Your Top Ten Favorite Bands

[Leah]

on the flip side of DS's topic, http://www.badmovies.org/forum/index.php/topic,120701.0.html, what's your top ten (or more) favorite bands?
1) Sublime- hands down, if you know the 90's, then this song is what makes it a main nostalgic group, or something like that
2) Arch Enemy- my favorite Melodeath Metal band, mainly because of the use of growling, rather than semi growling/screaming
3) Firewind- This Greek band has one of the most talented guitarist today.
4) Avantasia- I may have recently discovered them, but I highly recommend them
5) Nevermore
6) Nightwish
7) Muse
8) Bad Religion
9) The Vandals
10) Cirrus

[claws]

According to my last.fm playcount, these are my top 10 bands:

01. Chic
02. Sister Sledge
03. The Time
04. The Bar-Kays
05. Instant Funk
06. Con Funk Shun
07. Fatback
08. Midnight Star
09. Change
10. The Jacksons

And yup, they are favorites as well.

[Mr. DS]

No particular order...I'm sure I'll forget someone that I'll have to add/replace later:

1.) Ratt
2.) White Zombie
3.) Prong
4.) Duran Duran
5.) Sepultura
6.) Michael Jackson
7.) Antrhax
8.) Testament
9.) Metallica
10.) Aerosmith

[Doggett]

1. Iron Maiden
2. Diana Krall
3. Shakespear's Sister
4. David Bowie
5. KISS
6. Dire Straits
7. Blondie
8. Sass Jordan
9. Lee Aaron
10. Regina Spektor

(I would never heard of 8 and 9 if not for Circus. Cheers, fella...)

[Rev. Powell]

I always like individuals (composers, singer-songwriters, great instrumentalists) better than bands.  Also, many bands are mainly extensions of their most talented individual (Nirvana was just Kurt Cobain, right?) rather than true collaborations.  So excluding individuals and extensions, my favorites would go something like

1. The Beatles
2. The Pogues (even though they came close to being just Shane McGowan's backing band)
3. King Crimson
4. Camper van Beethoven
5. Cowboy Junkies
6. Pink Floyd
7. Led Zeppelin
8. Asylum Street Spankers
9. The Flatlanders
10. Freakwater

[MrMari]

1. Funkadelic
2. Parliament
3. Bootsy's Rubber Band
4. James Brown and the JB's
5. Alice In Chains
6. Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble
7. AC/DC
8. WAR
9. The Beatles
10. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention

[Allhallowsday]

THE BEATLES
THE ROLLING STONES
THE STOOGES
MC5
THE PRETENDERS
PINK FLOYD
ROXY MUSIC
SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
BLUE CHEER

[Psycho Circus]

At the moment I'd have to say (man, this is HARD!);

1)  W.A.S.P.
2)  Saxon
3)  Lillian Axe
4)  KISS
5)  Giant
6)  Riot
7)  MSG
8)  Kix
9)  Dirty Looks
10) Testament

But then, I like alot of stuff that isn't glam metal/thrash or AOR like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Fleetwood Mac (Buckingham Nicks era), Bob Seger, Blackfoot and Tom Petty. I just can never mix those artists with the ones above when people ask me.

[lester1/2jr]

1. Guided By Voices
2. The Stooges
3. Ghost
4. Mobb Deep / other 90's hip hop
5. Stones
6. ska rocksteady stuff from studio 1
7. Unwound
8. Fugazi
9. Slayer
10. Bab Brains

[RCMerchant]

1.The RAMONES
2.BLACK SABBATH (Ozzy era)
3.The STOOGES
4.The ROLLING STONES (old school)
5.The BAD BRAINS
6.the CRAMPS
7.MOTORHEAD
8.the DEAD KENNEDYS
9.BLACK FLAG
10.the SEX PISTOLS

[retrorussell]

1. Blondie
2. Boston
3. Foghat
4. Journey
5. Foreigner
6. Chicago
7. Eagles
8. Fleetwood Mac
9. Little River Band
10. Styx

[JaseSF]

It's incredibly hard to pick just 10 bands and you know this could change as one discovers new/but mostly old bands too.

Anyways I'd say:

1) R.E.M.
2) Living Colour
3) Midnight Oil
4) Misfits
5) Minor Threat
6) The Skydiggers
7) The Ramones
8) The Clash
9) Rage Against the Machine
10) Creedence Clearwater Revival

[diamondwaspvenom]

In no particular order:

1) W.A.S.P.
2) Slayer
3) Lizzy Borden
4) Metallica
5) King Diamond
6) Mercyful Fate
7) Venom
8) Kiss
9) Anvil
10) Alice Cooper

[HappyGilmore]

1.) Beastie Boys
2.) Green Day
3.) The Aquabats!
4.) Devo
5.) R.E.M.
6.) HIM
7.) Bloodhound Gang
8.) The Ramones
9.) The Clash
10.) Bad Religion

[The Burgomaster]

This is tough, but I'll throw some out (in no particular order):

* THE RAMONES
* BLONDIE
* THE DOOBIE BROTHERS
* LYNYRD SKYNYRD (I mean real Skynyrd, before the plane crash)
* THE RASCALS
* THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL
* LED ZEPPELIN
* ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS
* THE POLICE
* .38 SPECIAL

There are probably about 10 more that are in contention, but let's stick with these for now.