Quote: Tim Walker @ July 18 2009, 1:00 AM BST

A rather eclectic mix, I know, but...

Fragrant Autobahn
Mary d'Mungo-Midge
Sponge Anointment
The Copper Kettles
Material Whispers
Misha And The Philanthropists
Bread Shortage Conspiracy
Spank Said Graham
The Hazy Shackles
Basil Rathbone's Stone Of Gall
Three Shakes To The Bone
Larvis van Glottis
Peter Rasptank And The Loss-Adjustors
Damaged Hotplate
James Glazier's Thirsty Landscape Quartet
Sombrero Solaro
The Original Mark Scrottal Collective
Ladyramblers
The Primark And Mary Chain
B.B.B. Landlady
Quo Vadis Rexanis versus The Unastubbs
Zoom Stop Zoom Zoom
Enola Bipolar (featuring Crispy Macarthy)
Rampoint '84
Competetive Darts Solution
The Interloculators
Brevis Windowleen III
The New Model Elbow Application

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You have achived the impossible Tim. You have listed a load of bands and I have not heard of one! I feel violated

Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at Large @ July 18 2009, 5:14 PM BST

You have achived the impossible Tim. You have listed a load of bands and I have not heard of one! I feel violated

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Me neither. I think he made them up just to look uber cool. Anyone can do that. Just chuck a couple of random letters together and Bob's ya long lost cousin.

ACDC ABBA ABC XTC

Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at Large @ July 18 2009, 12:27 AM BST

I dunno, I'll just name a few off the top of my head for the mo.

David Bowie, Donna Summer, Brazilian girls, Electrocute, Architecture in Helsinki, Felix Da Housecat, Stereo Total, Her Space Hoilday, The Gap Band, B52s, Blondie, Iggy Pop, The Runaways, Cursor miner, Bikini Kill, Mr. Hudson and the Library, Gary Numan, The Smashing Pumpkins, Robots in Disguise, The Apple in Stereo, CSS, Chromeo, Spandau Ballet, The Ramones, The Sex pistols, X-ray spex, Electric six, Visage, Hot chip, Marc Almond, Peaches, Lou Reed, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Goldfrapp, Sia, Queens of the stone age, Massive attack, Hooverphonic, Moloko, Soulwax, Ladyhawke, Karin Park, Lisa Mitchell, Cake, They might be giants, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Ok go, The 5,6,7,8s, Blur, The Specials, and Kiss.

Will that do?

I'll add more as time goes on....

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Ooo found more..

Fischerspooner, Talking heads, New order, Tricky, Portishead, System of a Down, Beck, Hole, Bis, IMAX, Islands, Weezer, Marilyn Manson, ABBA, Leftfield, Huggy Bear, The Donnas, The Breeders, Radiohead, The Beatles, Violent Femmes, Faith no more, Cyndi Lauper, Air, REM, Silver sun, Sleeper, The Divine Comedy, Dubstar, No doubt, The Blow, Ladytron, the Lady Tigra, The Cure, Eurythmics, Boy from Brazil, The Buzzcocks, Zero 7, The Undertones, Elliot Smith, Har Mar Superstar, and Depache Mode.

The Wildhearts & Ginger
The Ramones
Tom Petty
Green Day
The Clash
Ben E King
Rancid
The Yo-yo's
Percy Sledge
The Foundations
Roy Orbison
The Flaming Lips
The Pixies
Joy Division
Terrorvision
Therapy?
Tom Waits
Dave Matthews

I have a THERAPY? T shirt. Tis very old.

I liked them. Teethgrinder was great.

Why is it always "favourite bands of all-time", and not all-time favourite bands?

Or just favourite bands ever?

Have I ever mentioned that I like Jimi Hendrix?

Other favs;
The Clash
The Sex Pistols
The Specials
David Bowie
Roxy Music
Pulp
Rollling Stones
The Buzzcocks
T Rex
The Cult
Iggy Pop
Goldfrapp
Blondie
The Fall
Bob Marley
Kate Bush
Franz Ferdinand
Portishead
Prodigy

I could go on but I'm boring myself....

Quote: Dolly Dagger @ July 18 2009, 9:41 PM BST

I'm boring myself....

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Quote: JohnnyD @ July 18 2009, 11:59 AM BST

It's very much a concept album - reminiscent of seventies' Prog concepts. A doomed planet in a far off galaxy ...
In a seventy minute album there's only about ten minutes of 'singing' and no lyric is really discernable. The music is great!

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Speaking of concept albums, what are eveyone's favourites? Mine has to be a 1993 album called 'Tricks of the Shade', by a group called The Goats. The songs on the album are quite political, and each one is followed by an interlude/episode of an ongoing story, in which the group play various characters, who find themselves wandering around a Freak Show, which is meant to represent America. These interludes contain all sorts of references to people/issues that were in the news back then.

Someone has uploaded all of thse interludes onto YouTube, and here they are, if anyone's interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkZLQkS8Vbk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM_BFRFSyMo

My favourite Who album is a 'concept' album - 'The Who Sell Out'.
In my view it is their masterpiece. To be followed by the overblown bombast of 'Tommy'.

Quote: Matthew Stott @ July 17 2009, 10:20 AM BST

Here's a few of my favourite bands/artists off the top of my head:

The Who
The Band
The Smiths/Morrissey
The Divine Comedy
The White Stripes
Ryan Adams (Not Bryan!!!)
The Kings Of Leon
Bob Dylan
The Doors
The Rolling Stones
Elastica (first album I bought, still ace)

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Some more that I somehow forgot:

Gram Parsons. (his solo stuff, as well as The Flying Buritto Brothers and the one Byrds album he was part of, 'Sweetheart Of The Rodeo')
The Libertines
The Hold Steady
Ben Folds/Ben Folds Five
The Strokes
Weezer
The Stone Roses
The Moldy Peaches
The 22-20s
Silver Sun

On my iPod I have got:
The Jam
Happy Mondays
Joe Smooth
Bob Dylan
Sting
Nirvana
David Bowie
Caravan
Led Zeppelin
Simon and Garfunkle
Caravan
The Eagles
Supertramp
Christy Moore
Argent
The Beatles
Bill Withers
Greenday
The Smiths
Oasis
Motorhead
Survivor
Blue Oyster Cult
The Clash
The Jackson 5
Stevie Wonder
KT Tunstall
Gorillaz
The Rolling Stones
New Order
The Who
Genesis
Pink Floyd
The Good The Bad and the Queen

Quote: catskillz @ July 19 2009, 5:40 PM BST

Speaking of concept albums, what are eveyone's favourites?

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The Who - Sell Out and Quadrophenia.

Mike Watt and the Black Gang - Contemplating the Engine Room

Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at Large @ July 18 2009, 12:27 AM BST

Architecture in Helsinki, B52s, Blondie

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