Favourite band(s) for each letter of the alphabet?

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I was unable to sleep last night so I decided to make a list of up to 5 favourite artists for each letter of the alphabet. I have an alphabetized list of cd’s/vinyls/tapes I own which I’ve been continuously updating for the last 8 or 9 years, so I used that to make it an easier task. For some letters it was VERY tough to limit it to just 5 bands whereas for others it was tough to come up with hardly any that I genuinely enjoy.

Anyways I thought this would make for an interesting thread even if people decide they want to list one artist for each letter..

Here’s what I came up with…

A – Agalloch, Absurd, Acheron, Alice In Chains, Amebix

B – Burzum, Bathory, Beherit, Bestial Warlust, Blasphemy

C – Carnivore, Cocteau Twins, Current 93, Celtic Frost, Crass

D – Danzig, Death, Dead Can Dance, Discharge, Death In June

E – Emperor, Eucharist, Enslaved, Entombed, Enthroned

F – Fullmoon, Funeral Mist, Frozen Shadows, Forgotten Tomb, Flame of War

G – Goatmoon, Goatlord, Gorguts, Graveland, Grand Belial’s Key

H – Hellhammer, Holocausto, Hate Forest, Hades, Havohej

I – Ildjarn, Incantation, Immortal, Iron Maiden, Immortalis

J – Joy Division, Judas Iscariot, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Joyless, Judas Priest

K – Kreator, Killing Joke, King Diamond, Kroda, Kristallnacht

L – Legion of Doom, Leviathan, Lust, Lustmord, Lush

M – Mortuary Drape, Mercyful Fate, Merciless, Morbid Angel, Moonblood

N – Nocturnus, Nile, Nunslaughter, Nokturnal Mortum, Nocturnal Graves

O – Obituary, Ohtar, Order From Chaos, Onslaught, Of the Wand And the Moon

P – Pearl Jam, Peste Noire, Possessed, Primordial, Primus

Q – Queens of the Stone Age

R – Repulsion, Rotting Christ, Root, Rammstein, Razor

S – Slayer, Sepultura, Sarcofago, Sodom, The Sisters of Mercy

T – Temnozor, Tool, Thor’s Hammer, Type O Negative, Treblinka

U – Ulver, Unleashed, Urfaust, Ungod, Unholy

V – Veles, Venom, Velvet Cacoon, Voivod, Vulcano

W – Wolfnacht, Woods of Ypres, Woodtemple, Warloghe, White Zombie

X – Xasthur, Xibalba

Y - Yamatu

Z – Zyklon, Zyklon-B, Zwan


So post away my fellow aspies!!

If I were to include all the bands I have on my I-Pod, the list would easily run into quadruple figures, so I'm just going to pick one favourite for each letter.

A - Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
B - The Beach Boys
C - Can
D - Disco Inferno
E - The Electric Prunes
F - The Fall
G - The Golden Dawn
H - Husker Du
I - Iggy & the Stooges
J - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
K - Kraftwerk
L - Love
M- Malakai
N - Neu!
O- The Only Ones
P - Parliament
Q- Quicksilver Messenger Service
R - The Replacements
S - Silver Apples
T - Television Personalities
U -The Undertones
V - The Velvet Underground
W- Wire
X - XTC
Y - Yeah Yeah Noh
Z- The Zombies

Sigh. Don't you just love being off work for four days?

Alice In Chains
Boston, Babys, Beatles, Bowie, David
Cars, The
Doors, Def Leppard
Eagles, Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Frampton, Peter
Gabriel, Peter
Harrison, George, Hendrix, Jimi
Icicle Works, Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
KISS, Kansas
Led Zeppelin
Motorhead
No Doubt
Ozzy Osbourne
Pantera
Queen
Rainbow
Steeley Dan, Scorpions, System Of A Down
Toto
U2
Van Halen
Who, The
X
Yes
Zebra

A - Alice in Chains, Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy, Anthrax, Akercocke
B - Bathory, Black Breath, Behemoth, Blind Guardian, Baroness
C - Cattle Decapitation, ChthoniC, Celtic Frost, Cavalera Conspiracy, Candlemass (Excluding new album)
D - Dark Tranquility, Down, Death, Decapitated, Devin Townsend Project
E - Electric Wizard, Evile, Exodus, Enslaved, Emperor
F - Fear Factory, Faith No More, Finntroll, Foo Fighters
G - Ghost, Goatwhore, Gojira, God Forbid
H - High on Fire, Hammerfall, Huntress, Heaven and Hell, Hammers of Misfortune
I - Iced Earth, Iron Maiden
J - Judas Priest
K - Kataklysm, Korpiklanni, Kylesa, Kreator, King Diamond
L - Lamb of God
M - Mors Principium Est, Municipal Waste, My Dying Bride, Mastodon, Motorhead
N - Napalm Death, Nile, Neurosis
O - Opeth, Overkill, Orange Goblin
P - Pantera, The Prodigy, Paradise Lost, Primordial
Q - Queens of the Stone Age
R - Rammstein, Rotting Christ, Rhapsody of Fire, Rage Against the Machine
S - Strapping Young Lad, Sepultura, Scar Symmetry, Spawn of Possession, Slayer
T - Testament, Type O Negative, Tyr, Triptykon, Turisas
U - N/A
V - Voivod, Venom
W - W.A.S.P, White Zombie, Wintersun, Warbringer, Woods of Ypres
X - N/A
Y - N/A
Z - N/A

Here is my list: Great idea for a thread!

A: Adam Lambert, Adema, Apocalyptica, Aerosmith, Aaron Lewis
B: Breaking Benjamin, Bloodhound Gang, Bon Jovi, Barbra Streisand, Bad Company
C: Chevelle, Cher, Christina Aguilera, CCR, Cyndi Lauper
D: Disturbed, Dee Snider, Dayton Family, Drake, David Cook
E: Evanescence, Epica, E Nomine, Eisbrecher, Eminem
F: 5FDP, Flyleaf, Fat Boy Slim, Foo Fighters, Foreigner
G: Godsmack, Guns N Roses, Genesis, Goo Goo Dolls, Good Charlottte
H: Hinder, HIM, Hollywood Undead, Hoobastank, Halestorm
I: Incubus, Inflames, ICP, Ice Cube, Inxs
J: Journey, Jewel, JLO, Janet Jackson, Jason Derulo
K: Korn, Kamelot, Kittie, Kesha, Katy Perry
L: Linkin Park. Lil Wayne, Lady Gaga, Live, Lynyrd Skynyrd
M: Madonna, Marilyn Manson, Metallica, Mudvayne, Mortal Love
N: Nightwish, NiN, Nickelback, No Doubt, Nelly
O: Orgy, Ozzy, Oomph!, Offspring, One Republic
P: Papa Roach, Phil Collins, Pink, Pink Floyd, PM5K
Q: Queen, Queens of the stone age, Quiet Riot
R: Rammstein, RHCP, REO Speedwagon, Rolling Stones, Robbie Williams
S: Slipknot, Seether, System of a Down, Silverchair, Seether
T: Three Days Grace, Tesla, Train, TLC, Trapt
U: Uncle Kracker, Usher
V: Visions of Atlantis, Vertical Horizon, Van Halen, Vince Gill, Vanessa Carlton
W: Within Temptation, Warchild, Whitney Houston, The Who, Warrant
X: Xhibit
Y: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yes, Yellowcard
Z: Zeromancer, ZZ Top

Great to see choices of Alice In Chains, Nile, Motorhead and the Velvet Undergound!!
Keep them coming guys!!

Glad to see that the OP put King Diamond and Mercyful Fate in his K and M sections.

There's a night club in Seattle called Blue Moon where my band has played a few times. Right down the block from the club is the five story apartment building where Layne Staley died. I actually didn't know about that till six months ago. I love me some AIC!

I'll just do one for each letter. Some letters are really easy, others really hard. I'll throw in a bunch of internet people too. These aren't my favorite bands, just favorite for each letter that I know of.

Apocalypica
Blind Guardia
Cyril the Wolf
Disturbed
Erock
Foo Fighters
Genesis
Heaven and Hell
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Korn
Living Tombstone (the)
Mastodon
Nightwish
Offspring (the)
Prince Whateverer
Queen
Rammstein
System of a Down
Tarby
U2
Velvet Underground (the)
Weird Al
X (The hell is a band that starts with X?)
Yes
ZackTheKajillionth

Gosh, this was harder than I thought! I also added links to some of the band's music for those who are curious (and because I'm a huge dork and I totally love making lists). There are few small time local bands in there too.

Animal Collective
Bjork
CocoRosie
Doldrums
Eric Copeland
Forest Swords
Gold Panda
HTML Flowers
Inca Ore
James Chance & The Contortions
KUKL
Lata Mangeshkar
Miriam Makeba
No Zu
Os Mutantes
Pharoah Sanders
Quando Quango
Residents, The
Sun Ra
Tornados, The
U
Voidoids, Richard Hell and The
W
X
Yusef Lateef
Zomes

I'm pretty sure if you listen to all of these songs you turn into me.

Wow, this thread turned into more of a success than I thought!

Glad to see that the OP put King Diamond and Mercyful Fate in his K and M sections.

A - A Tribe Called Quest, Adolescents, Agent Orange, Alice In Chains, Amy Winehouse
B - Babes in Toyland, Bauhaus, The Beatles, Belly, Bikini Kill, The Breeders, Bob Dylan,Bob Marley
C - Chuck Berry, The Clash, Cocteau Twins, The Cure, Curve
D - David Bowie, Dead Kennedys, Descendants, Dinosaur Jr. , Dropkick Murphys, The Doors
E - Echo and The Bunnymen, Elastica, Elliot Smith, Elvis Costello, Emilys Sassy Lime
F - Fall Out Boy, ,Fastbacks, Fiona Apple ,Fugazi, The Fugees
G - Garbage, Gary Numan, The Germs, The Gorillaz, Green Jelly
H - Heart, Helium, Hole, Hum, Horrorpops
I - Iggy And The Stooges, Interpol, , Iron Maiden
J - Joan Jett, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Joy Division,
K - Kate Bush, The Kinks, Kleenex/Liliput, Kreayshawn (lol), Kristin Hersh
L - L7, Le Tigre, The Lemonheads,Lou Reed, Lush
M - Mazzy Star, MIA, Minor Threat, Metallica, The Muffs, My Bloody Valentine,
N - New Order, Nirvana, No Doubt
O - Oasis, Operation Ivy.
P - Patti Smith, Pavement, The Pixies, PJ Harvey, Public Image Ltd.
Q - Queen, The Queers (not really a big fan of either tbh but only 2 i could think of!)
R - The Ramones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, REM, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Run DMC
S - Sebadoh, Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Slits, Slowdive, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, Sonic Youth, Superchunk
T - Talking Heads, That dog., Throwing Muses, TLC,
U - The Undertones, U2 (again the only 2 I can think of!)
V - The Vaselines, The Velvet Underground, Veruca Salt, Violent Femmes, Vivian Girls
W - The Who, Weezer, Wild Flag,
X - X, X-Ray Spex (2 great X bands!)
Y - The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yo La Tengo, Yuck
Z - The Zombies, Zombina and The Skeletones

Annotations of an Autopsy
The Black Dahlia Murder
Cattle Decapitation
Devourment
Every Time I Die
Faith No More
Giant Squid
He is Legend
Ingested
Job For a Cowboy
Kvelertak
Living Sacrifice
Mr. Bungle
Norma Jean
The Ocean
Putrid Pile
N/A
Rings of Saturn
Suffocation
Thy Art is Murder
Underoath (Not really a favorite, but only "U" band that I like off the top of my head.)
Visceral Disgorge
Whitechapel
N/A
N/A
N/A

Aaron Shust

Bob Marley

Casting Crowns

Downhere

Evanescence

Frank Sinatra

Genesis

High Valley

Id Guinness

Jason Gray

Kutless

Linkin Park

Modest Mouse

Neil Young

Owl City

Porcupine Tree

Queen

Rush

Styx

Train

Underoath

Van Halen

"Weird Al" Yankovic

X N/A

Y N/A

Z N/A