Freakscene list of most influential bands

[Hansione]

Very cool list Allison, I think you (and we all at F.S) did a great job. Why not sent a copy to some of those magazines? They might learn something here <img>

[AGAP]

Thanks for the patience, back on track now so look out <img> The ranking is based solely on scores provided by members, I could have gotten fancy and put them thru my amazing math machine but that would take even more time <img> Agree the music mags could learn something from this kind of fan poll, but doubt they will as it doesn’t pay for them to cater to the indie crowd as much as it used to <img> The rest of the list features a lot of tied scores, we are a very eclectic bunch with an amazing & varied bunch of influential bands…very cool. So thanks for responding and heres the list…

11. Who, Pearl Jam, Songs Ohio, Hendrix, Minutemen…all 10 (1) Grateful Dead, Public Enemy 10 (2)

12. Will Oldham, Tori Amos, The Band, Neu, Bad Religion all 9(1), Built To Spill 9(2), Velvet Underground 9(4)

13. Tom Waits, Karl Hendriks Trio, Sonics Rendezvous Band, John Fruisicante…all 8(1), Led Zep 8(2)

14. Violent Femmes, NYD/Heartbreakers, Charles Mingus, The Clean, Gore Slut, Kinks, Bob Dylan…all 7(1), Sleaker Kinney, Motorpsycho 7(2)

15. Field Mice, Pixies, Allman Brothers, Television, Beck, Metallica, Black Sabbath…all 6(1), Smashing Pumpkins 6(2)

16. Buffalo Tom, Kiss My Jazz, Fiona Apple, Buzzcocks, Belle & Sebastian, Primus, Marley, Beach Boys, Bob Hund…all 5(1)

17. Guided by Voices, Joni Mitchell, Replacements, Massive Attack, Jaco Pastorius, Jam, Scud Mountain Boys, Marilyn Manson, Bowie…all 4(1), Flaming Lips 4(2)

18. Gram Parsons, Jesus and Mary Chain, Clash, Faith No More, Deus, Diamanda Galas, Ben Folds Five, Big Star, Modest Mouse…all 3(1)

19. Spinal Tap, Sparklehorse, 11th Dream Day, HELLACOPTERS, Kiss, Wu Tang Clan…all 2(1)

20. Cramps, Young Marble Giants, Miles Davis, Flat Duo Jets, Cure, Run DMC. Only Ones, Magazine…all 1(1)

Hope this is a list that won’t make any heads implode <img> Definitely a list I can live with, although I am so glad I limited the choices to ten…cramping up <img>

Allison

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[SG]

Cool list <img>
Definitely like the diverse groups that are tied,pretty good mix <img>

[Hansione]

Yeah, the substitute-list a cool one too, and it’s nice to see how many votes were dropped. I seem to have a lot of Tom Waits/Band/etc-friends.
I think it was a great initiative.

[tao_jones]

1.johnny cash
2.sonic youth
3.dj spooky
4.miles davis (mostly later fusion)
5.dead kennedys
6.aphex twin
7.rachmaninov
8.robert johnson
9.the pixies
10.beastie boys

but respects must be paid to the greyboy allstars, dean martin, liz phair, stan getz, charlie mingus, tim bernes and the bonnie prince billy (who i’m checking out at all tommorrows parties in the uk).

[tao_jones]

damnit… i knew i should’ve read the end of the posts before replying….

[SG]

Cool list Tao!
I have`nt met up with too many Tim Berne fans before;I like his playing on John Zorn`s Spy VS Spy album.I was into jazz before I got into punk/indie rock stuff,cool to have someone else around here who digs jazz.

[Halfman]

Again, Kill Rock Stars:

* Survey Results (plus NEWS) from the desk of Slim *

"Hello all, thanks to everybody who responded to the "greatest
american
band of the rock era" question. the variety of answers was
astounding,
it is clearly a matter of intense personal opinion.
there were many insightful
explanations that i feel like I learned a
lot from. Personally I was thinking
Beach Boys before the survey but
I think now I’ve been successfully persuaded
by the thoughtful
comments and have now switched my opinion.

Velvet Underground was the most popular selection, closely followed
by
The Ramones, with Sonic Youth coming in third.

A few folks ignored the criteria and voted for british bands or solo
artists
anyway. rather than exclude those votes, I am just going to
summarize
the entire results:

Velvet Underground: 63
Ramones: 44
Sonic Youth: 29
Beach Boys: 14
Sleater-Kinney: 13
Nirvana: 13
Pixies: 13
The Stooges: 11
The Doors: 10
Fugazi: 10
Kiss: 9
REM: 9
Grateful Dead: 9
Aerosmith: 8
Bikini Kill: 7
Creedence Clearwater Revival: 7
MC5: 6
Replacements: 5
X: 4
Byrds: 4
Talking Heads: 3
Metallica: 3
Minutemen: 3
Blondie: 3
Fleetwood Mac: 2
Melvins: 2
B-52s: 2
White Stripes: 2
Black Flag: 2
Pavement: 2
Throwing Muses: 2
Captain Beefheart: 2
Queen: 2
Television: 2
The Sonics: 2
Guns And Roses: 2

and the following bands got one vote each: The Animals, Dead
Kennedies,
Heart, Cheap Trick, Lynrd Skynrd, Grand Funk Railroad, the
JBs, Chic, The
Cramps, Smashing Pumpkins, Styx, Mothers Of Invention,
Poison, Nine Inch
Nails, Pylon, Go-gos, Pink Floyd, Crass, Dinosaur,
the Miracles, Misfits,
Gits, Guided By Voices, Van Halen, Jesus
Lizard, Modern Lovers, Shangri-La’s,
Unwound, Herman’s Hermits, Yo La
Tengo, Big Star, Canine Sugar, Miles Davis,
Funkadelic, Beastie Boys,
and Husker Du.

[SG]

Hard to believe that Dino and Husker Du would get 1 vote each <img> but KRS is a indie cool label but still <img> <img> <img>

[Bucky Ramone]

Some good names on that list, but strange voting… I mean, Sleater Kinney are okay, but greater than Nirvana, Stooges, Pixies, Dinosaur Jr???

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