Top Five Favourite Bands

[AtomicBono]

I know, I'm sure there have been a zillion of these threads, but one more couldn't hurt could it? I've always thought U2 fans had fairly diverse tastes in music. A lot of fans of other bands tend to stick within one mini-genre, i.e. punk, heavy metal, reggae, ect... I like to think that U2 fans reach out a bit more. To see if this is true or not, post your five favourite bands (not including U2). Mine, in no paticular order:

-Interpol
-The Beatles
-The Velvet Underground
-Tool
-Nirvana

 

[ZeroDude]

The Rolling Stones
The Clash
Interpol
The Undertones
........................?????????Jamiroquai ( i don't really know, i want to say Oasis but.....?????)

 

[melon]

Oh my. Lemme try.

1) Sigur Ros
2) Slowdive
3) Orbital
4) Hybrid
5) Stars of the Lid

Melon

 

[HeartlandGirl]

1. Placebo
2. Radiohead
3. U2
4. AFI
5. Manic Street Preachers

 

[beau2ifulday]

In addition to U2:

1) Idlewild
2) Scissor Sisters
3) Venus Hum
4) Coldplay
5) Mazzy Star

 

[Samu2]

Excluding U2

REM
Pink Floyd
Meatloaf shudup
ColdPlay
Toss up between The calling and Oasis

It changes all the time except REM are always in my favourite list

 

[HeartlandGirl]

Haha, whoops! I put U2 in my post. I'll redo...

1. Placebo
2. Radiohead
3. AFI
4. Manic Street Preachers
5. My Chemical Romance

 

[saltwaterkiss26]

1. Stones
2. Queen
3. Eagles
4. Dylan
5. Nirvana

At least for today. Supertramp, Doors, Springsteen, Police also make it on there on different days...

 

[financeguy]

Excluding U2,

(1) The Stone Roses
(2) The Jam
(3) Suede
(4) Van Halen
(5) Echo and the Bunnymen

Honorable mentions to REM, Manic Street Preachers, Jesus and Mary Chain and New Order.

Recently though I've been listening to singer songwriters (Dylan, Neil Young) more than bands.

 

[nick_u2]

U2 is my favorite, but here are my others:

1) Foo Fighters
2) Nirvana
3) Green Day
4) Millencolin
5) AFI

 

[Lancemc]

no particular order:

-R.E.M.
-Radiohead
-Nick Cave (just got into him. LOVE the new album)
-Daniel Lanois (not a band really, but still...)
-Talking Heads (I got a girlfriend,what's better than that!)

 

[indra]

my five:

The Church
Art of Fighting
Gersey
Remy Zero
The Cure

 

[discothequeLP]

1) U2
2) Pink Floyd
3) Led Zeppelin
4) RHCP
5) Green Day

 

[mikal]

Pearl Jam
Oasis
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Snow Patrol
Interpol

 

[Theedge555]

U2
Springsteen & E. Street Band
Pearl Jam
Indigo Girls
Cracker.....

 

[Jack In The Box]

in this order (U2 is my favorite):

1. Interpol
2. Super Furry Animals
3. Elbow
4. Deftones
5. Wilco

 

[Renne]

Excluding U2 and solo artists [subject to change ] and in no particular order:

The Whitlams
VNV Nation
The Pogues
Mahine Gun Fellatio
The Living End

Honourable mentions to Counting Crows, Ratcat, Powderfinger, R.E.M., Something for Kate

 

[alia612]

The Replacements
The Cure
R.E.M.
The Smiths
The Shins

[excluding U2 of course]

 

[dandy]

aside from the boys, my five favourites at the moment:

interpol
pj harvey
portishead
tori amos
massive attack

so hard to pick just five... i've left off radiohead and the cure, both of which are longtime favourites too.

 

[If you shout...]

1. The Beatles
2. The Velvet Underground
3. Talking Heads
4. Radiohead
5. Beck

So many others JUST off the list...

The Boss, Hendrix & Co., Pavement, Eno, The Doors, DM, The Cure (tarnished by pure shit for over ten years, now), Can, Roxy Music, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, CCR, Bob Dylan.......the list goes on almost forever...

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Not including U2, the other bands that I like are:

1. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
2. Crowded House
3. Squeeze
4. The Alarm
5. The Beatles

Angela

 

[Saracene]

Excluding U2:

1. Sleater-Kinney
2. Pixies
3. Pink Floyd
4. Dead Can Dance
5. The Clash

Honourable mentions: The White Stripes, Beatles, Flaming Lips, The Doors, Queen, Sigur Ros, The Smiths.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Blur
REM
The Clash
Ash
Crowded House (and related)

 

[Blue Room]

In no particular order:

Bruce Springsteen
The Rolling Stones
Coldplay
Simple Minds
INXS

Honorable mentions for me would be Van Halen, The Cure, Sting/The Police and REM.

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

The Rolling Stones
Bruce Springsteen
The White Stripes
Bob Dylan
Radiohead

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

Taking U2 out of the number one spot it would be like this:

Metallica
The Rolling Stones
Bruce Springsteen
AC/DC
Black Sabbath / Bob Dylan

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

oh great I forgot Manic Street Preachers

ah well

 

[AcrobatMan]

lots of fav bands..but the ones close to my heart in ascending order ( apart from U2)

5) Pink Floyd
4) Coldplay
3) Oasis
2) The Porcupine Tree
1) Radiohead

 

[tennispunk]

1. The Tossers
2. Wire
3. Crass
4. Sham69
5. Deal's Gone Bad
...excluding U2.

 

[jkayet]

2) Slowdive