TOP 10 bands

[luney6]

Perhaps this is a little out of the blue, but it's is a small and not very time consuming game I've been wanting to start for a while now. In this topic, list the top 10 (thread title) of all time off the top of your head. Next week, I'll choose a slightly more unorthodox and lovely topic, but I wanted to start with something a little more general. And if you have any suggestions, please let me know!

Bands with the Highest Number Ones : The Beatles (7)

Bands that appeared on more than one list:

21 - The Beatles

17 - The Rolling Stones

16 - Led Zeppelin, Radiohead

12 - R.E.M.

11 - The Smiths

8 - Arcade Fire

7 - LCD Soundsystem, Pink Floyd, The Beach Boys

6 - U2, Talking Heads

5 - Pixies, The Velvet Underground

4 - The National, The Cure, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Queen, Steely Dan, ABBA

3 - Blondie, XTC, The Kinks, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Kraftwerk, Daft Punk, The Who, The White Stripes, Depeche Mode, Vampire Weekend, New Order

2 - The Magnetic Fields, Pavement, The Attractions, Belle & Sebastian, The Clash, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Wilco, Sigur Ros, Low, The Jam, Yes, Joy Division, Sleater-Kinney, Ride, Beach House, Built To Spill, Nine Inch Nails, Black Sabbath, Big Star, Roxy Music, The Police, Dire Straits, Destiny's Child

[luney6]

My top ten bands:
1. The Velvet Underground
2. Arcade Fire
3. King Crimson
4. The Doors
5. Sonic Youth
6. Mercury Rev
7. Soft Machine
8. The Magnetic Fields
9. Popol Vuh
10. The Rolling Stones

[Brad]

My current list (edited):
1. Pavement
2. The Beatles
3. The Rolling Stones
4. R.E.M.
5. The Velvet Underground
6. Pink Floyd
7. Elvis Costello/Attractions
8. Belle and Sebastian
9. Led Zeppelin
10. The Verlaines
11. The Clash

Not sure if you want Elvis C. & Attractions or not so I added #11!

[luney6]

My current list:
1. Pavement
2. The Beatles
3. The Rolling Stones
4. R.E.M.
5. David Bowie
6. Bob Dylan
7. The Velvet Underground
8. Pink Floyd
9. Elvis Costello/Attractions
10. Belle and Sebastian

Sorry Brad, I forgot to specify this, but I meant Bands as in music groups with multiple people. I'll do one for individual artists in the future. Could you edit the list a little?

[Listyguy]

Just bands, no solo artists. Pulled from my 2013 list of favorite artists:

1- The Jimi Hendrix Experience
2- The Beatles
3- Queen
4- Led Zeppelin
5- The Rolling Stones
6- U2
7- REM
8- Nirvana
9- Creedence Clearwater Revival
10- Pink Floyd

[Brad]

Sorry Brad, I forgot to specify this, but I meant Bands as in music groups with multiple people. I'll do one for individual artists in the future. Could you edit the list a little?

No problem; edited in the original post.

[BleuPanda]

1. LCD Soundsystem
2. Radiohead
3. The Beatles
4. The Velvet Underground
5. R.E.M.
6. The Smiths
7. Pixies
8. The Rolling Stones
9. Kraftwerk
10. Daft Punk


Is the artist poll going to be this year?

[whuntva]

1) The Beatles
2) The Who
3) Rush
4) Led Zeppelin
5) Radiohead
6) Queen
7) XTC
8) Rolling Stones
9) Jimi Hendrix Experience
10) Swans

Given the current pattern, the artist poll should be this year.

[Maschine_Man]

I hope this topic takes in weird and wonderful directions!

1) The White Stripes
2) Radiohead
3) The Beatles
4) Arcade Fire
5) Goldfrapp
6) The Smiths
7) Pixies
8) The Rolling Stones
9) Florence + The Machine
10) R.E.M.
11) The Kills

I did 11 too, because I'm not sure about Flo

[Nick]

1. The Beatles
2. Radiohead
3. The Rolling Stones
4. The Clash
5. Led Zeppelin
6. Blur
7. The Smiths
8. Wilco
9. The Beach Boys
10. LCD Soundsystem (if they even really count as a band)

[Nick]

Edit: double posted and can't delete my post...

Double edit: Might as well make this post mean something since I can't delete it. Anyway, I've seen 3 of my top 10 bands live! (Blur, Wilco, and LCD Soundsystem) That sure is exciting!

[dumbangel]

1) The Beatles
2) Steely Dan
3) Kelley Stoltz
4) The Smiths
5) David Bowie
6) The Beach Boys
7) Ed Harcourt
8) Prefab Sprout
9) XTC
10) Harry Nilsson

[Bang Jan]

Remember this is just bands, not solo artists as well.

[DaveC]

1. Pink Floyd
2. Radiohead
3. Sigur Ros
4. Talking Heads
5. Low
6. The Beatles
7. Pixies
8. The Smiths
9. Arcade Fire
10. The Jam

[Miguel]

1. The Beatles
2. The Beach Boys
3. Talking Heads
4. The Kinks
5. The Byrds
6. Yo La Tengo
7. Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci
8. Yes
9. R.E.M.
10. Mojave 3

[TimmyWing]

1. The Cure
2. New Order
3. The Beatles
4. The Smiths
5. Big Star
6. Elvis Costello and the Attractions
7. The Magnetic Fields
8. (Iggy and) The Stooges
9. R.E.M.
10. The Jam

I felt obliged to lob the Attractions in there, whereas Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band seems less like a "band" to me...I don't know how many of his releases are officially credited to the band, I suppose.

[ordinaryperson]

1. Radiohead
2. Pink Floyd
3. Talking Heads
4. Björk
5. Nine Inch Nails
6. Portishead
7. Aphex Twin
8. The Beatles
9. Nirvana
10. R.E.M.

Edited on January 6, 2018

[JWinton]

1. Arcade Fire
2. The Velvet Underground
3. Joy Division
4. LCD Soundsystem
5. Led Zeppelin
6. The Rolling Stones
7. The Beatles
8. The Smiths
9. Radiohead
10. The Replacements

[bootsy]

Interesting that luney6 is the only poster not to have The Beatles in his top 10. Wondering if we'll see anymore like that.

[DocBrown]

Interesting that luney6 is the only poster not to have The Beatles in his top 10. Wondering if we'll see anymore like that.

I'm not sure I want to join any club that will have me as a member (paraphrasing Groucho Marx). I am, however, not much of a Beatles fan.

1. The National
2. Wilco
3. Sigur Ros
4. Frightened Rabbit
5. R.E.M.
6. Arcade Fire
7. Counting Crows
8. Vampire Weekend
9. The New Pornographers
10. The White Stripes

[bootsy]

Interesting that luney6 is the only poster not to have The Beatles in his top 10. Wondering if we'll see anymore like that.

I'm not sure I want to join any club that will have me as a member (paraphrasing Groucho Marx). I am, however, not much of a Beatles fan.

1. The National
2. Wilco
3. Sigur Ros
4. Frightened Rabbit
5. R.E.M.
6. Arcade Fire
7. Counting Crows
8. Vampire Weekend
9. The New Pornographers
10. The White Stripes

That's fine. I'm just interested to see which lists won't have them on there for curiosity sake.

Good list btw. The National at #1, very bold.

[luvulongTIM]

1. Lush (speaking of reunions)
2. Belle & Sebastian
3. Cocteau Twins
4. Camera Obscura
5. Sleater-Kinney
6. The Primitives
7. Ride
8. The Housemartins
9. Trashcan Sinatras
10. Super Furry Animals

[Henry]

1. Steely Dan
2. Beatles
3. Rolling Stones
4. Who
5. Style Council
6. Pink Floyd
7. Beach Boys
8. Yes
9. Led Zeppelin
10. Utopia

[GucciLittlePiggy]

1. Radiohead
2. Arcade Fire
3. Deerhunter
4. The National
5. Pavement
6. R.E.M.
7. The Smiths
8. Cloud Nothings
9. Bon Iver
10. U2
11. Vampire Weekend

I included a number 11 pick just in case Bon Iver isn't deemed a "band". If we decide it's pretty much just Justin Vernon, then he'll be sure to show up in the artists poll. And I wasn't planning on including U2, as I haven't really listened to them much lately, but I was astounded to see that I have rated five of their albums at least a 92. That's no small feat.

[bonnielaurel]

1. The Beatles
2. ABBA
3. The Rolling Stones
4. Queen
5. U2
6. Sade
7. Blondie
8. The Police
9. Dire Straits
10. Destiny's Child

[Gillingham]

1. Boards of Canada
2. Radiohead
3. Low
4. Autechre
5. Creedence Clearwater Revival
6. The Rolling Stones
7. The National
8. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
9. Portishead
10. Beach House

[Nassim]

Not best bands, but my favorite !

1. Queens of the Stone Age
2. Beastie Boys
3. Built to Spill
4. LCD Soundsystem
5. Arcade Fire
6. Modest Mouse
7. Hot Chip
8. Puppetmastaz
9. Radiohead
10. The Beatles

[slick]

1. The Cure
2. Nine Inch Nails
3. Led Zeppelin
4. The Rolling Stones
5. Arcade Fire
6. Radiohead
7. Ride
8. Vampire Weekend
9. Metallica
10. Depeche Mode

[Jeff]

This is just of the top of my head; I expect it to change considerably if we do an artists poll this year. I tend to prefer solo artists to groups. I have included several duos, so depending on your definition of group, they might not be what you're looking for. There also a couple of borderline solo artists (LCD, Ariel Pink).

1. OutKast
2. The Beach Boys
3. Daft Punk
4. LCD Soundsystem
5. Kraftwerk
6. Death Grips
7. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
8. Fugazi
9. R.E.M.
10. Basic Channel

[RPLapin]

1. The Cure
2. U2
3. New Order
4. Led Zeppelin
5. Black Sabbath
6. The Smiths
7. Radiohead
8. Kraftwerk
9. Talking Heads
10. Iron Maiden

[Jirin]

Assuming only bands where the main creative influence is shared between multiple people count.

1. The Rolling Stones
2. The Beatles
3. The White Stripes
4. Radiohead
5. Public Enemy
6. The Knife
7. Pixies
8. Led Zeppelin
9. Simon and Garfunkel
10. Sleater-Kinney

Don't really know the difference between an 'aritst' and a 'band' besides artists are marketed based on only one person. A lot of bands have a single central creative influence and artists hire people to play with them.

Interesting how few female bands appear in these lists.

[luvulongTIM]

My list was divided EQUALLY amongst men and women In fact they'll also dominate my top 10 Artists list as well.

[Zombeels]

1. The Kinks
2. The Beatles
3. The Zombies
4. Small Faces
5. Built To Spill
6. Rolling Stones
7. Girls In Hawaii
8. Paul Revere & The Raiders
9. The Monkees
10. The Who

[prosecutorgodot]

1. Green Day
2. ABBA
3. Journey
4. The Beatles
5. Coldplay
6. Radiohead
7. Santana
8. Eagles
9. Pink Floyd
10. Bee Gees

[Live in Phoenix]

Something or other like:
1. The Beatles
2. Nirvana
3. The Rolling Stones
4. Oingo Boingo
5. Sonic Youth
6. R.E.M.
7. U2
8. Led Zeppelin
9. The Moody Blues
10. Black Sabbath

[notbrianeno]

Roughly based on albums' position in my Favorite Albums list, the number of high-ranking albums the band has on my list, and the overall consistency of their artistic output:

1. The National
2. Radiohead
3. Grizzly Bear
4. Interpol
5. LCD Soundsystem
6. Nine Inch Nails
7. Fleetwood Mac
8. Sonic Youth
9. Beach House
10. The Rolling Stones

[bootsy]

1. Radiohead
2. The Smiths
3. Parliament/Funkadelic
4. Talking Heads
5. The Beach Boys
6. Pink Floyd
7. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
8. Pixies
9. The Meters
10. Depeche Mode

[Moonbeam]

1. Eurythmics
2. The Cure
3. Blondie
4. Siouxsie and the Banshees
5. Depeche Mode
6. New Order
7. Roxy Music
8. LCD Soundsystem
9. The Smiths
10. Bootsy's Rubber Band

[luney6]

I'm going to start the next thread in a while.

[ringoesq68]

.1. beatles
..2. steely dan
...3. big star
....4. roxy music
.....5. led zeppelin
......6. talking heads
.......7. kinks
........8. r.e.m.
.........9. xtc
..........10. velvet underground

[run]

1. The Beatles
2. ABBA
3. The Rolling Stones
4. Queen
5. U2
6. Guns 'n Roses
7. Blondie
8. The Police
9. Dire Straits
10. Destiny's Child

[Georgie]

1. Steely Dan
2. The Beach Boys
3. The Beatles
4. Carpenters
5. ABBA
6. Led Zeppelin
7. The Crusaders
8. The Free Design
9. The Millennium
10. The Mothers of Invention