glenn Danzig era, not the recent incarnation)
Jane’s Addiction (again, the original lineup)
Bowie
Fleetwood Mac
Metallica
Nirvana
Simon & Garfunkel

Honorable mentions: The Pine Hill Haints (excellent local band), Danzig, L7, Beatles, Hendrix, etc, etc…

[shyvixen]

The Police
The Beatles
The Ramones
U2
Mumford and Sons
The Avett Brothers
Fleet Foxes
Split Endz
Midnight Oil
Rammstein

Ask me again in a month and my list might be totally different.

[njperry]

Here is mine, which reads like a sample size of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. One and two are far above the rest.

It would be different if I had Stewart and George Harrison separate form their most famous bands.

1. Beatles (and George Harrison solo)
2. Police (and Stewart and Andy solo)
3. Jimi Hendrix Experience
4. Steve Winwood (especially Blind Faith)
5. Led Zeppelin
6. Rolling Stones
7. Buddy Holly
8. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
9. Bob Dylan
10. Eric Clapton

[ltwoman]

The Beatles
The Police
Oysterhead
Gizmo
Animal Logic
(am I at 10 yet?)
Counting Crows
Bruce Hornsby (and the Range, if we must have a "band")
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
(1 more...)
Sting (and the band de jour)

No particular order ( of the last 5).

[Jose]

In strict order...

1. The Police (this is the only band give me hapiness, tears and joy into my soul every time I heard it)
2. The Doors
3. Depeche Mode
4. The Beatles - Rolling Stones (both in the same level)
5. AC/DC
6. Led Zeppelin
7. Coldplay
8. The Killers
9. The Bravery
10. Maroon 5

[ladyhawke]

this is a fun posting, really brings me back

Police
Sting
James Taylor
Stewart Copeland
Michael Bolton
Fleetwood Mac
Wilson Phillips
Celine Dion
Jimmy Buffet
Tower of power

[Shangeris]

In this very moment, in no order except for Arctic Monkeys, they are definitely my favorite:

Arctic Monkeys
Massive Attack
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
I Cani
Subsonica
Paramore
Blur
The Black Keys
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Kasabian