Good God, where to start..?
OK... NMA will always be my number one. A joint second would be Manic Street Preachers or The Smiths. I'm fairly certain of that.
After that... jeez. Bowie's gotta be in there, such a diverse musical landscape, quite a few lows but so many highs in so many diverse genres of music. But 'Quadrophenia', by The Who, is one of my fave albums ever, so they've gotta be in there somewhere...
The likes of Carter USM, Stone Roses, Inspiral Carpets, Curve... songs that take me back to my early 20's / late teen years and always put a smile in my heart... but before that it was Bryan Adams, Springsteen, Queen, not acts I would necessarily love today if I heard them for the first time (though Springsteen has been putting out some good stuff over the last few years), But they've got a place in my heart...
In recent years, The Killers, The Gaslight Anthem, Lacuna Coil, Florence And The Machine... (this is getting a bit long)...
What about the indie / pop brilliance of The Housemartins or the genius heaviness of Machine Head or Rammstein? Completely different bands, but I love them equally... and that's without the 'classic' acts that I'm trying to get up to date with because it feels like there's a gap in my music education if I don't...
Yes, the NMA boys will always be my number one act, but for me, listening to one type of music is like only eating one kind of food... depends what you're hungry for on that particular occasion...
