What are your 5 all time bands and 5 favorite current ones?

[Initech]

Last edited Fri May 10, 2019, 02:24 PM - Edit history (4)

My all time favorites would be:

- The Rolling Stones
- Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention
- King Crimson
- George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic
- Nine Inch Nails

Honorable mentions:

- Prince
- Yes
- The Beatles
- The Doors
- Jimi Hendrix
- Pink Floyd
- Rush
- Dream Theater
- Iron Maiden

Current favorites would be:

- Bastille
- Ghost
- Iration
- Cage The Elephant
- The Interrupters

Honorable mentions:

- Alter Bridge
- Coheed & Cambria
- The Decemberists
- Elbow
- Rise Against
- Lupe Fiasco
- King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
- The National
- Esperanza Spalding
- Janelle Monae
- The Neighbourhood

And I could name a lot more in both categories.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

1. Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix have to be on the list.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[Moostache]

2. Varies by mood and circumstance...

In no particular order:

Prince
The Doors
The Who
The Beatles
Marvin Gaye
U2 (circa 1980-2002)
REM
Depeche Mode
Bruce Springsteen and the E-street Band
Parliament Funkadelic
Public Enemy
Rage Against The Machine
Pearl Jam

I am old and too set in my tastes to seek out new sounds through the jungle of uninspired crap in today's mainstream or rock scenes...

[ProudLib72]

3. That's a tough one

All time:

-Hendrix
-Zeppelin
-Black Uhuru
-Son House
-Dylan

Current favorites

-Refused (kind of older but what the hell)
-Cobalt
-Manu Chao (again, sort of older)

That's all I can think of for currents! I guess I'm pathetic when it comes to keeping up with trends.

[Initech]

7. I saw Manu Chao in concert several years ago.

Once at Coachella and once at USC. Too bad he hasn't put out any new material lately.

[Buzz cook]

4. Beatles, and

the Kinks, the Rolling Stones, Cream, and Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. Just 5 seems like a straight Jacket.

Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Are those two still current?

Youtube has changed my style of listening so that I'll hear a nice group such as Mississippi Shakes, do a deep dive on them, then move on. Radio, except genre blues/jazz/classical has lost its charm so I do't get new music that way. So I don't get the same 24/7 top of the charts repeated in my ear and there's no new album sharing party where you go over the latest offering from your favs.

So I haven't really fallen for any one group like I did when I was a teen.

[Cartoonist]

5. I'm old, but I listen to new stuff

Beatles
Pink Floyd
The battle for third has been raging for decades

Nowadays, I eschew Pop and R&R. I listen to Ambient, Chill, Down Tempo, and Experimental. The internet radio stations I visit don't always inform me who's playing, so I can't make a list. I am fond of:

Orb
Fragile State
Future Sound of London
Mur
Cocteau Twins

[earthshine]

6. Rush, The Alan Parsons Project, Pink Floyd, Yes, ELP

Special mention: Kansas