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**deathholydeath**

Redbeard wrote:

Seriously? God I hate this attitude. You look at Rolling Stones "Top 500 albums" and four of the top ten are Beatles albums. Seriously? The fourth best Beatles album is better than everything that's been put out in the forty years since they broke up. I don't buy that. Not even close. That's just pandering to baby boomers right there. Don't get me wrong, I like the Beatles. I've got all their albums. But to say they're the best that ever was or ever will be disrespects a lot of equally talented musicians. What's more, to say that they're so great discounts their flaws. It's like, because they broke up and people wanted more, people conveniently forget the crap. Revolution #9. That song alone should wipe The White Album off any sort of best of albums list. There are some awesome songs on The White Album, but there's some garbage there too, and a great album should be consistently great, not great as long as you ignore certain tracks. Just about every Beatles album is plagued with a weak song or two, frequently the ones they gave Ringo to sing.

Great bands are great live. Maybe the technology wasn't available to them before they stopped touring, but plenty of other acts from that era, including The Who, The Stones, Zeppelin, and Hendrix all managed to figure it out. The Beatles were certainly forerunners of a social movement, and an incredibly influential band, but no, not the greatest that ever was or will be.

Also, a +1 to this. I used to think I hated the Beatles. Then I just realized I hated their frothing-at-the-mouth, fanatical, "They're the best band in the world EVEH" fans.

**Bloodfever**

deathholydeath wrote:
Bloodfever wrote:Damn, this is gonna be difficult:

Dog Fashion Disco
Polkadot Cadaver
Mr. Bungle
Psychostick
Primus
Rise Against
Send More Paramedics
Tub Ring
Random Hand
Steetlight Manifesto
Suicide Silence

yeah, I know, it's 11 but i REALLY couldn't decide who to leave out.

I would have left out Suicide Silence, if only because their last album was incredibly underwhelming and formulaic.

Yeah, 'The Black Crown' was a little disappointing tbh but I think The Cleansing' is a stupidly good album so am basing my choice off of that really when saying SS. Hmm....although, by that logic, there are 'heavy' bands I like 's an discography whole' more. Maybe 'IwrestledABearOnce' or 'JFAC'.

**mega_bassist**

deathholydeath wrote:Also, a +1 to this. I used to think I hated the Beatles. Then I just realized I hated their frothing-at-the-mouth, fanatical, "They're the best band in the world EVEH" fans.

Same here. I protested my Beatles hatred for years, and after I started dating a girl who only LIKES them (and not obsessed with them), I realized that it was the fans shoving them down my throat that made me hate the Beatles.

...And on that note, I'm still not a huge fan of the Beatles, but I will admit, I like some of their music

**daedalus**

Top 10, in no particular order:

1. Pink Floyd. Surprised this hasn't been mentioned more.
2. Queen
3. Streetlight Manifesto
4. NoFX
5. The Decemberists
6. Smashing Pumpkins
7. The Beatles
8. Operation Ivy
9. Big D and the Kids Table
10. Bad Religion

I gotta like the Beatles. I think they're overrated, by far, but seriously, Sergeant Pepper's was pretty amazing.

Also, honorary mention goes to the Toasters. If it were top 11, they'd be there too.

**4oursword**

In no particular order...

Iron Maiden
Rammstein
Billy Talent
Fall Out Boy
Judas Priest
Metallica
DragonForce (not so much anymore)
AC/DC
Muse
Green Day

**timetowaste85**

1: Alkaline Trio
2: The Offspring
3: Ludo
4: Foo Fighters
5: Red Hot Chili Peppers
6: Three Doors Down
7: The Eagles
8 9 and 10 are filled in by random classic rock songs I hear on the radio, coming from Rush, The Who, Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Metallica, Kiss, etc.

**mattyrm**

I rather like the Decemberists, nice to see them.

And the prodigy didn't only make two good songs, the prodigy were awesome when I was a teenager, I don't think Fat of the Land came out for about ten years after that!

I liked "Voodoo People"

Madness, there's another good band. I reckon any band that has made more than ten good songs deserve a mention, so they should be above some much more famous bands as well.

**Morathi's Darkest Sin**

Its an interesting thread.

Seeing some top tens in here, especially where they list off five, six or seven bands I have albums from and really like, makes me think I should be looking at the unknown bands they are listing alongside them.

edit - aye matty, love me some Madness. To be honest something like a top thirty although a pain to list, would open up a lot more interest for reading purposes in how far folks musical tastes go.

**Aerethan**

Well narrowing down ones musical tastes to just 10 bands is a difficult proposition.

I'm thinking of making another thread for favorite bands from the last 5-10 years. We all know that the classics like the Beatles and Led Zepplin are good. I'd like to know what new bands are out there that I haven't heard of yet.

**CT GAMER**

My top five(No particular order):

Joy Division/New Order
Coctau twins
Sisters of Mercy
My Bloody Valentine
The Chameleons Uk

**liquidjoshi**

Top 10 best bands ever... of all time? Let's see:

Karnivool (Seriously, no one said these guys yet?)
Rise Against
Linkin Park
Limp Bizkit
Rammestein
Trocadero (RvB)
Lostprophets
Green Day (Old stuff is better)
Drowning Pool
I'll also drop Hans Zimmer here, unless that doesn't count, in which case I will say Five Finger Death Punch instead.

**Deadshot**

mega_bassist wrote:
Same here. I protested my Beatles hatred for years, and after I started dating a girl who only LIKES them (and not obsessed with them), I realized that it was the fans shoving them down my throat that made me hate the Beatles.

Sounds a lot like Ultramarines

**mega_bassist**

Deadshot wrote:
mega_bassist wrote:
Same here. I protested my Beatles hatred for years, and after I started dating a girl who only LIKES them (and not obsessed with them), I realized that it was the fans shoving them down my throat that made me hate the Beatles.

Sounds a lot like Ultramarines

Haha, almost. But I've never had someone say to me "ERMAHGERD, THE ULTRAMARINES ARE THE BEST EVER"...it's seems I'm actually one of the few people in my FLGS that actually love the Ultras haha.

OT: I'm loving how some of the Top 10 lists are totally scewed with the genres...glad I'm not the only person with varied (and sometimes odd) taste in music

**Cavash**

In no particular order:

Iron Maiden,
Godsmack,
The Who,
The Doors,
Edvard Grieg,
Johan Sebastian Bach,
Heaven's Basement,
The Corries,
Rammstein,
Angelspit.

**Fallen668**

I will be taking the cop out method for a few of these and having multiple in a slot if the same creative force is behind them. Also... these are in no perticular order.

1. Nine Inch Nails
2. Tool/ APC
3. Slipknot/ Stone Sour
4. Nirvana
5. Alice In Chains
6. Beck
7. Whe White Stripes/ Raconteurs/ Jack White
8. Smashing Pumpkins
9. The Prodigy
10. Fluid Ounces

**Evilledz**

mega_bassist wrote:
Evilledz wrote:
Lostprophets

Jeez, I haven't heard anything by these guys in yeeeaaarrrs haha. Oh, memory lane...

They released a new album this year actually but it was a bit crap =P

**Thejokerguy**

No real order:

Social Distortion
GG Allin
Misled Citizen
The Vandals
The Dead Kennedys
The Beards
Moonshine Bandits
Big B
Devil Makes Three
Mower

**htj**

Once again, no particular order.

The Clash
Deep Purple
Interpol
The Decemberists
The New Pornographers
Stars
Muse
Joni Mitchell
Queens of the Stone Age
Rage Against the Machine

That's based broadly on 'most listened' estimations cross referenced with 'most albums owned' data.

EDIT: Crap, I forgot about the Pixies. Might edge out one of the others in there, hard to say.

EDIT AGAIN: Double crap, I forgot about Eliza Carthy. She probably knocks Joni Mitchell off the list these days.

**LeVeux**

1. Creedence Clearwater Revival
2. Beastie Boys
3. Weezer
4. The Rolling Stones
5. Rage Against The Machine
6. The Doors
7. Cake
8. Queen
9. The Sex Pistols
10. Wu Tang Clan

At this precise moment in time, my top 10....

**Pilau Rice**

In no particular order and subject to change at any time

Carter: The Unstoppable Sex Machine
Nine Inch Nails
Ministry
Pearl Jam
The Offspring
Queen
Alice in Chains
Tool
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Pigface

**rubiksnoob**

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**Pilau Rice**

rubiksnoob wrote:Y no biebz?

Solo artist mebe?

**rubiksnoob**

Pilau Rice wrote:
rubiksnoob wrote:Y no biebz?

Solo artist mebe?

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**Pilau Rice**

rubiksnoob wrote:
Pilau Rice wrote:
rubiksnoob wrote:Y no biebz?

Solo artist mebe?

You haven't heard of the Justin Bieber Experience?

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**rubiksnoob**

Pilau Rice wrote:
rubiksnoob wrote:
Pilau Rice wrote:
rubiksnoob wrote:Y no biebz?

Solo artist mebe?

You haven't heard of the Justin Bieber Experience?

No, but I had one

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**Pilau Rice**

rubiksnoob wrote:
Pilau Rice wrote:
rubiksnoob wrote:
Pilau Rice wrote:
rubiksnoob wrote:Y no biebz?

Solo artist mebe?

You haven't heard of the Justin Bieber Experience?

No, but I had one

Life changing, right? I haven't been te same since I listed to Electric Babyland.

Still feel dirty to this very day