Listen you TRFers, you've lived for many years now, but after 2020 and Covid-19 who knows what disasters will befall us in 2021...so it's time to list

[driventotheedge]

After the first one listed they're in no particular order...

 

 

The Beatles

 

Pink Floyd

Rush

Black Sabbath (mostly the Ozzy years though I do like Heaven & Hell)/Ozzy solo

Bob Dylan

Eagles

Led Zeppelin

Jimi Hendrix

Creedence Clearwater Revival/John Fogerty (he WAS CCR)

Allman Bros Band

Deep Purple (mostly II an III)

Robin Trower

Jeff Healey

Steely Dan

The Doors

The Stones

TP & The Heartbreakers (and solo)

The Who

Chuck Berry

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Bob Seger

Queen

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Metallica

Chicago

 

 

List subject to additions/subtractions

Edited December 9, 2020 by driventotheedge

[treeduck]

Mine is 28, I can't get it down any further, so 28 is allowed! :16ton:

[_hi_water._]

Can't think of a good list, but I have a good top 5.

5. Yes

4. Black Sabbath

3. Queen

2. Rush

1. Van Halen

[IbanezJem]

Can't think of a good list, but I have a good top 5.

5. Yes

4. Black Sabbath

3. Queen

2. Rush

1. Van Halen

That's an excellent 1, 2 and 4 you've got there!

[treeduck]

Ok it's 30 now, it's a more round number anyway. I'm pretty happy with this list now.

[IbanezJem]

Van Halen

Rush

 

then, alphabetically

 

Alanis Morrisette

Black Sabbath

Bob Dylan

Deep Purple (personal preference is for post-Blackmore, so 1994 onwards)

Dire Straits

Drive By Truckers

Fleetwood Mac

G `N` R

Heart

Joe Satriani

Led Zep

Lou Reed

Lynyrd Skynyrd (with Ronnie)

Molly Hatchet

Neil Young

Pixies

RATM

Steve Earle

Steve Morse

Steve Vai

The Smiths

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

ZZ Top

[Amps211]

rush

kiss

the who

zz top

james taylor

LZ

queen

bad co.

foreigner

the stones

the beatles

dream theater

kansas

muse

foo fighters

paul mccartney

tom petty

david wilcox

michael jackson

styx

 

all just off the top of my head and I'm sure there's a huge miss in there

[treeduck]

Aerosmith

 

The Alarm

 

Alice Cooper Group (1969-1974)

 

The Beach Boys

 

The Beatles

 

The Cars

 

Cheap Trick

 

The Clash

 

Def Leppard

 

Genesis

 

King’s X

 

The Kinks

 

KISS

 

Led Zeppelin

 

Old 97s

 

Pink Floyd

 

Queen

 

Ramones

 

The Rolling Stones

 

Rush

 

Stray Cats

 

Stryper

 

Thin Lizzy

 

Van Halen

 

The Who

You can have artists and bands, so you're all good.

[treeduck]

So yeah mine is 30:

 

Judas Priest

Black Sabbath

Rush

Jethro Tull

Deep Purple

Queen

Kansas

Thin Lizzy

Rainbow

The Beatles

Van Halen

ZZ Top

KISS

Symphony X

Overkill

Ozzy Osbourne

AC/DC

The Who

The Rolling Stones

Whitesnake

Allan Holdsworth

Chick Corea - (including the Elektric Band & Return to Forever)

Yes

TOTO

Dio

Iron Maiden

Testament

Opeth

Buckethead

Budgie

Accept

[_hi_water._]

Whitesnake

Dio

Budgie

:yes: :yes: :yes:

[treeduck]

Whitesnake

Dio

Budgie

:yes: :yes: :yes:

Are those the only three you like out of the list?

[The Cat 3]

Aerosmith

 

The Alarm

 

Alice Cooper Group (1969-1974)

 

The Beach Boys

 

The Beatles

 

The Cars

 

Cheap Trick

 

The Clash

 

Def Leppard

 

Genesis

 

King’s X

 

The Kinks

 

KISS

 

Led Zeppelin

 

Old 97s

 

Pink Floyd

 

Queen

 

Ramones

 

The Rolling Stones

 

Rush

 

Stray Cats

 

Stryper

 

Thin Lizzy

 

Van Halen

 

The Who

You can have artists and bands, so you're all good.

 

You’ll have to boost the number from 25 to 50 and it would still be a chore to do.

[stoopid]

My top artists/bands changes quite a bit, especially as I find new favorites every couple years.

 

Long term favorites would be... [core 5]

 

Rush

Pink Floyd

Yes

Dream Theater

The Beatles

 

Past this the list gets extremely long and impossible to differentiate level of appreciation from artist to artist.

[Entre_Perpetuo]

Well seeing as no one is sticking to the number, here's my top five, which has been my top five for some years now.

 

Queen

Rush

Muse

Genesis

David Bowie

[Nova Carmina]

Randomly:

 

Rush (clear no. 1)

Led Zeppelin

Pink Floyd

Jethro Tull

Iron Maiden

Deep Purple

Metallica

The Rainmakers

Genesis

KISS

Motorhead

Whitesnake

Thin Lizzy

The Police

Cream

The Drive-by Truckers

The Beatles

Bad Religion

Rage Against the Machine

Black Sabbath

[_hi_water._]

Whitesnake

Dio

Budgie

:yes: :yes: :yes:

Are those the only three you like out of the list?

no, but I am glad to see these bands/artists get mentioned

[driventotheedge]

Let me make one thing about my list clear..Skynyrd is the pre-plane crash band with Ronnie.

 

Some more of mine just on the outside looking in of my 25

 

Doobies

Buddy Holly

Temptations

Supremes

Aretha

Heart

Linda Ronstadt

Traffic

Spirit

Steve Winwood

Yardbirds

J. Geils Band (before Freeze Frame!!)......may be moving them in the top 25 soon

REO (before Hi Infidelity)

Soundgarden

Edited December 9, 2020 by driventotheedge

[ST3V]

I still have A LOT of Bands and Artists to get to.. but as of December 2020.. in no particular order other than the First 3

 

Styx

Rush

Triumph

 

Kansas

Boston

Oasis

Soundgarden

Lawrence Gowan

Damn Yankees

Winger

AC/DC

Van Halen

Scorpions

Def Leppard

REO Speedwagon

38 Special

Supertramp

Genesis

C418

Imagine Dragons

[pjbear05]

Twenty? No problemo. Crossing genre and group/artists lines.

1. Rush (tops; rest in no particular order).
   
2. Bob Seger
   
3. Alice Cooper
   
4. MC 5
   
5. Yes
   
6. ELP
   
7. Joe Satriani
   
8. Michael Hedges
   
9. Eric Johnson
   
10. Kraftwerk
    
11. Lee Michaels
    
12. Tangerine Dream
    
13. Moody Blues
    
14. Shadowfax
    
15. Jimi Hendrix
    
16. Al DiMeola
    
17. Santana
    
18. Jon-Luc Ponty
    
19. King Crimson
    
20. Robin Trower.
    

[JohnnyBlaze]

My 20...

 

Rush

Pink Floyd

Bob Marley & The Wailers

Bob Dylan

Jethro Tull

The Beatles

R.E.M.

David Bowie

The Cure

The Who

Journey

Led Zeppelin

Queen

Phish

Van Halen

Tool

Living Colour

Alice In Chains

Jane’s Addiction

Metallica

 

[Amps211]

Well seeing as no one is sticking to the number, here's my top five, which has been my top five for some years now.

 

Queen

Rush

Muse

Genesis

David Bowie

 

guess i didn't know about Bowie being so high up on your list

 

i would have guessed another prog rock act there at 5

 

genesis should be on my list .. i may re-do it

[goose]

AC/DC

Black Sabbath

The Church

Cold Chisel

DEVO (first four albums)

Dire Straits

The Doors

Peter Frampton (for Comes Alive! alone)

Jethro Tull

Midnight Oil

Pink Floyd

The Police

Porcupine Tree

Steely Dan

Supertramp

Van Halen

Wings (for Over America)

The Who

X (my fav punk band, more clever than most)

 

and RUSH, of course

[driventotheedge]

Should've put Dire Straits on my "just outside the top 25" as well.

[taurus]

Top Tier

 

Zappa

Rush

Alice Cooper

 

and the rest...

 

Bowie

Zeppelin

Floyd

Max Webster

Tull

Motorhead

Maiden

Purple

Dio (Sabbath/Rainbow)

Aerosmith (up to Rock and a Hard Place)

Van Halen (DLR)

Priest (up to Defenders)

Genesis (up to 3 Sides Live)

Yes (up to Drama)

Metallica (up to Black album)

Saga (up to Heads or Tales)

Scorpions (up to Blackout)

Edited December 11, 2020 by taurus

[treeduck]

Mine is up to a top 40!