Let's share our particular Top50 bands
- Thread starter Crannadict
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Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
On the bands and underrepresentation of poc, to an extent hasnt bands been less of a black thing? I. E, Motown and stax had brilliant house bands and songwriters who worked with the umpteen different vocal artists. A lot of rap and hip hop artists work as individuals.
Similar problem with "favourite albums".
Obviously many exceptions to this, but lists of bands are always skewed towards white artists.
Similar problem with "favourite albums".
Obviously many exceptions to this, but lists of bands are always skewed towards white artists.
On reflection I think that's right. The set up in soul, r&b etc is more solo artiste or vocal group with amazing backing band in the studio or on stage than group with instruments.
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
And a list of mine if anyone is interested.
The who.
The funk brothers.
Small faces.
Kinks.
Sabbath
Stones.
Clash
Jam
Banshees
Blondie
Specials
Creedance
Byrds
Smiths
Bunnymen
Cure
Velvet underground
Au pairs
Bauhaus
Ian Dury and the blockheads.
The beat
Prodigy
Supergrass.
Roxy music
Stone roses
Pixies
Ill
Pogues
Portishead
UB40 (up to labour of love).
Ruts
Cramps
White stripes
Wolf alice
Stick in the wheel
Abba
Chic
The Stooges
OMD
stereolab
ETA - to include solo artists cos they are bands as well apparently -
Sam Cooke
Eta James
Howlin Woolf
Janis Joplin
Aretha Franklin
ottis redding
Bowie
Leonard Cohen
Dylan
Polly Harvey
Dusty Springfield
Jimi Hendrix
Edwin Starr
Lynton Kwiesi Johnson
Bobbie Gentry
Lonnie Donegan
The who.
The funk brothers.
Small faces.
Kinks.
Sabbath
Stones.
Clash
Jam
Banshees
Blondie
Specials
Creedance
Byrds
Smiths
Bunnymen
Cure
Velvet underground
Au pairs
Bauhaus
Ian Dury and the blockheads.
The beat
Prodigy
Supergrass.
Roxy music
Stone roses
Pixies
Ill
Pogues
Portishead
UB40 (up to labour of love).
Ruts
Cramps
White stripes
Wolf alice
Stick in the wheel
Abba
Chic
The Stooges
OMD
stereolab
ETA - to include solo artists cos they are bands as well apparently -
Sam Cooke
Eta James
Howlin Woolf
Janis Joplin
Aretha Franklin
ottis redding
Bowie
Leonard Cohen
Dylan
Polly Harvey
Dusty Springfield
Jimi Hendrix
Edwin Starr
Lynton Kwiesi Johnson
Bobbie Gentry
Lonnie Donegan
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nogojones
spelling is overrated
Well this is harder than I thought. I mostly listen to mixes and my tastes change all the time, but at teh moment I consider this lot pretty faultless (and I think there's 50ish there):
A Tribe Called Quest
Alice Coltrane
Spongebob Squarewave
Dr Cryptic
Addison Groove
Airto Moreira
Amit
Nasenbluten
Roy Ayres
Bass Clef
Blawen
Bogdan Raczynski
Suba
Cal Tjader
Chez Damier
Coco Bryce
Coffeecore
Commodo
DJ Mell G
DJ Rashad
DJ Zinc
El-B
FKY
Flora Purim
Gilberto Gil
Herbie Hancock
Jean Grae
João Gilberto
Joni Mitchell
Liza 'N' Eliaz
Micropoint
Miles Davis
Mood II Swing
Phatworld
Radioactive Man
Robert Hood
SatanicPornoCultShop
Smiley Maxx
Special Request
Thelonious Monk
War
X-Clan
Zed Bias
A Tribe Called Quest
Alice Coltrane
Spongebob Squarewave
Dr Cryptic
Addison Groove
Airto Moreira
Amit
Nasenbluten
Roy Ayres
Bass Clef
Blawen
Bogdan Raczynski
Suba
Cal Tjader
Chez Damier
Coco Bryce
Coffeecore
Commodo
DJ Mell G
DJ Rashad
DJ Zinc
El-B
FKY
Flora Purim
Gilberto Gil
Herbie Hancock
Jean Grae
João Gilberto
Joni Mitchell
Liza 'N' Eliaz
Micropoint
Miles Davis
Mood II Swing
Phatworld
Radioactive Man
Robert Hood
SatanicPornoCultShop
Smiley Maxx
Special Request
Thelonious Monk
War
X-Clan
Zed Bias
Aladdin
Well-Known Member
nogojones
spelling is overrated
Because I mostly scrolled down winamp and thought, Oh yeah, they're greatThat's impressively alphabetised.
chilango
Hypothetical Wanker
In no particular order and subject to change at any moment:
- Superchunk
- Datblygu
- Dinosaur Jr
- Jejune
- Y Cyrff
- Babylon Circus
- Nirvana
- Pixies
- Bikini Kill
- Le Tigre
- Talco
- Tocotronic
- Pond
- Shelley’s Children
- Manu Chao
- Jets to Brazil
- The Darling Buds
- J Church
- Linton Kwesi Johnson
- The Get Up Kids
- My Bloody Valentine
- Cranes
- Pale Saints
- Sonic Youth
- Spacemen 3
- Los de Abajo
- Fugazi
- The Hives
- Jefferson Airplane
- New Order
- The Stone Roses
- Lee Scratch Perry
- Joy Division
- Discount
- The Promise Ring
- Los Abandoned
- Watcha Clan
- D Skarilla
- The Wedding Present
- James Brown
- Minor Threat
- The Wurzels
- Yr Anhrefn
- The KLF
- Bad Religion
- NoFX
- The Cure
- Blackbird Raum
- L7
- The Prodigy
ska invita
back on the other side
thread has made me think as to what counts as a band precisely
Lee perry, little richard and chuck berry not bands i think
bad brains are a band
Supremes...not a band, but a vocal group?
I think for a band to be a band its about all the musicians counting as regular part of the line-up IYNWIM
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
I took band to mean artist. Under your scheme no prince, probably no fall, arguably no pil
ska invita
back on the other side
theres no way you can call AphexTwin a band for example.
Prince and the Revoluion - thats a band
Prince and the NPG thats a band
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Thank you for confirming
andysays
Love and solidarity
Clearly both The Fall and PiL count as a band; even though both had numerous line up changes over the years, they still retained the same name.
Prince & the Revo are/were a band, and Prince & the NPG are a different band, and you could choose to have either or both in your top 50.
If I was going to do this, I think I would have at least three different versions of Miles Davis' bands in my top ten, far less top 50.
Kevbad the Bad
Amiable Bowel Syndrome
Surely a proper band would have a conductor and everything?
ska invita
back on the other side
for the sake of conversation you might be able to escape the trap of having to name every great jazz line-up by saying they're not bands, but line-ups of indiviudal musicians
count bassie orchestra is probably a band, as is Sun Ra's Arkestra - one lineup who did one album...probably not quite
andysays
Love and solidarity
In the case of Miles, there are definitely different bands which worked with essentially the same line up for a significant period of time.
For example, the so called first great quintet with Coltrane, Garland, Chambers and Jones, and the second great quintet with Shorter, Hancock, Carter and Williams. For my money, those two count as two separate bands, just as the two different Prince bands do.
nogojones
spelling is overrated
Oh, it's going top be far too much effort now. I'll have to scrub 90% of those I picked.
Anyhow Crannadict started this. They should set the rules. Top 50 bands ending in ***erries
Anyhow Crannadict started this. They should set the rules. Top 50 bands ending in ***erries
ElizabethofYork
Old Crone
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Binky Baker & The Pit Orchestra
Travelling Wilberries
Raheem
Well-Known Member
You're thinking of buses.
Spandex
A crazy bulbous punchbag of sound
What about the traditional synthpop duo of charismatic front person and nerd with pile of electronics? Band or not band?
What about an ever changing collective who produce some music individually and some music collaboratively but release it all under one name. Band or not band?
What about an act that started with 3 members, dropped to 2 members but is now one person. Are they still a band or did they stop being a band at some point?
Once you've eliminated solo artists, front people or vocal groups backed by session musicians or house bands, and everything else that isn't a 'band' is quite hard and very limiting to come up with a top 50. It's hard enough anyway: does that band that did one album or a few tracks you love and a load of stuff you don't care about deserve to be on the list? Does a band that only ever made one record and may not've played live deserve to be on the list?
Really, I think great records are more important than great bands.
ska invita
back on the other side
not on this this thread ;P
yeah its hard.
Im adding a minimum of 3 members as another rule. One person is a solo artist, 2 is borderline but more likely a duo, 3+ is a band.
ive got this far but am tired now
Upsetters
Skatalites
Sound Dimension
The Revolutionaries
Funk Brothers
Booker T. & The M.G.'S
The Meters
The JBs
Parliament
Sly and the Family Stone
Earth Wind & Fire
Fela & Africa 70
Super Rail Band of the Buffet Hotel de la Gare
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
TPOK Jazz
Sun Ra Arkestra
Jimi Hendrix and the Experience
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
Azymuth
4hero (arguably only two members but often more so fuck it)
The Cranberries
Fingers Inc.
The Pixies
Primus
Velvet Underground
Spinal Tap
Beatles
Cattle Decapitation
Prince and the Revolution
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ska invita
back on the other side
Borderline. I'd say 3 minimum personally.
BAND
Stopped being a band
No. A great band shouldve done a lot to rise to the ranks of GREAT
klang
klang
if that's your list I'm quite surprised. Nothing against your taste, just wouldn't have expected you to include certain things and leave out others.
klang
klang
White Stripes?
ska invita
back on the other side
what have i missed, give me a few names...im tired today
ska invita
back on the other side
yeah theyre annoying.
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