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Title: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Master Ray on January 23, 2014, 08:20:47 PM
So, what are your top 5 favourite bands (or solo artists), other than NMA, obviously... for me, it's...

1 - The Smiths
2 - David Bowie
3 - Springsteen
4 - Manic Street Preachers
5 - Skunk Anansie

Yours...  :o    ?
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: witch on January 23, 2014, 09:16:32 PM
The Cure
Slayer
Exilia
Depeche Mode
Phillip Boa and the Voodoclub
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Ron B on January 24, 2014, 06:42:55 PM
 

A very Good Question. I had to think long and hard on this as there have been so many great bands I have listened to but for me in terms of consistent good quality of their music my 5  top bands ever Besides NMA.

Pink Floyd

Porcupine Tree

Hawkwind

Fields of the Nephilim

Jimi Hendrix Experience

 8)

Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: dilla on January 24, 2014, 09:20:01 PM
the stranglers
therapy
thin lizzy
the cure
the almighty
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Shush on January 24, 2014, 10:37:58 PM
Generation-X
Doors
Nirvana
Janes Addiction
Sex Pistols
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Bunny on January 24, 2014, 11:48:37 PM
The Smiths
Del Amitri
Thin Lizzy
ACDC
The Neph
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: philipk on January 25, 2014, 06:03:27 AM
Big Country
The Grateful Dead
The Mission
Sonic Youth
Ryan Adams
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: ian on January 25, 2014, 09:45:32 AM
1. The Clash
2. The Doors
3. The Who
4. Midnight Oil
5. Neil Young
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Coumarin on January 25, 2014, 03:55:05 PM
easy:

mish
neph
floyd
enya
abba

job done
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Wessexy Witch on January 25, 2014, 05:28:37 PM
The Mission
The Damned
The Stranglers
The Icicle Works
The Cult

I think...yep, most played on a regular basis anyhoo.

 :)

..but
stuffies/poppies/nephs/doors/teardrop explodes/cure/jamc/conflict/sub-hum-ans/x-ray-spex all played big parts in my life as well.
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Bunny on January 25, 2014, 06:52:54 PM
Bugger. Forgot the Cult. Ill add them too
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Darkness on January 25, 2014, 07:57:59 PM
UK SUBS
HAWKWIND
IRON MAIDEN
HUSKER DU
BATHORY
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: moontan on January 25, 2014, 08:28:26 PM
Neil Young
Rush
Hawkwind
Amon Amarth
Ensiferum

Plus honourable mentions to The Doors/Springsteen/Black Sabbath/ Iron Maiden/Julian Cope/Levellers...

Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Strangler on January 26, 2014, 06:46:39 AM
The Stranglers
Killing Joke
Lords Of The New Church
The Ruts
Stone Sour
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Heno on January 26, 2014, 02:15:18 PM
dead kennedys
choking victim/leftover crack
against all authority


and then theres about 20 at all equal level
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: DannySan on January 26, 2014, 04:59:07 PM
In no particular order...

Rush
The Smiths
Stereophonics
The Chameleons
The Editors/ The Dead Kennedy's
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: rick a. on January 27, 2014, 02:23:16 AM
Cream
Buzzcocks
Jethro Tull
Beatles
KMFDM



This will probably change tomorrow.....
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Dipple on January 27, 2014, 03:18:23 PM
1. The Clash
2. Nirvana
3. Sex Pistols
4. Stiff Little Fingers
5. Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Jibberish on January 27, 2014, 04:10:54 PM
Cardiacs
Stiff Little Fingers
Leftover Crack
Dead Kennedys
Minor Threat
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: eccentric on January 27, 2014, 04:53:33 PM
hard to narrow it down,,,

SWANS, the Gun Club, Laughing Hyenas, Einstuerzende Neubauten, Black Sabbath,,,,,,hard to stop there!
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Barty on January 27, 2014, 05:11:10 PM
The Beatles
The Jam
The Smiths
The Cure
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

Bubblin' under....Dirk era Adam and the Ants
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Master Ray on January 27, 2014, 07:13:00 PM
So glad I started this thread!

What a range of diverse bands we have here!  I've never understood people who listen to one type of music... for me, that's like eating only one kind of food. There's so much out there that you can dig into and enjoy!

Sorta wishing I'd made it a top ten...

 ::)

Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Heno on January 27, 2014, 07:30:41 PM
i love seeing fans of nma loving bands like dead kennedys and leftover crack.

we got the see jello in dublin with Sturgeon. well, he played support and called me after he was evicted from the gig to save him. needless to say i stayed to watch jello. that stands out as a top 5 gig

and also went to see nma in new york with all the crew from c-squat where sturgeon lives and hung our with the guys from world inferno/friendship society

great when you can connect the dots

Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: rick a. on January 28, 2014, 09:19:33 PM
i love seeing fans of nma loving bands like dead kennedys and leftover crack.

we got the see jello in dublin with Sturgeon. well, he played support and called me after he was evicted from the gig to save him. needless to say i stayed to watch jello. that stands out as a top 5 gig

and also went to see nma in new york with all the crew from c-squat where sturgeon lives and hung our with the guys from world inferno/friendship society

great when you can connect the dots

I remember seeing the DK's in London in 1980. Great show and it was the first time I had seen bands getting spit on like that. That never seemed to catch on in the states.
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Heno on January 28, 2014, 09:30:37 PM
I remember seeing the DK's in London in 1980. Great show and it was the first time I had seen bands getting spit on like that. That never seemed to catch on in the states.

wow, old skool.

I never got the spitting. was at a clash gig in Dublin in like 1984 or something and people spat on stummer and he just stopped. all sorts of unwanted germs. but jello; I reckon the germs were frightened to death hurtling through the air to land on him.

promise me one thing, don't mention GG
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: eccentric on January 29, 2014, 02:15:41 AM
another 5,,,,,,Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Misunderstood, Die Kreuzen, Voivod, The Yardbirds.
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: JME on January 29, 2014, 12:23:23 PM
My top five are as follows:

Mega City Four (who else)
The Mission (great live)
Stiff Little Fingers (JB and inspiration)
The Damned (New Rose - what else can I say!)

and

Stump (Chaos said the captain - (says it all really)

JME
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: rick a. on January 29, 2014, 07:36:44 PM
I remember seeing the DK's in London in 1980. Great show and it was the first time I had seen bands getting spit on like that. That never seemed to catch on in the states.
wow, old skool.
I never got the spitting. was at a clash gig in Dublin in like 1984 or something and people spat on stummer and he just stopped. all sorts of unwanted germs. but jello; I reckon the germs were frightened to death hurtling through the air to land on him.
promise me one thing, don't mention GG

 ;Ddon't worry. I never got into very many of the "2nd wave" of punk bands.
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Heno on January 30, 2014, 11:10:02 AM
man, i couldn't help myself after mentioning him and started looking at some GG footage on the internet. i can safely say he's probably the only dead person i fear. shivers down my spine. so glad i never actually attended a gig or anything.
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: rick a. on January 30, 2014, 08:40:58 PM
man, i couldn't help myself after mentioning him and started looking at some GG footage on the internet. i can safely say he's probably the only dead person i fear. shivers down my spine. so glad i never actually attended a gig or anything.

"It's better to burn out than to fade away"..Neil Young's line could have been written about him.
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Heno on January 30, 2014, 09:17:42 PM
true man true

and its better that he burned out than faded away

I will have nightmares for weeks
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: nkdublu on January 31, 2014, 07:53:48 AM
started looking at some GG footage on the internet
His wiki entry was enough to stop me from clicking any further..
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: lotus on January 31, 2014, 06:45:31 PM
My Top 5
Number one is Rory Gallagher ( and some other artists no longer here on earth),
followed by a lot of bands with special songs/albums
ever? I listen to a lot of different bands/music, so I don`t know the answer  :-\



Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Heno on January 31, 2014, 06:52:34 PM

His wiki entry was enough to stop me from clicking any further..

i only found out about 10 or 12 years ago. i like a bit of spoken word. saw footage of him in boston. oh man
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: pjevac on January 31, 2014, 07:01:29 PM
Not an easy thing to answer...
The Beatles
Morphine
Pearl Jam
Gang of Four
Velvet Underground
... tomorrow it could have been some other five...
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: rick a. on January 31, 2014, 08:56:46 PM
As of right now:

count basie
Robin Trower
UK subs
savoy brown
king crimson
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Pol on February 01, 2014, 04:40:05 PM
Ok this is my first post So a big hi to every one in NMA world Always difficult to make a definitive choice but here goes
The Clash
Dead Kennedys
Rammstein
Tool
System of a Down /Rage against the Machine
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Shush on February 01, 2014, 04:48:02 PM
Hello Pol,

No wrong answer to that one. Keep posting  ;)
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: garyah on February 02, 2014, 12:54:56 PM
Big Country
The Alarm
Maiden
Trivium
Metallica
thats today lol

Tomorrow it might be
Within Tempatation
Seth Lakeman
Levellers
Nightwish
SLF


Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Bunny on February 02, 2014, 01:15:39 PM
Ok this is my first post So a big hi to every one in NMA world Always difficult to make a definitive choice but here goes
The Clash
Dead Kennedys
Rammstein
Tool
System of a Down /Rage against the Machine
another favourite I forgot, Rammstein  :)
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: stephanieD on February 04, 2014, 11:56:38 AM
Korn

Gojira

Red Fang

Led Zep

Mass Hysteria
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Tomek on February 05, 2014, 06:47:42 AM
this is not easy task (just like the question people ask you sometimes - what do you listen to) oh...
Rollins Band, Killing Joke, Motorhead, Pantera, The Clash...
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Phill on February 06, 2014, 06:21:36 AM
Off the top of me head -
The smiths / Morrissey
Faithless
Rancid
Ornette Coleman
Ozrics

Others soon spring to mind also.....
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Ragamuffin on February 11, 2014, 08:37:35 PM
Rage Against The Machine
Levellers
Metallica
The Pogues
The Clash
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: claireinblack on February 11, 2014, 08:47:47 PM
Haven't got five but after NMA

Stranglers
Killing Joke

Then a bit of this and a bit of that...

 :)
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: jimmie 8 on February 12, 2014, 08:42:45 PM
Cold Chisel midnight oil Stranglers Powderfinger Nine Below zero glad there support on the Stranglers tour this year looking forward to it
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Master Ray on June 29, 2015, 09:15:30 PM
A great big BUMP!

Because (a) there are a lot of newcomers here, (b) there are a lot of 'oldies' who don't post much anymore and might get a 'response' thread' and be interested in rejoining 'us', (c) anyone who wants to rethink their original post and (d) because I'm really enjoying rooting around old threads and seeing old messages!

Yes, I have far too much time on my hands.   ;) ;)
Title: Re: Your Top 5 Bands EVER (other than NMA, obviously)...
Post by: Pol on June 29, 2015, 09:27:09 PM
Just noticed that this thread was my first post lol I'm not changing but gives me a chance to add
Slf
The Mission
The Cult
Cyclefly
The meteors/the cramps