Favorite Bands/Artists

I thought I'd create a more permanent page listing my favorite bands/artists - and trying to do so in some sort of ordered fashion. I have to admit that it's really difficult to do, but I still think it is possible to at least order my top 5 or top 10. I will come back in and edit this as my tastes change over time - at least that's my plan...

Here goes nothing. The top three have been pretty stable for quite some time - at least I think so. People who know me might disagree with that...

1. Motorpsycho
   After discovering them in 1993, I never let them out. They are locked in my Demon Box, and even when they went more pop in the early 2000s - and when they lost the mighty Gebhardt - I still stuck with them, like the other other fool...
2. The Beatles
   No band is better. No band has ever been better. No band will ever be better. That Motorpsycho is above them on the list is simply a matter of taste - and it is by a hair. The most influential band ever - and with some of the most influential composers in the history of music.
3. David Bowie
   His life was a work of art. Sure, he has his fair share of duds - but those were the records he didn't pour his heart and soul in (and yes, I am thinking about Tonight and Never Let Me Down here), but man, what an artist.

I think the rest of my top 10 probably looks like this, although it is really hard to distinguish between these fine artists/musicians:

4. Rush
5. Opeth
6. Steven Wilson/Porcupine Tree
7. Frank Zappa
8. King Crimson
9. U2
10. Pink Floyd

I also think it could be helpful to list 15 additional bands/artists - but not ranked. Call them my bubblers - or whatever else sounds good - these are great musicians/bands that absolutely deserve your time of day:

• Richard Thompson
• Baroness
• Slayer
• The Rolling Stones
• Pearl Jam
• Soundgarden
• Faith No More
• Nick Cave (with and without his Bad Seeds)
• Deep Purple
• Nine Inch Nails
• DumDum Boys
• Enslaved
• Elvis Costello
• Iron Maiden
• Chris Stapleton

These last 15 are not in any order, but they have all released music I really enjoy listening to. And the list has changed again... Rush is now bubbling right under the top 3, and while I would be hard pressed to really defend my order of 5-10, my top 4 is pretty firm. That being said, I have started to realize that Motorpsycho might be losing some of their luster with me - I find myself going back to 1993-1998 with them more than their recent works - and I find myself deeper and deeper into the Beatles. I am keeping the order for now, but might very well change it again... And while I love Richard Thompson and Baroness, U2 and Pink Floyd seem to always bounce back, so they are back in my top 10 list...