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What are your top 20 bands and artists? This is what mine is at the moment (although it may change tomorrow, but this is what it roughly is):-

1 U2
2 Coldplay
3 Athlete
4 Oasis
5 The Killers
6 Stereophonics
7 R.E.M.
8 Kaiser Chiefs
9 Feeder
10 The Cure
11 Smashing Pumpkins
12 Blur
13 Radiohead
14 Long-View
15 Bloc Party
16 Pink Floyd
17 The Stone Roses
18 Led Zeppelin
19 Travis
20 Red Hot Chili Peppers

Honourable Mentions...

Hard-Fi and Editors seem fantastic, but I've not heard enough by them to make a judgement...

Other bands I enjoy are Supergrass, Tears For Fears, Simple Minds, Foo Fighters, Snow Patrol, The Verve, Shed Seven, and Ben Folds Five...
 
1) U2
2) Casting Crowns
3) Montgomery Gentry
4) Big & Rich
5) Bruce Springsteen
6) Third Day
7) Five For Fighting
8) Kenny Rogers
9) Dwight Yoakam
10) George Strait
11) Matchbox Twenty
12) Sugarland
13) Switchfoot
14) Matthew West
15) REM
16) Kenny Chesney
17) Relient K
18) Tim McGraw
19) Martina McBride
20) Garth Brooks
 
1. U2
2. Kings of Leon
3. The Strokes
4. The Rakes
5. Hard-fi
6. Arctic Monkeys
7. Kaiser Chiefs
8. Coldplay
9. Interpol
10. Oasis

that's my top 10 at the moment. if its old bands as well then you can throw in the smiths, the beatles and a bit of bowie as well
 
1. U2
2. Rolling Stones
3. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
4. Cream / Eric Clapton
5. Led Zeppelin
6. Jimi Hendrix Experience
7. The Doors
8. ACDC
9. Lynyrd Skynyrd
10. Queen

thats my ten. a little different and more "guitar oriented." top 20 is too hard.
 
1. u2
2. The Kinks
3. Oasis
4. Beatles
5. Queen
6. Radiohead
7. Stereophonics
8. Supertramp
9. Coldplay
10. The doors

11. REM
12. Kaiser Chiefs
13. The who
14. Suede
15. The police
16. Pink Floyd
17. Supergrass
18. INXS
19. Kula Shaker
20. Blur

Yeah, something like this at the moment.
 
This will get less specific the further you get from the top...

1. U2
2. Pavement/Stephen Malkmus
3. Bob Dylan
4. Steely Dan
5. The Beatles
6. Joni Mitchell
7. Prince
8. Super Furry Animals
9. New Order
10. Spoon
11. R.E.M.
12. Radiohead
13. The Afghan Whigs
14. Sleater-Kinney
15. Guided By Voices
16. Bettie Serveert
17. The Replacements
18. Miles Davis
19. Blur
20. The Jesus and Mary Chain

wow, that was tough, near the end.
 
1. U2
2. The Police
3. Radiohead
4. Bob Dylan
5. The Smiths
6. Bruce Springsteen
7. The Clash
8. Jeff Buckley
9. Manu Chao
10. Cafe Tacuba
11. Elvis Costello
12. Rolling Stones
13. Travis
14. Neil Young
15. Billie Holiday
16. Johnny Cash
17. Bright Eyes
18. Nick Drake
19. Television
20. At The Drive-In

Honorable Mentions -Miles Davis, Pink Floyd, Doors, The Kinks, Michael Penn, David Bowie, Tom Waits

Honorable Newbie Mentions: Interpol/Kings of Leon/Arcade Fire/White Stripes/Death Cab
 
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1.Pink Floyd
2. Jazz/bob dylan
3. queen
4. Air/ Moorcheeba
5. The Rolling Stones
6. U2
7. Bjork
8. Nirvana
9. Gn'R
10. Audioslave
11. BMRC /johnny cash
12. Gorrilaz/Blur
13. Classical music
14. Vangelis /elvis presley
15. Genesis
16. NickCave/Tom Waits/Frank Zappa
17. David Bowie
18. R.E.M
19. Outcast
20. Sex Pistols
 
1. U2
2. Pearl Jam
3. Iron Maiden
4. Nirvana
5. Mettalica
6. Xutos e Pontapés
7. Foo Fighters
8. Coldplay
9. Oasis
10. Beatles
11. Guns 'N' Roses
12. Queen
13. Red Hot Chili Peppers
14. Bruce Springsteen
15. Pink Floyd
16. Radiohead
17. Franz Ferdinand
18. Muse
19. R.E.M.
20. Dire Straits

Honorable Mentions: Green Day, Kaiser Chiefs, The Arcade Fire

Something like that... :hmm:
 
I don't think I even fanatically like 20 bands so let me just post a joke list. Most of 'em have got records out though, they qualify!

1. Alvin & The Chipmunks
2. The Gregorian Monks
3. James Marsters
4. Monty Python
5. Kevin Keegan
6. Tuxedomoon
7. Straitjacket Fits
8. Millwall FC
9. Six and Out
10. New Order & The England Football Team
11. Steven Segal
12. Bruce Willis
13. U2
14. Merzbow
15. Natalie Portman
16. Shane Warne
17. The Simpsons
18. Josef K
19. Billy Bob Thornton
20. The Beatles
 
1. U2
2. Coldplay
3. Radiohead
4. Wilco
5. The Beatles
6. Bright Eyes
7. The White Stripes
8. Death Cab For Cutie
9. Led Zeppelin
10. Bruce Springsteen
11. A Perfect Circle
12. Iron & Wine
13. The Arcade Fire
14. Sufjan Stevens
15. Keane
16. Johnny Cash
17. Modest Mouse
18. Damien Rice
19. Sigur Ros
20. Pink Floyd

At least according to the ole last.fm
 
1. U2
2. The Beatles and Lennon/McCartney/Harrison solo work
3. Queen
4. Michael Jackson
5. Prince
6. Madonna (Pre-1995)
7. Stevie Wonder
8. Guns N Roses
9. Duran Duran
10. Genesis
11. Pink Floyd
12. Metallica
13. Bon Jovi
14. INXS
15. Sting and The Police
16. Rolling Stones
17. The Who
18. Led Zeppelin
19. Nirvana
20. Pearl Jam
 
The first three are in order, after that is random.

U2
Radiohead
Bjork
Smashing Pumpkins
Garbage
Tori Amos
Pearl Jam
Interpol
Arcade Fire
Moby
REM
Sigur Ros
DJ Shadow
Massive Attack
Beatles

Hm, the last may be kind of arbitrary:

Talking Heads
Pink Floyd
Bruce Springsteen
New Order
Flaming Lips
 
Hmm...using that mine are:

1. Belle & Sebastian
2. U2
3. Jay Chou (Taiwanese pop singer)
4. The New Pornographers
5. Kate Bush
6. Steely Dan
7. Bjork
7. Elvis Costello
9. The White Stripes
10. The Polyphonic Spree
10. Prince
10. Concrete Blonde
10. St Etienne
10. Tall Dwarfs
15. Leonard Cohen
15. Pearl Jam
15. Aimee Mann
15. The Living End
19. Rancid
19. Nightwish
19. Split Enz
19. Stars

Of course it's a horribly skewed list, considering I've listened to that one Living End song over and over.
 
The only ones that are definite are the first 4, the rest shift around

1. U2
2. David Bowie
3. The Rolling Stones
4. The Beatles
Smashing Pumpkins
Radiohead
Queen
Prince & the Revolution
Sting/The Police
The Who
R.E.M.
Seal
Oasis
Muse
Franz Ferdinand
Death Cab for Cutie
Echo & the Bunnymen
Bruce Springsteen/The E Street Band
The Flaming Lips
Journey
 
-bob dylan
-bruce springsteen
-the who
-the rolling stones
-jimi hendrix
-U2
-led zeppelin
-velvet underground
-neil young
-david bowie
-radiohead
-pink floyd
-cream/eric clapton
-the doors
-green day
-allman bros.
-beatles
-the band
-tom petty
-red hot chilli peppers
 
1. U2
2. Van Morrison
3. Bob Dylan
4. The Arcade Fire
5. The Beatles
6. The Shins
7. Red Hot Chili Peppers
8. Neil Young
9. The Velvet Underground
10. Metric
11. Aimee Mann
12. Arlo Guthrie
13. Beck
14. REM
15. The Cranberries
16. Oasis
17. Interpol
18. The Who
19. Bruce Springsteen
20. The Allman Bros

I'm not really sure after the first 8-9 but that's a pretty good idea...:hmm:
 
1. Louis Armstrong
2. Billie Holiday
3. U2
4. Neil Young
5. The Who
6. The Beatles
7. The Rolling Stones
8. Love
9. The Clash
10. Joy Division
11. The Tragically Hip
12. R.E.M.
13. Bob Dylan
14. Pearl Jam
15. Marvin Gaye
16. Public Enemy
17. Elvis Costello
18. King Crimson
19. Budgie
20. The Handsome Family
 
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U2
The Beatles
Radiohead
Pearl Jam
REM
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
Metallica (before St. Anger)
Def Leppard (before X)
Depeche Mode
Tori Amos
Oasis
The Doors
The Who
David Bowie
Green Day
Foo Fighters
Blur
INXS
Madonna

edit: I forgot The Cranberries! :love: Good one, VG! :up:
 
1. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
2. U2
3. Radiohead
4. Outkast
5. Massive Attack
6. The Decemberists
7. Augie March
8. Ted Leo/Pharmacists
9. Underworld
10. Wilco
11. Andrew Bird
12. The Constantines
13. The Wrens
14. Portishead
15. The Flaming Lips
16. Lamb
17. Spoon
18. Air
19. R.E.M.
20. Moloko./Roisin Murphy
 
uh

1. U2
2. Interpol

then, with vague order:

Wilco
Super Furry Animals
Elbow
65daysofstatic
Xiu Xiu
Explosions in the Sky
Bjork
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Iron & Wine
Antony and the Johnsons
Devendra Banhart
Sonic Youth
Patrick Wolf
Rachel's
Cursive
Ryan Adams
The Smiths
Radiohead
 
I'd say only the first 6/7 are set in stone

1. U2
2. Manic Street Preachers
3. Coldplay
4. Radiohead
5. Led Zeppelin
6. Muse
7. Turin Brakes

8. The White Stripes
9. The Rolling Stones
10. Dire Straits
11. Simple Minds
12. Feeder
13. Oasis
14. British Sea Power
15. Kula Shaker
16. The Beatles
17. Garbage
18. The Music
19. Thirteen Senses
20. Interpol
 
1. R.E.M.
2. Nine Inch Nails
3. Pearl Jam
4. U2
5. Depeche Mode
6. Morrissey
7. The Smiths
8. The Cure
9. The Jesus & Mary Chain
10. Echo & The Bunnymen

In no particular order from here on out...

PJ Harvey
Tori Amos
Meat Beat Manifesto
Crowded House
Jeff Buckley
Jane's Addiction
Joy Division
Mazzy Star
Stone Temple Pilots
Radiohead
 
My number one band is without a doubt kent.

As for my other faves...
U2
Anna Ternheim
Mew
PJ Harvey
Sigur Ros
Coldplay
The Killers
The Corrs
The Cranberries
Depeche Mode
Elvis Presley
Weeping Willows
The Ark
Garbage
REM
Damien Rice
Foo Fighters
Green Day
Red Hot Chili Peppers
 
Top 2 are set not sure about rest

1. U2
2. Muse
3. Pearl Jam
4. Jimi Hendrix
5. The Verve/Ashcroft
6. The Strokes
7. Editors
8. Bloc Party
9. Smashing Pumpkins
10. The Killers

Other favs:
REM
Green Day
The Zutons
Bon Jovi
......
 
This is going to be very difficult:

1. U2
2. R.E.M.
3. The Arcade Fire
4. The Talking Heads
5. Radiohead
6. David Bowie
7. The Who
8. Daniel Lanois
9. The Beatles
10. Led Zep

11. Beck
12. The Pixies
13. Elvis Costello
14. Coldplay
15. Bob Dylan
16. The White Stripes
17. Interpol
18. Modest Mouse (this is actual probably a lot higher, but I'm just too lazy to edit this list now)
19. Pink Floyd
20. The Dalton Bros.
 
In no particular order:

U2
Led Zeppelin
T Rex
Manic Street Preachers
AC/DC
Queen
Janis Joplin
Franz Ferdinand
White Stripes
Joni Mitchell
David Bowie
The Beatles

That's all I can think of at the moment, I'm probably forgetting something!
 
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