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Title: Your top 5 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: Kitsunexus on October 08, 2007, 10:05:54 PM
Just like it says. Top 5 fave musicians. Each entry can be a entire band/group or a single person. Any genre, even video game music.

It doesn't have to be ranked either. Just your top 5.

But these are the rules, and you shall not break them:

1. ONLY 5 (FIVE). There is always some dumbass who breaks this rule. READ. ONLY 5 ENTRIES. THE END. One post per person, also.

2. No ties, no exceptions. Flip a coin if you have to. There is ONE group/artist per entry. Don't like it? Don't post.

Sorry to be so blunt and mean, but the last forum RUINED this thead. You guys are smart. Don't ruin the thread please. :wink:


My faves:

1. The Chemical Brothers
2. Pendulum
3. The Crystal Method
4. Propellerheads
5. The Prodigy

So yeah, I guess I like Big Beat. ^___^
Title: Re: Your top 3 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on October 08, 2007, 10:23:06 PM
Aceyalone
Jurassic 5
J-Live
Blackalicious
Ugly Duckling

There's more(including different types of music including game ost's/composers), but, only 5 allowed, so, yeah.
Title: Re: Your top 3 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: WoodyXP on October 09, 2007, 12:15:38 AM

1. Nirvana
2. Ozzy
3. Phil Collins
Title: Re: Your top 3 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: runinruder on October 09, 2007, 12:20:34 AM
Helmet
Tool
Failure
Alice in Chains
Nirvana
Title: Re: Your top 3 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: SignOfZeta on October 09, 2007, 12:24:20 AM
So is it three, or five?

This is nearly impossible:

New Order
Blackalicious
Saul Williams
The Smiths
They Might Be Giants


Title: Re: Your top 3 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: WoodyXP on October 09, 2007, 12:37:20 AM
So is it three, or five?

Yeah.. that confused the hell out of me.  I tried to keep it down to
three entries and five members.  Maybe it's a trick question.
Title: Re: Your top 3 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: rolins on October 09, 2007, 03:36:35 AM
So is it three, or five?

Yeah.. that confused the hell out of me.  I tried to keep it down to
three entries and five members.  Maybe it's a trick question.

It's five since Kitsunexus listed 5 of his own. Damn, I really don't know which 5 to choose. I gonna need more time to narrow this down.  :-k
Title: Re: Your top 3 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: ceti alpha on October 09, 2007, 05:43:50 AM
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New Order
Blackalicious
Saul Williams
The Smiths
They Might Be Giants

Nice picks SignOfZeta.  :) New Order/Joy Division are my favourites. Have you seen "Control" yet? And my brother told me there's a new Joy Division documentary out now on DVD. MUST SEE!!

They Might Be Giants is also a great band. Flood was their best IMHO, though I haven't heard much from them aside from their Malcolm In the Middle and Homestar Runner themes. The Smiths are also amazing.

So my top five:

New Order/Joy Division (two different bands, yet deserve to be together. OK I'm cheating.)
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
Air
Belle and Sebastian
Magnetic Fields

Very hard to narrow down to the top five. I know I'm forgetting or leaving out favourites, but it gives an idea.  :)

Title: Re: Your top 3 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: bust3dstr8 on October 09, 2007, 07:09:20 AM
1 Led Zeppelin
2 Dropkick Murphys
3 Pink Floyd
4 Jane's Addiction
5 AC/DC
Title: Re: Your top 3 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: Kitsunexus on October 09, 2007, 07:51:44 AM
So is it three, or five?

Yeah.. that confused the hell out of me.  I tried to keep it down to
three entries and five members.  Maybe it's a trick question.

I made this at 4:00 in the morning. Sorry. >_<
Title: Re: Your top 5 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: Black Tiger on October 09, 2007, 08:48:21 AM
Angelcorpse
Megadeth
Cannibal Corpse
Anthrax
Children Of Bodom
Title: Re: Your top 5 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: Turbo D on October 09, 2007, 09:00:49 AM
In no particular order:

Blink-182
zz top
Nirvana
Red Hot Chile Peppers
Jimi Hendrix

 8)
Title: Re: Your top 5 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: rolins on October 09, 2007, 10:16:19 AM
Depeche Mode
Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine
Leo Brouwer
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Title: Re: Your top 3 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: SignOfZeta on October 09, 2007, 10:27:35 AM
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Nice picks SignOfZeta.  :) New Order/Joy Division are my favourites. Have you seen "Control" yet? And my brother told me there's a new Joy Division documentary out now on DVD. MUST SEE!!

I don't know. I'm kind of burned out on 25 years if analyzing a band that was only together for two or three. Also, I think 24 Hour Party People is about the best JD/NO/Factory thing possible. I'm waiting for a Region 1 reprint or HD release before I buy it though because I won't have that horrible cover in my collection.
Title: Re: Your top 3 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: nat on October 09, 2007, 11:50:38 AM
Helmet
Tool
Failure
Alice in Chains
Nirvana

Great picks... Almost every one of those bands has been in my "top 5" at one point or another. And still, they are all pretty high up there. Except Failure. Never heard of them before.

I saw Tool live back in 2000 (or was it 01?). Good show, but they didn't play a single song from Undertow, which remains my favorite Tool album. Opiate is good too, and they even played a song or two from that. Some of the imagery that accompanied the concert itself was just killer. The had people dangling from the f*cking ceiling!

In 2001 (or was it 02?) I saw the surviving members of Alice in Chains play a show here in Seattle shortly after Layne Stayley died. It was a touching concert, they played some of the classics, and a few of Jerry Cantrell's "solo" stuff.

As for my list.... At this particular moment, would probably have to go something like this, in no particular order:

Stone Temple Pilots
Blue Oyster Cult
Pink Floyd
Queensryche
Faith No More
Title: Re: Your top 5 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: GUTS on October 09, 2007, 01:51:23 PM
Smashing Pumpkins
Screaming Trees
Rise Against
Johnny Cash
The Cure
Title: Re: Your top 5 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: _joshuaTurbo on October 09, 2007, 01:55:57 PM
In NO order of course-

MegaDeth
Manowar
Iron Savior
KMFDM
Days of the New (Don't ask I just dig it)
Title: Re: Your top 5 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: TR0N on October 09, 2007, 03:10:10 PM
Depeche Mode
Pink Floyd
Tool
The Art of Noise
New Order (To bad they broke up but they had a good run)

Still my taste range from good old rock to electronic.
Title: Re: Your top 3 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on October 09, 2007, 03:51:21 PM
So is it three, or five?

This is nearly impossible:

New Order
Blackalicious
Saul Williams
The Smiths
They Might Be Giants




Ooooh, Blackalicious & Saul Williams, nice!  Didn't figure there would be anybody else here into underground hip hop....well, I'm not sure that Saul is categorized as such, but, you know what I mean.
Title: Re: Your top 5 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: ceti alpha on October 10, 2007, 02:34:44 AM
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KMFDM

Werd. KMFDM/MDFMK rock. I saw them live here twice in Halifax. I used to be hardcore into the industrial scene. Pigface, Ministry, Revolting Cocks, Front 242, Frontline Assembly, Skinny Puppy, Nine Inch Nails, etc...

Title: Re: Your top 5 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: nat on October 10, 2007, 03:55:25 AM
Front 242!
Title: Re: Your top 5 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: Necromancer on October 10, 2007, 04:30:36 AM
It's hard to whittle it down to just five bands, but here they are and in no particular order:

ZZ Top - I saw the famous beards live a few weeks back.
Megadeth
Marilyn Manson
Soundgarden / Audioslave - I'm cheating, so sue me.
Danzig
Title: Re: Your top 5 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: Kitsunexus on October 10, 2007, 06:31:37 AM
New Order (To bad they broke up but they had a good run)

Yeah they had a choice of sticking together and purchasing a Fairlight for themselves or breaking up and buying the Hacienda.

Guess what they chose. :(
Title: Re: Your top 5 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: ceti alpha on October 10, 2007, 06:48:03 AM
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New Order (To bad they broke up but they had a good run)

They broke up in the early 90s, but they got back together (minus Gillian  :() and released an album in 2001 "Get Ready" and "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" 2005. They also did some soundtrack music for "Control".

But yeah, the Hacienda/Factory thing really f*cked them, but at the same time allowed them to be who they were. By the time they signed on to London Records they had credibility and were still allowed to do what they pleased.

I figure New Order still has a 2 or 3 albums left in them, but if they decide to not release any more I'll be satisfied. They have a huge collection of stuff.
Title: Re: Your top 5 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: Kitsunexus on October 10, 2007, 09:48:12 AM
They also did some soundtrack music for "Control".

And "Blade". :P
Title: Re: Your top 5 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: ceti alpha on October 10, 2007, 11:35:12 AM
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And "Blade". Razz

Haha.  :P Yeah. It was that crazy trance/dance remix of "Confusion" from the "Rest of New Order" album from 93 or 94. It was a sister compilation that accompanied "The Best of New Order". There was some good stuff on "The Rest of...", but that Confusion remix really wasn't one of them. hehe 
Title: Re: Your top 5 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: SignOfZeta on October 10, 2007, 12:23:01 PM
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New Order (To bad they broke up but they had a good run)

They broke up in the early 90s, but they got back together (minus Gillian  :() and released an album in 2001 "Get Ready" and "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" 2005. They also did some soundtrack music for "Control".

I'm pretty sure Gillian was in on Get Ready, at least partially.
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But yeah, the Hacienda/Factory thing really f*cked them, but at the same time allowed them to be who they were. By the time they signed on to London Records they had credibility and were still allowed to do what they pleased.

That depends on who you talk to. Moving to London meant 12 shitty remixes on every single. It also spawned the "live" Baywatch-themed TV appearance with The Hoff on American TV. That shit was just humiliating. It makes the Sunkist commercial look extremely authentic by comparison.

Personally I think Technique was the high point, and while I still like the new stuff, its just not the same. That's OK though. Things change.

I'd like to see a new Electronic album.

As far as this topic goes, it seems to be mostly involving three genres; New Wave/Post Punk, hip-hop, and whatever tired-ass-shit they play on the Nu Rock stations.

I'd just like to say that I will never forgive Seattle. Ever. And if Kurt knew people were listening to the same five singles over and over and over again for the past 15 years so that the radio stations can collect money from adverts run by used car credit agencies, and mobile phone shacks he'd blow his brains out all over again.
Title: Re: Your top 5 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: SignOfZeta on October 10, 2007, 12:28:41 PM
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And "Blade". Razz

Haha.  :P Yeah. It was that crazy trance/dance remix of "Confusion" from the "Rest of New Order" album from 93 or 94. It was a sister compilation that accompanied "The Best of New Order". There was some good stuff on "The Rest of...", but that Confusion remix really wasn't one of them. hehe 

Where the hell did that thing even come from? I mean, originally. The only 12"s I remember seeing it on came out years later. Personally, I was always mystified by its existence. Maybe it was one of those bootleg white labels that become legitimate post-facto?

-Edit-

Never mind, I just answered my own question:

From the Wiki:

CD: FCD260 [ffrr 1995 release]
"Confusion [Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix]" (10:11)
"Confusion [Pump Panel Flotation Mix]" (9:15)
Title: Re: Your top 3 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: SignOfZeta on October 10, 2007, 12:34:43 PM
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Ooooh, Blackalicious & Saul Williams, nice!  Didn't figure there would be anybody else here into underground hip hop....well, I'm not sure that Saul is categorized as such, but, you know what I mean.

Yeah, I'm very anxious for anything new from Saul, especially a tour. I saw him here in Ann Arbor a couple of years ago and it was positively surreal. That guy has atmosphere big-time.

-EDIT Mk II-

From the Wiki:

"According to a recent post on nin.com, Saul's new album is finished and is being mixed by Trent Reznor and Alan Moulder."

Holy shit!
Title: Re: Your top 5 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: TR0N on October 10, 2007, 02:49:33 PM
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New Order (To bad they broke up but they had a good run)


They broke up in the early 90s, but they got back together (minus Gillian  :() and released an album in 2001 "Get Ready" and "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" 2005. They also did some soundtrack music for "Control".

But yeah, the Hacienda/Factory thing really f*cked them, but at the same time allowed them to be who they were. By the time they signed on to London Records they had credibility and were still allowed to do what they pleased.

I figure New Order still has a 2 or 3 albums left in them, but if they decide to not release any more I'll be satisfied. They have a huge collection of stuff.

I ment there recent break-up i herd it on a uk podcast.
http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=167506
Btw the link to it is in there.

Still i herd there last album wasn't that great so like it matters i guess.

Like any band though never expect them to stick together forever.

Beside...in the end they get sick of each other and they feel it's time to move on.

Title: Re: Your top 3 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: Michael Helgeson on October 10, 2007, 03:27:22 PM
So is it three, or five?

This is nearly impossible:

New Order
Blackalicious
Saul Williams
The Smiths
They Might Be Giants




Ooooh, Blackalicious & Saul Williams, nice!  Didn't figure there would be anybody else here into underground hip hop....well, I'm not sure that Saul is categorized as such, but, you know what I mean.



I saw Saul Williams live at a Saul Williams/NIN concert,I was very impressed.

Me 5 fav bands:
Blondie
KMFDM
MINISTRY
NIN
The Doors

The Cure would def be number 6 Guts,actually all the 6 bands here listed really tie with me.
Title: Re: Your top 5 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: termis on October 10, 2007, 03:53:42 PM
In no particular order.

Pantera
Metallica (pre Load-stuff)
AC/DC
Guns N' Roses
Slayer


Title: Re: Your top 5 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: Keranu on October 10, 2007, 04:26:52 PM
Very rough list in no particular order:

The Who
Michael Jackson
George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic
Kraftwerk
MC HAMMER!
Title: Re: Your top 5 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on October 10, 2007, 05:58:02 PM
Very rough list in no particular order:

The Who
Michael Jackson
George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic
Kraftwerk
MC HAMMER!

But Hammer doesn't write his own lyrics!  I guess it doesn't matter, there's a rumor that Will Smith didn't write any of his lyrics for his Fresh Prince albums, which I love.
Title: Re: Your top 5 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: Keranu on October 10, 2007, 06:48:40 PM
Most artists don't write their own lyrics :P . Hammer still rules though!
Title: Re: Your top 5 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: Black Tiger on October 11, 2007, 06:51:18 AM
Most artists don't write their own lyrics :P . Hammer still rules though!

I think you mean people who refer to themselves as "musical artists". Which I've found usually means singers who don't write music.
Title: Re: Your top 5 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: nodtveidt on October 11, 2007, 08:53:44 AM
Cradle Of Filth
Dissection
Emperor
Black Mages
Magia Pagana

...and a bunch of other stuff that most of you have never heard of.
Title: Re: Your top 5 favorite bands/groups/artists/composers.
Post by: Keranu on October 11, 2007, 03:28:27 PM
Most artists don't write their own lyrics :P . Hammer still rules though!

I think you mean people who refer to themselves as "musical artists". Which I've found usually means singers who don't write music.
Exactly!