Top 5 bands/artists

[squirtyflower]

The Cure
Joy Division
Neil Young with or without Crazy Horse, made a great career after finishing the footie!
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Griswald Hype and the Self-Molesting Mountain Goats

 

[Stirling1978]

The Beatles
Oasis
Super Furry Animals
Ian Brown
Doves

 

[Revolver]

No1. The Beatles, the greatest ever in my opinion.

Then currently in no particular order;

Kinks
Police
Stones
Doves

 

[1dart]

In no order.

The who
Paul weller
Oasis
Ocean colour scene
Stone roses

Very hard to narrow it down to 5. In a different mood there could easily be 5 different acts.

 

[Televators]

The Mars Volta
Coheed and Cambria
Joan Baez
Soundgarden/Temple of the Dog/Chris Cornell
Avenged Sevenfold

 

[ihatemanunited]

1. U2
2. Blink 182
3. John Lennon/The Beatles
4. Green Day
5. Oasis

 

[allblackcitizen]

Joy Division
The Clash
Public Enemy
Massive Attack
McCarthy

 

[-dabz-]

Among many, many others-
Thin Lizzy
Queen
Big Country
Rush
It Bites

 

[Ed68]

Based on iPod playcount

Furniture (well, Brilliant Mind is a classic)
Arctic Monkeys
The Smiths
James
Oasis

Based on what I'd have thought it would be

The Smiths
Oasis
Beatles
Inspirals
Stone Roses

 

[nickson71]

Metallica
Opeth
Rammstein
A Perfect Circle

struggling for a 5th