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1. Rush

2. Night Ranger

3. Red Hot Chili Peppers

4. Green Day

5. Blink-182

6. Metallica

7. Stone Temple Pilots

8. Van Halen

9. Sum 41

10. The Cars

11. The Offspring

12. Three Days Grace

13. Shinedown

14. Blue Oyster Cult

14. Nirvana

15. Mayday Parade

16. All Time Low

17. Boston

18. Motley Crue

19. Ratt

20. Boston A Day To Remember

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Mosher
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It's nice to see that the conventional wisdom which states a Rush fan and a fan of straight-forward rock, punk, or hip hop cannot be the same person is debunked in this thread.   I've always suspected

YYZumbi
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This change all the time, but for now it is...   1. Rush 2. Geddy Lee solo 3. Alex Lifeson solo 4. Lita Ford 5. Queen 6. Brian May Solo 7. Freddie Mercury solo 8. Marillion 9. Fish solo 10. Magenta 11

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Rush Led Zeppelin The Beatles The Rolling Stones Pink Floyd AC/DC The Who Jimi Hendrix Experience Grateful Dead Lynyrd Skynyrd Hawkwind ZZ Top King Crimson Jethro Tull Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Mo

Mr. Not

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1. Radiohead

 

2nd place area:

The Mars Volta, Coheed and Cambria, Porcupine Tree, Sonata Arctica, King's X, The Jelly Jam

 

3rd place area:

Alice Cooper, Devil Doll, Blind Guardian, Almah, Angra, Yes, Thom Yorke

 

4th place area:

Ty Tabor, Stratovarius, Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Dream Theater, Galactic Cowboys

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1. Rush

2. Night Ranger

3. Red Hot Chili Peppers

4. Green Day

5. Blink-182

6. Metallica

7. Stone Temple Pilots

8. Van Halen

9. Sum 41

10. The Cars

11. The Offspring

12. Three Days Grace

13. Shinedown

14. Blue Oyster Cult

14. Nirvana

15. Mayday Parade

16. All Time Low

17. Boston

18. Motley Crue

19. Ratt

20. Boston

 

I'm usually not observant enough to catch things like this, but I couldn't help but notice you listed Boston twice, my friend. :)

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1. Rush

2. Night Ranger

3. Red Hot Chili Peppers

4. Green Day

5. Blink-182

6. Metallica

7. Stone Temple Pilots

8. Van Halen

9. Sum 41

10. The Cars

11. The Offspring

12. Three Days Grace

13. Shinedown

14. Blue Oyster Cult

14. Nirvana

15. Mayday Parade

16. All Time Low

17. Boston

18. Motley Crue

19. Ratt

20. Boston

 

I'm usually not observant enough to catch things like this, but I couldn't help but notice you listed Boston twice, my friend. :)

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1st Place:

 

Tie between Lacuna Coil, Nightwish, Bruce Springsteen

 

2nd tier:

 

Within Temptation, HIM, Jimmy Eat World, The Juliana Theory, Idlewild, Khoma, Thrice, Alter Bridge, Fleet Foxes, Fleetwood Mac (1975 self-titled to Time)

 

3rd Tier:

 

Paradise Lost, Yes, Dream Theater, Sonata Arctica, King's X, Foreigner, Toto, Bon Jovi, Trillion, Strangeways, ABBA, a-ha

 

4th Tier:

 

Rush, Kansas, Styx, The Doors, The Beatles, The Gathering, Mineral, Texas Is The Reason, Evanescence, Leaves Eyes

 

More than twenty but I would rank these bands all very high on my list, especially the first three Tiers.

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Hmmmmm

 

no order'

 

Elvis costello

Spock's Beard

Flower King's

Frank Zappa

Tom Waits

Elton John

Enchant

Toto

Foreigner

Captain Beefheart

Beatles

Huey Lewis

Queen

Transatlantic

Dream Theater

Kansas

Bob Dylan

Leonard Cohen

Steely Dan

Pink Floyd

 

Bruce Springsteen

Dire Straits

King's X

 

I had to add those 3, lol

 

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Segue Myles

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I can do a top ten easy:

 

Lacuna Coil

Nightwish

Bruce Springsteen

HIM

Within Temptation

Thrice

Jimmy Eat World

The Juliana Theory

Idlewild

Paradise Lost (ooh I see I put then in tier 3...idiot)

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I can do a top ten easy:

 

Lacuna Coil

Nightwish

Bruce Springsteen

HIM

Within Temptation

Thrice

Jimmy Eat World

The Juliana Theory

Idlewild

Paradise Lost (ooh I see I put then in tier 3...idiot)

 

Idlewild, really whats your favourite album.? They are a great band seen them live, excellent

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I can do a top ten easy:

 

Lacuna Coil

Nightwish

Bruce Springsteen

HIM

Within Temptation

Thrice

Jimmy Eat World

The Juliana Theory

Idlewild

Paradise Lost (ooh I see I put then in tier 3...idiot)

 

Idlewild, really whats your favourite album.? They are a great band seen them live, excellent

 

WHAT!?!?!?! ANOTHER FAN?!?!?!

 

Erm...it's pretty much every album haha...I adore everything.

 

I have a very strong bond with The Remote Part and Warnings/Promises.

 

I also love their early punkier works, and recently I found Everything Ever Written to be far greater than I first thought after it came out last year.

 

One of my favourite bands for a good 6 years now.

 

I have the live DVD that came with the deluxe version of their best of album

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I can do a top ten easy:

 

Lacuna Coil

Nightwish

Bruce Springsteen

HIM

Within Temptation

Thrice

Jimmy Eat World

The Juliana Theory

Idlewild

Paradise Lost (ooh I see I put then in tier 3...idiot)

 

Idlewild, really whats your favourite album.? They are a great band seen them live, excellent

 

WHAT!?!?!?! ANOTHER FAN?!?!?!

 

Erm...it's pretty much every album haha...I adore everything.

 

I have a very strong bond with The Remote Part and Warnings/Promises.

 

I also love their early punkier works, and recently I found Everything Ever Written to be far greater than I first thought after it came out last year.

 

One of my favourite bands for a good 6 years now.

 

Yes i really like them. Dont know how you feel, but for me, their music and emotions come across as very very sincere. Very warm band.

A lot of music I listen to doesn't have this quality, its rare I suppose for me. I do think 100

broken windows is a little overlooked classic. Remote part is very strong too. It has some really great songs.

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Segue Myles

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I can do a top ten easy:

 

Lacuna Coil

Nightwish

Bruce Springsteen

HIM

Within Temptation

Thrice

Jimmy Eat World

The Juliana Theory

Idlewild

Paradise Lost (ooh I see I put then in tier 3...idiot)

 

Idlewild, really whats your favourite album.? They are a great band seen them live, excellent

 

WHAT!?!?!?! ANOTHER FAN?!?!?!

 

Erm...it's pretty much every album haha...I adore everything.

 

I have a very strong bond with The Remote Part and Warnings/Promises.

 

I also love their early punkier works, and recently I found Everything Ever Written to be far greater than I first thought after it came out last year.

 

One of my favourite bands for a good 6 years now.

 

Yes i really like them. Dont know how you feel, but for me, their music and emotions come across as very very sincere. Very warm band.

A lot of music I listen to doesn't have this quality, its rare I suppose for me. I do think 100

broken windows is a little overlooked classic. Remote part is very strong too. It has some really great songs.

 

100 Broken Windows is their most celebrated album amongst fans. It deserves it. I sometimes enjoy Hope Is Important a little more though...

 

But yeah, warm band, sincere, and I have never heard an Idlewild song that I do not at least like. They are really special to me, as I get older they become even more important. Recently Live In A Hiding Place has become my go to song as I battle a few very difficult issues.

 

I honestly cannot quote express what this band means to me. I love them with all my heart...they really touch me.

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1. Helloween

2. Deep Purple

3. Unisonic

4. Crimson Glory

5. Savatage

6. Rush

7. Gamma Ray

8. Nektar

9. Hawkwind

10. Sodom

11. Destruction

12. Masterplan

13. Anthrax

14. Primal Fear

15. Pink Cream 69

16. Grave Digger

17. Zebra

18. Great White

19. Tesla

20. Duran Duran

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I can do a top ten easy:

 

Lacuna Coil

Nightwish

Bruce Springsteen

HIM

Within Temptation

Thrice

Jimmy Eat World

The Juliana Theory

Idlewild

Paradise Lost (ooh I see I put then in tier 3...idiot)

 

Idlewild, really whats your favourite album.? They are a great band seen them live, excellent

 

WHAT!?!?!?! ANOTHER FAN?!?!?!

 

Erm...it's pretty much every album haha...I adore everything.

 

I have a very strong bond with The Remote Part and Warnings/Promises.

 

I also love their early punkier works, and recently I found Everything Ever Written to be far greater than I first thought after it came out last year.

 

One of my favourite bands for a good 6 years now.

 

Yes i really like them. Dont know how you feel, but for me, their music and emotions come across as very very sincere. Very warm band.

A lot of music I listen to doesn't have this quality, its rare I suppose for me. I do think 100

broken windows is a little overlooked classic. Remote part is very strong too. It has some really great songs.

 

100 Broken Windows is their most celebrated album amongst fans. It deserves it. I sometimes enjoy Hope Is Important a little more though...

 

But yeah, warm band, sincere, and I have never heard an Idlewild song that I do not at least like. They are really special to me, as I get older they become even more important. Recently Live In A Hiding Place has become my go to song as I battle a few very difficult issues.

 

I honestly cannot quote express what this band means to me. I love them with all my heart...they really touch me.

 

I honestly can understand this. What they say and the warm nature in how they say it, is very special. To be honest I can't think of another band like it.

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I can do a top ten easy:

 

Lacuna Coil

Nightwish

Bruce Springsteen

HIM

Within Temptation

Thrice

Jimmy Eat World

The Juliana Theory

Idlewild

Paradise Lost (ooh I see I put then in tier 3...idiot)

 

Idlewild, really whats your favourite album.? They are a great band seen them live, excellent

 

WHAT!?!?!?! ANOTHER FAN?!?!?!

 

Erm...it's pretty much every album haha...I adore everything.

 

I have a very strong bond with The Remote Part and Warnings/Promises.

 

I also love their early punkier works, and recently I found Everything Ever Written to be far greater than I first thought after it came out last year.

 

One of my favourite bands for a good 6 years now.

 

Yes i really like them. Dont know how you feel, but for me, their music and emotions come across as very very sincere. Very warm band.

A lot of music I listen to doesn't have this quality, its rare I suppose for me. I do think 100

broken windows is a little overlooked classic. Remote part is very strong too. It has some really great songs.

 

100 Broken Windows is their most celebrated album amongst fans. It deserves it. I sometimes enjoy Hope Is Important a little more though...

 

But yeah, warm band, sincere, and I have never heard an Idlewild song that I do not at least like. They are really special to me, as I get older they become even more important. Recently Live In A Hiding Place has become my go to song as I battle a few very difficult issues.

 

I honestly cannot quote express what this band means to me. I love them with all my heart...they really touch me.

 

I honestly can understand this. What they say and the warm nature in how they say it, is very special. To be honest I can't think of another band like it.

 

I am just amazed some one else knows this band! Even in day to day life no one I know has a clue who they are.

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I can do a top ten easy:

 

Lacuna Coil

Nightwish

Bruce Springsteen

HIM

Within Temptation

Thrice

Jimmy Eat World

The Juliana Theory

Idlewild

Paradise Lost (ooh I see I put then in tier 3...idiot)

 

Idlewild, really whats your favourite album.? They are a great band seen them live, excellent

 

WHAT!?!?!?! ANOTHER FAN?!?!?!

 

Erm...it's pretty much every album haha...I adore everything.

 

I have a very strong bond with The Remote Part and Warnings/Promises.

 

I also love their early punkier works, and recently I found Everything Ever Written to be far greater than I first thought after it came out last year.

 

One of my favourite bands for a good 6 years now.

 

Yes i really like them. Dont know how you feel, but for me, their music and emotions come across as very very sincere. Very warm band.

A lot of music I listen to doesn't have this quality, its rare I suppose for me. I do think 100

broken windows is a little overlooked classic. Remote part is very strong too. It has some really great songs.

 

100 Broken Windows is their most celebrated album amongst fans. It deserves it. I sometimes enjoy Hope Is Important a little more though...

 

But yeah, warm band, sincere, and I have never heard an Idlewild song that I do not at least like. They are really special to me, as I get older they become even more important. Recently Live In A Hiding Place has become my go to song as I battle a few very difficult issues.

 

I honestly cannot quote express what this band means to me. I love them with all my heart...they really touch me.

 

I honestly can understand this. What they say and the warm nature in how they say it, is very special. To be honest I can't think of another band like it.

 

I am just amazed some one else knows this band! Even in day to day life no one I know has a clue who they are.

 

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Union 5-3992

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Time to update my list a bit

 

1. Rush

2. Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson

3. David Bowie

4. Devin Townsend

5. Black Sabbath

6. Iron Maiden

And in no particular order:

 

7. Frank Zappa

8. Billy Joel

9. Alice In Chains

10. Pink Floyd

11. Genesis

12. Judas Priest

13. Neil Young

14. Opeth

15. The Who

16. The Beatles

17. Buddy Guy

18. Megadeth

19. Yes

20. Ghost

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Impossible task, but these 20 certainly are all in my permanent top 50 no matter the day:

 

In absolutely no possible order:

 

Rush

Slim Cessna's Auto Club

Iron maiden

The Clash

Bad Religion

Midnight Oil

The Coup

Admiral James T.

Drive By Truckers

PJ Harvey

Madness

REM

Alchemist (The Australian metal band, not the hip hop artist)

United Steel Workers of Montreal

S.O.A.D.

Tengger Cavalry

Courtney Barnett

They Might Be Giants

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Split Enz (before the New Wave.)

 

Some new, some old, across several genre, and definitely in a shuffle with many other possible entrants.)

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UPDATE!:

 

1st Tier:

 

Lacuna Coil

Nightwish

Bruce Springsteen

 

2nd tier:

 

Within Temptation

HIM

Sonata Arctica

Jimmy Eat World

The Juliana Theory

Idlewild

Brand New

Paradise Lost

Khoma

Thrice

Alter Bridge

Fleet Foxes

No Doubt

Fleetwood Mac (1975 self-titled to Time)

 

3rd Tier:

 

Yes

King's X

Foreigner

Toto

Bon Jovi

Trillion

Strangeways

ABBA

a-ha

The Killers

AFI

 

4th Tier:

 

Rush

Kansas

Styx

The Doors

The Beatles

The Gathering

Mineral

Texas Is The Reason

Evanescence

Leaves Eyes

Dream Theater

 

More than twenty but I would rank these bands all very high on my list. Any of these twenty could fit my top twenty. I don't compartmentalise my feelings. I love them all roughly the same, regarding each tier. My favourite depends on the day.

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OK, I'll give it a try & stick to 20

 

Top Tier:

RUSH

Porcupine Tree / Steven Wilson

Zeppelin

Pink Floyd

Yes

King Crimson

 

Approaching Top tier:

Tool

Opeth

 

Rounding out top 20:

King's X

Marillion (Fish era)

Peter Gabriel

Anathema

Alice in Chains

Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Who

The Beatles

The Grateful Dead

Dixie Dregs

Steely Dan

Dream Theater (but certainly not the Astonishing!)

 

Actually really tough to do (left out Queen, Zappa, Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Metallica (old),etc.) (as well as fusion bands I love Mahavishnu, Return to Forever, The Aristocrats, Bruford... Jam band I dig, jazz artists I follow, obscure metal bands I obsess over...) ugh Van Halen, The Police, Sting, Supertramp, damn hard to draw the line at 20...

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It's really interesting to compare your own list to others - I can see I have a lot in common with some (Union 5-3993 and Pip65 in particular) However, even on those lists there are bands that I just don't care for at all (as I assume there are some on my list!) Others, there seems to be just a few common threads and then lots of nope. Yet, here we all are on a Rush bulletin board...
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1.) Rush

2.) Mastodon

3.) Helmet

4.) Afghan Whigs

5.) Bob Mould/Sugar

6.) Pelican

8.) Social Distortion

9.) Ministry

10.) Iron Maiden

11.) Genesis (Not the cheesy mid 80s crap)

12.) AC/DC - Back in Black and earlier. Especially Bon Scott era.

13.) Depeche Mode

14.) Tool

15.) The Smithereens

16.) Tears For Fears

17. ) The Cure

18.) Nine Inch Nails

19.) The Who

20.) Peter Gabriel

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Impossible task, but these 20 certainly are all in my permanent top 50 no matter the day:

 

In absolutely no possible order:

 

Rush

Iron maiden

The Clash

Bad Religion

Midnight Oil

PJ Harvey

REM

Siouxsie and the Banshees

 

Those are some damn fine bands from your list. :cheers:
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In order they come to mind:

 

The Beatles

Wire (and offshoots -- Githead, Dome, AC Marius, etc)

Radiohead

Rush

The Church

The Wedding Present/Cinerama

The Jazz Butcher (aka The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy)

Led Zeppelin

The Kinks ('60s)

Tones on Tail

My Bloody Valentine

Pixies

XTC

Sufjan Stevens

New Order (early)

The Smiths

Teenage Fanclub

Big Star/Alex Chilton

Nirvana

The Gun Club

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