If Nirvana Is At Or Near The Top Of Your List Of The All Time Greatest Acts In The History Of Rock And Roll...

[Sheffield]

who else is on your list?

[Kelley]

The following artists are in to particular order:   Tori Amos Pearl Jam Bush Live The Smashing Pumpkins Soundgarden Alice In Chains Stone Temple Pilots Rage Against the Machine Green Day Radiohead Oasis Blur Beck Elastica Sonic Youth Hole Nine Inch Nails REM Dave Matthews Band Pixies Alanis Morissette Violent Femmes Garbage Meat Puppets PJ Harvey Ween The Cranberries Sublime Jane's Addiction   Every band/artist I listed above I've seen live.   I looked through my CDs and these were the bands/artists that jumped out at me.     I wanted to go to Woodstock in 99 but I was on my honeymoon in Hawaii at the time.      

[Niallan]

Smashing Pumpkins, Counting Crows, The Police, Guns and Roses, Gin Blossoms, Soul Asylum, and other 90's Rock / Alternative bands

[Jacinto]

RHCP and Limp Bizkit RHCP and Limp Bizkit ComicReader82 73 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

[Honovi]

Lots of bands and individual artists The following artists are in to particular order:   Tori Amos Pearl Jam Bush Live The Smashing Pumpkins Soundgarden Alice In Chains Stone Temple Pilots Rage Against the Machine Green Day Radiohead Oasis Blur Beck Elastica Sonic Youth Hole Nine Inch Nails REM Dave Matthews Band Pixies Alanis Morissette Violent Femmes Garbage Meat Puppets PJ Harvey Ween The Cranberries Sublime Jane's Addiction   Every band/artist I listed above I've seen live.   I looked through my CDs and these were the bands/artists that jumped out at me.     I wanted to go to Woodstock in 99 but I was on my honeymoon in Hawaii at the time.         -layyla-'s Recommendations Perfect from Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life Amazon List Price: $23.00 Used from: $3.99 Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5(based on 12 reviews) Whores: An Oral Biography of Perry Farrell and Jane's Addiction Amazon List Price: $26.00 Used from: $7.73 Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5(based on 9 reviews) -layyla- 73 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

[Siomon]

Nirvana's in my top 15 for sure...they were #2-3 for a while/years but I listened to them to death I love Nirvana(they actually got me indirectly into the Beatles as a kid as I read a bunch of reviews or heard people speak about a Beatles influence and I knew nothing about the Beatles then), but overall in the grand scheme of things as I've gotten older, they just didn't have a long enough track record to make it as my top 5 act this long after the end.   I'd say my top 10 favorite artists(though it's hard because I'll be missing some and others I might list a bit too high because I'm in a zone where I listen to that band a lot right now):   1) The Beatles.  Best album: THe White Album, most overrated album: With the Beatles.  Includes Solo records--John Lennon(best is Plastic Ono Band); Paul McCartney(best probably is Wingspan actually, or Run Devil Run even, Paul's more a singles guy but his albums can be worth checking out); George Harrison(All THings Must Pass easily his best and it rivals Lennon for best solo beatle album); Ringo Starr(Photograph, another greatest hits, but it really is actually quite good and all the Ringo you'll ever need(and it's a worthy addition to any Beatles fan's catalog, Ringo had some surprisingly very good songs.   2) The Kinks.  Best Album(Something Else, though VGPS and Arthur are in the same league).  Most overrated album: Low Budget(though it's not bad).  Cult classic to check out after you become a fan: Everybody's in Showbiz(That record's a blast in drunken sloppiness).   3) Harry Nilsson.  Best Album(Nilsson sings Newman, what a voice and what awesome arrangements).  Most overrated(Harry's criminally underrated, so none).  Cult Classic worth checking out--THe Point.  Start with the stellar 2002 Greatest Hits album.   4) Talking Heads.  Best Album(Fear of Music--a strange record but their all around peak).  Most overrated(Little Creatures--they really went downhill fast though after this record, I'd avoid everything after Speaking in Tongues(Well besides the FANTASTIC Stop Making Sense).  David Byrne and crew have in my book maybe the best first 4 records by any artist out of the gate, it's just a shame they had to carry on through the 80's as the 80s zapped their strange punkish energy and turned them into almost a lame adult contemporary act by the time they were through.  THey had some ok songs post Speaking in Tongues(A few great one's too), but they also had a lot of crap, and Byrne's weirdness seemed to turn from genuine weirdness to being a bit forced, I also think he just ran out of ideas.  I got into them mid college('99-2000ish and haven't really looked back, hate the solo projects besides Catherine Wheel, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, Grown Backwards, and Lead us Not into Temptation(all by Byrne, rest by Byrne and others has dated much more than the worst of the psychedelic acts).   5) Small Faces.  Steve Marriott could bolt out those tunes like no one else, and Ronnie Lane's occasional cuts proved to be the perfect foil.  They were much more British oriented(Mod if you will) than either the pretty decent Faces or Humble Pie.  I'd guy with 2 awesome collections to get most of what you'll need from this band.  The Darlings of Whapping Wharf Lauderette is the best anthology of any band I think I've ever owned(it contains the peak of their Immediate recordings including at least the first 2 records for the label and much of the later incarnations).  The Decca Anthology 1965-67 collection collects the rest(And is much more like a heavier version of the early pre-Tommy who pre Face to Face Kinks).  The Small Faces out Who'd the WHo at their peak, and could also give the Kinks a run for their money at times with Ronnie Lane's gift for introspective tales.  Plus they have just the right touch of weirdness to make them timeless.    6) Pink Floyd.  I love Syd Barrett era insanity on Piper of the Gates of Dawn(and his creepy guitar run on Saucerful of Secrets' "Remember a Day".  I'm a big fan of that British weird sound I guess.  Live at Pompeii actually is one of their peaks(DVD, the music is a great summation fo their more formative post Syd years)  I had a huge run with the Dark Side of the Moon, and the Wall/Final Cut albums, but now think Animals is the Roger Waters era peak, and Piper just beats out Syd's stellar Madcap Laughs for early PF work(Roger and David produced Madcap, so I'll throw it in here, it's a worthy listen).  Of their formative era, I do dig Atom Heart Mother's title suite(and I like If as a throw on).  The live disc of Ummagumma is the best live cd release by the band(too bad the studio album is one of those failed experiment records that you might listen to from time to time for it's strangeness, but would be hard pressed in my book to really truly enjoy it.  Almost everything post Final Cut has been spotty/bad, although Roger's had a song or two or three on all his records worth hearing in between his dull, dire dreck.  Gilmour's post Roger Floyd keeps the sound but loses the heart/depth that made PF such a draw.    7) White Stripes.  Finally a modern act on here, though it's hard to judge modern acts in the same lights as classic acts that were around before I was born because I don't have to be upset when a classic act makes a bad record since I can both get a different album by that band or I've already gathered enough info to know it's a substandard record by the band so i'll know what I'm getting into before I get the record(Though guys like TOdd Rundgren have shocked me on how bad they can be after I liked Something/Anything and LOVED A Wizard a True Star, I bought Todd based on a "classic" rereview in Uncut raving about how great the record was and found it inpenetrable.  I also hate Todd's "hits" stuff....but I would like to know more about him(I'll leave that for another discussion though, sorry).  THe White Stripes crack the list as my favorite of the modern bands, Elephant's my personal fave followed closely by De Stijl.  I was/am disappointed in Icky THump and that's likely why they've dropped a bit.    8) Led Zeppelin. I've heard them to death, but that doesn't mean that they don't have enough music to be awesome and worthy of a top 10 mention.  Page was a fabulous guitar player and Plant added the right bit of vocal charms to their music.  THey have their overly bloated moments, but at their peak(Going to California, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", "Ramble On", "What is and What Should Never Be" and at least 25 others, they are hard to beat by anyone on here.  I'm not a fan of all the live noodling by them....I hate most of the fan favorite Led Zeppelin III, and I could live without hearing anything past Physical Graffitti(well I could avoid a lot of that record these days too), but give me Led Zeppelin I, IV, and Houses of the Holy any day, and II and parts of Physical Graffiti on some days and I'll be happy.    9) Ryan Adams.  I know I probably lost some people with this one, but Ryan's great.  He's super talented but almost overreleases stuff that hurts his impact.  Avoid Rock and Roll off the bat(Doesn't suit him well even if there are 3-4 great tunes).  In 2005, Ryan released some of the best music of the year(but unfortunately spread that out accross 4 cd's released all at different times with mostly a different feel(And more slowish country overall).  That was likely his best year yet(Strawberry Wine might be my favorite Ryan Song), but Love is Hell EP2(or the second half on the now full album) and Heartbreaker are the places to begin.  Gold has it's moments but is a little too polished.  His great 2007 record(Easy Tiger) is perhaps a bit more mainstream than anything since Gold, but it's a million times better than GOLD, showing Ryan's continued growth as a songwriter.  Follow the Lights, the 2007 EP was also good and features what might be the definitive version of the great Alice In Chains Down in a Hole(although I'm only aware of the original and Ryan's cover).  Ryan's worth a few listens.  His music takes me a while to get into, but once I get it, I rarely grow tired of it and can put it on almost anytime.   10) PJ Harvey.  PJ's never going to make my top 5, but I'd feel like I goofed if I dismissed her as not in my top 10.  I mean she's a genius, she's never really made a bad record(though Is This Desire was close) and she's already released 4 masterpieces(Dry, Rid of Me, To Bring You My Love, and Stories from the City...Stories from the Sea).  White Chalk is pretty darn good too but it's much too early to list that as a favorite.    Artists on the rise: 1) Tom Waits(I'm back in a Tom Waitsian mood and remembering how good he is)   2) Spoon(I need to check out more from them but haven't loved a new album as much as GA GA GA GA GA in a long while)   3) Pearl Jam(I'm back in my Pearl Jam mode after enjoying Eddie's Into the Wild soundtrack. I think Eddie should go solo.  I got back into them again a bit after their self-titled album, but I think that was more because I hadn't listened to them in a while than that being a great album(it's decent, but far from great).  I actually enjoy the sound on into the wild.   4) Stephen Stills, especially Manassas(but I love Buffalo Springfield too).  I only know the one record(Which is why they aren't in my top 10--they only made 2).....but Manassas is a record that definately gets better with age.  It took me a while to get too, but is definately Stephen Stills all around peak. It's a shame I loathe post Deja vu CSN(and Y) or Stills would make my list.   5) The Who.  The Who were my second favorite band for years, but then I got really really tired of them. Recently that VH1Classic special(The name escapes me) got me interested in the Who again, and they might shoot back up into my top 10 soon.  I just hate everything after Who's Next(Well besides 5-6 tracks on Quadrophenia, and the awesome Emminence Front).  Pete's had some decent solo work though(highlighted on the GOLD greatest hits album).  Of course, Pete's solo pretentiousness also can make Paul McCartney's sappiness look like McCartney's worst is the best rock music ever produced......overall though Pete's solo highs can be pretty darn good, even if they were mostly WHo rejects....who cares.   Bands/Artists that have shifted out of my top 10 the last 2 yrs or so: 1) Sonic Youth.  I must be the only person who HATED rather ripped.  I thought it was horribly bland and it's caused me to not listen to them as much recently(though Thurston's solo record seems strangely appealing, we'll see)   2) Nirvana.  I think I used to pigeon hole Nirvana as a top 10 artist.  I LOVED them throughout high school and college, but now I just never want to put them on, which means to me that I can't list them as a top 10 act.  They were pretty damn good though especially In Utero.   3) The Pixies. I hate the fact that the reunited.....and I still hate half of Bossanova and 1/3rd of Trompe Le Monde. Plus I think the novelty of some of Surfer Rosa has worn(so that it's only likely in my top 50 records and not top 15).  They shouldn't have reunited, although it is nice to see a great band get recognition adnd $$, it's disappointing to a degree that these guys sold out.  Now if they record a new record, I'll likely buy it, but if it sucks, then they'll be forever out of my top bands.   4) Flaming Lips.  GOd I Loved them circa Clouds Taste Metallic and especially Soft Bulletin.  I love In A Priest Driven Ambulance, but was slightly disappointed with Yoshimi, and thought at War was just average for them.....I think they might be able to make one more great record though....I hope at least.   5) Love(with Arthur Lee).  I love the classic Love's first three albums: the self titled debut has a few dated moments, but at it's best adds a garagy vibe to the Byrds Jangle.  Da Capo was them at their peak(but you have to ignore the 18 minute plus Revelation Jam entirely).  Still even with half the album being a let down of dated psychedellic noodling, those first 6 songs are damn perfect.  Forever Changes continued the Da Capo story.  Love's probaby best approached now by Love Story(1966-1972) or at least the Definitive Collection, since it gives you most of hte reasons why they are revered without the dated stuff.  I was lucky enough to see the revamped love 2 times before he died(and the first show pre the Forever CHanges tour at the Double Door in Chicago was one of the best shows I've ever seen).     Hope this helps, I'm a music freak who likes some of the modern music but it'll be a while before modern acts can creep into my top 10/20's because of their stellar, classic competition.  Sources: My crazy brain majoyenrac 73 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. 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[Graegleah]

RHCP and Limp Bizkit

[Masarrat]

Lots!!! Smashing Pumpkins, Counting Crows, The Police, Guns and Roses, Gin Blossoms, Soul Asylum, and other 90's Rock / Alternative bands alexrosscollector 73 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

[Dominick]

I love Nirvana(they actually got me indirectly into the Beatles as a kid as I read a bunch of reviews or heard people speak about a Beatles influence and I knew nothing about the Beatles then), but overall in the grand scheme of things as I've gotten older, they just didn't have a long enough track record to make it as my top 5 act this long after the end.   I'd say my top 10 favorite artists(though it's hard because I'll be missing some and others I might list a bit too high because I'm in a zone where I listen to that band a lot right now):   1) The Beatles.  Best album: THe White Album, most overrated album: With the Beatles.  Includes Solo records--John Lennon(best is Plastic Ono Band); Paul McCartney(best probably is Wingspan actually, or Run Devil Run even, Paul's more a singles guy but his albums can be worth checking out); George Harrison(All THings Must Pass easily his best and it rivals Lennon for best solo beatle album); Ringo Starr(Photograph, another greatest hits, but it really is actually quite good and all the Ringo you'll ever need(and it's a worthy addition to any Beatles fan's catalog, Ringo had some surprisingly very good songs.   2) The Kinks.  Best Album(Something Else, though VGPS and Arthur are in the same league).  Most overrated album: Low Budget(though it's not bad).  Cult classic to check out after you become a fan: Everybody's in Showbiz(That record's a blast in drunken sloppiness).   3) Harry Nilsson.  Best Album(Nilsson sings Newman, what a voice and what awesome arrangements).  Most overrated(Harry's criminally underrated, so none).  Cult Classic worth checking out--THe Point.  Start with the stellar 2002 Greatest Hits album.   4) Talking Heads.  Best Album(Fear of Music--a strange record but their all around peak).  Most overrated(Little Creatures--they really went downhill fast though after this record, I'd avoid everything after Speaking in Tongues(Well besides the FANTASTIC Stop Making Sense).  David Byrne and crew have in my book maybe the best first 4 records by any artist out of the gate, it's just a shame they had to carry on through the 80's as the 80s zapped their strange punkish energy and turned them into almost a lame adult contemporary act by the time they were through.  THey had some ok songs post Speaking in Tongues(A few great one's too), but they also had a lot of crap, and Byrne's weirdness seemed to turn from genuine weirdness to being a bit forced, I also think he just ran out of ideas.  I got into them mid college('99-2000ish and haven't really looked back, hate the solo projects besides Catherine Wheel, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, Grown Backwards, and Lead us Not into Temptation(all by Byrne, rest by Byrne and others has dated much more than the worst of the psychedelic acts).   5) Small Faces.  Steve Marriott could bolt out those tunes like no one else, and Ronnie Lane's occasional cuts proved to be the perfect foil.  They were much more British oriented(Mod if you will) than either the pretty decent Faces or Humble Pie.  I'd guy with 2 awesome collections to get most of what you'll need from this band.  The Darlings of Whapping Wharf Lauderette is the best anthology of any band I think I've ever owned(it contains the peak of their Immediate recordings including at least the first 2 records for the label and much of the later incarnations).  The Decca Anthology 1965-67 collection collects the rest(And is much more like a heavier version of the early pre-Tommy who pre Face to Face Kinks).  The Small Faces out Who'd the WHo at their peak, and could also give the Kinks a run for their money at times with Ronnie Lane's gift for introspective tales.  Plus they have just the right touch of weirdness to make them timeless.    6) Pink Floyd.  I love Syd Barrett era insanity on Piper of the Gates of Dawn(and his creepy guitar run on Saucerful of Secrets' "Remember a Day".  I'm a big fan of that British weird sound I guess.  Live at Pompeii actually is one of their peaks(DVD, the music is a great summation fo their more formative post Syd years)  I had a huge run with the Dark Side of the Moon, and the Wall/Final Cut albums, but now think Animals is the Roger Waters era peak, and Piper just beats out Syd's stellar Madcap Laughs for early PF work(Roger and David produced Madcap, so I'll throw it in here, it's a worthy listen).  Of their formative era, I do dig Atom Heart Mother's title suite(and I like If as a throw on).  The live disc of Ummagumma is the best live cd release by the band(too bad the studio album is one of those failed experiment records that you might listen to from time to time for it's strangeness, but would be hard pressed in my book to really truly enjoy it.  Almost everything post Final Cut has been spotty/bad, although Roger's had a song or two or three on all his records worth hearing in between his dull, dire dreck.  Gilmour's post Roger Floyd keeps the sound but loses the heart/depth that made PF such a draw.    7) White Stripes.  Finally a modern act on here, though it's hard to judge modern acts in the same lights as classic acts that were around before I was born because I don't have to be upset when a classic act makes a bad record since I can both get a different album by that band or I've already gathered enough info to know it's a substandard record by the band so i'll know what I'm getting into before I get the record(Though guys like TOdd Rundgren have shocked me on how bad they can be after I liked Something/Anything and LOVED A Wizard a True Star, I bought Todd based on a "classic" rereview in Uncut raving about how great the record was and found it inpenetrable.  I also hate Todd's "hits" stuff....but I would like to know more about him(I'll leave that for another discussion though, sorry).  THe White Stripes crack the list as my favorite of the modern bands, Elephant's my personal fave followed closely by De Stijl.  I was/am disappointed in Icky THump and that's likely why they've dropped a bit.    8) Led Zeppelin. I've heard them to death, but that doesn't mean that they don't have enough music to be awesome and worthy of a top 10 mention.  Page was a fabulous guitar player and Plant added the right bit of vocal charms to their music.  THey have their overly bloated moments, but at their peak(Going to California, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", "Ramble On", "What is and What Should Never Be" and at least 25 others, they are hard to beat by anyone on here.  I'm not a fan of all the live noodling by them....I hate most of the fan favorite Led Zeppelin III, and I could live without hearing anything past Physical Graffitti(well I could avoid a lot of that record these days too), but give me Led Zeppelin I, IV, and Houses of the Holy any day, and II and parts of Physical Graffiti on some days and I'll be happy.    9) Ryan Adams.  I know I probably lost some people with this one, but Ryan's great.  He's super talented but almost overreleases stuff that hurts his impact.  Avoid Rock and Roll off the bat(Doesn't suit him well even if there are 3-4 great tunes).  In 2005, Ryan released some of the best music of the year(but unfortunately spread that out accross 4 cd's released all at different times with mostly a different feel(And more slowish country overall).  That was likely his best year yet(Strawberry Wine might be my favorite Ryan Song), but Love is Hell EP2(or the second half on the now full album) and Heartbreaker are the places to begin.  Gold has it's moments but is a little too polished.  His great 2007 record(Easy Tiger) is perhaps a bit more mainstream than anything since Gold, but it's a million times better than GOLD, showing Ryan's continued growth as a songwriter.  Follow the Lights, the 2007 EP was also good and features what might be the definitive version of the great Alice In Chains Down in a Hole(although I'm only aware of the original and Ryan's cover).  Ryan's worth a few listens.  His music takes me a while to get into, but once I get it, I rarely grow tired of it and can put it on almost anytime.   10) PJ Harvey.  PJ's never going to make my top 5, but I'd feel like I goofed if I dismissed her as not in my top 10.  I mean she's a genius, she's never really made a bad record(though Is This Desire was close) and she's already released 4 masterpieces(Dry, Rid of Me, To Bring You My Love, and Stories from the City...Stories from the Sea).  White Chalk is pretty darn good too but it's much too early to list that as a favorite.    Artists on the rise: 1) Tom Waits(I'm back in a Tom Waitsian mood and remembering how good he is)   2) Spoon(I need to check out more from them but haven't loved a new album as much as GA GA GA GA GA in a long while)   3) Pearl Jam(I'm back in my Pearl Jam mode after enjoying Eddie's Into the Wild soundtrack. I think Eddie should go solo.  I got back into them again a bit after their self-titled album, but I think that was more because I hadn't listened to them in a while than that being a great album(it's decent, but far from great).  I actually enjoy the sound on into the wild.   4) Stephen Stills, especially Manassas(but I love Buffalo Springfield too).  I only know the one record(Which is why they aren't in my top 10--they only made 2).....but Manassas is a record that definately gets better with age.  It took me a while to get too, but is definately Stephen Stills all around peak. It's a shame I loathe post Deja vu CSN(and Y) or Stills would make my list.   5) The Who.  The Who were my second favorite band for years, but then I got really really tired of them. Recently that VH1Classic special(The name escapes me) got me interested in the Who again, and they might shoot back up into my top 10 soon.  I just hate everything after Who's Next(Well besides 5-6 tracks on Quadrophenia, and the awesome Emminence Front).  Pete's had some decent solo work though(highlighted on the GOLD greatest hits album).  Of course, Pete's solo pretentiousness also can make Paul McCartney's sappiness look like McCartney's worst is the best rock music ever produced......overall though Pete's solo highs can be pretty darn good, even if they were mostly WHo rejects....who cares.   Bands/Artists that have shifted out of my top 10 the last 2 yrs or so: 1) Sonic Youth.  I must be the only person who HATED rather ripped.  I thought it was horribly bland and it's caused me to not listen to them as much recently(though Thurston's solo record seems strangely appealing, we'll see)   2) Nirvana.  I think I used to pigeon hole Nirvana as a top 10 artist.  I LOVED them throughout high school and college, but now I just never want to put them on, which means to me that I can't list them as a top 10 act.  They were pretty damn good though especially In Utero.   3) The Pixies. I hate the fact that the reunited.....and I still hate half of Bossanova and 1/3rd of Trompe Le Monde. Plus I think the novelty of some of Surfer Rosa has worn(so that it's only likely in my top 50 records and not top 15).  They shouldn't have reunited, although it is nice to see a great band get recognition adnd $$, it's disappointing to a degree that these guys sold out.  Now if they record a new record, I'll likely buy it, but if it sucks, then they'll be forever out of my top bands.   4) Flaming Lips.  GOd I Loved them circa Clouds Taste Metallic and especially Soft Bulletin.  I love In A Priest Driven Ambulance, but was slightly disappointed with Yoshimi, and thought at War was just average for them.....I think they might be able to make one more great record though....I hope at least.   5) Love(with Arthur Lee).  I love the classic Love's first three albums: the self titled debut has a few dated moments, but at it's best adds a garagy vibe to the Byrds Jangle.  Da Capo was them at their peak(but you have to ignore the 18 minute plus Revelation Jam entirely).  Still even with half the album being a let down of dated psychedellic noodling, those first 6 songs are damn perfect.  Forever Changes continued the Da Capo story.  Love's probaby best approached now by Love Story(1966-1972) or at least the Definitive Collection, since it gives you most of hte reasons why they are revered without the dated stuff.  I was lucky enough to see the revamped love 2 times before he died(and the first show pre the Forever CHanges tour at the Double Door in Chicago was one of the best shows I've ever seen).     Hope this helps, I'm a music freak who likes some of the modern music but it'll be a while before modern acts can creep into my top 10/20's because of their stellar, classic competition.