:clap:

Dälek - Absence
Pain Teens - Born in Blood
Catherine Wheel - Chrome
The Flying Luttenbachers - Destroy All Music
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....
El-P - Fantastic Damage
Circle Jerks - Golden Shower of Hits
Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat - Hewers of Wood and Drawers of Water
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
LIZ - Just Like You
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Aesop Rock - Labor Days
Madvillain - Madvillainy
The Auteurs - New Wave
Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea
The Church - Priest = Aura
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Ultra Vivid Scene - Rev
Slowdive - Souvlaki
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (cheated to get them both in :) )
Luxuria - Unanswerable Lust
miRthkon - Vehicle
Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat - Weltuntergangsstimmung
Danny Brown - XXX
Pigs - You Ruin Everything
Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade

I didn't even know they had a new one out until you mentioned it. Just downloaded it though and am looking forward to giving it a listen.

Bitchin'

God damn it. It seems like no matter how many times I had a non-metal album I then thought of a metal album that could just edge it out, so now I look like a myopic douche.

A: Altars of Madness (Morbid Angel)
B: Bonded By Blood (Exodus)
C: Crush the Insects (Reverend Bizarre)
D: Dopethrone (Electric Wizard)
E: Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (Candlemass)
F: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (Dead Kennedys)
G: The Great Milenko (Insane Clown Posse)
H: Hammerheart (Bathory)
I: Into Glory Ride (Manowar)
J: Jar of Flies (Alice In Chains)
K: Kill 'Em All (Metallica)
L: Legacy of Kings (Hammerfall)
M: Master of Reality (Black Sabbath)
N: Nightfall In Middle-Earth (Blind Guardian)
O: OK Computer (Radiohead)
P: Powerslave (Iron Maiden)
Q: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (Devo)
R: Raw power (Iggy Pop and the Stooges)
S: Slaughter of the Soul (At the Gates)
T: Too Fast for Love (Motley Crue)
U: Under a Funeral Moon (Darkthrone)
V: Vile (Cannibal Corpse)
W: Wheels of Steel (Saxon)
X:
Y: Years of Decay (Overkill)
Z:

Nice thread. I guess it's easier to make a list like this if you have an account on last.fm, luckily I do.

Let's see...

A - Alquin
B - Big Brother & The Holding Company
C - Creedance Clearwater Revival
D - Deep Purple
E - Ekseption
F - Faith No More
G - Grateful Dead
H - Heaven & Hell
I - Iron Maiden
J - Jane's Addiction
K - King Crimson
L - Liquid Tension Experiment
M -Muse
N - New York Dolls
O - Opeth
P - Procol Harum
Q - Queen
R - Roxy Music
S - Sex Pistols
T - The Cult
U - UFO
V - Van Halen
W - Wishbone Ash
X -
Y - Yes
Z - ZZ Top

Ok black metal edition

Bands:

Aluk Todolo
Blut aus Nord
Coldworld
Darkspace
Eye, The
Fauna
Gnaw Their Tongues
Heirdrain
Immortal
Jabladav
Kampfar
Leviathan
Mortualia
Nahvalr
Oranssi Pazuzu
Paysage D'hiver
Qojau
Ruins of Beverast
Sigh
Trist (German not Czech)
Urfaust
Vinterland
Wold
Xasthur
Yggtyrhyrkkh Hin Dystre
Zuriaake

Phew lots of tough decisions. W seems like the run away best letter, while H is probably the worst (well besides the one demo I know from Q).

^^^

Dude, Hellhammer.

Yeah exactly. Worst letter (Heirdrain is cool though)

I'll see you dead for besmirching the good name of Hellhammer. I suggest you don't sleep tonight.

This is really hard, and I couldn't limit myself to one in almost any case, so these lists are a mess.

Artists:
#: 16 Horsepower
A: Aesop Rock/Andrew Jackson Jihad/The Antlers
B: Big Star/The Band/Billy Bragg/Blur/Bjork/David Bowie
C: Cloud Nothings/Elvis Costello/Nick Cave
D: Destroyer/The Divine Comedy/Drive-By Truckers
E: Echo and the Bunnymen
F: ****ed Up
G: Galaxie 500/Gang of Four/Godspeed You! Black Emperor
H: The Hold Steady
I: Interpol
J: The Jam/The Jayhawks/Jethro Tull
K: The Kinks/Kraftwerk
L: LCD Soundsystem/The Lucksmiths/Ted Leo
M: Modest Mouse/Mogwai/The Mountain Goats/Massive Attack
N: The National
O: Old 97's
P: Pink Floyd/Pixies/The Pogues/Pulp/Public Enemy
Q:
R: Radiohead/REM/The Replacements/The Rolling Stones
S: Bruce Springsteen/Spiritualized/The Smiths/Sonic Youth/Spoon/The Stone Roses/Superchunk (best letter)
T: Talking Heads/Television/TV on the Radio/Tindersticks/Titus Andronicus
U: Uncle Tupelo/Unrest
V: Violent Femmes
W: The Who/Wilco/Tom Waits
X: X
Y: Yo La Tengo
Z: The Zombies

Albums:
#: #1 Record (Big Star) - close one over 13 by Blur
A: Abattoir Blues (Nick Cave) - another close one, over Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! by GY!BE
B: Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen) - I know you guys hate Springsteen, but the ones that were close (the Band's s/t, Wilco's Being There, etc.) just cannot beat Born to Run for me, and it's only my third-favorite of his albums.
C: Crazy Rhythms (The Feelies)
D: I cannot make up my mind between the two best DBT albums, Different Class, The Decline of British Sea Power, Dear Science, Doolittle, and Darkness on the Edge of Town.
E: Exile on Main Street (The Rolling Stones) just barely beats out Evol, Exile in Guyville, Entertainment!, and Exile on Coldharbour Lane.
F: From Her to Eternity (Nick Cave) or Fear of Music (Talking Heads).
G: Get Happy (Elvis Costello)
H: Hospice (The Antlers), Homogenic (Bjork), Hollywood Town Hall (The Jayhawks), Hissing Fauna Are You The Destroyer (Of Montreal), Hex Enduction Hour, High Violet, Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will, Heartbreaker, Hail to the Thief... I don't even know.
I: I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One (YLT) or It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (Public Enemy)
J:
K: Kid A (Radiohead)
L: Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (Spiritualized) is my favorite album of all time this week, so of course it wins, but that's really a ridiculously strong letter.
M: Murmur or My Aim is True
N: Nebraska (Bruce Springsteen) - and now we get to my favorite of his. None Shall Pass (Aesop Rock) is not very close behind.
O: Odessey and Oracle, Ocean Rain, OK Computer - I can't choose.
P: Pet Sounds, obvs
Q: Quadrophenia or The Queen is Dead
R: Reckoning (REM)
S: s/t (The Smiths), Something Else (The Kinks), Setting Sons (The Jam), The Shape of Punk to Come (Refused) Sound of Silver (LCD Soundsystem), Station to Station (David Bowie), Streethawk (Destroyer), Surfer Rosa (Pixies) - sorry as always
T: Tallahassee (The Mountain Goats), Tender Prey (Nick Cave), Too Far to Care (Old 97's)
U: Unknown Pleasures (Joy Division)
V: Veedon Fleece (Van Morrison)
W: What's Going On (Marvin Gaye)
X:
Y: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Wilco), Young Team (Mogwai), Ys (Joanna Newsom)
Z:

You have tremendous taste Josef K. I love pretty much all of your lists.

Thanks - yours are pretty great as well. Looking at your artists now, I wish I'd thought of Quickspace.

i just tried to do albums and just can't :(

Ooh, this seems interesting. Let's see if I can do this... (I'm gonna cheat in some places, using first and last names of artist names if need be :P)

A: Aphex Twin
B: Bon Iver
C: The Cure
D: Dinosaur Jr.
E: Erik Mongrain
F: The Flaming Lips
G: Gorillaz
H: Jimi Hendrix
I: Interpol
J: Jonsi
K: King Crimson
L: Local Natives
M: My Bloody Valentine
N: Neutral Milk Hotel
O: Osamu Sato & The Out Ass Maos
P: Pavement
Q: Queens of the Stone Age
R: Radiohead
S: Silversun Pickups
T: TV On the Radio
U:
V: The Velvet Underground
W: Wild Nothing
X: The XX
Y: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Z:

So close! Ah well, maybe in the future someday...

Here are the albums, which was even harder than the bands. Yikes. Some of these were really three- and four-way ties where the deciding factor was just what I'm most in the mood to listen to right now.

Ace of Spades—Motörhead
Book of Horizons—Secret Chiefs 3
Curse—Alien Sex Fiend
Deltron 3030—Deltron 3030
Exile on Coldharbour Lane—Alabama 3
Fabulosos Calavera—Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
The Garbageman and the Prostitute—Kill Me Tomorrow
Hamp & Getz—Lionel Hampton & Stan Getz
I Phantom—Mr. Lif
Junkyard—The Birthday Party
Knnillssonn—Harry Nilsson
Land of Rape and Honey—Ministry
Melt Yourself Down—Melt Yourself Down
Nostril—Igorrr
Out from Out Where—Amon Tobin
Pandemonium—Killing Joke
Quebec—Ween
Rain Dogs—Tom Waits
Sexplosion—My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult
Turning Dragon—Clark
The Unseen—Quasimoto
Vision Thing—Sisters of Mercy
Witchcult Today—Electric Wizard
Xerox Vol. 1—Alva Noto
Young Liars—TV on the Radio
Zombie—Fela Kuti & the Africa 70

Since I feel like I kinda cheated and used solo artists as well as bands for my list, I'll try albums now.

Alligator - The National
Boys & Girls In America - Okkervil River
Can't Maintain - Andrew Jackson Jihad
Destroyer's Rubies - Destroyer
Europe - Ghost Mice
For All The Shy Punk Kids - Madeline Ava
Grow Up, Dude - You Blew It!
Hospice - The Antlers
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
Joyce Manor - Joyce Manor (damn, I really didn't want to use self-titles, okay, backup is James Is Going To Die Soon by Crywank.
Kill The Moonlight - Spoon
Live The Dream - Ramshackle Glory
Michigan - Sufjan Stevens
New Ocean Waves - Your Heart Breaks
On Moving And Standing Still - Toby Foster
Proper - Into It. Over It.
Quiet, Pull The Strings - Suis La Lune
Rook - Shearwater
Sit Resist - Laura Stevenson and the Cans
Tallahassee - The Mountain Goats
Unbearable - Paul Baribeau
Visiter - The Dodos
Whenever, If Ever - The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
XO - Elliott Smith
You & Me - The Walkmen
Zentropy - Frankie Cosmos (I really wanted to use Zopilote Machine here, but I already used a Mountain Goats album)

God that was so hard.

Great list, Charlemagne - nice to see a fellow AJJ fan!

Afrika bambaataa/ Amy Winehouse
Beach Boys/Bee Gees/ Bob Marly, Billie Holiday/Bone Thugs
Carpenters/Cab Colloway/ Chrisette Michelle
Delphonics/Donna Summer/Drifters/D Angelo/ Dina Washington
Earth Wind and Fire/El Debarage/Erykah Badu
Frank Zappa/Freddie Jackson/Funakedelic/Fiona Apple/Floetry
Gap Band
H
Ice Cube
Jackson 5/Janelle Monae/Jodeci/ James Brown/John Lennon/Jack White/ Janet Jackson/Jackie Wilson
KC and the Sunsine Band/Kelis/Krs 1/ Klymaxx/ Kelly Price
Little Richard
Michael Jackson/Marvin Gaye/ Mint Condition
NWA/Nas/New Edition
Ojays
Parliament/Prince/Public Enemy/Pink Floyd
Queen
Rolling Stones/Run DMC
Sly and the Family Stone/ Stevie Wonder/ Staple Singers/Supremes/Sam Cooke/SWV
The Stylistics/ Teena Marie/The Four Tops/The Temptations/Tupac/ The Troggs/ Tony Toni Tone!/ TLC
U
V
White Stripes/Wu Tang/War
X
Y
ZZ

There is definitly more but just all I can think of at the moment

^No Ice Cube?

Thanks! There is probably alot more I forgot as well but will continue to add lol

I'm gonna have to check out a few of those supergroups.

Bored and like making lists sometimes, let's see if I can do this, there may (will) be some ties

Acid Bath
Bad Religion
Cap'n Jazz
days n' daze
Eat Static
Faith No More
Gridlink/Grimes
His Hero Is Gone
Iron Maiden
Jefferson Airplane/The Jesus Lizard/Joan of Arc (damn it)
Kyuss
Lync
Melvins
NoMeansNo
of Montreal/Orchid
Pink Floyd/Pygmy Lush
Queen
Ramshackle Glory
The Smashing Pumpkins
Today is the Day
Unwound
Vault Dweller
The World is A Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid to Die
X-Ray Spex
Yaphet Kotto/Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Zounds

One for albums would be tough

A. Author & Punisher

B. Bohren & Der Club Of Gore

C. ††† (Crosses)

D. Dir en Gray

E. E-40

F. Faith No More

G. Godflesh

H. Hank III

I. Incubus

J. Jamiroquai

K. KORN

L. The Last Shadow Puppets

M. Mike Patton

N. Nine Inch Nails

O. Odd Future

P. The Prodigy

Q. Queens of the Stone Age

R. Rage Against The Machine

S. Seatbelts

T. Tomahawk

U. Umlaut

V. vildhjarta

W. Wu-Tang Clan

X. xKore

Y. Yeasayer

Z. Zap Mama

#. 12 Rounds

how are des piles of Doo doo

V



Foo Fighters
Flipper
Fugazzi
Foetus
Flogging Molly
Fairport Convention
Fall
The Front Bottoms
Foals
FSB
Forefather


better then faith no more


..????????? :P

Sure I'll give this game a try. Favorites may vary over time. I'm just picking what's good for the moment.

Amaranthe
Burzum
Children of Bodom
Dark Tranquility
Emperor
Flowing Tears
Graveworm
Heaven Shall Burn
Immortal
Jack Off Jill (Bleh, lack of Js, Job for a cowboy being the alternative)
Kalmah
Lunatica
Mortal Love
Norther
Opera IX
Paramore
Queensrÿche
Rise Against
Skyfire
Thousand Foot Krutch
Uriah Heep
Vreid
Wintersun
Xandria
Yellowcard :\
Zonaria

Bump. It was hard leaving some out. Very hard.

Akron/Family
Beat Happening
Current 93
Daniel Johnston
Exuma
Fink
Grandaddy
Howlin' Wolf
Interpol
Joanna Newsom
Karl Blau
Leonard Cohen
Mount Eerie
Nick Drake
of Montreal
Portishead
Queens of the Stone Age
Red House Painters
Slint
Thanksgiving
Unicorns, The
Vashti Bunyan
Woods
Xiu Xiu
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Zelienople

A – Ayler, Albert / Ayers, Kevin / ABBA
B – Beatles (+ solo) / Beach Boys / Berry, Chuck / Brown, James / Bowie, David / The Byrds / The Band
C – Can / Coltrane, John / Coleman, Ornette / Cochran, Eddie / Cohen, Leonard / Creedence Clearwater Revival / Cale, John / Cash, Johnny / Callahan, Bill (+ Smog)
D – Davis, Miles / Diddley, Bo / Drake, Nick / Dylan, Bob / Donovan
E – Eno, Brian
F – Fairport Convention / Fleetwood Mac / Free Design / Flying Burrito Brothers / Flaming Lips
G – Gaye, Marvin / Green, Al / Go-Betweens
H – Howlin’ Wolf / Haggard, Merle / Harvey, PJ
I – ...
J – Johnson, Robert / James, Skip / Jimi Hendrix Experience
K – The Kinks / King Crimson / Kraftwerk
L – Led Zeppelin / Little Richard / Love
M – Mingus, Charles / Mitchell, Joni / Marley, Bob / The Meters / Mayfield, Curtis (+ Impressions) / Modern Lovers / Midlake
N – New York Dolls / Neutral Milk Hotel / Nirvana
O – of Montreal
P – Patton, Charley / The Pixies / Public Image Ltd / Pink Floyd / Parsons, Gram
Q – Queen
R – Roxy Music / Rolling Stones / Ramones / Reed, Lou
S – Sly & The Family Stone / The Stooges / Soft Machine / Steely Dan / Sinatra, Frank / Sex Pistols / Stone Roses / The Smiths / Silver Apples
T – Television / Talking Heads / T. Rex
U – United States of America
V – Velvet Underground
X – X, XTC
W – Wyatt, Robert / Waters, Muddy / The Wailers (Bob Marley &) / Walker, Scott / Wynette, Tammy / Wire
Y – Young, Neil
Z – The Zombies

Aphex Twin
Boards of Canada
Cat Power
Doves
Eluvium
Faded Paper Figures
Grandaddy
Hot Chip
Iggy & the Stooges
The Juan MacLean
Kraftwerk
LCD Soundsystem
The Mountain Goats
Neu!
Old 97's
Pavement
Queen
Robyn
Sufjan Stevens
Tycho
The Unicorns
Violent Femmes
The Weakerthans
X-Ray Spex
Yo La Tengo
Frank Zappa

Had to totally cheat and use Sonic Youth for Y, but I really can't think of any bands that start with Y that I listen to. I don't really listen to any Yes, Y&T, or Yo La Tengo, and **** Yngwie Malmsteen.

And I feel like a poseur for listing John Zorn for Z. I really have only listened to Naked City a few times, and almost nothing beyond that, but how many Z bands are there really?

I also had to come to the surprising conclusion that I now rate The Stooges over Slayer. I love them both, but Iggy just dominates for me, and I certainly wasn't putting him in place of Iron Maiden just for Slayer's sake.

A) Acid Bath
B) Bathory
C) Contortions
D) Danzig
E) Exodus
F) Faith No More
G) Gang of Four
H) Hammerfall
I) Iron Maiden
J) Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
K) Kylie Minogue
L) Lamb of God
M) Manowar
N) Nirvana
O) Overkill
P) Pere Ubu
Q) Queensryche
R) Replacements
S) The Stooges
T) Townes Van Zandt
U) Unsane
V) Venom
W) Wu-Tang Clan
X) X-Ray Spex
Y) Youth, Sonic
Z) Zorn, John (Naked City)

A - America, The Alarm, Anberlin, Richard Ashcroft
B - Blue Oyster Cult, Bad Company, Boston, Badfinger, Pat Benatar, The Byrds, Jackson Browne, The Babys
C - CCR, The Church, The Cult, Crosby Stills & Nash, Cat Stevens
D - Doors, Dave Matthews Band, Deep Purple, Nick Drake, Doobie Brothers
E - Echo & The Bunnymen, ELO, Emerson Lake & Palmer
F - Fleetwood Mac, Florence & The Machine, Peter Frampton
G - The Guess Who, Grand Funk Railroad
H - Heart, Halestorm, The Hollies
I - Icehouse, INXS, Iron & Wine
J - Jimi Hendrix, Journey, Jefferson Starship
K - Kings Of Leon
L - Led Zeppelin
M - Joni Mitchell, Mazzy Star, Mumford & Sons, Montrose, Moody Blues
N - Stevie Nicks, Nazareth, Night Ranger
O - Our Lady Peace
P - Pink Floyd, Tom Petty, The Pretenders, Psychedelic Furs
Q - Queen
R - Rolling Stones, Roxy Music
S - Steely Dan, Stone Roses, Smithereens, Stone Temple Pilots
T - Toad The Wet Sprocket, Thin Lizzy, James Taylor
U - Ultravox
V - Velvet Underground, Suzanne Vega, Van Morrison
W - The Who, Wishbone Ash
X - ??
Y - Yes, Yo La Tengo, Yardbirds
Z - ??


Ribbons - you and I like a lot of the same stuff!! Lots of classic rock!
Overcast - yay, another Nick Drake fan... I see you post it a lot in the games!!

Hi, Pinkmoon - welcome to MusicBanter! Yes, we definitely do like a lot of the same artists! Dont'cha love when that happens? Also, I figured you liked Nick Drake based on your username and have noticed that Overcast is a Nick fan as well. Nice to have you both on the forums. :beer:

Great list there. Yo La Tengo and Pavement are on the top of my hit list. Seriously, I need to check them out already. Huge ups for Grandaddy.

Yeah, Nick Drake is great. I didn't even realize your name is Nick Drake related until now. Real nice list there too, a bit odd spotting Anberlin among all that. Not to say it's a bad thing, they were one of my favorite bands when I was younger. I should check them out again to see if they still hold up.

From what I've seen I'm willing to bet the majority of us here know of/enjoy Nick Drake.

Hi Ribbons, thanks for the welcome. I'm glad to meet you, and I'm glad to see so many familiar bands on your list!!

Hi Overcast, thanks! I'm a classic rock lover, but I also like a lot of alternative/indie stuff too...from back in the 80's, and some more modern! I do like Anberlin. I think you should revisit them, and let me know what you think!! I see you like Yo La Tengo too...like them a lot!!

I'm going to take a shot at this:

Animal Collective
The Beatles
The Cars
The Doors
Eagles
Fleet Foxes
Grizzly Bear
Buddy Holly
Ian & Sylvia
Billy Joel
The Kinks
Gordon Lightfoot
Moody Blues
Neutral Milk Hotel
of Montreal
Pink Floyd
Queen
Roxy Music
Paul Simon
Tame Impala
United States of America
The Velvet Underground
The Who
Xhol Caravan
Neil Young
Frank Zappa

Stuck to pop/rock, since the thread is about "bands". There were about five other "B" artists I could have included.

Acid Bath
Bad Religion
Chaos Divine
Death
Evergreen Terrace
Faith No More
Godsmack
Heart
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Killing Joke
Led Zeppelin
Metallica
Northlane
Obituary
Pantera
Quicksand
Reel Big Fish
Screeching Weasel
Testament
Unwritten Law
Veruca Salt
Warbringer
X-Ray Spex
You Am I
ZZ Top

AC/DC
Blue Oyster Cult
Carbon Based Life Forms
Deaf School
Einstürzende Neubauten
The Fall
God Is An Astronaut
Hawkwind
Infected Mushroom
Japan
Killing Joke
Lilac Time
M83
No Man
Ozric Tentacles
Porcupine Tree
Quantic
Redshift
The Stranglers
Tangerine Dream
UFO
VNV Nation
Wax Fang
XTC
Yello
ZZ Top

I'm definitely not going to be able to do this...

Might have two for some letters because I'm indecisive. Also, assuming solo artists count... (though not listing solo artists from other bands listed)


Aquabats, The/Albert King
Blind Willie Johnson
Codeine Velvet Club
Dick Dale (and his Del-Tones)
Estas Tonne
Fratellis, The/Freddie King
Ghastly Ones, The
Harry Nilsson/Holly Henry
Ink Spots, The
John Lee Hooker
King Tuff
Lightnin' Slim
Man or Astro-Man?
Nematoads, The
Olivia Jean
PAWS
Q(?)
Robert Johnson
Sleepy Kitty
Troubadour Dali
Unwed Teenage Mothers, The
Voltaire*
White Stripes, The
X(?)
Y(?)
Z(?)

*He goes by Aurelio Voltaire now, but it counts, right?

Missing a few, sadly.
It appears I need to listen to more Q/X/Y/Z artists.

Ayreon
Black Sabbath
Candlemass/Clutch (No I will not choose)
Draconian
Electric Wizard
Frank Zappa
Ghoultown/Graveyard
Hidria Spacefolk
Iced Earth
Jex Thoth
Karl Sanders
Lord Mantis
Moonspell
Nevermore
Orange Goblin
Pink Floyd
Q ?
Robin Trower
Saint Vitus
Trouble
Uriah Heep
Vektor
Wo Fat
X ?
Yob/ Ymir's Blood
ZZ Top