Porcupine Tree or/aka Steven Wilson, considering they're/he's my favourite band/artist. I can really relate to most of his music. Pink Floyd - Legendary. It's a haven. The Beatles - I'm all about the peace and love. Queen - No singing legend surpasses Freddie. Beethoven, I suppose. For variation.
...I can't decide on the remaining two. I'll save them for later.
The Killers Halestorm Kansas (purely because of Carry On My Wayward Son - fairly certain they'll have other great ones) Miracle Of Sound Paramore (kill me now) Queen Jeremy Soule (I am NOT playing TES without a soundtrack)
I would chose Brois for their diversity Moonsorrow for their epicness and the fact that you can listen to one album over and over and always have a new experience with it. I think Primordial deserve a spot for their musicianship and lyricism. The Who because I need to listen to Quadrophenia every now and then. Overkill, hey I need some thrash in there so why not the best thrash band there is. I need some rap so The Beastie Boys get their spot on there. Last band and I have so much to chose from, fuck, I don't know what I should take. The Clash is what I am going with because classic punk.
I think these acts have some pretty wide spanning and experimental discographies to keep me satiated for the rest of forever, though I'm certain this list would be completely different were you to ask me 2 months from now. XD
The Dropkick Murphys The Beatles Linkin Park (My teen angst will never die) The Rolling Stones Flogging Molly Daft Punk Johnny Cash (Not a band.. but yeah.)
Devin Townsend (I'm counting all of his work here, including Band, Project, and solo stuff. Cheating? Maybe, but whatever.) Tool Avenged Sevenfold (No shame... Except for Sounding the Seventh Trumpet, and some of Nightmare, I just don't enjoy those much.) Pendulum Cobra Skulls Megadeth The Glitch Mob
Seriously they're ALL I listen to. Just yesterday I counted that I had listened to 112 of their songs in only 2 days... Might have a bit of an obsession.
Aesop Rock Animals As Leaders Led Zeppelin Between the Buried and Me Tesseract System of a Down Protest the Hero
Honorable mentions include Despised Icon, The Black Dahlia Murder, Gojira, Meshuggah, The Who, Queen, AC/DC, Tool, Veil of Maya, Atmosphere, Billy Talent, Nine Inch Nails, Mastodon.
The Beatles Led Zeppelin Jimi Hendrix Blind Guardian Ayreon Diablo Swing Orchestra Duke Ellington
It's a shame I only have room for one Jazz artist in there... But unfortunately I can survive without Charlie Parker and Miles Davis and the like...
no I can't...
EDIT: It is nice to see Blind Guardian getting some love on this thread... But why no Ayreon? Am I really the first who has mentioned this project or did I miss something?
LightspeedJack: Well, what bands would those be? I'll say that you can listen to anything they have and will make. The key is variety, you don't want all one genre. Here's my list: - Periphery - Motion City Soundtrack - Gorillaz - Pendulum - Childish Gambino - Bloc Party - La Dispute
Edit: you can include artists as well
Whoa, you might be the only person I've ever seen who likes Gorillaz AND Gambino. I cant get my friends into either of them.
Oh man, this is a tough one. I listen to *a lot* of music, mostly all kinds of metal or atmospheric electronica, so bringing that down to seven is... troublesome. Also would have to take the amount of releases into consideration. Well, if I can list an artist as well, that includes all of the bands/projects they are/will be involved in, right? Okay, then.
- IRON MAIDEN The first band I became obsessed with. Amazing album after another. Inability to write bad tracks. - BLACK SABBATH Quite a few albums, varying styles and vocalists. Ancestor of half the metal sub-genres today. First album still sounds heavy as fuck. - KILLING JOKE An overall interesting band with a significant influence on post-punk/alternative artists. Still a lot of stuff left to listen to from their past and hopefully, the future. I like their modern, metally sound better - BLUE ÖYSTER CULT They haven't had a record deal for over a decade, but they're still going strong on tours. Every one of their albums is a classic in its own way. A "cult" classic, if you will. I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell. - port-royal Pretty much my favorite electronic/post-rock band with a very unique sound. Not that many albums out yet, but they do a ton of remixes and some split LPs on the side. - RUSH Without exaggeration one of the best collection of three musicians in the world. I have yet to listen to an album by them that I didn't like or even love. These guys are just... wow. - Justin K. Broadrick Alright, dis guy... is un-fucking-believable. Amazingly prolific guitar/electronic genius with a lot of projects both past and present. Everything this man is in usually turns to gold as a result. Awesome drone soundscapes, excellent use of drum machines, ginormously heavy doom riffs... The dude is the closest thing to a musical god to me. If I had to choose one of his many projects, it would be JESU, 'cause it's the most emotionally involving music I've experienced.
Whew. I considered including ISIS, Lights Out Asia, Mogwai, Slowdive or Stratovarius and probably tons of others, but alas, had to drive them out through process of elimination. 'Twas no easy task.
Kayo Dot, and I believe maudlin of the Well would count concurrently as Kayo Dot is more or less a continuation of motW, with the same core members (initially), and with the Kayo debut being originally intended as a fourth motW album anyways. Swans Ween Frank Zappa Johannes Brahms Sergei Prokofiev Boris
that was easier than I expected. There are a lot I'm going to miss, though.
- Led Zeppelin
- Queen
- The Who
- Foo Fighters
- Iron Maiden
- Pink Floyd
- Porcupine Tree
Maybe swap one of them out for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, but either way i'd be happy with this list.