Favorite Bands A-Z

[Venerable Bede]

american analog set
 built to spill
 cub
 dead milkmen
 eels
 flaming lips
 guided by voices
 helmet
 interpol
 joy division
 komeda
 luna
 mercury rev
 new pornographers
 ocean blue
 pavement
 red house painters
 spiritualized
 tarnation
 underworld
 velocity girl
 ween
 xtc
 yanni

[mankie]

Abc
 Beautiful south
 Clash
 David bowie
 English beat
 Faithfull marianne
 Gough Damon
 Housemartins
 Ian dury
 Joy division
 Kinks
 Lena lovitch
 Morrissey
 New order
 Oasis
 Pogues
 Queen
 Roxy music
 Stranglers
 Smiths
 Undertones
 Voidoids and richard hell
 Waterboys
 X-ray specs
 Young neil
 Zevon Warren

[brennser]

not all time favorites just random favorites
 
 Afghan Whigs
 Billy Bragg
 The Charlatans
 The Decemberists
 Elbow
 Fatima Mansions
 Go Betweens
 House of Love
 Idlewild
 Jayhawks
 Kula Shaker (gonna get flamed for that one)      
 Luna
 Ministry
 Nirvana
 Old 97s
 Pixies
 Queens of the Stone Age
 The Remnants
 Shins
 The The
 U2
 Velvet Underground
 Waterboys
 X
 Neil Young

[grotty]

Afghan Whigs
 Black Sabbath
 Calla
 Drive-by Truckers
 Elbow
 Ferry, Bryan
 Green, Al
 Harvey, PJ
 Idlewild
 James
 Kills
 Led Zeppelin
 Modest Mouse
 Ness, Mike
 Old 97â??s
 Pavement
 Queen
 Replacements
 Spoon
 Tragically Hip
 Ugly Casanova
 Von Bondies
 Whitley, Chris
 X â?? Iâ??ve got no Xâ??s    
 Yo La Tengo
 Zombies
 
 I had a hard time choosing reps for P, R & S.
 Could just as easily have been Pixies, Prince, Rolling Stones or Slobberbone.
 
 Other than that, It's a pretty representative list of my favs for each letter.

[bungle bud]

a house
 big country
 curve
 donelly,tanya
 echobelly
 fiction factory (they released one great single)
 gene
 house of love
 izzo,diane
 james
 kreviazuk,chantal
 leona naess
 mighty wah,the
 nova,heather
 orchestral manoeuvres in the dark
 PURESSENCE
 queen
 ride
 spear of destiny
 the jesus and mary chain
 u2
 vincent,gene
 williams,robbie
 x-  :roll:  
 yo la tengo
 zwan

[chaz]

Afghan Whigs
 Brian Jonestown Massacre
 The Clash
 Dinosaur Jr
 Electric Prunes
 Flaming Lips
 The Germs
 Husker Du
 Interpol
 Jesus and Mary Chain
 The Kinks
 Love
 The Misfits
 Nirvana
 Ours
 Pixies
 Queens of the Stone Age
 The Replacements
 The Shins
 Them
 U2
 Velvet Underground
 Wire
 X
 Neil Young
 The Zombies

[walkman]

Ace of Base
 Black Eyes
 Crispus Attucks
 Delgados
 Erasure...
 oh I give up, too.

[paige]

Ace of Base (sorry walk, i had to copy you)
 Black Eyes (ok that wasn't copying)
 Coheed and Cambria
 Dismemberment Plan, the
 Eels
 Faint, the
 GYBE
 Heart (Crazy on You is such a good song)
 Interpol
 Joy Division
 Kills, the
 Ladytron (first name that came to mind!)
 Mars Volta, the
 Neutral Milk Hotel
 Orchid
 Pinback/Postal Service/Pig Destroyer/Pixies (huge tie with 0835 bands)
 Q and not U
 Radiohead
 Sigur Ros
 Tears for Fears (kidding!)
 Uncle Tupelo (yay celeste!)
 Verve, the
 Wham! (ok another joke).. Wilco
 inXs (last joke)
 Yo La Tengo
 zzzzzz oh god this was boring. why did i do that

[SPARX]

Afghan Whigs....Beach Boys.....Cramps.....Dead Kennedys......Ether Family Presents....Flaming Lips.....Guided By Voices....Hopewell....Ice T...Joe Jackson....Kraftwerk....Love & rockets....Mooney Suzuki....No Trend...Ozric Tentacles...Pond...Quicksilver Messenger service....Ramones....Supersuckers....Ten Years Gone....Ultravox....Vue....X....Yello....Zappa

[kurosawa-b/w]

Aereogramme
 Blur
 Charlatans/The Cooper Temple Clause/ Calla - there are a lot of C's!
 Dandy Warhols
 Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
 Fugazi
 Gang of Four
 Hoggboy
 Idlewild/ Interpol
 Joy Division
 Kinks (The)
 Liars
 Mogwai
 Neutral Milk Hotel
 Occasion (The)
 Pixies
 Quails (The)
 Radiohead
 Seafood
 Teenage Fanclub
 U2
 Vessels (The)
 Wrens (The)
 X
 Yeah Yeah Yeahs
 Zutons (The)

[ggw]

At The Drive-in
 BellRays
 Cadallaca
 Dandy Warhols
 Eek-a-Mouse
 Fugazi
 Generation X
 Harding, John Wesley
 Israel Vibration
 Jawbreaker
 Kamoze, Ini
 Living End
 Minutemen
 No Fun At All
 One Last Wish
 Pinehurst Kids
 Q And Not U
 Radio 4
 Soundtrack of Our Lives
 Toots & The Maytals
 Upsetters
 Velocity Girl
 Wrens
 X
 Young, Neil
 Zevon, Warren

[Dr. Anton Phibes]

Angels,The
 Bowie,David
 Cope,Julian
 Dream Syndicate
 Elvis P.
 Fleshtones
 Gang Of Four
 Hunter,Ian
 Interpol
 Jason & The Scorchers
 Killing Joke
 La's
 Mama's & The Papa's
 Naked Raygun
 Orbison,Roy
 Pixies
 Queen
 Red Rockers
 Sugar
 Talk Talk
 Uncle Tupelo
 Verve
 Williams Sr.,Hank
 XTC
 Yellow Magic Orchestra
 
 Not all time faves,but could be found on a varied mix tape.....

[Richard D Taylor]

I'm probably forgetting a lot, but here are a few of my current favorites that I can think of off the top of my head...
 
 Adorable & The Auteurs
 British Sea Power, Broadcast, The Boo Radleys (circa "Everything's Alright Forever") & B.R.M.C.
 Catherine Wheel, Chapterhouse, The Cure, Coldplay, Close Lobsters & Colder
 David Bowie, Doves & Dandy Warhols
 Echo & the Bunnymen & Elefant
 The Field Mice
 Goldfrapp & The Go-Betweens
 The House of Love
 Interpol
 Joy Division, Jesus & Mary Chain, James
 Kitchens of Distinction
 Lush & Longwave
 My Bloody Valentine, Moose & Mew
 New Order
 The Ocean Blue & early OMD
 The Postal Service
 Q- ?
 Radiohead & Ride (first 2 albums)
 The Smiths, Suede & The Stills
 The Trash Can Sinatras
 U - ?
 The Verve
 Wire, Whipping Boy, The Wake & The Windmills
 XTC
 Yo La Tengo
 Z - ?

[bungle bud]

what a fine list.

[brennser]

Whipping Boy  

haven't seen these guys mentioned in quite a while
 
 do you not like Boo Radleys post "Everythings allright forever"? Giant steps is their masterpiece for me....