Bands by Alphabet.

[Surkin]

Tried my best to narrow it down to one for each letter, although for a lot there are 3 or 4 bands I would be as equally happy with.

A - Anoraak
B - Bloc Party
C - Crystal Castles
D - Daft Punk
E - Empire Of The Sun
F - Friendly Fires
G - Girls
H - Hot Chip
I - In Flagranti
J - Justice
K - Klaxons
L - LCD Soundsystem
M - Metronomy
N - N.W.A.
O - The Outrunners
P - Phoenix
Q - Q-Tip
R - The Rapture
S - Surkin
T - Ted & Francis
U - Uffie
V - Van She
W - The Whitest Boy Alive
X - The XX
Y - Yeasayer
Z - Zombie Nation

 

[chickawah]

A - Arch Enemy
B - The Beatles
C - The Clash
D - Bob Dylan
E - Echo & the Bunnymen
F - Free
G - The Go-Betweens
H - Heaven Shall Burn
I - Iron Maiden
J - Jay-Z
K - The Kinks
L - Led Zeppelin
M - Meshuggah
N - New Order/N.W.A.
O - Outkast
P - Parkway Drive
Q -
R - The Red Shore/The Ramones
S - Sonic Youth
T - Television
U - Uncle Tupelo
V - The Velvet Underground
W - The Who/Tom Waits/Wu-Tang Clan
X - XTC
Y - You Am I
Z - ZZ Top

 

[hawks_time]

AC/DC
Bonobo
The Clash
Daft Punk
Explosions in the Sky
The Field
Gnarls Barkley
Henry Rollins
Iggy Pop
Jimi Hendrix
The Kinks
Led Zep
Masters of Reality
Nick Cave
Orbital
Pearl Jam
Queens of the Stone Age
The Rolling Stones
Screaming Trees
Thievery Corporation
UNKLE
Various Artists...or the Vengaboys
The Who
The xx
The Yardbirds
ZZ Top

 

[GhostofJimJess]

Battling to keep it to narrow it down under 3 choices for most letters. Some sort of rough preferential order in the multiple selections.

A - Alice Donut/Alice In Chains
B - Bowie/Blind Melon/Black Sabbath/Band of Horses
C - Celibate Rifles/Clutch
D - Died Pretty/Dead Kennedys/Deep Purple
E - Eastern Dark/Elbow
F - Foo Fighters/Faith No More/Fu Manchu
G - Gun Club/Gluecifer
H - Husker Du/Harem Scarem/Hellacopters
I - Iggy Pop
J - Janes Addiction
K - Kyuss
L - Led Zeppelin/Mark Lanegan/Living Colour
M - Meat Puppets/Midnight Oil/Monster Magnet/Muse/Mudhoney
N - New Christs/Nirvana
O - Obsessed
P - Pink Floyd/Pogues/Powdermonkeys
Q - Queens Of The Stoneage
R - Radio Birdman/Ramones/Rolling Stones/REM/Rush
S - ScreamingTrees/Sunnyboys/Soundgarden/Sugar/Stooges/Supergrass/Santana/Sex Pistols/Smoking Popes/Stone Temple Pilots/Sunny Day Real Estate
T - Trilobites/TISM/Tool/Tea Party
U - Uriah Heep/U2
V - Van Halen/Verve Pipe
W - The Who/Weezer/Ween
X - X(Aust)/X(USA)
Y - You Am I
Z - Frank Zappa

AC/DC
Beasts of Bourbon
Clutch
Dead Kennedys
Eastern Dark
feedtime
The Gun Club
The Hellacopters
Iron Maiden
Janes Addiction
Killing Joke
Led Zeppelin
Monster Magnet (could easily have been Ministry, The MC5 or Motorhead)
Nashville Pussy
Ozzy Osbourne
Public Image Limited (just squeezed out Primal Scream)
Queens of the Stone Age
Rolling Stones
The Stooges
Turbonegro
Underground Lovers
The Velvet Underground
Tom Waits
X (Australia)
Neil Young
Zodiac Mindwarp and The Love Reaction

Respect.

 

[Oakland Raider]

Favourite bands A-Z.

A - ACDC
B - Blondie
C - Cramps
D - Daddy Cool
E - Electric Chairs
F - Flamin Groovies
G - Goldfrapp
H - Hives
I - INXS
J - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
K - Kinks
L - Led Zeppelin
M - Machine Gun Fellatio
N - New York Dolls
O - Oblivions
P - Pretenders
Q - ? & The Mysterians
R - Rolling Stones
S - Sonics
T - T-Rex
U - Upsetters
V - Velvet Underground
W -Wailers
X - XTC
Y - Yardbirds
Z - ZZ Top

One of the few (probably only) that followed the OP's request of "Bands" and chose some pearlers, well done.

 

[Abstract]

A. Arcade Fire
B. Blonde Redhead
C. Catherine Wheel
D. DJ Shadow
E. Elliot Smith
F. The Field (Just ahead of Fujiya & Miyagi)
G. Galaxie 500
H. Huey Lewis & The News
I. Interpol
J. Joy Division
K. Kasabian
L. LCD Soundsystem
M. My Bloody Valentine
N. Neutral Milk Hotel
O. Of Montreal
P. Public Enemy (Just ahead of Pavement)
Q. QOTSA
R. Ride
S. Sonic Youth (Just ahead of Slowdive and The Strokes)
T. Television
U. U2
V. Van Halen (Hmmm...)
W. Wilco
X. The XX
Y. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Z. Zero 7

 

[blackshadow]

Battling to keep it to narrow it down under 3 choices for most letters. Some sort of rough preferential order in the multiple selections.

Respect.

Thanks and yes it was terribly hard to narrow down for most letters.

One of the few (probably only) that followed the OP's request of "Bands" and chose some pearlers, well done.

Even though the OP didn't stick to bands per se.

I'm interested to know how many of the acts on people's lists they have actually seen play.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

I'm interested to know how many of the acts on people's lists they have actually seen play.

I'll have a crack...

AC/DC, Anthrax
Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, Bathory
Celtic Frost, Creedence Clearwater Revival
Death Angel, Deep Purple, Diamond Head
Entombed, Exodus
Faster Pussycat
GWAR
Heaven & Hell
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Kreator, Kyuss
Led Zeppelin
Megadeth, Metallica, Metal Church, Mortal Sin, Motorhead
Nail Bomb, Napalm Death
Overkill, Ozzy Osbourne
Pantera, Pink Floyd, Prong
Queensryche, Quiet Riot
Rainbow, Reverend, Rob Zombie, Rolling Stones, Rose Tattoo
Savatage, Saxon, Sepultura, Slayer
Tankard, Testament, Twisted Sister, Type O Negative
UFO
Venom
WASP

 

[Roos4eva]

A- Air
B- Boris (The Beatles)
C- Clutch
D- Death From Above 1979
E- Elliott Smith (Eagles of Death Metal, Electric Wizard)
F- Faith No More (The Flaming Lips)
G- Godflesh
H- Heatmiser (HEALTH)
I- Isis
J- Jimi Hendrix
K- Kyuss
L- Led Zeppelin
M- Melvins (My Bloody Valentine, Meshuggah, Millionaire, Muse, Mr Bungle)
N- Nine Inch Nails (Nirvana, Nile)
O- Opeth (Om)
P- Porcupine Tree* (Primus, Portishead, Pink Floyd)
Q- Queens of the Stone Age
R- Radiohead (Refused)
S- Sonic Youth (The Smashing Pumpkins)
T- Tool (Them Crooked Vultures)
U- UNKLE
V- The Vines
W- The White Stripes (Ween)
Y- Yawning Man
Z- Zoobombs

Bolded= have seen.
Bolded and Underlined- have tickets to see them over the summer.
Asterisks- hoping to see them in February but not certain yet.

 

[rfctigerarmy]

A - Alter Bridge
B - Blue October
C - Chevelle
D - Dishwalla
E - The Exies
F - Filter
G - Grandmaster Flash
H - Hurt
I - Incubus
J - Jimmy Eat World
K - Kenny Loggins
L - LCD Soundsystem
M - M83
N - Niel Young
O - O.A.R.
P - People In Planes
Q - Queens of the Stone Age
R - Russian Circles
S - Shinedown
T - Three Days Grace
U - U2
V - The Verve
W - The Wallflowers
X - N/A
Y - Year of the Rabbit
Z - ZZ Top
#1 - 10 Years
#3 - 3 Doors Down
#5 - 5ive

Goodnight.

 

[Suspense]

G. Galaxie 500

Holy shit, another Galaxie 500 fan...

[youtube]OjEOJqN3wVY[/youtube]

 

[Clay Davis]

A - Apparat
B - Burial
C - Clipse
D - Daedelus
E - El-P
F - Fugazi
G - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
H - Horsepower Productions
I - iTAL tEK
J - Jeru the Damaja
K - The KLF
L - London Elektricity
M - Massive Attack
N - N.W.A.
O - OutKast
P - Portishead
Q - Q and Not U
R - Refused
S - DJ Shadow
T - TISM
U - Underworld
V - The Velvet Underground
W - Wu-Tang Clan
X - X-Ray Spex
Y - Yawning Man
Z - Zomby

Seen live

 

[Ninty]

AFI - x2
Bloc Party - x2
Coldplay
Death Cab For Cutie
Enter Shikari
Foo Fighters - x2
Green Day
Holly Brook
Incubus
Jimmy Eat World
The Killers
Linkin Park
My Chemical Romance
Nine Inch Nails - x3
The Offspring
Pearl Jam
Queens of the Stone Age
Rage Against The Machine
System of a Down
Them Crooked Vultures
Unwritten Law
Vampire Weekend
The White Stripes
Xzibit
Yellowcard
Z-Trip
(+44)

Australian Version:

After The Fall - x3
The Butterfly Effect - x8
Cog - x4
Dukes of Windsor
End of Fashion - x8
Full Scale
Grinspoon - x2
An Horse - x3
Illy
Jebediah
Karnivool
The Living End / The Longnecks - x2
Mammal - x4
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Operator Please
Philadelphia Grand Jury - x2
Quan
Regurgitator
Something For Kate - x2
True Live - x3
Urthboy
The Vines
Wolf & Cub - x3
X & Hell
Yves Klein Blue - x3
Zeke Ox and the Fury - x5
1200 Techniques

Bold = seen live
Underline = attending a gig soon

 

[La Dispute]

A- Air
B- Boris (The Beatles)
C- Clutch
D- Death From Above 1979
E- Elliott Smith (Eagles of Death Metal, Electric Wizard)
F- Faith No More (The Flaming Lips)
G- Godflesh
H- Heatmiser (HEALTH)
I- Isis
J- Jimi Hendrix
K- Kyuss
L- Led Zeppelin
M- Melvins (My Bloody Valentine, Meshuggah, Millionaire, Muse, Mr Bungle)
N- Nine Inch Nails (Nirvana, Nile)
O- Opeth (Om)
P- Porcupine Tree (Primus, Portishead, Pink Floyd)
Q- Queens of the Stone Age
R- Radiohead (Refused)
S- Sonic Youth (The Smashing Pumpkins)
T- Tool (Them Crooked Vultures)
U- UNKLE
V- The Vines
W- The White Stripes (Ween)
Y- Yawning Man
Z- Zoobombs

You have fine taste in music sir

 

[La Dispute]

I haven't seen any of mine. I feel dirty.

I'll be seeing Isis at Soundwave and The Mars Volta at The Big Day Out though.

 

[Conan Troutman]

A - Anathema
B - Bathory
C - Cult of Luna
D - Dark Lunacy
E - Eluveitie
F - Faith No More
G - Ghost Brigade
H - Haggard
I - In The Woods...
J - Jesu
K - Kyuss
L - Live
M - Muse
N - Novembre
O - Opeth
P - Pink Floyd
Q - Queens of the Stone Age
R - Rage Against The Machine
S - Strapping Young Lad
T - Tool
U - Universe217
V - Vulture Industries
W - W.A.S.P.
X - Xysma
Y - Yann Tiersen
Z - Zombi

Bold = Seen Live

Not many

Off the top of my head, around half of them haven't been to Australia. Plus I very rarely go to see live bands any more, so the newer bands I haven't seen.

Main one I regret not seeing live when they came is Cult of Luna.

 

[MelbourneCrow]

Bracketed ones are near misses...

A - Arcade Fire (Almond, Marc x2)
B – Bowie, David (Beatles)
C – Cure, The x2
D – Depeche Mode (Doves)
E - ELO
F – Flaming Lips
G – Gaye, Marvin (Grandaddy)
H – Human League
I - Interpol
J - Japan
K - Kasabian
L – Lindstroem (Led Zeppelin)
M – Mars Volta, The (Muse)
N – New Order (Nirvana)
O – Orbital (Outkast, Oasis)
P – Pet Shop Boys x2 (Pink Floyd, Prefab Sprout x2, Portishead, Prince)
Q – Queen (QOTSA)
R – Radiohead (REM x2)
S – Smiths, The (SOAD)
T – The The
U - UNKLE
V – Verve, The (Visage)
W – Wonder, Stevie x2 (Waterboys, The)
X – X-Ray Spex
Y - Yello
Z – Zombies, The

Bold = seen live
Underlined = will see this month
Bold and underlined = seen live and will see again this month
Italics = not seen but seen lead singer live at solo date

 

[Roos4eva]

You have fine taste in music sir

Cheers, jruss!

Bold = Seen Live

Not many

Yeah, but at least you've seen Kyuss, and the other two are quality as well.

 

[Ninty]

Bold = seen live
Underlined = will see this month
Bold and underlined = seen live and will see again this month
Italics = not seen but seen lead singer live at solo date

You can't do italics when you quote a post dude...

 

[MelbourneCrow]

You can't do italics when you quote a post dude...

Whoops so I now see.

 

[raskolnikov]

I did this thread a few years ago:

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=225468

This was my list:

Aerosmith
Blondie
Culture Club
Doors, The
Eurogliders
Fleetwood Mac
Gray, Macy
Hall and Oates
Icehouse
Joy Division
Killing Heidi
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Morrison Van
New Order
Oasis
Pulp
Queen
Roxette
Supertramp
Tears For Fears
UB40
Van Halen
Williams, Robbie
X-Men, Uncanny
Young, Neil
ZZ Top

For some letters it was easy. Some it was a hard choice between 2 or more(M could have easily been Manic Street Preachers and E Eurythmics) and some the artists I put down I'm not really a fan of at all but couldn't think of anyone else(Killing Heidi, Van Halen).

I would pretty much still have the same.

 

[electricfeel]

A - Angus and Julia Stone/Arcade Fire
B - British India
C - Coldplay/Children Collide
D - Death Cab for Cutie/Damien Rice
E - Empire of the Sun (but not really)
F - Fleet Foxes
G - The Grates
H - Howling Bells
I - Interpol
J - Jeff Buckley
K - Kasabian
L - Lily Allen/Ladyhawke/Lior
M - Muse/Metric
N - Not sure
O - Oasis
P - Peaches/Placebo/Presets
Q - Queens of the Stone Age
R - The Rapture/Radiohead
S - Sarah Blasko x 4/The Strokes
T - Tegan and Sara/TV on the Radio
U - U2
V - Vampire Weekend
W - Waikiki
X -
Y - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Z -

Bold = Have seen
Underlined = Will see soon.

 

[HugeJohnson]

A - ACDC, Anthrax
B - The Beatles
C - Children of Bodom
D - Def Leppard
E - Evile, Exodus
F - Foo Fighters
G - Guns n' Roses
H - Heaven & Hell
I - Iron Maiden
J - Jet
K - Kiss, Kreator
L - Led Zeppelin
M - Metallica, Megadeth, Mastodon, Mortal Sin (**** is M good or what!)
N - Nirvana
O - Opeth
P - Pantera, Paradise Lost
Q - Queen, Queensryche
R - Rammstein
S - Slayer
T - Testament
U - UFO
V - Van Halen
W - Wolfmother, The Who
X - ???
Y - Yes
Z - ZZ Top

 

[evo]

Sunny Day Real Estate

can't believe I had never heard of them but knowing you were a man of impeccable taste went and had a listen to quite a few songs. Pretty damn good.

 

[Ninty]

I did this thread a few years ago:

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=225468

I'm not sure what the **** I was thinking with some of them... 50 Cent and Ciara being the worst ones there! ****!

My second attempt looks a bit better at least.

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6830046&postcount=106