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?

Agreed on Manics, my fave band! loved their older stuff, Motown Junk is me fave track by 'em...also really like Babyshambles & Libertines too, Pete Doherty may be off his head but he sure as heck makes a good tune

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 sex 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

in approximate chronological order:

The Memphis Jug Band, Spike Jones And His City Slickers, Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys, Sun Ra & His Arkestra, The Bonzo Dog Band, The Stooges, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Velvet Underground, Sly & The Family Stone, Santana, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Can, Faust, The Residents, Funkadelic, Tonto's Expanding Headband, The Shaggs, The Ramones, Motorhead, Throbbing Gristle, The Cramps, The Fall, X-Ray Spex, PiL, Hybrid Kids, Borbetomagus, Negativland, Massive Attack, The Prodigy, The KLF, Boredoms, Portishead, Beta Band, Deftones, Mars Volta, Coheed & Cambria, Vibracathedral Orchestra

Red Hot Chili Peppers.....noone even close

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.

eels metallica and DAVID BOWIE!!
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