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Lists can change everyday but some bands on a list may never change.

My top three will probably never change:

 

 

1. RUSH

2. VAN HALEN (David Lee Roth Era)

3. ACCEPT

4. GENESIS

5. MARILLION (Fish Era)

6. RATT

7. DOKKEN

8. KISS

9. Y&T

10. JUDAS PRIEST

11. IRON MAIDEN

12. BLUE OYSTER CULT

13. DIO

14. MOTLEY CRUE

15. TURBONEGRO

16. PORCUPINE TREE

17. THE WHO/PETE TOWNSHEND

18. WHITESNAKE

19. UFO

20. STYX

21. OZZY OSBOURNE

22. SCORPIONS

23. VANDENBERG

24. CAMEL

25. DEF LEPPARD

 

 

Bonus plug: STEEL PANTHER but the bass player Lexxi Foxx left. Lame. I know many of you hate this band on here. Oh well! LOL!

What about top 90 bands?

Get a grip Treeduck!! That could take forever lol!

Well I did it in about 5 minutes!

The hard bit will be to put an order of preference on it. If it is in no order of preference it will be quicker.

OK ... was gonna get dressed (just up!) , but that can wait, I'll grab a coffee and commence.

So you're still in your string vest and dirty grey shorts??

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Lists can change everyday but some bands on a list may never change.

My top three will probably never change:

 

 

1. RUSH

2. VAN HALEN (David Lee Roth Era)

3. ACCEPT

4. GENESIS

5. MARILLION (Fish Era)

6. RATT

7. DOKKEN

8. KISS

9. Y&T

10. JUDAS PRIEST

11. IRON MAIDEN

12. BLUE OYSTER CULT

13. DIO

14. MOTLEY CRUE

15. TURBONEGRO

16. PORCUPINE TREE

17. THE WHO/PETE TOWNSHEND

18. WHITESNAKE

19. UFO

20. STYX

21. OZZY OSBOURNE

22. SCORPIONS

23. VANDENBERG

24. CAMEL

25. DEF LEPPARD

 

 

Bonus plug: STEEL PANTHER but the bass player Lexxi Foxx left. Lame. I know many of you hate this band on here. Oh well! LOL!

What about top 90 bands?

Get a grip Treeduck!! That could take forever lol!

Well I did it in about 5 minutes!

The hard bit will be to put an order of preference on it. If it is in no order of preference it will be quicker.

OK ... was gonna get dressed (just up!) , but that can wait, I'll grab a coffee and commence.

So you're still in your string vest and dirty grey shorts??

Damn!! is the web cam running on this PC?!!! Edited by zepphead
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Ok .... here are 50. Order of preference is a bit variable but I was focusing on getting names in.

 

Yes

Jethro Tull

Led Zeppelin

Rush

Pink Floyd

Uriah Heep

Black Sabbath

Jimi Hendrix Experience

The Beatles

Genesis (Gabriel era)

UFO

Wishbone Ash

David Bowie

Scorpions

Camel

Budgie

Blue Oyster Cult

Iron Maiden

Marillion (Fish era)

AC/DC

Dream Theater

Eagles

Alice Cooper Group

Rainbow

Queen

Thin Lizzy

Wobbler

Gentle Giant

The Rolling Stones

The Who

Arena

Opeth

Styx

MSG

Deep Purple

Dio

Horslips

Judas Priest

Cream

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

Boston

Def Leppard

Ozzy Osbourne

Focus

Toto

Spock's Beard

Family

Journey

Savatage

Thunder

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Lists can change everyday but some bands on a list may never change.

My top three will probably never change:

 

 

1. RUSH

2. VAN HALEN (David Lee Roth Era)

3. ACCEPT

4. GENESIS

5. MARILLION (Fish Era)

6. RATT

7. DOKKEN

8. KISS

9. Y&T

10. JUDAS PRIEST

11. IRON MAIDEN

12. BLUE OYSTER CULT

13. DIO

14. MOTLEY CRUE

15. TURBONEGRO

16. PORCUPINE TREE

17. THE WHO/PETE TOWNSHEND

18. WHITESNAKE

19. UFO

20. STYX

21. OZZY OSBOURNE

22. SCORPIONS

23. VANDENBERG

24. CAMEL

25. DEF LEPPARD

 

 

Bonus plug: STEEL PANTHER but the bass player Lexxi Foxx left. Lame. I know many of you hate this band on here. Oh well! LOL!

What about top 90 bands?

Get a grip Treeduck!! That could take forever lol!

 

Lol!!

 

"Get A Grip"

 

Love,

 

Aerosmith

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Ok .... here are 50. Order of preference is a bit variable but I was focusing on getting names in.

 

Yes

Jethro Tull

Led Zeppelin

Rush

Pink Floyd

Uriah Heep

Black Sabbath

Jimi Hendrix Experience

The Beatles

Genesis (Gabriel era)

UFO

Wishbone Ash

David Bowie

Scorpions

Camel

Budgie

Blue Oyster Cult

Iron Maiden

Marillion (Fish era)

AC/DC

Dream Theater

Eagles

Alice Cooper Group

Rainbow

Queen

Thin Lizzy

Wobbler

Gentle Giant

The Rolling Stones

The Who

Arena

Opeth

Styx

MSG

Deep Purple

Dio

Horslips

Judas Priest

Cream

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

Boston

Def Leppard

Ozzy Osbourne

Focus

Toto

Spock's Beard

Family

Journey

Savatage

Thunder

 

Savatage!!

 

Boston!!

 

Opeth crossed my mind!

 

Love you list buddy!

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Rush

Night Ranger

Taking Back Sunday

State Champs

Stand Atlantic

Sum 41

Every Time I Die

Blue Oyster Cult

Four Year Strong

Motion City Soundtrack

Silverstein

The All-American Rejects

Young Culture

Wage War

The Offspring

Dance Gavin Dance

Good Charlotte

Blink-182

All Time Low

Boston

Millington

Atticus Finch

Ben Folds/Ben Folds Five

Neck Deep

R.E.M.

 

Night Ranger no.2! Good old smash!

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1. David Bowie

2. Hanoi Rocks/Michael Monroe

3. Thin Lizzy

4. Judas Priest

5. Y&T

6. Blue Oyster Cult

7. Alice Cooper

8. Van Halen (DLR era)

9. Scorpions

10. Diamond Head

11. Starz

12. Megadeth

13. Iron Maiden

14. Pat Travers Band

15. George Benson

16. UFO

17. Whitesnake

18. Frank Marino

19. Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks

20. Heart

21. Budgie

22. Def Leppard (Pyromania cut-off point)

23. Blackfoot

24. Aerosmith

25. Ted Nugent

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1. Rush

2. Thin Lizzy

3. Black Sabbath

4. Kiss

5. Misfits

6. Mastodon

7. Judas Priest

8. The Beatles

9. John Prine

10. Danzig

11. Van Halen

12. Fleetwood Mac

13. Dire Straits

14. Blue Oyster Cult

15. David Bowie

16. AC/DC

17. Led Zeppelin

18. Aerosmith

19. Deep Purple

20. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

21. Steely Dan

22. Megadeth

23. Alice Cooper

24. Budgie

25. Iron Maiden

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My favourite bands atm are

 

Lacuna Coil

Rush

Mastodon

Survivor

The Killers

Night Ranger

Iron Maiden

Avenged Sevenfold

Trivium

Dire Straits

Toto

The Alan Parsons Project

Keane

Dream Theater

Jimmy Eat World

Dashboard Confessional

Biffy Clyro

Fleet Foxes

Nightwish

Leah

Bruce Springsteen

Mariah Carey

Taylor Swift

Judas Priest

Roxy Music

Epica

Kings Of Leon

Thrice

Funeral For A Friend

Paradise Lost

ABBA

Machine Head

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top 25 right now.

 

first 5 are solid

 

1. Steely Dan

2. Toto

3. Pink Floyd

4. Queen

5. Dream Theater

6. Mastodon

7. Iron Maiden

8. Judas Priest

9. Spock's Beard

10. Fleetwood Mac

11. Styx

12. Journey

13. Dire Straits

14. Jimmy Eat World

15. Blue Oyster Cult

16. Genesis

17. Heart

18. Triumph

19. Enchant

20. Survivor

21. The Band

22. Trivium

23. The Beatles

24. The Bee Gees

25. The Grateful Dead

 

as i said after top 5 no order......and my favs really haven't changed much over the years, lol. also he said BANDS so i omitted solo guys. it was harder too.

 

Mick

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Rush

Night Ranger

Taking Back Sunday

State Champs

Stand Atlantic

Sum 41

Every Time I Die

Blue Oyster Cult

Four Year Strong

Motion City Soundtrack

Silverstein

The All-American Rejects

Young Culture

Wage War

The Offspring

Dance Gavin Dance

Good Charlotte

Blink-182

All Time Low

Boston

Millington

Atticus Finch

Ben Folds/Ben Folds Five

Neck Deep

R.E.M.

 

That is amazing that you have Night Ranger so high! I love it! They should be in my Top 25. So funny, I just listened to "Three Wishes!"

 

NIGHT RANGER RULES!

Rush

Night Ranger

Taking Back Sunday

State Champs

Stand Atlantic

Sum 41

Every Time I Die

Blue Oyster Cult

Four Year Strong

Motion City Soundtrack

Silverstein

The All-American Rejects

Young Culture

Wage War

The Offspring

Dance Gavin Dance

Good Charlotte

Blink-182

All Time Low

Boston

Millington

Atticus Finch

Ben Folds/Ben Folds Five

Neck Deep

R.E.M.

 

Night Ranger no.2! Good old smash!

I've always loved Night Ranger. They were one of the first bands I really got into. Their first three albums are some of my favorite albums of all time.
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Rush

Night Ranger

Taking Back Sunday

State Champs

Stand Atlantic

Sum 41

Every Time I Die

Blue Oyster Cult

Four Year Strong

Motion City Soundtrack

Silverstein

The All-American Rejects

Young Culture

Wage War

The Offspring

Dance Gavin Dance

Good Charlotte

Blink-182

All Time Low

Boston

Millington

Atticus Finch

Ben Folds/Ben Folds Five

Neck Deep

R.E.M.

 

That is amazing that you have Night Ranger so high! I love it! They should be in my Top 25. So funny, I just listened to "Three Wishes!"

 

NIGHT RANGER RULES!

Rush

Night Ranger

Taking Back Sunday

State Champs

Stand Atlantic

Sum 41

Every Time I Die

Blue Oyster Cult

Four Year Strong

Motion City Soundtrack

Silverstein

The All-American Rejects

Young Culture

Wage War

The Offspring

Dance Gavin Dance

Good Charlotte

Blink-182

All Time Low

Boston

Millington

Atticus Finch

Ben Folds/Ben Folds Five

Neck Deep

R.E.M.

 

Night Ranger no.2! Good old smash!

I've always loved Night Ranger. They were one of the first bands I really got into. Their first three albums are some of my favorite albums of all time.

 

I finally started buying Night Ranger this year. Years spent listening on Spotify, I realise I need them more in my life!

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Rush

Night Ranger

Taking Back Sunday

State Champs

Stand Atlantic

Sum 41

Every Time I Die

Blue Oyster Cult

Four Year Strong

Motion City Soundtrack

Silverstein

The All-American Rejects

Young Culture

Wage War

The Offspring

Dance Gavin Dance

Good Charlotte

Blink-182

All Time Low

Boston

Millington

Atticus Finch

Ben Folds/Ben Folds Five

Neck Deep

R.E.M.

 

That is amazing that you have Night Ranger so high! I love it! They should be in my Top 25. So funny, I just listened to "Three Wishes!"

 

NIGHT RANGER RULES!

Rush

Night Ranger

Taking Back Sunday

State Champs

Stand Atlantic

Sum 41

Every Time I Die

Blue Oyster Cult

Four Year Strong

Motion City Soundtrack

Silverstein

The All-American Rejects

Young Culture

Wage War

The Offspring

Dance Gavin Dance

Good Charlotte

Blink-182

All Time Low

Boston

Millington

Atticus Finch

Ben Folds/Ben Folds Five

Neck Deep

R.E.M.

 

Night Ranger no.2! Good old smash!

I've always loved Night Ranger. They were one of the first bands I really got into. Their first three albums are some of my favorite albums of all time.

 

I finally started buying Night Ranger this year. Years spent listening on Spotify, I realise I need them more in my life!

That's awesome. As of this year, I have four of their albums on vinyl
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I`m including solo artists as a lot of my favourite musicians are just that.

 

Van Halen (w/ Dave, of course)

Rush

Neil Young

Bob Dylan

Devin Townsend

Joe Satriani

Steve Vai

Steve Morse

The Sisters of Mercy

Black Sabbath

Molly Hatchet

Fleetwood Mac

Marillion (w/ Fish)

ZZ Top

Steve Earle

The Smiths

Alanis Morissette

Deep Purple

Dire Straits

Lindsey Buckingham

Soundgarden

Blackfoot

Megadeth

G`n`R

Drive By Truckers

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I`m including solo artists as a lot of my favourite musicians are just that.

 

Van Halen (w/ Dave, of course)

Rush

Neil Young

Bob Dylan

Devin Townsend

Joe Satriani

Steve Vai

Steve Morse

The Sisters of Mercy

Black Sabbath

Molly Hatchet

Fleetwood Mac

Marillion (w/ Fish)

ZZ Top

Steve Earle

The Smiths

Alanis Morissette

Deep Purple

Dire Straits

Lindsey Buckingham

Soundgarden

Blackfoot

Megadeth

G`n`R

Drive By Truckers

WOW I didn't see you as a Molly Hatchet fan.

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I`m including solo artists as a lot of my favourite musicians are just that.

 

Van Halen (w/ Dave, of course)

Rush

Neil Young

Bob Dylan

Devin Townsend

Joe Satriani

Steve Vai

Steve Morse

The Sisters of Mercy

Black Sabbath

Molly Hatchet

Fleetwood Mac

Marillion (w/ Fish)

ZZ Top

Steve Earle

The Smiths

Alanis Morissette

Deep Purple

Dire Straits

Lindsey Buckingham

Soundgarden

Blackfoot

Megadeth

G`n`R

Drive By Truckers

WOW I didn't see you as a Molly Hatchet fan.

But you can see how I`m a fan of how they just can`t resist lots of lengthy solos, right? :Alex:
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I`m including solo artists as a lot of my favourite musicians are just that.

 

Van Halen (w/ Dave, of course)

Rush

Neil Young

Bob Dylan

Devin Townsend

Joe Satriani

Steve Vai

Steve Morse

The Sisters of Mercy

Black Sabbath

Molly Hatchet

Fleetwood Mac

Marillion (w/ Fish)

ZZ Top

Steve Earle

The Smiths

Alanis Morissette

Deep Purple

Dire Straits

Lindsey Buckingham

Soundgarden

Blackfoot

Megadeth

G`n`R

Drive By Truckers

WOW I didn't see you as a Molly Hatchet fan.

But you can see how I`m a fan of how they just can`t resist lots of lengthy solos, right? :Alex:

Maybe...

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Rush

Steely Dan

Ozric tentacles

Skynrd

Zep

Genesis

Pink Floyd

Yes

Grateful Dead

Van halen

Buckethead

Spocks beard

Porcupine tree

Megadeth- pre cryptic writings

Red hot chili peppers- pre one hot minute

Public enemy

The waterboys

Between the buried and me

Charlie Daniels band - pre windows

Crosby still Nash and young

Mariilion- fish era

Liquid tension experiment

Steve Vai

Eric Johnson

Talking heads

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I am going to include single artists along with bands, because I don't really differentiate when listening ...

 

The Beatles

The Band

Aimee Mann

Genesis

Jon Batiste

Rush

The Who

Bob Dylan

Elvis Costello

Pink Floyd

Joe Jackson

Joni Mitchell

Gillian Welch

Beck

Stevie Wonder

Miles Davis Quintet (the 2nd one with Williams, Hancock, Shorter and Carter)

Dave Brubeck Quartet

Leonard Cohen

Michael Penn

Paul Simon

Mulatu Astaqé

Laura Marling

Pete Townshend

Tom Waits

Peter Gabriel

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25 in order?

Impossible.

 

But since I'll like all of these bands I mention I don't mind if they aren't in order.

 

Rush

Bad Religion

Midnight Oil

The Clash

PJ Harvey

Sparks

Death Angel

Jethro Tull

Drive-by Truckers

Tom T. Hall

Admiral James T.

Slim Cessna's Auto Club/Munly

Madness

Soundgarden

Living Colour

Fugazi

Laibach

Iron Maiden

Clutch

SOAD

B.O.C.

Alchemist

Stan Ridgway

Aesop Rock

The Kinks

 

Probably missed a lot.

 

I like some better, but if the catalog is too small or too hit and miss I excluded them.

 

And also, I definitely missed some.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lists can change everyday but some bands on a list may never change.

My top three will probably never change:

 

 

1. RUSH

2. VAN HALEN (David Lee Roth Era)

3. ACCEPT

4. GENESIS

5. MARILLION (Fish Era)

6. RATT

7. DOKKEN

8. KISS

9. Y&T

10. JUDAS PRIEST

11. IRON MAIDEN

12. BLUE OYSTER CULT

13. DIO

14. MOTLEY CRUE

15. TURBONEGRO

16. PORCUPINE TREE

17. THE WHO/PETE TOWNSHEND

18. WHITESNAKE

19. UFO

20. STYX

21. OZZY OSBOURNE

22. SCORPIONS

23. VANDENBERG

24. CAMEL

25. DEF LEPPARD

 

 

Bonus plug: STEEL PANTHER but the bass player Lexxi Foxx left. Lame. I know many of you hate this band on here. Oh well! LOL!

 

 

THIN LIZZY! Blew it! DUH!

I am disappointed. And you know why.

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1.) Rush

2.) King Crimson

3.) Pink Floyd

4.) Led Zeppelin

5.) Yes

6.) Porcupine Tree / Steven Wilson

7.) Frank Zappa

8.) Tool

9.) Genesis

10.) King's X

11.) Opeth

12.) Jethro Tull

13.) The Who

14.) Peter Gabriel

15.) Red Hot Chili Peppers

16.) Alice In Chains

17.) The Grateful Dead

18.) Van Halen

19.) Jimi Hendrix

20.) The Beatles

21.) The Doors

22.) Dixie Dregs

23.) The Pineapple Thief

24.) Smashing Pumpkins

25.) Queen

 

I made a cool graphic a few years back; merging the logos of all my favorite bands - I had to figure out which bands were my "favorites". I would say the top tier ~1-8 is pretty clear for me. After that, I used a spreadsheet and developed a complicated algorithm to figure it out - rated each band that appears in my I-tunes (digitized from my CD, DVD-A and vinyl!) in various categories - percentage of their discography that I love/like/dislike, how broad is their discography (for example, there are bands that I love that have one album. Can they compete with bands that I love that have 11 albums?) how many times I'd seen them in concert, how far would I travel to see them in concert, emotional connection to the music, etc, etc. The above list has been modified from my earlier takes - I have about 180 bands/artists represented on that list.

 

It gets tough for me as a drummer - because there are certain drummers that I follow throughout their career - for example, Bill Bruford. Loved him in Yes, King Crimson, Genesis, UK, his band, etc. Then, there are drummers like Marco Minnemann that I follow - I loved him with Steven Wilson; but also really love The Aristocrats and McStine/Minnemann (Probably one of my top albums of 2020) - I debated how can I include a new artist that I love; they haven't really stood the test of time yet. There were some bands that I loved in 1988 that I can't really anymore, etc.

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I am only sure of the order the first four rest can change from day to day. And I was also stretching it to try and reach as many as possibly. Some of these bands / Artists, I do not like all of their records only a few. Also I did not add bands / artists that I only like one record of (some of those I have), such as Talking Heads, Queens Of The Stone Age, Madonna and Alice Cooper.

 

Queen (Includes Brian May solo)

Rush (includes Geddy and Alex solo)

Black Sabbath (includes Heaven & Hell and Ozzy Osbourne solo)

P!nk

Marillion (Fish era only, also includes his solo stuff)

Led Zeppelin (includes Robert Plant solo)

Pink Floyd (Includes Roger Waters solo)

Lucifer

Frank Zappa

Free (I like this one step better than Bad Company)

Bad Company (includes Paul Rodgers solo, The Firm and The Law)

Lita Ford (includes The Runaways)

King Crimson

Nirvana

Peter Gabriel

David Bowie

Elton John

Steven Wilson (includes Porcupine Tree)

Jimi Hendrix

The Darkness

The Beatles (includes John Lennon solo)

Supertramp

UFO

Bob Marley

ZZ Top

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