In asking who your fave artist/band is?

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This has probably been done a million times but I'm curious.

Would also like to know your reasons why.

Everyone says I'm both in the wrong era. Sounds so clique but I love Bowie and Dylan hense my username

@maddiemookins16mum yes, me too. Prefab Sprout - glorious. Paddy McAloon is a genius

Bob Dylan
Ella Fitzgerald
Nirvana
Nick Drake
Nina Simone
Sandy Denny
Belle & Sebastian
The Proclaimers
Camera Obscura

I'm sure there's a pattern there somewhere

FindTheLightSwitchDarren I totally agree with you about Dylan! I dont believe we will ever get someone on his level again, he's ridiculously talented

I really like prefab sprout too.

The clash
Cock Sparrer
Spear of Destiny / Theatre of Hate
Katergorie C
4skins
Vanilla Muffin
Skrewdriver

Radiohead. I love them. The Bends and OK Computer are pure magic.

Child of the 60's and 70's here.
David Bowie is and always will be my favourite. After him it's Lou Reed, Donna Summer, George Michael, Trex, etc.

Sorry, forgot reasons.
Bowie - grew up with him, his songs are meaningful to me, but most of all I just love his voice.
Lou Reed - follows on from David Bowie
Donna Summer. You had to be there in the 70's. Love her energy and spirit
George Michael - just an amazing singer
Trex - Marc Bolan, innit. My first crush.

The Smiths
Stone Roses
Echo & the Bunnymen
The Verve
Pet Shop Boys
The Cure
Human League
Erasure

and more recently :
The Courteeners,
and by far and away:
The 1975 (scooby - your post made me laugh out loud!)

Forgot to add Roxy music. So cool.
Also partial to the odd bit of Iggy pop, he's really connected to David Bowie. Their work kind of overlaps.

I love seeing what music other people listen to and getting ideas for future play lists!
My favourites are;
The gaslight anthem/ anything Brian Fallon does
Frank Turner
Chuck Ragan

The Beatles
The Clash
David Bowie
Lou Reed
The Stone Roses
Janis Joplin
The Specials

I've got loads more favourites but I've listened to these artists consistently since childhoods/my teens.

Thumbs up to the person who said 'Revolver' is the best Beatles album.

Spandau Ballet- my favourites, and not the 3 songs they’re must famous for, but the mix of the early stuff and a lot of the album tracks. They were the first real group I remember being interested in
Also a lot of the 80’s bands
Go West
ABC
Aha
Paul Young
The Housemartins
Adam and the Ants
Wham/George Michael
Deacon Blue
INXS
Can’t really explain why, but listening to the above cheers me up

Also Savage Garden for the lyrics

Favourite band: Can.
Favourite artist: Billie Holiday

I'm 50 years old btw

Teutonic
The Clash and Skrewdriver?!
Totally different ends of the political spectrum there

Blondie till the day I die. Love loads of other bands too but they’re my true love.

The Cure, The Smiths, Foo fighters, but then mix it up with a bit of Ice Ice Baby!

Oh yes, Paul Young, loved him in the 80's.
Also loved a Canadian band called Glass Tiger.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and his first proper bands. The Birthday Party are my favourite band of all time.
Interpol
Fat White Family
Moonlandingz
Susanne Sundfor

I go to a lot of local gigs and have discovered the middle aged punk scene which is wonderful.

Van Hunt, Amel Larrieux, Natalie Duncan, Jamie Woon, The Internet, Thundercat, Kaytranada, Little Dragon, Yuna

Type O Negative
Chris Cornell
Rammstein
Faith No More
Ministry
Whitesnake
Nine Inch Nails
Robert Plant
Sisters of Mercy
Mark Lanegan/Screaming Trees
Nightwish

All favourites because I can pretty much fling them on at any time and love listening to them. Chris Cornell was just the most talented singer/songwriter ever. I was broken when he died. Not least because my father died about a week or so before, and I was self medicating with Chris Cornell songs.

Apart from the acts I've mentioned, I also like different acts from specific genres such as Jazz, Blues and Northern Soul. Radio 2 and Radio Leeds are good places to hear these sorts of music, although Jamie Cullum often baffles me with his ideas of Jazz records !

System of a Down, love,their music and lyrics and that they are politically involved for great ideas.
Eminem, Alice in Chains, Faith No More come next.

Biffy clyro, can't believe they haven't been mentioned yet. I've seen them a few times and they are phenomenal live.

Foo fighters are another firm favourite, loved them for years and my most prized possession is Taylor's drumstick which I caught at the end of a show when I was 17.

Red hot chili peppers also, however, I didn't really enjoy their last album. I had hard to concentrate in my wedding ceremony.

Others include:

Queens of the Stone Age - josh homme is reading the CBeebies bedtime story this Friday and I'm very excited!

Butch walker and the black widows
Kings of Leon
Nothing but thieves
30 seconds to mars

I love music!