Favourite Musical Artist or Band

[The Underdog]

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Cheers UD, you have reminded me of quite a few others...nice Front End Loader pickup. Have you ever listened to HorseHead? Another good band from that era.

Good pick up with the replacements as well - I actually quite like a bit of Paul Westerbergs solo stuff as well. Husker Du. Nice. Archers of Loaf I forgot, but when they broke up (after 'All the nations airports') it was the right decision! My first born still bops around when I put on 'The Speed of Cattle' though - and I will insist till I die that it is due to its high rotation at home when she was in the womb.

I remember Horsehead, but wasn't overly into them at the time. I still have gret memories of seeing FEL, often at the Punters. They're playing a gig at the Tote in April but I'll be working in Geelong.
It's bloody hard to do the list, even now I realise I left out Beasts of Bourbon, amongst others. Westerberg's solo stuff is hit and miss but the hits are often magnficent. Archer's time was up, but I'm disappointed i never saw them live though. Maybe they'll get em back together for a Don't Look Back tour, doing Icky Mettle or Vee Vee, that'd be cool.

I also feel a bit odd that there's not that much current stuff in there, but I'm just not finding much that really inspires me lately, although that may have as much to do with the lack of funds to randomly buy CDs these days too.

[LostDoggy]

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In regards to Husker Du, I really loved Bob Mould's albums he put out as Sugar in the early 90s. I think he might have an albuim out now.

The album Bagonwagonese from Teenage Fanclub would have to be one of my all time favourites.
I'm inspired, I might do my own A-Z soon.

[mjp]

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...doing Icky Mettle....

"you're not the one who let me down, but thanks for offering".

[mjp]

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In regards to Husker Du, I really loved Bob Mould's albums he put out as Sugar in the early 90s. I think he might have an albuim out now.

The album Bagonwagonese from Teenage Fanclub would have to be one of my all time favourites.
I'm inspired, I might do my own A-Z soon.

I might have to do another one!

[Twodogs]

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In regards to Husker Du, I really loved Bob Mould's albums he put out as Sugar in the early 90s. I think he might have an albuim out now.

The album Bagonwagonese from Teenage Fanclub would have to be one of my all time favourites.
I'm inspired, I might do my own A-Z soon.

I swapped Bob Mould a cigarette for one of his guitar picks once.

Best. Bargain. Ever!

I might have to do another one!

I had an Australian A-Z and an international A-Z written out and ready to post a few days ago. Pressed 'submit reply' and the ****ing computer froze then crashed. I used swear words that day that havent even been invented yet!

I remember Horsehead, but wasn't overly into them at the time. I still have gret memories of seeing FEL, often at the Punters. They're playing a gig at the Tote in April but I'll be working in Geelong.

Harem Scarem (how did they never become the best band in Australia?)are coming up at the Corner at the end of March. Picked up my ticket on saturday and got the reissued CD of 'Pilgrims Progress' today. I'm a very, very happy man.

[Twodogs]

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In true rock and roll style, here I am stealing mjp's orginal idea, taking some of the soul from it, taking a bit too much time with it , being too serious and producing something not quite as good, but i am the kind of nerd who just can't help making lists about music, so I have to get this out. If mjp is quality original black rock n roll then I'm the white business man commercialising it and selling it out.
The Underdog's alphabet of bands:

A is for Afghan Whigs (or All or Archers of Loaf)
B is for Beastie Boys (or Big Star or Bad Religion)
C is for Cash, Johnny Cash (or The Clash)
D is for Dead Milkmen (or Descendents or Drive By Truckers or De La Soul or Dag Nasty or Devo)
E is for Eels (or Elliot Smith or the Easybeats)
F is for Future Of The Left (or Fugazi or Flaming Lips or Fountains of Wayne)
G is for Gang Of Four
H is for Husker Du (or The Hives, but not that close)
I is for Iggy
J is for Jellyfish (or Jonathan Richman)
K is for The Kinks
L is for Les Savy Fav
M is for McLusky (or Minutemen or Mr T Experience or Missy Elliott or MC5)
N is for Nixon, Mojo (or NOFX or Nirvana I guess)
O is for Operation Ivy
P is for Propagandhi (or Pixies or the Posies)
Q is for Queens of the Stone Age have some alright stuff
R is for Replacements (or Ramones or Rocket From The Crypt or Refused)
S is for Scott Reynolds (or Supersuckers or Spoon)
T is for Todd Snider (or Turbonegro or Teenage Fanclub)
U is for Front End Loader cos I forgot em, I can't spell and I hate U2
V is for Velvets (or Vandals at one stage)
W is for Tom Waits (or Wilco or Weezer or Hank Williams or White Stripes)
X is for X or X or X-Ray Spex, but not that fussed
Y is for You Am I (or Yo La Tengo or yeah yeah yeahs)
Z is for Zumpano (or Zeke)

**** that's some great music taste right there.



"Dont wanna know if you are lonely" is one of the greatest '**** off' songs ever.

The 'phone is ringin and the clock says 4am
If it's one of your friends then I dnt wanna hear from them
Just leave a message and your number at the tone
or you could just go away and leave me alone
is my favorite verse ever.

[hujsh]

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Like The Underdog and mjp i too will make a list which i have though about a little bit when bored. Other's will be included in brackets

A-Arctic Monkeys (probably the toughest letter with ACDC, Aerosmith and Audislave vying for the spot)
B- Blink 182 (Bernard Fanning, Blur, Black Eyed Peas
C- Coldplay (Carlos Santana, Cat Empire The Cloud room)
D- Dallas Crane
E- End of Fashion (Eskimo Joe)
F- Foo Fighters (the Fratellis)
G- Guns n' Roses (Green Day)
H- None (Hinder only one in iTunes i will be deleted)
I-INXS (don't like them that much but I was very lite)
J- Jet (John Butler Trio, Jack Johnson, John Mayer)
K- The Killers (Kaiser Chiefs
L- Led Zepplin
M- Meat Loaf
N- Nirvana (Nickelback (be kind))
O- Oasis (don't know much bout them but no other contenders)
P- Powderfinger (Pearl Jam)
Q- Queens of the Stone age
R- Radiohead (Reel Big Fish Red Hot Chilli Peppers)
S- The Strokes (Stone Temple Pilots)
T- Thirsty Merc (Tenacious D) (another weak one)
U- U2 (few again)
V- The Vines (The Verve)
W- The White Stripes/WolfMother (can't split)
X- ?
Y- ?
Z- ?

[Mantis]

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A - At the Drive-In, The Avalanches
B - Basement Jaxx, Beastie Boys, Ben Harper, Bloc Party
C - Cog, Chemical Brothers, The Cloud Room, the Cure
D - Dandy Warhols, Deep Dish, The Doves
E - Eels, End of Fashion
F - Faith no more, Filter, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand
G - Gomez, Gorillaz, Groove Armada, Gyroscope
H - Hilltop Hoods, The Herd
I - Iggy
J - Jet, Jamiroquai, Jeff Buckley
K - Kaiser Chiefs, Kanye West, Kings of leon, Killers, Kid Kinobe
L - Live ( awhile back)
M - Muse, Mars Volta, Massive Attack, Mess Hall, Modest Mouse, The Music
N - N*E*R*D, New Order, Nick Cave, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana
O - Outkast (a couple of songs)
P - Papa Roach, Planet Funk, Placebo, Pearl Jam, Powderfinger (early stuff)
Q - Queens of the Stone Age
R - Radiohead, RATM, RHCP, Regurgitator
S - Sleepy Jackson, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, the Strokes, Supergrass, System of a Down
T - Tool
U - Underworld, Unwritten Law
V- ?
W - Weezer, Wolfmother,
X - Xavier Rudd
Y - You am I
Z- ??

Favourite - Muse - Awesome live - seen them about 6 or 7 times.

Best Gig - Went to a festival in Spain a few years back and saw Muse, Chem Bros., Massive Attack, Lou Reed, the Cure and a few others over a couple of days. Didn't know a sole there, but made enough friends such to get hammered, stoned and ripped all in the space of a few hours... Fun times.

[The Underdog]

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In regards to Husker Du, I really loved Bob Mould's albums he put out as Sugar in the early 90s. I think he might have an albuim out now. While he hasn't had a successful post Huskers career, Grant Hart's contribution to the band can also never be denied. Great pop songs covered in ear splitting noise

The album Bagonwagonese from Teenage Fanclub would have to be one of my all time favourites.
I'm inspired, I might do my own A-Z soon.

Yeah Mould has a new album out. I dug Sugar too, but nothing touches Husker Du. Zen Arcade is a masterpiece, a double album recorded and mixed in 72 hours.

Bandwagonesque may well be the album that completely turned me around at 15 years old. Much more influential on me than Nevermind which came out around the same time.
I have to say the A-Z thing is hard to do, i actually thought quite hard about it and still missed some. You also end up with 20 bands for one letter and then hit O or U and come up with nothing.

[The Underdog]

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I swapped Bob Mould a cigarette for one of his guitar picks once.

Best. Bargain. Ever!

Awesome, truly Awesome

**** that's some great music taste right there.



"Dont wanna know if you are lonely" is one of the greatest '**** off' songs ever.

The 'phone is ringin and the clock says 4am
If it's one of your friends then I dnt wanna hear from them
Just leave a message and your number at the tone
or you could just go away and leave me alone
is my favorite verse ever.

I like that you picked out the Dead Milkmen, they get written off as an 80's novelty band, but they were as influential to me as any band 10 times as talented.

And yes, I agree, but I'd just go with "Don't Wanna Know if you are Lonely" being just one of the greatest songs ever

[LostDoggy]

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Not necessarily the best or favourite bands for their letter but bands maybe not mentioned yet that I like.

A –Air
B – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
C – Cat Power, Curve
D - De La Soul, Death in Vegas, Devo, Dick Dale
E – Eric B & Rakim
F – Falco, Flaming Lips
G – Garbage, Gerling, God, Grand Master Flash
H – Hunters & Collectors
I - Ice T, Issac Hayes
J – James, James Brown, Jesus Jones
K – King Missle, Kraftwerk
L – Link Ray, Lloyd Cole, Lalo Schifrin
M - M Ward, MIA, Mercury Rev, Midnight Juggernauts, Mogwai. Morphine, My Bloody Valentine
N – Neds Atomic Dustbin, Neko Case
O - Os Mutantes, Ozomatli
P – Pavement, Plastic Bertrand, Portishead, Primal Scream, Pulp
Q – Can only think of QOTSA
R – Ray Charles, Ride, Rufus Wainwright
S – Sebadoh, Serge Gainsbourg, Silver Ray, Sir Mixalot, Son Volt, Stereolab, Steve Earle, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Stevie Wonder, Straightjack Fits, Sugarhill gang, Swervedriver
T – The alantics, The Church, The Cruel Sea, The Drones, The Disposal Heroes of Hipoprisy, The Herd, The Kills, The Mark of Cain, The Models, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, The The, Tricky, Tom Waits
U – Uncle Tupelo, Underground Lovers, UNKLE, Underworld
V – The Ventures, The Verve
W – Whiskeytown, Ween, Weezer
X - XTC
Y – Youssou N’Dour
Z – ZZ Top


Heaps of others I missed.

[Twodogs]

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Awesome, truly Awesome

One of the highlights of my life. He was on stage at a pub in Melbourne and asked me if I had a smoke and handed me the pick while he lit it. I went to hand it back and he told me to keep it.

I like that you picked out the Dead Milkmen, they get written off as an 80's novelty band, but they were as influential to me as any band 10 times as talented.

Like the Hard Ons they just had too many great tunes to be a novelty band. I first fell in love with "The Thing that Only Eats Hippies"-No self respecting punk would have anything to do with hippies with all their free love crap and bloody combi vans. Bittchin’ Camaro, My best friend is a junkie , Sri Lanke sex hotel and[u] Punk rock Girl[/] in particular are favorites of mine.

And yes, I agree, but I'd just go with "Don't Wanna Know if you are Lonely" being just one of the greatest songs ever

That got me thinking

https://www.woof.net.au/forum/showthread.php?p=29238#post29238

[The Underdog]

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Like the Hard Ons they just had too many great tunes to be a novelty band. I first fell in love with "The Thing that Only Eats Hippies"-No self respecting punk would have anything to do with hippies with all their free love crap and bloody combi vans. Bittchin’ Camaro, My best friend is a junkie , Sri Lanke sex hotel and[u] Punk rock Girl[/] in particular are favorites of mine.

I've just been revisiting Beelzebubba in the car the last couple of days. Stuart is possibly one of the funniest songs ever that stands up to repeat listenings. Sri lanka Sex Hotel and Bleach Boys too.

[The Underdog]

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Not necessarily the best or favourite bands for their letter but bands maybe not mentioned yet that I like.

A –Air
B – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
C – Cat Power, Curve
D - De La Soul, Death in Vegas, Devo, Dick Dale
E – Eric B & Rakim
F – Falco, Flaming Lips
G – Garbage, Gerling, God, Grand Master Flash
H – Hunters & Collectors
I - Ice T, Issac Hayes
J – James, James Brown, Jesus Jones
K – King Missle, Kraftwerk
L – Link Ray, Lloyd Cole, Lalo Schifrin
M - M Ward, MIA, Mercury Rev, Midnight Juggernauts, Mogwai. Morphine, My Bloody Valentine
N – Neds Atomic Dustbin, Neko Case
O - Os Mutantes, Ozomatli
P – Pavement, Plastic Bertrand, Portishead, Primal Scream, Pulp
Q – Can only think of QOTSA
R – Ray Charles, Ride, Rufus Wainwright
S – Sebadoh, Serge Gainsbourg, Silver Ray, Sir Mixalot, Son Volt, Stereolab, Steve Earle, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Stevie Wonder, Straightjack Fits, Sugarhill gang, Swervedriver
T – The alantics, The Church, The Cruel Sea, The Drones, The Disposal Heroes of Hipoprisy, The Herd, The Kills, The Mark of Cain, The Models, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, The The, Tricky, Tom Waits
U – Uncle Tupelo, Underground Lovers, UNKLE, Underworld
V – The Ventures, The Verve
W – Whiskeytown, Ween, Weezer
X - XTC
Y – Youssou N’Dour
Z – ZZ Top


Heaps of others I missed.

How the **** did I forget XTC for X, no offense to the bands listed who I like ok, but jesus christ. Nice get on Whiskeytown, Steve Earle, Uncle Tupelo & Disposable Heroes.
Did you see Lalo Schifrin last year?

[Mofra]

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Ok, here's mine:

A- AC/DC in all their alcohol soaked ***** glory
B- Beasts of Bourbon, Brant Bjork
C- Cog / Cosmic Psychos / Custard / Che (sound of liberation)
D- The Dirty Three, the Datsuns & D4
E- The Eels
F- Foo Fighters / The Fauves / Fort(e)
G- John Garcia's various projects
H- Hellacopters, Hermano & Hard Ons
I- Iggy Pop
J- John Spencer Blues Explosion
K- Kyuss (legends)
L- Legends of Motorsport
M- Motorhead, My Disco & Mark of Cain
N- Nirvana
O- Nick Oliveri & Osterburg (obscure enough for Melb rock types?)
P- Primus, Pornland, The Posies, early Pearl Jam
Q- Queens of the Stone Age (strictly early stuff / Nick Oliveri era only)
R- Rollins Band & Rollerball
S- Steve Malkmus & his various projects, Smashing Pumpkins
T- Tool (hello to Turbonegro)
U- Ugly Kid Joe (c'mon, they were fun at the time)
V- Violent Femmes
W- Warped (& hello to Ween, Weezer, Winterun)
X-
Y- You Am I
Z- ZZ Top

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