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Originally Posted by streetwaves
The Smiths - ew, hugely overrated
PJ Harvey - pretty cool girl, I like a few records
David Bowie - huge fan of course
Bjork - she's okay
The White Stripes - huge bore. Very overrated these days.
Eels - I like "Electro-Shock Blues" a lot
Tom Waits - love Swordfishtrombones and Rain Dogs, of course
Sonic Youth - pretty good band, although Daydream Nation is hugely overrated
Pixies - very overrated, but they're decent.
The Clash - hate them. Horribly overrated, nothing special to me.
Radiohead - can't stand them
Bad Brains - Rock for Light! Good group
Wu-Tang Clan - don't listen to them anymore, but they're fine
Aphex Twin - decent
Mastodon - yuck!!!
The Cure - great group 
Melt-Banana - pretty good group!
Pavement - overrated but enjoyable.
A Tribe Called Quest - used to love them, haven't listened in a while
Muse - Not too bad, but I'd never listen by choice.
Public Enemy - indifferent
DJ Shadow - great. Endtroducing is incredible.
Manic Street Preachers - Never listened
Toots and the Maytals - Some very good stuff.
Lightning Bolt - Decent!
According to Last.fm:
David Bowie
Brian Eno
Wire
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
The Rolling Stones
The Velvet Underground
T. Rex
Minutemen
Ludwig van Beethoven
New York Dolls
Roxy Music
Brett Smiley
Talking Heads
Frank Zappa
Co ckney Rebel
Hüsker Dü
The Cars
The Stooges
This Heat
The Kinks
Can
The Soft Boys
The Feelies
Pere Ubu
Boredoms |
David Bowie - grossly overrated + i find the music to be poor in quality
Brian Eno - enjoy several of his albums, esp. music for airports
Wire - admirable band, grew up listening to pink flag
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - impacted my musical world more than any other artist
The Rolling Stones - decent rock band that i slightly prefer over the beatles
The Velvet Underground - debut and white light/white heat are great but self-titled and loaded are ****
T. Rex - prefer tyrannosaurus rex over just t. rex
Minutemen - great band but i prefer hüsker dü over them slightly
Ludwig van Beethoven - who the **** is that?
New York Dolls - greatness
Roxy Music - enjoyed their self-titled, but everything else seemed weak and/or fake
Brett Smiley - the little i've heard from him is disappointing
Talking Heads - enjoyable group, liked 77 and remain in light a lot
Frank Zappa - genius, weasels ripped my flesh, burnt weeny sandwich, and absolutely free are godly
****ney Rebel - average, although i do like the song tumbling down off of psychomodo
Hüsker Dü - grand band, everything falls apart > zen arcade/new day rising
The Cars - some listenable pop music
The Stooges - the greatness that the doors failed to be
This Heat - incredible band; self-titled is MUCH better than deceit
The Kinks - i've got a place in my heart for the kinks, face to face = best album
Can - good band, 'nuff said
The Soft Boys - another band i grew up with, old pervert is a classic song
The Feelies - great band with one of the greatest drummers of all time
Pere Ubu - incredible.
Boredoms - this here is some good noise, pop tatari = best album
according to last.fm:
25. crash worship
24. lubricated goat
23. sunny day real estate
22. ramones
21. the red crayola
20. squirrel bait
19. flipper
18. scratch acid
17. royal trux
16. trumans water
15. the birthday party
14. butt
13. the shaggs
12. limp bizkit
11. captain beefheart
10. cypress hill
9. butthole surfers
8. big black
7. nirvana
6. pere ubu
5. milan knizak
4. the west coast pop art experimental band
3. slint
2. godz
1. frank zappa