Top ten (or so) bands of all time in your life?

I’m not asking for the Rolling Stone magazine or some stupid ass poll by the trades. What are the ten best bands in YOUR life? Not in order but just the ten that are YOUR bands?

I’m having this debate with my kid so it’s worth asking you all.

 

Old-- Ozzy, AC-DC, Cheap Trick, Iron Maiden, Outlaws. Modern --- The Strokes, Ghost, The Offspring, Stick Figure, The War on Drugs

 

Painted myself into a corner, Should have said fifteen or even twenty but I posted ten, so let’s roll.

with ten, Beatles and stones ain’t making the cut.

 

Not in order, just my top 10:

Zao
Poison the well
August burns red
The contortionist
Amon amarth
Ensiferum
Shadows fall
Old Lamb of God/burn the priest
Deftones
Metallica

 

AC/DC
Def Leppard
Five Finger Death Punch
Godsmack
Shinedown
Ozzy/Sabbath
Iron Maiden
KISS
Boston
Great White
Pantera
Papa Roach
Queen
Tesla
Sting/Police

And yes...I went over...because you're right Dave....ten isn't enough. I actually left some off this list to try to keep it closer to ten.

 

GnR.

 

Iron Maiden
Rush
Scorpions
Black Sabbath
Fleetwood Mac
Def Leppard
Van Halen
Dire Straits
YES
U2

 

Boston
Rush
Journey
The Beatles
Spyro Gyra
Mercy Me
ZZ Top
Toto
Van Halen
Steely Dan

 

The number of terrible bands is crazy so far, keep it coming.

 

Who
Stones
Police
Clash
Floyd
Talking Heads
Rush
Zeppelin
Bowie
U2 (before 1995)

 

Winger

/thread

 

Seriously though

Older:
Stones
ACDC
Jim Croce
CCR
Dr Hook
Skynyrd

Newer but are no more:
Hightide Blues
Temperance Movement
Justin Townes Earle
Deadstring Brothers

Newer:
Steeldrivers (who spawned Chris Stapleton)(or was it the other way around?)
Kid Rock (yeah, muddafugga, I said it)
Blackberry Smoke
William Elliott Whitmore
Whiskey Myers


Apparently I can't count.

 

You guys apparently like 70//80 bad rock. Kiss and AC/ DC don't appeal to anyone unless you are Joe Dirt

 

Holy Shit! We got Stewart Stevenson in here.

 

Sublime
311
Iration
Pepper
Counting crows
Stick figure
Jason Aldern
Tupac
Alina Baraz
Jimmy Buffet

 

Buckhead
Daft Punk
Radiohead
Bowling for Soup
Green Day
Pink Floyd
Blur
Jimi Hendrix
Gorillaz
B-52s

 

I left them out of my list because they made one album that matters. It’s a Masterpiece, but after that. They kinda suck.

Slash is the talent there.

Go watch some old Janice Joplin performances on YouTube and you’ll see how Axle is a copycat of Janice. It’s quite interesting actually.

 

Led Zeppelin
The Eagles
Fleetwood Mac
Pink Floyd
SRV and Double Trouble
U2 pre 1990
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Steely Dan
Tesla
Van Halen

 

I used to have some doubts about the overall level of intellect and taste on this forum. You gentlemen have removed all doubt.

 

The Clash
The Cure
Barenaked Ladies
Greatful Dead
Common Kings
Supertramp
Rebelution
Sex Pistols
Missing Persons
Lynyrd Skynyrd