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Mine, first 6 are in order, the rest are in a general flow of an order:

 

the Dead

Allman Brothers

Wilco

R.E.M.

Phish

Hot Tuna

Beatles

Stones

Los Lobos

Talking Heads

Clash

Lucinda

Jefferson Airplane

Pretenders

Tedeschi Trucks Band

Replacements

The Band

Richard Thompson

Gov't Mule

Neil Young

Derek and the Dominos

Cracker

Traffic

Social D

Soulive

Ryan Adams

X

Galactic

George Clinton/P-Funk

Creedence

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Actually, this is a lot easier than top 5.  Not even sure I have 30.

 

1.  Grateful Dead

2.  Neil Young

3.  Pat Metheny

4.  Pink Floyd

5.  Mark Kozelek

6.  Gillian Welch

7.  Beatles

8.  Wilco

9.  Thin Lizzy

10. Yes

 

…that's all I got.

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1 Dylan

2 The Who

3 Wilco

4 Springsteen

5 Rolling Stones

6 Van Morrison

7 The Clash

8 The National

9 Neil Young

10 Hendrix

11 Richard Thompson

12 Stevie Wonder

13 Velvet Underground

14 Pavement

15 Joni Mitchell

16 Bowie

17 Nick Drake

18 The Band

19 Belle & Sebastian

20 Old 97s

21 Elliot Smith

22 Son Volt

23 Sufjan Stevens

24 Big Star

25 Uncle Tupelo

26 Arcade Fire

27 Sigur Ros

28 Neutral Milk Hotel

29 Tom Waits

30 My Morning Jacket

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1. Tom Waits

2. Dr. Dog

3. Wilco

4. Bob Dylan

5. Patti Smith

6. Dr. John 

7. Captain Beefheart

8. M. Ward

9. Heartless Bastards 

10. Shilpa Ray

11. Lou Reed

12. The Velvet Underground

13. Howlin' Wolf

14. Nick Cave/ Grinderman 

15. Nino Rota

16. Man Man

17. Leonard Cohen 

18. Harry Nilsson 

19. Elvis Costello 

20. Neil Young

21. The Clash

22. David Byrne 

23. St. Vincent 

24. Talking Heads

25. David Bowie 

26. Television

27. DeVotchka 

28. The Band

29. Queen

30. Louis Prima 

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Hmmm, the top 10 or 15 are pretty easy and it gets really tough afterward.

 

1. Warren Zevon

2. The Clash

3. The Who

4. Elvis Costello

5. Pink Floyd

6. Ian Dury (& The Blockheads)

7. Bob Dylan

8. REM

9. Wilco

10. The Ramones

11. John Hiatt

12. Rolling Stones

13. Drive-By-Truckers

14. CCR

15. Graham Parker

16. Grateful Dead

17. Little Feat

18. The Beatles

19. The Kinks

20. Jackson Browne

21. Led Zeppelin

22. The Replacements

23. Los Lobos

24. Neil Young

25. Randy Newman

26. Steely Dan

27. Radiohead

28. The Pretenders

29. My Morning Jacket

30. Tom Petty/Heartbreakers

 

Man that list is a bunch of old guys.

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No particular order...

 

Beatles

Stones

Springsteen

Replacements

Neil Young

AC/DC

Johnny Cash

Alejandro Escovedo

Led Zeppelin

Steve Earle

Kinks

Sugar

The Jam/Paul Weller

The Clash

Ramones

Dinosaur Junior

Queens of the Stone Age

Lucinda Williams

Warren Zevon

REM

Pink Floyd

Van Morrison

Jimi Hendrix

Stevie Ray Vaughn

Afghan Whigs

Husker Du

MMJ

Black Sanbath

Nick Cave/Grinderman

Wilco/Son Volt/Uncle Tupelo

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Can't.... create.... hierarchy...

 

The Beatles

Nirvana

Jawbreaker

Wilco

Bob Dylan

The Clash

Samiam

Fugazi

John Coltrane

The Jam

Charlie Parker

Neko Case

Joni Mitchell

Sharon Van Etten

The Kinks

The Replacements

Mos Def

The Talking Heads

Superchunk

At the Drive In

Jawbox

Leonard Cohen

The Roots

Nick Drake

Mississippi John Hurt

Songs Ohia/Magnolia Elec Co

Yo la Tengo

Lifetime

Buffalo Springfield

Radiohead

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Can't.... create.... hierarchy...

 

The Beatles

Nirvana

Jawbreaker

Wilco

Bob Dylan

The Clash

Samiam

Fugazi

John Coltrane

The Jam

Charlie Parker

Neko Case

Joni Mitchell

Sharon Van Etten

The Kinks

The Replacements

Mos Def

The Talking Heads

Superchunk

At the Drive In

Jawbox

Leonard Cohen

The Roots

Nick Drake

Mississippi John Hurt

Songs Ohia/Magnolia Elec Co

Yo la Tengo

Lifetime

Buffalo Springfield

Radiohead

Heavy on the "Jaw" I notice, Jawbreaker and Jawbox.  Are they related?

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In order, for today...

 

1. Wilco

2. Cracker

3. The Replacements

4. CAKE

5. The Rolling Stones

6. The Jayhawks

7. Paul Weller

8. The Band

9. The Who

10. Bob Dylan

11. Talking Heads

12. The Jam

13. Neil Young

14. Conor Oberst

15. The Faces

16. Pete Townshend

17. Whiskeytown

18. Rush

19. Johnny Cash

20. The Pretenders

21. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

22. PIL

23. Uncle Tupelo

24. David Bowie

25. Bash and Pop

26. Willie Nelson

27. Dire Straits

28. Bob Marley and the Wailers

29. Matthew Sweet

30. World Party

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  1. Local H
  2. Wilco
  3. Stone Temple Pilots (to 2001)
  4. Frank Turner
  5. Rolling Stones
  6. The Wallflowers
  7. Okkervil River
  8. My Morning Jacket
  9. Ryan Adams
  10. Beck
  11. Nirvana
  12. The National
  13. Pearl Jam
  14. Two Gallants
  15. The Killers
  16. Great Lake Swimmers
  17. Airborne Toxic Event
  18. White Stripes
  19. Fleet Foxes
  20. David Bowie
  21. The Echo Friendly
  22. The Men
  23. NIN
  24. Oasis
  25. Spoon
  26. Father John Misty
  27. Smashing Pumpkins
  28. Toadies
  29. Scott Lucas and the Married Men
  30. Queens of the Stone Age
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  1. Grateful Dead
  2. Bob Dylan
  3. Rolling Stones 
  4. Beatles
  5. Wilco
  6. Neil Young
  7. Ry Cooder
  8. Television
  9. Orange Juice
  10. Velvet Underground
  11. Steely Dan
  12. Black Crowes
  13. David Crosby
  14. Giant Sand
  15. Robyn Hitchcock
  16. The Kinks
  17. The Band
  18. XTC
  19. The Clash
  20. Graham Parker
  21. Janis Joplin
  22. Joni Mitchell
  23. Little Feat
  24. Pretenders
  25. Bob Marley
  26. Pink Floyd
  27. Tom Waits
  28. Nacha Pop
  29. Faces
  30. David Bowie

Yep, I'm an ageing rocker...

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Heavy on the "Jaw" I notice, Jawbreaker and Jawbox.  Are they related?

 

Thanks for asking! :hyper

While Jawbreaker and Jawbox once shared a split 7", they weren't too closely associated with Jawbreaker being a NY/California entity, and Jawbox being a DC group.

 

I love both because they took the punk rock vitality of their respective musical communities and brought it somewhere arguably not in the punk rock mold.  Jawbreaker did this through its strikingly poetic lyrics and emotional vulnerability, which was unthinkable at the time of political soapboxing and iron-clad sarcasm and humor.  Their lyricist Blake Schwarzenbach could write a Salinger-worthy narrative into a song, or extend an apt metaphor over several verses and choruses, as evidenced here by "The Boat Dreams From the Hill":

 

https://youtu.be/aogeXRqhETg

 

If Jawbreaker's triumph was one of the heart, Jawbox broke the punk mold by taking a more cerebral approach to music.  Keeping much of the muscle, but adding more thoughtful flourishes of melody, discord, rhythmic complexity, and counterpoint.  One of their biggest musical triumphs is this song, Savory:

 

https://youtu.be/zU8DCS1JKbI

 

Both bands had classic, disastrous major-label outings in the 90's.  Jawbreaker in fact was in the supporting slot for one of Nirvana's final tours.

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