a21schizoidman's Favorite Musician's List

[a21schizoidman]

Since the thread was getting too crowded for lists, I figured I'd start a new thread


50 Favorite Guitarists
Jan Akkerman (Focus)
Duane Allman (Derek & the Dominos, Allman Bros. Band)
Chet Atkins
Jeff Beck (Yardbirds, Jeff Beck Group, Beck Bogert Appice)
Mick Box (Uriah Heep)
Ritchie Blackmore (Rainbow, Deep Purple)
Tommy Bolin (Solo, James Gang, Deep Purple)
Joe Bonamassa
Roy Buchanan
Larry Coryell (Eleventh House)
Steve Cropper (Booker T & the MGs)
Al Di Meola (Return to Forever)
Peter Frampton (Humble Pie, solo)
Robert Fripp (King Crimson)
Rory Gallagher
J Geils (J Geils Band)
Lowell George (Little Feat)
Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top, Moving Sidewalks)
David Gilmour (Pink Floyd, solo)
Buddy Guy
Terry Kath (Chicago)
Albert King
Wayne Kramer & Fred "Sonic" Smith (MC5)
Steve Hackett (Genesis)
Justin Hayward (Moody Blues)
Jimi Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix Experience, Band of Gypsys)
Steve Howe (Yes, Asia)
Jonny Lang
Alvin Lee (Ten Years After)
Paco de Lucia
John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
Steve Miller (Steve Miller Band)
Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick)
Les Paul
Mick Ralphs (Mott the Hoople, Bad Company)
Michael Romeo (Symphony X)
Mick Ronson (David Bowie)
Carlos Santana (Santana)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Hughie Thomasson (Outlaws)
Robin Trower (Procol Harum, Robin Trower)
Stevie Ray Vaughan (Double Trouble)
Carl Weathersby
Johnny Winter
Frank Zappa (Mothers of Invention)


30 Favorite Bassists
Max Collins (Evэ 6)
Kevin Ayers (Soft Machine)
Michael Lepond (Symphony X)
Joe DiBiase (Fates Warning)
Bruce Foxton (The Jam)
Mike Watt (fIREHOSE)
Tim Bogert (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus)
Jack Bruce (Cream)
Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
Jack Casady (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane)
Peter Cetera (Chicago)
Stanley Clarke (Return to Forever)
Bootsy Collins (Funkadelic)
Donald Dunn (Booker T and the MGs)
Mass Giorgini (Squirtgun, Screeching Weasel)
John Entwistle (The Who)
Larry Graham (Sly & the Family Stone)
Greg Lake (Emerson Lake & Palmer, King Crimson)
Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead)
Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)
Paul McCartney (Wings, The Beatles, solo)
John McVie (Fleetwood Mac)
Marcus Miller
Mike Oldfield
Jaco Pastorius (Weather Report)
Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick)
Greg Ridley (Humble Pie)
Chris Squire (Yes)
Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads)
Victor Wooten (Bela Fleck and the Flecktones)


30 Favorite Vocalists
Marvin Lee Aday (Meat Loaf)
Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)
Captain Beefheart (Magic Band)
James Brown
Eric Burdon (Animals)
David Byrne (Talking Heads)
Joe Cocker
Rick Davies (Supertramp)
Ronnie James Dio (Rainbow, Elf, Black Sabbath, solo)
Aretha Franklin
Ian Gillian (Deep Purple)
Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
Peter Hamill (Van der Graaf Generator)
Ritche Havens
Buddy Holly (Crickets)
Michael Hutchence (INXS)
Billy Joel
Janis Joplin (Big Brother and the Holding Company)
Lonnie Jordan (War)
John Kay (Steppenwolf)
Ed Kowalczyk (Live)
Greg Lake (Emerson Lake & Palmer, King Crimson)
Mark Lindsay (Paul Revere & the Raiders)
Steve Marriott (Small Faces, Humble Pie)
Dean Martin (Rat Pack)
Jim Morrison (the Doors)
Roy Orbison
Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
Iggy Pop (Stooges)
Diana Ross
Simone Simons (Epica)
Frank Sinatra (Rat Pack)
Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane/Starship)
Michael Stipe (REM)
Tom Waits


30 Favorite Drummers
Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge)
Ginger Baker (Cream)
Frank Beard (ZZ Top)
Terry Bozzio (Mothers of Invention)
Don Brewer (Grand Funk Railroad)
Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson)
Clive Bunker (Jethro Tull)
Clem Burke (Blondie)
Ron Bushy (Iron Butterfly)
Jim Capaldi (Traffic)
Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick)
Billy Cobham (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
Liberty DeVitto (Billy Joel)
Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac)
Steve Gadd (Steely Dan)
Michael Giles (King Crimson)
Nick Mason (Pink Floyd)
Bobby Jarzombek (Demons & Wizards, Iced Earth)
Chris Karp (Crawpuppies)
Gene Krupa
Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix Experience)
Keith Moon (The Who)
Ian Paice (Deep Purple)
Carl Palmer (ELP, Atomic Rooster, Crazy World of Arthur Brown, 3, Asia)
Jeff Porcaro (Toto)
Cozy Powell (Rainbow)
Buddy Rich
Danny Seraphine (Chicago)
Mel Taylor (the Ventures)
Charlie Watts (Rolling Stones)


25 Key-masters
Rod Argent (Zombies, Argent)
Tony Banks (Genesis)
Dr. John
George Duke (Mothers of Invention, solo)
Keith Emerson (ELP, The Nice)
Matthew Fisher (Procol Harum)
Jürgen Fritz (Triumvirat)
Mort Garson
Jan Hammer
Herbie Hancock
Ian Hunter (Mott the Hoople)
Ralf Hütter (Kraftwerk)
Billy Joel
Jerry Lee Lewis
Liberace
Jon Lord (Deep Purple)
Manfred Mann
Ray Manzerek (the Doors)
Alan Price (Animals)
Gregg Rolie (Santana, Journey)
Irmin Schmidt (Can)
Thijs van Leer (Focus)
Tom Waits
Rick Wakeman (Yes)
Kit Watkins (Happy the Man)

[Gowienczyk]

Only complaint I have is:

TOO MUCH CLASSIC RAWK MANG

[KingProgdor]

You have Keith Emerson and Thijs van Leer on your keyboardists list.

You win the game.

Though, you're missing Peter Hammill from Van Der Graaf Generator on your vocalists list. The guy's brilliant.

[Fizzeler]

Awesome I can't believe I forgot about Richie Blackmore (still will not add him to mine because I will not edit the musicians) still awesome list

[a21schizoidman]

You have Keith Emerson and Thijs van Leer on your keyboardists list.

You win the game.

Though, you're missing Peter Hammill from Van Der Graaf Generator on your vocalists list. The guy's brilliant.

he just missed the cut

[a21schizoidman]

Only complaint I have is:

TOO MUCH CLASSIC RAWK MANG

well, just considering my music collection is about 73.2% pre-2000 its what makes it that way...

[Gowienczyk]

That greatly disappoints me.

[a21schizoidman]

That greatly disappoints me.

ive started branching out in the last year

give me bout 2 more years and ill have more on that list

[Gowienczyk]

I try to balance my collection, but it still leans towards post-1989 than pre-1989. Haha.

[a21schizoidman]

I try to balance my collection, but it still leans towards post-1989 than pre-1989. Haha.

i tried to balance more based on genre rather than time period, (though I feel I failed even at that, massively)

i dont believe in dividing music by year, you can't really learn anything or get into other music by doing so,

like me, I love progressive rock/metal so I try to branch out myself to similar genres and bands that fall within those genres no matter what time period the band is from

[Gowienczyk]

i tried to balance more based on genre rather than time period, (though I feel I failed even at that, massively)

i dont believe in dividing music by year, you can't really learn anything or get into other music by doing so,

like me, I love progressive rock/metal so I try to branch out myself to similar genres and bands that fall within those genres no matter what time period the band is from

I don't think I set standards. It's mostly if it sounds good to me or not. I just seem to prefer music made after the "classic rock" era, I guess.

[TopazDolphin]

Only complaint I have is:

TOO MUCH CLASSIC RAWK MANG

You can never have too much. :cool:

[Gowienczyk]

You can never have too much. :cool:

Yes, Yes you can.

[TopazDolphin]

Yes, Yes you can.

Well, that's true. There are limits.

[a21schizoidman]

i alphabetized the list for readability

[schmeankman]

Yea! Love for Rod Argent!

[a21schizoidman]

im just showing the vastness of my list (yeah, i know, its not), due to the new top 5 thread

[ArmsAreLoud]

I approve of Chicago. They need more love.

[Gowienczyk]

Did I start the bumping of these old threads, I wonder?

[a21schizoidman]

Favorite Bands (since i don't want to take up space with a new thread):

BEHOLD MY BLAND GENERIC TASTE!

[alphabetical order]
10,000 Maniacs
ABBA
AC/DC
Aerosmith
Abnormality
Agalloch
Alan Parsons Project
Alphataurus
Al Di Meola
Alice Cooper
Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah
Allman Brothers Band
Animals
Arlo Guthrie
Atlanta Rhythm Section
Atheist
Atomic Rooster
Bad Company
Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso
Beatles
Beach Boys
Beastie Boys
Beck
Ben Folds Five
Bill Haley & His Comets
Billy Joel
Black Crowes
Black Oak Arkansas
Black Sabbath
Blind Guardian
Blind Melon (Chitlin!)
Blondie
Blue Cheer
Blue Oyster Cult
Blues Traveler
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Boston
Bread
Buddy Guy
Buddy Holly
the Byrds
Cactus
Camel
Canned Heat
Captain Beefheart
Captain Beyond
Caravan
Carl Weathersby
the Cars
Cat Stevens
Cheap Trick
Cher
Chicago
Chuck Mangione
the Clash
Crawpuppies
Cream
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Crosby Stills & Nash
the Cure
Cynic
Cyndi Lauper
Cypress Hill
David Bowie
David Gilmour
Dead Kennedys
Deep Purple
Demons & Wizards
Devo
Dio
Dire Straits
Dokken
Donovan
the Doors
Eddie Money
Egg
Electric Light Orchestra
Eloy
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Emerson Lake & Palmer
Epica
Eve 6
Faith No More
Fates Warning
Firefall
the Firm
Fleetwood Mac
Flower Kings
Foghat
Foreigner
Frank Sinatra
Frank Zappa
Garbage
Genesis
Gentle Giant
Glass Hammer
Grand Funk Railroad
Grandmaster Flash
Golden Earring
Gordon Lightfoot
Goo Goo Dolls
Guess Who
Hawkwind
Head East
Heart
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
Herbie Hancock
Herman's Hermits
High and Mighty Color
High on Fire
Honeydrippers
Hot Tuna
Humble Pie
Hunted Horse & the Blackberry Blues
the Hush Now
Husker Du
INXS
Iron Butterfly
Jackson Browne
James Gang
Jane's Addiction
Jan Hammer
Janis Joplin
Jeff Beck
Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship/Starship
Jesus & Mary Chain
Jethro Tull
J. Geils Band
Jimi Hendrix (Experience and other acts)
Joan Jett
Joe Bonamassa
Joe Cocker
Joe Walsh
John Cougar Mellencamp
Johnny Winter
Jon Klemmer
Jonny Lang
Joy Division
Judas Priest
Kansas
Kenny Loggins
Knight Area
King Crimson
Kingston Trio
King's X
the Kinks
Kinsey Report
Kraftwerk
Krokus
Led Zeppelin
Leonard Cohen
Les Paul
Little Feat
Live
Living Colour
Lou Reed
Lush
M&R Rush
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Marillion
Marshall Tucker Band
Massive Attack
MC5
Meat Loaf
Meghan McDonough
Michael Jackson
Michelle Branch (yes, flame away)
Mike Oldfield
Midnight Oil
Molly Hatchet
Moody Blues
Mountain
Mort Garson
Nazareth
Nektar
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Outlaws
Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Ozric Tentacles
Paco de Lucia
Paul Revere & the Raiders
P-Funk
Pink Floyd
Porcupine Tree
the Pretenders
Premiata Forneria Marconi
Pure Prairie League
Queen
Queensryche
Quicksilver Messenger Servce
Rage Against the Machine
Rainbow
Ramones
Rare Earth
Red Hot Chili Peppers
R.E.M.
Renaissance
REO Speedwagon
Return to Forever
the Residents
Ricky Nelson
Robert Plant
Robin Trower
Rolling Stones
Rory Gallagher
Roy Buchanan
Rush
Santana
Scorpions
Seals & Crofts
Simon & Garfunkel (and Paul Simon solo)
Smashing Pumpkins
Soft Machine
Sonic Youth
Spock's Beard
Stanley Clarke
Stemage (Metroid Metal)
Steppenwolf
Steve Miller Band
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Styx
Sugarhill Gang
Supertramp
the Supremes
Syd Barrett
Symphony X
Talking Heads
Television
Ten Years After
Thin Lizzy
Three Dog Night
Triumph
Triumvirat
Tommy Bolin
Tommy James & the Shondells
Tom Waits
Toto
Traffic
UFO
Uriah Heep
Utopia
U2
Van der Graaf Generator
Van Halen
Vanilla Fudge
Velvet Underground
Ventures
WAR
Weather Report
the Who
Wings
Yardbirds
Yes
ZZ Top

[Mega-Tallica]

Your list of bassists is the best.

[Chainedsoulz]

No Geddy Lee ):

[ImHotterThanYou]

Only complaint I have is:

TOO MUCH CLASSIC RAWK MANG
Needs more.

[Fizzeler]

Glass Hammer makes me happy I still need to hear Lex Rex and Culture Of Ascent, but I am sure you love Chronomotree :D

[sonicnerd23]

Yay, Steve Howe!

[ImHotterThanYou]

No Jimmy Page =(

[a21schizoidman]

Your list of bassists is the best.

thank ye


No Geddy Lee ):

he's just kinda meh


No Jimmy Page =(

i've stated my opinion of Page more than enough around here

[ImHotterThanYou]

i've stated my opinion of Page more than enough around here
I will use the search button.

[Fizzeler]

Bass and Keys choices are awesome :)

No Zonder :(

[Quinarvy]

I approve of these long lists.

[a21schizoidman]

Bass and Keys choices are awesome :)

No Zonder :(

note the day i made the list, back before i liked Zonder a lot

[timmay9]

Keyboardists list needs some Thelonious Monk and Mike Garson.

Solid stuff though man.

[Fizzeler]

note the day i made the list, back before i liked Zonder a lot

Understandable I do not even want to see my old musician list out of how much different it would be if I made it now

[JukeBoxHero]

Since I never I commented on the list, your love of Cheap Trick satisfies me in all your favorite musician lists. :) I do not agree on Geddy Lee on being meh on bass, because hey, you wanna a meh bassist, here's one for ya. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veLGBk1mE5U

(I do dig him, but he is sorta meh).

[a21schizoidman]

Since I never I commented on the list, your love of Cheap Trick satisfies me in all your favorite musician lists. :) I do not agree on Geddy Lee on being meh on bass, because hey, you wanna a meh bassist, here's one for ya. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veLGBk1mE5U

(I do dig him, but he is sorta meh).

Geddy's only ever stood out on a few tracks for me, he's not bad, just, not anything special to me, that's all, and Sheehan's also meh to me