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Since it's so hard to do a top 5 list, how about a top 20?

 

1. Rush

2. Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson

3. Iron Maiden

4. Black Sabbath

And in no particular order:

 

5. Judas Priest

6. Genesis

7. Yes

8. Devin Townsend

9. Dio

10. Alice In Chains

11. Billy Joel

12. The Who

13. BB King

14. The Beatles

15. Paul McCartney Solo

16. Alice Cooper

17. Frank Zappa

18. Baroness

19. Opeth

20. Pink Floyd

 

Obviously I like to leave my comfort zone...

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In no order off the cuff......

 

Rush

Yes

Genesis

The Beatles

Led Zeppelin

Steely Dan

Porcupine Tree

Fleetwood Mac

ELP

Stevie Ray Vaughn

Moody Blues

ZZ Top

King Crimson

Def Leppard

Dream Theater

Allman Brothers

Lynyrd Skynyrd

The Police

Queen

Deep Purple

Jethro Tull

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Rush

Floyd

Zappa

 

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Genesis

Yes

Peter Hammill/VDGG

Maiden

King Crimson

Jethro Tull

Neil Young

XTC

Queen

Beatles

the Kinks

Marillion

Elvis Costello

Parliament/Funkadelic/etc

Original Sabbath/Heaven and Hell

Can

Steely Dan

 

i've left out too many.

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In rough order of discovery

 

Coheed and Cambria

Led Zeppelin

Queen

Sonata Arctica

Rush

Dream Theater

Yes

Electric Light Orchestra

Stratovarius

Angra

Porcupine Tree

King's X

Steven Wilson

The Jelly Jam

Blind Guardian

Alice Cooper

The Mars Volta

Knifeworld

Radiohead

The Rolling Stones

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Unchanging top two:

 

1. Bruce Springsteen

2. Lacuna Coil

 

Rest of my top 20, no order:

 

3. Toto

4. Nightwish

5. Rush

6. No Doubt

7. Alter Bridge/Tremonti (sorry this is cheating haha!)

8. Styx

9. Kansas

10. Yes

11. Fleetwood Mac

12. The Beatles

13. Khoma

14. Jimmy Eat World

15. The Juliana Theory

16. The Beach Boys

17. Paradise Lost

18. ABBA

19. Foreigner

20. Evanescence

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Rush

Kiss

Budgie

Misfits

Danzig

Thin Lizzy

Iron Maiden

Judas Priest

Black Sabbath

AC/DC

Led Zeppelin

Mastodon

Diamond Head

Megadeth

Built to Spill

Queen

Alice Cooper

Against Me!

King Diamond

Dire Straits

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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. Opeth

12. Free

13. Bad Company

14. Frank Zappa

15. Black Sabbath

16. Ozzy Osbourne solo

17. King Crimson

18. The Offspring

19. UFO

20. Porcupine Tree

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Rush The Who Black Sabbath Ozzy Deep Purple Rainbow Bad Company Judas Priest Iron Maiden Motorhead

Fleetwood Mac Uriah Heep Led Zeppelin AC/DC Lynyrd Skynyrd Spiritual Beggars Monster Magnet Tool Down

Last but not least: Kate Bush

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Constantly changing but in approximate order today- here goes:

1) Rush

2) Steven Wilson

3) Porcupine Tree

4) Genesis

5) Yes

6) Jethro Tull

7) Camel

8) Led Zeppelin

9) Opeth

10) Pink Floyd

11) King Crimson

12) Lunatic Soul

13) Haken

14) Deep Purple

15) Riverside

16) Steve Hackett

17) Marillion

18) Caravan

19) Peter Gabriel

20) The Who

 

Honourable mentions to: Supertramp, Tangerine Dream, Abba, The Police, Mumford and Sons, Simon and Garfunkel, Fleetwood Mac, Dire Straits and , without doubt, others I've forgotten.

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1. :rush:

2. Steven Wilson (this accounts for all his body of work)

3. Isis

4. Opeth

5. Katatonia

 

And from here on, it's in no order but some of these reflect on my current listening trends.

6. Iron Maiden

7. The Devin Townsend Project/Devin Townsend

8. Yes

9. King Crimson

10. Anathema

11. Tool

12. Dir En Grey

13. Mastodon

14. Coheed and Cambria

15. Dream Theater

16. My Bloody Valentine

17. Russian Circles

18. Pelican

19. Ride

20. Faith No More

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no particular Order.

 

XTC

Genesis

Yes

Toto

Dream Theater

Rush

Porcupine Tree

The Beatles

Steely Dan

Queen

Marillion (Fish Era only)

Fleetwood Mac

Kansas

Dire Straits

Radiohead

Flying Colors

Alter Bridge

Kate Bush

Peter Gabriel

Tom Waits

Bee Gees

Captain Beefheart

Spock's Beard

Frank Zappa

Elton John

 

People were using solo acts so who cares. Really helped to flesh it out though. oh yea i put 25........just because, lol

 

Mick

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no particular Order.

 

XTC

Genesis

Yes

Toto

Dream Theater

Rush

Porcupine Tree

The Beatles

Steely Dan

Queen

Marillion (Fish Era only)

Fleetwood Mac

Kansas

Dire Straits

Radiohead

Flying Colors

Alter Bridge

Kate Bush

Peter Gabriel

Tom Waits

Bee Gees

Captain Beefheart

Spock's Beard

Frank Zappa

Elton John

 

People were using solo acts so who cares. Really helped to flesh it out though. oh yea i put 25........just because, lol

 

Mick

 

Ooooh...got some checking out to do!

 

Erm...no Styx?

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no particular Order.

 

XTC

Genesis

Yes

Toto

Dream Theater

Rush

Porcupine Tree

The Beatles

Steely Dan

Queen

Marillion (Fish Era only)

Fleetwood Mac

Kansas

Dire Straits

Radiohead

Flying Colors

Alter Bridge

Kate Bush

Peter Gabriel

Tom Waits

Bee Gees

Captain Beefheart

Spock's Beard

Frank Zappa

Elton John

 

People were using solo acts so who cares. Really helped to flesh it out though. oh yea i put 25........just because, lol

 

Mick

 

Ooooh...got some checking out to do!

 

Erm...no Styx?

 

nope. Love em.....but they don't crack the 25.

 

Not close really.

 

i think it's deyoung's fault.

 

lol.

 

Annoying twit.

 

Mick

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no particular Order.

 

XTC

Genesis

Yes

Toto

Dream Theater

Rush

Porcupine Tree

The Beatles

Steely Dan

Queen

Marillion (Fish Era only)

Fleetwood Mac

Kansas

Dire Straits

Radiohead

Flying Colors

Alter Bridge

Kate Bush

Peter Gabriel

Tom Waits

Bee Gees

Captain Beefheart

Spock's Beard

Frank Zappa

Elton John

 

People were using solo acts so who cares. Really helped to flesh it out though. oh yea i put 25........just because, lol

 

Mick

 

Ooooh...got some checking out to do!

 

Erm...no Styx?

 

nope. Love em.....but they don't crack the 25.

 

Not close really.

 

i think it's deyoung's fault.

 

lol.

 

Annoying twit.

 

Mick

 

DeYoung is my biggest beef...I really have to Forgive him a lot in order to enjoy the music.

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20 bands is too many...

 

Not for some of us.

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20 bands is too many...

 

Not for some of us.

 

Correct.... I concentrate on <= 10 bands. I could put 20 bands but anything >10 is casual listening... But that's just me.

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20 bands is too many...

 

Not for some of us.

 

Correct.... I concentrate on <= 10 bands. I could put 20 bands but anything >10 is casual listening... But that's just me.

 

If I was like that I would have saved a lot of money.

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Off the top of the head, and in no particular order -

 

- KISS (70s)

 

- Dead Boys

 

- RUSH

 

- Isao Tomita

 

- Chainsaw Kittens

 

- Hanoi Rocks

 

- Thin Lizzy

 

- Tangerine Dream

 

- Cheap Trick

 

- UFO

 

- AKB48

 

- AC/DC ( Bon only )

 

- ABBA

 

- Placebo

 

- YES

 

- Skull Daze

 

- Queen

 

- Maiden

 

- Pulp

 

- ELO

 

- Ramones

 

- Stones

 

- Guns 'N Roses ( Appetite era is special for me )

 

- Scorpions

 

.. and as a guitarist, I gotta toss in Gary Moore, SRV, Hendrix, Schenker, Roy Buchannan and Les Paul - all magic

 

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Rush

Yes

Gentle Giant

Tool

Jethro Tull

Amon Duul II

Symphony X

Deep Purple

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Curved Air

Magma

Helmet

Nirvana

Jesca Hoop

Alice in Chains

Camel

Failure

Yezda Urfa

Eskaton

Porcupine Tree

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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

Motörhead

 

plus 4 Finnish bands you have probably never heard of.

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