100 bands you need to hear?

[StrictlyBiznas]

My friend and I have two completely different tastes in music. A while back he made this list he called "100 bands you need to hear". He said that everyone of these bands or artists either started, influenced or define their genre, and that listening to these bands at least once would give you a good understanding of where the music we listen to today came from. Personally, I think his list is terrible; I would get rid of half the bands he named. When it comes to music my friend is sort of an elitist. He thinks what he listens to is all that exists and no other bands in other genres played any part in developing music. Here's his list:


1. Metallica (80's)
2. Pantera
3. Black Sabbath/Ozzy
4. Dream Theater
5. At the Gates
6. The Mars VOlta
7. Slayer
8. The Dillinger Escape Plan
9. Death
10. Opeth
11. At the Drive In
12. Red Hot Chili Peppers
13. Johnny Cash
14. Cacophony
15. Beethoven
16. Mozart
17. J.S. Bach
18. Prince
19. Incubus
20. System of A Down
21. Blue Cheer
22. Pink Floyd
23. The Doors
24. Led Zeppelin
25. Candiria
26. Judas Priest
27. The Ramones
28. The Clash
29. The Sex Pistols
30. Rage Against the Machine
31. Children of Bodom
32. Porcupine Tree
33. Queen
34. Alice in Chains
35. Hatebreed
36. Exodus
37. Poison the Well
38. Shadows Fall
39. All That Remains
40. Lamb of God
41. Bob Dylan
42. Jimi Hendrix
43. The Beatles
44. Liquid Tension Experiment
45. Arch Enemy
46. Rites of Spring
47. Igor Stravinsky
48. D.R.I
49. Sublime
50. Megadeth
51. The Who
52. Gordion Knot
53. Dead Kennedys
54. Soundgarden
55. Muse
56. Into Eternity
57. The Misfits
58. Between the Buried and Me
59. Mr. Bungle
60. Estradasphere
61. Suffocation
62. Celtic Frost
63. Anthrax
64. Coheed and Cambria
65. Symphony X
66. Mesuggah
67. Black Label Society
68. Crowbar
69. Bad Brains
70. Sick of it All
71. Agnostic Front
72. Napalm Death
73. Rush
74. Bad Religion
75. Minor Threat
76. Bob Marley
77. Faith No More
78. Tool (old)
79. Kyuss
80. Frank Sinatra
81. Dean Martin
82. The Haunted
83. Iron Maiden
84. KMFDM
85. Spastic Ink
86. Strapping Young Lad
87. King Crimson
88. King's X
89. Mercyful Fate
90. Foo Fighters
91. Motorhead
92. Fugazi
93. Primus
94. Sepultura/Soulfly
95. Suicidal Tendencies
96. Voivod
97. Testament
98. John Coltrane
99. Cecil Taylor
100. Louis Armstrong


I disagree with a lot of it, but don't have enough knowledge to make a list of my own and refute him. If you agree with this list than okay, but if not, help me make a new list of "100 bands you need to hear" with more of an ap.net feel to it.

[Dr. Acula]

Hahaha. At The Gates, #5? Goodlord, they dont belong on any list except the top of my personal "Bands I'd Like To Poop On" list.

[StrictlyBiznas]

lol, it's not in any particular order. sorry.

[HangsLikeHeaven]

I didn't think it was in any order. FF is at 90 something.

[love_american_style]

Hahaha. At The Gates, #5? Goodlord, they dont belong on any list except the top of my personal "Bands I'd Like To Poop On" list.

lol

not a bad list. but Far isn't on there.

[love_american_style]

ps - old Soundgarden is awsome.

I love how raw it is.

[PDon11]

ps - old Soundgarden is awsome.

I love how raw it is.



http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i41/TheKillingNoise/SoundgardenComic.jpg

[Troggy]

It has a lot of good and important bands on there but it is too geared towards hard rock/heavy metal to be an all encompassing list. There are several genres misrepresented or absence. I like his effort though, I dont think i listen to enough different kinds of music to make much better of a list.

[El_Jeffe]

some bands/artists i definitely agree with, some i really don't & could easily be replaced (coheed & cambria, sublime, etc). list could do with some b.b. king, the skatalites, paul simon, michael jackson, r.e.m., sly & the family stone, james brown, tinariwen, elvis costello, talking heads, van morrison, stevie wonder, johnny 'guitar' watson, marvin gaye, chuck berry, ladysmith black mambazo, crowded house, wilson pickett, otis redding, ray charles, king tubby, aretha franklin, etc off the top of my head for starters. but if you were to include modern bands (90's onward?) it'd be interesting

[StrictlyBiznas]

some bands/artists i definitely agree with, some i really don't & could easily be replaced (coheed & cambria, sublime, etc). list could do with some b.b. king, the skatalites, paul simon, michael jackson, r.e.m., sly & the family stone, james brown, tinariwen, elvis cotello, talking heads, van morrison, stevie wonder, marvin gaye, chuck berry, ladysmith black mambazo, crowded house, wilson pickett, otis redding, ray charles, king tubby, aretha franklin, etc off the top of my head for starters. but if you were to include modern bands (90's onward?) it'd be interesting


Nice.

[Brokenhill]

Doesn't matter...he's got Floyd, Zeppelin, Queen, and Rush...

Nothing else matters...

[Tiger Tunes]

I think you should take some of the more heavier bands off (but not Bodom) because not all of them are really worthy to be on there. And I also would take off Incubus because I feel they aren't really very special in any way; their guitars are alright, the vocals are alright, the lyrics are alright...nothing is really great.
Personally, I think you should add Death Cab because there are a great amount of bands that imitate them (Pompeii, for one) and I feel they define a specific sort of emo/indie genre; and Weezer (the definition of nerd rock). It seems like you are looking for a big range of genres so I feel these really should be added.

Also - Lupe Fiasco, Deltron 3030, Gorillaz (I think they are a highly original band in many aspects) and possibly De La Soul should be added (hey! hip-hop needs some representatives, too)

[theguy77]

hahahhahahahahahahhahahahahhahahaha .

ew @ every single band on that list.

[theguy77]

except the foo fighters they have some pretty sweet songs.

[Tiger Tunes]

hahahhahahahahahahhahahahahhahahaha .

ew @ every single band on that list.

except the foo fighters they have some pretty sweet songs.

Man, I'm really holding myself back here.
Ew to everything on that list?! EXCEPT THE FOO FIGHTERS?
Okay, there are many bands on there that really shouldn't be (The Dilinger Escape Plan, or The Misfits), but seriously....
According to you, Foo Fighters > The Beatles? Are you fucking kidding me?

The Foo Fighters have never had one single song that comes even close to touching any of The Beatles songs.
Or anything by Jimi Hendrix.
Or anything by Bob Dylan.

I mean, these guys really defined rock and roll! And I'm leaving out more classics like The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, etc.

Seriously, you have all of those bands to thank for the Foo Fighters even existing (however good that may or may not be).

[Tiger Tunes]

Also, where's Radiohead?

[Brokenhill]

hahahhahahahahahahhahahahahhahahaha .

ew @ every single band on that list.


That better have been sarcasm.

Ew @ your face.

[IWasaCamera]

Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Radiohead, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Simon & Garfunkel, Lou Reed, Joy Division, The Cure, The Smiths, My Bloody Valentine, Weezer, Neutral Milk Hotel, and countless others should have made it on there.

[Pat k]

1. Metallica (80's)
3. Black Sabbath/Ozzy
7. Slayer
13. Johnny Cash
15. Beethoven
16. Mozart
17. J.S. Bach
22. Pink Floyd
23. The Doors
24. Led Zeppelin
27. The Ramones
28. The Clash
33. Queen
41. Bob Dylan
42. Jimi Hendrix
43. The Beatles
46. Rites of Spring
51. The Who
53. Dead Kennedys
57. The Misfits
63. Anthrax
69. Bad Brains
72. Napalm Death
75. Minor Threat
76. Bob Marley
83. Iron Maiden
92. Fugazi
95. Suicidal Tendencies
98. John Coltrane
100. Louis Armstrong



those are the only bands on there that even come close to making such a list

he has some absolutely right though: slayer, coltrane, the misfits, the beatles, bad brains

[Derekx]

That list is lacking a lot.

[AP_Punk]

Add Propagandhi to that list.

[Tiger Tunes]

That list is lacking a lot.

Agreed but, really, it is hard to narrow down ALL of the bands in the world to a simple 100 bands you need to hear.

[theguy77]

That better have been sarcasm.

Ew @ your face.

nope, sorry not a pink floyd/zeppelin fan. i dont like classic rock haha.

[theguy77]

Man, I'm really holding myself back here.
Ew to everything on that list?! EXCEPT THE FOO FIGHTERS?
Okay, there are many bands on there that really shouldn't be (The Dilinger Escape Plan, or The Misfits), but seriously....
According to you, Foo Fighters > The Beatles? Are you fucking kidding me?

The Foo Fighters have never had one single song that comes even close to touching any of The Beatles songs.
Or anything by Jimi Hendrix.
Or anything by Bob Dylan.

I mean, these guys really defined rock and roll! And I'm leaving out more classics like The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, etc.

Seriously, you have all of those bands to thank for the Foo Fighters even existing (however good that may or may not be).

even if they defined rock music for what a lot of it is today the music i listen to shares no similairty to any of those majorly influential bands other than the fact they use electric guitars and drums. i respect a lot of those bands but that doesnt mean i have to like them. i mean, what, are we all supposed to be major elvis fans just because hes the father of rock?

i must say i didnt see the beatles on there, and they DO deserve to be on that list.

[IWasaCamera]

43. The Beatles

[timographic]

what a waste of time

[bootsydan]

Muse but no Radiohead?

I agree with a lot of that list. But as someone said previously, too geared towards rock/heavy music.

And I'm not sure when this list was made? But one thing that annoys me is when people who listen to 'classic rock' or all the old critically acclaimed music overlook modern music. There are still bands existing today that are being creative and somewhat original and definitely making good music, and I don't think they should be overlooked just because they released an album in the last 10 years.

Lets all be open minded and listen to music from all eras is what I say.

[Shiny_Boots]

No Nirvana? You have Mr. Bungle but no Faith No More? No Michael Jackson? No Replacements? No R.E.M.? No Run DMC? No Aretha Franklin? No Green Day?

what kind of list is this? AHHHHHHHHHH

[Shiny_Boots]

Oh yeah, Radiohead, The Cure, and The Smiths too

[Brokenhill]

nope, sorry not a pink floyd/zeppelin fan. i dont like classic rock haha.


I'm not a Beatles fan...but I still recognize they should def. be on the list!

[AP_Punk]

The Weakerthans

[kearn1tm]

In no particular order:

Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Iggy Pop and the Stooges
The Clash
The Ramones
The Smiths
Bad Brains
The Rolling Stones
Minor Threat
Black Flag
Fugazi
Rites of Spring
The Roots
James Taylor
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
Jurassic Five
Leaders of the New School
The Fugees
Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force
Fleetwood Mac
The Beatles
Nirvana
At the Drive-In
The Get Up Kids
Nick Drake
Bob Dylan
Kaki King
The Cure
Preston Reed
The Velvet Underground
Radiohead
Johnny Cash
The Beach Boys
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band
The Mars Volta
Iron & Wine
Neil Young and Crazy Horse
The Byrds
Rilo Kiley
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
The Eagles
King Crimson
Schooly D
N.W.A.
Cream
Blur
Run DMC
Led Zeppelin
Saetia
Black Sabbath
Rush
Stevie Wonder
Weezer
The Promise Ring
Guns & Roses
Michael Jackson
Prince
The Blood Brothers
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Frank Sinatra
Bad Religion
Funeral Diner
Matthew Good Band
Dean Martin
Janis Joplin
Converge
Metallica
Duke Ellington
Neko Case
My Bloody Valentine
The New Pornographers
The White Stripes
Elliot Smith
Elvis Prestly
Jackson Browne
Pixies
Oasis
The Jesus and Mary Chain
The Rapture
Joy Division
The Doors
The Sex Pistols
Peter Frampton
KRS-One
Public Enemy
David Bowie
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
Sonic Youth
Blondie
Erykah Badu
Husker Du
The Birthday Party
Pink Floyd
Marvin Gaye
Brand New
Green Day
Buzzcocks
Donny Hathaway
The Whoand this is still an extremely shallow list that only spans a period of sixty years. Such a list is darn near impossible to compile.

[Tiger Tunes]

even if they defined rock music for what a lot of it is today the music i listen to shares no similairty to any of those majorly influential bands other than the fact they use electric guitars and drums. i respect a lot of those bands but that doesnt mean i have to like them. i mean, what, are we all supposed to be major elvis fans just because hes the father of rock?


Music can't evolve over time? Everything has to change, because who really wants to listen to the same band over and over? I'm just saying that they have definitely started rock and roll and everything's just changed over time.
I'm not saying everyone needs to go out right now and buy every single Elvis CD or every Beatles t-shirt you can find, but I just think you should respect them a WHOLE LOT more than the Foo Fighters, who are possibly the worst representation of rock.
Saying ew to the Beatles really isn't respectful.

[Tiger Tunes]

Also why isn't The Clash on there?

Number 28. If they weren't, that list would be sorely lacking. It already is missing a bunch (Radiohead, The Smiths, Elliott Smith...), and has waay too much death metal.

[myantiyou]

Muse is not necessary.

[theguy77]

Music can't evolve over time? Everything has to change, because who really wants to listen to the same band over and over? I'm just saying that they have definitely started rock and roll and everything's just changed over time.
I'm not saying everyone needs to go out right now and buy every single Elvis CD or every Beatles t-shirt you can find, but I just think you should respect them a WHOLE LOT more than the Foo Fighters, who are possibly the worst representation of rock.
Saying ew to the Beatles really isn't respectful.

this thread is entitled "bands you need to hear" not "bands you need to respect." and i did fix myself and say "yes i respect those bands, doesnt mean i have to like them." i also said "oh yeah the beatles do deserve to be on this list."

i respect what these bands started, i just like the evolution better. is that such a difficult philosophy to grasp?

[Yes. And?]

hahahhahahahahahahhahahahahhahahaha .

ew @ every single band on that list.
:-0

[Yes. And?]

Muse is not necessary.
Damn straight.

[myantiyou]

No Bright Eyes = fail

Damn straight.

I don't understand the whole big Muse hype.

[KatieKutthroat.]

No Bright Eyes = fail



I don't understand the whole big Muse hype.


I agree, Bright Eyes should be on there...
In place of Muse at least.

[myantiyou]

I agree, Bright Eyes should be on there...
In place of Muse at least.

:nod:

[I Saved Latin]

Fugazi shouldn't be at 92.

[Brokenhill]

They aren't in a specific order.

[LV03]

id add Alk3

[AP_Punk]

id add Alk3

:-)

[x togepi x]

the fact that only one person in this thread mentioned at the drive-in makes it all sorts of fail.

seriously.

[Yes. And?]

I don't understand the whole big Muse hype.
Me neither. "One of the best bands in the world"..pfffft.

[cereal4life]

Your bogan mate needs to expand his horizons. Where to start- metallica at #1? Also, where is radiohead on this list.

Preposterous!

[SgtFumunda]

Awww come on guys...At the Gates was like the first black metal band.

This list is soooo incomplete though.

[cereal4life]

Awww come on guys...At the Gates was like the first black metal band.

This list is soooo incomplete though.

Any list without a7x is incomplete.

[LV03]

:-)
:-)

[asdflkj]

pearl jam and the rolling stones are missing

[asdflkj]

and alkaline trio

[noisefloor1989]

Tell your friend to swallow a knife.
NOBODY needs to listen to Primus.

[kearn1tm]

the fact that only one person in this thread mentioned at the drive-in makes it all sorts of fail.

seriously.

See my list on page 3.

[SgtFumunda]

Any list without a7x is incomplete.
Hellz yeah, brother. That's what I'm fuckin' talkin' about.

[ihavechappedlip]

This is a list of the best bands, in his opinion. Maybe he watched VH1's "100 Most Influential Hard Rock Artists" special.

It always seems to me that liking bands because they are good, rather than because you personally like them is totally unjustified.

[AP_Punk]

Needz Puddle Of Mudd.

[Yes. And?]

Needz Alesana. Best hardcore band EVAR.

[IWasaCamera]

See my list on page 3.
Far better than the first list but still missing Miles and Coltrane.

[ivorykeys25]

This list is pretty decent :-) I like how you added some classical musicians into it (how nerdy does that sound?)

[myantiyou]

Me neither. "One of the best bands in the world"..pfffft.

Yep.

[a speedo model]

I wouldn't recommend Megadeth to anyone. Ever.

[a speedo model]

I don't see SDRE on it, so I don't care.

[bobby runs]

he needs either green day or blink. and some rap like nwa or eminem. also a boy band because they did change music for a while

[x togepi x]

See my list on page 3.

you were the one person i was talking about

[bobby runs]

you were the one person i was talking about
i took a quick glance down the whole list didnt study each word but i knew you hit most of the bands i would have said.

[Drumaster615]

holy shit. #88 is my favorite band ever. nobody knows king's x. your friend is cool.

[kearn1tm]

Far better than the first list but still missing Miles and Coltrane.

It's missing alot, because 100 bands/acts you have to hear is highly constricting.

[kearn1tm]

you were the one person i was talking about

word up

[chrisPAIN]

Tell your friend to swallow a knife.
NOBODY needs to listen to Primus.

winner

[chrisPAIN]

again, list is geared too much towards metal and 70/80s punk. it needs more indie rock and just regular/alternative rock. may i suggest elvis costello, the smiths, joy division, the decemberists, arcade fire, talking heads, bruce springsteen, tom petty, big star

[Kevmatkel]

First of all, your friend failure to include Bruce Springsteen is a travesty. I don't care what you think about his music, but to deny him a place on a list that supposedly is one of bands that redefined music is a joke. Springsteen should be up there. Also, your friend has a pretty narrow taste in music--mostly metal/hard stuff. And I don't have a problem with that genre, but it is woefully overrepresented. He is missing a lot of important 90's indie bands that truly redefined the music that you hear today. Guys like Modest Mouse, Pavement, My Bloody Valentine, Neutral Milk Hotel are extremely important bands. And HOW THE HELL IS THERE NO RADIOHEAD?

[Kevmatkel]

he needs either green day or blink. and some rap like nwa or eminem. also a boy band because they did change music for a while

LOL that's funny. Why don't we include NFG and FOB while we're at it? Please. This is for serious music.

[Kevmatkel]

That was in reference to green day and blink 182. For rap, if we're including that, then eminem, public enemy, chuck d, nas, etc should be up there. But lets stick to rock.

[bobby runs]

LOL that's funny. Why don't we include NFG and FOB while we're at it? Please. This is for serious music.
he didnt just say good music. he said music that changed the genre. both of those bands changed the genre of pop-punk and showed the rest of the world what they can do.

[Kevmatkel]

If bastardizing and disgracing the genre were criteria, then yes.

[Tiger Tunes]

this thread is entitled "bands you need to hear" not "bands you need to respect." and i did fix myself and say "yes i respect those bands, doesnt mean i have to like them." i also said "oh yeah the beatles do deserve to be on this list."

i respect what these bands started, i just like the evolution better. is that such a difficult philosophy to grasp?

I understand that, but usually when you need to hear a band it's because they are worthy of your time and therefore your respect.
I just have a hard time believing you. Most people don't go around saying "Ew, I totally respect that band."
I think one of the reasons I got upset is just the fact that you say Ew to everything except the Foo Fighters because "they have some pretty sweet songs". They are one of the worst rock bands out there and you are saying ew to 99 other bands. Their guitar parts are really lacking in the variety department, and his vocals are awful. The drums aren't spectacular and neither is the bass. But still, it's the only band out of 100 that you like.

[Bunk McNulty]

Ladees and germs, if Louis Armstrong were alive today he'd be spinning in his grave.

[karadotcollett]

I'm going to make a list of 100 modern (post-90s) bands.

[ToUsFools]

No Refused, Nas, or mewithoutYou?
Fuck this list.

[ToUsFools]

If bastardizing and disgracing the genre were criteria, then yes.

NFG sucks but FOB is awesome, Patrick Stump gave Pop Punk some soul and originality.

[BornUnderPunches]

wow this thread is bad

[mike'smannequin]

lammme

[Alison1488]

The list includes a lot of the people I think it needs, but there are definitely some glaring holes. It seems hip hop and country are lacking. Those are not my genres of preference, so I'm not going to say what's missing there. However, I think the list needs to include The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, and David Bowie. I didn't see them, but if I missed them, I apologize.

[cshadows2887]

wow this thread is bad

Makes me kind of embarrassed that I like Ryan.

[Sean Rizzo]

Mega Old Thread Alert

[underoath0426]

the word alive

[underoath0426]

lower definition tooo!

[ihavechappedlip]

The Word Alive? My old band opened for them..... but none of us stuck around. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsoVY_hA4pI

[Crossfires]

Pretty decent list
Not a fan of every band on there but your list has some pretty talented bands in it
Not sure if nirvana was on there though (If they are then sorry) but they'd definatly be on my top 100 list
Three of the most talented musicians to ever be in a band

[Coloso]

entry-level shit