Top 5 of stuff

[Spiff]

Hello

Please list your top 5s in the following categories:

Bands
Studio Albums
Live Albums
Songs
Singers
Guitarists
Bass-blokes
Drummers

That is all.

 

[Spiff]

Mine, in no real order:

Bands - Iron Maiden, Savatage, Dream Theater, Rush, In Flames

Studio Albums - Pearl Jam, "Ten"; Mother Love Bone, "Apple"; Skid Row, "Slave to the Grind"; Faith No More, "The Real Thing"; Savatage, "Streets: A Rock Opera"

Live Albums - Journey, "Captured"; Maiden, "Live After Death"; Yes, "Yessongs"; Rush, "Exit... Stage Left"; Ozzy Osbourne, "Tribute"

Songs - Journey, "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"; Rush, "Red Barchetta"; Maiden, "22 Acacia Avenue"; Dream Theater, "Finally Free"; Savatage, "Hall of the Mountain King"

Singers - The Voice of Rock, Glenn Hughes; DC Cooper; Bruce Dickinson; Steve Perry; Sebastian Bach

Guitarists - Adrian Smith; Dave Murray; Randy Rhoads; Zakk Wylde; John Petrucci

Bass-blokes - Geddy Lee; Steve Harris; Geezer Butler; John Myung; Chris Squire

Drummers - Neil Peart; Mike Portnoy; Nicko McBrain; Randy Castillo; Rick Allen

 

[Cyclonus]

Not doing albums... as I dont have many...

Bands:
1: Dream Theater
2: Black Sabbath
3: Devin Townsend (All of them)
4. Blind Guardian
5. Opeth

Songs:
1. Dream Theater - Under A Glass Moon
2. Blind Guardian - Battlefield
3. Black Sabbath - N.I.B.
4. Spiral Architect - Cloud Constructor
5. Bloodbath - Breeding Death

Singers:
1. James Labrie (Dream Theater)
2. Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth)
3. Devin Townsend
4. Rob Halford
5. Glenn Danzig

Guitarists:
1. Jimi Hendrix
2. John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
3. Michael Romeo (Symphony X)
4. Darrel Dimebag (Pantera)
5. The Soilwork guys, both equally.

Bassists:
1. Lars K Norberg (Spiral Architect)
2. Steve DiGiorgio (Death, Sadus)
3. Sean Malone (Cynic)
4. Jaco Pastorius (Weather Report)
5. Manring (Where is this guy from.. I got some solos from someplace)

Drummers:
1. Axl Von Bloomberg Hellhammer (Mayhem)
2. Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)
3. Neil Peart (Rush)
4. The guy from Tool
5. Dave Lombardo (Slayer)

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[Bucko]

Bands: Sabbath , Iron Maiden , Deep Purple, AC/DC, Judas Preist.

Studio Albums : Sabbath's :Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Ozzy: Diary of A madman, Deep Purple: Machine Head, Judas Preist : British Steel, Def Leppard : Hystria .

Live Albums : Thin Lizzy : Live & Dangerous, Motorhead : No sleep Till Hamersmith, Kiss :Alive 2, Cold Chisel : Swingshift ,
Iron Maiden : live after death .

Songs: Deep Purple: Smoke on the water, Sabbath : Children of the Grave. Faith No More : Epic, Kiss : Rock N Roll All nite, Heart : Barracuda .

Singers : Ozzy , Ronnie J Dio , Rob Halford , Bon Scott, Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)


Guitarists : Tony Iommi. Zakk Wylde , Angus Young, Randy Rhoads , EDDIE vAN hALEN .

bASSISTS : Gezzer Butler , Lemmy Kilminster, Nikki Stix , Steve Harris , Phil Lynott.

Drummers : Bill Ward, Eric Singer, John Bonham, Randy castillo , ALEX vAN halen

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

Bands:
Kiss
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Vinnie Vincent Invasion
Motley Crue

Studio Albums:
Vinnie Vincent Invasion - Vinnie Vincent Invasion
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Skid Row - Skid Row
W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil

Live Albums:
Kiss - Alive
Kiss - Alive III
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Dokken - Beast From The East
Iced Earth - Alive In Athens

Songs:
This always changes, I don't have faves coz it depends on my mood. The 5 songs I seem to be putting on the most the last couple of days are:
Vinnie Vincent Invasion - Animal
Dokken - Heaven Sent
Whitesnake - Is This Love
Whitesnake - Here I Go Again
Kingdom Come - Do You Like It

Singers:
Sebastian Bach
Bruce Dickinson
Robert Fleischmann
Rob Halford
Ronnie James Dio

Guitarists:
Eddie Van Halen
George Lynch
Vinnie Vincent
Warren DeMartini
Vivian Campbell

Bassists:
Steve Harris
Rachel Bolan
Dana Strum
Nikki Sixx
Gene Simmons

Drummers:
Bobby Rock
Scott Travis
Eric Carr
Alex Van Halen
Tommy Lee

 

[Mariner]

Bands: Anathema, Iron Maiden, Soulfly, Antimatter, My Dying Bride
Albums: Anathema - Judgement & Alt4, Soulfly - Primitive, Maiden - 7th son, Moonspell - Sin/Pecado
Live albs : Maiden - Donington & Live after Death & Rock in Rio, Dream Theater - Live at New York, My Dying Bride - The Voice of the Wretched
Songs: Anathema - Emotional Winter & Temporary Peace, Antimatter - Flowers, Maiden - Powerslave & The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (the holy 2)
Singers: Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation), Vincent Cavanagh (Anathema), Bruce Dickinson, Max Cavalera and Peter Steele (Type O Negative)
Guitarists: Luca Turilli (Rhapsody), Adrian Smith, Jimmy Page, Slash & John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
Baseplayers: Steve Harris (top!), John Myung (Dream Theater), Jason Newsted, Duncan Patterson (Anathema/Antimatter) & Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)
Drummers: Nicko Mc Nuts, Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, again ), Igor Cavalera, Lars Ulrich and Dave Grohl

 

[Wilhelm Klink]

I must be bored tonight....

Bands:
Bal-Sagoth
Children of Bodom
Therion
Dream Theater
Tristania

Studio Albums:
Bal-Sagoth - The Power Cosmic
Dream Theater - 6DOIT
Tristania - Widow's Weeds
Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
Children of Bodom - Hatebreeder

Live Albums:
Therion - Live in Midgard
Iced Earth - Alive in Athens
Children of Bodom - Tokyo Warhearts
Tristania - Widow's Tour
3 disc VCD of Dream Theater @ Beacon Theater

Songs:
Borknagar - The Presence is Ominous
Virgin Black - Whispers of Dead Sisters
Therion - The Siren of the Woods
Bal-Sagoth - When Rides the Scion of the Storms
Blind Guardian - And Then There Was Silence

Singers:
Garm/Trickster G
ICS Vortex/Simen Hestnes
Byron Roberts (Bal-Sagoth)
Hansi Kursch
Vintersorg
(3 of those guys have been with Borknagar u might notice)

Guitarists:
Alexi Laiho
John Petrucci
Those two Soilwork dudes
Samantha Escarbe (You go girl!)

Bassists/Drummers:
Don't care much about these instruments but Mike Portnoy is really good

 

[Joe Salami]

Bands :

Iron Maiden
Dio
Gamma Ray
Megadeth
Metallica (pre-1990)

Studio Albums :

Piece Of Mind - Iron Maiden
Powerslave - Iron Maiden
Master Of Puppets - Metallica
Land Of The Free - Gamma Ray
Operation : Mindcrime - Queensryche

Live Albums :

Live After Death - Iron Maiden
Decade Of Aggression - Slayer
Double Live Assassins - W.A.S.P
Live And Loud - Ozzy Osbourne
Live - AC/DC

Songs :

The Trooper - Iron Maiden
Gates Of Babylon - Rainbow
Master Of Puppets - Metallica
Bark At The Moon - Ozzy Osbourne
Rebellion In Dreamland - Gamma Ray

Singers :

Ronnie James Dio
Bruce Dickinson
Kai Hansen
Blackie Lawless
Rob Halford

Guitarists :

John Petrucci
Kai Hansen
Vivian Campbell
Tony Iommi
Zakk Wylde

Bass-blokes :

Steve Harris
Geezer Butler
Roger Glover
Jimmy Bain
Johnny Myung

Drummers :

Nicko McBrain
Lars Ulrich
Mike Portnoy
Uli Kusch
Charlie Benante

Keep 'em comin', Spiffo!

 

[Spruce Goose]

Bands

Dream Theater
Pain of Salvation
Iron Maiden
Deep Purple
Queen

Studio Albums

Scenes From a Mamory (DT)
Remedy Lane (Pain of Salvation)
The Perfect Element (Pain of Salvation)
Images and Words (DT)
Operation Mindcrime (Queensryche)

Live Albums

Made in Japan (Purple)
Live Scenes from NY (DT)
Live at da Marquee (DT)
Scream for me Brazil (Brucie)
Rainbow On Stage

Songs

A Change of Seasons (DT)
Voices (DT)
Plains of Dawn (Pain of Salvation)
A Question of Heaven (Iced Earth)
Stargazer (Rainbow)
Child in Time (Purple)
Gates of Babylon (Rainbow)
A Trace of Blood (Pain of Salvation)

Singers

Ian Gillan (DP.. only his 70's stuff. Awesome voice back then)
Bruce Dickinson
Daniel Gildenlow (POS)
James Labrie (DT.. yes, I do rate him highly as a singer!)
Freddie Mercury (Queen)
Dio

Guitarists

Steve Morse (Purple/Dixie Dregs/SMB)
John Petrucci (DT)
Ritchie Blackmore (Purple/Rainbow)
Joe Satriani
David Gilmore (Pink Floyd)

Bass-blokes

John Myung (DT)
Steve Harris
Roger Glover (Purple.. more for the fact that he is a fuckin top bloke and a talented songwriter who has put up with alot of shit)
Michael Manring
Tony Levin (Pink Floyd/Genesis/Liquid Tension Exp)

Drummers

Mike Portnoy

Virgil Donatti (Planet X/Southern Sons)
Ian Paice (Purple)
Danny Carey (Tool)
Terry Bozzio

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Bands
Iron Maiden
Iced Earth
Metallica
Megadeth
Bruce Dickinson solo
..and Creed when I'm in the mood for some non-metal.

Studio Albums
Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings
Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory
Metallica - Master Of Puppets & ...And Justice For All
Megadeth - So Far, So Good....So What!
Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth & The Chemical Wedding
Iron Maiden - The X Factor

Live Albums
Halford - Live Insurrection
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Iced Earth - Alive In Athens
Metallica - Binge and Purge
Black Sabbath - Reunion

Songs
Motorhead - Stone Dead Forever
Iced Earth - Dante's Inferno
Megadeth - In My Darkest Hour
Arch Enemy - Dead Inside
...can't narrow one more down...

Singers
Bruce Dickinson
Blaze Bayley
Ronnie James Dio
Rob Halford
Matt Barlow

Guitarists
Vivian Campbell
Jon Schaffer
John Petrucci
Tony Iommi
The Maiden boys - I love em all!

Bass-blokes
Steve Harris
Les Claypool
John Myung
Cliff Burton
Lemmy

Drummers
Mike Portnoy!

 

[spawn]

In no particular order...

Bands

Iced Earth
Iron Maiden
Murderdolls
Testament
Slayer

Studio Albums

God Hates Us All - Slayer
Burnt Offerings - Iced Earth
The Dark Saga - Iced Earth
Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden
The Gathering - Testament

Live Albums

Alive In Athens - Iced Earth
Rock In Rio - Iron Maiden
Live Insurrection - Halford
Scream For Me Brazil - Bruciewucey

Songs

A Question Of Heaven - Iced Earth
Fall Of Sipledome - Testament
Point - Slayer
Motherf**ker I Dont Care - Murderdolls
Where Does Love Go When It Dies - Def Leppard

Singers

Matt Barlow
Sebastian Bach
Ronnie James Dio
Rob Halford
Bruceywucey

Guitarists

Kirk Hammett
Vivian Campbell
Eric Peterson
Adrian Smith
Mark Tremonti

Bass

I dont really know, what makes a good bass player? Anyone who plays for the song and can lay down a great groove wins

Drums

Dave Lombardo is number one. Daylight second

 

[Winmar]

I haven't got time to do this right now, but nobody bloody mentioned Gene Hoglan!! He's the best drummer I've ever seen.

 

[Spiff]

Who?

 

[Cyclonus]

Gene Hoglan from Death, Dark Angel, Strapping Young Lad... errr... some black metal band... a few more...

He's basically in the same league as Dave Lombardo and Paul Bostaph... being a very very good thrash metal drummer.

Hellhammer is faster...

 

[Winmar]

But is he as fast all over the kit....hey hey hey??? When I saw SYL in 1999 or thereabouts I finally saw how he played all that stuff. Even when it songs like he's just hitting the kit as fast as he can, his hands are all over the place (not sloppy, just using the whole kit at lightning speed). My favourite drumming of his is on Death's Symbolic album.

 

[Cyclonus]

Yeah I like his Death work the most.

Hellhammer has the fastest arms I have seen. His legs are fast, but Gene is pretty good down there also.

Different styles too.

But I just like the drum roll in Mayhem's A Time To Die. That is fast.

 

[spawn]

Dave Lombardo is the greatest

 

[yourdeadgroom]

Bands
My Dying Bride
Iron Maiden
Bolt Thrower
Katatonia
Anathema

Studio Albums
MDB- TA&TDR
Pan~Thy~Monium- Dawn of dreams
Iron Maiden- 7th Son
Opeth- Morningrise
Katatonia- Brave Murder Day

Live Albums
Maiden- Live after death
Obituary- dead
Maiden- Rock in Rio
Mayhem- Mediolanum capta est
Hypocrisy- Destroys Waken

Songs
MDB- The cry of mankind
Mdb- Turn loose the swans
Anathema- a dying wish
Anathema- My kingdom
In the woods...- I am your flesh

Singers
Bruce
Jan from In The Woods...
Aaron from MDB
Mike from Opeth
Vintersorg

Guitarists
Chuck Schuldiner (Death)
That guy from Sentenced
Danny from Anathema
Yngwie
Anders Nystrom (Katatonia)

Bass-blokes
Steve DiGiorgio
Les Claypool (Primus)
Duncan Patterson (ex-Anathema)
Steve Harris (some band called Iron Maiden )
That guy on Living Colour's first 2 albums

Drummers
Hellhammer
John Douglas (Anathema)
Shaun Steels (MDB)
The guy from Nightwish
The guy from Napalm Death

 

[Winmar]

Ah but have you seen Gene before, Spawny?

 

[spawn]

I have a few albums that he plays drums on, he is definitely very good, but one listen to Fall Of Sipledome from The Gathering puts him and every other drummer ever back where they belong, below Daves greatness

If you ever want a bible for thrash drumming, buy The Gathering