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Basically post your favorite band for each letter of the alphabet. The doesn't count so you can post Beatles, The etc.

 

Arcade Fire

Beatles

Clash

David Bowie

Eric Clapton

Flaming Lips

Green Day

Hold Steady

Iron & Wine

Jeff Tweedy

Kanye West

Led Zeppelin

Miles Davis

Nas

Old Crow Medicine Show

Paul McCartney

Queen

Radiohead

Sweet Baby

Tom Petty

U2

Van Morrison

Wilco

X

Yo La Tengo

Zwan

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Arcade Fire

Blatz

Cooke, Sam

Descendents

Echo and the Bunnymen

Fugazi

Galaxie 500

Hem

Interpol

Jawbox

Kinks

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Morrissey

Neko Case

Operation Ivy

Pixies

Queen

Radiohead

Stone Roses

The The

U2

Velvet Underground

Ween

X

Yo La Tengo

Zero Boys

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Arcade Fire

Beatles, The

Clash, The

Dylan, Bob (toughest letter for me)

Eels

Fleetwood Mac

Grateful Dead, The

Hives, The (don't have much H stuff)

I'm From Barcelona (ditto)

Jayhawks, The

Kinks, The

Led Zeppelin

My Morning Jacket

Neutral Milk Hotel

Oasis

Petty, Tom

Queen

Rolling Stones

Spoon

Television

Uncle Tupelo

Vampire Weekend (I guess)

Wilco

Xiu Xiu (only X I have in my collection)

Yo La Tengo

ZZ Top (read explanation for X)

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OK, here goes (I'll do rock only):

 

Allman Bros.

Bob Dylan

Clash

Dire Straits

Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Fixx

Grateful Dead

Humble Pie

Ian Hunter

Jimi Hendrix

King Crimson

Led Zeppelin

Moody Blues

New Riders of the Purple Sage

Ozomatli

Pink Floyd

Quicksilver Messenger Service

Rush

Santana

Traffic

Uncle Tupelo

Velvet Underground

Who

X

Yes

Zappa, Frank (sorry, had to get him in there :stunned )

 

That was tough on a few letters - some could have been easily substituted. Great idea for a thread Chompsky. :thumbup

 

EDIT: I did first name (as the original poster did) first. Sorry for the confusion.

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I try not to claim "favorites," so I'll go with the first band that I really like that comes to mind for each letter.

 

Andrew Bird

Bob Dylan

Clem Snide

Dinosaur Jr.

Eef Barzelay

Francoise Hardy

Gram Parsons

Hasil Adkins

Iggy & the Stooges

Jeff Tweedy

Kim Deal

Leonard Cohen

Monks

Nico

Otis Redding

Pavement

Question Mark and the Mysterians

Ramones

Sonics

Talking Heads

Uncle Tupelo

Vaselines

Wilco

XTC

Yo La Tengo

Zappa

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Archers of Loaf

Bush, Kate

Capstan Shafts

Dumptruck

ELP

Fountains of Wayne

Guided by Voices

Health and Happines Show

Insiders

Jethro Tull

Keating, Matt

Loud Family

Monkees

Nektar

Old 97s

Pernice Brothers

Quacky Duck & his Barnyard Friends

Rave-Ups

Son Volt

Television

Uncle Tupelo

Velvet Crush

Waterboys

X

Yes

Zebra

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Andrew Bird

Beatles

Coldplay

The Dodos

The Elected

Fleet Foxes

Guster

Hotel Lights

Iron and Wine

Jim O'Rourke

The Kinks

Loose Fur

Margot and the Nuclear So and So's

The National

Oakley Hall

Phonograph

Radiohead

Shins/Spoon

T- nothing is standing out to me

Uncle Tupelo

Vampire Weekend

Wilco

X- nothin

Yael Naim

Zookeeper

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Arcade Fire

The Beatles

Clash

David Bowie

Electric Light Orchestra

Flaming Lips

Gomez

Harry Nillsson

Interpol

Jeff Tweedy

Kinky

Led Zeppelin

My Morning Jacket

The National

Oasis

Pixies

Queen

Radiohead

Simon and Garfunkel

Talking Heads

U2

Van Morrison

Wilco

XTC

Yo La Tengo

The Zombies (changed from ZZ Top after seeing Mr. Rain's list)

 

My most painful moments were leaving off Paul McCartney and The Who

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Andrew Bird

Belle and Sebastian

Case, Neko

Drive-by Truckers

Ed Harcourt

Flaming Lips

Grant-Lee Phillips

Hold Steady

Interpol

Jimi Hendrix

Kinks

Low

M. Ward

New Pornographers

Okkervil River

Pavement

Queen

Ryan Adams

Spoon

Television

Uncle Tupelo

Velvet Underground

Wilco

X

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Zeppelin (yeah, I'm a cheater)

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Andrew Bird

Bonnie "Prince" BIlly

Crowded House

Decemberists

ELO

Flaming Lips

GBV

Howe Gelb

Iron and Wine

Joy Division (J was HARD!)

Kinks

Liam Finn

Magnolia Electric Co.

New Order

of Montreal

Prince

Queen

R.E.M.

 

I'm sorry, should I quit? I cannot choose between Sloan and Scott Walker. And I can't pick Walker Brothers because then there's no Wilco.

 

I forfeit.

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Andrew Bird

Beatles

CSNY

Decemberists

Elliott Smith

Frank Black and the Catholics

George Harrison

H... ummm... Harrison, George

Iron and Wine

Jason Molina

Kanye West

Led Zeppelin

Magnolia Electric Co

Neil Young

Okkervil River

Pavement

Queens of the Stone Age

Radiohead

Songs: Ohia (J.M. got the hattrick)

Traveling Wilburys

Uncle Tupelo

Vashti Bunyan (it was either her or the Vines.....)

Wilco!

X... ummm???

Y... ummm??? Young, Neil!!! Yeah he's on twice.

Z... ummm... Zwan?

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Allman Bros

Band, The (and/or Bob Marley)

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Dismemberment Plan, The

Elvis Costello

Fugazi

Grateful Dead

Hold Steady, The

Isaac Hayes? (I'm kind of low on "I"s)

John Lee Hooker

Kinks, The

Louis Armstrong

Morphine

Neil Young

Otis Redding

Pavement

Q and Not U

Rancid

Sonic Youth

Tom Waits

Uncle Tupelo

Van Morrison

Wilco

X

Yo La Tengo

Zappa, Frank

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Andrew Bird

Beatles

Clash

Dylan, Bob :hmm

Eric Clapton

Flaming Lips

George Harrison

Howlin' Wolf

Iron & Wine

John Lennon

Kanye West

Loose Fur

Marvin Gaye

Neutral Milk Hotel

Paul McCartney

Queen

Ringo Starr

Simon and Garfunkel

Talking Heads

Uncle Tupelo

Van Morrison

Wilco

X: I don't have X artists

Young, Neil :hmm

Z: ZZ Top? I don't have Z artists

 

D, J, and R were particularly difficult.

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I don't know if we're supposed to be using first or last names for solo artists, so I'll stick with bands only.

 

A - The Arcade Fire

B - Blanche

C - The Clash

D - Dinosaur Jr

E - ESG

F - Fugazi

G - Guided by Voices

H - Hum

I - Interpol

J - Joy Division

K - The Knitters

L - Les Savy Fav

M - The Minutemen or Mission of Burma or Meat Puppets -- too fucking hard to choose

N - NATSUMEN

O - Oasis

P - The Pixies

Q - Queens of the Stone Age

R - Radiohead

S - Sonic Youth or the Stooges

T - Thunderbirds Are Now!

U - Uncle Tupelo

V - The Velvet Underground

W - The White Stripes

X - X

Y - Yo La Tengo

Z - The Zombies

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Archers of Loaf

 

:thumbup

 

Archers of Loaf

Beatles

Cure

DBT

Eagles

Fugazi

Greatful Dead

Hum

Interpol

Janky

Kinks

Lincoln Park (just kidding!!) Led Zepplin

MMJ

No Knife

Ozma

Pixies

Q and Not U

Radiohead

Sex Pistols

Talking Heads

Uncle Tupelo

Van Morrison

Wilco

X-Ray Specs

Yes

ZZ Top

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Afghan Whigs

Beatles

Charles Mingus

David Bowie

ELO

Fantomas

Golden Smog

Hellwood (this way, I get Johnny Dowd and Jim White on my list)

Iron Maiden

Johnny Cash

King Crimson

Loose Fur

Miles Davis

Neil Young

Otis Redding

Pat Martino

Queens of the Stone Age

Rolling Stones

Stephen Malkmus

Thelonius Monk

Uncle Tupelo

Velvet Underground

Wilco

X

Yes

Zorn, John

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Now this is a thread that I feel like I used to do on the back of my 7th grade notebook. It's changed some since then('86), but I'll denote(*)those that have not.

 

A- ACDC* (only '74-'79)

B- the Band

C- the Clash

D- Dylan

E- Endpoint

F- Fugazi

G- Guns N' Roses (AFD era)

H- Husker Du

I- the Impressions

J- Jawbreaker

K- KISS* (the 70's)

L- Leatherface

M- My Morning Jacket

N- New York Dolls

O- Outkast

P- Prince* ('78-'87)

Q- Queen

R- the Replacements

S- Springsteen (all of it)

T- Television

U- Uncle Tupleo

V - Van Halen* ('78-'84)

W- Wilco

X- X

Y- Young, Neil

Z- ZZ Top (first six albums)

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Asterisks denote the letters that were toughest to choose:

 

Adams, Ryan*

Beatles, The

Clash, The*

Dylan, Bob

Easybeats, The

Funkadelic

Guided by Voices

Hendrix, Jimi

Iron & Wine

Jefferson Airplane

Kinks, The

Led Zeppelin*

Morrison, Van*

Nils, The

Orchestra Baobab

Posies, The*

Queen

Rolling Stones*

Springsteen, Bruce*

Television

Uncle Tupelo

Velvet Underground, The

Wilco*

X

Young, Neil

Zevon, Warren

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Archers of loaf

Band of horses

Clash

Dinosaur jr

Elliott smith

Futureheads

Guided by voices

Helio sequence

Iggy

Jam/Joy division -> too close to call

Kinks

Lemonheads

My bloody valentine

Nick drake

Old canes

Pavement

Quasi

Replacements

Superchunk -> by far the hardest letter to do

Thermals

Ugly Cassanova

Velvet Underground

Wilco

X

Yo La Tengo

Zutons

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Adams, Ryan

Band, The

Cash, Johnny

Drive-By Truckers

Earle, Steve

Faces

Guided By Voices

Hold Steady, The

Isbell, Jason

Jennings, Waylon

Kinks, The

Led Zeppelin

Magnolia Electric Co.

Nelson, Willie

Okkervil River

Pink Floyd

Queen

Rolling Stones, The

Springsteen, Bruce

Thin Lizzy

Uncle Tupelo

Van Zandt, Townes

Wilco

X

Young, Neil

Zevon, Warren

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