Your Top Ten Favorite Bands/Artists of All Time

[Barely_Oakely]

A fairly approximate order...
Dylan
The Band
The Stones
The Allman Brothers Band
DBT
Jack White
Lucero
Cream
Elton John
Derek and The Dominos

[Tequila Cowboy]

We've done this and variations on this before but I thought it would be fun to do it again over at 3DD and get a glimpse into some of the newer folks' tastes. Mine's always a bit in flux but many haven't left the top ten in twenty years or more. INPO:

The Replacements
DBT
The Rolling Stones
The Clash
Led Zeppelin
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Bob Dylan
The Grateful Dead
Dire Straits
Faces

Ok, so that's the original. Updated 2014 edition still INPO:

The Replacements
DBT
The Rolling Stones
The Clash
The Band
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Bob Dylan
The Grateful Dead
Centro-Matic
Slobberbone

[Flea]

In no particular order...

DBT
Springsteen
Neil Young
Elvis Costello
The Clash
Pink Floyd
The Beatles
Warren Zevon
The Ramones
Talking Heads

[TW_2.0]

In order:

The Band
DBT
Grateful Dead
Bonnie 'Prince Billy (includes all incarnations; Palace, etc)
The Stones
Dylan
Allmans
Guy Clark
Little Feat
Neil Young

[Zip City]

I'm sure I made a list at some point, but it got eaten by the mods

[cortez the killer]

I'm sure I made a list at some point, but it got eaten by the mods

Ahhh, the good ol' days...

[Zip City]

I'm sure I made a list at some point, but it got eaten by the mods

Ahhh, the good ol' days...

Every one of these bumped 2010 threads takes another little piece of my soul

[RevMatt]

I'm sure I made a list at some point, but it got eaten by the mods

Ahhh, the good ol' days...

Every one of these bumped 2010 threads takes another little piece of my soul

Four years later most of us are still here. I miss SeanP, though. Always liked him.

[Tequila Cowboy]

Four years later most of us are still here. I miss SeanP, though. Always liked him.

He's active on FB. I talk baseball and music with him often.

[RevMatt]

Four years later most of us are still here. I miss SeanP, though. Always liked him.

He's active on FB. I talk baseball and music with him often.

Yeah, he's on mine, too. Huge baseball fan. I thought I saw him on the other side of the street in Asheville on the second night of The Alabama Shakes gig.

[Markalanbishop]

British Invasion:
Kinks
Stones
Beatles

American:
Hendrix
ABB
Little Feat

Potpourri:
DBT
Petty
Prince

Record Label:
Stax

[phungi]

As in the days of "Desert Island Discs", I thought about this way longer than expected (or necessary), and ultimately decided to order them as they came into my life... these were the bands, that at the time, I could not stop listening to, and have never stopped listening to them...

had to leave out so many bands (Zeppelin, The Who, Neil, Pink Floyd, Talking Heads, Replacements) that I feel it necessary to apologize in advance:

Middle School/High School Years (1970's-ish)
Beatles
Genesis

College Years (1980's-ish)
XTC
U2
King Crimson/Adrien Belew
The Smiths

Grad School Years (1990's-ish)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Pearl Jam

Nameless Years (2000's +)
Glen Hansard
Drive By Truckers

[dime in the gutter]

inpo.

dbt
ny
stones
beatles
skynyrd
ccr
dexateens
cash
willie
boss
dylan

boss, skynyrd, ccr out.

sabbath, zep and kinks in.

kinks count twice.

not quite a baker's dozen.

[DiamondDave]

OMG


How could I have forgot the Beatles.

I don't deserve to hear music ever again.

[Dean]

DBT
Radiohead
The Smiths
The Strokes
Arctic Monkeys
Stones
Who
Kinks
Foo Fighters
Jack White ( bringing the White Stripes and Raconteurs in by association )

[Smitty]

I need to work Gary Stewart into my list...

[cortez the killer]

2014 Update (w/ extra categories)

The Foundation
1. Neil Young
2. The Rolling Stones
3. Bruce Springsteen
4. Led Zeppelin
5. The Beatles
6. The Kinks
7. Creedence Clearwater Revival
8. The Band
9. Pink Floyd
10. Tom Petty

The Hillbillies
1. Waylon Jennings
2. Johnny Cash
3. Guy Clark
4. Willie Nelson
5. Jerry Jeff Walker
6. Kris Kristofferson
7. Townes Van Zandt
8. Buck Owens
9. Hank Williams
10. John Prine

The Newcomers
1. Jay Farrar/Son Volt/Uncle Tupelo/Gob Iron
2. Drive-By Truckers
3. The National
4. Jason Molina/Songs: Ohia/Magnolia Electric Co.
5. Jeff Tweedy/Wilco/Uncle Tupelo/Tweedy
6. Will Johnson/Centro-Matic/South San Gabriel
7. Natural Child
8. Mark Kozelek/Sun Kil Moon/Red House Painters/Desertshore
9. James McMurtry
10. Chuck Prophet

[StormandStatic]

Uhm:
Nina Simone
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Fugazi
The Mountain Goats
Sleater-Kinney
Bruce Springsteen
REM
Songs:Ohia/Magnolia Electric Co/Jason Molina
The Weakerthans
Shearwater

These probably aren't 'the best', though I could never see Nina Simone moving from the top of that list. But these are the bands who, when I listen to them, I never want to stop listening.

[RMD]

In no order;

DBT
Grateful Dead
Pearl Jam
Allman Brothers
The Band
Rolling Stones (up to Some Girls)
Little Feat (with Lowell)
Black Crowes
moe.
Widespread Panic (with Mike Houser)

[211poundsofpork]

Take out the Stones, PJ, and Panic. Add Zep, Albert King, and the Beatles and RMD's list is like mine.

In no order;

DBT
Grateful Dead
Pearl Jam
Allman Brothers
The Band
Rolling Stones (up to Some Girls)
Little Feat (with Lowell)
Black Crowes
moe.
Widespread Panic (with Mike Houser)

[allisonsdc]

DBT
Grateful Dead
Led Zeppelin
The Rolling Stones
Allman Brothers
Neil Young
Beastie Boys
Ween
String Cheese
Blitzen Trapper

The top 7 are solid; the bottom 3 are subject to change.

[Duke Silver]

Why not?

"Foundation/Legacy" Tier:

Pearl Jam
Rolling Stones
The Band
Bob Dylan
Neil Young

"10,000 Plays in iTunes Can't Be Wrong" Tier:

Neko Case
Drive-By Truckers
Wilco
U2

"Constantly Revolving 10th Spot, Ask Me Tomorrow and My Answer Will Change" Tier:

James McMurtry

[RMD]

Take out the Stones, PJ, and Panic. Add Zep, Albert King, and the Beatles and RMD's list is like mine.

In no order;

DBT
Grateful Dead
Pearl Jam
Allman Brothers
The Band
Rolling Stones (up to Some Girls)
Little Feat (with Lowell)
Black Crowes
moe.
Widespread Panic (with Mike Houser)

Funny. It was real hard to keep Zeppelin and the Beatles out of my top ten.

[RMD]

And Neil.

[jr29]

I'll give this a shot too.
INPO.....
DBT
JJ Cale
Levon Helm/ The Band (cut me a little slack on that one)
Jay Farrar
Chuck Berry
Bob Dylan
Stones
Bottle Rockets
John Prine
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

I may edit this 40 or 50 times. I already feel like a piece of shit because I didn't include Kristofferson, Guy Clark, Neil Young, Waylon, McMurtry, Todd Snider, or John Fogerty.

Also, 3 of my top 10 are St. Louis artists/bands and 9 of the 10 are from the midwest or south. I didn't do that on purpose.

[dime in the gutter]

inpo.

dbt
ny
stones
beatles
skynyrd
ccr
dexateens
cash
willie
boss
dylan

boss, skynyrd, ccr out.

sabbath, zep and kinks in.

kinks count twice.

not quite a baker's dozen.

the rare double self quote.

kinks
beatles
sabbath
bloodkin
petty
zep
kevn kinney
which one is pink?
prophet
buddy holly
dbt
willie
ny
dylan
molina


just a bit outside....
sunnyboys
sexy dexy
natty chile

[cortez the killer]

inpo.

dbt
ny
stones
beatles
skynyrd
ccr
dexateens
cash
willie
boss
dylan

boss, skynyrd, ccr out.

sabbath, zep and kinks in.

kinks count twice.

not quite a baker's dozen.

the rare double self quote.

kinks
beatles
sabbath
bloodkin
petty
zep
kevn kinney
which one is pink?
prophet
buddy holly
dbt
willie
ny
dylan
molina


just a bit outside....
sunnyboys
sexy dexy
natty chile

Meatloaf?
Journey?
Steve Miller Band?
Kiss?
Van Halen?
AC/DC?
Eddie "Cash" Money?
Billy Squier?