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That is my question

My top 10 bands

1. Deep Puprle ( 1968–1976, 1984– ) "British"
2. Pink Floyd ( 1965–1995, 2005, 2012–2014 ) "British"
3. The Beatles ( 1960-1970 ) "British"
4. Led Zeppelin ( 1968-1980 ) "British"
5. Shocking Blue ( 1967-1974 ) "Dutch"
6. The Seekers ( 1962–1968, 1975–1988, 1992– ) "Australian"
7. Fleetwood Mac ( 1967–1995 1997– ) "British-American"
8. The Bangles ( 1981–1989, 1998– ) "American"
9. Judas Priest ( 1969- ) "British"
10. Black Sabbath ( 1968-2017 ) "British"

Oh gosh. That's hard. I haven't tried to make a Top 10 list in ages.

Stealing your format...

1. Blind Guardian ( 1984– ) "German"
2. A Tribe Called Quest ( 1985-1998, 2006-2013, 2015-2017 ) "American"
3. Jari Mäenpää ( Ensiferum 1996-2004, Wintersun 2004- ) "Finnish"
4. In Flames ( 1990- ) "Swedish"
5. Rush ( 1968- ) "Canadian"
6. Amorphis ( 1990– ) "Finnish"
7. Death ( 1983-2001 ) "American"
8. Bad Religion ( 1980- ) "American"
9. Dissection ( 1989-1997, 2004-2006 ) "Swedish"
10. Candlemass ( 1984-1994, 1997-2002, 2004- ) "Swedish"

In no particular order

1. Black Sabbath
2. Sleep
3. Electric Wizard
4. Ween
5. Iron Maiden
6. Finntroll
7. Galactic
8. Sublime
9. Stoned Jesus
10. Yat-Kha

Not in a rigid order.

The Beatles (1960-1970) British
Queen (1970-) British
U2 (1977-) Irish
Led Zeppelin (1968-1980) British
Bob Marley and the Wailers (1963-1981) Jamaican
Tame Impala (2007-) Australian
Radiohead (1985-) British
Harmonium (1972-1978) Canadian
The Who (1964-1983, 1989, 1996-) British
Nirvana (1987-1994) American

1. Billy Joel
2. Bruce Springsteen
3. The Beatles
4. Simon & Garfunkel
5. Elton John
6. Frank Sinatra
7. James Taylor
8. Tom Petty
9. David Bowie
10. John Mellencamp

Honorable Mentions: The Clash, Pat Benatar, The Rolling Stones, Guns N' Roses

Collatis wrote:1. Billy Joel
2. Bruce Springsteen
3. The Beatles
4. Simon & Garfunkel
5. Elton John
6. Frank Sinatra
7. James Taylor
8. Tom Petty
9. David Bowie
10. John Mellencamp

Honorable Mentions: The Clash, Pat Benatar, The Rolling Stones, Guns N' Roses

Most of those are solo artists, not bands. Or else I would have included some solo artists too.

Again, stealing your format (sorry!):

1. The Beatles (1960-1970) "British"
2. The Beach Boys (1961-) "American"
3. Four Tops (1953-) "American"
4. Eurythmics (1980-1990, 1999-2005, 2014) "British"
5. Fleetwood Mac (1967-1995, 1997-) "British-American"
6. Genesis (1967-1998, 2006-2007) "British"
7. Radiohead (1985-) "British"
8. Take That (1990-1996, 2005-) "British"
9. Air (1995-) "French"
10. The Bangles (1981-1989, 1998-) "American"

There's a few more I'd add in a top 15 or 20, and I don't listen to the Beatles as much as most others; but I've ranked them based on stuff like cultural significance (in my mind) as well as personal taste.

Anollasia wrote:

Collatis wrote:1. Billy Joel
2. Bruce Springsteen
3. The Beatles
4. Simon & Garfunkel
5. Elton John
6. Frank Sinatra
7. James Taylor
8. Tom Petty
9. David Bowie
10. John Mellencamp

Honorable Mentions: The Clash, Pat Benatar, The Rolling Stones, Guns N' Roses

Most of those are solo artists, not bands. Or else I would have included some solo artists too.

None of them are solo artists. Just because a musician is billed as a solo artist doesn't mean they actually are one. Virtually all musicians are backed up by a band, even if their name is the only one people know. Regardless, I've never known discussions of favorite bands to exclude solo artists. "Band" is frequently used as shorthand for musical artist.

Germany and Prussia wrote:"British" "Dutch" "Australian" "British-American" "American"

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No particular order bc I can't play favorites _{god please help me}

1. Kaleo (Icelandic)
2. Katzenjammer (Norway)
3. The Cog is Dead (U.K.)-I only listen to one of their songs.
4. The Lumineers (U.S.)-Same as above
5. Mumford and Sons (U.K.)-Same as above
6. Phildel (U.K.)
6. Johnny Hollow (Canada)

That's it. I would list more, but then I'd be lying. That's everything I actually listen too.

As Collatis observed, so called solo artists and composers must be included, thus:

Mozart
Beatles
Dave Brubeck
Jimi Hendrix
B. B. King
Jeff Beck
J. S. Bach
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
Jimmy Smith
Elvis Costello

I'm just gonna do a Top 5 since I don't listen to that much music. In fact, some of these might not even count as bands.

1. AC/DC
2. Guns N Roses
3. Daft Punk
4. Black Sabbath
5. Jimi Hendrix

1. X Japan, because of this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eqmkgSeYjI
2. Led Zeppelin, because of this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9ioyEvdggk (stupid copyright strikes)
3. Dragonforce, because of this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jgrCKhxE1s
4. My Chemical Romance, because of this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRKJiM9Njr8
5. Queen, because of this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ
6. Breaking Benjamin, because of this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ShCNw1SJFA

I don't know much about bands, so I can't make a top 10 list.

Top Ten Contemporary Bands (This Is Not In Order):

- The Pink Floyd
- The Yardbirds
- John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers
- The Graham Bond Organisation
- The Kinks
- Cream
- The Nice
- Procol Harum
- The Wilde Flowers
- Hansson & Karlsson

My top 10 in no particular order:

Sabaton ( 1999- ) "Swedish
Stereopony ( 2007-2012 ) "Japanese"
Leevi and the Leavings ( 1978-2003 ) "Finnish"
FripSide (2002- ) "Japanese"
Modern Talking ( 1984-1987, 1998-2003 ) "German"
The Clash ( 1976-1985 ) "British"
The Pogues ( 1982-1996, 2001-2014 ) "British-Irish"
Raptori ( 1989-1992, 1999-2001, 2010-2011, 2017- ) "Finnish"
Eppu Normaali ( 1976- ) "Finnish"
Vengaboys ( 1996-2002, 2006- ) "Dutch"

It's worth noting that my definition of top 10 is probably a bit looser than some of you would use, because I mostly listen to tracks instead of bands, and because many of my favourites are solo artists which I've excluded from the list on the account of them not being bands.

Collatis wrote:

Anollasia wrote:
Most of those are solo artists, not bands. Or else I would have included some solo artists too.

None of them are solo artists. Just because a musician is billed as a solo artist doesn't mean they actually are one. Virtually all musicians are backed up by a band, even if their name is the only one people know. Regardless, I've never known discussions of favorite bands to exclude solo artists. "Band" is frequently used as shorthand for musical artist.

Not only that but sometimes (maybe even most of the time, dunno) "solo" artists are backed up by the same band every/most of the time, case in point Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, George Thorogood and the Destroyers etc. Anyways, for my top 10 I'd probably go with:

Impaled Nazarene (1990- ) "Finnish"
Motörhead (1975-2015) "British"
Venom (1979- ) "British"
Klamydia (1988- ) "Finnish"
Iced Earth (1988- ) "American"
Triumph (1975-1993) "Canadian"
Rytmihäiriö (1988- ) "Finnish"
Los Bastardos Finlandeses (2005- ) "Finnish"
Manowar (1980- ) "American"
Lynyrd Skynyrd (1964- ) "American"

And about the last one, yes, you can bitch and moan all you want about how they ended in 1977 and the reunion doesn't count but I quite like most of all of their albums

hrrrmmmmm......

1. Five Finger Death Punch (American)
2. Lynyrd Skynyrd (American)
3. Slipknot (American)
4. Bring me the Horizon (British)
5. Metallica (American)
6. Nirvana (American)
7. System of a Down (American)
8. Korn (American)
9. Babymetal (Japanese)
10. Disturbed (American)

(In no specific order)

1. Vinyl Theatre (2012- ) American
2. Sticky Fingers (2008- ) Australian
3. The Brobecks (2003-2013) American
4. The Hush Sound (2004-2013) American
5. Panic! At the Disco (2005- ) American
6. The Oh Hellos (2011- ) American
7. The Young Veins (2009-2010) American
8. Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears (2006- ) American
9. Twenty One Pilots (2009- ) American
10. Billy Joel (Technically not a band, don't care tho) (1971-1993) American

The following stand out:

-Queen
-Blind Guardian
-Iron Maiden
-Die Ärzte
-Manowar
-HammerFall
EDIT: I forgot one:
-Helloween

...after that it becomes too close to rank.

1. Devin Townsend ( 1990- ) "Canadian"
2. Less Than Jake ( 1992- ) "American"
3. Neutral Milk Hotel ( 1989-1999, 2013-2015) "American"
4. Streetlight Manifesto ( 2002- ) "American"
5. The Thermals ( 2002- ) "American"
6. Our Lady Peace ( 1992- ) "Canadian"
7. They Might Be Giants ( 1982- ) "American"
8. The Killers ( 2001- ) "American"
9. Bon Jovi ( 1983- ) "American"
10. Tenacious D ( 1994- ) "American"

1. Rush
2. AC/DC
3. Van Halen
4. Def Leppard
5. Motley Crue
6. Sabaton
7. Guns N Roses
8. Aerosmith
9. Kiss
10. Black Sabbath

Death (death metal, progressive death metal, technical death metal)
Overkill (thrash metal)
Darkthrone (black metal)
Persefone (progressive metal)
Opeth (progressive metal)
Katatonia (???)
Nightwish (symphonic metal)

The LTrain (
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Heaven Shall Burn (deathcore)
Taake (black metal)