# Whats your favorite top 5 Bands... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2004, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-top-5-bands/224453 "2004-01-14T21:01:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-top-5-bands/224453/21 "2004-01-15T03:12:57Z")
1. David Bowie 2. The Who 3. Emerson, Lake and Palmer 4. Talking Heads 5. They Might Be Giants With some close follow-ups by Tomoyasu Hotei, Reel Big Fish, Blue Oyster Cult and Shonen Knife. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-top-5-bands/224453/22 "2004-01-15T03:22:18Z")
1. Radiohead 2. Nirvana 3. The Beatles 4. Weezer 5. Smashing Pumpkins ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-top-5-bands/224453/23 "2004-01-15T03:42:15Z")
1. Jethro Tull 2. Dream Theater 3. Porcupine Tree 4. Tool 5. Spock’s Beard ---
**Author:** ![jweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jweb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jweb)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-top-5-bands/224453/24 "2004-01-15T04:04:18Z")
In no particular order Tool Nine Inch Nails Pearl Jam Pink Floyd Metallica (up to and including the Black Album, nothing newer) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-top-5-bands/224453/25 "2004-01-15T07:32:57Z")
Wilco The Clash OutKast Radiohead Superchunk These could all change at any point though. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-top-5-bands/224453/26 "2004-01-15T07:36:33Z")
> [@HowieReynolds](#): > > Wilco > The Clash > OutKast > Radiohead > Superchunk > > These could all change at any point though. Dammit, I like the Pixies more than Superchunk and possibly Radiohead. Take one of them out. ---
**Author:** ![Dryga\_Yes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@Dryga\_Yes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dryga_Yes)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-top-5-bands/224453/27 "2004-01-15T11:26:12Z")
1. Radiohead 2. The Velvet Underground 3. Can 4. Sonic Youth 5. Gang of Four ---
**Author:** ![notquitekarpov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@notquitekarpov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notquitekarpov)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-top-5-bands/224453/28 "2004-01-15T12:10:13Z")
In particular order: Velvet Underground Neil Young and Crazy Horse Radiohead Hawkwind Jefferson Airplane ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-top-5-bands/224453/29 "2004-01-15T12:27:06Z")
No order: [ol] [li]The Jam[/li][li]Elvis Costello[/li][li]The Kinks[/li][li]Game Theory/Loud Family[/li][li]The Who[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-top-5-bands/224453/30 "2004-01-15T13:37:50Z")
uncle tupelo grandaddy elliott smith wilco sparklehorse ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-top-5-bands/224453/31 "2004-01-15T13:40:20Z")
woops, except uncle tupelo comes first. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-top-5-bands/224453/32 "2004-01-15T14:44:45Z")
U2 Led Zepplin Van Halen Dire Straits The Police But really, I tend to like individual songs or, if I am lucky, albums more than the entire output of a band or singer. ---
**Author:** ![mamm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@mamm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamm)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-top-5-bands/224453/33 "2004-01-15T15:23:51Z")
- Beatles - Deep Purple - Pink Floyd - Van Halen - Radiohead Honorable mentions: Cream, Rush and Black Sabbath. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-top-5-bands/224453/34 "2004-01-15T16:53:29Z")
Another old dude says - In no random order: The Soft Boys Pink Floyd\* Led Zeppelin The Who Steely Dan - why no votes yet? Honerable mention, any of Frank Zappa’s bands. Oh bugger forgot the Beatles. But they’re a given right? So… no need to include, ha! sorted. \*including The Wall but _nothing later._ ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-top-5-bands/224453/35 "2004-01-15T17:18:33Z")
The classics: Aerosmith Metallica Led Zeppelin The Doors The Rolling Stones In rotating order. For these modern times, I’d have to include OutKast and Black Eyed Peas, but I refuse to take any of the others out. Great choices, all of you, but I just must say that I have had major issues with Steely Dan ever since a couple of years ago when they won every frickin’ Grammy for an album nobody even listened to, when the awards should have gone to Eminem, IMO. Just had to vent a sec; no offense intended toward Small Clanger, Steely Dan, Jesus, or anyone else for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-top-5-bands/224453/36 "2004-01-15T17:25:42Z")
OK **yellowval** I’ll substitute **Doll by Doll** for Steely Dan, no-one will take offence at that 'coz no-one but me seems to have heard of them. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-top-5-bands/224453/37 "2004-01-15T17:31:48Z")
No, no, you don’t have to change them out! I’m not saying they’re not worthy of being on your top five, just that the dinosaurs who vote for the Grammys could stand to “live in the now” just a tad … oh shit, I think I may have just implied that _you_ are a dinosaur as well. I think I’ll just shut up now! ---
**Author:** ![chorizo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@chorizo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorizo)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-top-5-bands/224453/38 "2004-01-15T18:53:11Z")
In no particular order, today’s top five: Wilco Pixies Pavement Modest Mouse The Clash To many honorable mentions to mention. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-top-5-bands/224453/39 "2004-01-15T21:19:27Z")
> [@Small Clanger](#): > > \ > The Soft Boys > \ Dang! Yeah, _The Soft Boys_… Stupid 5 band lists. ---
**Author:** ![gyt\_fx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@gyt\_fx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gyt_fx)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-top-5-bands/224453/40 "2004-01-15T22:04:06Z")
1 - Green Day [Before Nimrod] 2 - Coheed & Cambria 3 - AFI 4 - NOFX 5 - Strung Out/Thrice [Both are so good! Even though I haven’t listened to Thrice’s new CD, :rolleyes:] BTW **Atlantarage** , Is Kerry Getz the singer of any relation to Kerry Getz the skateboarder? :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-top-5-bands/224453.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-top-5-bands/224453.md?page=3)