Top 10 Favorite Musicians of All Time

[Guest Paul E.]

I always like to ask this question:

What are your top 10 Favorite Musicians of all time? It doesn't matter if its a solo artist or an group. Just put your Top 10.

 

Here are mine:

10. Bone Thugs N Harmony

9. Westside Connection

8. Bizzy Bone

7. 2Pac

6. Biggie

5. Big L

4. Ice Cube

3. Snoop Dogg

2. Mobb Deep

1. LL Cool J

 

That is mine....

 

Now what is yours????????

[Ravenbomb]

In no particular order:

 

Yanni

Rick Astley

Hannah Montana

Right Said Fred

Neil Diamond

Uncle Cracker

O-Town

Celtic Woman

The Fixx

Enya

[CanadianGuitarist]

Are you the guy who did the Board Game Survey?

 

The Tragically Hip, Rush, and Tool are my big three - I've never been able to put a formal list together past that.

[The Ghost of bps21]

I don't have 10.

 

I can only get to 4 without thinking and debating...

 

Talking Heads, Johnny Cash, Guns N Roses, Bruce Springsteen

[Black Lushus]

Layne Staley

Devin Townsend

Guns N' Roses

Ice Cube

Spice 1

 

uh, I'll think of more later...

[Lt. Al Giardello]

Michael Jackson

Marvin Gaye

Sticky Fingaz

Scarface

2Pac

Jadakiss

Prince

Morris Day

Stevie Wonder

Quincy Jones

[TheOriginalOrangeGoblin]

Bon Jovi

2 Pac

Nas

Ice Cube

Marvin Gaye

Michael Jackson

Guns N Roses

Phil Collins

Kanye West

Red Hot Chili Peppers

[PILLS! PILLS! PILLS!]

If we're talking about individuals, I would say these ten people (in no particular order):

 

Tim Kinsella (Joan of Arc, Make Believe, Cap N' Jazz, etc.)

Elliott Smith

Robert Smith (The Cure)

Jeff Buckley

Ian McKaye (Minor Threat, Fugazi)

KRS-One

Matt Talbott (HUM, Centaur)

Allen Epley (Shiner, The Life and Times)

George Harrison

Lou Reed

[Steviekick]

Layne Staley

Devin Townsend

Guns N' Roses

Ice Cube

Spice 1

 

uh, I'll think of more later...

 

I never knew you were a fan of Heavy Devy...

[Henry Spencer]

Hmm...

 

Robert Pollard

Leonard Cohen

Ian MacKaye

Nick Cave

Jaki Liebezeit

Morrissey

Ray Davies

Ennio Morricone

Greg Ginn

MF Doom

 

Just off the top of my head.

[Guest Tzar Lysergic]

1. Frank Zappa

2. John Coltrane

5. Justin Broadrick

3. Dylan Carlson

4. Miles Davis

8. Chuck Schuldiner

10. Blixa Bargeld

9. Lemmy Kilmeister

7. Mike Patton

6. Tom Waits

 

Names in the order I thought of them, numerated for preference.

[Black Lushus]

Layne Staley

Devin Townsend

Guns N' Roses

Ice Cube

Spice 1

 

uh, I'll think of more later...

 

I never knew you were a fan of Heavy Devy...

 

Indeed I am sir! Though I prefer his SYL work to any of his other projects.

 

Same with Mike Patton...I like his Faith No More stuff, but not too high on anything else I've heard.

[Henry Spencer]

Ooo, Tom Waits, now there's a grievous omission from my list.

[Guest Tzar Lysergic]

We're all dumbasses.

 

Put David Bowie at my number 2 and bump everyone else down a space.

[Steviekick]

Layne Staley

Devin Townsend

Guns N' Roses

Ice Cube

Spice 1

 

uh, I'll think of more later...

 

I never knew you were a fan of Heavy Devy...

 

Indeed I am sir! Though I prefer his SYL work to any of his other projects.

 

Same with Mike Patton...I like his Faith No More stuff, but not too high on anything else I've heard.

 

Some of Townsend's other material is pretty bad, but I do enjoy his clean singing on Devin Townsend Band releases. Mike Patton's EP with Dillinger Escape Plan is solid; it's worth listening to just for the cover of Aphex Twin's "Come to Daddy".

[Henry Spencer]

We're all dumbasses.

 

Put David Bowie at my number 2 and bump everyone else down a space.

 

Brian Eno, too.

[Smartly Pretty]

Pixies and Pavement are 1 and 2, but then I get stuck.

[PILLS! PILLS! PILLS!]

Pixies and Pavement are 1 and 2, but then I get stuck.

 

I just remembered Stephen Malkmus. I just saw the fuckin' guy a week and a half ago. I suck.

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Not counting groups (no particular order):

 

Stevie Wonder

Marvin Gaye

Michael Jackson

Jon B

Hikaru Utada

Erykah Badu

Musiq Soulchild

Jill Scott

Prince

Christina Aguilera

[RHR]

I'm gonna break it down this way:

 

VOX

Freddie Mercury

 

LEAD GUITAR:

Jimi Hendrix

 

RHYTHM GUITAR:

Angus Young

 

THIRD GUITAR:

Mike McCready

 

BASS:

John Paul Jones

 

DRUMS:

Dave Grohl

 

PERCUSSION:

Neil Peart

 

ORGAN:

Danny Federici

 

PIANO:

Elton John

 

SONGWRITER/BACK UP VOX/JACK OF ALL TRADES:

Bruce Springsteen or Prince (they could trade off)

[Annabelle]

dylan

miles

coltrane

prince

lennon

bowie

keith moon

brian wilson

evan dando

bud powell

 

there could be an order somewheres

 

[Guest Tzar Lysergic]

We're all dumbasses.

 

Put David Bowie at my number 2 and bump everyone else down a space.

 

Brian Eno, too.

 

See, as much as I like what Eno's done with King Crimson, Talking Heads, and David Bowie, I've never really caught a spark to explore his solo material. I think I started at the absolute wrong place with Music for Airports.. I can't place him in my favorites. Fripp I can't really remove far from King Crimson, and the other members are as important as he, despite the fact that he's the only common thread. Really, it's just that Fripp's solo material doesn't totally blow my mind.

[Copper Feel]

10. Outkast

09. Jethro Tull

08. Radiohead

07. Pink Floyd

06. David Bowie

05. Bob Dylan

04. Frank Zappa

03. Elvis Costello

02. The Smiths

01. Led Zeppelin

[Nighthawk]

1a. Motley Crue

1b. Guns N Roses

1c. Motorhead

 

^Likely my three favorite overall groups.

 

I obviously agree with people like Bowie, Prince and Miles. In such a group, I'd add:

 

JG Thirlwell

Dan the Automator

 

 

My personal, sentimental favorites (while some of these do objectively suck, I am by no means implying that all of them do):

 

1. GG Allin

2. Britney

3. Mindless Self Indulgence

4. Marilyn Manson

5. Aphex Twin

6. Eazy E

7. Diamanda Galas

8. Electric Wizard

9. LiveFastDie

10. Dethklok

 

I like Xtina a lot too, but I couldn't find a place for her. Her image is fluctuating, and not a clear downward spiral like Britney, but musically she's never faltered. Amy Winehouse brings the persona to my divas, Xtina brings the talent. Britney is just everything at once, so that's why she's on there and they aren't.

 

And stuff.

 

 

[PUT THAT DICK IN MY MOUTH!]

no particular order

 

Sonic Youth

Bob Dylan

Jay-Z

Bjork

David Bowie

Marc Bolan

Cam'ron

Tom Waits

Outkast

Wu-Tang Clan

[Coffin Surfer]

I'll avoid Miles, Beatles' member, Prince, Bowie and the like though they are favorites:

 

1. Yoshiki (X Japan)

2. Steve Wilson (Porcupine Tree, Blackfield,...etc.)

3. Toby Driver (Kayo Dot)

4. Jaki Liebezeit (Can)

5. Diamanda Galas

6. Wes Montgomery

7. Tim Buckley

8. Bill Frisel

9. Ben Monder

10. Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth)

[Coffin Surfer]

1. Frank Zappa

2. John Coltrane

5. Justin Broadrick

3. Dylan Carlson

4. Miles Davis

8. Chuck Schuldiner

10. Blixa Bargeld

9. Lemmy Kilmeister

7. Mike Patton

6. Tom Waits

 

Names in the order I thought of them, numerated for preference.

 

 

Great List. Good to see Schuldiner and Patton get a mention. Schuldiner was a fantastic gutiarist and often more expressive than given credit for.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Not counting groups (no particular order):

 

Stevie Wonder

Marvin Gaye

Michael Jackson

Jon B

Hikaru Utada

Erykah Badu

Musiq Soulchild

Jill Scott

Prince

Christina Aguilera

If I were putting them in order:

 

1. Stevie Wonder

2. Marvin Gaye

3. Hikaru Utada

4. Jon B

5. Michael Jackson

6. Musiq Soulchild

7. Christina Aguilera

8. Jill Scott

9. Erykah Badu

10. Prince

[Tully316]

Pearl Jam

Counting Crows

U2

Guns n Roses

Doors

Bruce Springsteen

Billy Joel

Jeff Buckley

Eagles

Tupac Shakur

 

[EVIL~! alkeiper]

Interesting question. I'm just going to put these in alphabetical order.

 

David Bowie

Jeff Buckley

Jarvis Cocker (Pulp)

Ray Davies (The Kinks)

Nick Drake

John Lennon

Morrissey

Stuart Murdoch (Belle & Sebastian)

Robert Smith

Al Yankovic