Because the catagory is to list "BANDS", I have to list the following;

#1 Funkadelic (w/Eddie Hazel)
#2 Band of Gypsys-Hendrix
#3 Return To Forever
#4 Toto
#5 Bad Brains
#6 Living Colour
#7 Follow for Now
#8 The Rainbow Children
#9 Earth Wind & Fire
#10 Mothers of Invention-Zappa
#11-500 Too many to list
#10,000 Marlyn Manson

The Time (original members)
Tony Toni Tone
Mint Condition
Fishbone
Tease (Anybody remember these guys?)

jw1914 said:

I know Mike so I had to give it up for my bro.

1. Creed
2. Stone Temple Pilots
3. Radiohead
4. Smashing Pumpkins (no longer )
5. Pearl Jam

01 Einstürzende Neubauten
02 Covenant
03 The Velvet Underground
04 Kraftwerk
05 ... can't think any more. Those four are about the only decent ones. The rest are crap.

The Miles Davis Quintet: Miles, Cannonball, 'Trane and Bill Evans in the same band? Please.

The John Coltrane Quartet: This band could blow away any band in history, jazz, rock, soul, R and B, I don't care.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Steely Dan/The Police (tie)

and of course . . .

Prince and The Revolution.

Sly & The Family Stone
The Police
Sweetback
The Ohio Players
The Miles Davis Quintet

Radiohead
Soul Coughing
Led Zeppelin
The Revolution
U2/Smashing Pumpkins (tie)

These came damn close to making it in the top 5;
Beatles
Funkadelic
The Time
Thw White Stripes
Nirvana

eleven said:

Dammit!!!
How could i for get ...
MR. BUNGLE

my top bands are...
ohio players
parliament/funkadelic
lakeside
zapp
bar-kays
steely dan
doobie brothers
creedence clearwater revival
the beatles
jackson 5
santana
mandrill
cream
war
tommy james & the shondells
heart
reo speedwagon
deep purple
allman brothers
gap band
cameo
bootsy's rubber band
chicago
boston
foreginer

FluidFunk said:

Hey FluidFunk, don't get me wrong! Mike is a bad boy, word!
But when you listen to Eddie, well, let's just say Jimi's legacy stopped with Eddie. I know, I know, Eddie had his vices and we all do, but Mike could never play "Maggot Brain" like Eddie. No one could!

1) Radiohead
2) Sly & the Family Stone
3) Jimi Hendrix Experience
4) Mint Condition
5) Commissioned

(in no particular order)

honorable mentions going to Earth, Wind & Fire, the Revolution, the Sundays, and the Dave Matthews Band.

Lush
Cheap Trick
Mazzy Star/Hope Sandoval
Lenny Kravitz
Smashing Pumpkins
Steely Dan

Prince
Radiohead
Pink Floyd
Testosterone Kills
Bjork

followed by:

PJ Harvey
Coldplay
Natalie Merchant and 10,000 Maniacs
Ben Folds
Nina Simone
Led Zeppelin
Ministry
Rush
Soundgarden

Pavement
Eels
Radiohead
Soundgarden
Queens Of The Stone Age

followed by:

Coldplay
dEUs
Blur
Nirvana
Counting Crows
Ryan Adams
New Order

Fleetwood Mac!!!
THe Police
u2
Third Eye Blind (love you Stephan Jenkins!)
Blondie


Followed by:

Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Sugar Ray
Duran Duran
Chicago
[This message was edited Tue Jun 10 7:22:15 PDT 2003 by purplegypsy]

Radiohead
Band of Gypsies
Beatles (just for "I Want You (She's So Heavy)")
Sly And TFS
Beasties/ Fishbone/ Chillies (I'm a bit over all of them, but they once were in my top five, and I can';t think of anything 2 replace them with!)

Joshy84au said:

Oh, Joshy, what r Noiseworks doing there? They are just untalented INXS wanna-bes. Jon Stevens is just bombastic hype. Then again, so's JBJ so I guess u're b-ing consistent.

Led Zeppelin
Funkadelic
Radiohead
YES
Isley Brothers

I don't really consider Prince's bands as consistently integral parts of the music and they were never together long enough to truly gel. The Hendrix Experience wasn't really a band because Jimi did most of the creative part of it. Out of respect, I wanted to include the Beatles, Santana and Sly but I honestly don't listen to much of their music (I've just got their greatest hits) and I had to go with the ones I like first, of course. The Sade "band" and the Roots also get an honorable mention.

I'm forgetting my roots. My dawgs would never forgive if I didn't put Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers and especially Trouble Funk. If any of you are putting together a mix cd for a roadtrip this weekend, try putting Chuck or Trouble in the mix. I suggest Wind Me Up Chuck (listen out for a familiar name), Trouble Funk's Let's Get Small and most definitely Drop da Bomb. Let me know if your head doesn't bob, I'll call a doctor for you.

eels
the cure
modest mouse
the doors
r.e.m.
[This message was edited Thu Jun 12 12:25:14 PDT 2003 by godoffever]

Wow. Some really great responses. Here's mine, in no particular order...

Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Talking Heads
R.E.M.
Oingo Boingo
Fishbone

LIVE or in the STUDIO ?

makes a BIGG Difference...

ahem...

1. Tenacious d
2. Queens of the Stone Age
3. Metallica
4, Prince and the Revolution
5. Adam and the Ants

"STUDIO"

1.Led Zepp
2.EWF
3.YES
4.P.FUNK
5.Steely Dan


AND...



"LIVE"

1.Dixie Dregs
2.(Old) EWF
3.Bootsy's Rubber Band
4.Jackson 5 ('69-72)
5.MANDRILL


Aiiight...

Can I re-do mine..

1.Red Hot Chili Peppers
2.Guns n' roses
3.Led Zepplin
4.Foo Figthers
5.Nirvana

in no order--

the cure
ani difranco
nirvana
jimi hendrix experience
the white stripes
[This message was edited Sat Jul 12 2:08:30 PDT 2003 by smokeverbs]

OK, I'll make an exception now. Here are my top 5 bands for this year:

1) Gang of Four
2) The Jam
3) The Pop Group
4) Japan
5) Jamiroquai

Diversity is a virtue.


NEW WAVE FOREVER!!!