5 Artists/Bands for the Rest of Your Life!

[drebo]

Rush
Metallica
Barenaked Ladies
GnR
Crosby, Stills, and Nash

 

[DrPizza]

Pink Floyd
Rush
AC/DC

I'd consider: Beatles, Johnny Cash, Clapton (if it includes the bands he's played in), Fleetwood Mac (especially if it includes works by the individual band members), *maybe* Michael Jackson, though in 20 years, I still haven't gotten un-sick of all his songs being overplayed for a decade.

 

[Dedpuhl]

1. Iron Maiden
2. Megadeth
3. Opeth
4. Ghost
5. "Weird Al" Yankovic

Honorable Mention: Metallica, King's X, NIN

 

[NikolaeVarius]

1) Ayreon
2) Symphony X
3) Opeth
4) Apocalyptica
5) Black Sabbath

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

The Clash
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd
Jack White (and all his projects)

 

[Ns1]

Jack White (and all his projects)

whoa whoa whoa here, that changes EVERYTHING.

I guess I should have read the title better.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

whoa whoa whoa here, that changes EVERYTHING.

I guess I should have red the title better.

It's a grey area.

 

[CurseTheSky]

Iced Earth
Nightwish
Apocalyptica
Nine Inch Nails
Sevendust

 

[alkemyst]

http://www.cracked.com/funny-6404-10-worst-modern-bands-ever/

 

[Fern]

Pink Floyd
The Rolling Stones
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
The Who

Fern

 

[stargazr]

The Beatles
Bob Dylan
Hank Williams
Muddy Waters
Miles Davis

Really like to squeeze the Stones in there too

 

[zinfamous]

Well, The Grateful Dead cover all genres, so that takes care of most.

so then I'd probably go:

Dead
Floyd
Zeppelin
Coltrane or Monk
....whatever

 

[monk3y]

The Smiths
Tool
Gil Scott Heron
Opeth
Oasis

 

[JulesMaximus]

For me, such a list would be less about picking my top 5 favorites and more about seeking variety from music I really like.

1. The Who
2. Pink Floyd
3. John Denver
4. London Symphony Orchestra
5. Temptations

-KeithP

SRSLY???

 

[Scotteq]

Miles Davis
Bill Bruford
David Gilmore
Maynard
Tony Levin


Ask again in a few months and the list will change...

 

[HendrixFan]

This will probably change as I think about it more, but I don't think I'd ever find solid ground with a question like this. In going over this list I figure variety between artists and size of their catalog are as important as my critical view of their work.

Jimi Hendrix
Radiohead
Miles Davis
Shakira
Sigur Ros

 

[ControlD]

Rush
Iron Maiden
Opeth
Dream Theater
Dark Tranquility

 

[x-alki]

Neil Young
Widespread Panic
The Clash
Grateful Dead
The Kinks

 

[DaveSimmons]

I've been listening to classic rock as long as I've been alive thanks to my hippie parents. So as great as the Beatles, Stones, Who, Dead, Floyd and Moody Blues are they're off my list.

Elvis Costello - as the Barenaked Ladies said "I'm all about value" - so many good songs to listen to over 15-20 great CDs.

Richard Thompson - also making great music for close to 40 years now, also with a wide variety of styles, from his Fairport Convention days through the present

Tori Amos - daffy goddess of the piano (and harpsichord), also with a large catalog of good music (and and ever-growing catalog of not so good . . . )

Chris Whitley - a great guitarist and soulful vocalist, RIP.

Vivaldi - I'd probably find some 40-CD box set monster, even though my favorite performance is of his works for lute by Jakob Lindberg

 

[HomerJS]

Stevie Wonder
Earth Wind & Fire
Prince
Queen
Bob Marley

Honorable Mention
George Clinton (all iterations)
The Police

 

[datalink7]

Bob Dylan
Pink Floyd
Neil Young
Jackson Brown
Led Zeppelin

 

[Howard]

http://www.cracked.com/funny-6404-10-worst-modern-bands-ever/

For some reason it doesn't read like a cracked article at all. Very poor writing.

 

[Demoralized]

Finger Eleven (Rainbow Butt Monkeys originally)

Three Days Grace (Groundswell originally)

Suicidal Tendencies

Chevelle

Breaking Benjamin

Easiest list ever. It's mainly (98%) about 90s music.

 

[twinrider1]

Led Zeppelin
Rush
The Beatles
Steely Dan
Pink Floyd

Quantity and variety play a big role here. Pains me to leave out SRV and Aerosmith.

 

[Humpy]

Dean Martin
Mark Knopler
Jerry Garcia Band
Dinah Washington
Frank Sinatra

Come to think of it I wish that these were all in the same band.