Favourite artists for each letter of the alphabet

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Did we do this before? Here are mine anyways.

A - Laurie Anderson
B - Beatles
C - Cat Power
D - Nick Drake
E - Brian Eno
F - Feelies
G - Giant Sand
H - PJ Harvey
I - Idaho
J - Keith Jarrett
K - King Crimson
L - Tom Liwa
M - Joni Mitchell
N - Nirvana
O - Oregon
P - Pink Floyd
Q - Quasi (the only band with Q I remember)
R - Roxy Music
S - Smiths
T - Tindersticks
U - U2
V - Velvet Underground
W - Wipers
X - X
Y - Yo La Tengo
Z - ZZ Top

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Wednesday, 21 January 2004 23:29 (twenty-two years ago)

b-b-b-b-b-b-b-but too many B's!

― omg, Wednesday, 21 January 2004 23:35 (twenty-two years ago)

for me it was too many c-s. chopin, cocteau twins, cowboy junkies, cure, lloyd cole, leonard cohen. you just have to make your choice, dude.

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Wednesday, 21 January 2004 23:38 (twenty-two years ago)

A- Appliance
B- Blur
C- Camel
D- Dandy Warhols
E- Elbow
F- Fugazi
G- Genesis
H- House of Love
I- International Noise Conspiracy
J- Jethro Tull
K- Kyuss
L- Led Zeppelin
M- Manic Street Preachers
N- Nirvana
O- Opeth
P- Pixies
Q- Queens of the Stone Age
R- Radiohead
S- Smashing Pumpkins
T- Tool
U- U2
V- Verve
W- Who
X- XTC
Y- Yes
Z- Zwan

― JP Almeida (JP Almeida), Wednesday, 21 January 2004 23:42 (twenty-two years ago)

S is hard, as well as M and R

― JP Almeida (JP Almeida), Wednesday, 21 January 2004 23:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Ah I mindless exercise - just what I need at the moment

a Arovane
b Big Black
c Console
d Divine Comedy
e Erasure
f Folk Implosion
g Guther
h Husker Du
i Isan
j John Cale
k Komeit
l Lali Puna
m Max Tundra (or Ms. John Soda)
n Notwist
o Opiate
p Pulse Programming
q Q-Bert
r Rei Harakami
s Styrofoam (you made me choose between Styrofoam and Solvent!)
t Throwing Muses
u Ulrich Schnauss
v Velvet Underground
w Will Rose
x XTC
y Yuji Oniki
z Zolvent (if I can't have them for S then . . . .)

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Wednesday, 21 January 2004 23:44 (twenty-two years ago)

with very little thought...

A - Arthur Russell
B - Boredoms
C - Clash, The
D - Devo (hard to choose between Devo and Depeche Mode though)
E - El Guapo
F - Felix Da Housecat
G - Gonzales
H - High Llamas, The
I - I-F
J - Jeans Team
K - King Tubby
L - LFO
M - Mantronix
N - New Order
O - Orb, The
P - Prince
Q - Queen of Japan
R - Rush
S - Saunderson, Kevin
T - Third Eye Foundation
U - er.... U? god knows... Ugly Kid Joe?
V - Venetian Snares
W - Whitehouse
X - Xlover
Y - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Z - Zongamin

― searchanddelete, Wednesday, 21 January 2004 23:47 (twenty-two years ago)

h Husker Du
i Isan
j John Cale
k Komeit

Lynsky, you cheat!! :)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Thursday, 22 January 2004 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

The day I play by the rules is the day that Nick Southall gets that review I've been promising him.

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Thursday, 22 January 2004 00:03 (twenty-two years ago)

A- Arena Rock Alarm Clock
B- Bad Disguise
C- Crab Apple Cabs
D- Driven to Real
E- Erect Golpher
F- The Feral Antilles
G- Guided by Voices
H- Hot Spiders
I- Increase the Frankenstien
J- Jester Squat
K- Karma Yeah
L- LSD Kentucky
M- Meat Church
N- The New Fun
O- Outlasting Girafalo
P- Photographs of Burning People
Q- Queen for a Lay
R- Raped in Japan
S- Shootist Magoo
T- Ten Mount Hobbyhead
U- Umbilical Squiers
V- Victimless Mimes
W- Word Prison
X- X-Ray Flys
Y- You Quiet Midget
Z- Zero to 99

― christhamrin (christhamrin), Thursday, 22 January 2004 00:13 (twenty-two years ago)

We've totally done this before but my answers are probably radically different now

Oren Ambarchi
Boards of Canada
Ornette Coleman/John Cage
DJ Shadow
Efzeg
Fred Frith/Bill Frisell
Kadri Gopalnath/Diamanda Galas
Head Phone Over Tone
Ryoji Ikeda
Joy Division
T N Krishnan
Led Zeppelin
Ikue Mori
Nirvana
Jim O'Rourke
Pole
Queen
Radiohead
Sonny Sharrock
Twine
Unireverse
Edgard Varese
Anton Webern
Iannis Xenakis
La Monte Young
Frank Zappa

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 22 January 2004 00:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Hadn't ever done this --

Art Bears
Beatles
Can
Miles Davis
Brian Eno
Morton Feldman
Ron Geesin
Hildegard Von Bingen
Incredible String Band
Joy Division
Kraftwerk
Gyorgy Ligeti
Master Musicians of Jajouka
Neu
Yoko Ono
Pere Ubu
Queen
Terry Riley
Sun Ra
This Heat
Ulver
Velvet Underground
The Who
XTC
Neil Young
Zoviet France

― Nom De Plume (Nom De Plume), Thursday, 22 January 2004 01:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Surely we've done this, no?

AC/DC
Buzzcocks
Cop Shoot Cop
Devo
Echo & the Bunnymen
Firewater
Gang of Four
Hitchcock, Robyn
Iron Maiden
Joy Division
Killing Joke
Love & Rockets
Motorhead
New Order
O'Connor, Sinead
Pink Floyd
Queen
Ramones, The
Stranglers, The
Talk Talk
Ultra Vivid Scene
Velvet Underground, The
Wedding Present, The
XTC
Yes
Zappa, Frank

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 22 January 2004 01:24 (twenty-two years ago)

A- Armstrong, Louis
B- Big Star (echoing the "too many b's" comment)
C- The Cure
D- Davis, Miles
E- Evans, Bill
F- Faces, The
G- Gainsbourg, Serge
H- Harvey, PJ
I- Iron & Wine
J- Joy Division
K- Kinks, The
L- Love
M- My Bloody Valentine
N- New Order
O- Oldham, Will
P- Pixies, The
R- Roxy Music
S- Smiths, The
T- Talking Heads
U- fucking I dunno, the Unicorns... meh.
V- Velvet Underground
W- Wu Tang Clan
Y- Young, Neil

― stephen morris, Thursday, 22 January 2004 01:40 (twenty-two years ago)

A - Autechre
B - Beefheart
C - Cop Shoot Cop
D - Bob Dylan
E - Brian Eno
F - Faust
G - Gong
H - Husker Du
I - Interpol
J - Joy Division
K - King Crimson
L - Mark Lanegan
M - Morphine
N - Laura Nyro
O - Orb
P - Pere Ubu
Q - Queen
R - Residents
S - Stooges
T - Talk Talk
U - Unsane
V - Velvet Underground
W - Tom Waits
X - XTC
Y - Neil Young
Z - Zappa

― Michael Dubsky, Thursday, 22 January 2004 03:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Tonight, I'll go with.....

African Head Charge
James Brown
The Chills
Dry and Heavy
ESG
Funki Porcini
Al Green
Him
ICU (IQU)
Jazz Butcher
Kraftwerk
Lonesome Organist
Mouse On Mars
Neu!
Outhud
Pan sonic
Q-Tip
Jonathan Richman
Stereolab
Trash Can Sinatras
Ui
Velvet Underground
Wire
XTC
Yo La Tengo
Tom Ze

― peepee (peepee), Thursday, 22 January 2004 03:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Now THIS is a game.

Aereogramme
Bjork
Cure
Dirty Three
Explosions In The Sky
Far
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Hood
Idlewild
Joy Division
-
Low
My Bloody Valentine
Neurosis
Oceansize
Pixies
-
Radiohead
Slint
Talk Talk
Unwound
Velvet Underground
Tom Waits
Xiu Xiu
Yume Bitsu
Zephyres

― Stupid (Stupid), Thursday, 22 January 2004 03:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Arab On Radar
Bilders
Ralph Carney
Dead C
Extended Organ
Fall-Outs
Go-Betweens
Half Japanese
Insect Trust
Jacobites
Kinks
Lightning Bolt
Monks
Nod
Original Sins
Quintron
Red Krayola
Subsonics
Thin White Rope
U Can Unlearn Guitar
Verlaines
Wild Stares
Xerophonics
Michael Yonkers
Zoomers

― jack cole (jackcole), Thursday, 22 January 2004 03:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Alizee
Brel, Jacque
Chara
David Bowie
Eno, Brian
France Gall
Getz, Stan
Haack, Bruce
Iha, James
Julee Cruise
Kraftwerk
Low
Mecano
Nico
OMD
Pizzicato 5
Quickspace
Roxy Music
Spacemen 3
Tomoe, Shinohara
Ussachevsky
Velvet Underground
Walker, Scott
Xenakis
Yo La Tengo
Zorn, John

― A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 22 January 2004 04:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Alien Sex Fiend
Buzzcocks
Cabaret Voltaire
Dandy Warhols
Elastica
Fad Gadget
?
Pj Harvey
Iggy
Jesus & Mary Chain
Killing Joke
Leaether Strip
Mechanical Cabaret
New Order
ohGr
Primal Scream
?
Rolling Stones
Soft Cell
Tarantella Serpentine
Ultraviolence
Velvet Underground
Wire
X-Ray Spex
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Zero Defects

― anode, Thursday, 22 January 2004 04:06 (twenty-two years ago)

This is too hard! Some of these were ties, and others were picked because of the lack of other contenders under the same alphabetical listing.

Aphex Twin
Black Flag
The Clash
Dead Kennedys
Emperor
Fugazi
Gang of Four
Helmet
Iggy and the Stooges (Saves me from another "S")
Joy Division
Kid 606
Ladytron
Minor Threat and My Bloody Valentine (Tie)
Nirvana
Orbital
Pixies
Queens of the Stone Age
Radiohead and the Ramones (tie)
Slayer and Sonic Youth (tie)
Tool
Underworld
Velvet Underground
Wire
X
I don't own any "Z" bands right now

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 22 January 2004 04:08 (twenty-two years ago)

A- AC/DC
B- Black Sabbath
C- Creedence Clearwater Revival
D- Miles Davis
E- Brian Eno
F- The Fall
G- The Grifters
H- Jimi Hendrix
I- Iron Maiden
J- Jesus Lizard
K- Rashaan Roland Kirk
L- Led Zeppelin
M- The Minutemen
N- New Order
O- Oneida
P- Pere Ubu
Q- Queens of the Stone Age
R- Steve Roach
S- The Stooges
T- Tortoise
U- Uncle Tupelo
V- Velvet Underground
W- Wipers
X- X
Y- Neil Young
Z- John Zorn

― earlnash, Thursday, 22 January 2004 04:18 (twenty-two years ago)

B was probably the hardest letter for me, but I resisted the urge to list multiple choices.

Amon Duul II
Braxton, Anthony
Captain Beefheart
Dylan, Bob
Ellington, Duke
Fahey, John
Glass, Philip
Hurt, Mississippi John
ICP Orchestra
Jay-Z
Kool Keith
Led Zeppelin
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
New Pornographers
Omoide Hatoba
Parker, Charlie
Queen
Robinson, Smokey
Sun Ra
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
UFO or Die
Velvet Underground
Waters, Muddy
X
Young, LaMonte
Zorn, John

― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 22 January 2004 04:28 (twenty-two years ago)

A - Arab Strap
B - the Buzzcocks
C - the Clash
D - Del the Funky Homosapien
E - Elastica
F - the Feelies
G - Galaxie 500
H - Hüsker Dü
I - Imperial Teen
J - the Jesus & Mary Chain
K - the Kiss-Offs
L - Love & Rockets
M - Mazzy Star
N - New Order
O - Old 97's
P - Liz Phair
Q - the Queers (?)
R - the Rolling Stones
S - Sleater-Kinney
T - T. Rex
U - Uncle Tupelo
V - the Velvet Underground
W - Wire
X - X
Y - Yo La Tengo
Z - ZZ Top

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 22 January 2004 04:46 (twenty-two years ago)

A - Air
B - Blur
C - Chemical brothers
D - Daft Punk
E - Eels
F - Flaming Lips
G - Grandaddy
H - The Hives
I - Interpol
J - The Jam
K - Kid 606
L - Led Zeppelin
M - My Bloody Valentine
N - Nirvana
O - Oasis
P - Primal Scream
Q - Queens of the Stone Age
R - Radiohead
S - The Strokes
T - Text
U - The Undertones
V - The Velvet Underground
W - The White Stripes
X - XTC (the only band that starts with x that i have)
Y - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Z - Zero 7

― Dude (The Yellow Dart), Thursday, 22 January 2004 05:22 (twenty-two years ago)

correction: talking heads instead of tindersticks in my list above!

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Thursday, 22 January 2004 08:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Alphabet Favorites

my list wd be so different now!

― minna (minna), Thursday, 22 January 2004 08:51 (twenty-two years ago)

The Avalanches
Buzzcocks
The Coral
Devo
The Exploding Hearts
The Flaming Groovies
Gerling
The Hives
Imperial Teen
Jawbreaker
The Kinks
Lene Lovich
Mach Pelican
The New Pornographers
?
The Pixies
The Queers
The Ramones
Supergrass
The Talking Heads
The Undertones
The Velvet Underground
The Who
X-Ray Spex
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
?

― Rachel, Thursday, 22 January 2004 09:05 (twenty-two years ago)

sorry, me again. make it new order instead of nirvana for n.

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Thursday, 22 January 2004 09:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh come on, no one is going to bite on my list of fake bands?

― christhamrin (christhamrin), Thursday, 22 January 2004 10:40 (twenty-two years ago)

you say that as tho anyone actually reads anyone else's lists

― minna (minna), Thursday, 22 January 2004 10:42 (twenty-two years ago)

A - Ash
B - British Sea Power
C - Coldplay
D - Deftones
E - Elbow
F - Franz Ferdinand
G - Gomez
H - Hot Hot Heat
I - Interpol
J - Joy Division
K - Ben Kweller
L - Liars
M - McLusky
N - Nirvana
O - .......
P - Pixies
Q - Queens Of The Stone Age
R - Radiohead
S - Smashing Pumpkins
T - Talking Heads
U - U2
V - The Verve
W - Weezer
X - .......
Y - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Z - Zwan

― Chris Jones (Crackity Jones), Thursday, 22 January 2004 10:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh come on, no one is going to bite on my list of fake bands?

I just thought I hadn't heard of them. Except for one ..

― Michael Dubsky, Thursday, 22 January 2004 11:57 (twenty-two years ago)

There in lies the majestic clue Mr. Dubsky.

you say that as tho anyone actually reads anyone else's lists

Funny stuff.

― christhamrin (christhamrin), Thursday, 22 January 2004 12:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Velvet Underground wins!

― tod (tod), Thursday, 22 January 2004 12:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Aztec Camera
Bauhaus
Captain Beefheart
Damned
Etron Fou Le Loublan
Flaming Lips
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
Robyn Hitchcock
Idlewild
Joy Division
King Tubby
Love
Charles Mingus
Neu!
Orange Juice
Pixies
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Residents
Smiths
Talking Heads
Ultravox!
Vibrators
Tom Waits
XTC
Young Marble Giants
Frank Zappa

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 22 January 2004 13:51 (twenty-two years ago)

The best thing about this thread is seeing on which letter of the alphabet you can guess the author.

― Llahtuos Kcin (Nick Southall), Thursday, 22 January 2004 14:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Anderson, Laurie
Blur
Clash
Depeche Mode
Echo & the Bunnymen
Flaming Lips
Galaxie 500
Harvey, PJ
Interpol
Jane's Addiction
Kiss
Lush
My Bloody Valentine
New Order
O'Connor, Sinead
Pixies
Queen
Radiohead
Smiths
Throwing Muses
U2
Velvet Underground
Waits, Tom
X
Yo La Tengo
Z? Did you say C? Cure

― rainman (rainman), Thursday, 22 January 2004 14:30 (twenty-two years ago)

my list wd be so different now!

Only 10 of the 26 names stayed the same from the list I did on that thread from '02.

― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 22 January 2004 16:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Apples in Stereo
Blur
Clash
Bob Dylan
Elastica/Elf Power
Flaming Lips
Go-Betweens
PJ Harvey
Chris Isaak
Jesus and Mary Chain
Kinks
Lightning Bolt
Mercury Rev
Nirvana
Oasis
Prince
Qustion Mark and the Mysterians
REM
Spiritualized
Television
Undertones
Velvet Underground
Lucinda Williams
X
Neil Young
Zombies

― danh, Thursday, 22 January 2004 18:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Good lord... it's like I'm still stuck in some mid-90s indie-rockist dead zone.

American Analog Set, The
Brainiac
Chavez
Dismemberment Plan, The
Enon
Fugazi
Geraldine Fibbers, The
Hersh, Kristin
Interpol
Jawbox
Komeda
Lilys
Mountain Goats, The
New Pornographers, The
Oswald, John
Pavement
Q and not U
Radiohead
Spoon
Talking Heads
Unrest
Vanderslice, John
Waits, Tom
Xiu Xiu
Yo La Tengo
Zorn, John

― Nick Mirov (nick), Thursday, 22 January 2004 18:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Here's the old thread.

― dleone (dleone), Thursday, 22 January 2004 18:40 (twenty-two years ago)

From memory - i'll probably want to change later:

Dave Alvin
Big Dipper
Lloyd Cole
Dumptruck
Eno
The Fall
Go-Betweens
Home and Garden
Infinite Number of Sounds
Jazz Butcher
King Crimson
Luna
Minutemen
New Rob Robbies
Opal
Pretenders (tough call)
Queen
Replacements
Scrawl (ver hard one)
Talking Heads
U2 - Precious little choice
Velvet Underground
Waitresses
X
Yo La Tengo
Zappa

― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 22 January 2004 18:44 (twenty-two years ago)

a/ Against Me!
b/ Billy Bragg
c/ Cursive
d/ Drake, Nick
e/ Everything but the Girl
f/ Fugazi
g/ Godspeed You Black Emporer
h/ Hot Water Music
i/ Iron Maiden
j/ Jurado, Damien
k/ Kiss
l/ Lucero
m/ Molotonic
n/ Nirvana
o/ Ochs, Phil
p/ Public Enemy
q/ Q and Not U
r/ Radon (the seminal Gainesville band, not Rodan)
s/ Songs:Ohia
t/ Twelve Hour Turn
u/ Uncle Tupelo
v/ Velocity Girl
w/ Whiskeytown
y/ Yankovic, Weird Al
z/ Zappa, Frank

― Mark, Thursday, 22 January 2004 20:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh shit, I forgot the Zombies!

― Rachel, Thursday, 22 January 2004 21:40 (twenty-two years ago)

A Tribe Called Quest
Bauhaus
Clash
Dylan, Bob
English Beat
Flaming Lips
Galaxie 500
Holiday, Billie
Interpol
Jam, the
Kinks, the
Love
Marmoset
New Order
O'Rourke, Jim
Pavement
Quasi
Rolling Stones
Sanchez, Poncho
Toots & the Maytals
Ultravox (u sucks btw)
Velvet Underground
Waits, Tom
XTC
Young, Neil
Zombies, the

― metfigga (metfigga), Thursday, 22 January 2004 22:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Autechre (tied w/Atari Teenage Riot)
Books
Coil
Depeche Mode
Explosions in the Sky
Future Bible Heroes
Gilberto, Joao
Hole
I, Octopus
Joy Division
Kraftwerk
Lightning Bolt (could be overtaken by LCD Soundsystem)
Mountain Goats
Notwist
O'Rourke, Jim
Public Enemy
Quintron
Radiohead
Smashing Pumpkins
Talking Heads
Uzeda
Velvet Underground
Weezer
Xiu Xiu
Yaz
Zombies

― Felcher (Felcher), Thursday, 22 January 2004 22:06 (twenty-two years ago)

This was way harder than I thought it would be

Autechre
Bardo Pond
Johnny Cash
Depeche Mode
EAR
Fennesz
Gas
Ritchie Hawtin
Inspiral Carpets (I'm a little short on I's)
Kraftwerk
Labradford
MBV
New Order
Pulp
Quadruped (my only Q)
Steve Reich
Spiritualized
Tindersticks
Underworld
Velvet Underground
Woob
X-101
Yo La Tengo
Zap Mama (my only Z)

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:18 (twenty-two years ago)

too many s's

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Why do so many good bands have names that begin with S?

― Stupid (Stupid), Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Air
Björk
Cure
Daft Punk
Elliot, Missy
Farmer, Mylène
Garbage
Harvey, PJ/Human League
Indochine
Joy Division
Miss Kittin
Lamb
Madonna
Nine Inch Nails
Orbital
Pet Shop Boys
Rita Mitsouko, Les
Siouxsie & The Banshees
Thecure ;-)
Underworld
Vitalic
White Stripes
Xymox
Young Gods
Zoot Woman

― Seb, Friday, 23 January 2004 00:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Oops, I meant to put Cocteau Twins for C!

― Seb, Friday, 23 January 2004 00:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Aerosmith
Beatles
Elvis Costello
Devo
ELO
Faith no more
Garbage
Rupert Hine
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Kiss
Led Zeppelin
Metallica
Nirvania
Ozzy
Pink Floyd
Queen
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Soundgarden
Talking Heads
Ultravox
Van Halen
Who
XTC
Yes
ZZ Top

Quite clearly my friggin time is past!

regards,

REB

― Rik E Boy (Rik E Boy), Friday, 23 January 2004 02:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, I forgot about James 'Blood' Ulmer (sorry Unireverse) and Aphex Twin (who at least ties for A). Also, a listen to Torture Garden confirmed that Zorn beats Zappa. I'll give Jamaladeen Tacuma the T nod for being the best bassist ever. And, yeah, I just thought christhamrin was into some weird hardcore pigfuck shit I hadn't heard of. Only seven choices stayed the same from last time but I still like all my old picks.

Aphex Twin
Boards of Canada
Ornette Coleman/John Cage
DJ Shadow
Efzeg
Fred Frith/Bill Frisell
Kadri Gopalnath/Diamanda Galas
Head Phone Over Tone
Ryoji Ikeda
Joy Division
T N Krishnan
Led Zeppelin
Ikue Mori
Nirvana
Jim O'Rourke
Pole
Queen
Radiohead
Sonny Sharrock
Jamaladeen Tacuma
James 'Blood' Ulmer
Edgard Varese
Anton Webern
Iannis Xenakis
La Monte Young
John Zorn

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 23 January 2004 03:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks for mentioning James "Blood" Ulmer, Sundar. I was sitting next to my CD case when I was drawing up my list, and I neglected to look through my LPs, otherwise I surely would have remembered to put him at "U" (with apologies to the still great UFO or Die, but hey they only have one album to their credit - they can't really compete with Blood).

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 23 January 2004 03:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Zevon, Warren
Young, Neil
X
Winter, Johnny
Velvet Underground
Utopia
Toots and the Maytals
Smith, Patti
Rundgren, Todd
Queen
Pink Floyd
Outlaws
Nelson, Rick ( certainly not the twin sons of... )
Marley, Bob - or Morrison, Van - I can't decide
Lynott, Phil
Kinks
Joplin, Janis or Janis Joplin
Isley Brothers
Headboys - but I really wanted to say Hendrix
Grateful Dead
Free
Emerson, lake & Palmer
Doors
Cinderblock Baby
Blind Faith
Animals
...with apologies for all the ancient stuff

― jimwentworth (wench), Friday, 23 January 2004 04:08 (twenty-two years ago)

A - Aphex Twin
B - Beatles
C - The Clash
D - Dinosaur, Jr.
E - Elliott Smith
F - Fugazi
G - Guided By Voices
H - Helmet
I - Iron Maiden (cuz Interpol hasn't been around long enough)
J - Jon Spencer
K - Kraftwerk
L - Low
M - Misfits
N - Neil Young
O - Ozzy Osbourne
P - Pinback
Q - Quasi
R - The Replacements
S - Stooges
T - Talking Heads
U - Unwound
V - Velvet Underground
W - Willie Nelson
X - XTC
Y - Yo La Tengo
Z - Warren Zevon

Tough to Leave Behind: BoC, Plaid, Arovane, Brian Eno, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Ramones, Sonic Youth, Sigur Ros, Sabbath, Zep, Radiohead (eventhough their pretentious-ness is getting quite boring), Robert Johnson, Buddy Guy, Coltrane, Miles...and on and on)

― Bob, Friday, 23 January 2004 04:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I shoulda said Talking Heads. Toots and the Maytalls... It seemed good at the moment... Did anyone see David Byrnes' road movie called "somethinorother" ?

― jimwentworth (wench), Friday, 23 January 2004 05:05 (twenty-two years ago)

American Music Club
Bows
Curve
Destroyer
Mark Eitzel
Jason Falkner
Grapes of Wrath
His Name Is Alive
Ivy
Joe Jackson
Greg Keelor
the Lilac Time
Joni Mitchell
Stina Nordenstam
Beth Orton
Archer Prewitt
?
Ride
Saint Etienne
Richard Thompson
Underworld
Suzanne Vega
Weeping Tile
?
Yo la Tengo
Zumpano

― derrick (derrick), Friday, 23 January 2004 07:42 (twenty-two years ago)

American Death Ray
Blue Oyster Cult
Case, Neko
Davis, Miles
Echobelly
Future Sound of London
Gore Gore Girls
Handsome Family
Immortal Lee County Killers
Jazz Butcher
Kaito
Low
Mekons
Nelson, Willie
Oblivians
Pogues
Quasi
Ramones
Sleater-Kinney
the The
U2/Underworld (1-2 in my overall ballot)
Virgin Prunes
Williams, Hank
X
Yo La Tengo
Zevon, Warren

― Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 23 January 2004 08:20 (twenty-two years ago)

a - american analog set
b - johann sebastian bach
c - ornette coleman
d - john darnielle
e - brian eno
f - aretha franklin
g - joao gilberto
h - billie holiday
i - ryoji ikeda
j - millie jackson
k - king tubby
l - lambchop
m - charles mingus
n - nurse with wound
o - jim o´rourke
p - penguin cafe orchestra
q - ?
r - roxy music
s - skip spence
t - tuxedomoon
u - the upsetters
v - caetano veloso
w - brian wilson
x - xtc
y - neil young
z - tom zé

― deedee, Tuesday, 3 February 2004 12:17 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

juan Atkins (vs robert Ashley)
Buzzcocks (vs leroy Burgess)
john Cage (vs johnny Cash vs carl Craig)
miles Davis
brian Eno
Fela
serge Gainsbourg
larry Heard (vs Hüsker Dü vs robert Hood)
Idjut Boys
Jesus Lizard
Kraftwerk
Little Louie Vega
Melvins (vs. Moodymann vs Métal Urbain)
Nirvana
antonio Ocasio
P.i.L
Quasimoto
nile Rodgers (vs the Residents)
Sonic Youth
Terrorizer
Underground Resistance
the Velvet Underground
Wu-Tang CLan
X
the Young Gods
john Zorn

pardon the ex-aequos! Libra here.

― blunt (blunt), Sunday, 13 November 2005 04:51 (twenty years ago)

Alice In Chains
Bauhaus
Cave, Nick
Dio
Earle, Steve
Foo Fighters
Green River
Harvey, PJ
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Kyuss
Los Lobos
Meanies
Nirvana
O'Connor, Sinead
Pearl Jam
Queens of the Stone Age
Rolling Stones
Smith, Patti
Talking Heads
U2
Velvet Undergroun
White Stripes
X
You Am I
ZZ Top

― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 13 November 2005 07:33 (twenty years ago)

amatrading, joan
beck
captain beefheart
deerhoof
eno
fishmans
glass eye
holly golightly
iron & wine
johnston, daniel
kinks
leadbelly
magnetic fields
negativland
of montreal
pavement
question mark and the mysterions (just to be different)
raincoats
sugar plant
television personalities
undertones
volcano suns
waits, tom
x-girl*
yellow magic orchestra
zapata, joneine

*sometimes knowns as (e)X-girl, true, but what do you want, another X or XTC entry?

― Declan Zimmerman (Declan Zimmerman), Sunday, 13 November 2005 07:55 (twenty years ago)

A - Alphaville
B - Blancmange
C - Cut Copy
D - Duran Duran
E - Echo & the Bunnymen/Erasure (tie)
F - Fingerprintz
G - Gang Of Four
H - Human League/Heaven 17
I - Icehouse
J - Japan
K - The Killers
L - Language
M - Moving Units
N - New Order
O - Orchestra Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD)
P - Phoenix
Q - The Quick (UK)
R - Roxy Music
S - Spandau Ballet/Scars/Scary Thieves (too close to call)
T - Trees/Alden Tyrell
U - Ultravox
V - Visage
W - Wire
X - ? (I like XTC but only know several songs from them)
Y - Yaz
Z - Zaine Griff (even though that's cheating as Zaine is his first name)

― This Field Left Blank (Dee the Lurker), Sunday, 13 November 2005 08:16 (twenty years ago)

At the mo'
A - Andrew Bird
B - Built to Spill
C - Cocteau Twins
D - Deerhoof
E - Echo & the Bunnymen
F - Fugazi
G - Guided By Voices
H - Hotel, Neutral Milk
I - Iron & Wine
J - Joy Division
K - Killing Joke
L - Ladytron
M - Mastodon
N - New Pornographers
O - OOIOO
P - Pretty Girls Make Graves
Q - Q and not U
R - Rob Crow
S - Sleater-Kinney
T - Television
U - Unrest
V - V;
W - Wilderness
X - Xiu Xiu
Y - Yardbirds
Z - Zombies

kind of a blah list hm

― mox twelve (Mox twleve), Sunday, 13 November 2005 08:34 (twenty years ago)

Ok, this is RETARDED.

I mean, how in the HELL are you supposed to choose between Bad Brains, Bauhaus, Big Black, The Birthday Party, and David Fucking Bowie?

Let alone AC/DC (Bon Scott era of course), Ellen Allien, and Associates?

Can, Crime & The City Solution, The Cure, Coltrane (John or Alice), Nick Cave.....

MELTDOWN....

― jsoulja (jsoulja), Sunday, 13 November 2005 10:54 (twenty years ago)

Air
Beatles
Cam'ron
Dylan
Eminem
Fugazi
Ghostface Killah
Hendrix
Interpol
Joy Division/Michael Jackson
Kanye West
Led Zeppelin
Marley
Nas
Outkast
Pavement
Queen
Radiohead/Rolling Stones
Smiths
Talking Heads
UGK
Velvet Underground
Wu Tang Clan
XTC
Neil Young
Zombies

― nofrontin, Sunday, 13 November 2005 12:04 (twenty years ago)

Autechre
Beach Boys
Cutler, Ivor
dEUS
Emperor
Faith No More
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
Hellfish & Producer
Inner Dialogue
King Crimson
Lightning Bolt
Manowar
Neutral Milk Hotel
Os Mutantes
Plaid
Richman, Jonathan
Streets, The
Two Lone Swordsmen
Ulver
Venetian Snares
Waits, Tom
Young, Neil
Zappa, Frank

― dog latin (dog latin), Sunday, 13 November 2005 12:49 (twenty years ago)

AC/DC
Beatles
Captain Beefheart
Davis, Miles
Earth, Wind & Fire
Funkadelic
Guru Guru
Hendrix, Jimi
Ice Cube
Jefferson Airplane
Kirk, Rahsaan Roland
Led Zeppelin
MX-80 Sound
Nomeansno
Ono, Yoko
Parliament
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Rush
Stooges
Taylor, Cecil
Union Carbide Productions
Velvet Underground
Wonder, Stevie
X
Yes
Zappa, Frank

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Sunday, 13 November 2005 19:29 (twenty years ago)

Is is Guru Guru DJ DJ Premier Premier's MC MC ?

― blunt (blunt), Sunday, 13 November 2005 20:10 (twenty years ago)

m for magic bullets

― corey c (shock of daylight), Sunday, 13 November 2005 21:06 (twenty years ago)

AC/DC
Butthole Surfers
Cows
Descendents
Earth
Fleetwood Mac
GWAR?
Hanoi Rocks
Iron Maiden
Jesus Lizard
Killdozer
Love
Minutemen
NWA
Oblivians
Pavement
Queen
Royal Trux
Sly & the Family Stone
Thin Lizzy
Urge Overkill?
Volcano Suns
W.A.S.P.
X
Yo La Tengo
ZZ Top

― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Sunday, 13 November 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)

Is is Guru Guru DJ DJ Premier Premier's MC MC ?
-- blunt

No; and you're NOT seeing double! Guru Guru were an early-70s Krautrock version of a power trio.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Monday, 14 November 2005 08:11 (twenty years ago)

a - air
b - beach boys
c - cure
d - deerhoof
e - elvis costello
f - fiery furnaces
g - galaxie 500
h - hold steady
i - iron + wine
j - joy division
k - kinks
l - lovin' spoonful
m - magnetic fields
n - neutral milk hotel
o - otis redding
p - pavement
q - queen
r - replacements
s - smiths
t - talking heads
u - unicorns
v - velvet underground
w - weezer
x - x
y - yo la tango
z - zombies

― ihope (ihope), Monday, 14 November 2005 08:31 (twenty years ago)

a - aislers set, the
b - beat happening
c - cardigans, the
d - dear nora
e - excepter
f - fletcher, amelia
g - go sailor
h - heavenly
i - ida
j - johnson, calvin
k - kallikak family
l - lois
m - mecheau, sydney olivia
n - nico
o - oasis
p - pine*am
q - q and not u
r - ramones, the
s - smiths, the
t - talulah gosh
u - unwound
v - velvet underground, the
w - wolfie
x - xiu xiu
y - yume bitsu
z - i honestly don't have one, i guess i can go with the zombies, though.

it bothers me that i couldn't fit in: tiger trap, elliott smith, the sundays, the softies, and probably more.

― andy dale (andy dale), Monday, 14 November 2005 08:54 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

A - Another Sunny Day
B - Bjork
C - Cure
D - The Durutti Column
E - Einsturzende Neubaten
F - Felt
G - Graham Gouldman
H - The Hollies
I - Iggy Pop
J - Joy Division
K - Kraftwerk
L - Lois
M - Madness
N - Nirvana
O - Os Mutantes
P - The Pastels
Q - Queen
R - Ride
S - The Sundays
T - Tortoise
U - U2
V - The Vaselines
W - The Wedding Present
X - Xiu Xiu
Y - Yo la Tengo
Z - Zola

― antonio, Wednesday, 21 December 2005 12:19 (twenty years ago)

Kevin Ayers
Badly Drawn Boy
Captain Beefheart
Danielle Dax
Experimental Pop Band
The Fall
Green Day
Half Man Half Biscuit
Israel Vibration
Jam, the
Kinks
Love
The Monks
Neu
Os Mutantes
Pink Floyd w.Sid
Quads
Rudi
Sultans of Ping
Television
Undertones
Velvet Underground
World Domination Enterprises
Xtc
Young Marble Giants
Zutons

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 12:53 (twenty years ago)

Alejandra and Aeron
David Bowie
Leonard Cohen
DAT Politics
Ekkehard Ehlers
Mamoru Fujieda
Serge Gainsbourg
Holger Hiller
Incredible String Band
Josef K
Kraftwerk
Little Richard
Magazine
Nico
o.lamm
Dominique Petitgand
Raymond Queneau (who wrote lyrics for Juliette Greco)
Renaldo and the Loaf
Super Madrigal Brothers
Nobukazu Takemura
Ua
Caetano Veloso
White Noise
Xenakis
York Waits
Tom Ze

― Momus (Momus), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 19:16 (twenty years ago)

do you love this book, momus?

― petesmith (plsmith), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 19:30 (twenty years ago)

I do indeed! In fact, I had a meeting last week with a French publisher who wants to publish something by me, a work of longform fiction, and I told him that that very book would be an influence on it!

― Momus (Momus), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 19:34 (twenty years ago)

it's one of my favorites! ill keep my eyes open for your book.

― petesmith (plsmith), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)

With matchsticks, probably!

― Momus (Momus), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 19:47 (twenty years ago)

http://www.filmgalerie.at/imgs/filme/cu9_chien.jpg

― petesmith (plsmith), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 19:52 (twenty years ago)

That scene loses some of its terror after you've had a corneal graft!

― Momus (Momus), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 22:56 (twenty years ago)

A for Ozzy Osbourne. I'll tell ya'll about other cool bands later.
(713)553-1256

― Blue eyes black dragon, Wednesday, 21 December 2005 22:58 (twenty years ago)

here's mine

A-Alpha Blondie
B-Bootsauce
C-Creed
D-Delerium
E-Everclear
F-Michael Frente
G-Garbage
H-Ben Harper
I-Insane Clown Posse
J-Jermaine Dupri
K-KMFDM
L-Louis XIV
M-Madness
O-Our Lady Peace
P-Phish
Q-Queensryche
R-Republica
S-the Shamen
T-Triumph
U-Uncle Kracker
V-Vixen
W-Wet Wet Wet
X-XZibit
Y-Will Young
Z-Rob Zombie

― tastee, Thursday, 22 December 2005 02:18 (twenty years ago)

This is far harder than I expected:

A - Animal Collective (Sorry, Aesop Rock and Art Ensemble of Chicago.)
B - Brian Eno(Toughie. Sorry, B&S, et al.)
C - Coltrane, John (Sorry, Can.)
D - D'Oyly Carte Opera Company (Sorry, Miles DJ Shadow and DI.)
E - Edith Piaf
F - the Fiery Furnaces
G - George Gershwin
H - the Homosexuals, I guess. (So few "H" bands I like)
I - the Incredible String Band
J - Joanna Newsom
K - Kraftwerk (Sorry, Kinks.)
L - the Louvin Brothers? (Again, not many.)
M - Magic Band, the and Captain Beefheart (Is this cheating?)
N - Nick Drake
O - Os Mutantes
P - Pere Ubu
Q - Uhhhhh....
R - the Raincoats
S - Stravinsky, Igor
T - Talking Headstelevision (Couldn't choose.)
U - the United States of America
V - Van Dyke Parks
W - Waits, Tom
X - XTC by default
Y - Young Marble Giants
Z - Uhhhh....

Yeah, I have pedantic taste.

― Nathaniel (Horbgorbling Slubberdegullion), Thursday, 22 December 2005 02:58 (twenty years ago)

Aztec Camera
Beatles
Crowded House
Depeche Mode
ELO
Four Tops
Genesis
Hollies
Idle Race
Japan
Kinks
Lightning Seeds
Marillion
Nirvana (UK)
Orbital
Prefab Sprout
Queen
Radiohead
Super Furry Animals
10cc
Ultravox
Suzanne Vega
Stevie Wonder
XTC
Yes
Zombies
(Erlend Øye)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 22 December 2005 04:44 (twenty years ago)

Animal Collective
Basho, Robbie
Clouddead
Dismemberment Plan
Excepter
Fahey, John
Gastr del Sol
Hurt, John
Ives, Charles
James, Skip
Kelis
Lightning Bolt
Microphones
No Neck Blues Band
O'Rourke, Jim
Patton, Charlie
Quasimoto
Rose, Jack
Sonic Youth
Thomas, Henry
Uncle Dave Macon
Velvet Underground
Why?
Xiu Xiu
Young, Neil
Zorn, John

Uncle Dave Macon's a cheat and I don't really like the last three that much. Not enough Ts and As.

― Ogmor Roundtrouser (Ogmor Roundtrouser), Thursday, 22 December 2005 07:29 (twenty years ago)

five months pass...

Aaliyah
Beatles, the
Common
Davis, Miles
En Vogue
Funkadelic
Ghostface Killah
Hayes, Isaac
Isley Brothers, the
Jackson, Michael
Kelis
LL Cool J
MF Doom
No Doubt
Outkast
Parliament
Queen
Run-DMC
Snoop Dogg
Tribe Called Quest, A
Usher
Vandross, Luther
Wu-Tang Clan
Xzibit
Ying Yang Twins
Zapp

― It's Rodney, pimp! (R. J. Greene), Monday, 5 June 2006 07:59 (twenty years ago)

Ant and Dec
Bachelors
Clive Dunn
Dana
Edmund Hockridge
Falco RIP
Goombay Dance Band
Hanoi Rocks
Ivan Rebroff
Jim Davidson
Keith Michell
Leapy Lee
Max Bygraves
Norman Wisdom
Oliver
Patrick Swayze
Queensryche
Roland Rat
Stan Boardman
The Fourmost
UB40
Vince Hill
Wurzels
Xavier Cugat
Young and Moody Band
Zager and Evans

― Comstock Carabineri (nostudium), Monday, 5 June 2006 08:23 (twenty years ago)

so mucho zappa love in the z department
& so little slade luv under s
hm

― tiit (tiit), Monday, 5 June 2006 18:51 (twenty years ago)

A - Melt-Banana (Agata!)
B - Melt-Banana (Banana!)
C - Melt-Banana (Charlie!)
D - Melt-Banana (Drug Store!)
E - Melt-Banana (Eye Q Trader!)
F - Melt-Banana (Free The Bee!)
G - Melt-Banana (Giggle on the Stretcher!)
H - Melt-Banana (Hedgehog!)
I - Melt-Banana (Iguana in Trouble!)
J - Melt-Banana (Just Grub Run!)
K - Melt-Banana (Kikuchi!)
L - Melt-Banana (Like a White Bat in a Box, Dead Matters Go On!)
M - Melt-Banana (Mouse is a Biscuit!)
N - Melt-Banana (Natsume!)
O - Melt-Banana (Oshima!)
P - Melt-Banana (Pigeons on my Eyes!)
Q - Melt-Banana (planet Q!)
R - Melt-Banana (Rika!)
S - Melt-Banana (Sudoh!)
T - Melt-Banana (Teeny Shiny!)
U - Melt-Banana (Up and Down, 1, 2, 3!)
V - Melt-Banana (zoo no Vacancy!)
W - Melt-Banana (Witte!)
X - Melt-Banana (Xylophone!)
Y - Melt-Banana (Yako!)
Z - Melt-Banana (Zorn!)

― shieldforyoureyes (shieldforyoureyes), Monday, 5 June 2006 20:13 (twenty years ago)

A - Aphex Twin
B - Blind Idiot God
C - Can
D - Dolphy, Eric
E - Eno
F - The Fall
G - Gastr Del Sol
H - Harper, Roy
I - Impala
J - Jefferson Airplane
K - Keiji Haino
L - Last Exit
M - Minutemen
N - Naked City
O - OOIOO
P - Parker, Evan
Q - Quine, Robert
R - Rutles
S - Sonic Youth
T - Thompson, Richard
U - UFO Or Die
V - Vandermark, Ken
W - Wyatt, Robert
X - X
Y - Yo La Tengo
Z - Zappa, Frank

― The Jazz Guide to Penguins on Compact Disc (Rock Hardy), Monday, 5 June 2006 21:07 (twenty years ago)

Aerosmith
James Brown
Cheap Trick
Miles Davis
Duke Ellington
Fleetwood Mac
Grateful Dead
Merle Haggard
Isley Brothers
George Jones
Kraftwerk
Jerry Lee Lewis
MC5
New Order
O Jays
Elvis Presley
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Otis Redding
Stooges
Thin Lizzy
James Blood Ulmer
Velvet Underground
Howling Wolf
Frank Zappa

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Monday, 5 June 2006 21:27 (twenty years ago)

air
beat happening
captin beefheart
deerhoof
eno, brian
fugazi
guided by voices
hazlewood, lee
i love you but ive chosen darkness (cause i cant think of anything else)
jesus lizard
killdozer
love
monks, the
new pornographers
outrageous cherry
pavemenr
quasi
rolling stones
spoon
(the) fall
unsane
velvet underground
wilco
xtc
young,neil
zombies

― emekars (emekars), Monday, 5 June 2006 21:42 (twenty years ago)

three months pass...

Animal Collective
Belle & Sebastian
Captain Beefheart
Deerhoof
Eno
the Fall
Morgan Geist
Husker Du
Interpol
the Jesus Lizard
King Geedorah
Labradford
Mouse on Mars
Notorious B.I.G.
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Pavement
Quasimoto
Radiohead
Sonic Youth
Talk Talk
Unwound
the Velvet Underground
Keith Fullerton Whitman
Xiu Xiu
Yesterday's New Quintet
John Zorn

― Eggzakly Huhh? (zachary v.), Thursday, 14 September 2006 01:38 (nineteen years ago)

acid mothers temple
boredoms
john coltrane
dillinger escape plan
earth
faith no more
ganger
keiji haino
isis
jazkamer
kaada
led zep
melvins
nusrat fateh ali khan (bit of a cheat, but never mind)
OOIOO
ivo papasov
queens of the stone age
RUINS
sleepytime gorilla museum
thrones
us maple
van halen
scott walker
the ex (cheating again)
otomo yoshihide
john zorn

― guanoman (mister the guanoman), Thursday, 14 September 2006 06:20 (nineteen years ago)

Why are there threads like this

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Thursday, 14 September 2006 06:38 (nineteen years ago)

to help lazy people avoid work. job done.

― mister the guanoman (mister the guanoman), Thursday, 14 September 2006 06:46 (nineteen years ago)

Why are there threads like this

-- Dan I. (w1nt3rmut...), September 14th, 2006 2:38 AM.

We love music. This thread is the equivalent of doodling your puppy-love's name in the margins of your grade school notebook. Immature & inconstant, yes, but it still comes from the heart, yo.

&, of course, what guanoman said.

― Eggzakly Huhh? (zachary v.), Thursday, 14 September 2006 21:52 (nineteen years ago)

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