Your Twenty All Time Favorite Rock Artists

[Band of Brothers]

We need to change this to a Top 100 best. hee hee

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Since it says "favorite" and "rock," I'll list the groups from that genre that I can listen to all day long without getting tired of them:

the who
Marshall Tucker Band
Ten Years After
The Doors
Little Feat
Queen
Molly Hatchet
Yes
Outlaws
The Police
Supertramp
The Guess Who
REO Speedwagon

And here's a few others that I like a lot, but can only take in small doses anymore:

Zep
The Band
Grateful Dead
The Cars
Rolling Stones
Allman Brothers
early Dr. Hook, before they went gay

 

[handicappers]

You guys plucked all of the obvious low-hanging fruit. In fact, any mindless fuck (who didn't know shit about music) could've just googled a list to come up with what most of you posted.

Good to see somebody finally mentioned The Ramones. It took long enough.

Three all-time great bands that you guys missed.

Hard to imagine there had been no mention of:

Sex Pistols
Iggy Pop/Stooges
Wendy O./Plasmatics

Cultural literacy is a beautiful thing.

Why do you hate yourself? Did someone put out cigarettes on your lil pee pee when you were a child?

 

[Chewbaccer]

Top 20 for bluegrass

Flatt and Scruggs
Jimmy Martin
Bill Monroe
Doyle Lawson and Quick Silver
The Stanley Brothers
JD Crowe and the new South
Raymond Fairchild
The Dillards
Ricky Skaggs
Reno and Smiley
Grandpa Jones
Stringbean
Uncle Dave Macon
Blue Road(local band that I was asked to be a part of but declined because I don't have the time to be a near full time musician and I play mostly honky tonk and country style fiddle)
Fontana Sunset
Nickel Creek
Rhonda Vincent
Allison Kraus
Buck Trent
Del McCurry

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Another group of 20 that I enjoy listening to....

Sonic Youth
War
Funkadelic/Parliament
10cc
Cat Stevens
The Tubes
David Bowie
The Pretenders
Buffalo Springfield
Jethro Tull
Allman Bros
James Gang
Weather Report
Cream
NRBQ
Steve Miller Band
Tangerine Dream
Pere Ubu
Joy Division
Stereolab

 

[outofyourmind]

A severe lack of the following:

Steely Dan
Jim Croce
Rod Stewart
Bee Gees
John Cougar
Peter Frampton
Elton John
Robert Palmer
Chicago
Steve Miller Band
Joan Jett

 

[packerzrule]

A severe lack of the following:

Steely Dan
Jim Croce
Rod Stewart
Bee Gees
John Cougar
Peter Frampton
Elton John
Robert Palmer
Chicago
Steve Miller Band
Joan Jett

Agreed. Very difficult to limit my favorites to just 20

I already listed 40 and still left out Rod Stewart, Elton John, The Eagles, and a host of others

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

I like Rod Stewart solo and w/Small Faces

 

[Hbomb]

We need to change this to a Top 100 best. hee hee

I left a lot of my favorites off too.

 

[Wamu]

-The Beatles
-Pink Floyd
-Rolling Stones
-BB King
-Stevie Ray Vaughn
-Buddy Guy
-Sonny Boy Williamson II
-Paul Butterfield Blues Band
-Taj Mahal
-Magic Slim
-Junior Wells
-Muddy Waters
-Charlie Musselwhite
-John Mayall & the Blues Breakers
-John Lee Hooker
-Traveling Wilburys
-Bob Dylan
-Tom Petty
-John Mellencamp
-The Clash



* I could easily list more than 20

 

[fknhippie]

A severe lack of the following:

Steely Dan
Jim Croce
Rod Stewart
Bee Gees
John Cougar
Peter Frampton
Elton John
Robert Palmer
Chicago
Steve Miller Band
Joan Jett

Bee Gees....Bee Gees?????

 

[ATL96Steeler]

I can't remember but these are some of my favorites.

Zeppelin
Eagles
Hendrix
Cream
Santana
Mothers Finest
Clapton...I know he ventured into blues/rock
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Beatles...once they got into drugs
Lynrd Skynrd...short but sweet

 

[ATL96Steeler]

-The Beatles
-Pink Floyd
-Rolling Stones
-BB King
-Stevie Ray Vaughn
-Buddy Guy
-Sonny Boy Williamson II
-Paul Butterfield Blues Band
-Taj Mahal
-Magic Slim
-Junior Wells
-Muddy Waters
-Charlie Musselwhite
-John Mayall & the Blues Breakers
-John Lee Hooker
-Traveling Wilburys
-Bob Dylan
-Tom Petty
-John Mellencamp
-The Clash



* I could easily list more than 20

I had trouble remembering 20...lol then I look at others list and Oh, I forgot so and so...I'm a bit a blues guys too.

Note...I saw Clapton live in PHI in the mid 90s after unplugged was released...possibly the best concert I've seen in person.

 

[outofyourmind]

Bee Gees....Bee Gees?????

Sure Bee Gees.
It was the Peter Frampton thing I threw in to see if you were paying attention.

 

[RP-29]

A lot of Pop-Rock in these lists. I'm cool with a lot of that stuff, but my taste sweet spot is a bit harder and less mainstream.

1) System of a Down
2) Korn
3) Slipknot
4) Disturbed
5) Avenged Sevenfold (by the way, I'll be at their concert TONIGHT).

Some more:
Amberian Dawn (with vocalist Heidi Parviainen)
Deftones
Godsmack
KISS ('74-'77)
Metallica
Static-X
Tool
Van Halen ('78-'84)

 

[Wamu]

Top 20 part 2...

-Steve Miller Band
-CCR
-GnR
-old school Metallica
-AC/DC
-The Eagles
-Eric Clapton
-Grateful Dead
-Lynard Skynard
-Jimi Hendrix
-Elmore James
-Albert King
-The Black Keys
-Red Hot Chili Peppers
-James Brown
-Black Sabbath
-Talking Heads
-ZZ Top
-Green Day
-original Van Halen

 

[fknhippie]

Sure Bee Gees.
It was the Peter Frampton thing I threw in to see if you were paying attention.

Hey...Humble Pie was a great band.

 

[Wamu]

I had trouble remembering 20...lol then I look at others list and Oh, I forgot so and so...I'm a bit a blues guys too.

Note...I saw Clapton live in PHI in the mid 90s after unplugged was released...possibly the best concert I've seen in person.

Listing only 20 wasn't enough for me so I added an additional 20. I have seen Clapton live as well, the Journeyman tour. Just cant remember what year it was, I wanna say it was in '87 or '88 though. Of the 40 artists I listed I have seen...Floyd, BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal, Magic Slim, Charlie Musselwhite, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, John Mellencamp, Steve Miller Band, GnR, Metallica, AC/DC, Red Hot Chili Peppers, ZZ top & Green Day all live.

 

[ATL96Steeler]

Listing only 20 wasn't enough for me so I added an additional 20. I have seen Clapton live as well, the Journeyman tour. Just cant remember what year it was, I wanna say it was in '87 or '88 though. Of the 40 artists I listed I have seen...Floyd, BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal, Magic Slim, Charlie Musselwhite, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, John Mellencamp, Steve Miller Band, GnR, Metallica, AC/DC, Red Hot Chili Peppers, ZZ top & Green Day all live.

Wow...extensive list! A lot of the old legends are touring again...(my boss thinks they have run out of money...lol) The Stones were recently here, several others.

I saw Kiss, Def Leopard live...I might have to recant that on Clapton being the best...Santana at Chastain was outstanding too, different genre but in his day Prince was a crazy stage performer.

I did see BB at a small night club, probably 20' from stage...my top 3 (make that 4) guitarist in no particular order...Clapton, Hendrix, Joe Walsh, Stevie Ray.

 

[beardown07]

another 20

old Metallica
Primus
Slayer
Pantera
Bad Brains
Bad Religion
Social Distortion
Dio
Alice In Chains
The Melvins
The Animals
The Mars Volta
The Beastie Boys
Bob Marley
The Byrds
The Cars
The Talking Heads
Dead Kennedys
Fugazi
Grateful Dead