Desert Island Music

2. paul haine said:

I’d go for:

David Bowie
The Beatles
British Sea Power
The Divine Comedy
The White Stripes

Though I accept that technically David Bowie is not a band.

Posted on September 17, 2005 06:22 AM | #

4. ray said:

This was a tough one, but i’ll have to go with:

Converge
Entombed
Napalm Death
Pantera
Sepultura

If I could have a couple alternates for some variety, it would have to be NOFX and At The Drive-in

Posted on September 17, 2005 07:15 AM | #

6. Jaxon Rice said:

It would have to be:

The Pixies
16 Horsepower
The National
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Giant Sand

In an ideal world the Cure and the Smiths would form one giant supergroup with Giant Sand to take the fifth slot.

Posted on September 17, 2005 07:46 AM | #

8. Ray said:

Led Zeppelin
Pat Metheny
Mozart
Miles Davis
Jeff Beck

Posted on September 17, 2005 08:17 AM | #

10. Adrian B said:

Orbital
Clutch
Radiohead
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
Steeleye Span

Posted on September 17, 2005 10:00 AM | #

12. stephenliveshere said:

Decided this a long time ago:
• U2
• Enya
• Clannard
• Midnight Oil
• Bruce Springsteen

Posted on September 17, 2005 11:17 AM | #

14. Keith said:

Oh man – Pixies!?! Damn. Forgot about them. New Order? Shit. Radiohead? One of the best live shows ever. Then there is Ministry, Zeppelin, Style Council, Decedents, PIL, Futureheads… oh Stephen mentioned Clannad, I love them…Please don’t ever make me go to a deserted island and only be able to listen to 5 bands! Tom. Helmet? I saw them at SXSW this year. Awesome.

Posted on September 17, 2005 12:01 PM | #

16. Bryan Veloso said:

All I’d need would be: The Black Mages, BeForU, and Nobou Uematsu.

I don’t expect anybody to know who they are. But if you do, I love you in advance.

Posted on September 17, 2005 01:02 PM | #

18. Stephen Caver said:

I’d have to say …

The Blood Brothers
The (International) Noise Conspiracy
Tool
The Rolling Stones
The Refused

And that is only if I can have every song by all of those bands on one of those new iPod nano’s.

Posted on September 17, 2005 01:53 PM | #

20. Kyle said:

Lessee:

Some of these are in my head just from current listening; I’m sure there’s more I’d rather swap in or out:

- Uncle Tupelo
- EPMD
- Big Star
- The Replacements
- Rolling Stones

Posted on September 17, 2005 03:53 PM | #

22. Tom Oakes said:

Picking 5 artists is really very easy in comparison to picking one artist, or worse yet, one album.

Keith, I remember some entry of yours in the past when you stated (admitted, stated) that if you were stranded on a desert isle, Aenima would be the album you’d choose.

Naturally, you’d want to pick artists with a good volume of music. Right after I submitted, I saw that someone had chosen Zeppelin, and kicked myself. Although I don’t know who they’d replace…

Posted on September 17, 2005 05:04 PM | #

24. Yvonne Adams said:

Tomorrow might be a different list, but right now:

• John Coltrane
• New Order
• Shirley Horn
• Midnight Oil
• Ryuichi Sakamoto

Posted on September 17, 2005 06:09 PM | #

26. Glen Swinfield said:

A bit tricky, and will probably change in 5 minutes - assuming the plane left right now:

• Stevie Wonder
• Longpigs
• Red Hot Chilli Peppers
• Dan The Automator/Prince Paul (deltron 3030, Handsome boy modelling school, white people etc. Does this count as one?)
• Faithless

Posted on September 18, 2005 03:24 AM | #

28. Dragan Babić said:

I’d have to go with:

• Sage Francis
• Rise Against
• Yage (now defunct unfortunately, one of the best true emo bands in the world.)
• As I Lay Dying
• Funeral For a Friend

Posted on September 18, 2005 06:15 AM | #

30. Henrik said:

Right…Deleting definition lists are we… :)

Again then:

Posted on September 18, 2005 06:26 AM | #

32. mike said:

Actually I might want to substitute Sublime in for one of those above.

Posted on September 18, 2005 11:19 AM | #

34. andy said:

- Elliott Smith
- Scissorfight
- Nirvana
- Hank Williams Sr.
- Queen Tangerine / Zola Turn (sort of the same band, close enough for me)

Posted on September 19, 2005 06:22 AM | #

36. Phil Robinson said:

I’m not sure I can come up with 5, but at the top of the list is:

Posted on September 19, 2005 07:26 AM | #

38. Ian said:

• Iron Maiden
• Pantera - never got to see them live, and sadly will never get the chance of seeing one of the greatest ever metal guitarists
• Children of Bodom
• Cathedral
• Nightwish

I could probably write this list tomorrow and it would be different except for Iron Maiden (the best band ever!)

I was tempted to include DragonForce (who I will be seeing tonight!), but they haven’t really got enough material to qualify. It’s only a matter of time though.

Other contenders would be Megadeth, pre-Metallica Metallica, Dimmu Borgir, Morbid Angel, Slayer and of course Belinda Carlisle (seriously).

I’m surprised that Tool are on so many people’s list. I saw them once and they were the most boring live band I have ever seen.

Posted on September 20, 2005 04:02 AM | #

40. James said:

Converge
Cave In
David S. Ware Quartet
Smart Went Crazy
Faraquet

Another day would bring a completely different list, but that will do for today!

Posted on September 21, 2005 08:45 AM | #

42. Matt said:

Oh good question.

• Elliott Smith (just discovered him)
• Kyuss/Queens of the Stone Age/Desert Sessions (they count as one surely :-D )
• Aphex Twin
• Sleater-Kinney
• Biffy Clyro

I’ve left out Arcade Fire and Dresden Dolls because they don’t have enough albums.

Posted on September 26, 2005 03:01 PM | #