Poll: Top 100 Bands Of All Time! Vote Then I'll Se Which Ones Win, Please Tell Other

[onesandzeros]

The reason I put The Clash up there is because of their tendency for being non-conventional. They were able to change their sound...be dance pop, punk rock, funkish ska. They covered so much ground and were able to be very diverse and still keep a fairly large listener base (even with their political lyrics and liberal stances). Although after Combat Rock came out, many of the punk rock fans think they went to far and strayed from the sound that made them popular.

I put the Talking Heads on there because I have been listening to Once in a Lifetime non-stop for the past month... It's an amazing song..

check out my website for some of my band photos (somewhat outdated... I've shot a lot more bands since)

http://www.unconventionalbydesign.co...oto/index.html

[firebrand]

David Bowie (with Tony Visconti). 1927, Culture Club, Tears for Fears, The The, Duran Duran, Arthur Baker and the Back Beat Disciples, Bon Jovi, The Psychadelic Furs. The eighties were a high time in art.

firebrand

[D'Artagnan1673]

Ooh yes, love those Furs. It just doesn't get much better than their album, Forever Now. A funny thing is that a lot of Duran Duran's best music, IMO, is not their most popular stuff. To me, that goes with a lot of bands. I bought Men Without Hat's debout album exclusively for The Safety Dance. However, that is now my least favorite song on the entire album.

How about Ultravox? I love White China.

[Masterurethane]

Tony V Rocks.

[DanInMI]

The Beatles -must be on the list, they changed everything
The Ramones -has anyone mentioned the Ramones yet?
Led Zeppelin - well Duh!
Bob Marley and the Wailers
Parliament/Funkadelic - the funkiest band ever
The Rolling Stones - still great
Sly and the Family Stone - can you say party music?
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - guitar god
The Sex Pistols - back when punk was punk
Grateful Dead - Improvisational rock and roll
REM - truly great lyrics
David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars - most of the others on this list owe Bowie half thier paycheck
Blondie
The Beach Boys - ok, really Brian was a genius and the rest were lucky to get to sing his songs, but the result was amazing
Pink Floyd - "the wall" a modern masterpiece
Steely Dan - they call alabama the crimson tide, call me deacon blues.
Yes
Bare Naked Ladies - haven't you always wanted a monkey?
Smash Mouth -

[DanInMI]

Originally posted by Peach

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

OOOOOOOOOOOOO
Bela Fleck and the flecktones are amazing

I have to go along with you on Eminem. I am not of the Rap music generation either, but that guy changed the way that I look at rap. I choose to considered it poetry with a rhythm background. When I heard him perform "Stan" on the grammy's with Elton John I was truly moved by his performance. He is a genius writer, with the ability to convey a feeling of anger and frustration unlike any other.

[Nusy]

Huhh, some people write in bands about which I have never heard, so I'll write some ones:
Fürgerókalábak
Alvin és a mókusok
Hibás Kontaktus
Kemény Kémény
Tankcsapda
Republic

[Triton]

XTC
They Might Be Giants
Toad the Wet Sprocket
Barenaked Ladies
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Ben Folds Five (or however many there are now)
Tom Waits
Brother

[darius]

The latest band I've gotten into is Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers ... those of you who were pop musically conscious in the mid-90s might remember the Refreshments, a clever little one-hit wonder with the song "Banditos".

They broke up, but Clyne and the drummer started a band called the Peacemakers, who straddle the line between uptempo rock and honest country.

Along the way, they picked up a maturity uncommon of anybody in the music industry, and got a reputation of being the hardest working live performers not named Springsteen.

The only reason Clyne isn't among the pantheon of legendary rock voices is because he hasn't been heard -- he has a deceptive range and is equally at ease with a lilting twang or a Cobain-esque scream.

Then, there's a little matter of the lyrics -- they're a little slice of Southwestern America, those little flourishes of Spanish, and names of places you don't know, but you can envision. Paeans to friendship beyond the grave, love so hot that it careens and burns out of control on two-lane desert highway, humorous tales of what happens when you're in Memphis and you try to order tequila.

Clyne is no stranger to the political. However, unlike most of his contemporaries, he doesn't preach or sell a viewpoint; instead preferring to report. "Fare thee well to the infidel / Your god's name's not spelled the same / God gave me a gun!" could describe the religious zealots halfway across the world, or in your hometown.

The Peacemakers could be compared to U2. Except U2 songs are serious business; even at their most cynical, you'd never hear Bono write postmodern country lyrics like, "You know I can't blame her, try as I might / She took all of my horses when she left me last night."

In an age of airbrushed starlets, media-friendly pop artists, and Pro Tools driven studio creations who cater to the least common denominator Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers aren't perfect. But with a little bossa nova beat and a hint of Memphis horn, Clyne tells us an elemental truth about life, love, and most importantly, rock 'n' roll: "The steps to the dance are best left up to chance / Better beautiful than perfect anyway."

http://www.azpeacemakers.com

darius

[Soldier]

Originally posted by darius
the Refreshments, a clever little one-hit wonder with the song "Banditos".

AWESOME SONG!!

[JAySE SUiCiDE]

yes D'artagnan! first person i've heard to mention Depehce Mode

sooo..heres the list!

CKY, Misfits, GG Allin (hes not just a singer, he's played with various bands, eg. scumfucs, murder junkies, aids brigade, antiseen..), AFI, HIM, Depeche Mode of course, The Who, Pestilence..Dead Kennedys, stuff like that.

~Jes

[Joan of Ark]

3 Doors Down
Back Street Boys (not anymore of course)
Spice Girls (before they broke up of course)
Faith Hill
DC Talk
Newsboys
There are others, but I can't think of the names right now...