I like all of those.....apart from Madness. I hate them!

You mentioned babyshambles twice, btw.....Are they really that good?!

Some more great bands: Aerosmith, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, Travis, Janes Addiction, Manic street preachers, Nirvana

And finally

Muse.

No!!

Linkin Park, SOAD, Paparoch & KoRn.........ugh. Leave them off this list! lol

i love all boybands. boyzone, westlife. anything pop

ooh this will be hard erm capdown, hatebreed, the moldy peaches, the vandals, me first and the gimme gimmes, the distillers, led zeppelin, pink floyd. Ok i'll stop now lol

the beatles

Anyway..back to the list.

Razorlight
The smiths
The cure
Depeche mode
Extreme
Marty Casey and the Lovehammers
Bruce Springsteen and the E street band
Nine Inch Nails
Avenged Sevenfold(due to the heavy riffs)
The Jam
Creed
Guns 'n' Roses
Incubus
Placebo
U2
Aha

Need I go on?!

U2, James, The Cult, Travis, The Monkees (Woohoo, seen them live and they were great!) REM, Rolling Stones, oh and U2! did I mention them already?

I cant say what the best is how can. But I have a few favorites. Rush Dream theater, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix experience, The Who

these lists are totally subjective, the bands mentioned like razorlight, babyshambles cannot in my eyes be 'the best bands ever' haven't got enough material under their young belts, got to be four albums in really to see if there any good for a start;longevity & influence count for alot, I can't see that doherty being around(hopefully) for the next 12 months nevermind 10 yrs time, ask yourself will people be talking about razorlight's music in 5 yrs time..i doubt it. so my 'best' bands are (obvious one first) zep,stones,floyd,cream,james brown & his band,parliment,the doors,kinks, the who,small faces,velvet underground,can,captain beefheart, kraftwerk, the jam, the smiths, husker du, the pixies, the cure, the fall,halfman halfbiscuit, the clash, dead kennedys, pere ubu, joy division, new order,cocteau twins, public enemy,...I'm not really sure about metal bands but i'm sure deep purple, sabbath, maiden should be in there..what about slayer??? it goes alongs the lines of the stuff your into personally thats why its subjective..

the love pistols of course! changed the course of rock n roll forever.

Simple Minds [my number one band], Genisis, Parliament/Funkadelic, Rage against the machine, REM, Dennis Brown, Kinks, Beatles, Stones, Madness, Manfred Man, Chairman of the board, James Brown, Kiss, Nirvana, Clash, Stranglers, to name a few....

on my mp3 player atm i have
soad, pantera, audioslave, soil, avenged sevenfold, 36 crazyfists, coheed and cambria, hawthorne heights, sevendust, dio, journey, black label society, arch enemy, atreyu, bullet for my valentine, disturbed, drowning pool, hed pe, in flames, jayz & linkin park, korn, lamb of god, motorhead, slayer, soilwork, stone sour, strapping young lad, trivium and lilly allen

incase you're painting a picture here i also like but not on my mp3 player at the moment:
Air, Aphex Twin, Hooverphonic, kings of convenience, the postal service, william orbit, astrud gilberto, the kooks, arctic monkeys, athlete, catatonia, death cab for cutie, editors, electric soft parade, flaming lips, interpol, mxpx, radiohead, ride, snow patrol, sondre lerche, spoon, swervedriver, the smiths, the thrills, turin brakes, willy mason, bjork, michelle branch, black sabbath, led zeppelin, nina simone. we are scientists, new order, sepultura and believe it or not DJ Tiesto (progressive trance)

im not in an indie or chillout mood atm lol

Favourite has to be Marc Bolan & T.Rex

After that, the usual, the Beatles, the Doors, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Rolling Stones etc.

my top bands in order are:-

The Sranglers
The Who
AC/DC
Led Zepplin
The Doors
Devo

few others I like are

Queens of The Stone Age
Motorhead
Kaiser Chiefs
Star Sailor
Muse
Placebo


Never been a fan of the Beatles who seem a popular choice.