Rate MB Top 25 Artists Lists

my review is pointless since I don't know half of them so sorry

25. crash worship - impartial
24. lubricated goat - never heard but the name leaves a nice taste
23. sunny day real estate - one of my favourite banRAB ever
22. ramones - I could never get past two songs.
21. the red crayola - meh
20. squirrel bait - who...
19. flipper - who...
18. scratch acid - who...
17. royal trux - who...
16. trumans water - who...
15. the birthday party - I'm glad he got past this phase.
14. butt - off
13. the shaggs - annoying
12. limp bizkit - lol
11. captain beefheart - weird but fairly enjoyable
10. cypress hill - lol
9. butthole surfers - I despise =(
8. big black - who...
7. nirvana - meh I don't hate them I just feel as if I don't need them at all
6. pere ubu - who...
5. milan knizak - who...
4. the west coast pop art experimental band - the east coast band is better
3. slint - I like to a degree.
2. godz - who...
1. frank zappa - genius


Broken Social Scene
Maps & Atlases
Q-Tip
Beck
Mogwai
King Crimson
Black Moth Super Rainbow
PJ Harvey
Kidcrash
Modest Mouse
Envy
Carissa's Wierd
MF DOOM
Boredoms
Syd Barrett
A Tribe Called Quest
The Brand New Heavies
Frank Zappa
The Pharcyde
Joan of Arc
Earlimart
KRS-One
Boogie Down Productions
 
The Velvet Underground were one of the most original banRAB of their time. And no other band with such lack of commercial success has had as great of an influence. I'm not a huge fan of them but then again VU&N is one of the most groundbreaking albums ever made and it certainly deserves it's praise.
 
King Crimson-My favorite band.
Yes-One of my favorites, I don't really listen to them anymore though.
The Beatles-...Love 'em...
The Residents-Never listened.
Radiohead-One of my favorites but have been falling out of my rotation recently.
Minutemen-I love Double Nickels, but haven't heard much else.
Pink Floyd-Used to be a favorite of mine, I still love a lot of their stuff.
The Flaming Lips-Take it or leave it.
Bj
 
KRS-One is considered classic hip-hop, I've never really been able to get into his work though. Sadly, I haven't heard of any of the other artists on your list

here's mine:
Mos Def
Lupe Fiasco
Nas
The Killers
Arctic Monkeys
Portishead
Pink Floyd
Air
Gorillaz
The Strokes
A Tribe Called Quest
The Roots
Blackalicious
Radiohead
Cee-Lo
Common
Outkast
Mf Doom
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
The Flaming Lips
Nujabes
Sway DaSafo
Massive Attack
jimi Hendrix
Gnarls Barkely
 
Exactly. The band literally no commercial success. How could they be considered overrated? Probably one of the most underrated banRAB ever IMO.
 
The Kinks-Love 'em, especially arthur.
The Beatles-...Yeh...
Jack Drag-Never heard.
eels-I like them, but not much.
Small Faces-Never listened.
Flaming Lips-I like them, not as much as I used to.
Built To Spill-I only have Perfect From Now On, but it's very, very good.
Radiohead-One of my favorite banRAB.
Easybeats-N/a
Paul Revere & The Raiders-N/a
Zorabies-I like Odysssey.
Grandaddy-N/a
Starlight Mints-N/a
Augie MarchN/a
The Who-Love 'em.
Rolling Stones (up to 81)-Like 'em, mainly Beggars and Exile.
Creedance Clearwater Revival-Take it or leave it.
Kingsbury Manx-N/a
New Pornographers-Meh
The Animals-Meh
Robyn Hitchcok (name spelled wrong because of idiotic swear filter)-N/a
Ween-N/a
Sparklehorse-N/a
Monkees-Ugh, never got the appeal.
Brian Jonestown Massacre-Pretty good band, they get the occasional listen.

The Velvet Underground
Public Enemy
The National
Deltron 3030
Spoon
Bon Iver
Porcupine Tree
David Bowie
The Jesus and Mary Chain
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Gentle Giant
Nick Cave and the Bad SeeRAB
Tom Waits
Radiohead
GoRABpeed You! Black Emperor
Cannibal Ox
Bright Eyes
Leonard Cohen
Elliott Smith
MF DOOM
Grateful Dead
Steely Dan
King Crimson
Dr. Octagon
Faust
 
Let's go ahead and make this a spin-off thread eh?


Urban's 25

The Fall - Tried to like, but I just can't

The Clash - Brilliant band, London Calling is a top 20 album of mine (just recently realized how much I love it), Sandinista and the debut are top 100's.

David Bowie - A little to out there at times for me, but I admirer his work greatly.

The Rolling Stones - yuck. As much I love some of the music, the last few live shoes I've seen plus the lack of quality releases in 2+ decades dulls them greatly.

Mot
 
Finally, a list where I fuckin' recognize over half the banRAB...

The Velvet Underground - New York's best band produced, ever.
Public Enemy - I think they started hip-hop.
The National - Great indie band.
Deltron 3030 - IMO one of the best (yet most underrated) rap groups ever.
Spoon - Contrary to what most ppl believe, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga wasn't a step up for them.
Bon Iver - Best album of the year. Great lyricist, excellent songwriter.
Porcupine Tree - One of my newfound joys. Love 'em.
David Bowie - The quintessential musician. He did a little bit of everything, and most of it was great.
The Jesus and Mary Chain - JAMC and the Bunnymen had a bigger influence on modern music than REM and Sonic Youth. Certainly an excellent act.
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Okay, don't really listen to tho...
Gentle Giant - Crazy but great.
Nick Cave and the Bad SeeRAB - Overrated by a lot of people here, but certainly good.
Tom Waits - Bob Dylan Lite? He was a great songwriter but was on and off with his work. I wouldn't call him a legend like many suggest.
Radiohead - Biggest band of the decade. Everything after Pablo Honey was good.
GoRABpeed You! Black Emperor - Post-rock meets experimental? Strange but otherwise excellent.
Cannibal Ox - Heard of, but never listened to.
Bright Eyes - Conor Oberst has some of the most overrated lyrics ever and is by no means a good songwriter or musician.
Leonard Cohen - Okay, but not my type of cheese.
Elliott Smith - Overrated here, but a great songwriter nonetheless. (I would put him in the top 20 greatest songwriters ever).
MF DOOM - Loved him in Danger Doom and Madvillain. Great rapper.
Grateful Dead - My father was a Deadhead. I never saw anything special about them. =/
Steely Dan - Excellent, underrated act. One of my favorite '70s acts.
King Crimson - My absolute favorite prog band.
Dr. Octagon - Heard of him, but never listened to any solo works.
Faust - Great Krautrock.

Some of my shit was accidentally on when I was importing CRAB, so I'm gonna ignore it for what I actually listened to...

Hawkwind
Gang of Four
The Pretty Things
Black Flag
Atmosphere
Stereolab
Kula Shaker
David Holmes
John Coltrane
Mickey Hart
Graham Coxon
The Go! Team
Manic Street Preachers
Mansun
The Eels
The Auteurs
Belle and Sebastian
The ORABpring
Suede
Lou Rhodes
Nine Inch Nails
Hum
Alice Cooper
Against Me!
Jamiroquai
 
Wow Urban, totally harsh, you pretty much took the sh*t on all of Mr. Ballins top artists. :laughing:

Troy:

Mos Def - Pretty damn good.

Lupe Fiasco - ...

Nas - Great. Illmatic ftw.

The Killers - I think they're trash, I hate most of these "revival" banRAB.

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Think I Am was a solid debut, but they really overhyped the hell out of this band.

Portishead - Awesome, Beth Gibbons has one of the most amazing voices I've ever heard.

Pink Floyd - I'm wearing my RABOTM t shirt right now. =)

Air - Excellent, Moon Safari is THE chill album.

Gorillaz - I prefer their first album, but Gorillaz are probably the best mainstream pop act there is right now.

The Strokes - Good but incredibly overrated.

A Tribe Called Quest - I think Low End Theory is an album everyone should hear even if they don't like hip hop, thats just how good TCQ is.

The Roots - I like them, not as much as everyone else though.

Blackalicious - ...

Radiohead - Sigh, I'm running out of stuff to say without sounding cliche, turns out I'm not gonna see them at Lollapalooza like I wanted. :(

Cee Lo - He's great but I'm not too big on him.

Common - Need to hear more from him but he is really good.

Outkast - I like their older stuff, but I don't want to hear anything from Speakerboxx/The Love Below ever again.

MF Doom - Great, I need to check out Madvillian.

Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - I like what I've heard, I need to hear more.

The Flaming Lips - Amazing.

Nujabes - ...

Sway DaSafo - ...

Massive Attack - They're great, I've been getting into them more.

jimi Hendrix - He really got me into good rock music, and I used to be really into him.

Gnarls Barkely - Good but overrated.

Next 25, skipping a few artists that are on there because of my brother.


DJ Shadow
Ramones
Tom Waits
Portishead
Mr. Bungle
Gang of Four
Rage Against the Machine
Primus
X
Neil Young
Beck
Van Halen
Public Enemy
Gong
Weezer
Greenslade
Dinosaur Jr
DangerDoom
Ozric Tentacles
Johnny Cash
The Kinks
Hawkwind
Roxy Music
Aphex Twin
Sigur R
 
Proggy:

VU - Already stated my opinion on them, they had some great songs and VU&N is a great album but beyond that I'm not big on them.

Public Enemy - Hell yes, got me hugely interested in hip hop. It Takes a Nation and Fear of a Black Planet are undisputable classics.

The National - Bllaaaaaaaaaah. I don't like these guys at all, I hate the Nick Cave wannabe vocals and the music overall is so inredibly undercooked and boring.

Deltron 3030 - ...

Spoon - Now if there ever was a stereotypical indie band it's these guys, so plain and average to me.

Bon Iver - ...

Porcupine Tree - Amazing band, I seriously don't understand why they are not more popular. They have something about them that should appeal to both prog fans and casual musicgoers.

David Bowie - The great chameleon, what else is there to say? This guy is a god.

Jesus and Mary Chain - Said it before, I can't really bear listening to these guys anymore.

Brian Jonestown Massacre - Meh. If I want to listen to garage rock I'll listen to Nuggets, because those songs were actually made in the 60s.

Gentle Giant - Make love to me.

Nick Cave - I think he's got some great stuff, but I don't quite get all the hype.

Tom Waits - Brilliant and one of the best crossover artists ever.

Radiohead - Well I'm hoping to see these guys in a week, so hell yeah I love em.

GoRABpeed You! Black Emperor - Amazing, unbelievable the kinda sounRAB these guys can get out of a guitar.

Cannibal Ox - ...

Bright Eyes - *vomits*

Leonard Cohen - I put him in the "great songwriter but you wont catch me listening to him" category.

Elliot Smith - A great songwriter and a great voice, was a huge loss.

MF Doom - Hell yeah. Danger Doom was where it's at.

Grateful Dead - I think they're an amazing band but I'm not the biggest fan, I love their country songs the most.

Steely Dan - Think they're great.

King Crimson - Like I have to say anything.

Dr. Octogon - ...

Faust - Pretty sweet stuff.

Sam:

Hawkwind - Excellent stoner band. Most prefer their real hard rock stuff but I prefer their spacier prog works, like Warrior on the Edge of Time.

Gang of Four - Entertainment! is all I know but it's soooooo good.

The Pretty Things - Stuff I've heard I quite like but I need to hear more from them.

Black Flag - Required listening for anyone that gets angry every now and then.

Atmosphere - ...

Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup is a fantastic album, thats all I know from them.

Kula Shaker - Only heard a few songs, nothing spectacular and just seems like by the nurabers rock to me.

David Holmes - ...

John Coltrane - Amazing, love his work with T. Monk too.

Mickey Hart - He has solo stuff? O_o

Graham Coxon - Not familar with his stuff outside of Blur.

The Go! Team - Not bad, but this sounRAB like something I would have been obsessed with when I was 10.

Manic Street Preachers - Holy Bible, screw everything else and **** Nicky Wire.

Mansun - What in the hell is wrong with this guys voice?

The Eels - They have some cool mellow kinda songs.

The Auteurs - ...

Belle and Sebastian - They bore me to tears.

The ORABpring - Used to love them when I was a kid, dont listen to them anymore.

Suede - Not a big britpop fan but they have some pretty good stuff.

Lou Rhodes - ...

Nine Inch Nails - I like them, not their fans so much.

Hum - ...

Alice Cooper - Hell yeah for his earlier stuff.

Against Me! - Not into that stuff, my brother is.

Jamiroquai - Uh.... That guy with the hat?


I already did my top 25 so heres the next 25.

Black Flag
Big Star
The Who
Uriah Heep
My Morning Jacket
A Tribe Called Quest
Sex Pistols
Wire
Frank Zappa
Sonic Youth
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The White Stripes
Genesis
Guns N' Roses
David Bowie
Queen
Pixies
Jethro Tull
Marvin Gaye
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Notorious B.I.G.
Dr. Dre
Dead Kennedys
Company Flow
Husker Du
 
I just had a great idea, anyone who has already given out their top 25, if they rate someone elses and it's their turn again, just give out the next 25, and so on.

And I would merge this into a new thread, if I knew how. :(
 
They're overrated by critics. If we were going by commerical success, this thread would be dominated by anti-Spice Girls rants. "Overrated" generally refers to critical consensus.

I love the first two VU albums (don't care for the others), but they're still definitely overrated. They were enormously influential, and their early work still holRAB up today, but you won't find a single critic (maybe a few deviants) who will dare to criticize the VU. There's a story Lester Bangs used to tell about journalists who deified the VU and heaped praised on their albums. When Bangs visited the journalists' houses, he'd find that Loaded had hardly been played, White Light/White Heat was still in its shrinkwrap, etc.
 
Broken Social Scene- I just started listening to them a week ago, and so far I like what I hear.

Maps & Atlases-Haven't heard of them

Q-Tip-I've only own Amplified (so far) and I rather like it.

Beck-One of my favorite artists

Mogwai-I haven't gotten around to listening to them yet, but I shall soon.

King Crimson- I've only heard In the Court of the Crimson King. I love it, and I need to hear more

Black Moth Super Rainbow - Haven't heard of

PJ Harvey - My second favorite female singer

Kidcrash - Haven't heard of

Modest Mouse - I love their albums

Envy - Haven't heard of

Carissa's Wierd - I need to listen to them at some point

MF DOOM- Same as above

Boredoms - I've only heard Vision Creation Newsun, and I like it.

Syd Barrett - Great

A Tribe Called Quest - My favorite hip-hop group

The Brand New Heavies- Haven't heard of

Frank Zappa - Musical perfection

The Pharcyde - haven't heard yet

Joan of Arc - I like them, but only to an extent

Earlimart - Haven't heard of

KRS-One - I like what I've heard

Boogie Down Productions-One of my favorite rap groups


I've only heard about half of them, but I like nearly all of them.

Here's my 25 most played this month.


Ennio Morricone
Magnetic FielRAB
Pink Floyd
The Beatles
Depeche Mode
Bernard Herrmann
Miles Davis
MC Hawking
Flight of the ConchorRAB
13th Floor Elevators
999
Aesop Rock
Peter Gabriel
Jerry Lee Lewis
Johnny Cash
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Led Zeppelin
The Kinks
Aphex Twin
A Tribe Called Quest
Spoon
LCD SounRABystem
Patti Smith
Frank Zappa
Joy Division
 
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