which bands would you fight to the death to defend

[spwan-of-the-devil]

Spunge

NIN

The Offspring

Alkaline Trio

Lost Prophets 1st album is a classic

New Found Glory

[Niblet]

The Wonder Stuff.

[Filthy]

Pop Will Eat Itself for me - the poppies and the stuffies always seemed to sneer at each other!

I'd back Dreadzone to the end too!

[Niblet]

Was that the year that the Butthole Surfers were meant to be playing and PWEI headlined instead?

I bought tickets for that to see the Butties but wasn't too miffed when PWEI replaced them, took until last autumn for me to finally see the Butthole Surfers as they played here in Nottingham, bloody 16 years wait though!!

[suchacharmer]

The Libertines (also Babyshambles to some extent, but NOT Dirty Pretty Things).

The Cribs

Jarvis Cocker

Muse

Blur (mostly Graham)

[Hellborne]

The Cribs.

They're not a fad, not an NME hype band and not landfill indie.

Alot of these other bands don't need defending because everyone's pretty much agreed they're legends.

[Hellborne]

While I wouldn't necessarily fight to the death for these bands - it is just music afterall, I'd defend the following:

Aphex Twin

Radiohead

FSOL

The Orb

NIN

Squarepusher

For me, they've not a put a foot wrong musically throughout their entire careers while striving for orginality with each release.

[sifi]

Bob Dylan. Because he's the best at writing lyrics but such a long way. Makes most other artists lyrics look like nursery rhymes.

Edited March 17, 2009 by sifimaster

[austrian_zeppelin]

Led Zeppelin....bring on any argument and i will strike back with furious anger:)

[sifi]

Led Zeppelin....bring on any argument and i will strike back with furious anger:)

Edited March 17, 2009 by sifimaster

[lovelessrapture]

I'd definately defend in a battle to death the following bands:

Lightning Bolt

Monotonix

Boards Of Canada

Boredoms

When I was younger I would've defended the pre 1995 cure stuff, but in retrospect the Top & Three Imaginary Boys are a pretty bad albums (although the latter does have its moments of brilliance)

And with lightning bolt the main argument seems to be that people can't accept that the best drummer in the world is an obscure noise band and isn't in U2 or metallica.

Edited March 17, 2009 by lovelessrapture

[spite_and_malice]

Placebo, Interpol, Deftones, Idlewild, Smashing Pumpkins, Amy Winehouse.

[sifi]

And with lightning bolt the main argument seems to be that people can't accept that the best drummer in the world is an obscure noise band and isn't in U2 or metallica.

[lovelessrapture]

Dave Lombardo is the best drummer in the world today.

[sifi]

Amy Winehouse.

[sifi]

PS When The Levee Breaks......

Edited March 17, 2009 by sifimaster

[sifi]

Well, it's better than Bob's I'll give you that.

I'd still take Howling Wolf's Killing Floor over their Lemon. Or even the Jimi version I heard of it once.

Mind the Wolf's version is best of "London Sessions". When he was backed by a bunch of prolific 60's white blues / rock musicians.

[Crouchie]

The most annoying things people say to me that start me off on a rant are...

1. Radiohead are morbid ( usually said by someone who does not even own an album!)

2. Muse sound like Radiohead. ARGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[fraz]

Kings of Leon

Fat Freddy's Drop

Shlomo and the Human beatbox orchestra

The Prodigy

[sifi]

maybe.. but I'm only talking about When The Levee Breaks. The sound that Robert Plant makes, mixing the harmonica with his voice like that, it just sounds like nothing else... it's almost scary.

not to mention the drum sound

Edited March 17, 2009 by sifimaster

[The Nal]

Graffiti's got a couple of decent tracks on it

[sifi]

Only a couple? Perhaps the greatest classic rock album ever!!

Edited March 17, 2009 by sifimaster

[usatoglas]

anybody dissing Slade or Dinosaur Jr are shortly to be floundering on their arses...

One of my first live bands seen were slade adn i cant really stand you slade haters......

[Mr.Tickle]

I think some people think this is a "Who's your fave band thread"....that's not the point though is it? It's a band you like that other people slag off. Mine is :

The Charlatans

The amount of people that slag them of as just a reminant of "Madchester", so many people haven't even heard thier last 3 albums. I just find them totally consistent and always changing to keep things fresh

[Messy]

Sonic Youth.

I loved Juno, but absolutely hate the fact that they were included in the way that they were.