Favorite Bands A-Z

Afghan Whigs
Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Clash
Dinosaur Jr
Electric Prunes
Flaming Lips
The Germs
Husker Du
Interpol
Jesus and Mary Chain
The Kinks
Love
The Misfits
Nirvana
Ours
Pixies
Queens of the Stone Age
The Replacements
The Shins
Them
U2
Velvet Underground
Wire
X
Neil Young
The Zombies

Ace of Base
Black Eyes
Crispus Attucks
Delgados
Erasure…
oh I give up, too.

Ace of Base (sorry walk, i had to copy you)
Black Eyes (ok that wasn't copying)
Coheed and Cambria
Dismemberment Plan, the
Eels
Faint, the
GYBE
Heart (Crazy on You is such a good song)
Interpol
Joy Division
Kills, the
Ladytron (first name that came to mind!)
Mars Volta, the
Neutral Milk Hotel
Orchid
Pinback/Postal Service/Pig Destroyer/Pixies (huge tie with 0835 bands)
Q and not U
Radiohead
Sigur Ros
Tears for Fears (kidding!)
Uncle Tupelo (yay celeste!)
Verve, the
Wham! (ok another joke).. Wilco
inXs (last joke)
Yo La Tengo
zzzzzz oh god this was boring. why did i do that

Afghan Whigs….Beach Boys…..Cramps…..Dead Kennedys……Ether Family Presents….Flaming Lips…..Guided By Voices….Hopewell….Ice T…Joe Jackson….Kraftwerk….Love & rockets….Mooney Suzuki….No Trend…Ozric Tentacles…Pond…Quicksilver Messenger service….Ramones….Supersuckers….Ten Years Gone….Ultravox….Vue….X….Yello….Zappa

Aereogramme
Blur
Charlatans/The Cooper Temple Clause/ Calla - there are a lot of C's!
Dandy Warhols
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
Fugazi
Gang of Four
Hoggboy
Idlewild/ Interpol
Joy Division
Kinks (The)
Liars
Mogwai
Neutral Milk Hotel
Occasion (The)
Pixies
Quails (The)
Radiohead
Seafood
Teenage Fanclub
U2
Vessels (The)
Wrens (The)
X
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Zutons (The)

At The Drive-in
BellRays
Cadallaca
Dandy Warhols
Eek-a-Mouse
Fugazi
Generation X
Harding, John Wesley
Israel Vibration
Jawbreaker
Kamoze, Ini
Living End
Minutemen
No Fun At All
One Last Wish
Pinehurst Kids
Q And Not U
Radio 4
Soundtrack of Our Lives
Toots & The Maytals
Upsetters
Velocity Girl
Wrens
X
Young, Neil
Zevon, Warren

Angels,The
Bowie,David
Cope,Julian
Dream Syndicate
Elvis P.
Fleshtones
Gang Of Four
Hunter,Ian
Interpol
Jason & The Scorchers
Killing Joke
La's
Mama's & The Papa's
Naked Raygun
Orbison,Roy
Pixies
Queen
Red Rockers
Sugar
Talk Talk
Uncle Tupelo
Verve
Williams Sr.,Hank
XTC
Yellow Magic Orchestra

Not all time faves,but could be found on a varied mix tape…..

I'm probably forgetting a lot, but here are a few of my current favorites that I can think of off the top of my head…

Adorable & The Auteurs
British Sea Power, Broadcast, The Boo Radleys (circa "Everything's Alright Forever") & B.R.M.C.
Catherine Wheel, Chapterhouse, The Cure, Coldplay, Close Lobsters & Colder
David Bowie, Doves & Dandy Warhols
Echo & the Bunnymen & Elefant
The Field Mice
Goldfrapp & The Go-Betweens
The House of Love
Interpol
Joy Division, Jesus & Mary Chain, James
Kitchens of Distinction
Lush & Longwave
My Bloody Valentine, Moose & Mew
New Order
The Ocean Blue & early OMD
The Postal Service
Q- ?
Radiohead & Ride (first 2 albums)
The Smiths, Suede & The Stills
The Trash Can Sinatras
U - ?
The Verve
Wire, Whipping Boy, The Wake & The Windmills
XTC
Yo La Tengo
Z - ?

what a fine list.

Whipping Boy

haven't seen these guys mentioned in quite a while

do you not like Boo Radleys post "Everythings allright forever"? Giant steps is their masterpiece for me….

american analog set (the)
butthole surfers (the)
chemical brothers (the)
dustdevils (the)
Echo and the bunnymen
flaming lips (the)
gomez
happy mondays
imperial teen
jesus and mary chain (the)
king missile
love and rockets
mecury rev
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orb(the)
pop will eat itself
queen (more because a lack of good Q bands)
rain parade (the)
spiritualized
tones on tail
underworld
velvet underground (the)
who/wilco
xtc (only if you can include the Dukes of the stratosphear here)
Yo La Tengo
zappa (though mostly with the mothers of invention…)

I agree, some letters (P and S come to mind) were hard as I have a lot of bands I like in those slots and others (Q and X) much fewer.

This was a tough one…but here's mine:

Aphex Twin
Buzzcocks
Catherine Wheel
Damned
Echo & the Bunnymen
Face to Face
Germs
Husker Du
Iggy
Joy Division
KMFDM
Lush
My Bloody Valentine
New Order
Orbital
Pixies
Queens of the Stone Age
Ramones
Smiths
The The
Urge Overkill
Velvet Underground
Wire
X
Yo La Tengo
the only one I couldn't come up with something

Originally posted by Sir HC:
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Originally posted by Skeeter:

Originally posted by Sir HC:
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Have the LPs and the CDs. Needed to get the CDs for the great extra tracks at the start and end "We were such nice children".

Originally posted by brennser:

Whipping Boy

haven't seen these guys mentioned in quite a while

do you not like Boo Radleys post "Everythings allright forever"? Giant steps is their masterpiece for me….

I do like it. Not nearly as much as "Everything's Alright" but I do like it. I haven't heard anything after that one though, aside from the "Wake Up Boo" song which I liked and the "There She Goes" cover which was ok…

The reason why I prefer "Everything's Alright" is that, for me, the melodies are more interesting, and the quirky & diverse sounds are better integrated into their overall sound. I think the opening track on that album, "Spainard" is brilliant and "Does This Hurt?" is as good as shoegaze gets. But obviously, it's a subjective thing. I'm well aware that "Giant Steps" is considered their definitive album. But I will admit that I have a bit of a bias towards moody/introspective music and "Giant Steps" has less of that than "Everythings Alright". Also, I'm not a big fan of reggae and I have to be in the right mood for 60s sunshine pop (which some of it reminds me of), so therefore, it's a harder album for me to get into. Having said that, the more I listen to it, the more I like it, with some songs being stronger than others. So maybe someday I'll really be into it big time…

As for Whipping Boy, "Heartworm" is one of my all-time favorites. It's such a sad thing that virtually no one has heard it…

I haven't heard anything after that one though, aside from the "Wake Up Boo" song which I liked and the "There She Goes" cover which was ok…

their swansong Kingsize is a very very good CD with the expcetion of one track which is terrible - Kingsize is probably my favorite after Giant Steps, then Everythings alright forever

Originally posted by brennser:

I haven't heard anything after that one though, aside from the "Wake Up Boo" song which I liked and the "There She Goes" cover which was ok…

their swansong Kingsize is a very very good CD with the expcetion of one track which is terrible - Kingsize is probably my favorite after Giant Steps, then Everythings alright forever

Thanks for the info—I'll definitely check that one out as well as the rest of their albums.