Favorite Bands/Artists

I know people's views on ranking things are kind of all over, but I thought it would be cool to see where everybody is coming from sort of (and maybe find some new stuff even). So what is everyone's favorite 5-10-20-whatever bands/artists?

Mine top 10 are:
1. Circa Survive
2. Anberlin
3. Say Anything
4. Death Cab for Cutie
5. Relient k
6. Copeland
7. Passion Pit
8. mewithoutYou
9. Kevin Devine & the Goddamn Band
10. Jimmy Eat World

 

Green Day
Yellowcard
Jimmy Eat World
All Time Low
The Dangerous Summer
Less Than Jake
The 1975
Taylor Swift
Andrew McMahon
Bon Iver

A couple only have two albums, like Bon Iver and the 1975, but in each case they're both fucking fantastic. This is a rough ordering, but don't hold me to it.

 

I didn't realize Green Day was like a top tier band for some people. What would you say is their best album(s)? I've only heard Dookie and I wasn't really too big on it. I heard a lot of mixed things about that trilogy album they did and haven't heard about them since.

 

American Idiot, easily. After that Nimrod. Trilogy was the worst thing they've done

 

I'll check out American Idiot sometime, then Nimrod if I like that. Also, my girlfriend hates that I like Taylor Swift, but Red is awesome. Found it at Goodwill awhile ago. Probably should buy a new copy sometime though because the goodwill one is pretty scratched up.

 

Her last three albums are all fantastic.

 

I didn't like Shake It Off (mostly that "Get down to this sick beat" line, gave me second hand embarrassment. Haha) is that song a good representation of 1989, or have I been avoiding the album for no reason?

 

1. Green Day
2. The National
3. Thrice
4. Manchester Orchestra
5. mewithoutYou
6. Fireworks
7. Turnover
8. The Wonder Years
9. Hands Like Houses
10. The Menzingers

Honorable mentions go to City and Colour, Bon Iver and All Get Out.

 

Man, didn't know Green Day's appeal at all apparently. Cool to see Hands Like Houses, Dissonants is awesome. Glad to see they're connecting with people.

 

I've loved Hands Like Houses since Unimagine, Dissonants was very solid. And you should totally get on the Green Day train. Like FTank said, American Idiot is their best imo.

 

All Time Low - Used to be my unequivocal favorite. Now its been three straight albums that hasn't had much lasting from so its hard to put them at the top, but Ive never loved a band more than them. Their first 4 albums were huge for me. 1. SWIR 2. TPS/PUOSU 3. NP 4. FH 5. DP 6. DW

Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue is why i started playing guitar. Sister gave me that album and everything changed for me. Probably my favorite album overall. If not for them i might be a preppy polo-shirt-sweater-vest lame-o who doesn't give a shit about music. haha idk. Song-writing is some of the most consistently great stuff of any band I've heard.
1. OA 2. L&S 3. PW 4. WYTTSY 5. SA 6. LAS 7. OFTK

Paramore - I actually just realized doing this thing that they are the only band that I like every one of their albums a lot and listen to all of them consistently. wtf? when did that happen? Kind of weird for me to put them as one of my favorites. Ive only seen them once at warped and can't say I'm as big of a follower like i am with my other favorites. Song writing is amazing though and can't get enough of Hayley. 1. BNE 2. Riot! 3. AWKIF 4. Paramore

Michael Jackson - Cant leave him out. From Jackson 5 to Dangerous. Made some of the best albums ever. Attention to detail and focus to creating the best art he could led to masterpieces. Was transcendent in singing, dancing, writing, performing, entertaining, and being a humanitarian. He's influenced me too much to not put him on here. 1. Bad 2. Thriller 3. OTW 4. Dangerous 5. Others

Fall Out Boy - Quite simply their first two albums are two of my favorite of all time. Listen to them more consistently than any other albums. All year round. Despite not liking their other albums that much (as in i don't really listen to them. whoops) 1. FUTCT 2. TTTYG 3. FAD 4. IOH 5. The Others

Reel Big Fish - First band I went to see live. Seen them so many times since. Have had endless fun at their shows. Listening to their music makes my heart get an erection. 1. CU 2. TOTR 3. WDTRSH 4. Others

Others

Sum 41
The Used
Justin Timberlake
Kenny Vasoli
Shawn Harris
The Beatles
Jimmy Eat World
Protest The Hero
Less Than Jake

 

Cool thread! Some of my all time favourites are:
Counting Crows
Owen
Pearl Jam
Brand New
Modest Mouse
Seether
Marilyn Manson
The Cure
Ween
Deftones

Most of these bands have discogs that I grew up with and are all pretty personal to me, so they're the first that come to mind when I think of favourites.

 

Great mention! Every thing he's done has been awesome

 

I just heard Ween for the first time the other night, had no idea they did stuff for SpongeBob. Haha They're pretty cool. Deftones I really want to get into, but am having a hard time with anything Pre-Gore. Pretty cool list though, so far all the responses have stuff I did not expect.

 

Anberlin
Andrew Peterson
Bon Iver
From Indian Lakes
Mew
mewithoutYou
My Epic
Sufjan Stevens
Thrice
Twenty One Pilots

This is all alphabetical, as opposed to in order but incidentally I would say Anberlin is my favorite band of all time. I think my sphere of musical influence can all be chalked up to these 10 artists and all for various reasons. Everything they touch is gold for me (yes, even TOP).

 

Copeland, Circa, Death Cab, and RK would all probably be in my top 20. I need to listen to JEW a lot more than I have considering they paved the way for so many of my favorite artists. Best album?

 

Every album except for Static Prevails. Hahaha (they're all good, everyone has a different favorite)

Since we both love Anberlin, what is your favorite of theirs? I'll recommend a JEW album based on that.

 

Our Lady Peace
Meg Myers
The Offspring
Foo Fighters
Weezer
Queens of the Stone Age
Third Eye Blind
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Funeral For A Friend
Senses Fail
Green Day
Sum 41
Eve 6
Between the Buried and Me
Silversun Pickups
Nada Surf
Garbage
Barenaked Ladies
Nine Inch Nails
The Gaslight Anthem

Hahaha kinda hard to narrow down because I listen to a lot of different stuff and I binge listen to artists in phases.

 

In no particular order, except alphabetically:

Brand New
Caspian
Modest Mouse
Moving Mountains
Night Moves
Pink Floyd
Portugal. The Man
Rush
The Dear Hunter
Thrice

 

I'd listen to it, I think there are a decent number of people who like the album but aren't huge on that song.

 

Top Three

1) Deftones
2) Glassjaw
3) Reuben

I'd struggle to put the rest of these in order:

The Cure
Mono
Bon Iver
Tool
Jeff Buckley
Underoath
Paramore
Weezer
Pantera
Bjork
Jimmy Eat World

 

I really love all the variety. I was half expecting everyone's number one to be Brand New. Haha

 

Cities all the way. Favorite album of all time. But I would say Lowborn second. I like how diverse and adventurous both records are.

 

Alkaline Trio
Coheed and Cambria
The Dillinger Escape Plan
AFI
Minus the Bear

 

Emperor X
Copeland
Mansions
Weatherbox
The Hotelier
TWIABP
Anything Andrew McMahon does


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