Name Your TOP 25 Bands Of All Time In Order Of Your Favorite First! Take Your Time! Yes, Your List Isn't In Stone! Lists Change....

[treeduck]

I did forget a band, The Aristocrats. And there's probably more.

[treeduck]

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

[driventotheedge]

The Beatles (by a wide margin over everyone else)

 

 

 

 

(in no particular oreder)

Pink Floyd

Rush

Black Sabbath (with Ozzy)

Zeppelin

Deep Purple (Mark I, II and III)

The Doors

Creedence/John Fogerty solo (Fogerty was and remains Creedence)

The Eagles

Jimi

Robin Trower

Stevie Ray

Jeff Healey

Steely Dan

Dylan

War

Metallica

Allman Bros. Band

Bob Seger

TP & The Heartbreakers

Ozzy solo

Don Henley solo

Styx

Sly & The Family Stone

The Stones

[Todem]

1. Rush

2. Van Halen

3. Porcupine Tree

4. Led Zeppelin

5. Pink Floyd

6. Queensryche

7. Iron Maiden

8. The Black Crowes

9. Dream Theatre

10. Dio

11. U2

12. Yes

13. Kiss

14. Whitesnake

15. Dokken

16. Ozzy

17. Black Sabbath

18. Soundgarden

19. Alice In Chains

20. Radio Head

21. Jeff Buckley

22. Queen

23. Avenged Sevenfold

24. Candlebox (1st 5 albums only)

25. The Doors

[goose]

Let's see...

 

Start with the obvious and undisputable Fab Fourteen (unless you're just being difficult).

 

Zep/Plant

Floyd

Rush

ACDC

Dire Straits

Steely Dan

Tull

Police

Beatles

Who

Sabbath

Van Halen

Doors

Hendrix

 

Now, the Elite Eleven, which are based on personal preference.

 

DEVO

Midnight Oil

Cold Chisel

The Church

Grateful Dead

Phish

Porcupine Tree/Wilson

X

Simon & Garfunkel/Simon

REM

QUEEN

[New_World_Man]

Yes

Rush

Genesis

VDGG

Camel

The Who

Marillion

REM

U2

Led Zeppelin

The Beatles

Black Sabbath

The Moody Blues

King Crimson

Pearl Jam

Jethro Tull

Spock's Beard

The Flower Kings

Porcupine Tree

Journey

Santana

Pink Floyd

ELP

Gentle Giant

Aerosmith

 

No order except the top 3 and I didn't list solo artists. So for PT you can assume I like SW a lot too.

 

Honorable mentions (bubbling under): Styx and Blue Oyster Cult.

Edited November 29, 2021 by New_World_Man

[Entre_Perpetuo]

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.

 

I'd love to see that spreadsheet actually. Is it something that anyone could use to help figure out their own favorites? That could be a really cool game to play!

[Tony R]

Rush

Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson

Genesis

Yes

Rainbow

Marillion -Fish era

Riverside

Pink Floyd

Max Webster

UFO

Deep Purple

Thin Lizzy

The Who

Gary Moore

Big Big Train

Led Zep

Joe Bonamassa/Black Country Communion

PFM

Gary Clark jnr

Black Sabbath

Public Service Broadcasting

Tool

Frost*

Edited November 29, 2021 by Tony R

[RUSHHEAD666]

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.

 

OMG!!! I am soooooooooooooo silly!!! I even picked up a ticket to see them at the Bottom Of The Hill! December 6!!!

 

FISHBONE!!!!!!

 

Yes!

 

I need to redo my TOP 25. FISHBONE is in there.