Let's share our particular Top50 bands

[A380]

under the radar bands

Aardvark Aarmy
Boris B
Cornelius
DaedDug
EAR
Four Four
Gilapiguss
Hold Me (Tight)
I
Jones & Jones
K-Whole
Lipo
Midnight Miss
No Marks
Overproof
Present and Correct
Queer Theory
Righteous Mothers
The So-Sos
Tapeworm Holocaust
U = ME
Video Hideo
Waterbabies
X Marks Your Mum
Y-O-Y
Zilofones

Again, I liked all those before they sold out and got popular. Except Tapeworm Holocaust, always too MOR for me...

 

[ska invita]

Again, I liked all those before they sold out and got popular. Except Tapeworm Holocaust, always too MOR for me...

their really early unreleased stuff was the best tbh. anyone who was at those first secret toilet gigs will swear to that

 

[BCBlues]

Led Zeppelin
Black Sabbath
Dexys
Killjoys
Prefects
Steel Pulse
Musical Youth
Judas Priest
Thin Lizzy
Slade
Charlatans
UB40
Moody Blues
Wizard
The Move
ELO

 

[mojo pixy]

I started thinking about this, then it turned out solo artists (say, Louis Armstrong or Otis Redding) and band-leaders (say, Sun Ra or Louis Jordan) don't count .. so I'm basically left with 40-odd metal bands and half a dozen punk bands, plus the Beatles, UB40, Parliament-Funkadelic, and Bryan Adams (he's had the same band since 1984)

And nobody needs that.

 

[A380]

their really early unreleased stuff was the best tbh. anyone who was at those first secret toilet gigs will swear to that

Yes a lot of people who only discovered them in those later toilet gigs say that. Those of us who heard their demo cassettes from the shipping container sessions before that know that Bazz was only truly creative on the acoustic sitar….you know before they got mainstream when you liked them…

 

[ska invita]

I started thinking about this, then it turned out solo artists (say, Louis Armstrong or Otis Redding) and band-leaders (say, Sun Ra or Louis Jordan) don't count .. so I'm basically left with 40-odd metal bands and half a dozen punk bands, plus the Beatles, UB40, Parliament-Funkadelic, and Bryan Adams (he's had the same band since 1984)

And nobody needs that.

nobody needs any of this tbf, but the day needs wasting

 

[mojo pixy]

Well on that note then, 40-odd metal(ish) bands I'd rather hear before nearly any band that doesn't play metal...

Acid Bath
Alestorm
Anaal Nathrakh
Anthrax
Arkona
Black Sabbath
Blut Aus Nord
Bolt Thrower
Cannabis Corpse
Carcass
Celtic Frost
Clutch
Cormorant
Dark Tranquility
Electro Hippies
Esoteric
Finntroll
Fuck the Facts
Gamma Ray
Hell
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Kvelertak
Kyuss
Living Colour
Lost Horizon
Municipal Waste
Nanowar of Steel
Napalm Death
Nuclear Assault
Obscura
Opeth
Oranssi Pazuzu
Septicflesh
Sepultura
Sigh
Skindred
Slayer
System of a Down
Voivod

(edited for spelling, but not for adding Tool )

 

[Saul Goodman]

Were the Jesus and Mary Chain a band when they had a live drummer but not when they used a drum machine then?

In fairness, drummers don't really count toward band numbers. They're more akin to groupies.

 

[SpookyFrank]

My favourite metal bands:

Termination shock
Uruk-Hai
Chickenpox Downgrade
Dalek Orgy
THE TERMITES! THE TERMITES!
Omniskull
Putrefactory
Odin's Balls
Even Less Than Less Than Nothing
Rotting Goatflesh
Grrrrr
Cyborg Lizard
Bitter Sailors
Pentahorcrux
Prölapse

 

[planetgeli]

ParliamentFunkadelicGeorgeClintonFuckLists

 

[mojo pixy]

My favourite metal bands:

Termination shock
Uruk-Hai
Chickenpox Downgrade
Dalek Orgy
THE TERMITES! THE TERMITES!
Omniskull
Putrefactory
Odin's Balls
Even Less Than Less Than Nothing
Rotting Goatflesh
Grrrrr
Cyborg Lizard
Bitter Sailors
Pentahorcrux
Prölapse

Great list. I'm familiar with some (obviously if you like these I no longer can)...
But for passing Billboard Readers' edification...

Termination Shock is an album by Traveler
Uruk-Hai are a real band from Spain
The Termites are a real Psychobilly band; presumably THE TERMITES THE TERMITES! are a tribute band?
Odin's Balls is an online metal fanzine
Putrefactory are a real band from Mexico
Prolapse were a band once, I assume the umlauted version is a 'continuity' Prolapse that includes the bass player and drummer?

The others are too obscure for me so have 9 hipster points. They're vegan!

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[SpookyFrank]

Great list. I'm familiar with some (obviously if you like these I no longer can)...
But for passing Billboard Readers' edification...

Termination Shock is an album by Traveler
Uruk-Hai are a real band from Spain
The Termites are a real Psychobilly band; presumably THE TERMITES THE TERMITES! are a tribute band?
Odin's Balls is an online metal fanzine
Putrefactory are a real band from Mexico
Prolapse were a band once, I assume the umlauted version is a 'continuity' Prolapse that includes the bass player and drummer?

The others are too obscure for me so have 9 hipster points. They're vegan!

Evidently it is not possible to think of something so stupid that metal hasn't already done it with a straight face. I concede defeat

 

[mojo pixy]

Evidently it is not possible to think of something so stupid that metal hasn't already done it with a straight face. I concede defeat

Perhaps not with a straight face .. but there is nothing new under the moon.

 

[killer b]

Datblygu

I just read that apparently Dave Datblygu has just died.

 

[killer b]

The Termites are a real Psychobilly band;

I'm not a huge fan of psychobilly, but The Termites were brilliant - they had a real raw punk edge to them

 

[mojo pixy]

I'm not a huge fan of psychobilly, but The Termites were brilliant - they had a real raw punk edge to them

Going off to have a quick listen (first time I've searched for The Termites online, which is weirdly nostalgic) I found a ska duo, and an all-girl vocal group, both from the 60's, both called The Termites.

I reckon THE TERMITES THE TERMITES! isn't a metal band after all. I think it's an eleven-piece performance collective who play microtonal rastabilly skank.

 

[mojo pixy]

I bet there are posters spending hours coming up with a list of their top 50 bands making sure that no one else has heard of any of them.

Aardvark Aarmy
Boris B
Cornelius
DaedDug
EAR
Four Four
Gilapiguss
Hold Me (Tight)
I
Jones & Jones
K-Whole
Lipo
Midnight Miss
No Marks
Overproof
Present and Correct
Queer Theory
Righteous Mothers
The So-Sos
Tapeworm Holocaust
U = ME
Video Hideo
Waterbabies
X Marks Your Mum
Y-O-Y
Zilofones

Awesome bands, obviously can't listen to any of them now their names are so well known, but here's a top 50 essential bands for anyone who ever had their mind blown by Kranberryz, Diet Straights or You Too...

M.R.S.A
Sonic Bubonic
Themification
Behind the Bushes
Owlbrat
Sumprix Onsteij
AudioNo
Soggy Mess
Arthur and the Marthas
Kill-o-Teen
Druggies
Shouted Down
The Hateful Head
The Spunking Cocks
Stop When I Say Go
Bulldog Bitches
Bändnäme
Scheisster
Dildonics
Monothought Clique
S.O.B.O (aka. SunzOutBunzOut)
Them Northern Monks
Sillie Sosij
Book in the Face
Guitarseholes
Brown Frown
Not Me Not You
Twenty Legs
Death in Croydon
Disturbate
Piss and Wind
Bbaanndd
Serious Days Ahead
Fond of Fail
F1ST
Please No More
Günker
Knock It / Tried It
Everybody Says Bibble
X and Y but Z
Hans Schandy
The Barstads
Press The Flesh
Psy Grinder
Stun+Nuts
Easy on the Inside
Literally No
P.I.FiftyFive (aka. PI$$)
Otherhood of Nan
Brexit Mush

 

[A380]

Awesome bands, obviously can't listen to any of them now their names are so well known, but here's a top 50 essential bands for anyone who ever had their mind blown by Kranberryz, Diet Straights or You Too...

M.R.S.A
Sonic Bubonic
Themification
Behind the Bushes
Owlbrat
Sumprix Onsteij
AudioNo
Soggy Mess
Arthur and the Marthas
Kill-o-Teen
Druggies
Shouted Down
The Hateful Head
The Spunking Cocks
Stop When I Say Go
Bulldog Bitches
Bändnäme
Scheisster
Dildonics
Monothought Clique
S.O.B.O (aka. SunzOutBunzOut)
Them Northern Monks
Sillie Sosij
Book in the Face
Guitarseholes
Brown Frown
Not Me Not You
Twenty Legs
Death in Croydon
Disturbate
Piss and Wind
Bbaanndd
Serious Days Ahead
Fond of Fail
F1ST
Please No More
Günker
Knock It / Tried It
Everybody Says Bibble
X and Y but Z
Hans Schandy
The Barstads
Press The Flesh
Psy Grinder
Stun+Nuts
Easy on the Inside
Literally No
P.I.FiftyFive (aka. PI$$)
Otherhood of Nan
Brexit Mush

Some nice bands on their, although a tad commercial.

 

[Aladdin]

It's not so easy choosing only 50. And I'm only posting my current top 50. The ones I listen to most at the moment

So here goes...in no particular order

Aphrodites Child
Aha
Kraftwerk
New Order
Apparat
Nuages
Faithless
Aurora
Visage
Hania Rani (not a band but...brilliant)
Aslan
The Script
Bonaparte
Radiohead
David O Dowda
OMD
The doors
Jon Batiste
Johnny Cash
Pink Floyd
Hozier
Raury
The Coronas
Kodaline
Girl Band
The Killers
Elvis
The Beatles
Musical Youth
Roy Orbison
Mumford and Sons
Snowpatrol
The Frames
Clannad
The Cranberries
The Dubliners
Thin Lizzy
The Pogues
Horselips
The undertones
Planxty
Divine Comedy
Nirvana
Green Day
Joan Armatrading
Tracy Chapman
Alison Moyet
Pixies
ABBA
Paul Simon
Mike and the Mechanics

 

[Rimbaud]

In no particular order:

Royksopp
David Bowie
Bruce Springsteen
Radiohead
Bjork
Patrick Wolf
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The Waterboys
The White Stripes
Kendrick Lamar
Lorde
Lana Del Ray
Patti Smith
LCD Soundsystem
Lou Reed
The Velvet Underground
The Kinks
Tom Waits
The Doors
Grimes
The Smiths
Van Morrisson
Christy Moore
Bob Dylan
Leonard Cohen
Lupe Fiasco
Jay Z
The Clash
Rage Against the Machine
The Cooper Temple Clause
Jackie Leven
Arcade Fire
Runrig
The Roots
Primal Scream
Oasis
Gorillaz
The Rolling Stones
Bob Marley
Fela Kuti
Amadou and Mariam
Daft Punk
Portishead
Muse
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Eminem
Talking Heads
Joy Division
Public Enemy
Sigur Ros
The Decemberists

 

[Siouxsie]

OK, so hard to do only 50......there are so many more but these are my lifeblood, my sanity, my 'me' time choices.

No particular order....depends on the day and the situation.
AC/DC
ACCEPT
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY
DIO(BAND)
ALICE COOPER(BAND)
THE CULT
WHITESNAKE
UFO
THE QUIREBOYS
THE ALMIGHTY
MOLLY HATCHET
SISTERS OF MERCY
WASP
PANTERA
METALLICA
MEGADETH
MARILLION (FISH YEARS)
BLACK SABBATH
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH
VOLBEAT
CLUTCH
VOW WOW
SCORPIONS
WHITE ZOMBIE
SKID ROW
SLAYER
GUNS N' ROSES
STONE SOUR
MOTLEY CRUE
MOTORHEAD
IRON MAIDEN
SAXON
THIN LIZZY
CINDERELLA
HELLOWEEN
JUDAS PRIEST
EXODUS
GIRLSCHOOL
ANATHEMA
SLADE
T.REX
GILLAN
FASTER PUSSYCAT
BLACK STONE CHERRY
FASTWAY
BETH HART/JOE BONAMASSA
QUIET RIOT
L.A. GUNS
INXS
MARILYN MANSON (BAND)

 

[Siouxsie]

And because Mr S wanted a go, here's his

AIRBOURNE
BLACK CROWS
THE WHO
LYNYRD SKYNYRD
YES
ACCEPT
HELLOWEEN
MEGADETH
METALLICA
EVANESCENCE
UFO
MSG
SHINEDOWN
Y & T
IRON MAIDEN
AC/DC
MOTORHEAD
JUDAS PRIEST
SAXON
MARILLION
BLACK SABBATH
RAINBOW
WHITESNAKE
DEEP PURPLE
THIN LIZZY
TYGERS OF PAN TANG
MAGNUM
BLACK STAR RIDERS
THE ALMIGHTY
BLACK STONE CHERRY
RAVEN
THE QUIREBOYS
STATUS QUO
LED ZEPPELIN
HALESTORM
GUNS N' ROSES
FLEETWOOD MAC
STONE SOUR
FREE
BAD COMPANY
ALICE COOPER
SCORPIONS
WASP
SKID ROW
MOTLEY CRUE
AEROSMITH
VAN HALEN
HEART
KISS
QUEEN

 

[belboid]

OK, so hard to do only 50......there are so many more but these are my lifeblood, my sanity, my 'me' time choices.

No particular order....depends on the day and the situation.
AC/DC
ACCEPT
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY
DIO(BAND)
ALICE COOPER(BAND)
THE CULT
WHITESNAKE
UFO
THE QUIREBOYS
THE ALMIGHTY
MOLLY HATCHET
SISTERS OF MERCY
WASP
PANTERA
METALLICA
MEGADETH
MARILLION (FISH YEARS)
BLACK SABBATH
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH
VOLBEAT
CLUTCH
VOW WOW
SCORPIONS
WHITE ZOMBIE
SKID ROW
SLAYER
GUNS N' ROSES
STONE SOUR
MOTLEY CRUE
MOTORHEAD
IRON MAIDEN
SAXON
THIN LIZZY
CINDERELLA
HELLOWEEN
JUDAS PRIEST
EXODUS
GIRLSCHOOL
ANATHEMA
SLADE
T.REX
GILLAN
FASTER PUSSYCAT
BLACK STONE CHERRY
FASTWAY
BETH HART/JOE BONAMASSA
QUIET RIOT
L.A. GUNS
INXS
MARILYN MANSON (BAND)

Well, that screws my notion of where you took your name from

 

[Siouxsie]

I like Siouxsie Sioux.......my name is Suzanne, simple

 

[platinumsage]

Not sure i could name 50 bands off the top of my head, although of course i’ve heard of more than 50.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Did anyone mention The Cranberries?

 

[ska invita]

I mentioned them once but I think I got away with it

 

[klang]

I mentioned them once but I think I got away with it

and Cranberries for that matter.

 

[Raheem]

That's a blueberry. This is a cranberry:

 

[JuanTwoThree]

My early life in bands.

Purely on the basis of tunes I paid money for over the years:
Dave Clark Five
Animals
Blues-breakers
Love Affair
Buddy Guy
Muddy Waters
Lou Rawls
The JBs
Funk Brothers,Muscle Shoals, Stax House Band (MGs) (as backing bands)
Family Stone
Funkadelic etc
Doors
Allman Bros
Steve Gibbons
Little Feat
Asbury Jukes
E St Band
Bon Jovi
SAHB
Deep Purple
Atomic Rooster
LZ
Yes
Curved Air
The Nice/ELP
Pink Floyd
Fleetwood Mac
Focus
Heep
Wailers
Maytals
Skatalites
Spiders from Mars
Mott
Roxie
Sweet
Slade
Modern Lovers
Magazine
Pistols
Clash
Damned
Stranglers
Ruts
Gof4
Mekons
Kraftwerk
Lots of Two Tone
Culture Club
Soft Cell
Yazoo
Asbury Jukes
BS and E St Band
Bon Jovi
Big Sound Authority

I must have forgotten some

Not too embarrassing (Focus though!)