Top Ten Favorite Bands/Artists
 

I'm sure this has been done here before, but fuckit I'm new. So... I'll start:

Sonic Youth
Flaming Lips
Animal Collective
Tom Waits
Jackie-O Motherfucker
GY!BE/A Silver Mt. Zion
Fugazi
Spiritualized
The Cure
Madlib

Go.

http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/showthread.php?t=36103 On the first page also!

But now we get to be more specific!

These Immortal Souls
Rowland S. Howard
Laughing Clowns
Ed Kuepper
Boris
Einstuerzende Neubauten
The Verlaines
Haunted Henschel
Sonic Youth
Malice Mizer (92-94 only)

Glad to see you here, Riley. :)

Tripping Daisy (and the Polyphonic Spree)
The Beatles (and their solo works)
Sonic Youth (and Jim O'Rourke's stuff)
The Pixies (and their solo works)
Cornelius
My Bloody Valentine
Electric Light Orchestra
The Flaming Lips
Grandaddy
Guided By Voices

SY
Bauhaus
Sisters Of Mercy
The Cure
Beach Boys
The Birthday Party
Joy Division
Beat Happening
Field Mice
Scott Walker

Shit, I forgot Of Montreal.

Only 10? Why not 20?

Sonic Youth
Nirvana
Pantera
Pink Floyd
Radiohead
Massive Attack
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
The Vines...yes, that's right, the Vines. I think they're the most underrated band of the past 10 years. Get over it.
Fugazi

Currently:
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
The Beatles
A Silver Mt.Zion
Vashti Bunyan
Sonic Youth
Masta Killa
Half Japanese
Silver Jews
Sunn0)))
Sunburned Hand of the Man

Pere Ubu
Slayer
Sonic Youth
Isis
Sun Ra
Flaming Lips
Ornette Coleman
Butthole Surfers
SunnO)))
Lee Perry

Van Morrison
the Velvet Underground
the Stones
Black Flag
Game Theory
Throbbing Gristle
Joy Division
Albert Ayler
Half Japanese
Sonic Youth
Sun City Girls
Stooges

o shit I dont even have the stooges on there, 10 isnt enough.

10 is clearly not enough. but it's a fun exercise nonetheless.


Sun City Girls
Mogwai
Neil Young
Blue Oyster Cult
John Zorn
Guided By Voices
The Verlaines
Bill Callahan/Smog
Loren Connors
Robyn Hitchcock

holy fuck i didnt even include scg

Alphabetical order:

Jeff Buckley
Tim Buckley
The Cure
Serge Gainsbourg
The Notwist
Sonic Youth
The Stooges
Television
Scott Walker
Neil Young

In no particular order (and maybe not even really all in my top 10, although I don't feel like thinking too hard at 6 AM):

Boris
Keiji Haino
Ruins
Boredoms
Sonic Youth
Fred Frith
Alkaline Trio
Brand New
Jim O'Rourke
Charles Mingus

Note: If you don't like some of my choices and are judging me negatively, pleae replace the unwanted bands with ones you think are cool, and then pos rep me based on the new list.

Sonic Youth
Sun Ra
John Cage
Jandek
Brian Eno
Sun City Girls
Velvet Underground
Legendary Pink Dots
The Fall
Autechre

Recently- skaters, hospitals, fall, harry pussy, xiu xiu, focus group, nirvana, brainbombs, hair police, scout niblett.

really, Scout Niblett in your top ten ever? I saw her open for Shellac and she was good, but what's the secret to thinking she's a genius rather than just sort of talented/cute?