Top 5 all time favorite bands!

My taste in music has gone through so many extreme changes in the last 8 or so years that I simply cannot pick 5 all time favorites. However I will put up my top 5 current favorites.

[b]5. Bomb the Music Industry[/b]- They are a somewhat new discovery for me. The type of music they play is completely undefinable and in my opinion completely amazing. I can honestly say that there is not one song by them that I do not like

[b]4. Sublime[/b]- Simply good in almost any situation. Also the band on this list that I have been listening to the longest.

[b]3. Gogol Bordello[/b]- Simply insane. Possibly the strangest thing I have ever heard yet I love them. My aunt who lives in Brooklyn (where they got their start) bought me tickets for one of their shows a couple years back and I listened to the CD and thought there is no way I will enjoy this concert. I was wrong. Best live show I have EVER seen. Their new CD Super Taranta is awesome as well.

[b]2. Reel Big Fish [/b]- Yeah they aren't my #1 keep the hate away. I love everything they do and any long explanation I give will fail to express how much I love RBF. So I'll end on that.

[b] 1. Streetlight Manifesto[/b]- Possibly the only reason they are my number one is I only discovered them about a year ago when I saw they were touring with RBF so I haven't gotten frustrated with the lack of a new album. I bought Everything Goes Numb to see what they were like. I was blown away. Everything Goes Numb is in my opinion the greatest CD ever recorded. I can listen to it in any situation and it will speak to me. I just hope the new CD, which is according to what they have said at live shows, is just as amazing

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a. you aren't expected to be a #1 fan of RBF just because you are on the forums 😛

and,

b. I wanna hear this Gogol Bordello! I'm off to search for some new sounds!!!
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Their myspace has the entire new album up to enjoy but not to download.

5.Bouncing Souls-Don't know how to describe this band, awesome.
4.The Aquabats-Some kid at school liked the Aquabats, so I was like wtf is the Aquabats, super rad.
3.Less Than Jake-My first somewhat ska band, found them looking up random bands on purevolume
2.Reel Big Fish-Definitely close second, Reel Big Fish is my favorite band that is still together.
1.The Forces of Evil-Best Band Ever, love every one of their songs. Except 99 Hell (Jay-Z Remix) because I've never heard it before.

5. The Offspring- simply amazing punk. they are so high evergy and quite witty too. any one else notice that they always have at least one ska song on every album?

4. Something To Do- a great local ska band from milwaukee. i'm simply in love with these guys. everyone go check them out on myspace.

3. Green Day- well i do admit that since american idiot came out they have gotten kind of annoying, but i still love them. they will always hold a special place in my heart cuz they are pretty much the first band i every remember liking. i can remember listening to dookie with my dad when i was like 5! they were pretty much my favorite band until i was about 12 when i discovered ska.

2. Streetlight Manifesto- simply incredible. their music is just so good and so intense, you can't even describe it. Everything goes numb is amazing.

1. Reel Big Fish (of course)- i'm gonna try not to go into too long of a thing about them since i know everyone here loves them already obviously, but here goes. their music is some of the best, wittiest stuff i've ever heard. it can always cheer me up. like aaron and scott said "they're all hits!" not only that, they are great people. The are some of the most halarious people in the whole world and some of the nicest people you will ever meet ( i know, having met them twice!)
last time i met them aaron told me he recognized me from myspace 🙂 that too, they actually take the time to answer messages and comments on myspace personally. they really care about their fans, hence the song We Care. i could go on forever but i'll stop now

5.Rage Against The Machine – i love so many of their songs and as matt bellamy said "RATM make me want to go out and kill everybody". i listen to them when im angry and it somehow gets my anger out lol

4.Muse – matt bellamy is such an AMAZING singer and his guitar solos are so amazing too i just love muse, favourite songs are either time is running out, knights of cydonia, hysteria, plug in baby or thoughts of a dying atheist

3.Streetlight Manifesto – really close second, i can relate to their lyrics alot sometimes and ive just never heard anything like them before. REALLY wanna see them live

2.Less Than Jake – these guys are so funny and theyre songs just make me wanna dance but still make me think

1.Reel Big Fish – what can i say? best band ever. i think the best day of my life was meeting aaron, scott and ryland. i am so obsessed with them, but i just cant help it theyre just too amazing! theyre songs always cheer me up and make me feel great. cant expolain how much this band mean to me.

5. Bob Marly and the Wailers- if it wasnt for these guys we most likely wouldnt be on this site, or this music may not be around.

4. Led Zeppelin- these guys are rock gods, pure and simple

3. Sublime- Brad Nowell (think i spelled it right?) was a musical genuis. with out a doubt 40oz. to Freedom was his best stuff. they also have AMAZING covers.

2. Reel Big Fish- these dudes pretty much created what we call 3rd wave ska (not totaly, but they did contrubute a hell fo a lot) even so they have over 100+ songs of there own, not including covers, which no other band has even come close to covering songs like they do.

1. tie between Catch 22 (Keasbey Nights era), Streetlight Manifesto, and BOTAR- basicly tomas kalnoky is one of the best song writers, lyricist, and frontman EVER. Keasbey Nights is a work of art, i dont like the SM version, but it is still good. he wrote the entire Keasbey Nights, A Call to Arms, and Everything Goes Numb. words can not discribe how amazing he asnand how much he has contributed to the ska scene. can not wait for SM's new cd, hopfuly BOTAR is gonna release something soon.

Update…

5.Andrew W.K- Party Metal!!!
4.Catch 22-Do I need an explanation
3.Less Than Jake
2. 3 Way Tie- between Mephiskapheles (Skatanic Band), The Planet Smashers (Awesome ska band from Canada), and Pain (Awesome ska band, not together anymore though)
1.Reel Big Fish-4 Lyfe

Bands Worth Noting-Superskank (German Ska Band, great instrument playing), Streetlight Manifesto (Such a tough one to leave off the list), Suburban Legends (Awesome), The Aquabats (Super Rad), and Bouncing Souls (Best Punk Band Ever).

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Update…

5.Andrew W.K- Party Metal!!!
4.Catch 22-Do I need an explanation
3.Less Than Jake 3 Way Tie- between Mephiskapheles (Skatanic Band), The Planet Smashers (Awesome ska band from Canada), and Pain (Awesome ska band, not together anymore though)
2. 3 Way Tie- between Mephiskapheles (Skatanic Band), The Planet Smashers (Awesome ska band from Canada), and Pain (Awesome ska band, not together anymore though)
1.Reel Big Fish-4 Lyfe

Bands Worth Noting-Superskank (German Ska Band, great instrument playing), Streetlight Manifesto (Such a tough one to leave off the list), Suburban Legends (Awesome), The Aquabats (Super Rad), and Bouncing Souls (Best Punk Band Ever).
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Do you need an explanation for having Catch 22 on your list while putting Streetlight in bands worth noting… yes…. I really think you do. Especially after Permanent Revolution.
Edit: Kinda joking… but not really

Permanent Revolution was an awesome album.

[quote1187934153=Bradley Awesome]
Permanent Revolution was an awesome album.
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Agrees, though I do like Streetlight Manifesto, I like Catch 22 more.

5. Rootjoose
4. Everclear
3. Cat Empire
2. Reel Big Fish
1. Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra

5.Descendents
4.The Offspring
3.Sublime
2.Less Than Jake
1.Reel Big Fish

[quote1188008466=Bradley Awesome]
Permanent Revolution was an awesome album.
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Sucks that I disagree with you on everything. PR was trash. Shitty lyrics, Horrible Vocals, Horns were okay, but nothing to get excited about. The fact that they tried to get all serious and make a record with a message robbed all the energy that I had come to enjoy in post-Kalnoky Catch 22. I bought this album without listening to it at all first and was severally disappointed. I wish I could take those 13 dollars back. Its not like I hate all albums that try to have intelligent lyrics I just think that Catch completely failed at it.

I dont see the point in this..but why not…
I also liked Goldfingerm however ther have strayed from how they first sounded. (Hang ups)
What ska bands didnt I like…
shoot
and then there are the Dance Hall Crashers
Hepcat
ETC ETC
Ill just throw something together

5. NOFX
4. Sublime
3. Catch 22
2. Streetlight Manifesto
1. Reel Big Fish

never seen him live, unless you count on video. in that case I have. God it gets me pumped and I love playing the drums with the music.

All kinds of hard to narrow it down to five, but at the moment it would go

5. Tom Waits
4. The Hold Steady
3. Big D and the Kid's Table
2. Less Than Jake
1. Reel Big Fish

geez well nowe that i think about it i forgot to put goldfinger, the specials, less than jake, toots and the maytals, the mighty mighty bosstones, mad caddies, operation ivy, O.A.R., randcid,suburban legends, flogging molly, greatful dead, chicago, dropkick murpheys, ben harper, 311, and big d and the kids table. and that was just off the top of my head 🙂

But you could only put 5… that's the fun part of it.

It's still hard as all hell.

1. rbf
2. sm
3. the fratellis
4. the format
5. everything else.

5.Santana
4.Skatalites
3.SM
2.BTMI!
1.RBF

Tricky decisions…

Skatalites are sweet.

1. Green Day
2. Supergrass
3. Eddie & The Hot Rods
4. The Living End
5. The Specials

It changes almost weekly, though. I can't choose a permanent top 5.

nor can i, but you always have some great music to offer. noobs, listen to this man when he says a band is good… because they fucking are.

mah top 5 as of late…

1. reel big fish( i just started listening to them again)
2. the format( listen and love them)
3. outkast( fuck anyone who says otherwise)
4. feist( nuff said)
5. mika("grace kelly" is fanastic and dude sounds bang on like freddy mercury. so good.)

5. Bagster- They played the australian supports for RBF the last time they came out. People who havent heard them should look up their myspace, these guys are worth it.
4. Behind Crimson Eyes- Australian, heavy, and fucking funny guys.
3. Sublime- best stoner music, best drinking music.
2. A7x- Yeah, i long way from RBF…but they are a good mix of technical, heavy and pop.
1. Reel Big Fish- I still go shit mad when they come up on shuffle at parties. They're just THE party band.

Today…

1 – Wreckless Eric (Meh, he has a backing band)
2 – 999 (You know shit about punk unless you have these guys first and third album… And second I guess)
3 – Eddie & The Hot Rods (Still there, first 3 albums FTW)
4 – Dirty Looks (WHA? Hell yea!)
5 – Camper Van Beethoven (…. YES)

1. Oingo Boingo
2. Dream Theater
3. Reel Big Fish
4. Therion
5. Mad Caddies

Number 5 might also be Streetlight Manifesto depending on my mood.

update—

1.Reel Big Fish
2.Streetlight Manifesto(The new album is fuckin amazing)
3.Catch 22
4.Less Than Jake
5.Rob Zombie

1. Nickleback
2. Voodoo Glow Skulls
3. Journey
4. Hinder
5. REO Speedwagon

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1. Nickleback
2. Voodoo Glow Skulls
3. Journey
4. Hinder
5. REO Speedwagon
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something tells me you're kidding on 3 of those…

boingo
immortal technique
nwa
brand nubian
fratellis

More or less all of them. I was bored.

[quote1193606041=Big ****ing Fan]
5.Descendents
4.The Offspring
3.Sublime
2.Less Than Jake
1.Reel Big Fish
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Update-
5.Misfits(just been introduced to these by my brother)
4.Bad Religion(there new album is gooood)
3.Descendents (they don't want to grow up,nethier do i)
2.Mustard Plug (EVILDOERS BEWERE!)
1.NOFX (never listened to much Nofx til now,there pretty fuckin' good)

1. The Undertones
2. Wreckless Eric
3. The Hives
4. Supergrass
5. Streetlight Manifesto

That new Hives album is REALLY fucking good.

1. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
2. Streetlight Manifesto/BOTAR
3. The Statler Brothers
4. Reel Big Fish
5. Distorted Penguins

5. Yonder Mountain String Band
4. Ezra Furman & the Harpoons
3. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
2. Reel Big Fish
1. Elliott Smith

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something tells me you're kidding on 3 of those…

boingo
immortal technique
nwa
brand nubian
fratellis
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Good, another Boingo fan.

sm
boingo
fratellis
dead kennedys(sp?)
format

no rbf this time, kiddies.

Right now:

5. Sublime
4. Kaizers Orchestra
3. Pendulum (Really into D&B right now)
2. RBF
1. BTMI!

the fratellis
the cure
formt
fratellis
fratellis

My Chemical Romance
Panic!
Fallout Boy
Takota
RBF

you're such a liar adam… i know you hate rbf.

sm
the fratellis
the format
the cure
immortal technique

and all of those are dead serious.

The only time I ever lied was in this sentence.

cure
frat
reel
boin
stre

Teenage Fanclub
Dead Milkmen
Camera Obscura
Camper Van Beethoven
Scanners

Indie mood.

Joining the party fashionably late:
RBF
The Strokes
The Gorillaz
The Matches
Hawksley Workman

That is all.

I honestly couldn't decide the whole 5…

So 2. Reel Big Fish and Fishbone.

Swervedriver
Wreckless Eric
The Living End
Teenage Fanclub
Superstar

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The Gorillaz
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So I'm not the only one that likes these guys!

rbf
Paramore
Mad Caddies
Streetlight
Skapara

I love the first album, but I thought Demon Days was a bit rubbish really.

no top 5, but bands i've been listening to a lot lately…

twisted sister
rbf
oasis
iron maiden

In no order (with an extra):

Fratellis
RBF
BTMI!
Muse
SM
Interpol

Suicide Machines?

Mine change pretty much weekly, but this week it's (in no particular order):

Streetlight Manifesto, Dropkick Murphies, Big D and the Kid's Table, RBF, and Flogging Molly.

All Time…

5. Daft Punk
4. On The Rocks (University of Oregon A Capella Band)
3. Say Anything
2. Tenacious D
1. Reel Big Fish

Right Now…

5. Oregon Marching Band
4. Goldfinger
3. I Voted for Kodos
2. The Aquabats
1. Reel Big Fish

As usual, no order:

RBF
Fratellis
Interpol
Santana
BTMI!

5. The Cult
4. Say Anything
3. The Starting Line
2. The Vandals
1. Reel Big Fish

1. Supergrass
2. X
3. T. Rex
4. The Stooges
5. David Bowie

as of today…

1. cake
2. slayer
3. the fratellis
4. modest mouse
5. reel big fish

Mine remains the same.

I think mine does too.

RBF
BTMI!
Interpol
Fratellis
Pendulum

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Reel Big Fish
Say Anything
Lucky Boys Confusion
The Killers

I also really like Say Anything. Saw them in concert almost a year ago. They were amazing.

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Joining the party fashionably late:
RBF
The Strokes
The Gorillaz
The Matches
Hawksley Workman

That is all.
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I haven't listened to the Gorillaz in such a long time. They're being bumped:

The Strokes
The Matches
RBF
Hawksley Workman
David Bowie

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I also really like Say Anything. Saw them in concert almost a year ago. They were amazing.
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Yeah, I love them. Takes a little while to get used to Max Bemis' voice but their songs are catchy as hell and their lyrics separate them from most other badns in their genre.

Right now:

The Cars
Blur
Less Than Jake
The Aggrolites
The Phenomenauts

Reel Big Fish
Queen
Tenacious D
The Doors
The Specials

Good choices. 🙂

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I also really like Say Anything. Saw them in concert almost a year ago. They were amazing.
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Haven't seem the yet. The 2nd thing at WT I'm looking forward to the most.

I am all over the place..

5) The Urge – Local band that had a national hit in the 90's but I have always liked them and my introduction to Ska.
4) Muse – Simply awesome.
3) Flogging Molly – Nobody sounds like them and simply one of the best acts out there.
2) Reel Big Fish – Their music has been the soundtrack to my summer for years.
1) Nine Inch Nails – Trent is simply amazing at everything he does.

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[quote1198273674=The Wind]
The Gorillaz
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So I'm not the only one that likes these guys!

rbf
[b]Paramore[/b]
Mad Caddies
Streetlight
Skapara
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roflcoper.

andrew wk
fratellis
cake
rbf
tenacious d

I'm listening to a lot of old music right now. So here's my top 5 of those in no particular order:

Jim Croce
America
Simon and Garfunkel
Eagles
Billy Joel

These artists bring me back to my childhood, they are what my parents listened to when I was growing up.

Green Day
The Cars
Weezer
Dead Milkmen
PUSA

Speaking of oldies, did you hear that apparently they found a lost album of Stephen Stills & Jimi Hendrix?

Amazing.

I've been in a bit of a Reggae groove recently:

The Aggrolites
10 Ft. Ganja Plant
Bob Marley
Westbound Train
RBF

5.Tenancious D
4.Korn
3.Streetlight Manifesto
2.Zebrahead
1.Reel Big Fish

Snail Ramp
Suburban Legends
Weezer
Supergrass
The Aggrolites

Really slow year, huh?

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[quote1215398863=The Wind]
Joining the party fashionably late:
RBF
The Strokes
The Gorillaz
The Matches
Hawksley Workman

That is all.
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I haven't listened to the Gorillaz in such a long time. They're being bumped:

The Strokes
The Matches
RBF
Hawksley Workman
David Bowie
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I don't even know anymore, but the top three remain the same.

1. DOA
2. Dead Kennedys/Jello Biafra
3. Less Than Jake
4. The Melvins
5. Jonathan Coulton

5. The Johnstones
4. Less Than Jake
3. The Suburban Legends
2. Streetlight Manifesto
1. Reel Big Fish

best bands!

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Snail Ramp
Suburban Legends
Weezer
Supergrass
The Aggrolites

Really slow year, huh?
[/quote1255419740]already wrong.

These guys should be in there somewhere:

5. Aquabats
4. PlayradioPlay!
3. Goldfinger
2. Weezer
1. RBF

I am gonna do a "Top 5 Favorite Local Band" list too:

5. Child Bite ([link=hyperlink url]http://www.myspace.com/childbite[/link])
4. Goddamn Gallows ([link=hyperlink url]http://www.myspace.com/thegallowspdx[/link])
3. James and the Rainbros ([link=hyperlink url]http://www.myspace.com/jamesandtherainbros[/link])
2. Shotgun Soul ([link=hyperlink url]www.shotgunsoul.com[/link]) (actually really good friends of mine, very talented)

1. Champions of Breakfast ([link=hyperlink url]http://www.myspace.com/thechampionsofbreakfast[/link]) They kickass! Check out some videos if ya can, they use odd stage instruments that actually are not functional, but funny as hell.)

Linking really isn't that hard.

I cannot decide the order but:
blink-182, Sum 41, Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, Big D and the Kids Table

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Linking really isn't that hard.
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Yeah, I know. Got lazy and don't care.