FM Best Artists in the History of Rock and Roll (Nominations Page)

A_Roode wrote:I just bought tickets to see the Blue Oyster Cult in concert in May, woo hoo!

nice. they still put on a great show. seen em a few times--albeit only in arena settings *shudder*

No stadium here as they opted for a 4,000 seat arena (about as intimate as they can get here without going to a smaller auditorium where I'd be getting a mortgage to pay for the tickets). The concert has only been lightly promoted so far so I lucked out: centre stage, six rows back! I have no idea what they'll be playing. Probably the commercial stuff like 'Take Me Away,' 'Godzilla,' and 'Don't fear The Reaper.'

geezer9687 wrote:Roodey why haven't you been nominating?? Together we could have put Blue Oyster Cult through! Alas, its too late now.

*lol* Geezer, I've got the lamest of all cop-outs: I just never think too! I vote when I can but to be honest with every thread in the forum be stickied, I can't keep track of what I've already participated in or not. I was one of the votes for Iron Maiden in the last poll. And early onset senility strikes because I just voted in the new poll for... damn, it was either Van Halen or Aerosmith. Maybe I'll throw together some nominees for the 90's.

more cowbell!

Woo-hoo, Sex Pistols have 3 votes first.

Excuse my ignorance, but what does a 'sticky' post mean anyway?

That's right frendo you did, just missed them while I was reading over it. Would have still only been 2 votes which wouldn't have been enough for the runoff, so you're right, it wouldn't really have mattered.

It's ok Roodey, they probably wouldn't have gotten in anyway with the lack of support.

And a Sticky post is one that you never have to bump. It will always stay on top of all other non-stickied posts.

The Sex Pistols move on. Only two spots left!

Edit: I've decided that since Donte is a good guy, and he went through the trouble of putting together his list. I will add his votes to the bands that made the tournament prior to the runoff, which will improve their seeding for some. It's about all I can do for ya Donte.

God Damn it. I've never even heard of the Specials and they move on over Aerosmith, Van Halen and Tom Petty. Oh well. One more to go. I will put up the final poll. When that is concluded, Nominations for 1986-present day will be open.

geezer9687 wrote:God Damn it. I've never even heard of the Specials and they move on over Aerosmith, Van Halen and Tom Petty. Oh well. One more to go. I will put up the final poll. When that is concluded, Nominations for 1986-present day will be open.

Some of you guys need a little education in music Their most famous song: Ghost Town

I think I'm pretty educated when it comes to music Surfer. I just think that some of the bands that have made it on here are a little obscure. But I guess the voters feel they are one of the 16 best bands of the era, so they must be allowed in.

At least I know who The Stooges are

Way to go Surf!!!!!!!!!!!

geezer9687 wrote:

Edit: I've decided that since Donte is a good guy, and he went through the trouble of putting together his list. I will add his votes to the bands that made the tournament prior to the runoff, which will improve their seeding for some. It's about all I can do for ya Donte.

Well crap! Now I have to take back those things I said about your mother to SS while you were gone. Thanks man. I already have my 86-present list ready so I won't miss it.

geezer9687 wrote:I think I'm pretty educated when it comes to music Surfer. I just think that some of the bands that have made it on here are a little obscure. But I guess the voters feel they are one of the 16 best bands of the era, so they must be allowed in.

Don't worry Geez, I was only playing with you. Heck I'm sure there are a lot of US bands I haven't heard of that you love. But regarding the poll, I'd say there are quite a few die hard music fans on here and if you compile all us geeks into one room you are gonna end up with the more obscure acts finding prominence ahead of the more commercial bands. In fact, I'll say right now, I doubt The Beatles will win this thing, even though they are widely seen as the greatest band ever.

And Donte, what you told me about Geez's mum was in the strictest confidence. I'll never let out anything about ...[blanked to avoid a severe beating]

If the Beatles don't win, I will be perfectly ok with that. Personally I consider them the second best. I put them behind only Nirvana, who I hope unleashes a righteous ass-whooping on the next era. I would like to see them matched-up in the finals. But I doubt it. They are putting a serious hurting on Marvin Gaye though.

P.S. Since there are far fewer choices this time around, I am leaving this poll up until it gets at least 10 votes.

Tom Petty makes the tournament in the last spot. That poll will be put up momentarily. You know what this means...

Nominations for the 1986-Present day era are now open!

Get posting them!
Van Halen (You people have reduced me to nominating the Hagar era, oh well, I love \"Why Can\'t this be Love)
Guns N' Roses
REM
Aerosmith (because they belong damn it! And they qualify)
The Beastie Boys
NIRVANA
Pearl Jam
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Green Day
Rage Against the Machine
The Offspring
Foo Fighters
Bad Religion
The Smashing Pumpkins
Everclear
Blink-182
Jimmy Eat World
Weezer
Incubus
Jane's Addiction
Soundgarden

wow! This site is cool! They tell you if someone has posted in between the time you started editing and the time you hit send!

Anyways, Surfer, I will track your whole list, this is why I didn't put limits on anyone.

Okay Geez, you asked for it. You wanted a poll from 86-present, and this is what you get!

American Music Club
Apples In Stereo
Arcade Fire
Ash
At Drive-In
Beastie Boys
Beck
Biffy Clyro
Blonde Redhead
Blur
Brand New
Bright Eyes
Broken Social Scene
Bush
The Cooper Temple Clause
Deathcab For Cutie
Dinosaur Jr.
Echo And The Bunnymen
Eels
Elliot Smith
Explosions In The Sky
Faith No More
Feeder
Fugazi
Foo Fighters
Garbage
Girls Against Boys
Gorilla Biscuits
Green Day
Hope Of The States
iLiKETRAiNS
Incubus
Interpol
James
Jane's Addiction
Jeff Buckley
Jesus And Mary Chain
Jimmy Eat World
Julian Cope
The Kills
The Killers
The Lemonheads
Liars
Libertines
Manic Street Preachers
Mansun
The Mars Volta
Massive Attack
McLusky
Mercury Rev
Mogwai
Modest Mouse
Muse
My Bloody Valentine
My Vitriol
Nada Surf
The National
The New Pornographers
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
No Doubt
Pavement
Pixies
Placebo
Portishead
Postal Service
Presidents Of The USA
Primal Scream
Queens Of The Stone Age
Quicksand
Radiohead
Rage Against The Machine
Red Hot Chili Peppers
R.E.M
Rilo Kiley
Rival Schools
The Shins
Silverchair
Silversun Pickups
Slint
Smashing Pumpkins
The Strokes
Soundgarden
Sonic Youth
The Stone Roses
Teenage Fanclub
Tortoise
TV On The Radio
U2
The Wedding Present
Weezer
The White Stripes
Wilco

I tried to keep it in alphabetic order at least. And it was narrowed down too.....

Dinosaur Jr. is from Amherst Mass. Which is about 15 minutes from my home. When My dad was in a band he actually knew the members of Dinosaur Jr. a band that he opened for toured with them quite a few times.

I kind of just wanted to second all of surfers list...

But here goes:

Secret Chiefs 3
Faith No More
Nirvana
Mr. Bungle
Old 97's
Mudhoney
Flogging Molly
Alice in Chains
Elliot Smith
REM
Fugazi
Horrorpops
Rancid
Lars Frederikson and the Bastards
Operation Ivy
Dropkick Murphys
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Arcade Fire
Guns N' Roses
The Evens
Pearl Jam
Public Enemy
Pantera
Sublime
Social Distortion
Hank Williams III
Down
Elvis Costello
Breeders
Kyuss
Queens of the Stone Age
Mad Season
Slayer
Misfits
Motorhead
Janes Addiction
Portishead
Radiohead
TV on the Radio
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sonic Youth
U2
John Zorn

Damn how'd I forget Social Distortion! And I am adding Sublime to mine as well.

i caught Dinosaur Jr. play with Dead Meadow a few years back.. great stuff, but dead meadow's set blew them away.. anyway, here goes


1986 - Present Day
(i noted any directly associated acts that deserve recognition. in other words, i saved space by not adding redundant acts. eg. nominating the beatles, john lennon, george harrison, AND paul mccartney for the 65-75 era)


The Pixies (1987) - frank black, the breeders
Soundgarden (1988) - chris cornell, audioslave
Nine Inch Nails (1989)
Ween (1990) - the moistboyz
Primus (1990) - les claypool, oysterhead, sausage, flying frog brigade
Blind Melon (1992)
Keziah Jones (1993)
The Toadies (1995)
Gov't Mule (1995)
Elf Power (1995)
Mike Patton (1996) - faith no more, peeping tom, mr. bungle, lovage, fantomas
The White Stripes (1999) - the raconteurs
The Warlocks (2001) - the brian jonestown massacre
The Sound of Urchin (2002)
The Redwalls (2003)
Black Mountain (2005) - pink mountaintops, lightning dust, blood meridian
Dan the Automator (2006) - lovage, handsome boy modeling school, peeping tom, dr. octagon, gorillaz, deltron, everything else you've ever heard

Surfer I kinda just have to ask, when you are in a discussion of the absolute greatest artists in the history of rock and roll, you truly feel that it would be a tragedy if any one of the bands you posted would not be mentioned? Or did you just want to get some names up there that you like, and not too many people may know, so you decided to try and get their names out?

All I'm saying is, we're talking about the best of the best, the cream of the crop, and you throw 50 bands at me at the drop of a hat. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with that, I left you open to do that. But, I just can't believe that you think every one of those bands is potentially deserving of the title "Greatest in the history of Rock."

For Example, The Silversun Pickups have released a mere one album and you have them listed here. How can you defend a small indie band who has released one album and has had only one song that 95% of the earth's population has ever heard (if they have even heard that), as being a contender for the Best Rock Band of all time?

I've heard of probably 25% of the bands you listed. And I know that being popular does not make someone good, not by any stretch of the imagination. But when you are discussing the all-time greats, you have to get some kind of recognition. I hate to be hard on you, but To put bands like Silversun Pickups, Arcade Fire, the Killers (all of whom I actually really like) and Interpol (who I can't stand) all on the same level as Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, Soundgarden and the Smashing Pumpkins, is a little silly, in my most humble of opinions.

That said. This will be very interesting to see who actually does make the poll. Lets see how the rest of the voters go. Don't let anything I've just said persuade you, list whoever you want, as many as you want, and I'll sort it out. I was just voicing my opinion.

geezer9687 wrote:Surfer I kinda just have to ask, when you are in a discussion of the absolute greatest artists in the history of rock and roll, you truly feel that it would be a tragedy if any one of the bands you posted would not be mentioned?

am I the only one here that doesnt like smashing pumpkins? I mean carving them out is messy enough.

undeadmonkey wrote:am I the only one here that doesnt like smashing pumpkins?

i'm torn by my hatred for Billy Corgan and my fondness for the pumpkins' music from the early 90s--though, to be honest, nostalgia plays a part in that.. i found Melon Collie & the Infinite Sadness slightly more profound as a 12-year-old than i do now..

edit: hey, my post-count has surpassed my age.. i'm sure that's SOME kind of milestone

NSpan, do you really think that the Breeders should go under the Pixies? I know Kim Deal was in both bands, but her songwriting was scarcely used during the Pixies era, due to Frank Black. Him I can see under the Pixies, the way I kind of figured the Amps were under the Breeders, but I'm not sure I see the other to be similar enough. Kind of feel the same about Faith No More and Mr. Bungle, but I see your point. Good list. Glad to see someone else bought the Lovage album.

Oh, and Geez, while I can see a point to your post, I would say that Arcade Fire is definitely up to the level of Rage, Chilis, Soundgarden, and maybe Pumpkins. They've had two albums and one E.P., which isn't too far removed from the number of Rage albums released. They don't hold a candle to Nirvana, however.

mfrendo wrote:NSpan, do you really think that the Breeders should go under the Pixies? I know Kim Deal was in both bands, but her songwriting was scarcely used during the Pixies era, due to Frank Black. Him I can see under the Pixies, the way I kind of figured the Amps were under the Breeders, but I'm not sure I see the other to be similar enough. Kind of feel the same about Faith No More and Mr. Bungle, but I see your point. Good list. Glad to see someone else bought the Lovage album.

even though Frank Black (Black Francis, whatever) definitely dominated the Pixies--especially towards the end--i think Kim was a critical factor.. particularly in their live show, i don't think fans would've accepted a Deal-less pixies.. and, anyway, there was that brief period where they actually functioned as a band..

interesting sidenote #1: famous Pixies-producer Steve Albini produced the breeders' debut
interesting sidenote #2: pixies drummer David Lovering went on tour with the Breeders...as their opener

(you'll notice i left out the Martinis..)