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Bob Dylan

Rolling Stones

The Who

Cream

Neil Diamond

The Doors

Jimi Hendrix

Beatles

Deep Purple

Creedence Clearwater Revival

David Bowie

Iggy Pop

Led Zeppelin

Black Sabbath

Eric Clapton

John Lennon

America

Elton John

Mondo Rock

T. Rex

Alice Cooper

Doobie Brothers

Dr. Hook

Eagles

Steely Dan

Stevie Wonder

Thin Lizzy

Billy Joel

Pink Floyd

Status Quo

Steve Miller Band

Tina Turner

Paul McCartney & Wings

ZZ Top

Judas Priest

Skyhooks

Supertramp

Sweet

Aerosmith

Bruce Springsteen

Electric Light Orchestra

Fleetwood Mac

Kiss

Queen

AC\DC

Bob Seger

Boston

Heart

The Angels

Dragon

Foreigner

Little River Band

Meat Loaf

Sex Pistols

Talking Heads

Cold Chisel

Dire Straits

The Police

Rose Tattoo

Toto

Van Halen

The Cars

Cheap Trick

The Clash

The Cure

Mental As Anything

Robert Palmer

Split Enz

Tom Petty

Australian Crawl

Pat Benatar

The Pretenders

Whitesnake

The Church

Duran Duran

Men At Work

Phil Collins

Stevie Nicks

Billy Idol

Don Henley

George Thorogood

Huey Lewis

ICEHOUSE

Iron Maiden

John Cougar Mellencamp

Michael Jackson

Midnight Oil

Prince

Simple Minds

Survivor

Choirboys

Divinyls

Eurythmics

Genesis

Models

Motley Crue

U2

INXS

Julian Lennon

Bryan Adams

Fine Young Cannibals

The Hooters

Jimmy Barnes

Mike + The Mechanics

The Bangles

Bon Jovi

Crowded House

Hunters & Collectors

John Farnham

Metallica

Paul Kelly

Slayer

Boom Crash Opera

Def Leppard

Faith No More

Guns N Roses

Hoodoo Gurus

Noiseworks

R.E.M

James Reyne

Poison

Roxette

The Traveling Wilburys

Diesel

Ian Moss

Lenny Kravitz

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Skid Row

Black Crowes

Megadeath

Pantera

Baby Animals

Nirvana

Pearl Jam

The Screaming Jets

Alice In Chains

Rage Against The Machine

Stone Temple Pilots

Ugly Kid Joe

White Zombie

Collective Soul

Counting Crows

The Cranberries

The Cruel Sea

Radiohead

The Smashing Pumpkins

TOOL

You Am I

Blur

Bush

Green Day

Hole

Hootie & The Blowfish

Korn

LIVE

Oasis

The Offspring

Soundgarden

Alanis Morissette

Everclear

Foo Fighters

Garbage

The Goo Goo Dolls

No Doubt

The Presidents Of The United States Of America

Silverchair

Marilyn Manson

Matchbox Twenty

Powderfinger

Regurgitator

Spiderbait

Blink 182

Creed

The Dandy Warhols

Limp Bizkit

Robbie Williams

The Verve

Grinspoon

The Living End

System Of A Down

Nickelback

Slipknot

3 Doors Down

Coldplay

LINKIN PARK

Eskimo Joe

John Butler Trio

Stereophonics

Train

Evanescence

The Killers

Wolfmother

Muse

Snow Patrol

Kings of Leon

OneRepublic

The Script

Birds of Tokyo

Mumford & Sons

The Black Keys

 

 

Ok, I decided I’ll have a go at this one. There is no real method to my madness, and my list was built on the assumption that the names that easily sprung into my mind, were the bands that had the biggest affect on me. They are in no particular order, other than the fact that listing one band of individual would trigger memories of other bands, hence the reason that all of the Australian bands of grouped together (again, no specific order within those names).

Anyway, I give you… my top 200 bands (including some individuals):

  1. Ryuichi Sakamoto 
  2. The Clash
  3. The Jam
  4. The Style Council
  5. General Public
  6. The (British) Beat
  7. The Dictators
  8. The Nails
  9. The Stranglers 
  10. The Members
  11. The Damned
  12. Doll By Doll
  13. Psychedelic Furs
  14. Gang of Four
  15. Elvis Costello (the Attractions, the Imposters, the Coward Brothers etc)
  16. Joe Jackson
  17. Brinsley Schwarz
  18. Graham Parker & the Rumour
  19. Dr Feelgood
  20. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
  21. The Cream
  22. Humble Pie
  23. The Small Faces/The Faces
  24. The Jeff Beck Band
  25. Roxy Music
  26. ELP
  27. The Nice
  28. Mahavishnu Orchestra (John McLaughlin)
  29. The Steve Miller Band
  30. The Allman Brothers Band 
  31. The Velvet Underground 
  32. James Brown 
  33. Lou Reed
  34. Pop Will Eat Itself
  35. XTC
  36. King Crimson
  37. Curved Air
  38. Be Bop Deluxe
  39. Van Der Graf Generator
  40. Tangerine Dream
  41. Kraftwerk
  42. The Residents
  43. Snakefinger 
  44. Frank Zappa & the Mothers of invention
  45. Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band
  46. The Sex Pistols
  47. The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
  48. Viv Stanshall
  49. Led Zeppelin 
  50. Chicago (first couple of albums)
  51. Blood Sweat and Tears
  52. Pacific Gas & Electric 
  53. The Kinks
  54. The Beatles
  55. The Rolling Stones 
  56. The Yardbirds
  57. Fairport Convention 
  58. Steeleye Span
  59. The Pogues
  60. The Strawbs
  61. John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
  62. Blue Oyster Cult
  63. The Throb
  64. The Reels
  65. The Easybeats
  66. The Loved Ones
  67. Lobby Loyde & the Coloured Balls
  68. The Purple Hearts (featured our former bass guitarist Bob Dames)
  69. The Wild Cherries
  70. Mike Furber & the Bowery Boys
  71. Company Caine
  72. Spectrum
  73. Ariel
  74. The Stars
  75. Carson County Boogie Band
  76. Broderick Smith Big Combo
  77. The Dingoes
  78. Wendy Saddington & Chain (also with Copperwine)
  79. Chain
  80. Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs
  81. Daddy Cool
  82. Mighty Kong
  83. Sons of the Vegetal Mothers
  84. Billy-T
  85. Paul Madigan & the Humans
  86. The Ferrets 
  87. The Lime Spiders (featured our guitarist Ged Corben)
  88. The Cruel Sea (Ged Corben was a founder member when they were essentially an instrumental band)
  89. Hunters & Collectors 
  90. The Birthday Party
  91. Boys Next Door
  92. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
  93. Sekret Sekret
  94. The Sports
  95. Harem Scarum
  96. Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons
  97. Drowning Not Waving (Dees supporter, David Bridie)
  98. My Friend the Birthday Cake (Dees supporter, David Bridie)
  99. The Huxton Creepers (Dees supporter, Archie Law)
  100. Mackenzie Theory (Dees supporter, Rob Mackenzie)
  101. Radio Birdman
  102. Regurgitator 
  103. Crowded House
  104. Kevin Borrich Express
  105. Kahvas Jute
  106. Tamam Shud
  107. Tully
  108. The Bee Gees (pre Saturday Night Fever)
  109. The Seekers
  110. Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band
  111. Skyhooks
  112. Matt Finish
  113. Midnight Oil
  114. The Angels
  115. The Screaming Jets
  116. The Backsliders 
  117. Coloured Stone
  118. Gondwanaland
  119. The Living End
  120. Warumpi Band
  121. Paul Kelly & <insert band of choice>
  122. Kutcha Edwards
  123. Archie Roach & Ruby Hunter
  124. Gurramul & Mandawuay Yunupingu
  125. Mixed Relations 
  126. Yothu Yindi
  127. The Hitmen
  128. Mental As Anything
  129. Dog Trumpet
  130. The Aliens
  131. La De Das
  132. Ayer’s Rock
  133. Healing Force
  134. AC/DC (Bon Scott era only)
  135. Flowers/Icehouse
  136. GangaJang
  137. The Allniters (featured our early guitarist Mickey Mahoney)
  138. Kush
  139. The Numbers
  140. Freshwater (featuring Alison McCallum of ‘It’s Time’ fame)
  141. Sun (featuring Renee Geyer)
  142. SPK
  143. Severed Heads
  144. Buffalo 
  145. Alberto Y Los Trio Paranoias
  146. Prodigy
  147. Pink Floyd
  148. MC5
  149. The Ramones
  150. Television
  151. Iggy & the Stooges
  152. David Bowie
  153. Traffic
  154. The Spencer Davis Group
  155. The Texas Tornadoes 
  156. Los Lobos
  157. Lemmy (Hawkwind & Motörhead)
  158. Ministry
  159. Van Morrison 
  160. Quicksilver Messenger Service
  161. The Byrds
  162. Jefferson Airplane 
  163. Big Brother & the Holding Company (Janis Joplin)
  164. They Might Be Giants
  165. Wheezer 
  166. The Blue Hearts
  167. Buddhadatta 
  168. The 5, 6, 7, 8’s
  169. Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
  170. Japan
  171. Little Feat
  172. Manfred Mann Earth Band
  173. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
  174. Yello
  175. Yellow Magic Orchestra (aka YMO)
  176. Jimi Hendrix (Experience & Band of Gypsies)
  177. Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green era only)
  178. Argent
  179. Neil Young
  180. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
  181. Joni Mitchell
  182. Procol Harum
  183. Robin Trower
  184. Genesis (Peter Gabriel era)
  185. Kate Bush
  186. Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
  187. Asleep At the Wheel 
  188. The Rock ‘n Roll Trio
  189. Weather Report
  190. The Screaming Blue Messiahs
  191. Rockpile
  192. Dave Edmunds
  193. Nick Lowe
  194. Wreckless Eric
  195. Thunderclap Newman
  196. Talking Heads
  197. ZZ Top
  198. Hank Williams 
  199. Bob Dylan
  200. The Band

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