1. Tie between The Chameleons and John Lennon (solo and Beatles)
2. Television Personalities
3. Strangelove
4. Flaming Lips
5. Jeffrey Gaines
6. Kraftwerk
7. The Smiths
8. The Housemartins
9. David Bowie
10. The Cure (up through 1992)
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1. Tie between The Chameleons and John Lennon (solo and Beatles)
2. Television Personalities
3. Strangelove
4. Flaming Lips
5. Jeffrey Gaines
6. Kraftwerk
7. The Smiths
8. The Housemartins
9. David Bowie
10. The Cure (up through 1992)
-Magnetic Fields
-Pixies
-Smiths
-New Pornographers
-Kinks
-Nick Drake
-Minutemen
-Fugazi
-Johnny Cash
-Joe Hill
The Dead Milkmen, They Might be Giants, The Ramones, Nirvana, Harry McClintock, Arlo Guthrie, Frank Zappa, Joe Hill, The Pouges, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Van Morrison, Peter Tosh, Annie Humphrey, Bill Monroe. I guess mine wound up to be the top 15 I couldn't leave any of them out!
Huxley- I saw Joe Hill on your list and I was amazed. Not many people I know have heard of him. Did you mean "wobbly" IWW Joe Hill or is their another Joe Hill?
My daughter reminded me:
I used to love Rap when it was about something instead of bitches and pimps. I loved Heavy D, De La Soul, etc. Now I'm disgusted by the genre.
Wow, I've barely heard of anything of these artists/bands. . here's my list:
Aerosmith
Tupac
TLC
Nirvana
Temptations
Tina Turner
Michael Jackson
Eminem
Whitney Houston
Christina Aguilera
1. Prince
2. Michael Jackson
3. Chicago
4. Rush
5. Earth wind And Fire
6. Eddie Money
7. Eagles
8. Reo Speedwagon
9 Stevie Wonder
10. Bee Gee's
I can't forget Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Ike and Tina Turner Review /Tina
I have so many more it is hard to pick just ten.
This has been a fun post!
Thanks
Prudence
Aretha Franklin
The Postal Service (and/or Death Cab)
Modest Mouse
Jurassic 5
Beta Band
Belle & Sebastian
Blackalicous
Latyrx
Grandaddy
The Faint
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Eddie Bo
The Kinks
Stereolab
Stone Roses
De La Soul
Pulp
Otis Redding
Fischerspooner
Le Tigre
The Who
Ladytron
Outkast
Blur
Beatles
Pavement
The Smiths
The Pixies
Elefant
Gwen McCrae
...is that 10?
Smurfette,
Yep, that Joe Hill. I'm really glad someone caught that!
-Huxley