TOP TWENTY BANDS

These list things are rather fun so I thought I would take the not-so-original step and work out a rudimentary top twenty list of the bands that I have reviewed in order of their greatness. First, though, we must bear a few things in mind. Most importantly, I am only listing those bands/artists that I have reviewed so great bands that I haven't reviewed I have deliberately left off. Obviously this means this list loses some of its appeal to objectivity. That said, I like to think, strictly in terms of this site, that it has some objective worth. In working out the order I took a look at the quantity of top marks, as well as the strength of the artists' best album(s), and added a heavy slap of subjectivism. I didn't, repeat DIDN'T, calculate mean or weighted marks from album ratings. I simply looked at what album scores I gave each artist and worked it out from there. If you are interested in band ratings, Starostin-style, then I guess the first three (maybe four) are 5* artists and most of the rest are 4*, except perhaps the last handful. I also guess this list will be subject to change as I review more bands so I'll make some sort of announcement when that happens. But for now, without any further ado I give you...

Jack Feeny's Top Twenty Bands:

  1. The Beatles
  2. Bob Dylan
  3. Miles Davis
  4. The Rolling Stones
  5. Jimi Hendrix
  6. Led Zeppelin
  7. David Bowie
  8. The Smiths
  9. The Velvet Underground
  10. Neil Young
  11. Pink Floyd
  12. Radiohead
  13. Nick Drake
  14. Joy Division
  15. Bruce Springsteen
  16. The Smashing Pumpkins
  17. Pavement
  18. Metallica
  19. The Stooges
  20. The Replacements

Last Updated: 21.5.05

From: Dominick Lawton

Mostly, I love your page, but... putting Smashing Pumpkins and Metallica on the top 20 bands list and leaving out AC/DC and Black Sabbath??? How could you?

From: Kim Donegan

What about Deep Purple and The Who?

 

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