EWB's Top 104 Artists 2013 - Results

[deli]

Yes, QOTSA is above your fucking beloved Smiths, what a travesty.

Can't see the fuss about The Smiths. Can't stand smiths fans either. Reminds me of my problem with Radiohead. The lead singer tries his damn hardest to suck the joy and goodness for the rest of the band. Give me the Pixies over them any day.

I do like noted Generic Rock Band Queens Of The Stone Age though. They make rock with no pretensions and a lot of depth. Rated R and Songs For The Deaf are essential, their new album is pretty good too.

[METALMAN]

It is a travesty though. :/

[Skummy]

The Smiths are great, obviously. Phenomenally over-rated, yes, but still great. Too much attention gets placed on Morrissey, the band as a whole were phenomenal.

Love that Divine Comedy QOTSA cover, not heard it in ages. Beyond a few songs, I've always thought that QOTSA were incredibly dull and not really got the hype. But then I genuinely think that their newest album is one of the best albums of the year, so they definitely have something going for them when they can get it together.

VP; in terms of people similar to Tom Waits, there's not a huge amount I could think of. The closest comparison would probably be Captain Beefheart, or even something weirder like Ken Nordine's "word jazz", but there's much, much more going on in Waits' stuff, especially more recently. Maybe check out the song "Goin' Out West" off Bone Machine, might be more up your street as a starting point than a lot of his other stuff.

[Your Mom]

You guys are very mean

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

OK, I've gone through the full list so far, this is the extent of my opinion:

Like them (6/94):

92. Iron Maiden

78. The Hives

73. Led Zeppelin

67. A Day to Remember

60. Green Day

29. Red Hot Chili Peppers

Know of them, listen to them occasionally (19/94):

=100. Queen

=100. Michael Jackson

=100. Slipknot

95. Five Finger Death Punch

81. Fleetwood Mac

77. Rammstein

74. Killswitch Engage

72. AC/DC

69. The Black Keys

62. Lacuna Coil

59. System of a Down

=49. The Clash

44. Paramore

42. Motorhead

39. Guns 'n' Roses

22. Arctic Monkeys

15. Blur

14. Eminem

11. Queens of the Stone Age

Know and have listened to them only because of my girlfriend (3/94):

=100. Taylor Swift

=91. Pink

55. Apsham's favourite person ever, assuming it's meant to be Lady Gaga

Don't like them (8/94):

98. Arcade Fire

66. Machine Head

53. Rage Against The Machine

38. Slayer

36. The Smashing Pumpkins

35. Gorillaz

31. Drake

23. Soundgarden

Heard of them, but never listened to them properly (28/94):

=100. Portishead

97. Devin Townsend

=91. KISS

88. The Mars Volta

81. Leonard Cohen

79. Brand New

75. The Beastie Boys

=70. Tyler, The Creator

65. Velvet Underground

58. Nightwish

54. Interpol

51. Neil Young

=49. Rob Zombie

48. Pixies

47. Pink Floyd

45. The Rolling Stones

40. The Kinks

37. Wu Tang Clan

33. The White Stripes

28. The Beach Boys

27. Pearl Jam

26. Black Sabbath

25. Frank Turner

24. Justin Timberlake

20. Bruce Springsteen

19. Daft Punk

18. Johnny Cash

12. The Smiths

Never heard of them (30/94):

99. Hank Williams

96. Chance The Rapper

=93. Townes van Zandt

=93. Andrew Jackson Jihad

89. Grizzly Bear

87. Ty Segall

=85. Electric Wizard

=85. Boards of Canada

84. Patty Griffin

83. TV On The Radio

80. the pillows

76. The Germs

=70. The Fall

68. The Tallest Man on Earth

64. Laura Marling

63. Childish Gambino

61. Janelle Monae

57. Disclosure

56. The Lucksmiths

52. Scott Walker

46. The Decemberists

43. Sigur Ros

41. Aphex Twin

34. A$AP Rocky

32. Los Campesinos!

30. Frank Ocean

21. Mountain Goats

17. The National

16. Miles Davis

13. Tom Waits

For some clarity, most of the 'Know of them, listen to them occasionally' is stuff my dad plays when he's working at home, and I just grow to like it, and the 'Heard of them, but never listened to them properly' category is stuff I've heard maybe five songs to and never played a full album on purpose or I just know the name and have never listened to them and known it was them.

The 'Never heard of them' are people I've never heard music for at all, or just don't recognise the name.

List makes me feel very young compared to the rest of you.

Edited December 29, 2013 by JeriCodeBreaker

[livid]

You guys are very mean

That's a weird way to spell pretentious.

[Mooregasm]

The only ones I've liked on this list thus far are; A Day To Remember, Tyler, The Creator, Slipknot, Queen, Killswitch Engage, A$AP Rocky, Johnny Cash, Black Sabbath, Justin Timberlake, Wu Tang Clan, ACDC, System of A Down, Green Day and Iron Maiden. Also, I hate EWB just a little bit for fucking Five Finger Death Punch being on the list.

[LittleDaniel]

Pfft, says the guy who likes Skipknot.

[Sousa]

"Never heard of Hank Williams/Miles Davis" makes me sadder than anything that's happened so far.

[gunnar hendershow]

This list really is the lowest point in the annual EWB calendar.

[Mooregasm]

Pfft, says the guy who likes Skipknot.

I have no idea what a "skipknot" is.

[Sousa]

It's advice for what you should do if you have a chance to attend a Slipknot concert.

[METALMAN]

10. Miley Cyrus

Number of votes: 7

Highest position: 3rd

9. Mansun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af_jSfsKLSI

Number of votes: 7

Highest position: 2nd

[Sousa]

Soon Miley's numberless minions shall destroy you all!

(like a wreeeeeeeeeeeeecking baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall)

[Your Mom]

I didn't know we had any Miley fans let alone enough to get her into the top 10. I don't know what that other one is

[Sousa]

There are zero hits in the voting thread for Miley or Cyrus so methinks metalman is being cheeky.

[Your Mom]

Oh! Ok yeah I don't get it

[Sousa]

I can't figure out who it's supposed to be though.

[METALMAN]

There are zero hits in the voting thread for Miley or Cyrus so methinks metalman is being cheeky.

Oddly enough, everyone who voted for them made a typo of some sort.

[gunnar hendershow]

1. Cher Lloyd

I believe