Best Band Ever

Godslayer Jillian · 12-10-2006, 09:05 PM

The stupidity of the author of the other thread enrages me.
Just read the first page of that thread. Idiocy incarnate.
So I decided to make a good thread with a good poll of good genres. Of course I cannot name all genres, but I think it's better than the other one.
My top ten for bands are:
1- London After Midnight
2- Lacrimosa
3- The Dresden Dolls
4- Bloody Dead and Sexy (recent discovery)
5- Cinema Strange/ The Deadfly Ensemble (what I like is the vocalist, which is the same one)
6- Siouxsie and the Banshees
7- The Cruxshadows
8- The Mission UK
9- Alien Sex Fiend
10- Nox Arcana

PersephoneX · 12-10-2006, 09:12 PM

1- Bloodbath
2- Norther
3- Dimmu Borgir
4- Children of Bodom
5- Sisters of Mercy
6- The Cure
7- Taproot
8- Sepultura
9- InFlames
10- Slayer
11- Deicide

Cicero · 12-10-2006, 09:21 PM

Ah, Jillian darling, you have delivered us all from the hell of the stupidity that was 'the other thread'.

However I believe that a 'greatest band ever' doesn't exist, so I'll just accept this thread as a 'Favourite Bands' thread instead.

My own top ten (sort of in order, but not really):
1. AFI (Black Sails/Art of Drowning era ONLY)
2. Rozz Williams and all his affiliations
3. Sex Gang Children
4. Siouxsie and the Banshees
5. Current 93
6. Qntal
7. Cinema Strange
8. The Cure
9. Placebo
10. A whole mess of deathrock/gothic rock/new wave bands that I really can't rate against each other: 45 Grave, Specimen, the Vanishing, Theatre of Hate, 1919, Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus, 13th Chime, Black Ice, London After Midnight, Alien Sex Fiend, Ausgang, Shriekback, Oingo Boingo, Corvus Corax, Dead Can Dance, etc, etc, etc.

That was an extremely difficult list to write.

PersephoneX · 12-10-2006, 09:34 PM

I'd have to agree...narrowing a list of thousands to ten...or eleven...is a bit hard!

Godslayer Jillian · 12-10-2006, 09:38 PM

That's the fun of it.

Though it is hard.
I placed Christian Death as number six, but other bands kept pushing it down.

PersephoneX · 12-10-2006, 09:48 PM

And after compiling my list i realised i left like 20 bands out, that i like just as much!

Jayden · 12-10-2006, 10:14 PM

Mindless Self Indulgence is my favorite. The musical style is just what I love. I love their anti-politics stance, and it's just goddamned humorous at points. Perfect blend of secksy.

sigh, gone are the days when I could say MSI and nobody knew what I was talking about >.>

Minyaliel · 12-11-2006, 01:10 AM

I voted for darkwave. Well, I also love dark ambient, rockabilly, so- called "celtic" and post- punk, but they weren't in the list, so darkwave it was.

Favourite bands/ singers

Siouxsie and the Banshees
Elvis Presley
The Cramps
Black Tape for a Blue Girl
Devics
Dresden Dolls
Voltaire
Leonard Cohen
Sarah McLaughlan
Dead Can Dance/ The Cure/ Bauhaus/ Cocteau Twins/ London After Midnight/ Dakrya/ Autumnblaze and a whole lot of others

PersephoneX · 12-11-2006, 03:48 AM

Oooh! Someone that listens to rockabilly! I just love it! We have a local band called The Tornado's that rock the shit outta the rest of our local Rockabilly scene...

Haunted House · 12-11-2006, 06:27 AM

1. Specimen
2. Sex Gang Children
3. Alien Sex Fiend
4. Bauhaus
5. Christian Death
6. Theatre of Hate
7. Southern Death Cult
8. Ausgang
9. Siouxsie and the Banshees
10. Cinema Strange

^^ These fluctuate very often.

Draconysius · 12-11-2006, 07:21 AM

Thank you, Jillian; you will save us all yet!

1.Christian Death <-- all-time fave band
2.Sex Gang Children
3.Bauhaus
4.45 Grave
5.Specimen
6.Virgin Prunes
7.Alien Sex Fiend
8.Siouxsie & the Banshees
9.Southern Death Cult
10.Kommunity FK

Kamrusepas · 12-11-2006, 07:35 AM

Hard choice, since I like metal, but different sorts of metal, like black, death, gothic, industrial etc.

Oh well, my favorite band is still Insomnium.

Ex_Oh · 12-11-2006, 09:06 AM

Well I was lost... Dont really know the diference between most of those genres. Anyways my favorite band is Avenged Sevenfold

angst-zine · 12-11-2006, 09:59 AM

Avenged Sevenfold.... hrm. A little hair-metal for my taste. Although I'm not sure that I could actually compile a list of my top ten bands. It's too difficult. Lately I have mainly been listening to Cindergarden and Cylab, but I am sure that is soon to change. Every so often I long for some good older stuff, so I pull out The Cure, Mission UK, Fields of the Nephilim and ths like... So hard to stay focused.

badteccy · 12-12-2006, 06:11 AM

Sort of in order:

1) Sex Gang Children
2) Alien Sex Fiend
3) Specimen
4) Christian Death
5) Cinema Strange
6) Tones on Tail
7) Virgin Prunes
8) Bauhaus
9) Sisters of Mercy
10) Switchblade Symphony

and of course Beck, Voltaire, Rasputina...so many more!

Mick Ignis · 12-12-2006, 12:49 PM

Fine, i'll repost in the better thread

My top 5 are:

- Stolen Babies
- Nine Inch Nails
- Siouxsie and the Banshees
- Bauhaus
- The Cure

Then ya got David Bowie, Black Sabbath, Marilyn Manson, Sisters of Mercy, Rob Zombie, White Zombie, Peter Murphy, Billy Idol, Skinny Puppy, Sleepy Time Gorilla Museum, Melt Banana, The Ghastly Ones, Astrovamps, Danny Elfman, Oingo Boingo, Voltaire, Rasputina, Dresden Dolls, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, The Birthday Party, Faith and the Muse, Nick Cave, Gene Loves Jezebel, Faun Fables, Joy Division, Christian Death, AFI, Clan of Xymox, Portishead, Echo and the Bunnymen, Alanis Morissette, Bob Dylan, Sex Pistols, Alice Cooper, The Ramones, VNV Nation, Frank Zappa, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Corn Bugs...and so many more.

Hide · 12-13-2006, 02:53 AM

I can't put my favorite bands in a straight order so here they are.
Voted Industrial.

KMFDN
Rammstein
Turmion Kätilöt
Ajattara
The Wicked
Kill The Romance
Ruoska
SOAD
M'tallica(Older)
Nightwish(older)
Dry Kill Logic

And so on.

Elliot · 12-13-2006, 03:31 PM

Oooh...this is tough. Probably something along the lines of:

1. Pearl Jam
2. Alice In Chains
3. Exodus
4. Soundgarden
5. Black Flag
6. Bethlehem
7. Deftones
8. Nine Inch Nails
9. Brazil
10. Tool

I've said this before, but my favorite bands aren't always representitive of my tastes. Same with my favorite songs. It's the same for most people though.

Hide · 12-14-2006, 04:04 AM

I must correct myself, its KMFDM. Pardon.

Minyaliel · 12-14-2006, 07:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PersephoneX

Oooh! Someone that listens to rockabilly! I just love it! We have a local band called The Tornado's that rock the shit outta the rest of our local Rockabilly scene...

Rockabilly rules!

Somehow, I've forgotten to put David Bowie into my list, heaven knows how I managed to overlook that. He's a genious.

Kamrusepas · 12-14-2006, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hide

Turmion Kätilöt

Pimeyden Morsian <3

cradle · 12-14-2006, 03:45 PM

I put jazz, because to me, that is what started it all.

Favorite bands: (no order)
1: The cure
2: dresden dolls
3: SOM
4: desmond dekker
5: Bob marley
6: bauhaus
7: Cradle of filth
8: Cruxshadows
9: Mission UK
10: Dust brothers
11: DJ shadow
12: A whole lot more.

badteccy · 12-15-2006, 11:29 AM

Now it's a choice between Sex Gang and Siouxsie, I can't believe I used to not like Siouxsie!

She_Is_My_Sin · 12-15-2006, 12:51 PM

In no particular order:

Siouxsie & The Banshees
Bauhaus
The Sisters Of Mercy
Tristania
Kate Bush

That is all I really listen to nowdays. I'm not really into metal much anymore.

Godslayer Jillian · 12-15-2006, 12:59 PM

Umm... who's Kate Bush?