# Favorite Bands **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/289925 "2005-02-13T22:43:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/289925/21 "2005-02-14T01:02:03Z")
Looking at my username, you probably wouldn’t realize that in addition to Pink Floyd, I also like: 1. Atreyu 2. Bauhaus 3. Marylin Manson 4. Black Label Society …in that order. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/289925/22 "2005-02-14T01:30:52Z")
I’m not going to put these in a numerical preference, but… Pink Floyd, Rush, Beatles, electronic music (too many to list), and Sigur Ros. IÈll also add that the latest Dolchamar album, _Rebela Sono_\*, is excellent. Since I saw them live back in 2000, they’ve added four more members, changed the spelling of their name slightly, gone classic rock, tightened up as a group, and become damn good. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/289925/23 "2005-02-14T02:03:26Z")
Moving this from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/289925/24 "2005-02-14T02:06:20Z")
I will not go to a party at **MrBlueSky** ’s. Not even for free beer. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/289925/25 "2005-02-14T02:09:46Z")
Erasure Squeeze Abba Garbage Creed But there’s also Blink182, Marcy Playground, Cowboy Junkies, Mary Prankster, Leo Kottke, ELO, and this doesn’t list my Country/Jazz/Classical faves. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/289925/26 "2005-02-14T02:14:21Z")
1. Cosmosquad 2. Joe Satriani 3. Rush 4. Gary Hoey 5. Yesdeeppurplegenesis ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/289925/27 "2005-02-14T02:16:12Z")
1. Tortoise 2. Led Zeppelin 3. Yes 4. King Crimson 5. Duster ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/289925/28 "2005-02-14T02:18:07Z")
In order of fanatical devotion 1. The Beatles 2. Wilco 3. The Magnetic Fields 4. Simon and Garfunkle 5. Cream ---
**Author:** ![Ooner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@Ooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ooner)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/289925/29 "2005-02-14T02:29:19Z")
These probably change about every other day… The Beatles Radiohead Enon Neutral Milk Hotel The Dandy Warhols No, wait, replace The Dandy Warhols with Spoon. Replace NMH with Sigur Ros. Replace Enon with Polysics. Gah too many! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/289925/30 "2005-02-14T02:43:05Z")
> [@gatopescado](#): > > I will not go to a party at **MrBlueSky** ’s. Not even for free beer. Well, I don’t drink beer and, thus, would not serve any at a party. However, in this case, I will be serving your favorite kind at my next party. A free keg for everyone!! Nyah! Nyah! Nyah! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/289925/31 "2005-02-14T02:46:50Z")
In no order… Bright Eyes Elvis Costello Death Cab For Cutie Pink Floyd Tilly and the Wall (they’ve only got one album out, and it is perfect) Damn, I should’ve put the Smashing Pumpkins on there. And the Magnetic Fields. And the Fugees! ::Head Explodes!:: ---
**Author:** ![Nightime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Nightime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightime)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/289925/32 "2005-02-14T02:58:29Z")
Big Star Radiohead Leonard Cohen PJ Harvey Nick Cave ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/289925/33 "2005-02-14T02:59:38Z")
No chance of limiting this list to only 5 and in no particular order: King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Liquid Tension Experiment, Br-549, Reverend Billy C. Wirtz, Beatles, Adrian Belew, Tony Levin Band, California Guitar Trio, Dead Kennedy’s, Talking Heads, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Danny Dean & the Homewreckers, David Bowie, Junior Brown, Genesis (pre-Abacab!), Ramones, Can, Gong, Steve Hillage, Hawkwind, FM (the Canadian version), Paula Cole, Robert Fripp. And many many more, my “favorite” changes several times a day Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![iggy\_popov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@iggy\_popov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iggy_popov)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/289925/34 "2005-02-14T03:01:53Z")
The Clash The Velvet Underground Violent Femmes Iggy Pop/The Stooges The Who ---
**Author:** ![Berserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Berserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berserker)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/289925/35 "2005-02-14T03:03:22Z")
1. Frank Zappa 2. Medeski Martin and Wood 3. The Flaming Lips 4. Phish 5. The Allman Brothers Band 6. Les Claypool (any of his projects) 7. Pink Floyd 8. Led Zeppelin 9. The Who 10. Gov’t Mule I could keep going, there are so many. Zappa and MMW are really the only ones that keep their positions in any favorite band list of mine. ---
**Author:** ![Berserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Berserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berserker)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/289925/36 "2005-02-14T03:06:35Z")
:smack: Next time i’ll read the entire first post and perhaps some others before replying…just take my list as Top 5 bands and Top 5 bands other than my top 5. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/289925/37 "2005-02-14T03:10:10Z")
1. The Who 2. The Beatles 3. The Bonzo Dog Bane 4. Pink Floyd 5. The Band ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/289925/38 "2005-02-14T03:12:20Z")
Staying within the realm of rock: Frank Zappa (Technically not a band? He contains multitudes.) King Crimson Jethro Tull The Beatles Gentle Giant ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/289925/39 "2005-02-14T03:17:37Z")
Radiohead Mesh (the UK one, not Mesh StL) The Thrill The Seatbelts Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (back in the day, anyway) Placebo Mayfield Yoko Kanno (not a band, but one hell of a songwriter) …there’s another one, too, but the name escapes me right now. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/289925/40 "2005-02-14T03:21:01Z")
> [@Roland Orzabal](#): > > …there’s another one, too, but the name escapes me right now. Didn’t they sing “Rio”? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/289925.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/289925.md?page=3)