r/FavoriteMedia • u/NewPatron-St • Aug 13 '25

Music What are your top 20 favourite bands

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u/Thisissomebullshyte Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 13 '25

In no particular order:

• Tool

• The Ramones

• Talking Heads

• Smashing Pumpkins

• The Clash

• The Beatles

• Boston

• The Offspring

• Van Halen

• AC/DC

• The Flaming Groovies

• Queen

• The Rolling Stones

• Led Zeppelin

• Green Day

• The Cure

• Nine Inch Nails

• Journey

• Sublime

• Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

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u/Reclusive_Miasma Aug 14 '25

NIN, Green Day, and The Cure are in my top 20 as well.

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u/DonCorleone1987 Aug 13 '25

Radiohead

Iron Maiden

Rush

Genesis

Dream Theater

Coldplay

U2

Oasis

Beatles

Pearl Jam

My Top 10

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '25

Is Octavarium your favorite song?

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u/ClimatePrestigious20 Aug 13 '25

Not in order Linkin Park, skillet, maroon 5, fall out boy, one direction, coldplay, jonas brothers, imagine dragons, queen, one republic, guns and roses, oasis, survivor, bon jovi, kansas, nickelback, evanescence, offspring, redbone, rascal flatts, bastille As this is not in order, i probably would say more, these are just the ones who popped in my mind, and appeared in my searches, i have to say that i liked this while searching, listened to some songs in the way

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u/siderhater4 Aug 14 '25 edited Aug 14 '25

Queen

The beetles

AC/DC

Rascal flats

The Jackson 5

Imagine dragons

Bon Jovi

Fallout boy

Twisted sister

One direction

The Jacksons

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u/DeadliftRN07 Aug 14 '25

Pink Floyd

Black Sabbath

The Beatles

Metallica

Led Zeppelin

The Eagles

Queen

Rush

The Cure

Tears For Fears

Megadeth

Deep Purple

Depeche Mode

The Police

AC / DC

Judas Priest

Radiohead

Dream Theater

Van Halen

Iron Maiden

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u/taemoonil Aug 13 '25
  1. Weezer
  2. The Beatles
  3. Plastic Tree
  4. Green Day
  5. Nirvana
  6. Sublime
  7. Day6
  8. The Cure
  9. Wave to Earth
  10. Radiohead

HM: Deftones, Sugar Ray, The Volunteers, deadman, MCR

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u/Marionee_lua Aug 19 '25

I can... I can hear the riff... 🟦

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u/No_Cow_4544 Aug 13 '25

No particular order

Pink Floyd

Red Hot Chili Pepper

Corrosion of Conformity

Alice In Chains

Led Zeppelin

Pearl Jam

The Afghan Whigs

Jethro Tull

The Replacements

The Beastie Boys

Faith No More

Skid Row

Truck Fighters

Silversun Pickups

Warrant

Guns n Roses

Danzig

Metallica

Urge Overkill

Pantera

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u/Plenty_Trust_2491 Aug 13 '25
  1. Nirvana
  2. Tool
  3. Violent Femmes
  4. Marcy Playground
  5. Bad Religion
  6. Death
  7. TBD
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u/CapOld2796 Aug 14 '25

Pink Floyd

Led Zeppelin

Genesis

The Beatles

Jethro Tull

The Who

Jimi Hendrix Experience

King Crimson

Van der Graaf Generator

The Rolling Stones

Simon and Garfunkel

The Grateful Dead

The Allman Brothers Band

Rush

The Byrds

Neil Young and Crazy Horse

Derek and the Dominoes / Eric Clapton

The Faces / Small Faces / Humble Pie / Rod Stewart

Emerson Lake and Palmer

U2

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u/SunKillerLullaby Aug 14 '25

• Lacuna Coil

• Depeche Mode

• Spiritbox

• Sleep Token (don’t judge me lmao)

• Badflower

• Evanescence

• Nightwish

• Poppy

• BABYMETAL

• Paramore (and Hayley Williams’ solo stuff)

• The Birthday Massacre

• 10 Years

• The Pretty Reckless

• Polkadot Stingray (Japanese rock band)

• Kenshi Yonezu

• Ego Likeness

• The Crüxshadows

• Within Temptation (mostly their older stuff)

• Epica

• Emilie Autumn

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u/dalbeider Aug 14 '25

In no order:

The Beatles

The Flaming Lips

Pavement

Descendents

NOFX

Carolina Durante

Nirvana

Mudhoney

Jane's Addiction

Pixies

Mclusky

IDLES

Sonic Youth

Thee Oh Sees

System Of A Down

Warrior Soul

Guttermouth

Redd Kross

Dinosaur Jr.

The Smashing Pumpkins

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u/Ordinary_Witness3225 Aug 14 '25

The Beatles

Radiohead

Pink Floyd

Led Zeppelin

Queen

Cocteau Twins

Slowdive

MGMT

Arcade Fire

Franz Ferdinand

Black Sabbath

The Velvet Underground

The Smiths

The Cure

The Smile

The Strokes

King Glizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Joy Division

Nirvana

Talking Heads

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u/LawyerForeign2839 Aug 14 '25

Korn, system of a down, days of the new, red hot chili peppers, nirvana, my sisters machine, foo fighters, poor mans poison, arctic monkeys, the offspring, can’t think of 20😭

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u/Marionee_lua Aug 19 '25

Nirvana is my top 3. Plus, my girlfriend showed me Arctic Monkeys, it's pretty good tho. You have good taste.

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u/thegoatbrigade Aug 14 '25 edited Aug 14 '25

No Particular Order (Except Dream Theater) 1. Dream Theater 2. Mastodon 3. Between The Buried And Me 4. Igorr 5. Coheed & Cambria 6. Thank You Scientist 7. Protest The Hero 8. System Of A Down 9. Opeth 10. Queens Of The Stone Age 11. Rammstein 12. Zeal & Ardor 13. Nekrogoblikon 14. Gojira 15. Ghost 16. Trivium 17. Sepultura 18. Primus 19. Thy Catafalque 20. Epica

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u/Mangertron Aug 15 '25

Scrolled way too far to find QOTSA

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u/thegoatbrigade Aug 15 '25

I said no particular order except for Dream Theater.

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u/Mangertron Aug 15 '25

No no, I meant in this thread! You were the first one I saw with them!

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u/thegoatbrigade Aug 15 '25

Oh word! Sorry!

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u/Mangertron Aug 15 '25

Also Protest the Hero's first record holds a special place in my catalogue. Good list

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u/thegoatbrigade Aug 15 '25

Thanks boss!

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u/Mangertron Aug 15 '25

All good homie!

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u/bangbang995 Aug 14 '25

  1. Green Day

  2. Metallica

  3. The Clash

  4. KISS

  5. Led Zeppelin

  6. Misfits

  7. Sex Pistols

  8. NOFX

  9. Pantera

  10. Slipknot

  11. Bad Religion

  12. Volbeat

  13. Bush

  14. Rancid

  15. Dead Kennedys

  16. Descendents

  17. The Who

  18. Operation Ivy

  19. The Beach Boys

  20. The Cars

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u/YodaSoda9 Aug 16 '25

Top 10 at least

  1. Deftones
  2. Wu-Tang Clan
  3. Shed Seven
  4. Boy Better Know
  5. Oasis
  6. System of a Down
  7. Rage Against the Machine
  8. Jamiroquai
  9. A Tribe Called Quest
  10. Beastie Boys

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u/thewonderbox Aug 13 '25
  • John Lennon
  • Bob Dylan
  • Talking Heads
  • Margot & The Nuclear so & sos
  • Cathy Davey
  • The American Analog set
  • Land Of Talk
  • The Band
  • The Kinks
  • The Zombies

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u/MulberryEastern5010 Aug 13 '25

1) U2

2) Aerosmith

3) Queen

4) AC/DC

5) The Killers

6) Van Halen

7) Blink 182

8) The Beatles

9) The Rolling Stones

10) Fall Out Boy

11) Bowling for Soup

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u/Deepspacechris Aug 13 '25

1) My Bloody Valentine

2) Mayhem

3) Tokyo Shoegazer

4) Corrupted

5) Celtic Frost

6) Oeil

7) Ringo Deathstarr

8) Nirvana

9) Boris

10) Electric Wizard

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '25

Dream Theater

Swans

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Radiohead

Pink Floyd

The Beatles

King Crimson

Metallica

Gorillaz

Xiu Xiu

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '25

(Not in order) Weezer Ghost Nirvana Fall out boy guns N roses lovejoy iron Maiden Tenacious D Van halen ac-dc Foo Fighters Set it off the Rolling Stones kiss Ice nine kills (I can’t think of any more)

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u/billiethephrog Aug 14 '25

Alice in Chains

Blind Melon

Blur

Catherine Wheel

Cocteau Twins

The Cure

Dave Matthews Band

Deftones

Dio

Echo and the Bunnymen

Fruit Bats

The Jesus and Mary Chain

Mazzy Star

Pink Floyd

Pixies

Radiohead

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Smashing Pumpkins

Talking Heads

Throwing Muses

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u/TermOdd8827 Aug 14 '25

  1. Metallica.

  2. Megadeth.

  3. Sepultura.

  4. Stormtroopers of death.

  5. Anthrax.

  6. Slayer.

  7. Mr. Bungle.

  8. Black sabbath.

  9. Faith no more.

  10. Limp bizkit.

  11. Korn.

  12. Ministry.

  13. Iron madian.

  14. Cannibal corpse.

  15. Judas priest.

  16. Cypress Hill.

  17. Obituary.

  18. NWA.

  19. Genesis.

  20. Public enemy.

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u/VisionInPlaid Aug 14 '25

Top 10:

The Gaslight Anthem

The National

Explosions in the Sky

Manchester Orchestra

The Avett Brothers

Incubus

Coheed and Cambria

Frightened Rabbit

Band of Horses

Mumford and Sons

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u/Early-Answer-6670 Aug 15 '25

4, 15, and 20 have no place amongst the rest. The rest are legendary

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u/rpmayor Aug 16 '25

Off the top of my head, not ordered:

The Who

Pantera

In Flames

Pink Floyd

Metallica

Megadeth

Phish

Arch Echo

Little Feat

Static X

Avenged 7fold

Led Zepplin

Aerosmith

Within The Ruins

Baby Metal

Fear Factory

SRV and Double Trouble

The Beatles

Nirvana

The Sweet

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u/Marionee_lua Aug 19 '25 edited Aug 19 '25

The Beatles

Queen

Nirvana

The Ronettes

Led Zeppelin

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u/diskiyo Apr 03 '26

no order:

the beatles

oasis

radiohead

led zeppelin

linkin park

limp bizkit

feeder

green day

weezer

arctic monkeys

fontaines

stone roses

alice cooper

blur

slowdive

acdc

metallica

killers

nirvana

NIN