# Name your favorite musical artists A-Z **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112 "2017-01-14T15:57:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/21 "2017-01-15T02:02:49Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > DAMN. Cannot come up with…U… Alanis Morissette would consider that ironic. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/22 "2017-01-15T02:08:49Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Alanis Morissette would consider that ironic. Especially since there’s no I either? ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/23 "2017-01-15T02:44:39Z")
Allison, Mose Beatles Cohen, Leonard Dylan, Bob Edwards, Jonathan Fairport Convention Griffin, Patty Havens, Richie Incredible String Band Jethro Tull Kinks Lazarus (folk trio, not metal band) Mitchell, Joni Nyro, Laura Ochs, Phil Pentangle Renbourn, John Steeleye Span Traffic Van Ronk, Dave Wonder, Stevie Young, Neil Zombies ---
**Author:** ![NetTrekker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nettrekker/32/2909_2.png) [@NetTrekker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NetTrekker)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/24 "2017-01-15T03:08:53Z")
Stage names and not birth names, I presume? (Elton John, not Reginald Dwight; Bob Dylan, not Zimmerman, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/25 "2017-01-15T03:28:55Z")
My Sophie’s Choices: Picking Paul Simon over Steely Dan. Picking Jack White over the Who. mmm ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/26 "2017-01-15T10:14:58Z")
Tori Amos Billy Bragg Cocteau Twins Dead Can Dance Einsturzende Neubauten the Fall Peter Gabriel Imogen Heap Inspiral Carpets Joy Division Killing Joke Lush My Bloody Valentine New Order Sinead O’connor Pixies Queen Red Hot Chili Peppers Shelleyan Orphan This Mortal Coil Underworld Velvet Underground Wolfsheim Xymox Yazoo John Zorn ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/27 "2017-01-15T15:57:35Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > A: Ayreon > B: Black Sabbath > C: The Cure > D: Dream Theater > E: Emerson, Lake & Palmer Safe to say you like prog and hard rock/metal. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/28 "2017-01-15T16:01:01Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > DAMN. Cannot come up with O, U, or X. I don’t think I’ve seen X the band (Exene Cervenka’s vehicle) yet. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/29 "2017-01-15T16:05:39Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I don’t think I’ve seen X the band (Exene Cervenka’s vehicle) yet. Yep, I’m invisible. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DMGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@DMGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/30 "2017-01-15T17:14:04Z")
Allman Brothers Band Beatles Clapton, Eric Dylan, Bob Emerson, Lake & Palmer Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green era) Genesis (Gabriel/Hackett era) Hackett, Steve Isley Brothers Jethro Tull Kinks Led Zeppelin Mott the Hoople Neville Brothers Outlaws Pink Floyd Quicksilver Messenger Service Rolling Stones Steely Dan Traffic Uriah Heep Vaughan, Stevie Ray Who XTC Yardbirds Zombies N and U were definitely the toughest for me ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/31 "2017-01-15T17:16:23Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > My Sophie’s Choices: > > Picking Paul Simon over Steely Dan. > > Picking Jack White over The Who. Picking Mahler over Mozart. Haydn over Handel. Szymanowski over Strauss (Richard). Red Allen over Louis Armstrong. Chet Baker over Count Basie. Monk over Mingus. Bird over Art Pepper. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/32 "2017-01-15T17:18:46Z")
Also Bach over Beethoven, Brahms, and Bruckner…but not really, 'cause I couldn’t live without me Bach. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/33 "2017-01-15T20:24:13Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I don’t think I’ve seen X the band (Exene Cervenka’s vehicle) yet. My X was X. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/34 "2017-01-16T10:27:27Z")
I was going to play along until I realised there are so many great artists whose name starts with “B”. My instinctive choice would have been **Bowie**. But then, there’s **Kate Bush**. And **The Beatles**. No way I can chose between those three. Never mind, I’ll do Classical composers. That’s easy: **Brahms**. Oh wait, there’s **Beethoven** , too. Well, if push comes to shove, I can pick the former. S\*\*t, I forgot **Bach**. Impossible to pick one over the other :(. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/35 "2017-01-16T10:56:38Z")
> [@NetTrekker](#): > > Stage names and not birth names, I presume? > > (Elton John, not Reginald Dwight; Bob Dylan, not Zimmerman, etc.) Correct. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/36 "2017-01-16T14:28:08Z")
Ayreon Black Heart Procession Charlemagne Dead Kennedys Epica Flaming Lips Glass Hammer Hammerfall Ida (band was named after someone’s grandma I think) Judas Priest Kamelot Lana Lane Mercury Program Nightwish Ozzy Osbourne Pinetop Seven Quasi Rhapsody (which is now known as Rhapsody of Fire) Stream of Passion Tarja Turunen Ugly Cassanova Vision Divine Within Temptation Young Fresh Fellows Missing X and Z. Could have went Frank Zappa but I don’t own any of his music and am not that familiar with it. ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/37 "2017-01-16T15:14:21Z")
Apple, Fiona Bjork Chvrches Dolphy, Eric Eve Furtado, Nelly Grimes Hubbard, Freddie Imbruglia, Natalie Jones, Tom Kronos Quartet LL Cool J Morricone, Ennio Nine Inch Nails Oswald, John Piazzolla, Astor Quinteto Real Rey, Lana del Swizz Beatz Thunders, Johnny Uncle Tupelo Veronicas Waits, Tom XCX, Charli Yeah Yeah Yeahs Zorn, John I’m actually pretty happy with the way the list turned out, even though I cheated once… ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/38 "2017-01-16T18:43:55Z")
Alice Cooper (‘A’ because it’s the band name, later retconned as the individual Alice) Blue Oyster Cult Concrete Blonde (tough one, a lot of ‘C’ love) Dolby, Thomas EMF Frankie Goes to Hollywood Garbage Hendrix, Jimi Iron Maiden Jethro Tull Kottke, Leo Love & Rockets Moby (so many 'M’s, a dozen favorites here) Nena Oingo Boingo Pink Floyd Queen Ramones Sisters of Mercy (don’t make me choose, why do I have to choose!) Transvision Vamp Up With People (my only blank letter, just avoiding defaulting to U2. It’s a joke, really! Don’t hit me!) Van Halen White Stripes XTC Ylvis The Zombies ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/39 "2017-01-16T21:35:57Z")
This was harder than I thought. Turns out there a artists I like that start with the same letter, so filling in the blanks took some work : AC/DC Beastie Boys Cheap Trick Def Leppard Enuff Z’Nuff Foo Fighters Ghost Heart Incubus Judas Priest Kiss Led Zeppelin Motley Crue Nine Inch Nails Ozzy Osbourne Pantera Queensryche Rage Against The Machine Soundgarden Theory Of A Deadman UFO Van Halen White, Jack Kings X (don’t have any other X’s in my collection, sorry) Yardbirds ZZ Top ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112/40 "2017-01-16T21:38:48Z")
Aerosmith Beatles Crosby, Stills, and Nash Doobie Brothers Eagles Fabulous Thunderbirds Guy, Buddy Heart Isley Brothers, The James Gang, The King, Albert Little Feat Mason, Dave Nilsson, Harry Outfield, The Petty, Tom and the Heartbreakers Quicksilver Messenger Service Russell, Leon Santana Temptations, The U-2 Vaughn, Stevie Ray Who, The X - ? Young, Neil Zevon, Warren These are purely off the top of my head, so I may be leaving out someone I will be sorry I omitted later, but I am still good with this list. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112.md?page=3)