Your Top 5 Favorite Rock Bands Of All-Time

[Mirror Image]

Oh, yeah, sorry. Mirror Image selected Rush.

I did indeed, eh. Rush have been a long-time favorite.

[TheGSMoeller]

Might be all over the place in terms of genre, but all have rock roots.

The Velvet Underground
Belle & Sebastian
The Cure
Ween
Sigur Ros

HUGE honerable mentions go to Metallica, Grateful Dead and Phish.

[mn dave]

Ween

0:)

[TheGSMoeller]

0:)

0:) WEEN 

[mn dave]

0:) WEEN 

Indeed. THE ONENESS

[NJ Joe]

Zappa/Mothers
King Crimson
Pink Floyd
Yes
The Beatles

Honorable mention:
Grateful Dead
Genesis
Van der Graaf Generator
Can

[TheGSMoeller]

Indeed. THE ONENESS

I know I can always count on you, Dave. 

[NJ Joe]

Ween

+1

[mn dave]

+1

Yay!  0:)

[NorthNYMark]

1. King Crinson (mainly '70s)

2. Genesis (ditto)

3. Yes (ditto)

4. Crowded House

5. The Dears

Honorable mentions: Traffic, Van der Graaf Generator, Thinking Plague, Univers Zero, White Willow, Änglagård, PFM, Banco, Marillion, UK, Roxy Music, Love, Beatles, Zombies, Moody Blues, Talk Talk, Ultravox, Elbow, Danny Wilson, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant, Morphine, Can, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Stereolab, Sigur Ros

Solo artists: Kate Bush, Joe Jackson, Peter Hammill, Robert Wyatt, Neil Finn,  Marianne Faithfull, Scott Walker, Steve Winwood, Seal (mainly '90s), Steve Hackett, John Wetton, Rhys Marsh

[Mirror Image]

Cool lists NorthNYMark and NJ Joe.

[NorthNYMark]

Cool lists NorthNYMark and NJ Joe.

Thanks--always nice to run into a fellow progressive rock fan!

[Mirror Image]

Thanks--always nice to run into a fellow progressive rock fan!

Right on! Since you're obviously a fan of this music, do you ever visit Prog Archives? Talk about a fanatic bunch! This genre gets more mud slung at it than polka!

[NorthNYMark]

Right on! Since you're obviously a fan of this music, do you ever visit Prog Archives? Talk about a fanatic bunch! This genre gets more mud slung at it than polka!

I didn't realize Prog Archives had a forum, though I've appreciated their function as a review archive.  I'll have to check it out! I do participate in Progressive Ears on occasion, though (same screen-name as here, but different avatar). I also post as "Progfan" on the Steve Hoffman forum, which is a more general, rock-based music forum (where George from this forum runs a regular "Classical Corner" thread, and prog-related threads show up fairly regularly as well).

[Mirror Image]

I didn't realize Prog Archives had a forum, though I've appreciated their function as a review archive.  I'll have to check it out! I do participate in Progressive Ears on occasion, though (same screen-name as here, but different avatar). I also post as "Progfan" on the Steve Hoffman forum, which is a more general, rock-based music forum (where George from this forum runs a regular "Classical Corner" thread, and prog-related threads show up fairly regularly as well).

I'll have to check out Progressive Ears. Thanks for mentioning them. I see you put down as one of your 'honorable mentions' Marillion. Are you a Fish-era fan, Hogarth-era fan or both? Any favorite albums?

[Mirror Image]

My Marillion top 5 would look like this (in no particular order):

1. Brave
2. Afraid of Sunlight
3. Clutching At Straws
4. Misplaced Childhood
5. Marbles

I'm currently in the midst of evaluating Anoraknopobia, Somewhere Else, Happiness is the Road, and marillion.com.

[NorthNYMark]

I'll have to check out Progressive Ears. Thanks for mentioning them. I see you put down as one of your 'honorable mentions' Marillion. Are you a Fish-era fan, Hogarth-era fan or both? Any favorite albums?

I enjoy both versions, though I think of them as two entirely different bands.  My favorite from the Fish-era is their final one, Clutching at Straws, though I enjoy all of them to some extent (I think the material from their first two albums comes off better on the quasi-live La Gazza Lladra than on the somewhat sterile studio albums).  The Hogarth era is more varied--among my favorites are Season's End, Afraid of Sunlight, Marillion.com, and Marbles; on the other hand, I actively dislike Holidays in Eden and (especially) Anoraknophobia.  The last few albums have yet to really sink in, though their most recent one seems like it may be my favorite amongst them.

The one time I saw them live was on the Season's End tour.  I was studying abroad in Luxembourg at the time, and the band actually came there, as did Fish on his first solo tour.  At the time, I was very disappointed with Hogarth as a replacement for Fish (Hogarth seemed to lack character to me, vocally as well as in stage presence), and enjoyed Fish's concert far more, though Hogarth has since won me over and I enjoy Season's End much more than I did upon its initial release. Now that I spend some of my time in Montreal, I may attend a Montreal Marillion Weekend one of these years, though I keep putting it off, as they come at a particularly busy time of the year for me.

How about you?

[NorthNYMark]

My Marillion top 5 would look like this (in no particular order):

1. Brave
2. Afraid of Sunlight
3. Clutching At Straws
4. Misplaced Childhood
5. Marbles

I'm currently in the midst of evaluating Anoraknopobia, Somewhere Else, Happiness is the Road, and marillion.com.

Ah--we have several favorites in common!  And among those you are currently evaluating are probably my single favorite and least favorite Hogarth albums--I'll be curious to hear what you think.

[Mirror Image]

I enjoy both versions, though I think of them as two entirely different bands.  My favorite from the Fish-era is their final one, Clutching at Straws, though I enjoy all of them to some extent (I think the material from their first two albums comes off better on the quasi-live La Gazza Lladra than on the somewhat sterile studio albums).  The Hogarth era is more varied--among my favorites are Season's End, Afraid of Sunlight, Marillion.com, and Marbles; on the other hand, I actively dislike Holidays in Eden and (especially) Anoraknophobia.  The last few albums have yet to really sink in, though their most recent one seems like it may be my favorite amongst them.

The one time I saw them live was on the Season's End tour.  I was studying abroad in Luxembourg at the time, and the band actually came there, as did Fish on his first solo tour.  At the time, I was very disappointed with Hogarth as a replacement for Fish (Hogarth seemed to lack character to me, vocally as well as in stage presence), and enjoyed Fish's concert far more, though Hogarth has since won me over and I enjoy Season's End much more than I did upon its initial release. Now that I spend some of my time in Montreal, I may attend a Montreal Marillion Weekend one of these years, though I keep putting it off, as they come at a particularly busy time of the year for me.

How about you?

Very cool. Thanks for your feedback. I don't care much for Script For A Jester's Tear or Fugazi and have similar feelings regarding their production quality. These songs sound so much better live. Misplaced Childhood and Clutching At Straws were two of the first albums by Marillion to really sink into me. I thought the music was so strong and often quite moody. I believe the first Hogarth I heard was Brave. I LOVE this album, although I don't think Paper Lies belongs on the album. I think the middle of the album in general kind of looses me, although I do love the title track. Songs like Living With The Big Lie, Runaway, Goodbye To All That, and The Great Escape are among some of the best material Marillion has ever come up with IMHO. The ending solo by Rothery in The Great Escape never fails to leave a tear in my eye. This album has meant a lot to me and has influenced me in my own playing. Afraid of Sunlight is a particularly strong album, although I could do without Cannibal Surf Babe. This Strange Engine has some strong material. I love Man Of A Thousand Faces, Estonia, and the title track (great solos by Kelly and Rothery). I started losing interest around Radiation (a poor album all-around IMHO). I really enjoyed marillion.com. I'm definitely going to have to revisit that one. Anoraknophobia wasn't entirely bad. It had some good material. I liked Quartz and This Is The 21st Century. Marbles is classic Marillion at its best. I recently bought the 2-CD Deluxe Edition, so it will be interesting to hear the album in it's complete form. Somewhere Else wasn't very memorable. It all just kind of washed over my ears. Nothing stuck out, but I'm going to revisit it again pretty soon. I haven't heard Happiness is the Road yet. This one is still on order. Sounds That Can't Be Made is a solid album. I only listened to it once so far. I need to revisit this one again as well.

As for the Fish vs. Hogarth debate, I think it needs to be put to rest as like you mentioned, they're both completely different bands. At this juncture, it's all a matter of preference. I think Marillion were still growing musically with Fish and obviously never achieved the kind of diversity the Hogarth years have provided.

[king ubu]

The Band
Sly & The Family Stone
Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys
Little Feat (Lowell George years)
Velvet Underground