EWB's 100 Favourite Bands: 2011 Edition

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Adam and the Ants are massively underrated. "Kings of the Wild Frontier" is really good.

This original, early video

is great cos he's still young and raw...But then early Adam Ant is my big gay man crush.

[METALMAN]

Adam Ant was supposed to be releasing his comeback album this year. No idea what happened to it.

1. Ryan Adams

2. The Beatles

3. David Bowie

4. The Smiths

5. Belle & Sebastian

6. Bob Dylan

7. James Taylor

8. Josh Rouse

9. Miles Davis

10. Neil Young

11. Janelle Monáe

12. The Rolling Stones

13. Steely Dan

14. Outkast

15. Frightened Rabbit

[Drew Wheeler]

1. Biffy Clyro

2. Nirvana

3. Brand New

4. The White Stripes

5. Smashing Pumpkins,

6. The Beatles

7. Dashboard Confessional

8. Kanye West

9. Alkaline Trio

10. Weezer

11. Marvin Gaye

12. Bush

13. Frank Sinatra

14. Incubus

15. Wilco

[METALMAN]

1. Tom Waits

2. Sam Cooke

3. Burial

4. The Velvet Underground

5. John Coltrane

6. Leonard Cohen

7. The Wu-Tang Clan

8. Jorge Ben

9. Outkast

10. Talk Talk

11. Queens of the Stone Age

12. The Kinks

13. Sonic Youth

14. Mos Def

15. The Fall

Too difficult.

this guy should post here more often

[GoGo Yubari]

I know, right? That list rules.

[NIN Horror]

1. Lykke Li

2. Leonard Cohen

3. No Doubt

4. The Smiths

5. Crystal Castles

6. Be Your Own Pet

7. Tegan and Sara

8. Nirvana

9. Girls

10. Arcade Fire

11. Joy Division

12. M83

13. Misfits

14. Raveonettes

15. Warpaint

[YI]

Some big changes around in ordering this year, trying to match with what I mostly listen to.

1. Kyte

2. The Weakerthans

3. Strung Out

4. A Wilhelm Scream

5. Jamiroquai

6. The National

7. New Order

8. The Gaslight Anthem

9. Styrofoam

10. Feeder

11. Into It. Over It.

12. Mike Hale

13. Brand New

14. IMMOOR

15. Death Cab For Cutie

Edited July 30, 2011 by YI

[METALMAN]

Do you like Styrofoam so much that you voted for him twice?

[NobBe Nobbs]

Changed mine. It's just been rejigged, the bands are the same, but there are order changes. Especially with Avenged Sevenfold. Their self-titled album and Nightmare are tremendous albums.

1 - Them Crooked Vultures

2 - Rush

3 - Led Zeppelin

4 - Red Hot Chili Peppers

5 - The Black Keys

6 - Avenged Sevenfold

7 - Muse

8 - Guns N' Roses

9 - Metallica

10 - The Police

11 - Nirvana

12 - Slayer

13 - Rage Against The Machine

14 - Anthrax

15 - The Offspring

[livid]

1. Nine Inch Nails

2. Queens of the Stone Age

3. Arcade Fire

4. The Black Angels

5. Childish Gambino

6. The Black Keys

7. Mastodon

8. UNKLE

9. The Glitch Mob

10. Led Zeppelin

11. Bon Iver

12. Interpol

13. The National

14. The Antlers

15. Gnarls Barkley

[SJ_1992]

1. Nine Inch Nails

2. Frank Turner

3. Pixies

4. Radiohead

5. Mew

6. Gorillaz

7. Blur

8. The Smashing Pumpkins

9. Fugazi

10. Soul Coughing

11. David Bowie

12. Queens of the Stone Age

13. Kanye West

14. Soulwax

15. Ben Folds Five

[tristy]

01. Nine Inch Nails

02. Tool

03. The Mars Volta

04. OFWGKTA

05. Kanye West

06. Radiohead

07. Lil' Wayne

08. James Blake

09. Bright Eyes

10. Type O Negative

11. Yeasayer

12. Deerhunter

13. Lil' B "The BasedGod"

14. Animal Collective

15. SALEM

[The_Icon]

1. Tom Waits

2. Sam Cooke

3. Burial

4. The Velvet Underground

5. John Coltrane

6. Leonard Cohen

7. The Wu-Tang Clan

8. Jorge Ben

9. Outkast

10. Talk Talk

11. Queens of the Stone Age

12. The Kinks

13. Sonic Youth

14. Mos Def

15. The Fall

Too difficult.

this guy should post here more often

64 times in 7 years is considerably more than I thought I had. I'd probably post more if I knew how to change names. Underscores are awful; I have no idea what my 18-year-old self was thinking.

[YI]

Do you like Styrofoam so much that you voted for him twice?

...yes.

[Redefine Sick]

1. Acid Bath.

2. Ministry.

3. Type O Negative.

4. Rammstein.

5. KMFDM.

6. The Misfits.

7. The Monkees.

8. Turmion Katilot.

9. White Zombie

10. The Ramones.

11. Danzig.

12. Fear Factory.

13. Gojira.

14. Iced Earth.

15. Psyclon Nine.

Blarrrr. This was a hard fucking list to make.

[Dxfan555]

1. Nirvana

2. Elliott Smith

3. The Beatles

4. Death Cab For Cutie

5. Nevershoutnever

6. blink-182

7. Eminem

8. 2Pac

9. John Mayer

10. Alice In Chains

11. Elvis Presley

12. Romance on a Rocketship

13. MGMT

14. Jeff Buckley

15. Johnny Cash

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

1. Paramore

2. Linkin Park

3. The White Stripes

4. Evanescence

5. Coldplay

6. Elvis Presley

7. Madonna

8. No Doubt

9. Blink 182

10. Foo Fighters

11. Red Hot Chilli Peppers

12. Joan Jett and The Blackhearts

13. Snoop Dogg

14. Avril Lavigne

15. Aerosmith

[DFF]

According to my last.fm, my overall top 15 most played artists currently stand at:

1. Iron Maiden

2. Coheed & Cambria

3. Sonata Arctica

4. Wintersun

5. Blind Guardian

6. Alestorm

7. Amon Amarth

8. Turisas

9. Sabaton

10. Norther

11. Amorphis

12. The BossHoss

13. Gojira

14. Helloween

15. Bigelf

[Kyle]

1. Avenged Sevenfold

2. Linkin Park

3. System of a Down

4. Enter Shikari

5. Escape the Fate

6. Arctic Monkeys

7. Hadouken

8. Don Broco

9. Foo Fighters

10. Skillet

11. Buckcherry

12. The Blackout

13. Bullet for my Valentine

14. Blink-182

15. Yashin

[Pesci]

1. The Shins

2. Oasis

3. Vampire Weekend

4. Arcade Fire

5. Kanye West

6. Blur

7. Frank Turner

8. Florence and the Machine

9. Marina and the Diamonds

10. Arctic Monkeys

11. The Killers

12. Miike Snow

13. The Postal Service

14. Two Door Cinema Club

15. The Gaslight Anthem

Hard as fuck to rank this year. Since all the cool kids are doing it, I'll post last year's list too:

1. Florence and the Machine

2. Vampire Weekend

3. Miike Snow

4. Marina and the Diamonds

5. Chiddy Bang

6. Kanye West

7. Dizzee Rascal

8. Eminem

9. Death Cab for Cutie

10. B.o.B

11. The Postal Service

12. Mumford and Sons

13. The Shins

14. Oasis

15. Blur

Pretty much the same, really. Probably less flavour of the month people this time round though.