Top 10 bands

this is hard but ill give it a try

1. Against Me!
2. Latterman ( iron chic, RVIVR, Shorebirds, etc)
3. Off With Their Heads
4. The Ergs
5. The Gaslight Anthem
6. The Menzingers
7. The Lawrence Arms
8. Lucero
9. Shook Ones
10. The Flatliners

something like that

1. Gaslight
2. Against Me!
3. Deez Nuts
4. Springsteen
5. The Blacklist Royals
6. The Bouncing Souls
7. AC/DC
8. Gallows
9. N.W.A
10. Twin Atlantic

This is too hard but here's an attempt at it:

1. A Wilhelm Scream
2. Hot Water Music
3. Dead To Me
4. Against Me!
5. The Gaslight Anthem
6. Bouncing Souls
7. Avail
8. Lucero
9. Alkaline Trio
10. Blacklist Royals/Strike Anywhere

+ Solo stuff

1. tga
2. face to face
3. the format
4. state radio
5. bruce springsteen
6. mumford & sons
7. the avett brothers
8. the gay blades
9. city and colour
10. motion city soundtrack

1 - The Gaslight Anthem
2 - William Fitzsimmons
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3 - Alkaline Trio
4 - The Loved Ones
5 - Nothington
6 - Bon Iver
7 - Philipp Poisel
8 - Kettcar
9 - Chuck Ragan
10 - Social Distortion

1. The Gaslight Anthem
2. Anything Dave Grohl has ever done, besides nirvana
3. The Rouge
4. Frank Turner
5. Creedence Clearwater revival
6.Elton John
7.Million Dead
8. Fake Problems
9. The Simple Discusson
10. Damien Rice

1. The Gaslight Anthem

It's hard to order them after this

2. Rise Against
3. Gallows
4. Arcade Fire
5. The National
6. Alexisonfire
7. The Chapman Family
8. MONA
9. Chuck Ragan
10. The King Blues

Could of put so many others in this list

No orderish.

Thrice
Gaslight Anthem
Fugazi
Weezer
Janelle Monae
the Bronx (Mariachi and Americana haha)
We Were Promised Jetpacks
No Doubt
E Street
the Clash

1,Bruce Springsteen (e st band)
2,the Gaslight Anthem
3,David Bowie
4,The Beatles
5, The Jam
6, U2 (without any political or preacher crap)
7, the Kinks
8, Pink Floyd
9, Frank Turner
10,James
Sex Pistols,Gary Numan, Led Zepp,Lucero,The Verve, Oasis,BRMC

The Gaslight Anthem
Bruce Springsteen
Frank Turner
Aiden
Green Day
Social Distortion
Misfits
Blink-182
Goo Goo Dolls
William Control

In no particular order-

1. Brand New
2. The Gaslight Anthem
3. Bright Eyes
4. Streetlight Manifesto
5. Bob Dylan
6. Nirvana
7. The Clash
8. Bad Religion
9. Ryan Adams
10. Flogging Molly

This is a very difficult list, but to narrow it down, I selected my top ten favorite bands based on certain criteria including: 1. bands that are still active, 2. bands that I have followed and supported throughout the majority, if not all of their music careers, and 3. bands whose album releases are consistent, to the point where I enjoy listening to all or at least the majority of the band's albums. So, in no specific order my top ten is:

1. The Gaslight Anthem
2. The Dropkick Murphys
3. Against Me
4. Street Dogs- not crazy about recent release
5. The Loved Ones (and Dave Hause solo)
6. The Briggs
7. Flatfoot 56- not crazy about recent release
8. The National
9. Fake Problems
10. Tim Barry/Chuck Ragan- just can't pick between them

Bands that could possibly make the above list, dependent upon everyday changes in mood, that may not meet the criteria included above:
Arcade Fire
The Hold Steady
Airborne Toxic Event
The Riot Before
Filthy Thieving Bastards
Far From Finished
The Beatles
Nirvana
and I'm sure there's a few others that I can't think of right now

To pick ten I'm guessing and the order is a bit irrelevant really... depends on the day, the mood, the concept - I'd rather see TGA, the Foos or even Bon Jovi (sue me ) live over Neil Young these days for instance but I rate him much more highly for his music and what he's done over his career. And there's about a million others who I love to listen to so... it's a kinda weak list I suppose as lists go :/ all the same I'll give it a go

1. Bruce Springsteen
2. Neil Young
3. The Gaslight Anthem
4. Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. The Beatles
6. Tom Waits
7. Foo Fighters
8. Bon Jovi
9. Aerosmith
10. Badly Drawn Boy

1. Bruce Springsteen
2. Bob Dylan
3. TGA
4. Arcade Fire
5. Ryan Adams
6. The Clash
7. The Frames/Glen Hansard/The Sweel Season
8. The National
9. The Stone Roses
10. Thin Lizzy

1. The Gaslight Anthem
2. Ray LaMontagne
3. Regina Spektor
4. Laura Marling
5. Tegan And Sara
6. Simple Plan
7. Busted
8. Wheatus
9. Ben Folds
10. Jimmy Eat World


So hard to do!

In tiers:

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

The Clash / Led Zeppelin

The Gaslight Anthem / The Hold Steady

Beach House / The Strokes / Arctic Monkeys / The National / Arcade Fire

Philo wrote:

1. Bruce Springsteen
2. Bob Dylan
3. TGA
4. Arcade Fire
5. Ryan Adams
6. The Clash
7. The Frames/Glen Hansard/The Swell Season
8. The National
9. The Stone Roses
10. Thin Lizzy

Dammit! Forgot this: Honourable mentions to Joy Divison/New Order, The Jam, Mic Christopher, The Cure, The Undertones, Stiff Little Fingers, Jakob Dylan, U2 and Johnny Cash

oh_megan wrote:

1. The Gaslight Anthem
2. Ray LaMontagne
3. Regina Spektor
4. Laura Marling
5. Tegan And Sara
6. Simple Plan
7. Busted
8. Wheatus
9. Ben Folds
10. Jimmy Eat World


So hard to do!

Love how you have Busted in here, shows the diversity of the musical tastes on here (I have their first album :L)
Also Laura Marling is amazing!

Gaslight Anthem
HIM
The Cure
Social Distortion
Dead Man's Bones
Third Eye Blind
Elliott Smith
Rise Against

yes, i know that's not ten...
and then, maybe, The Replacements, The Smiths/Morrissey, The Clash, The Ramones, Girl in a Coma

Christophe wrote:

Reinvent good times wrote:

1. Gaslight
2. Pearl Jam -Lifetime achievement winner here.
3. The Afghan Whigs / Twilight Singers. Didn't see any mention of them yet! Lots of people missing the boat.
4. Rise Against
5. Moneen
6. Blink 182
7. Thursday
8. Goo Goo Dolls
9. Third Eye Blind
10. Jack's Mannequin

Good to see a fellow Goo Goo Dolls fan who also loves Gaslight

I love "A Boy Named Goo" and earlier stuff...and a few songs from the next record or two. They've changed so much. I'm not saying that in a judgmental way, but I always feel like I have to clarify when I say I like the GGD-- just cause, to me at least, there's a big difference.

Rock bus wrote:

Boy this is a tough one
But today would go for (in no order!!)

The Doors
Poison
Enuff Z nuff
Hanoi Rocks
Jesse Malin
Butch Walker
Marvelous 3
Manic Street Preachers
Marah
Gaslight Anthem


I know some names there arent very cool and many of you are probably laughing or just saying who?!? but I still love them

who cares? the people that always say they like the "cool" bands either listen to shitty music just so they can claim bragging rights, or they're lying about what they listen to.

hmm...kinda in order...or not

1. The Rolling Stones
2. Bruce Springsteen
3. Neil Young
4. The Replacements
5. Drive-By Truckers
6. Bob Dylan
7. Ryan Adams
8. Elliott Smith
9. Johnny Thunders (including the New York Dolls/The Heartbrakers/solo stuff)
10. Manic Street Preachers/The Gaslight Anthem/The Tallest Man On Earth/The National/Reigning Sound/The Clash/The Beatles

so I cheated.

the first seven are definite, and then it's getting vague...could probably include a bunch of other acts at the end there, depending on my mood.

The top five or so are in a pretty safe order, but the rest not so much.

1. Bruce Springsteen (I'll make the disclaimer that I discovered TGA before the connection was apparent)
2. The Gaslight Anthem
3. Frank Turner
4. The Hold Steady
5. Bob Dylan
6. Ray Charles
7. The entirety of the soul music genre (The Temptations, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, ect.)
8. Arcade Fire
9. Kevin Devine
10. The Beatles/The Clash/Murder by Death/Against Me/Hank Williams/The Rolling Stones/Pearl Jam

10 is a giant mishmash of every other band I listen to. I'd also throw Frank Sinatra up there somwhere, but my enjoyment of him and other Jazz and classic pop artists runs parallel to my more rock music listening. Rarely do they intersect.

In no particular order:

The Hold Steady
Bruce Springsteen
Lucero
Two Cow Garage
The Gaslight Anthem
The Replacements
Franz Nicolay
Idlewild
Washington Irving
Lawrence Arms

Great call on two cow garage -just got in to them this year and loving them
Touring in Uk soon but only couple gigs and nowhere near me which is real shame as would love to see then live

Rock bus wrote:

Great call on two cow garage -just got in to them this year and loving them
Touring in Uk soon but only couple gigs and nowhere near me which is real shame as would love to see then live

I was planning on doing London because theres a direct link from Aviemore but short of going down the night before, I would be late for the show. Plus with moving, I can't afford it.