Blue Moon Top 100 Bands Artists - Full List of Artists (pg 287)

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I am not going to post my 15 as:

a) it fared rather badly

And more importantly:

b) one of the bands on there is going to be my next album pick (on the other thread) and I don't want you all getting too into them before I have had a chance to write a lot of rubbish about how great they are ;-)

Bloody hell - out of everyone who has posted here I think yours is the one most folk want to see!!!

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

I had a go at making my 15 up to 100. The ordering is a rough guide: I like plenty of bands equally and there were probably 50 or more other bands that could have made the lower reaches.

1 - Led Zeppelin

2 - Van Halen

3 - Kiss

4 - Rush

5 - Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band

6 - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

7 - The Rolling Stones

8 - The Who

9 - Black Sabbath

10 - Jethro Tull

11 - Queen

12 - Yes

13 - Blue Öyster Cult

14 - Lynyrd Skynyrd

15 - Aerosmith

16 - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

17 - Deep Purple

18 - John Mellencamp

19 - David Bowie

20 - UFO

21 - Angel

22 - Starz

23 - Thin Lizzy

24 - AC/DC

25 - Journey

26 - Motley Crue

27 - Kid Rock

28 - ZZ Top

29 - Steely Dan

30 - Genesis

31 - Pink Floyd

32 - Supertramp

33 - Alice Cooper

34 - Boston

35 - The Cars

36 - Judas Priest

37 - Roxy Music

38 - Guns N Roses

39 - Mott The Hoople

40 - Fleetwood Mac

41 - The Eagles

42 - REO Speedwagon

43 - Joe Walsh

44 - Drive By Truckers

45 - Steve Earle & The Dukes

46 - Cheap Trick

47 - David Lee Roth

48 - Robert Plant

49 - Ozzy Osbourne

50 - Ted Nugent

51 - T.Rex

52 - Rod Stewart & The Faces

53 - Oasis

54 - Foo Fighters

55 - Emerson Lake & Palmer

56 - Stevie Nicks

57 - Starcastle

58 - Styx

59 - Tangerine Dream

60 - Bachman Turner Overdrive

61 - Def Leppard

62 - Jeff Beck

63 - Neil Young

64 - Steve Miller Band

65 - Joe Satriani

66 - Toto

67 - Triumph

68 - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

69 - Heart

70 - The Police

71 - Sweet

72 - Beach Boys

73 - Bon Jovi

74 - The Scorpions

75 - U2

76 - Allman Brothers

77 - The Beatles

78 - Warren Zevon

79 - Molly Hatchet

80 - Eddie Money

81 - Simple Minds

82 - Whitesnake

83 - Meat Loaf

84 - Be Bop Deluxe

85 - Kraftwerk

86 - Blackberry Smoke

87 - Kansas

88 - Eric Clapton

89 - J.J. Cale

90 - Doobie Brothers

91 - Bad Company

92 - Bryan Adams

93 - Black Crowes

94 - Jan Hammer

95 - Magnum

96 - Japan

97 - 38 Special

98 - Uriah Heep

99 - Loverboy

100 - Foghat

Deep breath . . . . . .

A literal Who's Who of dinosa . . . errrrrr . . . I mean "classic" rock, except somehow there's Kraftwerk in there :).

I think in parsing this I'd have about one-quarter or so on my list of top 100 too, give or take 5 bands. Still most surprised that Roxy Music missed out. Not surprised The Cars did but I really like them too -- three really good records and two pretty decent ones out of their first five. Nice to see some love for the underrated Molly Hatchet (I think we talked about this before).

I'll forgive you your ELP and Styx and Journey. I can see the appeal though they are an easy target for me (and everyone else) to criticize. I'll forgive harmless fun like Loverboy and Eddie Money (a local lad, as in San Fran) cuz I liked their hits . . .

But . . .

Your #26 is unforgiveable. Not only does Motley Crue suck enormous donkey schlong musically, but Vince Neil is up there among the worst human beings to ever grace a stage -- not only is he Sammy Hagar with even less talent (were that possible), he's a drug-addicted, drunk-driving, multiple felony-committing woman beater. He's disgusting. And now he's fat as Stephen Howson too.

Moreover, in one song he boasted that he could reach orgasm in ten seconds. Think about that for a second. He actually BOASTED ABOUT HIS PREMATURE EJACULATION PROBLEM. What a fucking idiot.

Music is one thing, but I draw the line at untalented, evil, stupid human beings. And he's all of those.

 

[bennyboy]

I made an major error.
Thought i had the Smiths at 3 and The Clash at 4.
The Stones.....The Jam....The Smiths my favourite 3 Bands.
Sorry MES.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

So here is my real vote.
In the real world Morrissey would have been maybe 6th or 7th but The Man needed the points badly!

1. The Smiths
2. Morrissey
3. Siouxsie & The Banshees
4. New Order
5. Echo & The Bunnymen
6. Stone Roses
7. Generation X
8. Buzzcocks
9. The Chameleons
10. Soft Cell
11 T Rex
12. The The
13.Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
14. Bob Dylan
15. Inspiral Carpets

 

[OB1]

100 and no Smiths?

*Clicks on OB1's history of posts, looking for the slightest of reasons to ban him*

The Smiths wouldn't make it into my top 500.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I made an major error.
Thought i had the Smiths at 3 and The Clash at 4.
The Stones.....The Jam....The Smiths my favourite 3 Bands.
Sorry MES.

WAIT!!!!! @RobMCFC I demand a recount now this vital piece of evidence has been uncovered!!!!

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

100 and no Smiths?

*Clicks on OB1's history of posts, looking for the slightest of reasons to ban him*

Motley Crue at 26 should be an insta-ban.

 

[urban genie]

Motley Crue at 26 should be an insta-ban.

and Kid Rock at 27 too

 

[hilts]

My 15

1 Talking Heads
2 The Beatles
3 Oasis
4 Simon and Garfunkel
5 The Black Keys
6 Stereophonics
7 The Rolling Stones
8 The Kinks
9 New Order
10 David Bowie
11 Creedence Clearwater Revival
12 Fleetwood Mac
13 The Stone Roses
14 Alison Moyet
15 Neil Diamond

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

and Kid Rock at 27 too

Ha ha ha I was going to write about that but while I don't like him nor his music, and hate his politics, his rep and his stupid gun shit, he's a genre-jumper musically which takes some creativity and he's never killed anyone driving drunk as far as we know. Neil is fundamentally evil and stupid and has no talent whereas Kid Rock is just fucked up.