Your favourite BANDS over the years?

Tim Charles · December 2nd, 2009, 04:53 AM

Over the years a select few bands have ever held the position of my favourite band. Looking back, sometimes it can be hard to distinguish one particular band that was my favourite, and other times it was crystal clear who stood above the rest in my mind.

Who have been your favourite bands over the years? If possible, put them in chronological order, starting with the FIRST band that was your favourite, all the way up to the band you consider to be your favourite band right NOW!

mark b · December 2nd, 2009, 05:33 AM

Iron Maiden

Black Sabbath

King Diamond

Manowar

Dream Theater

Enchant

Lemur Voice ( My all time fav )

Koyaanisqatsy

VredDoesLights · December 3rd, 2009, 05:26 AM

Led Zepplin, Black Sabbath, Rolling Stones, The Doors - I grew up on these

Cradle of Filth / Dimmu - Yeah, yeah, mainstream metal stage next, it sucked.

Ill'nath / Dark Tranquility / Aborym / Arch Enemy - Mainly listened to alot of these guys during my years with Empyrean

Hate / Morbid Angel / Arcturus / Limbonic Art - Over the past few years

Septic Flesh / Limbonic Art / The Amenta / Ne'O - Today

Willow of oz · December 4th, 2009, 07:01 AM

Well, albums come and go, and bands move in and out.
Usually, at the time that I'm really liking one band, I'm still liking and listening to a lot of other stuff, even if there are mini-obsessions around the time of particular releases.

I can really only recall two focused periods, where a band really pushed most other music to the background for an extended period of time.
Metallica.
Cradle of Filth.

After that, I'd probably be looking at something like Anaal Nathrakh, but even that's different, since it's just rising and falling with releases - they've just been putting out releases that are consistently brilliant.
Suspicion : I'd probably have to find a band that's a little established so they've got ~ 3 albums or so I could just get lost in.

Mammutidae · June 15th, 2010, 08:23 PM

Until I was about 5-6, I would always watch my mum's Seekers and Rolf Harris VHSs
Then I started watching Rage, so I loved all the pop music that was on at the time.
When I was maybe 10; I got into P.O.D. and they were my favourite band until I was perhaps 14 or so.
Then Finger Eleven and The Smashing Pumpkins entered the fray, becoming tied favourites.
I discovered metalcore when I was 15, so i thought All That Remains was awesome (I still do, to a lesser degree)
I'm 18 now, and my favourite band is La Dispute. NeO, Mastodon and Between the Buried and Me are close.

I really haven't had for sure favourite bands for a long time though.

Ozzloaf · September 9th, 2010, 02:04 AM

Let's go WAY back here! :P

The Beatles
Smash Mouth
The Backstreet Boys
AC/DC
Metallica
Black Sabbath
Nirvana
Alice in Chains
Tool
Opeth
Deathspell Omega

And now it's Ulver... or something. I can never decide.

Soundscape · September 15th, 2010, 02:21 AM

my blog (allmediareviews) is doing something in this vein. I'll say, my favorite musician of all-time is Kevin Gilbert and favorite band remains Marillion. Favorite current songwriter/multi-instrumentalist is Casey Crescenzo.

Mean Machine · September 16th, 2010, 06:16 AM

Probably something like:

KISS
Motorhead
Iced Earth
sleepmakeswaves
Rosetta
everything Devin Townsend does

Ozzloaf · October 20th, 2010, 12:38 PM

It's got to be Sigur Ros for me now.

December 2nd, 2009, 04:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
Tim Charles Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 395	Your favourite BANDS over the years? Over the years a select few bands have ever held the position of my favourite band. Looking back, sometimes it can be hard to distinguish one particular band that was my favourite, and other times it was crystal clear who stood above the rest in my mind. Who have been your favourite bands over the years? If possible, put them in chronological order, starting with the FIRST band that was your favourite, all the way up to the band you consider to be your favourite band right NOW!

December 2nd, 2009, 05:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
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VredDoesLights Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 223	Led Zepplin, Black Sabbath, Rolling Stones, The Doors - I grew up on these Cradle of Filth / Dimmu - Yeah, yeah, mainstream metal stage next, it sucked. Ill'nath / Dark Tranquility / Aborym / Arch Enemy - Mainly listened to alot of these guys during my years with Empyrean Hate / Morbid Angel / Arcturus / Limbonic Art - Over the past few years Septic Flesh / Limbonic Art / The Amenta / Ne'O - Today __________________ When did mediocrity and banality become a good image for your children?

September 9th, 2010, 02:04 AM	#6 (permalink)
Ozzloaf Art Geek Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,807	Let's go WAY back here! :P The Beatles Smash Mouth The Backstreet Boys AC/DC Metallica Black Sabbath Nirvana Alice in Chains Tool Opeth Deathspell Omega And now it's Ulver... or something. I can never decide. __________________ Myspace Facebook Fan Page

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Soundscape Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Maplewood, MN Posts: 821	my blog (allmediareviews) is doing something in this vein. I'll say, my favorite musician of all-time is Kevin Gilbert and favorite band remains Marillion. Favorite current songwriter/multi-instrumentalist is Casey Crescenzo. __________________ rym myspace.com/soundscapemn allmediareviews blog

December 4th, 2009, 07:01 AM	#4 (permalink)
Willow of oz Enter custom user title: Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 153	Well, albums come and go, and bands move in and out. Usually, at the time that I'm really liking one band, I'm still liking and listening to a lot of other stuff, even if there are mini-obsessions around the time of particular releases. I can really only recall two focused periods, where a band really pushed most other music to the background for an extended period of time. Metallica. Cradle of Filth. After that, I'd probably be looking at something like Anaal Nathrakh, but even that's different, since it's just rising and falling with releases - they've just been putting out releases that are consistently brilliant. Suspicion : I'd probably have to find a band that's a little established so they've got ~ 3 albums or so I could just get lost in.

June 15th, 2010, 08:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mammutidae Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 7	Until I was about 5-6, I would always watch my mum's Seekers and Rolf Harris VHSs Then I started watching Rage, so I loved all the pop music that was on at the time. When I was maybe 10; I got into P.O.D. and they were my favourite band until I was perhaps 14 or so. Then Finger Eleven and The Smashing Pumpkins entered the fray, becoming tied favourites. I discovered metalcore when I was 15, so i thought All That Remains was awesome (I still do, to a lesser degree) I'm 18 now, and my favourite band is La Dispute. NeO, Mastodon and Between the Buried and Me are close. I really haven't had for sure favourite bands for a long time though.

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Ozzloaf Art Geek Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,807	It's got to be Sigur Ros for me now. __________________ Myspace Facebook Fan Page