Name yor top 5 fav. bands and why.. ROCK only

[Sonny Blaze]

Go ahead..do it..feel free to post more than five..I'm just curious as to what yall listen to on here..Here's mine
1. At The Drive-In..I'm sorry, In/Casino/Out is the best album of the 90's..Relationship of Command..Even better..Please reunite and save rock!
2. Built to Spill..Nuff Said
3. The Mighty Mighty Deftones..They got me into rock back in the day, ****ing awesome is all I got to say..Much props
4. Fugazi..Best band from the 80's..Powerhouse of punk
5. I dunno..so, let's see.. Honorable mentions go to Deathcab, Incubus, The Mars Volta, Alice In Chains, Tool (=da chitt), Led Zeppelin, (That's the Way, my fav. song ever), Rage, and Damageplan..

There ya go..Keep in mind..These are my favorite bands, my opinion, not the best bands ever..I don't give a motherfuuck what the fuuck yall think..Go ahead and post that bull****t that yall love to praise on here so your net buddies can think you are cool..I keeps it real..1

[Eddie Bryant]

This is just a list of what I been diggin lately. Cause if I wrote a list of my top 5 bands of all time, that would just be the generic Radiohead, Beatles, Blur, Neutral Milk list and that'd be boring.

5. Sparklehorse - How does this band get slept on so much? They are, in my opinion, one of the most influential bands of the 90s, and "Good Morning Spider" is still one of the most beautiful, melodic albums I've ever listened to. It's one of those albums that you bump

4. And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - I know alot of people who have never heard of this band will be afraid of their band name and think that it's some teen angst metal band. But "Source Tags and Codes" is one of the most explosive, poetic, melodic albums of the 90's. If you want to taken on a roller coaster, try this album from start to finish. The title track, the last song on the album is beautiful. What an ending.

3. The Wolf Parade - This is one of those internet hyped bands like The Arcade Fire of last year, but "Apologies to the Queen Mary" is, at its core, an absolutely heartbreaking album of indie rock. This is the soundtrack to middle class, suburban life when you're 20 years old. From the opening track, it's loud, underproduced, defiant, and messy, but it all comes together. I nominate "I'll Believe in Anything" as the song of the year right now. If you haven't heard this song, please do yourself a favor and download it.

2. Mojave 3 - Another slept on band like Sparklehorse. How do people not listen to this band? They are a slow, melodic, folksy band from the UK. If I could describe them with one word, it'd be sadness.

1a. Explosions in the Sky - I always post on here about them, and people who know what I mean, know what I mean. I can't really put into words how good they are, just go put in "Earth in Not a Dead Cold Place" one winter night and that's it.

1b. Slowdive - I know My Bloody Valentine just blew up last year cause of the Lost in Translation soundtrack, especially Sometimes, and if you like that style of overproduced drone music, then Slowdive is your band. Soulvaki is a masterpiece of an album on par with Loveless. You know that scene in Lost in Translation when Scarlett Johansson and Bill Murray are riding around Tokyo at night and Sometimes comes in? Yeah, Slowdive is that type of mood.

Honorable Mention: Sunny Day Real Estate, Iron and Wine


P.S. I like this alt. forum now. I remember a couple years I'd try to make some topics and no one would reply but now a lot of people post here with good band recommedations and good discussions.

[Sonny Blaze]

This is just a list of what I been diggin lately. Cause if I wrote a list of my top 5 bands of all time, that would just be the generic Radiohead, Beatles, Blur, Neutral Milk list and that'd be boring.

5. Sparklehorse - How does this band get slept on so much? They are, in my opinion, one of the most influential bands of the 90s, and "Good Morning Spider" is still one of the most beautiful, melodic albums I've ever listened to. It's one of those albums that you bump

4. And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - I know alot of people who have never heard of this band will be afraid of their band name and think that it's some teen angst metal band. But "Source Tags and Codes" is one of the most explosive, poetic, melodic albums of the 90's. If you want to taken on a roller coaster, try this album from start to finish. The title track, the last song on the album is beautiful. What an ending.

3. The Wolf Parade - This is one of those internet hyped bands like The Arcade Fire of last year, but "Apologies to the Queen Mary" is, at its core, an absolutely heartbreaking album of indie rock. This is the soundtrack to middle class, suburban life when you're 20 years old. From the opening track, it's loud, underproduced, defiant, and messy, but it all comes together. I nominate "I'll Believe in Anything" as the song of the year right now. If you haven't heard this song, please do yourself a favor and download it.

2. Mojave 3 - Another slept on band like Sparklehorse. How do people not listen to this band? They are a slow, melodic, folksy band from the UK. If I could describe them with one word, it'd be sadness.

1a. Explosions in the Sky - I always post on here about them, and people who know what I mean, know what I mean. I can't really put into words how good they are, just go put in "Earth in Not a Dead Cold Place" one winter night and that's it.

1b. Slowdive - I know My Bloody Valentine just blew up last year cause of the Lost in Translation soundtrack, especially Sometimes, and if you like that style of overproduced drone music, then Slowdive is your band. Soulvaki is a masterpiece of an album on par with Loveless. You know that scene in Lost in Translation when Scarlett Johansson and Bill Murray are riding around Tokyo at night and Sometimes comes in? Yeah, Slowdive is that type of mood.

Honorable Mention: Sunny Day Real Estate, Iron and Wine


P.S. I like this alt. forum now. I remember a couple years I'd try to make some topics and no one would reply but now a lot of people post here with good band recommedations and good discussions.
Thank you for replying..Those are some good bands, I'l' have to check that Wolf Parade out...

[remhova]

Nirvana - Self Explanatory

The Strokes - There 1st 2 Albums Were Great...

Red Hot Chili Peppers... - They Bring Out Some Great Emotions

The Foo Fighters - Closest Thing I Have To Nirvana But Grohl Can Sing Better And Is More Musical. Cobain Had The Better Voice Though.. You Could Feel The Pain.

Kiss..... They Changed The Game... They Defined Sex Drugs And Rock And Roll... I Want To Rock And Roll All Night And Party Every Day.


Honorobale Mentions-
The Doors
Pearl Jam
Stp
Velvet Revolver
Radiohead
Coldplay
Greenday
Blink
Slipknot
Guns and Roses

So Many More.

[Sonny Blaze]

Nirvana - Self Explanatory


Why is it self-explanatory?..Just curious...

[Mike Dividovich]

1. Wilco
Super into Mr. Tweedy. The albums get better with age. SUMMERTEETH and YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT are both classic records. BEING THERE and A GHOST IS BORN are both close. The live set they just released is cool too.

2. The Libertines/Babyshambles etc.
Great songwriting. Physical guitar and rhythym. Add onto it a sh*tload of backstory. I know UP THE BRACKET is old by now, but it's another record I can't tire of whatsoever.

3. Uncle Tupelo
I know I just listed Wilco - but it's my fvcking list, motherfvcker. For whatever reason I've had their whole catalog for a couple of years but I got really into it the last few weeks. I think I heard the Wilco live set and then got back into the Tupes as a way to still keep my Tweedy addiction spiked up but to hear different records. And the Jay Farrar stuff on the Tupe records is cool because you can almost forget about what a fvcking b@stard he is and just hear his music - "Still be Around", "Whiskey Bottle", "Chikamauga", and his stylings of "Moonshiner". ANODYNE is the sheeeeit.

4. Radiohead
Forget the long description. Let me relay a recent conversation. Basically: I told someone that people need to start looking at Thom Yorke like they look at Bob Dylan, and Greenwood & co. like The Band. Incredible. I can't wait because it seems with their 'arc' that they are due to make a more 'quiet' record, which should be interesting.

5. The Black Keys
Maybe this is an Ohio thing, maybe because I've met them and they're nice, and maybe because they're the most incredible blues outfit since the Allman Brothers - who fvckin knows. They sound like somebody took Ry Cooder and Van Morrison, put them in a room with some skunky azz weed for about 4 hours, then have them step out of their dungeon to make these spontaneous blues records that blow the door off of anything else that's out. Akron fvcking rules.

[remhova]

Why is it self-explanatory?..Just curious...




THEY CHANGED LIVES.... THEY GAVE TO ALOT OF KIDS IN THE 80'S AND 90'S, THE IDENTITY THEY WERE SEARCHING FOR.... THEIR MUSIC WAS GREAT..... ANGRY AND EMOTIONAL FROM ONE SIDE OF THE SCALE TO THE OTHER....... POWERFUL MUSIC. MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE BAND. I COULD GO ON AND ON. DONT MAKE ME... :laugh:

[Clem]

THEY CHANGED LIVES.... THEY GAVE TO ALOT OF KIDS IN THE 80'S AND 90'S, THE IDENTITY THEY WERE SEARCHING FOR.... THEIR MUSIC WAS GREAT..... ANGRY AND EMOTIONAL FROM ONE SIDE OF THE SCALE TO THE OTHER....... POWERFUL MUSIC. MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE BAND. I COULD GO ON AND ON. DONT MAKE ME... :laugh:
The Insance Clown Posse has changed lives too.

[jbl514]

I know UP THE BRACKET is old by now, but it's another record I can't tire of whatsoever.
Up the Bracket is one of the best records in the past 5 years.

[AZ I 'C' it]

...1) Metallica - [fav. song - Wherever I May Roam]
2) Led Zeppelin - [fav. song - The Crunge]
3) Pearl Jam -[fav. song - Rearview Mirror]
4) Nirvana - [fav. song - Lithium]
5) Cure - [fav. song - Cut]
6) Tony McAlpine - [fav. song - Dreamstate]
7) Joe Satriani - [fav. song - Circles]
8) R.E.M. - [fav. song - These Days]
9) Guns and Roses - [fav. song - You could be mine]
10) The Police - [fav. song - Syncronity 2]
11) Soundgarden - [fav. song - My Wave]

Depeche Mode, The Church, The Doors, Fleetwood Mac, Beatles, Hendrix, The Outlaws, Yes, Rush, B-52's, Alice in Chains, Gene Loves Jezebel, U2, etc.

...I could go on. :laugh:

[Sonny Blaze]

THEY CHANGED LIVES.... THEY GAVE TO ALOT OF KIDS IN THE 80'S AND 90'S, THE IDENTITY THEY WERE SEARCHING FOR.... THEIR MUSIC WAS GREAT..... ANGRY AND EMOTIONAL FROM ONE SIDE OF THE SCALE TO THE OTHER....... POWERFUL MUSIC. MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE BAND. I COULD GO ON AND ON. DONT MAKE ME... :laugh:
I respect your opinion, good answer..I didn't listen to this ish back then so I can't comment on the changing lives bit..But, from a purely musical standpoint and all, I think Alice in Chains shhhits all over them in comparison..To me, they have that country western feel to them, and I love that..But hey, that's my opinion and you have yours..It costs you nuthin, pay me no mind...

[Ayatollah Watts]

5. The Black Keys
Maybe this is an Ohio thing, maybe because I've met them and they're nice, and maybe because they're the most incredible blues outfit since the Allman Brothers - who fvckin knows. They sound like somebody took Ry Cooder and Van Morrison, put them in a room with some skunky azz weed for about 4 hours, then have them step out of their dungeon to make these spontaneous blues records that blow the door off of anything else that's out. Akron fvcking rules.

this chick I work with put me on to them, they are pretty decent.. they do the blues/rock thing better than alot of bands

[Edgecrusher]

Tool - cuz I can never decide which one of their albums is my favorite, each month or so I like one more than the others then it changes. Right now its Undertow. Maynard is one of the best rock singers ever though, and their bass player is incredible.

Rage Against The Machine - their self titled is one of my favorite albums ever. Their next two albums are the sh1t too. As a band they always sounded really tight and that transistioned well into their live performances. If youve never seen them live go buy the Battle of Mexico City dvd, its fukkin crazy. Zack was always a badass.

The Mars Volta - IMO Jon Theodore is one of the the best drummers out there right now. And when their bass player is actually loud enough to hear he's really good too. Deloused in the Comatorium is probably my favorite album of this decade.

Dream Theater - Pertrucci is a top 3 guitarist in the world. Mike Portnoy is THE best drummer alive. Simply put they are IMO technically the best band of musicians ever. Their music may lack a little soul but they still kick ass.

Neutral Milk Hotel - theyre kinda like Radiohead except way better. You can go to any review site and itll probably say "In the Aeroplane Over The Sea" is one of the best albums of the 90's and I agree. "On Avery Island" is just as good and I tend to like it a little more because theres more actual band playing than just acoustic like ITAOTS. Jeff Magnum is a great singer and an even better songwriter.

[Argenduke]

1. Rage Against the Machine... Zack+Morello=Lethal

2. Hendrix..."1983... A Merman I Should Turn to Be", "Bold As Love" and "Machine Gun" are the 3 greatest rock songs I have ever listened too.

3. Tool/Perfect Circle... No one album has ever dissapointed me.

4. Metallica... One, Orion, Fade to Black = Greatness

5. Rancid... During my skateboarding days in HS, they were only second to Rage.

Honorable mentions; Exploited, L7, Dead Kennedys, Korn (they were Allah to me, they've sucked for a long time now though), Offspring, Nirvana, Incubus, Guns and Roses and Sonic Youth.

[DC]

Wildhearts
There is no English rock band that can do riffs like these guys, this is normal beer drinking rock at its peak. Three classic albums, several other very good albums, multiple godlike singles and to top it all off they released quite a **** album just to get out of their deal with East West records:

Don't Be Happy... Just Worry
Earth Vs.
PHUQ

Goooooodbyyyyye East West, Long Liiiiiiiiiive............THE WILDHEARTS

[remhova]

1. Rage Against the Machine... Zack+Morello=Lethal

2. Hendrix..."1983... A Merman I Should Turn to Be", "Bold As Love" and "Machine Gun" are the 3 greatest rock songs I have ever listened too.

3. Tool/Perfect Circle... No one album has ever dissapointed me.

4. Metallica... One, Orion, Fade to Black = Greatness

5. Rancid... During my skateboarding days in HS, they were only second to Rage.

Honorable mentions; Exploited, L7, Dead Kennedys, Korn (they were Allah to me, they've sucked for a long time now though), Offspring, Nirvana, Incubus, Guns and Roses and Sonic Youth.


HENDRIX IS MY ALL TIME FAVORITE EVER!!!! I WAS GONNA SAY HIM... BUT HE SAID BANDS.... I COULD'VE PUT BAND OF GYPSIES OR EXPERIANCE NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT

[Edgecrusher]

3. Tool/Perfect Circle... No one album has ever dissapointed me.

You liked "eMOTIVE"? :huh:

[Mike Dividovich]

This is an interesting thread.


Already gave my five 'at the moment', here's my five EVER.

1. The Rolling Stones
-People forget, now that they're arena-rocking Geritol cases, how absolutely incredible they were. I love the beatles, but the Beatles are, to me, two pretty great songwriters who just so happened to stumble into George Harrison. But as a BAND - nobody had more dynamics than the Stones. Sh*t, they should be #1 for "Wild Horses" alone. Nobody comes close in my view. The whole sh*t is a battle for second.

2. The Velvet Undeground
-They basically laid out the blueprint for so much of what you hear today. You can literally see their influence in everything from the most horrible Motley Crue-type glam b.s. to artsy Jim O'Rourke solo album stuff. Stuff like "Sister Ray", "Some Kinda Love", and "Sweet Jane" get them on my list.

3. The Clash
- Respect to Television, the Patti Smith Group, Public Image Limited, Pere Ubu - but The Clash was the best band to emerge from the punk movement. An incredible, dynamic band that just so happened to write these clever and politically important songs. Henry Rollins put it best when he said on TV that "The Clash is the band U2 wishes they were". Favorite records include "White Riot" and "Lost in the Supermarket" (I know that's now a usual favorite but I just love that song).

4. The Beatles
Already mentioned them above. I think I could rank them higher but I have such a hatred of Paul McCartney as a solo artist that I'm not totally objective...lol, but it's my list.

5. Tie with many people I feel bad not naming:
The Band
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Nirvana
Led Zeppelin
Cream
Television
The Patti Smith Group
Wilco
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Springsteen & The E Street Band
Radiohead

[Zayus]

1 - The Beatles. Always. Hell, even a lot of their solo work following the breakup, mostly Harrison's & Lennon's work (especially Lennon's). Together they made absolutely incredible music from Rubber Soul through to Abbey Road (+ Let It Be, which kind of doesn't count) but their solo work effectively broke down the role of each of the songwriters in how the Beatles worked originally. McCartney made rather simplistic pop-melodies (some of which I like heaps.. McCartney, Ram, Band on the Run are all fantastic), Lennon's work was emotive & depressing, based heavily on rhythm and effect rather than the style McCartney went for. Plastic Ono Band is one of my favorite albums ever. Harrison's work is the closest to the Beatles I think, but it's really precise and sounds planned out in advance basically. Which is ****ing awesome. George Harrison, All Things Must Pass, Living In The Material World & Brainwashed are fantastic & deeply spiritual albums. All in all, the Beatles were pretty much the best band ever & together or solo they made better music over 20 years than most people in their peak.

2 - Jimi Hendrix Experience - There's not much you can say about Jimi without taking into account the fact that he was basically a rock god. Over 3 or 4 years he made 3 (& a half) fantastic albums before od'ing, and set the standard for psychedelic rock. I mean, when something thinks of psychedelia they're not thinking of Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, the first thought that pops into their head is gonna be Purple Haze or something like that.

3. Rage Against The Machine - Lots of bands have done political rock (Including John/Yoko & the Plastic Ono Band.. disgust), RATM is one of the only bands to do it well. With 3 classics, basically, they never really experienced a 'down' period like other rock groups have because they called it quits in time. They were just angry, it's like perfect mood music. They also mixed Hip-Hop & Rock better than pretty much anyone else.

4 - Pink Floyd - Best space band ever. The 5 concept albums they did in a row (with Waters) is obviously their high point, from Dark Side of the Moon to The Final Cut, but they have a couple of albums beside that just rock. I can't really say anything that hasn't been said about Pink Floyd, they were just a fantastic band and they made some innovative & crazy music.

5 - Radiohead - I was gonna make this a tie with Damon Albarn/Blur/Gorillaz but Blur have only really had 3-4 great albums and Gorillaz are dance music more than rock. Anyway, Radiohead are just crazy. Creep was like the alt.rock sh*t back in the day, The Bends & Ok Computer are absolute classics, Hail To The Thief is a banger and Kid A/Amnesiac were trippy ass records I could barely understand (but they were still cool).

Too many honorable mentions to bother naming. They've already been mentioned anyway.

[skanky80]

3. The Clash
- Respect to Television, the Patti Smith Group, Public Image Limited, Pere Ubu - but The Clash was the best band to emerge from the punk movement. An incredible, dynamic band that just so happened to write these clever and politically important songs. Henry Rollins put it best when he said on TV that "The Clash is the band U2 wishes they were". Favorite records include "White Riot" and "Lost in the Supermarket" (I know that's now a usual favorite but I just love that song).

As much as I love The Clash, that honor definitely goes to The Dead Kennedys.

[Mike Dividovich]

As much as I love The Clash, that honor definitely goes to The Dead Kennedys.

You have to be kidding. Respect to Jello, but they're not even in the conversation.

[skanky80]

You have to be kidding. Respect to Jello, but they're not even in the conversation.

And why is that? Fresh Fruit and PSD are both miles above any Clash album.

[Mike Dividovich]

Are you kidding?

LONDON CALLING is one of the 10 best ROCK albums period. And THE CLASH is probably in the top 50.

To me the Kennedys are in the rung w/ the Dead Boys, The Ramones, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, Iggy post-stooges, etc.

[Argenduke]

You liked "eMOTIVE"? :huh:

Passive and Imagine were ill. I really don't consider it a true APC release. More of an experimental album, political charged because of upcoming elections. Most of the songs were just covers and the message coveyed in the lyrics was their main focus. So i'm not one of those people that hates APC now for this album, I see it for what it is.

Also, Maynard Keenan and APC, as great as they are....they are just musicians. So I wasn't really dissapointed by the lyrics as well. I saw it coming, they ARE MUSICIANS, not political scientist.

[notorious8562]

1. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Mike Campbell is one of the most overlooked guitarists of all times, his slide guitar is absolutely amazing. Benmont Tench is outstanding on the keyboard. Then Tom, he is a very underrated lyricist, and is a great storyteller.

2. The Beatles - George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and Ringo Starr without any of them they just wouldn't be the same. Were the first to ever make a concept album (Sgt. Peppers). Made some amazing albums from Rubber Soul, The White Album, Revolver, etc. And to those who are bitter on McCartney's solo career, his latest album isn't bad at all.

*not in the mood to write descriptions anymore*

3. Bob Dylan
4. The Rolling Stones
5. Pink Floyd

Honorable Mentions:
Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Cream
Led Zeppelin
The Who
Traveling Wilburys (Petty, Dylan, Harrison, Lynne, and Orbison; how can you go wrong)
The Byrds
The Eagles
Jimi Hendrix
CCR

[Copper Scroll]

1. Beatles - Yeah, a lot of the sh!t is corny... but the songs were genuisly written and brought to life in the studio. A lot of it is so ahead of its time. I was buggin' when I found out "Tomorrow Never Knows" was recorded in the 60s! Since then I've been into the Beatles heavy. Abbey Road never gets old.

2. Hendrix's bands - Yeah, the guitar was sometimes too loud... but he has the right. He's the baddest man to touch one. And he's not often respected for how innovative his studio material is. He should have lived a little longer to do that collabo with Miles (see below) they were supposed to do.

3. Funkadelic - Yeah, not often regarded a rock band... but listen to Maggot Brain and Funkadelic and Free Your Mind. In those days, they weren't really a funk band at all (not like say Kool & the Gang or the JBs or even the Family Stone). If there career had stopped there they would be a thing of legend and a myth to both whites and blacks (instead of the aging and stale clunker that remains of the PFunk AllStars). I'm amazed at the versatility they tapped into on Maggot Brain--and am mad that much of the rock world doesn't recognize it as a classic (even if not many people bought it when it came out).

4. Led Zeppelin - Yeah, they stole a lot of stuff from under-compensated black bluesmen... but they were good at it. To me, this is the essence of a blues-based rock band. I heard that a lot of Charlie Parker's admiring colleagues on saxophone gave up the instrument after they heard him play. I wish all those fakeass heavy metal bands would have reacted the same way to Zep and Hendrix.

5. Radiohead - Yeah, you really need to be in a certain mood to really appreciate them... but nobody in contemporary rock can see them. Their level of innovation is up there with the best throughout the history of pop music... head and shoulders above anybody else out in rock right now.

(honorable mention) Prince & the Revolution - Yeah, he hasn't done anything truly great since the late 80s... but Prince remains the most talented person in pop. Listening to the Revolutions albums (except maybe Around the World in a Day) is always refreshing.

...But the best band ever (rock or otherwise) has to be the second Miles Davis Quintet (w/ Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, and Ron Carter). No other band has ever had nearly the level of organic and improvisational interaction as this band had. Everyone should own Miles Smiles and Nefertiti!

[BigHedd]

1. Beatles - Yeah, a lot of the sh!t is corny... but the songs were genuisly written and brought to life in the studio. A lot of it is so ahead of its time. I was buggin' when I found out "Tomorrow Never Knows" was recorded in the 60s! Since then I've been into the Beatles heavy. Abbey Road never gets old.

2. Hendrix's bands - Yeah, the guitar was sometimes too loud... but he has the right. He's the baddest man to touch one. And he's not often respected for how innovative his studio material is. He should have lived a little longer to do that collabo with Miles (see below) they were supposed to do.

3. Funkadelic - Yeah, not often regarded a rock band... but listen to Maggot Brain and Funkadelic and Free Your Mind. In those days, they weren't really a funk band at all (not like say Kool & the Gang or the JBs or even the Family Stone). If there career had stopped there they would be a thing of legend and a myth to both whites and blacks (instead of the aging and stale clunker that remains of the PFunk AllStars). I'm amazed at the versatility they tapped into on Maggot Brain--and am mad that much of the rock world doesn't recognize it as a classic (even if not many people bought it when it came out).

4. Led Zeppelin - Yeah, they stole a lot of stuff from under-compensated black bluesmen... but they were good at it. To me, this is the essence of a blues-based rock band. I heard that a lot of Charlie Parker's admiring colleagues on saxophone gave up the instrument after they heard him play. I wish all those fakeass heavy metal bands would have reacted the same way to Zep and Hendrix.

5. Radiohead - Yeah, you really need to be in a certain mood to really appreciate them... but nobody in contemporary rock can see them. Their level of innovation is up there with the best throughout the history of pop music... head and shoulders above anybody else out in rock right now.

(honorable mention) Prince & the Revolution - Yeah, he hasn't done anything truly great since the late 80s... but Prince remains the most talented person in pop. Listening to the Revolutions albums (except maybe Around the World in a Day) is always refreshing.

...But the best band ever (rock or otherwise) has to be the second Miles Davis Quintet (w/ Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, and Ron Carter). No other band has ever had nearly the level of organic and improvisational interaction as this band had. Everyone should own Miles Smiles and Nefertiti! Around The World In A Day has the best Prince song ever...."Pop Life", so i gott adisagree there. There are some gems on that album ("tambourine" is a$s but thats it).

[Copper Scroll]

Around The World In A Day has the best Prince song ever...."Pop Life", so i gott adisagree there. There are some gems on that album ("tambourine" is a$s but thats it).
You think Around the World in a Day is the best Prince song ever? Before kiss if i was your girlfriend dirty mind purple rain little red corvette 7 do me baby adore money don't matter tonight alphabet st u got the look take me with u when u were mine i wanna be your lover 1999 lady cab driver controversy slow love when 2 r in love i wonder u pink cashmere? What?

[THE 101]

1 Radiohead...they're the best. Fact.
2 The Velvet Underground...while The Beatles and The Beach Boys were singing about love and peace in '67 Lou Reed was singing about taking heroin and S&M sex. Also went on to influence punk, prog rock, avant guarde rock and even metal.
3 The Beatles...yeah they're overrated but still the amount of great songs they have is rediculous
4 The Smashing Pumpkins...theres more great songs on their double CD than most artists have in their entire catalog
5 Love...so underrared. Forever Changes is the best album of the 60s....bar maybe The Velvet Undergrounds first.

Close contenders:

The Fall(so underrated and influential...they have like 50 albums)
Belle & Sebastian(really cool scotish band who are getting better and better...their horn and string arrangements are unreal)
Pink Floyd...I like them less than I did when I was first getting into rock but they're still amazing just on the grounds of Darkside...some of their stuff does sound pretty dated.
Sebeltura(sp?)...I'm not even a metal fan but these cats are crazy. The album Roots must be heard by all music fans whether you like metal or not.

[BboyStyle]

wow only one person mentioned pink floyd in their top 5...


1. Pink Floyd - their music was way too advanced for the 70's. Sh1t sounds like soemthing that can be made today.

2. The Eagles - how the hell can u not like them?

3. Evanescence - i'll probably get alot of heat for this but my ex got me into them and their beats are sick. But their more like goth rock...

4. Rolling Stones - again,another legendary rock band.

5. Sublime - what can i say? they were the only alt. band i was listening to in the era where hiphop was at its finest (90's)

[BigHedd]

You think Around the World in a Day is the best Prince song ever? Before kiss if i was your girlfriend dirty mind purple rain little red corvette 7 do me baby adore money don't matter tonight alphabet st u got the look take me with u when u were mine i wanna be your lover 1999 lady cab driver controversy slow love when 2 r in love i wonder u pink cashmere? What?
honestly, can you read?

[Argenduke]

1 Radiohead...they're the best. Fact.
2 The Velvet Underground...while The Beatles and The Beach Boys were singing about love and peace in '67 Lou Reed was singing about taking heroin and S&M sex. Also went on to influence punk, prog rock, avant guarde rock and even metal.
3 The Beatles...yeah they're overrated but still the amount of great songs they have is rediculous
4 The Smashing Pumpkins...theres more great songs on their double CD than most artists have in their entire catalog
5 Love...so underrared. Forever Changes is the best album of the 60s....bar maybe The Velvet Undergrounds first.

Close contenders:

The Fall(so underrated and influential...they have like 50 albums)
Belle & Sebastian(really cool scotish band who are getting better and better...their horn and string arrangements are unreal)
Pink Floyd...I like them less than I did when I was first getting into rock but they're still amazing just on the grounds of Darkside...some of their stuff does sound pretty dated.
Sebeltura(sp?)...I'm not even a metal fan but these cats are crazy. The album Roots must be heard by all music fans whether you like metal or not.

Sepultura, It all went down hill after Max Cavalera left the band IMO. Similar to what occured to Metallica after Cliff Burton died. I agree about Smashing Pumpkins, forgot to include them under honorable mentions. They were top 5 back in the early-mid-90's. The double CD was rediculous.

[skanky80]

Sepultura are fantastic. There are better metal bands out there, but the material with Cavalera was top notch. Soul Fly doesnt measure up.

The Smashing Pumpkins are horrible by the way.

[Deuce_One]

And why is that? Fresh Fruit and PSD are both miles above any Clash album.



opinions are opinions

But Skank...DK aint seein the Clash man.