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1. Nirvana - I'm glad they made "alternative/grunge" popular. However, a lot of it was unlistenable crap. Best Song: Teen Spirit [see also: "everything else was unlistenable crap"]
2. Sublime - I should recognize this name, right? I mean, I might, but. . .
3. Depeche Mode - Took a long time to warm up to them, but I enjoy their stuff, mostly. I'll go with "Barrel of a Gun" because I actually sound good singing along with it, and it's in my range.
4. Linkin Park - Shut the fuck up and go flip me a burger, kid. Cook it with all that extra angst that has you closer to that edge.
5. No Doubt - Gwen Stefani's eyelashes and abs, and not a whole lot else going for them.
6. Rage Against the Machine - For as much as I hate whiny political awareness, these guys rocked ass back in the day. I enjoy being righteously indignant and sonically kicking someone in the nuts. Pretty much anything from their first two albums works for me.
7. U2 - Drive an ice pick into my ears and shoot me in the face, please. See "Hating whiny political awareness," above. "With Or Without You" was the only song I danced to at one dance in High School.
8. Green Day - Were they from Wisconsin, or just faking that accent? Overplayed to the point of irrelevance, but "Longview" is still catchy. Songs about wanking earn extra credit.
9. Beastie Boys - "Girls" and "Fight For Your Right"
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Hi, we used to be really fun pseudo-punk, but then we wanted to experiment and get sensitive and artistic and--" "Shut the fuck up, Tony. Give me Flea in those teddy-bear pants, play Higher Ground really fucking loud, and get the hell off the stage."
11. Blink-182 - I actually find some of their Punk Lite catchy. I couldn't name a song of theirs if I tried, tho. Or maybe I'm thinking of SR-71. Something with numbers, anyway . . .
12. System of a Down - NuMetal clones [sing it, Sil]
13. The Smashing Pumpkins - Pretentious wankers, especially after their first album got faaaaar too much airtime. I liked "Today" and that's about it. BWBFW makes me want to pull a Van Gogh.
14. Korn - "We're so pissed off, we're going to use bagpipes!" Surprisingly fun live [they opened for Fear Factory and Megadeth way back when]. I'll go with "Ball Tongue" just because Jonathan gets so angry he begins speaking in tongues. Downhill after the debut album, IMHO.
15. Bob Marley - I never smoked enough weed.
16. Metallica - Good before they started to SUCK BALLS. [sing it, Sil] They used to be my all-time favorite band, so picking one track is tough. "Fade to Black."
17. The Offspring - Clever without sucking. "Road Rage Song" and "One Fine Day" get me ready to face the world.
18. The Cure - I don't understand their popularity. A Buffalo rock station parodied "Friday I'm In Love" with "It's Friday, I've got to change my underwear" - I thought it was an improvement. I could probably stand to hear "Fascination Street" every three weeks or so.
19. Incubus - Don't Care.
20. Stone Temple Pilots - Arguably non-shitty. Their first album didn't suck. "Big Empty" and "Plush" are good.
21. Pearl Jam - Hated them back in the day for stealing attention rightfully belonging to Soundgarden and Mudhoney. "Yellow Leadbetter" works for me, mostly because the first time I heard it, I missed the vocals, and thought it was a Stevie Ray Vaughan tune.
22. Tool - Liked the early stuff, but they are SO hit or miss. Best Song: Sober [sing it, Sil.] Also, they SUCK live.
23. Radiohead - They had that one song, once, on their first album, that didn't suck until it got played a bunch?
24. 311- "We're not clever enough to be real punk, so we're going to be annoyingly perky, too!"
25. Nine Inch Nails - Another "used to be great" act, then Trent got all whiny and organic. Give me "Fist Fuck" off of "Fixed."
26. Weezer - I like their first album, especially "The Sweater Song." My flavor of schmaltz.
27. Social Distortion - This will keep me from getting a bunny visit, but they really don't do anything for me. I don't do old-school punk, kids. These guys do "Ball & Chain," right?
28. The Smiths/Morrissey - Please stick something pointy in my ears and eyes. Next, please.
29. Jane's Addiction - Perry Farrel is a hyperkinetic jackass. Hate their stuff. Deeply.
30. Oingo Boingo - There was no brain behind this one; it's just fun. Best Song: Weird Science [sing it, sil]
31. Alice In Chains - Got me through a lot of crap in college, and Dirt makes an excellent companion to reading Dracula, but nothing they've done, and almost nothing else from the grunge era, can touch "Would?"
32. Limp Bizkit - If it wasn't for a catchy take on the M:I riff, these guys would be an utter waste of oxygen. No, wait, they are anyways.
33. The Clash - These guys -are- punk to me. "Rock the Casbah."
34. Dave Matthews Band - What girls who were "alternative" were into in college. He spawned an entire genre of losers who were so hell-bent on being sensitive for the sake of getting laid, it was pathetic.
35. Creed - Lame, and preachy, but "Higher" is catchy.
36. The Ramones - Christ, _more_ punk? At least these are the American godfathers thereof. Three chords, two minutes, and brains. "Rock & Roll Highschool"
37. Staind - I couldn't name a fucking thing by them. The very spelling of their name offends my sensibilities. Buy a fucking vowel!
38. R.E.M.- "Okay, Michael, pull that bus over to the side of the Pretentiousness Turnpike. I want the shiny people over here, and the happy people over there." - Denis Leary
39. Bush - I don't see the hotness. I never understood the allure. "Mouth" and "Glycerine" are arguably listenable.
40. Bad Religion - If Sil hadn't said "21st Century Digital Boy" was by them, I wouldn't have recognized any of their stuff.
41. Foo Fighters - Dave Grohl was nothing until Nirvana, and he's not a hell of a lot after, either.
42. New Order - I like "Blue Monday," dammit. Yes, even Orgy's version. But Rob Searle's remix 0wnz0rs.
43. Soundgarden - Best of all the grunge acts, if you discount their last album. "Rusty Cage" and "Outshined" rule.
44. Garbage - Mmmmmm. . . . Shirley Manson. . . . She can dirty up my mind anytime she wants. "Queer."
45. Pennywise - Who?
46. Violent Femmes - No, please. Stop. Go away.
47. Rob Zombie/White Zombie - Frightening realization: I helped contribute to "Supersexy Swingin' Singles" #1 debut because I bought it that first week. "I Am Legend."
48. David Bowie - All hail the richest git in the UK. I harbor an irrational love for "Suffragette City."
49. Godsmack - Ummmm. . . I should be able to name something of theirs. . . was it "Go Away"?
50. Duran Duran - For a bunch of guys who look gay, they sure have a lot of hot chicks wanting to boff them, huh? "Wild Boys."
51. P.O.D.- Who?
52. Coldplay - Lather, rinse, repeat. Who?
53. Beck - "Soooooooo I opened the door. . . I'm a loser baby, so why don't you just never release another song, ever, and be the one-hit wonder you were always meant to be?"
54. Eminem - Slim Shady was funny. Everything else was shit.
55. Deftones - "Hey, we've got a horn section, that makes us different, right?"
56. Cypress Hill - "Hi, we're really fucking stoned. And loud."
57. Oasis - No. No. No. No. No. I curse you to get "Wonder Wall" stuck in your head, because it's that fucking bad.
58. Jimmy Eat World - Who?
59. Tori Amos - Oh. God. No. This woman kept me from getting laid, because the girl wanted to do Tori and lost interest in me. She's flakier than the entire state of Oregon.
60. Moby - Hey, you vegan twink, written any Nike ads lately?
61. The Pixies - Who?
62. Blondie - I'm drawing a blank - none of their stuff did much for me, but it's not making me cringe too much to think about it.
63. Live - Quite good live, actually. "White. Discussion" gets my vote as their best.
64. Hole - No-talent hags. Courtney's just heinous.
65. Rancid - *blank stare*
66. Fatboy Slim - *bounce bounce* * Dance Dance * Where are they now? His 15 minutes is up. [yup, sil got this one, too]
67. Siouxsie and the Banshees - One of the few gothity-goth-goth musicians I respect. "Dust."
68. Marilyn Manson - Portrait of an American Family was shock-rock krap. Most of his/their stuff since, I enjoy a great deal. I'll go with "Tourniquet."
69. Save Ferris - Who?
70. The Sex Pistols - You must like the Sex Pistols. It's required. Best Song: Anarchy in the UK [sing it, sil]
71. Disturbed - Monotonous & repetitive as fuck, but the two songs that actually deviate from their stock sound, I like ["The Sickness" and "The Game"]
72. Billy Idol - Cheeeeeese! "Dancing With Myself"
73. The Strokes - Who?
74. The Police - No. No. No. No. No.
75. Primus - It was fun, but no staying power. "Tommy the Cat" owns.
76. The Go-Go's - Chick pop. "Vacation" is the only song I can recall off the top of my head.
77. Everclear - Art needs to get over his father-abandonment issues. Never understood why people like them. [you got it, sil]
78. Bjork - I like "Army of Me" for no discernable reason.
79. Dramarama - Who?
80. Prodigy - I have a soft spot for peevish british hard techno. There's a particularly fun remix of "Firestarter," I enjoy.
81. The Cult - "The Witch." As long as the women step away from Ian Astbury occasionally and give the rest of us penis-bearing folks a chance.
82. Cake - I'm with sil on the "sucks lots, or rocks lots" tip - for some reason, I really like "Short Skirt" and "I Will Survive."
83. MxPx - Who?
84. Third Eye Blind - I actually enjoy "Semi-Charmed Life," moreso since K pointed out that most of it's about drug abuse *grin*
85. Sum 41 - Who?
86. Travis - Who? Tritt?
87. Papa Roach - Null response.
88. Devo - Sure, they're a one-trick pony, but it's a good trick. I'll take their cover of "Head Like a Hole"
89. A Perfect Circle - *yawn* NIN did a good remix of "Judith," actually.
90. New Found Glory - Who?
91. The Cranberries - "Zombie" would make a fucking kickass death-metal tune with a new vocal track and no other changes.
92. Lit - Who?
93. The B-52's - Hokey, but fun. "Rock Lobster."
94. Puddle of Mudd - Ummm. . .
95. Blur - "Boys and Girls" is the epitome of what's both right and wrong with brit-pop.
96. Unwritten Law - Who?
97. Pet Shop Boys - No, thanks.
98. Hoobastank- Who?
99. X - Who?
100. Lenny Kravitz - No. No. No. Shut up. I don't want to fly away, or do any of that other shit.
101. Adema - Who?
102. Echo & the Bunnymen - No, thanks.
103. Kid Rock - Fun, fun stuff. I like "Cowboy" and "American Badass." Yes, I know all the words, shut up.
104. INXS - I heard he was well-hanged. *rimshot* "Devil Inside" is fun.
105. Everlast/House of Pain - House of Pain was amusing. Everlast is whiny. "Jump up Jump up and Git Down!" [yeah, what sil said]
106. Faith No More - Mike Patton and Macross - separated at birth. Look at them! "Midlife Crisis" & "Falling to Pieces" are good, but "Das Schutzenfest" is better, and "Easy" is a fucking riot.
107. Ozzy Osbourne - Assuming we're not allowed to pull any Black Sabbath here, "Mama I'm Coming Home"
108. NOFX - Who?
109. Anti-Flag - Who?
110. AFI - Who?
111. Elvis - Presley? No, thanks.
112. Dance Hall Crashers - Who?
113. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Who?
114. The White Stripes - Who?
115. Tsunami Bomb - Who?
116. Cindy Lauper - I should say I like her stuff. I'm really acutely indifferent.
117. Silverchair - Those aussie kids? I think I only ever heard the one song, which didn't suck a ton, IIRC
118. Me First & The Gimme Gimmes - Who?
119. Bif Naked - Who?
120. Kittie - Who?

Comments

[missmorte.livejournal.com]

coldplay and white strips, two band that I adore. You should give them a listen. They aren't goth or anything but still good IMO.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

are there particular songs i should look for?

i fully admit to being in an auditory rut, but, really, i haven't heard shit on the radio i'd want to search out to hear, much less pay money to own.

and the record industry -wonders- why sales are soft. . .

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[marquisdesable.livejournal.com]

6. Rage Against the Machine --- Is from Sandy, UT, which is an affluent suburb of Salt Lake City, also where Nat grew up.

8. Green Day --- "New School Punks" who not only grew up in the suburbs, they also had wealthy parents.

13. The Smashing Pumpkins --- Pretentious wankers they may be, but somehow they ended up in an issue of Propoganda

17. The Offspring --- "This song is overrated!"

18. The Cure --- While I love them dearly due to childhood memories, I'll have to agree with Robert that they should have stopped 10 years ago.

25. Nine Inch Nails --- I really liked his first two albums but was disturbed by his self hatred, I thought "He needs to get a puppy or something." I found out later that his dog died at one of his concerts and 'inspired' his album "The Downward Spiral".

31. Alice In Chains --- "Would" was absolutely favorite song by them but I ended up hating it because it was on the Reality Bites soundtrack or was it the Singles soundtrack? Does it matter? Is there a difference?

36. The Ramones --- Every single song is interchangeable, you can sing "Beat on the Brat" to the music to "Sedated". Lather, Rinse, Repeat.

42. New Order --- Is it bad that I'm glad that Ian Curtis died?

64. Hole --- Ever notice that Hole only got really popular after Kurt died? Pity, I think...

72. Billy Idol --- Can be blamed for most of the Pop-Punk out today. I watched the 'Behind the Music' story on him, Blame Rancid, Green Day, and the lot on him.

95. Blur - "Boys and Girls" is frequently the song that gets stuck in my head for no apparent reason. I haven't heard it in years. See also: The Bunny Hop and The Mexican Hat Dance.

111. Elvis - Presley? He's still alive. Check out Bubba Ho-Tep.