EWB's Top 100 Artists of 2012

[LittleDaniel]

Paul Baribeau and Ginger Alford make a better Bruce Springsteen than Bruce Springsteen.

[Cymbols]

Somehow I voted Paramore at #4. Not sure why, I like them, but not that much.

[Gazz]

Fuck you all, Paramore are good.

[Rich]

Paramore are great, you can all go suck a dick for being elitist pricks

[GoGo Yubari]

It's always sad to see someone with seemingly decent taste endorse such a lame band.

Also Rich posted too.

[probablyoliver]

Hey! The Lucksmiths! Heck yeah!

I think this is the first time more than two of my votes have made the actual list. I blame LD.

[LittleDaniel]

Pfft, its the other way around! I totes showed you Hop Along like two months ago, loser.

[Rich]

It's always sad to see someone with seemingly decent taste endorse such a lame band.

Also Rich posted too.

Screw you GoGo, with your words and your stuff

[Hobo]

Soundgarden - Bleh.

The Lucksmiths - Who?

Jack White - Heh.

Childish Gambino - Hmmm

Paramore - Buh?

Bruce Springsteen - YUSS!

[GoGo Yubari]

It's always sad to see someone with seemingly decent taste endorse such a lame band.

Also Rich posted too.

Screw you GoGo, with your words and your stuff

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[thatshortguy]

Soundgarden - Bleh.

That's it, I'm going heel.

EWB's Top 100 Whatevers: 85% are shits who don't technically match the criteria provided, 10% are shits who are utter shite, 4% are hilariously overvalued shits, 1% are decent shits who are bound to do something shitty within one month of appearing.

[Hobo]

I say bleh, but I know like... One song.

[GoGo Yubari]

I actually like Soundgarden alright; if I hear a Soundgarden song I'll probably enjoy it. I will only go out of my way to listen to one of their songs, though, and that is "Blow Up the Outside World" because that is a great fucking '90s song.

Jack White finishing high surprises me because I wouldn't have thought there would be a significant number of people listing him AND The White Stripes. I've downloaded his entire solo debut album but not really listened to any of it yet.

The nicest thing I can say about Paramore is that "That's What You Get" or whatever it's called is a fun song to play on Rock Band for a song that I don't really enjoy listening to when I'm not playing Rock Band. I call that "The 'Hey You' by The Exies Effect," as inspired by Guitar Hero 1.

[New Damage]

Hey Hey HEY. HEY. The Exies' Head for the Door is a good damn album.

[Gazz]

Hey Hey HEY. HEY. The Exies' Head for the Door is a good damn album.

Yeah, but you like Soundgarden.

[New Damage]

And you like Paramore.

[Sousa]

Paramore can eat a dick, but Soundgarden? Yeah, Soundgarden is a hell of a band. Probably my favorite of the 3 or 4 big grunge acts (which I'd name without thinking as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and... let's say Alice in Chains?). Badmotorfinger is such a great album because it's just a blistering bit of smart hard rock with that trademark Seattle sludge on top of it. Love it.

[Rafael]

Finally, Sousa and I agree on something.

[Josh]

Soundgarden - Used to dig them a lot. I've sort of grown out of that, but I don't really dislike them either. I guess I've grown tired of them more than anything.

The Lucksmiths - Not a clue.

Jack White - I honestly don't see how this isn't lumped together with The White Stripes. I know they're separate entities, but he's had, what? One solo album? And most of his memorable stuff is with someone else involved.

Childish Gambino - I should probably take more time to try out his stuff.

Paramore - Don't know them and I have a strong feeling I don't want to.

MOTHERFUCKING BRUCE - Fuck yes. Honestly, I wish he was much higher, like in the Top 10 at least. Wrecking Ball is a ridiculously good album - his best since Nebraska and maybe since Darkness on the Edge of Town. He is THE consumate showman in concert, consistently delivering 3 plus hours of anthemic rock that blows the roof off (when he's not playing giant open-air stadiums to begin with.) Tremendous songwriter, unmistakable voice, and puts on the best concerts this side of . . . hell, just the best. He's not my all-time favorite, but he's dangerously close.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

EWB are nothing if not predictable.

Next year I'm voting for Pink. Between us, Srar and I will push her even higher next year.