# Your MOST Favorite band! (rock on!) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 8, 2000, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-favorite-band-rock-on/21719 "2000-06-08T04:17:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-favorite-band-rock-on/21719/1 "2000-06-08T04:17:01Z")
When I think about : Who is my most favorite band?..I would have to say…Van Halen. I have enjoyed more of “Van Halen’s” songs over the years than any other band. Now that I have mentioned my “MOST favorite band,” what is yours? ---
**Author:** ![HomeSlice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9d8465/32.png) [@HomeSlice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HomeSlice)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-favorite-band-rock-on/21719/2 "2000-06-08T04:23:32Z")
3 way tie Pearl Jam Dave Matthews Band Jimmy Buffett But i think that PJ might have a slight edge over the other 2. ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-favorite-band-rock-on/21719/3 "2000-06-08T04:47:35Z")
Dead Kennedys. ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-favorite-band-rock-on/21719/4 "2000-06-08T05:04:57Z")
You couldn’t PAY me enough to answer this question on a public message board. 😉 Fetish fine, FRPG no sweat, but not my all time favorite band. ::shakes head:: nope. ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-favorite-band-rock-on/21719/5 "2000-06-08T05:15:34Z")
The Eagles. (Yes, I’m closer to 40 than 30.) ---
**Author:** ![Asmodeus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@Asmodeus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asmodeus)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-favorite-band-rock-on/21719/6 "2000-06-08T05:27:59Z")
Goose Creek Symphony [https://www.oz.net/gcs/](https://www.oz.net/gcs/) ---
**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:** [June 8, 2000, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-favorite-band-rock-on/21719/7 "2000-06-08T07:57:27Z")
The Reverend Horton Heat. The Dickies. It’s a toss-up. Hey, vandal. Nice to see another punk rock fan here. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-favorite-band-rock-on/21719/8 "2000-06-08T09:19:23Z")
It’s this obscure progressive rock trio from Toronto, Canada. You probably wouldn’t know them. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-favorite-band-rock-on/21719/9 "2000-06-08T09:22:21Z")
what, Bryan Adams backing group? :: d&r :: oh, and Primal Scream rock. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-favorite-band-rock-on/21719/10 "2000-06-08T09:28:06Z")
Watch yourself, Larrigan, or I’ll tie you up to a chair and make you listen to the Kelly Family all day 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-favorite-band-rock-on/21719/11 "2000-06-08T10:02:09Z")
[whining] Sometimes… I wish I was an Angel… My god, what a travesty of music. 17 German Crusties all being driven about by their Dad, singing songs to make impressionable [read: Stupid] teenage Girls Cry and Hold Candles at their live shows. Kelly Family… dont let me find you. You’re all going down… ---
**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:** [June 8, 2000, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-favorite-band-rock-on/21719/12 "2000-06-08T13:14:32Z")
The Bonzo Dog Band (aka, the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band). The most amazing band ever – think Monty Python as musicians. Good musicians. Their _instrumentals_ could make you laugh out loud. You can find out all about them at [the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band](http://www.cam.anglia.ac.uk/~systimk/music/bonzos/Index.Html) page. (BTW, many of Monty Python’s songs were written by Neil Innes of the Bonzos after the group broke up). ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-favorite-band-rock-on/21719/13 "2000-06-08T13:22:07Z")
Gotta be Cowboy Mouth from NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA! (Are you WITH ME?!?!?!) There’s a reason we mouth fans are called “The Hardest Working Audience In Show Business”! I’ve seen a ba-zillion bands lives and they bring it out every time. Coldfire! I’ve been a Rushfan™ for almost 20 years now (I first saw them on the GUP tour). Be careful how you bring them up. I might just have to whip you with my 100+ live tape collection with shows that date from FBN to CP. Are you WITH me?!?!?!? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-favorite-band-rock-on/21719/14 "2000-06-08T14:00:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Coldfire! I’ve been a Rushfan™ for almost 20 years now (I first saw them on the GUP tour). Be careful how you bring them up. I might just have to whip you with my 100+ live tape collection with shows that date from FBN to CP. > > Are you WITH me?!?!?!? > \*\* Grace Under Pressure. Fly By Night. Counterparts. I’m SO with you, brother! Can I get an Amen? (As for the “unknown prog-rock trio”-angle: I was joking :D) ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-favorite-band-rock-on/21719/15 "2000-06-08T14:30:18Z")
Depends on what mood I’m in. Tom Waits The Damned Yeah Yeah Noh Railroad Jerk Spaceman 3 Mr. Quintron …and more I’m not in the mood to mention. ---
**Author:** ![HomeSlice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9d8465/32.png) [@HomeSlice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HomeSlice)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-favorite-band-rock-on/21719/16 "2000-06-08T15:20:04Z")
Ok, I’ve heared of like 1 of these bands…I must be too young 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-favorite-band-rock-on/21719/17 "2000-06-08T15:31:02Z")
What I prefer to have in my car cd player: The Pogues The Replacements James McMurtry What usually winds up there: Raffi Sesame Street The scary part is that oftentimes I leave those in even when I am alone in the car. ---
**Author:** ![SaxFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SaxFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaxFace)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-favorite-band-rock-on/21719/18 "2000-06-08T15:35:22Z")
Bad Brains And they’ve my favorite rock band since I was 12. I’ve never gotten sick of them, and I still think their music is amazing. ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-favorite-band-rock-on/21719/19 "2000-06-08T15:42:07Z")
This 3 man outfit from Boston called Guster. [http://www.guster.com](http://www.guster.com) . They’re fun. The Pixies. When I’m depressed, Everclear. And I don’t care if they DID do a Gap commercial. There’s a lot of other bands that I enjoy, but those are the ones I love. (ps: Guess who’s getting free Chili Pepper tickets? ME! Lalalalalaaa!!!) ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-favorite-band-rock-on/21719/20 "2000-06-08T16:36:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Gotta be Cowboy Mouth from NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA! (Are you WITH ME?!?!?!)\*\* Actually, yeah! When I was living in Raleigh, NC, I saw them at G105’s Big Shindig in '97. G105 had been playing a couple of their songs for about a month before the show and I liked them, but when I saw them live, it blew me away! Great live band! As for my favorite. I have two (depending on my mood): Ben Folds Five The Tragically Hip (best live band–EVER) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-favorite-band-rock-on/21719.md?page=2)