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I know there's probably been a thousand favorite band threads, but in this one you HAVE to limit it to two. No ties are allowed. If you can't decide, then don't post.

Mine:

Husker Du and Ween

― Michael Copeland, Friday, 8 April 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)

Genesis and XTC

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 8 April 2005 18:02 (twenty years ago)

The Fall and Upsetters

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Friday, 8 April 2005 18:03 (twenty years ago)

Stereolab and Sonic Youth

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 8 April 2005 18:06 (twenty years ago)

Rebirth Brass Band & James Brown

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 8 April 2005 18:06 (twenty years ago)

Blur and Talk Talk

― jason., Friday, 8 April 2005 18:13 (twenty years ago)

Parliament and Funkadelic

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Friday, 8 April 2005 18:13 (twenty years ago)

(OK fine, and teh Clash)

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Friday, 8 April 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

New Order and Primal Scream

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 8 April 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

Beatles and Smashing Pumpkins

― Roadkill Bingo (Roadkill Bingo), Friday, 8 April 2005 18:19 (twenty years ago)

My Bloody Valentine & The Super Furry Animals

― Yngwie AlmsteenMay (sgertz), Friday, 8 April 2005 18:20 (twenty years ago)

KILLING JOKE and COP $HOOT COP

.....and the Stranglers and Devo

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 8 April 2005 18:20 (twenty years ago)

Would Lee Perry and Marley Marl count?

― ()ops (()()ps), Friday, 8 April 2005 18:22 (twenty years ago)

The Fall and Guided By Voices

― Dr. Gene Scott (shinybeast), Friday, 8 April 2005 18:26 (twenty years ago)

sonic youth and syd barrett

― b b, Friday, 8 April 2005 18:42 (twenty years ago)

Can and Sonic Youth

― fauxhemian (fauxhemian), Friday, 8 April 2005 18:44 (twenty years ago)

Dangit it hurts too much to limit it to 2.

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Friday, 8 April 2005 18:45 (twenty years ago)

The Mekons and the Clash.

― Not That Xhuxk, Friday, 8 April 2005 18:46 (twenty years ago)

Though it's easier if we're doing "bands" rather than "artists." So:

Japan and Magazine

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Friday, 8 April 2005 18:46 (twenty years ago)

The Damned and Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 8 April 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

Talking Heads and The Smiths

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 8 April 2005 18:54 (twenty years ago)

Pavement and Pulp

― alex in montreal (alex in montreal), Friday, 8 April 2005 18:55 (twenty years ago)

The Smiths and Mazzy Star

― ana (ana), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:00 (twenty years ago)

Led Zeppelin and Mission of Burma

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:01 (twenty years ago)

Pavement and Radiohead

― sleep (sleep), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:13 (twenty years ago)

REM and the Go-Betweens

― dan. (dan.), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:13 (twenty years ago)

Sonic Youth and Radiohead

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:15 (twenty years ago)

Dr. Teeth and Electric Mayhem
River Bottom Nightmare Band

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:24 (twenty years ago)

Jonathan Richman/Modern Lovers and The Louvin Brothers

― Asthmatic Cajun (Asthmatic Cajun), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:29 (twenty years ago)

Depeche Mode and XTC

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:30 (twenty years ago)

My Bloody Valentine and New Order

― Spencer Chow in Rio, Friday, 8 April 2005 19:31 (twenty years ago)

River Bottom Nightmare Band

These guys rule.

― Keith C (kcraw916), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:32 (twenty years ago)

Melt-Banana & Alice Cooper

― shieldforyoureyes, Friday, 8 April 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)

the Zombies and Wire

― Kate Silver (Kate Silver), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:08 (twenty years ago)

Mouse on Mars
and
er, um,
The JBs

― peepee (peepee), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:10 (twenty years ago)

Pavement and Radiohead

― jmeister (jmeister), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:12 (twenty years ago)

The Clash and the Go-Betweens

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)

Momus and Current 93

― phil jones (interstar), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

Yes and The Stooges

― brian may, Friday, 8 April 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)

Bon Scott-era AC/DC and the Velvet Underground

― miccio (miccio), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:38 (twenty years ago)

Radiohead and the Mars Volta

― leemun, Friday, 8 April 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)

Shellac and Big Black

― DJ Mencap0))), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)

teh Fall and Wilco

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)

The Go-Betweens + The Fall. Maybe.

― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

The Cure and Pet Shop Boys

― Seb (Seb), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

Today, it's Can and Chic.

― Ferlin Husky (noodle vague), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:44 (twenty years ago)

Right now Congo Natty/X-Project/Blackstar/Tribe of Isaachar and the Wu-Tang Clan.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

the Fall and the Ramones

― Aaron A., Friday, 8 April 2005 20:49 (twenty years ago)

Bright Eyes and The Arcade Fire

― a nice smart cute girl, Friday, 8 April 2005 20:51 (twenty years ago)

Right now? Depeche Mode and PJ Harvey.

― daria g (daria g), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:51 (twenty years ago)

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― strgn, Saturday, 2 February 2008 12:58 (eighteen years ago)

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― strgn, Saturday, 2 February 2008 13:00 (eighteen years ago)

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― strgn, Saturday, 2 February 2008 13:04 (eighteen years ago)

we gotta showstop

― strgn, Saturday, 2 February 2008 13:08 (eighteen years ago)

Whoa.

My 2:

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
Guided by Voices

― stareyedsquirrel, Saturday, 2 February 2008 13:19 (eighteen years ago)

XTC and Radiohead

― lindseykai, Saturday, 2 February 2008 16:10 (eighteen years ago)

my answer stays the same. forever:

black sabbath & joy division

-- scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, April 9, 2005 11:42 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Link

then felt. then swans.

― scott seward, Saturday, 2 February 2008 16:17 (eighteen years ago)

david bowie and fugazi.

but on tuesdays and thursdays it's ween and tom waits. and once a month it's the smiths and boredoms.

― Emily Bjurnhjam, Saturday, 2 February 2008 16:26 (eighteen years ago)

boredoms and wu-tang

― jhøshea, Saturday, 2 February 2008 16:27 (eighteen years ago)

Lynyrd Skynyrd and Boney M.

― xhuxk, Saturday, 2 February 2008 16:27 (eighteen years ago)

wire
mbv

― latebloomer, Saturday, 2 February 2008 16:29 (eighteen years ago)

prince and royal trux

― jhøshea, Saturday, 2 February 2008 16:30 (eighteen years ago)

Daft Punk

Scritti Politti

― Bodrick III, Saturday, 2 February 2008 16:38 (eighteen years ago)

Durutti Column
Kingsbury Manx

― Rob M v2, Saturday, 2 February 2008 16:51 (eighteen years ago)

So yesterday I was bored on the bus from campus, and I compiled the results of this thread for the original answers in April 2005. So the new answers, this week, are not included. Here are the total number of votes in the original thread:

9 Pavement

8 Radiohead

7 Sonic Youth

6 The Fall
6 Pixies
6 The Rolling Stones

5 Joy Division
5 Led Zeppelin
5 New Order

4 Can
4 The Clash
4 The Go-Betweens
4 My Bloody Valentine
4 Parliament/Funkadelic
4 The Velvet Underground
4 Wire

3 The Beach Boys
3 Belle and Sebastian
3 Black Sabbath
3 James Brown
3 Depeche Mode
3 The Smiths
3 The Stooges

2 American Music Club
2 Basement Jaxx
2 The Beatles
2 Fleetwood Mac
2 Fugazi
2 Killing Joke
2 Kraftwerk
2 Low
2 Mission of Burma
2 Pet Shop Boys
2 REM
2 The Smashing Pumpkins
2 Smog
2 Stereolab
2 Talk Talk
2 Ween
2 XTC
2 Yes
2 Neil Young

1 AC/DC
1 Aphex Twin
1 The Arcade Fire
1 Syd Barrett
1 Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
1 Gay Bert
1 The Beta Band
1 Big Black
1 Björk
1 Blur
1 Boards of Canada
1 The Boo Radleys
1 Brainiac
1 Bright Eyes
1 British Sea Power
1 Broadcast
1 Built to Spill
1 The Byrds
1 Johnny Cash
1 Chic
1 The Clean
1 Alice Cooper
1 Cop Shoot Cop
1 Lloyd Coyle and the Commotions
1 The Cure
1 Current 93
1 The Damned
1 Miles Davis
1 The Delgados
1 dEUS
1 Devo
1 The Doors
1 Dungen
1 The Dustdevils
1 Electric Light Orchestra
1 The English Beat
1 The Feelies
1 The Fiery Furnaces
1 The Flaming Lips
1 Foo Fighters
1 Genesis
1 Go Home Productions
1 Guided by Voices
1 PJ Harvey
1 The Jimi Hendrix Experience
1 Husker Du
1 Indecent Obsession
1 Indigo Girls
1 Japan
1 The JBs
1 The Jesus and Mary Chain
1 The Kinks
1 Koop
1 Lift to Experience
1 The Louvin Brothers
1 Luna
1 Magazine
1 Magic Dirt
1 The Magnetic Fields
1 Marley Marl
1 The Mars Volta
1 Mazzy Star
1 Mekons
1 Melt-Banana
1 The Modern Lovers
1 Momus
1 Mott the Hoople
1 Mouse on Mars
1 Nirvana
1 Orbital
1 Arvo Part
1 Pearls Before Swine
1 Pere Ubu
1 Lee Perry
1 Piano Magic
1 Pizzicato Five
1 Portugal Japan
1 Primal Scream
1 Prince
1 Puffy Ami Yuni
1 Pulp
1 Rammstein
1 Ramones
1 Rebirth Brass Band
1 The Replacements
1 River Bottom Nightmare Band
1 Roxus
1 Saint Etienne
1 Sandy Scott and the Shorts
1 The Sex Pistols
1 Shellac
1 Slayer
1 Sly and the Family Stone
1 Spiritualized
1 Stars of the Lid
1 Sugar
1 Super Furry Animals
1 Swervedriver
1 Booker T and the MGs
1 Talking Heads
1 Teenage Fanclub
1 Texas
1 Dr. Teeth and Electric Mayhem
1 Upsetters
1 Voivod
1 Tom Waits
1 Wilco
1 Wu-Tang Clan
1 The Zombies

Interesting, huh??

― stephen, Saturday, 2 February 2008 17:53 (eighteen years ago)

guided by voices and xtc

― ciderpress, Saturday, 2 February 2008 18:51 (eighteen years ago)

~~Daft Punk~~
Kraftwerk
Scritti Politti

Obvs, sorry.

-- Bodrick III, Saturday, 2 February 2008 16:38

― Bodrick III, Saturday, 2 February 2008 18:55 (eighteen years ago)

Lynyrd Skynyrd
NWA

― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 2 February 2008 19:04 (eighteen years ago)

super furry animals and low

― Simon H., Saturday, 2 February 2008 19:04 (eighteen years ago)

Hard for me to do because I find it hard to objectively rank favorite bands cross genre. but I'll try...

Immolation

Death metal, but this act is one where, upon releasing a new album, I'm buying it on day one.

They have a very unique style, they aren't about balls to the wall riffing, but they create a very bleak atmosphere by creatively using dissonance, odd harmonics, and layers.

Certainly, they've stuck to their niche their entire career, but why not if you're good at it?

Pain of Salvation

The second act coulda been really one of 234, but this group has always managed to write music that is both challenging, emotionally engaging, and memorable at the same time.

Unfortunately, listening to The Perfect Element too much has burnt me out almost permanently on the album.

― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Saturday, 2 February 2008 19:09 (eighteen years ago)

cue someone saying OMG OTHER DETH METHUHL BANDS DO THAT TOO...

― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Saturday, 2 February 2008 19:11 (eighteen years ago)

new order and pulp today

― t0dd swiss, Saturday, 2 February 2008 19:14 (eighteen years ago)

Genesis and Depeche Mode

― Geir Hongro, Saturday, 2 February 2008 19:25 (eighteen years ago)

Seems they have changed since 2005. (or - more like - changed back to what they used to be after "Playing The Angel")

― Geir Hongro, Saturday, 2 February 2008 19:26 (eighteen years ago)

The Fall and Super Furry Animals.

― teflon monkey, Saturday, 2 February 2008 20:43 (eighteen years ago)

Too Much Joy
Nirvana

― eeyore19, Saturday, 2 February 2008 21:16 (eighteen years ago)

Kraftwerk
Funkadelic
(Stuck in an elevator)

― Bodrick III, Sunday, 3 February 2008 02:34 (eighteen years ago)

Roxy Music
Devo

― zeus, Sunday, 3 February 2008 02:40 (eighteen years ago)

Daft Punk / Justice

― our work is never over, Sunday, 3 February 2008 03:53 (eighteen years ago)

yeah for me its wu tang and the beatles

― Colin_C., Sunday, 3 February 2008 04:07 (eighteen years ago)

teh fall
mekons

― edb, Sunday, 3 February 2008 05:00 (eighteen years ago)

The Smiths/Morrissey and Sonic Youth

― Bus Driver Stu, Sunday, 3 February 2008 05:12 (eighteen years ago)

led zeppelin
ween

― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 3 February 2008 05:24 (eighteen years ago)

Mebbe Go-Betweens + Bros of the 0ccollt Sisterhood

― W4LTER, Sunday, 3 February 2008 05:31 (eighteen years ago)

low
talking heads

― that's not my post, Sunday, 3 February 2008 06:28 (eighteen years ago)

roxy music
human league

― jabba hands, Sunday, 3 February 2008 06:32 (eighteen years ago)

marching band
swing band

― tipsy mothra, Sunday, 3 February 2008 06:41 (eighteen years ago)

Kinks / Flaming Lips

― our work is never over, Sunday, 3 February 2008 06:54 (eighteen years ago)

Radiohead/Lightning Bolt

― Creeztophair, Sunday, 3 February 2008 07:28 (eighteen years ago)

Sleater-Kinney
The Lucksmiths (sentimental favorites)

― miryam, Sunday, 3 February 2008 15:15 (eighteen years ago)

pearl jam and seether

― sadie8707, Sunday, 3 February 2008 17:14 (eighteen years ago)

David Bowie for sure. Number two is Bjork if I'm feeling grown up and 80s Metallica if I'm not.

― chap, Sunday, 3 February 2008 17:17 (eighteen years ago)

This is too hard for me to decide (I could do 5), so I'll go by my top two artists on Last.fm, both of which would be in my top 5:

Roxy Music
Chakra

― Patrick South, Sunday, 3 February 2008 17:32 (eighteen years ago)

Devo and Throwing Muses.

But The Go-Betweens or The B-52's might replace one of them depending on when you ask.

― verhexen, Sunday, 3 February 2008 18:28 (eighteen years ago)

counting a band as something "rock" related i'd say Talking Heads and the Misfits.

― pipecock, Sunday, 3 February 2008 18:29 (eighteen years ago)

New Order + Underworld

― brotherlovesdub, Sunday, 3 February 2008 19:21 (eighteen years ago)

Yello & Nina Simone

― Tuomas, Sunday, 3 February 2008 19:24 (eighteen years ago)

Anal Cunt
Sleater Kinney

― Bodrick III, Sunday, 3 February 2008 20:00 (eighteen years ago)

Then, Now, Forever:

Killing Joke + Cop Shoot Cop

― Alex in NYC, Sunday, 3 February 2008 20:48 (eighteen years ago)

the tough alliance
the prefects

― Michael B, Sunday, 3 February 2008 22:00 (eighteen years ago)

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