Bands you CAN'T go wrong with

[jamminjim]

Dan Hicks and The Hot Licks
(I'm an Old Cowhand, Caught in The Rain, The Piano Has been Drinkin)
Santana
Dave Mason
Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen
Traffic
JBLenoir
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Emerson Lake and Palmer
Patrick O'Hearn
Weather Report
Jackson Browne
Little River Band
R.E.M.
Taj Mahal
Skip James
Steve Miller
Tom Cochrane
Beach Boys
AC/DC
Alison Kraus



just a sampling

 

[Colin]

Get a rope.....

I've got the tar and feathers

 

[Bungo]

Not that I'm living in the prog-past or anything but my 'always good' list includes:

Rush
Pink Floyd
Genesis/Peter Gabriel/Steve Hackett
Queen
Van Halen
Dream Theater
Zeppelin
Eagles
U2 (mostly!)

 

[Barry]

Mr. Big

 

[jeffrey]

I've got the tar and feathers

I've got the tree.

 

[Ali]

Toto....simply because I never tire of Luke's playing. They made some very middle of eth road stuff in tghe 80s, but the musicianship is always stunning.

Van Halen
Queen
Yes (Rabin era...sorry traditionalists)
Def Leppard
AC/DC
Garbage
Feeder

 

[TwAn]

Some bands jump to mind:

Dream Theater
Tool
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Primus
Frank Zappa
Larry Carlton
Toto
G. Love & Special Sauce
Ben Harper
Fun Lovin' Criminals
Red Hot Chili Peppers

And many more....

 

[hamlet914]

Doors
Def Leppard
Led Zeppelin
Metallica
Pink Floyd
Iron Maiden
Black Sabbath
Rush
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Jeff Beck
Deep Purple
Sammy Hagar
Jimi Hendrix
Little Feat
Lynyrd Skynrd

For starters....

 

[shamus63]

Zep
Four Tops
Stevie Wonder
Temptations
Beatles
Beck
Nikka Costa (though I never hear her on the radio)
The Soul Of John Black...

...and most 70s R&B/Soul.

 

[jeffrey]

One for the bass players: Medeski, Martin and Wood.

Funkyness ABOUNDS!

One of my all-time favorite bands, hands down.

 

[LoudGtr]

Off the top, here goes:

Petra
Kutless
Whitecross
Guardian and

Rush,
Triumph
Pearl Jam
Van Halen
Ratt
Dokken/Lynch Mob
Mr. Big
Hendrix
BTO . . .

I'm pretty much stuck in the late '70's, '80s and early '90's.

 

[Adwex]

One word.....

Dregs !

 

[Tomulator]

Toto
Toto
Toto!!!!!

 

[roburado]

If the band comes on the radio, will you always (or almost always) leave it tuned in and listen?

I usually don't listen to the radio.

 

[Jondracula]

1: Metallica
1 & 1/2: Iron Maiden
2: Children of Bodom
3: Pantera
4: Avenged Sevenfold
5: Trivium
6: Deftones
7: Atreyu
8: August Burns Red

If your favorite band isn't on that list, chances are they're pretty obsolete. I did miss a few really good bands though, but I'm not going to sit here and think about it all day.

 

[Kirkulees]

here is a list of my favorite bands. actually this is a list of the greatest bands of all time.

1: Metallica
1 & 1/2: Iron Maiden
2: Children of Bodom
3: Pantera
4: Avenged Sevenfold
5: Trivium
6: Deftones
7: Atreyu
8: August Burns Red
9: AFI
10: Thrice


if your list isn't like that list, you need to buy all of the albums from all of the bands i just listed, lock yourself in your room for a week, and listen to each band 37 times. GO NOW!!!

 

[DarthSarahmus]

Gladys Knight AND the Pips
Stevie Wonder
Al Green
Neil Young
Aretha- there is only one

Hope this ok, artist backed by unmentioned bands.

 

[Pablo]

The Police, Pain of Salvation, Rainbow (with Dio), Big Country and Biréli Lagrène. I can listen to any album by these artists at any time, on any day, in any mood and still enjoy the hell out of it!

Cheers

Eske

 

[RaineyDarling]

Wow...

Well... there isnt enough space to list them all... But here is a few..

Porcupine Tree
Electric Light Orchestra
Yes (Squire is god!!)
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
I.Q.

Even though I.Q. and Porcupine Tree don't get any radio play in the states I can never go wrong with listening to them. Cheers!

 

[Smellybum]

I'm not a popular fella in my office......

THUNDER
Bowes & Morley
Free
Mr Big
Extreme (old Stuff!)
Frank Marino ^& Mahogany Rush
Joe Bonassa
Jeff Healy Band
SRV
Van Halen - Up to F.U.C.K

Gettin' into...


Evanessance
Rocco Deluca & The Burden
Paul Gilbert Solo Stuff