Your 100 Favorite Bands



About two years ago I challenged a few people I worked with to come up with a list of One Hundred Bands that they liked. I think it's a great exercise, and it often jogs one's memory about music you've forgotten you love. These are Pop/Rock only, Rap/R&B and Country are separate lists. Please make your list off the top of your head [no looking at you iPod!] in no particular order and email it to me. I'll post any I get and then we can all have a chat about it. If you can't make a list of 100 bands you like, there's something horridly wrong with you and I need to make you a mix disc.

Here's my new current list from scratch [obviously I like more music than this, these are just the first 100 I thought of]:

Genesis
Jethro Tull
Rush
Archers of Loaf
Superchunk

Superdrag
Gentle Giant
Jamie T
Hall and Oates
AC/DC

Megadeth
Johnathan Richman
Kraftwerk
King Crimson
The Stiff Little Fingers

The Buzzcocks
The Cure
Billy Joel
The Kinks
Men at Work

The Zombies
The Beach Boys
The Shins
The Fruit Bats
Black Sabbath

The Who
Steely Dan
Crowded House
The Pretenders
They Might Be Giants

Aloha
Chris Issac
Roxy Music
The Talking Heads
Thin Lizzy

James Kochalka
Oasis
Hardship Post
Dinosaur Jr.
Elvis Costello

Billy Bragg
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Cake
Ben Folds
Weezer

Todd Rundgren
Centro-Matic
The Sweet
Pavement
Television

Old 97's
Jayhawks
Son Volt
Neil Young
Lovin' Spoonful

Bruce Springsteen
John Vanderslice
Codeine
Godspeed You Black Emperor
Bedhead

Low
Tears for Fears
Dire Straights
The Police
Squeeze

Depeche Mode
Gary Numan
Nirvana
This Bike is a Pipe Bomb
Sex Pistols

The Ramones
The Minutemen
The Misfits
The Leaving Trains
XTC

Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Abba
Frank Zappa
Queen

Tangerine Dream
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Jam
Neutral Milk Hotel
Violent Femmes

Electric Light Orchestra
David Bowie
Silkworm
Guided By Voices
Bob Dylan

Velvet Underground
Nerfherder
Fountains of Wayne
The Rentals
Slayer

Tom Robinson Band
Fleetwood Mac
Randy Newman
Tom Petty
Boston

Like I said, this is just the first 100 that came to mind, I'm sure there are more so please don't send me emails that say "What???!?!?? You left off [insert name of band that you like more than I do]!??!?!?!?? You fucking piece of shit!" Do, however, send me your list, because I want to read it and I want to post it.
- posted by Mason @ 11:44 AM