Your favorite bands?

A thread like this had probably existed, perhaps even had several incarnations, in FAKKU's past, but that's all necrotic, by now. So, here we go:

Name a handful of your favorite bands (let's say, no more than a dozen) and a short reason for each of them.

I'd start with myself, but I gotta hurry to class, now. See you in the afternoon.

I listen to all sorts of music, a few faves would be

Alexisonfire
A7X
Lamb of God
Anberlin
Blink 182
Children of Bodom
Death Cab for Cutie
Foo Fighters
Incubus
Pendulum
Rage Against The Machine
RHCP
Senses Fail
Slipknot
Stereophonics
Slayer

[size=10]If Kpop groups count as bands, then add SNSD and SHINee in.[/h]

Bad religion, NoFx, Senses fail, Tsunami bomb, Tool, Pulley, Bouncing souls, Lower Class Barts, Plan C(my band), NWA, 2 Pac, and David Allen Coe.

Let's see

- Green Carnation
- Spock's Beard
- Neal Morse
- Porcupine Tree
- Transatlantic
- Dream Theater
- Pain of Salvation
- Radiohead
- Coldplay
- Coheed and Cambria

Lots of Progressive Rock and Metal. There are more, but those were the ones I could think of off the top of my head.

Hmmm.... Theres:

-Mushroomhead
-Megadeth
-Dir en Grey
-Deftones
-Slipknot
-KoRn
-Limp Bizkit
-Dustbox
-Galneryus
-Murderdolls
-Rammstein
-Emigrate
-Black Light Burns
-Iron Maiden
-Judas Priest
-Metallica
-Mr.Big
-Mr.Bungle
-Seikima-II
-Sex Machineguns

only to name a few.

-Daft Punk
-Jamiroquai
-Modjo
-The killers
-C-Funk
-Los tetas
-Chancho En Piedra
-Los Bunkers
-Los Mox!

Here's all the music I listen to.

Punk Rock
- Sum 41
- Blink 182
- Gob
- The Offspring
- Pennywise

Thrash Metal/Crossover
- Violator
- Bywar
- Sepultura
- Slayer
- Toxic Holocaust
- Exodus
- Skull Hammer
- D.R.I.
- Cryptic Slaughter
- Razor
- Anthrax
- Coroner
- Heathen
- Sadus
- Evile
- Gama Bomb
- Municipal Waste
- Atrophy
- Toxik
- Xentrix

Others
- Arctic Monkeys
- System of a down
- Iron Maiden
- Rammstein
- Mindless Self Indulgence
- The Misfits

- Gorillaz
- Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
- Mumford and Sons
- Meat Loaf
- Daft Punk
- Grizzly Bear
- Malajube
- Cute Is What We Aim For

-The Velvet Underground
-The Ramones
-Vampire Weekend
-Catch 22
-The CLash
-The Cure
-The Stooges
-D.R.I.
-Nevershoutnever
-Cars Can Be Blue
-Coldplay
-New York Dolls
-Toxic Narcotic
-Operation Ivy

AC/DC
Arashi
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Avenged Sevenfold
Back-On
Breaking Benjamin
Bullet For My Valentine
Disturbed
Eyeshine
Five Finger Death Punch
Green Day
Korn
Linkin Park
LM.C
Maximum The Hormone
Metallica
The Offspring
Powerman 5000
Rage Against The Machine
Rammstein
Saliva
Skillet
Slipknot
Stance Punks
Steel Panther
System Of A Down
UVERworld

and thats about it!

Ceremony
Editors
Dead Ends
Dead Kennedys
G.I.S.M.
Joy Division
Misfits
The National
The Stalin
The Smiths
Wire
The Willard

There's a dozen.

Linkin Park
M.O.V.E
Gorillaz
Daft punk
i listen more to solo-artists than bands T_T

top/ random order

System of a down
maximum the hormone
eiko shimamiya
metallica
sunset swish
scars on broadway
abingdon boys school
porno graffiti
YUI
Girls Dead Monster
Jimang
serj tankian
UVERworld
houkago tea time

AC/DC
Blank and Jones
Rammstein
Girls Dead Monster (Yes, from Angel Beats!)
Skillet
Monoral
Caramell
4 Strings
Hans Zimmer
Gorillaz
Seether
Hyde
Paul Van Dyk
Moetley Crue
Theory of a Deadman
Rise Against
The B-52's
Beach Boys
The Doors
Johnny Cash

Dimmu Borgir, though In Sorte Diaboli was pretty meh.
Behemoth
Nile
Necrophagist
Nevermore
Dream Theater
Megadeth
Dark Funeral
Mors Principium Est
Opeth
Symphony X

So, finally I get around to my contribution. (Not that I expect anybody to care.)

Curiously, so far, nobody has supplied any reasons. Not like it's necessary and, of course, oftentimes one can't pin it down. Still, strange.


In as few words as possible, and in mostly random order:

Napalm Death: If I had to choose only one band whose musical style I like the most. Also, Mark Greenway is, by my preference, hands down the best vocalist I have ever heard.

Depeche Mode: If I had to choose only one band whose songs speak to me the most.

Tom Waits: When I need something more bluesy.

Radiohead: Kinda a mix of Tom Waits and Depeche Mode.

U2: Though they are probably the biggest thing around, their songs aren't braindead, mainstream bubblegum, at all. Also, the Edge is just one of the all-time greatest guitarists.

Queen: The biggest band of the 80s, whose reign was cut tragically short; all four members were talented songwriters, and their catalogue exhibits unbelievable variety.

Red Hot Chili Peppers: A lot of odd lyrics, but some extremely catchy alternative rock.

MF Grimm: An abstract kind of rapper who's lived through some harsh reality.

Immortal Technique: Another conscious rapper, with more heavily political lyrics.

Manowar: When I feel like being picked up by some power metal.

According to my last.fm, these are my 20 favorite bands:

1. Iron Maiden
2. Judas Priest
3. AC/DC
4. Def Leppard
5. Aerosmith
6. Bon Jovi
7. Black Sabbath
8. Led Zeppelin
9. Van Halen
10. Kiss
11. Queensryche
12. Guns N' Roses
13. Queen
14. Rainbow
15. Motley Crue
16. Saxon
17. Dio
18. Thin Lizzy
19. The Doors
20. Rush

I like them because they sound awesome and they always put me in a good mood when listening to them. I grew up listening to those bands plus others that I won't even bother posting or I'll be here all day.

AD/DC
Queen
Journey
The Who
Buddy Holly
Elvis Presley (am i really the first to have this?)
Guns N' Roses
Billy Joel

used to like newer stuff but it all sounds not as good compared to these

At the moment, all I've been listening to has been Editors and The National (and a bit of Innocence Mission and Interpol).