Favorite band from each letter of the alphabet

~~hate paper doll~~ · 06-08-2014, 04:23 PM

Yeah, I just left Zappa because I couldn't come up with a Z band either.

Ana Kovacheva · 06-08-2014, 04:41 PM

me too, although I like him after all

Psy-Fi · 06-08-2014, 04:44 PM

I decided to try a favorite punk bands list just for the hell of it. A bit more difficult to complete the list. I had to cheat and put Iggy Pop in the 'I' section because there are no punk bands beginning with that letter in my collection and I couldn't think of any.

Adverts
Buzzcocks
Clash
D.O.A.
Electric Eels
Fear
Generation X
Heartbreakers
Iggy Pop
Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine
Kid Dynamite
Lard
Meatmen
Nomeansno
Off!
Poison Idea
Queers
Rollins Band
Stranglers
Toxic Reasons
Unsane
Vibrators
Wipers
X
Young and the Useless
Zeros

Ana Kovacheva · 06-08-2014, 05:00 PM

I would have included the Ramones and the Undertones (but I don't know all of the bands)

~~hate paper doll~~ · 06-08-2014, 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

I decided to try a favorite punk bands list just for the hell of it. A bit more difficult to complete the list. I had to cheat and put Iggy Pop in the 'I' section because there are no punk bands beginning with that letter in my collection and I couldn't think of any.

Adverts
Buzzcocks
Clash
D.O.A.
Electric Eels
Fear
Generation X
Heartbreakers
Iggy Pop
Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine
Kid Dynamite
Lard
Meatmen
Nomeansno
Off!
Poison Idea
Queers
Rollins Band
Stranglers
Toxic Reasons
Unsane
Vibrators
Wipers
X
Young and the Useless
Zeros

Still, a kickass list! I love the fact that so many of us listed X.

Psy-Fi · 06-08-2014, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hate paper doll

Still, a kickass list! I love the fact that so many of us listed X.

Of all the bands on that list, X are the one I listen to most often.

bob. · 06-08-2014, 06:14 PM

love the fact that you have Wipers on there man.....and obviously Unsane...and Lard!....my absolute favorite Ministry side band

**Frownland** · 06-08-2014, 06:48 PM

Art Ensemble of Chicago
Billy Woods
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Django Reinhardt
Etron Fou Leloublan
Fushitsusha (with a nod to Fantômas, Faust and The Fall)
Ghostpoet
Huun-Huur-Tu
Iannis Xenakis
John Coltrane (The hardest letter, there are so many fantastic Johns)
Keiji Haino
Les Rallizes Denudes
Marc Ribot
Naked City
Ornette Coleman
Peter Brötzmann
Queens of the Stone Age
The Residents
Sun Ra (just edged out Sunn O))), Silver Apples, and Sonny Sharrock)
This Heat
United States of America
The Vandermark 5
Wolves In Sheepskin (bet you didn't see that one coming)
X
Yowie
Zu

Easier than I thought save for the letters noted above. Some letters like B, C, and T would be a lot harder if I didn't have a very clear favourite artist in those categories.

~~James~~ · 06-08-2014, 07:28 PM

Albums....

American Water (Silver Jews)
Blonde On Blonde (Bob Dylan) (Had a tough time choosing between three albums...all of which are Bob's)
Candy Apple Grey (Husker Du)
Darklands (The Jesus And Mary Chain)
Entertainment! (Gang Of Four)
Funeral (Arcade Fire) (Difficult letter)
The Great Annihilator (Swans)
Heroes (David Bowie)
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel) (this letter is a ****)
Junkyard (The Birthday Party)
Keep It Like A Secret (Built To Spill)
London Calling (The Clash)
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Kanye West)
Nixon (Lambchop)
OK Computer (Radiohead)
Pinkerton (Weezer)
Queen Of Denmark (John Grant)
Reckoning (R.E.M.)
Slanted And Enchanted (Pavement)
There's Nothing Wrong With Love (Built To Spill)
Unknown Pleasures (Joy Division)
The Velvet Underground & Nico (The Velvet Underground)
The White Album (The Beatles)
XXX (Danny Brown)
Ys (Joanna Newsom)
Zen Arcade (Husker Du)

~~hate paper doll~~ · 06-08-2014, 07:30 PM

Silver Jews, good choice! Love American Water.

06-08-2014, 06:14 PM	#37 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	love the fact that you have Wipers on there man.....and obviously Unsane...and Lard!....my absolute favorite Ministry side band __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

06-08-2014, 06:48 PM	#38 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Art Ensemble of Chicago Billy Woods Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Django Reinhardt Etron Fou Leloublan Fushitsusha (with a nod to Fantômas, Faust and The Fall) Ghostpoet Huun-Huur-Tu Iannis Xenakis John Coltrane (The hardest letter, there are so many fantastic Johns) Keiji Haino Les Rallizes Denudes Marc Ribot Naked City Ornette Coleman Peter Brötzmann Queens of the Stone Age The Residents Sun Ra (just edged out Sunn O))), Silver Apples, and Sonny Sharrock) This Heat United States of America The Vandermark 5 Wolves In Sheepskin (bet you didn't see that one coming) X Yowie Zu Easier than I thought save for the letters noted above. Some letters like B, C, and T would be a lot harder if I didn't have a very clear favourite artist in those categories. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

06-08-2014, 04:23 PM	#31 (permalink)
~~hate paper doll~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 423	Yeah, I just left Zappa because I couldn't come up with a Z band either.

06-08-2014, 04:41 PM	#32 (permalink)
Ana Kovacheva Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Sofia, Bulgaria Posts: 100	me too, although I like him after all

06-08-2014, 05:00 PM	#34 (permalink)
Ana Kovacheva Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Sofia, Bulgaria Posts: 100	I would have included the Ramones and the Undertones (but I don't know all of the bands)

06-08-2014, 07:28 PM	#39 (permalink)
~~James~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 4,483	Albums.... American Water (Silver Jews) Blonde On Blonde (Bob Dylan) (Had a tough time choosing between three albums...all of which are Bob's) Candy Apple Grey (Husker Du) Darklands (The Jesus And Mary Chain) Entertainment! (Gang Of Four) Funeral (Arcade Fire) (Difficult letter) The Great Annihilator (Swans) Heroes (David Bowie) In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel) (this letter is a ****) Junkyard (The Birthday Party) Keep It Like A Secret (Built To Spill) London Calling (The Clash) My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Kanye West) Nixon (Lambchop) OK Computer (Radiohead) Pinkerton (Weezer) Queen Of Denmark (John Grant) Reckoning (R.E.M.) Slanted And Enchanted (Pavement) There's Nothing Wrong With Love (Built To Spill) Unknown Pleasures (Joy Division) The Velvet Underground & Nico (The Velvet Underground) The White Album (The Beatles) XXX (Danny Brown) Ys (Joanna Newsom) Zen Arcade (Husker Du)

06-08-2014, 07:30 PM	#40 (permalink)
~~hate paper doll~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 423	Silver Jews, good choice! Love American Water.