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Now and ever.

I havn't decided mine yet.

― John Smith, Monday, 23 December 2002 22:31 (twenty-three years ago)

The Clash
Velvets
Replacements (when they're moderately sober)

We're talking bands, so Dylan, Van Morrison and Big Joe Turner are for another day.

― Jim M, Monday, 23 December 2002 22:35 (twenty-three years ago)

Today?

Current 93, Momus, Tom Waits ...

evah is a long time ...

― phil jones (interstar), Monday, 23 December 2002 22:43 (twenty-three years ago)

1/ Popol Vuh

2/ Magazine

3/ Van der graaf Generator

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 23 December 2002 22:44 (twenty-three years ago)

My Bloody Valentine
New Order
tie: Jesus & Mary Chain/Pulp

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 23 December 2002 22:44 (twenty-three years ago)

Poison
The Philistines Jr
Iron Maiden

(oh this is too hard...)

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 23 December 2002 22:45 (twenty-three years ago)

Lungfish
Neutral Milk Hotel

the other are debatable.

contenders: Lightning Bolt, Landed, Policy of 3, Assfactor 4, Fugazi.. bleh. somethin.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Monday, 23 December 2002 22:47 (twenty-three years ago)

Fuck, just three?

Still....okay, I'll try:

(1) Killing Joke (then, now and forever)
(2) Cop Shoot Cop
(3) Kiss

....or possibly the Stranglers, the Ramones, the Clash, Queen, Motorhead, Buzzcocks, Julian Cope, Firewater, the Sex Pistols, Sisters of Mercy, the Circle Jerks, Bowie, Iron Maiden....oh, fuck, and loads more.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 23 December 2002 23:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Actually, XTC should really be number (3), as I really only listen to Kiss in moments of nostaligc reverie.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 23 December 2002 23:21 (twenty-three years ago)

1)Black Sabbath
2)Joy Division
3)Felt

Current bands
1)Katatonia
2)Katatonia
3)Katatonia

― Scott Seward, Monday, 23 December 2002 23:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Thank christ solo acts aren't included. That would make it twice as hard!

Beatles
Replacements
Van Halen

― paul cox (paul cox), Monday, 23 December 2002 23:27 (twenty-three years ago)

I'll stick with currently operating concerns so my head doesn't explode: The Mountain Goats, Superchunk, The Dismemberment Plan.

Insert "rockist" barb here.

As an aside, it's really hard to rate bands that had one great album, like Neutral Milk Hotel, here.

― doug (doug), Monday, 23 December 2002 23:31 (twenty-three years ago)

1. Robert Wyatt
2. Alice Coltrane / Pharoah Sanders (sorta the same thing)
3. Talking Heads

― JasonD (JasonD), Monday, 23 December 2002 23:35 (twenty-three years ago)

won't even begin to bother with the others (too many fluctuations over dem years, obv-evidently), but over the past decade one constant there's been --
My Bloody Valentine

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 00:09 (twenty-three years ago)

Blue Man Group, the Smashing Pumpkins, Moby

do I have horrible taste?

― Curtis Stephens, Tuesday, 24 December 2002 00:12 (twenty-three years ago)

-spacemen 3
-spectrum
-spiritualized

wow, that was easy.

no, erm, really... for long term liking and consistency of taste...
-spacemen 3
-the velvet underground
-stereolab

― kate, Tuesday, 24 December 2002 00:13 (twenty-three years ago)

As of right now,

*Wire
*Modest Mouse
*Sloan

Contender: Slowdive

Left out: too many brilliant bands with fewer or less consistently great albums (sloan is inconsistent but gets in anyway).

― webcrack (music=crack), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 00:41 (twenty-three years ago)

Today:

Slint
Radiohead
My Bloody Valentine

― Callum (Callum), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 00:47 (twenty-three years ago)

The Clash
Outkast
Daft Punk

(I will try to be more esoteric next time)

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 00:50 (twenty-three years ago)

Yeah, The Clash is everybody's favourate band today. Funny that.

― Callum (Callum), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 00:52 (twenty-three years ago)

They were my favorite band yesterday and last week and in 1996, asshole.

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 00:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Velvet Underground
Pixies
and... from there on out it could be any number...

Raymond Scott, Talking Heads, Dismemberment Plan, Talking Heads, Sun Ra, White Stripes, Public Enemy, Replacements, Run DMC... oh I dont know.

― David Allen, Tuesday, 24 December 2002 01:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Currently active bands (i.e. more than one member), judged by recent output only: Melt-Banana, Wire, Flin Flon. (My answer may vary, er, tomorrow.)

Hall of fame: The Beatles, the Fall, Liliput.

― Douglas, Tuesday, 24 December 2002 01:44 (twenty-three years ago)

Right now
1. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2. Suicide
3. Sonic Youth

4ever
1. Sonic Youth
2. Joy Division
3. Pulp

thats right.

― geoff, Tuesday, 24 December 2002 04:22 (twenty-three years ago)

The Locust
Mindflayer
Alice Cooper

― Dave Fischer, Tuesday, 24 December 2002 04:46 (twenty-three years ago)

Unwound
June of 44
The Descendents

― Jonathan Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 05:29 (twenty-three years ago)

Presently: difficult, but Sleater-Kinney/Daft Punk/Youssou N'Dour's backing band.

Eternally: easy - Beatles/Pet Shop Boys/Clash (with or without mournful inflation).

― B.Rad (Brad), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 09:09 (twenty-three years ago)

Now:
1. Ladytron
2. Aislers Set
3. Soviet

Forever:
1. Belle & Sebastian
2. Apples in Stereo
3. Wu-Tang Clan

honorable mention: grandaddy, magnetic fields, tribe called quest, the roots

― phil-two, Tuesday, 24 December 2002 09:16 (twenty-three years ago)

i don't have three favourite bands. seriously.

― michael wells (michael w.), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 10:41 (twenty-three years ago)

Based strictly on music buying habits over the last decade or so:
1) Zappa/Mothers/various line-ups
2) The Bevis Frond
3) Dub Syndicate
But...Beatles, Pixies, Tom Waits, Sonic Youth, and I'm really digging the Pere Ubu box set *and* "St. Arkansas" ... so, um, no consensus.

― weatheringdaleson (weatheringdaleson), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 11:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, yeah, bands.
Scratch Mr. Waits, then, but certainly not Frank.

― weatheringdaleson (weatheringdaleson), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 11:07 (twenty-three years ago)

Roxy Music
The Stooges
The Band

― James Ball (James Ball), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 11:22 (twenty-three years ago)

Now :
- Gomez
- Shpongle
- Badly Drawn Boy

Forever:
- The Doors
- Future Sound of London
- Orbital
(but too many to name, i would like to add Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Eat Static, Slayer, 808 state, Pwei, Stone Roses, I'll still be loving all these bands till the d.i.d)

― Fuzzy (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 12:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Belle and Sebastian
Eels
Err.... ummm... The Violent Femmes. Or Dean Martin. I dunno.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 13:28 (twenty-three years ago)

at the moment:
Area
Boredoms
This Heat

all-time:
Beatles
Beach Boys
Boredoms

― dleone (dleone), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 14:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Ever:

-Drive Like Jehu
-The Boredoms
-The Beatles

Not always in that order, though.

At the Moment:

-Parson Sound
-The Boredoms
-The Can

― die9o (dhadis), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 14:22 (twenty-three years ago)

Ever :

Throwing Muses, John Cale, Shirokuma

Now :

DJ Food, Squarepusher, Rei Harakami

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 15:05 (twenty-three years ago)

My favorite 3 bands from Liverpool:

Beatles
Echo & the Bunnymen
The La's

― Aaron W, Tuesday, 24 December 2002 15:15 (twenty-three years ago)

dEUS, Fleetwood Mac and... probably uh... That's IT basically. I don't have favourite bands anymore.

― nathalie (nathalie), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 15:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Beach Boys
Boo Radleys
Autechre

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 17:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Now: Wire, Gang of Four, Pulp.

Evah(at time of writing, subject to change by time message appears on screen): Magazine, Blur, and, er, I dunno, the Verve or someone.

― Ferg (Ferg), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 18:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Velvet Underground
Spacemen 3
Roxy Music

― A Nairn (moretap), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 18:30 (twenty-three years ago)

right this second, but sure to change next second and then again the next second:

1. Bunny Brains
2. V-3
3. Friendly

― jack cole (jackcole), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 18:33 (twenty-three years ago)

must be:

the beatles
mc5
pixies

but i'd also rate high belle and sebastian, beastie boys, jsbx, le mans, mccarthy, paolo conte, television...

― joan vich (joan vich), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 18:59 (twenty-three years ago)

all time :

faust
brian eno
scritti politti

current :

deerhoof
jim o'rourke
liars

― phil turnbull (philT), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 21:12 (twenty-three years ago)

The Clash
The Smiths
Wire

― allister rooke, Tuesday, 24 December 2002 21:31 (twenty-three years ago)

Some motivations would be nice ppl. :)

― John Smith, Tuesday, 24 December 2002 21:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Today's three favourate bands then:

The Melvins
Godspeed You Black Emperor!
Victory At Sea

― Callum (Callum), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 22:04 (twenty-three years ago)

Last year:
Plaid/Black Dog
Autechre
Mogwai

Two years ago:
Autechre
Lamb
Portishead (hahahaha ALP)

Today:
Sleater Kinney
Bardo Pond
Cocteau Twins

OF ALL TIME
Cocteau Twins
Sleater Kinney
Autechre

― Leee (Leee), Tuesday, 24 December 2002 22:37 (twenty-three years ago)

breeders, acetone, stereolab?

― ron (ron), Wednesday, 25 December 2002 01:59 (twenty-three years ago)

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nothing gives me what get your wings and toys and rocks give me

― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 02:11 (seven years ago)

I'm so mad I'll never get to see Dillinger Four live. Vs God and Situationist Comedy sold me on melodic punk.

― Simon H., Tuesday, 19 June 2018 02:14 (seven years ago)

based purely on the # of tracks on my phone (the purest metric I have)

Manics
Tindersticks
Mark Eitzel/AMC

― Simon H., Tuesday, 19 June 2018 02:16 (seven years ago)

Does spotify have info on my most played artists and songs of all time? I don’t have it linked to last fm scrobbles anymore and I think someone might have stole my account there because the top songs in there in the past year are songs I don’t even know... anyhoo according to it my top three bands artists are:

1. Stereolab
2. Can
3. Grimes

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 02:35 (seven years ago)

they did a 2017 year-end thing. it works for me to just go here to see it, if you're logged into your spotify account: https://open.spotify.com/genre/2017-page

― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 02:39 (seven years ago)

Ah but that one only gives me the 2017 ones. I want one for the 10 years or so I’ve been on spotify.

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 02:46 (seven years ago)

I'll agree with Catherine Wheel. Also Meat Puppets and Scrawl.

― geoffreyess, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 03:55 (seven years ago)

Last.fm says:

Dylan
Miles
Eno

I'll take that.

― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 13:06 (seven years ago)

Most consistently listened to would probably be

Keith Jarrett
Pearl Jam
Ryan Adams

― I'm Finn thanks, don't mention it (fionnland), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 13:24 (seven years ago)

my last fm seems pretty otm: Los Campesinos!, Half Man Half Biscuit and Xiu Xiu

― devvvine, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 13:25 (seven years ago)

Radiohead and Talk Talk would be my top 2. I have no idea what the third one might be. Or I can't remember.

― pomenitul, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 13:40 (seven years ago)

The Clientele (earlier stuff)
The Lilys (earlier stuff)
Sun Kil Moon (earlier stuff)

― Evan, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 13:44 (seven years ago)

Can, Cocteau Twins, Mercyful Fate

― jmm, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 14:00 (seven years ago)

awesome seeing some dillinger four love on here, was my first concert B)

― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 14:23 (seven years ago)

Impossible question really as this changes throughout life

Broadcast
Stereolab
Cocteau twins

Honorary omissions: chromatics, tori amos, peej

― ya done (Ross), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 14:37 (seven years ago)

yes, led zeppelin, the beatles

― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 14:42 (seven years ago)

elvis costello & the attractions
dinosaur jr
steely dan

― paul mccartney & whinge (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 14:45 (seven years ago)

also sleater-kinney. and the stones. and parliament-funkadelic. and roxy music. and i can keep going.

― paul mccartney & whinge (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 14:46 (seven years ago)

it'll have to be 4

steely dan
the fall
pavement
sonic youth

― Dark Mavis (Michael B), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 15:01 (seven years ago)

New Order
Black Sabbath
Wu-Tang Clan

― Neil S, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 15:02 (seven years ago)

i guess it'd be

pavement
grateful dead
VU

if we're going for all-time, most consistent over time/most impact. daily, things ebb and flow. idk. i'm boring

― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 15:29 (seven years ago)

if we're talking BANDS:

talking heads
the beach boys
the boo Radleys

― My name is the Pope and in the 90s I smoked a lot of dope (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 16:33 (seven years ago)

global t -- that's a good trio (by yr own criteria)

― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 16:35 (seven years ago)

talking heads ousting autechre in 2018 but no real change. actually I think I prefer Autechre to the Beach Boys these days

― My name is the Pope and in the 90s I smoked a lot of dope (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 16:35 (seven years ago)

Something like this

Pet Shop Boys
Saint Etienne
Broadcast

― kitchen person, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 16:42 (seven years ago)

Van der Graaf Generator
Tindersticks
Shearwater

― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 17:04 (seven years ago)

Vaselines
The Fall
Fleetwood Mac, preferably including Lindsey B

― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 17:14 (seven years ago)

pumpkins
ac
beatles

― flappy bird, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 17:16 (seven years ago)

Beatles
Hawkwind
Yellow Magic Orchestra

― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 23:22 (seven years ago)

grateful dead
mazzy star
some version of one of the electric bands miles davis had in the early 70s - al foster, michael henderson, james mtume, pete cosey, reggie lucas, dave liebman

― marcos, Thursday, 21 June 2018 20:44 (seven years ago)

Beach House
Fleetwood Mac
Pet Shop Boys

― joshywinty (josh), Thursday, 21 June 2018 23:48 (seven years ago)

The Clientele
Talking Heads
Low

― that's not my post, Friday, 22 June 2018 00:31 (seven years ago)

The Clientele
Joni Mitchell's Hejira band
Destroyer's Kaputt band

― niels, Friday, 22 June 2018 08:40 (seven years ago)

New Order
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Belle & Sebastian

― enochroot, Friday, 22 June 2018 11:59 (seven years ago)

Ignoring Philip Glass etc., lastfm says:

Radiohead
The Rolling Stones
Amadou & Mariam

The Black Angels are #19 and climbing...

― aworks, Saturday, 23 June 2018 01:21 (seven years ago)

Beatles, Fall, Saint Etienne

― albvivertine, Saturday, 23 June 2018 01:47 (seven years ago)

funk bros
tcb band
chic org

― sciatica, Saturday, 23 June 2018 06:08 (seven years ago)

Revision # 7:
Zep
Sabbath
VH

― calstars, Saturday, 23 June 2018 17:25 (seven years ago)

The Cure

Steely Dan
Spoon

― Bee OK, Sunday, 24 June 2018 00:06 (seven years ago)

and then The Boo Radleys

― Bee OK, Sunday, 24 June 2018 00:07 (seven years ago)

followed by New Order

― Bee OK, Sunday, 24 June 2018 00:09 (seven years ago)

Brighouse and Rastrick Brass
Goombay Dance
Black Velvet

― Swedes and Löw (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 24 June 2018 02:15 (seven years ago)

The Fall
Prefab Sprout
Velvet Underground

Really though it's more fluid and not so set in stone. But all three of those above are bands whose work i know back to front. And whose entire catalog of l.p's i can and do sing along with. In and out of the shower.

― VyrnaKnowlIsAHeadbanger, Sunday, 24 June 2018 04:22 (seven years ago)

Revision C:
2814
Telepath
HKE

― calstars, Sunday, 24 June 2018 04:58 (seven years ago)

Rolling Stones '63 - '72
Sonic You t h
PRINCE

― nicky lo-fi, Sunday, 24 June 2018 05:52 (seven years ago)

two weeks pass...

Jane’s just shot to #1!

― calstars, Saturday, 14 July 2018 23:40 (seven years ago)

three months pass...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dpxn3T4XUAAkr_I.jpg

― calzino, Thursday, 18 October 2018 08:13 (seven years ago)

all time: the Boo Radleys, the Beach Boys, Talking Heads although I don't listen to any of them that much any more

― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Thursday, 18 October 2018 10:22 (seven years ago)

Echo & the Bunnymen
Joseph Arthur
David Sylvian (sort of sharing and alternating 3rd/4rd spot with Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry solo, but Sylvian ultimately wins because of Gone To Earth).

― Valentijn, Thursday, 18 October 2018 10:57 (seven years ago)

going for a "Joseph Arthur" was used in a non-musical context in my childhood!

― calzino, Thursday, 18 October 2018 10:59 (seven years ago)

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