Saturday, July 11, 2009

Because I Can

Because I can, I compiled a list of my top 100 favourite bands. Because I am "between jobs", I can carry out tasks as fruitless as this without jeopardizing my so-called life. Because I can be a prick sometimes, this took me two days of intense internal debates whether Primus or Starsailor should make the top 100. Because there are so many bands that I like (I'm a whore like that), I decided to make a second list: the other top 100 favourite bands. Because I like a good spoiler, Primus ended up at the lesser list.

Because I started all the previous sentences thus, I will explain my method in a similar fashion. Because my computer is still being held hostage in the States, I used MyPod to compile the list of the bands that I like, a la Facebook thumbs up button thingy. Because the original was exhausting, I trimmed it down to about 174. Because I needed 100 bands, I took out 74 bands that sadly couldn't make it. Because I had a surplus of 74 rather very good bands, I added 26 to make a second list.

Because you have been reading thus far, I present you with my top 100 favourite bands, followed by the second 100. Because I still need to do other things in life, I only have an alphabetical list. Because I would want to perfect this fruitless exercise, I might actually put them in an order in the days to come. Because you can, watch this space.

Top 100 (because they are awesome)

AC/DC - Melbourne, Australia
AEROSMITH - Boston, MA
AGALLOCH - Portland, OR
ALICE IN CHAINS - Seattle, WA
AMORPHIS - Helsinki, Finland
ANTHRAX - New York, NY
AUDIOSLAVE - Los Angeles, CA
BAD RELIGION - Woodland Hills, CA
THE BLACK CROWES - Atlanta, GA
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY - Los Angeles, CA
BLACK SABBATH - Birmingham, England
BLUE OYSTER CULT - New York, NY
CAT STEVENS - London, England
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - Melbourne, Australia
CLUTCH - Germantown, MD
COHEED & CAMBRIA - Woodstock, NY
CHRIS CORNELL - Seattle, WA
COUNTING CROWS - San Francisco, CA
DEEP PURPLE - London, England
BRUCE DICKINSON - Worksop, England
DREAM THEATER - New York, NY
EUROPE - Upplands Vasby, Sweden
EXODUS - San Francisco, CA
FAITH NO MORE - San Francisco, CA
FLEETWOOD MAC - London, England
GREEN DAY - East Bay, CA
GUNS N'ROSES - Hollywood, CA
HEART - Seattle, WA
IN FLAMES - Gothenburg, Sweden
IRON MAIDEN - London, England
ISIS - Boston, MA
THE JAYHAWKS - Minneapolis, MN
JETHRO TULL - Blackpool, England
JUDAS PRIEST - Birmingham, England
KING CRIMSON - London, England
KING'S X - Springfield, MO
KITARO - Toyohashi, Japan
KYUSS - Palm Desert, CA
LED ZEPPELIN - London, England
HALUK LEVENT - Adana, Turkey
LINKIN PARK - Aguora Hills, CA
ZULFU LIVANELI - Ilgin, Turkey
LIVE - York, PA
LYNYRD SKYNYRD - Jacksonville, FL
BARIS MANCO - Turkey
MANIC STREET PREACHERS - Blackwood, Wales
MANOWAR - Auburn, NY
THE MARS VOLTA - Albuquerque, NM
MASTODON - Atlanta, GA
LOREENA MCKENNITT - Morden, Canada
MEGADETH - San Francisco, CA
METAL CHURCH - Seattle, WA
METALLICA - Los Angeles, CA
MEZARKABUL - Istanbul, Turkey
MFO - Turkey
MOTHER LOVE BONE - Seattle, WA
MOTORHEAD - London, England
MUSE - Teignmouth, England
NIGHTWISH - Kitee, Finland
NIRVANA - Seattle, WA
THE OFFSPRING - Huntington Beach, CA
OPETH - Stockholm, Sweden
OZZY OSBOURNE - Aston, England
PANTERA - Arlinton, TX
PARADISE LOST - Halifax, England
PEARL JAM - Seattle, WA
PINK FLOYD - Cambridge, England
PORCUPINE TREE - Hemel Hempstead, England
PURE REASON REVOLUTION - Reading, England
QUEEN - London, England
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - Palm Desert, CA
QUEENSRYCHE - Seattle, WA
R.E.M. - Athens, GA
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - Los Angeles, CA
RAINBOW - London, England
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Los Angeles, CA
ROXETTE - Halmstad, Sweden
SCORPIONS - Hanover, Germany
SEPULTURA - Belo Horizonte, Brazil
SIMON & GARFUNKEL - New York, NY
SKID ROW - Toms River, NJ
SLAYER - Huntington Beach, CA
SMASHING PUMPKINS - Chicago, IL
SOUNDGARDEN - Seattle, WA
STARSAILOR - Chorley, England
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - San Diego, CA
STRATOVARIUS - Helsinki, Finland
SYSTEM OF A DOWN - Glendale, CA
TEMPLE OF THE DOG - Seattle, WA
TESTAMENT - Oakland, CA
THERAPY? - Belfast, Northern Ireland
THR3E - Woodstock, NY
TOOL - Los Angeles, CA
URIAH HEEP - London, England
W.A.S.P. - Los Angeles, CA
WARRIOR SOUL - New York, NY
WEEZER - Los Angeles, CA
WHITESNAKE - London, England
YOUNG HEART ATTACK - Austin, TX
NEIL YOUNG - Toronto, Canada

The Other Top 100 (because They aren't that awesome)

3 HUREL - Trabzon, Turkey
ALCHEMIST - Canberra, Australia
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND - Macon, GA
ALTER BRIDGE - Orlando, FL
AMON AMARTH - Tumba, Sweden
ANGEL WITCH - London, England
THE ANSWER - Belfast, Northern Ireland
ASTRA - San Diego, CA
AUDREY HORNE - Oslo, Norway
BAD BRAINS - Washington DC
BAYSIDE - Long Island, NY
BLACK STONE CHERRY - Edmonton, KY
BLIND GUARDIAN - Krefeld, Germany
BLUR - London, England
JOE BONAMASSA - Utica, NY
BRAND NEW - Long Island, NY
CAPTAIN BEYOND - Los Angeles, CA
CHILDREN OF BODOM - Espoo, Finland
CHIMAIRA - Cleveland, OH
CKY - West Chester, PA
ERIC CLAPTON - Ripley, England
CREAM - London, England
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - El Cerrito, CA
CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX - England
PACO DE LUCIA - Cadiz, Spain
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - Bellingham, WA
DEF LEPPARD - Sheffield, England
DEMOLITION HAMMER - New York, NY
DINOSAUR, JR. - Amherst, MA
DIO - New York, NY
DISTURBED - Chicago, IL
THE DOORS - Los Angeles, CA
DOWN - New Orleans, LA
EAGLE EYE CHERRY - Stockholm, Sweden
EAGLES OF DEATH METAL - Palm Desert, CA
FATES WARNING - Hartford, CT
FLOTSAM & JETSAM - Phoenix, AZ
FOO FIGHTERS - Seattle, WA
JOHN FRUSCIANTE - New York, NY
GIRLSCHOOL - London, England
HARDCORE SUPERSTAR - Gothenburg, Sweden
HAZY MALAZE - New Jersey
HEAD CONTROL SYSTEM - Norway & Portugal
JIMI HENDRIX - Seattle, WA
GLENN HUGHES - Cannock, England
MICHAEL JACKSON - Gary, IN
JET - Melbourne, Australia
GARY JULES - Fresno, CA
CEM KARACA - Turkey
KASABIAN - Bloby, England
KATATONIA - Stockholm, Sweden
THE KILLERS - Las Vegas, NV
KINGS OF LEON - Nashville, TN
KISS - New York, NY
KORN - Bakersfield, CA
LAMB OF GOD - Richmond, VA
LOVE - Los Angeles, CA
MAGNUM - Birmingham, England
MARILLION - Aylesbury, England
BOB MARLEY - Saint Ann, Jamaica
MEAT LOAF - Dallas, TX
MESHUGGAH - Umea, Sweden
THE MISFITS - Lodi, NJ
MOGOLLAR - Ankara, Turkey
MOONSORROW - Helsinki, Finland
MOSTLY AUTUMN -York, England
MOTLEY CRUE - Los Angeles, CA
NEKROPSI - Istanbul, Turkey
OASIS - Manchester, England
MIKE OLDFIELD - Reading, England
ONSLAUGHT - Bristol, England
ORDINARY PSYCHO - England
P.O.D. - San Diego, CA
PAIN OF SALVATION - Eskilstuna, Sweden
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS - Gainesville, FL
PIXIES - Boston, MA
ROBERT PLANT - West Bromwich, England
PRIESTESS - Montreal, Canada
PRIMUS - El Cobrante, CA
PRINCE - Minneapolis, MN
THE PRODIGY - Braintree, England
PULP - Sheffield, England
RADIOHEAD - Oxford, England
RATT - San Diego, CA
RIGOR MORTIS - Texas
RISE AGAINST - Chicago, IL
RUSH - Toronto, Canada
SAVATAGE - Tarpon Springs, FL
SAXON - Barnsley, England
SKYCLAD - England
SOULFLY - Phoenix, AZ
STEVE MILLER BAND - San Francisco, CA
TESLA - Sacramento, CA
THE SWORD - Austin, TX
THERION - Upplands Vasby, Sweden
TRIVIUM - Orlando, FL
WILCO - Chicago, IL
WITHIN TEMPTATION - The Netherlands
WOLFMOTHER - Sydney, Australia

Because I just did.

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