# What's your favorite band? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 17, 2001, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-band/88014 "2001-10-17T17:17:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![The\_Raven\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@The\_Raven\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Raven_1)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-band/88014/61 "2001-10-18T18:40:13Z")
\ The envelope please… And the winner is: **Rush!** Runner-up: **The Who** Honorable Mention: Tool, Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello, The Beatles, Graham Parker, Led Zeppelin, The Stones, ELP, Montrose, AC/DC -Rav ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-band/88014/62 "2001-10-18T19:21:42Z")
Two way tie, depending on my mood: **Red Snapper** or **The Verve**. Honourable mentions: The Charlatans, Air, The Tindersticks, The Stone Roses, The Rolling Stones (early). ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-band/88014/63 "2001-10-19T00:18:37Z")
**Concrete Blonde** Powerful, beautiful music. It somehow seems to drill directly to the emotional centres of my brain. They play – I feel. There’s nothing in between. And _man_, can Johnette Napolitano sing. That voice is incredible. Deep and soulful and earthy and rich, whether it’s a whisper or a growl or gut-wrenching, soaring cry. (And I just found out they’ve reformed and are releasing a new album, [Group Thereapy](http://www.sonicnet.com/news/story.jhtml?id=1449526), in January. Woohoo!!! I’m nearly beside myself. Dear god I hope they tour Australia!) ---
**Author:** ![Searching\_For\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-band/88014/64 "2001-10-19T02:59:10Z")
Fuel is good. Green Day, Offspring, No Doubt…hm, Staind. Hm…can’t choose…getting into AFI, thanks to **ARose** …uh, Sum-41 and Blink 182 make me smile, Stone Temple Pilots and Alice in Chains and Dust for Life. Then again, Nickelback has that great new song…oh, and System of a Down! God, how could I forget Linkin Park? [sub]Yes, I could go on like this all day[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Diesel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Diesel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diesel)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-band/88014/65 "2001-10-19T04:58:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nicko \* > \*\ ***Concrete Blonde** > > Powerful, beautiful music. It somehow seems to drill directly to the emotional centres of my brain. They play – I feel. There’s nothing in between. > > And _man_, can Johnette Napolitano sing. That voice is incredible. Deep and soulful and earthy and rich, whether it’s a whisper or a growl or gut-wrenching, soaring cry. > > (And I just found out they’ve reformed and are releasing a new album, [Group Thereapy](http://www.sonicnet.com/news/story.jhtml?id=1449526), in January. Woohoo!!! I’m nearly beside myself. Dear god I hope they tour Australia!) \*\* They sound pretty interesting. Any suggestions for songs I could download? ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-band/88014/66 "2001-10-19T05:06:50Z")
My _favorite_ favorites have both disbanded: **Oingo Boingo** and **Dead Can Dance**. ---
**Author:** ![HalberMensch242](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HalberMensch242](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HalberMensch242)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-band/88014/67 "2001-10-19T15:51:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by k.os \* > I have to admit I don’t know what Brap 5 AKA Doomsday disk actually is. I want it, but I haven’t kept up, so I don’t know what it is. Can you tell me a bit more about it? Is it a limited print, or can it be ordered? > \*\* Well, you could probably get it from a store like Best Buy, or any other retailer that normally carries SP albums. The actual cd is a remastered recording of 14 songs that they did live at the Doomsday Festival in Germany in the summer of 2000. This was the 1st time Ogre and Cey worked together or even peformed live together since the Grottel’s death and the Process. The production is top notch, and some of the songs have a totally differnt feel, like Deep Down Trauma Hounds, i’d highly recommend gettin it if you’re an SP fan. It’s a lot like Ain’t It Dead Yet, but with higher production values and a different set of songs. ---
**Author:** ![HalberMensch242](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HalberMensch242](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HalberMensch242)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-band/88014/68 "2001-10-19T15:59:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by k.os \* > \*\*I have _Charlie’s Family_ by **Download** , which is not too common, and it’s pretty interesting, in a very strange and disturbing way. 😃 \*\* I liked Charlie’s Family, but i LOVED **Furnace** and **Eyes of Stanley Pain** , simply amazing pieces of “music”. Oh, and you should also invest in gettin the new Cevin Cey disk, **Ghost in each room** …just sublime shtuff. Oh hell, might as well get the Ohgr cd as well. I’m obsessed with anything SP related, as you could so obviously tell…😛 ---
**Author:** ![DaveX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/96bed5/32.png) [@DaveX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveX)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-band/88014/69 "2001-10-19T16:26:53Z")
The best rock and roll band of the last 20 years _was_ the Afghan Whigs. Unfortunately, they ceased to be about a year ago… So now it’s the Catherine Wheel. Some recommendations on Concrete Blonde songs for **Diesel** : Bloodletting (the Vampire Song) Tomorrow, Wendy Mexican Moon Heal It Up ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@Big\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-band/88014/70 "2001-10-19T16:52:28Z")
Jarbabyj, you’re not alone, Rammstein kicks major ass. Gotta love the “Herzeleid” album. But if I had to pick my all time favorite, it would have to be Faith No More. Mike Patton can sing any style of music known to man and he can sing it well. What a range of talent. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-band/88014/71 "2001-10-19T17:02:39Z")
I really really really loved Faith No More, and before Rammstein they were one of my faves, but I finally got to go backstage with Faith and let me say this: Mike Patton is a total PRICK. The biggest jerk I’ve ever met. And not to me, but to other fans who were just kids and begging for autographs. They thought he was god and he treated them like shit. What I’ve always said about Rammstein is that they’re scary and mean looking on stage, but total and complete, huggy, smiley gentlemen in person. That’s the difference between them and other bands. IMHO jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![Neil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/839c29/32.png) [@Neil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neil)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-band/88014/72 "2001-10-20T05:55:18Z")
> [@](#): > > Have you heard the album? It’s great. I think it’s more Primus-weird than Phish-weird, but I’ve been curious to hear what a Primus fan thinks. I think these guys have a great chemistry together, and according to the interviews I’ve read, they would agree. (BTW, Oysterhead=Trey Anastasio of Phish on guitar, Les Claypool of Primus on bass, and Stewart Copeland formerly of the Police on drums.) I just ordered the album today, actually. On [oysterhead.com](http://oysterhead.com), though, they have the song “Mr. Oysterhead” available for download, and some samples of others, and some videos of a concert they did. I love what I hear so far. I’ve not listened to much Phish yet, so I can’t really make comparisons there. Claypool does do a lot of the singing, though, so even though he doesn’t go completely nuts on the bass (at least the stuff I heard) the music’s got quite a bit of his flavor. Should be a fun concert, and Drums and Tuba is opening, which is also a treat. ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-band/88014/73 "2001-10-20T09:22:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diesel \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Nicko \* > > **Concrete Blonde** > > They sound pretty interesting. Any suggestions for songs I could download? \*\* Do I? Jeez, hold me back! I’d probably try: Carry Me Away Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) Tomorrow Wendy Joey I Don’t Need a Hero Little Wing Rain Love is a Blind Ambition Still in Hollywood Little Conversations Oh, I could go on and on and on and… ---
**Author:** ![botheredballs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@botheredballs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botheredballs)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-band/88014/74 "2001-10-22T20:58:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crusoe \* > \*\*Two way tie, depending on my mood: **Red Snapper** or **The Verve**. > > Honourable mentions: The Charlatans, Air, The Tindersticks, The Stone Roses, The Rolling Stones (early). \*\* Have you ever heard of the Avalanches? I think they’re out of Australia. They have this sort of seventies retro, silly, yet good beats sound (hmmmm…). I will check out Red Snapper, I seem to think I have heard of them before - thanks! ---
**Author:** ![ozonebaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@ozonebaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozonebaby)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-band/88014/75 "2001-10-22T23:38:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by botheredballs \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Crusoe \* > > \*\*Two way tie, depending on my mood: **Red Snapper** or **The Verve**. > > > > Honourable mentions: The Charlatans, Air, The Tindersticks, The Stone Roses, The Rolling Stones (early). \*\* > > Have you ever heard of the Avalanches? I think they’re out of Australia. They have this sort of seventies retro, silly, yet good beats sound (hmmmm…). I will check out Red Snapper, I seem to think I have heard of them before - thanks! \*\* What are they like? Pop, rock, rap, what? I’ve never heard of any band out of Australia but Savage Garden (ugh) and I think AC/DC is to. Well, anyway, can anyone recommend any bands for me that are like FUEL? I don’t know where to look? Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![ozonebaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@ozonebaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozonebaby)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-band/88014/76 "2001-10-22T23:40:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by da’ cook \* > What are they like? Pop, rock, rap, what? I’ve never heard of any band out of Australia but Savage Garden (ugh) and I think AC/DC is to. Well, anyway, can anyone recommend > any bands for me that are like FUEL? I don’t know where to look? Anyone? \*\* Ugh, not another typo. I didn’t mean to skip a line there. I guess you could call me a prefectionist (that’s spelled right isn’t it?). ---
**Author:** ![Diesel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Diesel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diesel)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-band/88014/77 "2001-10-23T02:42:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by da’ cook \* > \*\*Well, anyway, can anyone recommend any bands for me that are like FUEL? I don’t know where to look? Anyone? \*\* Nickleback Default Finger Eleven Hum Live ---
**Author:** ![drillrod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@drillrod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drillrod)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-band/88014/78 "2001-10-23T03:57:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by da’ cook \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by drillrod \* > > \*\*I like lots of music, but I love **PJ Harvey**!! > > Damn, but that woman can make you hear everything she’s feeling. > > > > And she’s hot, besides. \*\* > > My sis likes her too. Are you, drillrod, nineiron and Neurotik, all boys? \*\* I can’t answer for the others, but yes, I’m a boy. I’ve been into Polly Jean for years. Actually, I’ve got a thing for girl bands and singers. Luscious Jackson, Slater Kinney, Hole, The Breeders. Love 'em all. And I just heard here that Concrete Blonde has a new disk coming out. That’s so freaking cool! ---
**Author:** ![MattK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@MattK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MattK)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-band/88014/79 "2001-10-23T15:49:18Z")
If I had to go with my all-time fave, it would have to be **Oasis**. The others are, in no particular order: Travis (going to see them in Stuttgart in November, yeah!) Stone Roses The Who Blur Manic Street Preachers Steve Vai (concert also in November, also Stuttgart) Joe Satriani B’z (awesome Japanese rock) … and a few others, mostly classic or alternative rock. ---
**Author:** ![ozonebaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@ozonebaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozonebaby)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-band/88014/80 "2001-10-23T21:01:54Z")
As to the post where I did the little number thing with my age, that was an evil prank pulled on me by my sister(I’ll get her for this). She messed with the numbers I had written before I submitted that post while I was taking out the garbage. The numbers are incorrect. I am 13 not 12. Thanks for the suggestions, Diesel! I’ll look into those groups. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-band/88014.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-band/88014.md?page=5)