In no particular order:

Van Halen
Iron Maiden
Skid Row
INXS
Metallica

In order:

Nine Inch Nails
Joy Division
Alice In Chains
The Smiths
Filter

At the Drive-In
The Who
Spoon
Modest Mouse
The Pixies

in no order really

In no order:

Michale Graves (any of his post Misfits stuff, it's better than his Misfits stuff)
Iron Maiden
Van Halen (pre Sammy Hagar)
Johnny Cash
The Smashing Pumpkins

I listen to a ton of other stuff. This was a hard list to formulate for me.

quote:

Originally posted by paul:
Van Halen (pre Sammy Hagar)

What?! No disrespect to Dave, but Sammy was the best of the three.

The Doors
Smashing pumpkins
NIN
THE CURE
the Mars volta
Stone temple pilots
At the drive-in

Right now it would have to be...

Dispatch
The Wallflowers
The Beatles
Oasis
Lazlo Bane

But... it will change whenever I find a new band I fall in love with, but these are my most consistant....

Nine Inch Nails (saw themtwice this year, have tickets for february too. I got into the soundcheck last time too)

Tool
radiohead
rage against the machine
ennio morricone
saul williams

JW, It's got nothing to do with the vocalist at all actually.... Pre-Hagar Van Halen is when Eddie seemed to be at his most inventive. I hate the style he took instrumentally after DLR left the band.

I own every Van Halen album, including the illfated VHIII, and I won't deny that Hagar is a great vocalist. I just hate the direction Eddie seemed to go.

I hate picking only 5 bands, and I'd love to throw the Foo Fighters, The Cure, and STP into my collection of Graves, Maiden, Van Halen, Cash, and the Pumpkins.

OH MY GOD How could I forget Radiohead

quote:

Originally posted by paul:
JW, It's got nothing to do with the vocalist at all actually.... Pre-Hagar Van Halen is when Eddie seemed to be at his most inventive. I hate the style he took instrumentally after DLR left the band.

I own every Van Halen album, including the illfated VHIII, and I won't deny that Hagar is a great vocalist. I just hate the direction Eddie seemed to go.

Fair enough. I'm just glad you didn't say that Gary Cherone was the best.

THE MARS VOLTA
the white stripes
The beatles
Led zeppelin
Cream(or anything with eric clapton)

The Beatles
Cream/Clapton
Dave Matthews Band
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Smashing Pumpkins

HAHA, Gary Cherone.

No. Definitely not. He wasn't a bad singer when he was in Extreme, but he was horrible in Van Halen. On their greatest hits, they don't even include any songs from VH III. I'd rather not hear them anyway. I picked VH III up used for 2.99, otherwise it wouldn't even be a part of my collection.

The White Stripes are one of my favorites as well.

for christmas i got my dad the billy idol's greatest hits cd, i then looked at myself and said i rocked.

Killswitch Engage
Disturbed
Breaking Benjamin
Drowning Pool(Dave Williams era)
Linkin Park(old)

quote:

THE MARS VOLTA

They're way up there for me as well. I used to not like them as much, I think mainly cause I was comparing them to ATDI, and imho Relationship of Command is one of the greatest albums ever, but after listening to it more (and their last cd), I realized they were going a completely different way. It's awesome stuff.

omar rodriguez is just so talented in both atdi and the mars volta, he also has solo stuff that's pretty good.

It's definitely because the hair.

!!!BOB DYLAN!!!

Although really a person, not a band, he is miles ahead of whoever else comes next. "Songwriter. Rocker. Rebel. Legend."

Then maybe like this:
U2
Oasis
The Beatles
Jon Bon Jovi

(By the way Heliotrope, I commend you on your choice of avatar and signature. Eastwood rules, and Unforgiven had som many good quotes.)