Favourite bands?

[rdyfrde]

Queen is my favorite band.

The rest that I also enjoy is a huge list

 

[The Cosmic Lawnmower]

Threshold
Porcupine Tree
Frost*
Magenta
Pure Reason Revolution
Kyrbgrinder
Spocks Beard
Transatlantic
Tubes
Todd Rundgren
Steely Dan
Queensryche
Genesis
Yes
Gentle Giant
Van der Graaf Generator
AC/DC
Van Halen

To name a few...

 

[razoredge]

No favorite "new" bands, probably havent found the right ones
Older current seasoned veterans are:
Fates Warning
Savatage
Queensryche
Dream Theater
Symphony X
Threshold

Rockers
Van Halen
Riverdogs
anything Hagar

old days and still standards
Led Zeppelin
Uriah Heep
Humble Pie
Alice Cooper (early)
Rush
Crack the Sky (early)
Kansas

then theres the old fusion guys
Return to Forever
Mahavishnu
Cobham
Ponty
DiMeola
Jeff Beck
Dixie Dregs
Gamalon

 

[Gilbo]

Just in case anyone else is as sad as me, top ten bands mentioned in this thread (excluding Threshold), and the number of votes, are:

Dream Theater 19
Rush 16
Symphony X 15
Ayreon 13
Vanden Plas 11
Spocks Beard 9
Porcupine Tree 8
Queensryche 8
Evergrey 7
Metallica 6

Not sure what that tells us about our collective musical taste. I know what it tells you about me...

 

[matsuriman]

Here's mine:-

Dream Theater
Led Zeppelin
Symphony X

Yes
Rush
Threshold
Porcupine Tree
Whitesnake
Spock's Beard
Metallica

 

[asymmetry]

Let's me see:

- Ayreon/Star One
- SymphonyX
- Evergrey
- Pain Of Salvation
- Savatage
- Iron Maiden
- Andromeda
- Kamelot
- Dream Theater
- Angra
- Elegy
- Adagio
- Circle II Circle
- Redemption

and many many more ...

 

[BurningDownTheMiddle]

Iron Maiden
Threshold
Bruce Dickinson solo
Crowded House
Trivium
System of a Down
Linkin Park
Slayer
Trivium
(early) Metallica

is that ten already?!?!?!?!

 

[fishyboy]

Damian Wilson Band
Genesis
Pink Floyd
Marillion
Pendragon
Medicine Man
Arena
Caamora
Strangers on a Train
Jadis
IQ
Frost*
The Pineapple Thief
Riverside
Lunatic Soul
Indukti
Collage
Believe
Satellite
Pallas
Abel Ganz
Pure Reason Revolution
Marathon
For Absent Friends
Edgon Heath

and hundreds more

 

[progmetalgod]

Updated list of current absolute favourite bands that is going to take a lot to break...

Dream Theater
Symphony X
Threshold
Rush
Everon
Iron Maiden
Paradise Lost
King's X
Testament
Arjen A. Lucassen (Ayreon and side projects)
Death
Black Sabbath

 

[strangehighways]

Absolute Favs.....

Megadeth
Yngwie
Dire Straits

Others I love....

Queensryche - Golden period of Rage F.O. to Empire
Europe
DIO
Saxon
WASP
Threshold
Def Leppard
Beach Boys
Chicago
Journey
early Van Halen
early Primal Fear
Sinner
Judas Priest
Eidolon

 

[taxi driver]

i can do most rock from ELO to Motorhead but i'll always be a proggy freak!

 

[estYMaj]

Ill call this my Favorite Top 12

Dream Theater
Symphony x
Pain Of Salvation
Circus Maximus
Seventh Wonder
Myrath
Darkwater
Within Temptation
Opeth
Spheric Universe Experiance
Andromeda
Aryeon