user: do you have an /absolute/ favorite artist?

user 07.18.16	ripped this straight off facebook, yeh yeh. would love to hear from anyone/everyone.
iloveyouall 07.18.16	eliane radigue
user 07.18.16	I must say I am quite surprised. pleasantly, though.
hal1ax 07.18.16	hmm. prob grouper
user 07.18.16	ah yes, something nice and upbeat!
iloveyouall 07.18.16	I'll take etienne.
Ryus 07.18.16	boards of canada
AsleepInTheBack 07.18.16	Frank Turner. Reliably relatable and catchy
iloveyouall 07.18.16	can you make the album the paradox divide? that album is way better.
Typhoon24 07.18.16	motherfucking OutKast. found a copy of southernplayalisticadillacmuzik between the cushions of a couch at my uncle's apt when I was a kid and I've been a moderate fan my whole life. once I re-discovered them in college tho, it was like IVing heroin.
hesperus 07.18.16	off minor would probably be mine tbh. all 3 of their full-length albums are solid 5s for me
Tunaboy45 07.18.16	let's open a can of worms... Radiohead- has been for many many years now
Evatallica 07.18.16	Michael Jackson
theNateman 07.18.16	Over the years it's been consistently weezer for me. But seeing as that's already up there i'ma go with the beach boys.they were the first band I loved and have been in my top ten for 15 years at least
TheSpirit 07.18.16	Motley Crue
Keyblade 07.18.16	michael jackson
TVC15 07.18.16	Tbh it'd have to be Bowie
zakalwe 07.18.16	Nirvana, The Beatles, The Who, The Clash, Pearl Jam, R.E.M, Pixies, Dino Jr, Pavement, Spiritualized, Underworld, Radiohead, Mogwai, Sam Cooke. All stuff I've spun for decades and hasn't lost a thing.
zakalwe 07.18.16	Dylan is probably the one that continues to get even better as I get older.
porcupinetheater 07.18.16	Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, for sure
Drifter 07.18.16	The Dear Hunter, easily
DazSkunk 07.18.16	Deftones, if I'm only allowed to pick one.
HeckToPay 07.18.16	deftones all the way
Spacesh1p 07.18.16	Probably Brian Eno.
StallionMang 07.18.16	just one? the smiths i suppose
zakalwe 07.18.16	Oh yeah and The Smiths
insanedrexl1 07.18.16	Iron Maiden
onionbubs 07.18.16	green day no matter how shitty they get, green day
YakNips 07.18.16	let's give it up for zak's understanding of concepts orchid
ArsMoriendi 07.18.16	Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention I really consider this as 1 artist since Mothers is basically just Frank Zappa's brainchild anyway, but if forced to choose... Mothers of Invention
Typhoon24 07.18.16	"no matter how shitty they get, green day" admire your devotion because that's a lot of shit
bloc 07.18.16	Depeche Mode
rabidfish 07.18.16	Gorillaz dude, I've been listening from the start, I was like 8 years old and I started listening just because the cartoon animated videos. To this day, all their records are in my top 10 favorite of all time music (except the fall, but I don't count that one). Their s/t was the first cd I bought, along with the pokemon movie OST.
torts 07.18.16	the front bottoms
onionbubs 07.18.16	"admire your devotion because that's a lot of shit" 4 whole albums of it! but to be fair, i dont think anyone can pull off recording three albums at the same time
Sinternet 07.18.16	For the last 3/4 years - Modest Mouse However from the age of like 10-15 my absolute favourite was Rise Against and they are still probably in my top 10-20 today
treeqt. 07.18.16	torts is my absolute favorite
Rastapunk 07.18.16	The Offspring. Listened to Smash and ST last week :)
theBoneyKing 07.18.16	Generic af but Radiohead.
ScuroFantasma 07.18.16	Y'know what probably Korn. Can't deny that thus far there's been plenty of bands that are 'better' and rival them as my favourite, but I always return to them and get stupidly excited for new material.
SandwichBubble 07.18.16	Simon and Garfunkel without a doubt.
TwigTW 07.19.16	Bowie, always
Spacesh1p 07.19.16	- torts
CaimanJesus 07.19.16	Cult of luna
Clumseee 07.19.16	I don't really. When I was in high school it was surely The Gaslight Anthem, but those days are long gone. It's either The National or The Tragically Hip. The Wonder Years and The Hotelier are contenders too but don't have a big enough discogs. (I only like Suburbia forward for TWY)
Ryus 07.19.16	korn is better than the front bottoms
wtferrothorn 07.19.16	Animal Collective
ScuroFantasma 07.19.16	@torts same
DigitalSchism 07.19.16	Neurosis
BlacKapes 07.19.16	motherfucking psychic tv -torts
Avagantamos 07.19.16	autechre
AlexKzillion 07.19.16	Probably Metallica lol. As generic as that answer is, I would be lying if I said otherwise. Sadly I don't like the post-Load material anywhere near as much as I used to though.
Boyaawitcheese 07.19.16	Mmmmm, tough. Either Elliott Smith, The Weakerthans, The National or ISIS for me I think.
Shadowmire 07.19.16	metallica also
brainmelter 07.19.16	fu k , honestly couldn't tell you
evilford 07.19.16	I have a pretty un-fuck-withable top 10 bands, but #1 can be nobody but floyd so hard
evilford 07.19.16	there are a select few like DEA7TH and neurosis that are so close but just can't beat floyd, but they're all amazing so I really don't care
MeatSalad 07.19.16	Sadly no, a lot of the stuff I listened to when I was younger (lots of pop punk and mediocre indie/post punk revival bands) doesnt hold up well at all
user 07.19.16	love a lot of these replies. very interesting to see what sticks with people over time and in what manner. korns a solid example. definitely my favorite band when I was younger. I often wonder how I would take their material nowadays if I approached it with no prior experience with the band. like, would I find any of it at all appealing? or would I be too overwhelmed by Fieldy's fart bass and Jon's general grubbiness to find anything redeemable? would this video >>>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg5fuZ9DXxw have any effect on me, or would it just come off as melodramatic and whiny? I don't know how my cynical fuckstick present self would take something like this. I know that video certainly made me feel /something/ when I was a kid, but I don't know what I'm feeling from it now: real emotion, or just nostalgically-manufactured emotion? I can't tell if the video is making me feel any semblance of true emotion or if it's all fake and only present because I felt it at some point in my life. this applies to so much shit. did I actually like Load by Metallica? was the rollerball remake even remotely good? nostalgia is fucking weird. taste is fucking weird.
LotusFlower 07.19.16	love these lists that dont get updated ever Also my choice would be Bad Astronaut, they only ever released 3 albums but theyre all 5/5 in my book.
user 07.19.16	clov I have a perfect streak of updated lists. the ones I actually put up are just the answer I got beforehand on fb. I just enjoy the discussion here.
LotusFlower 07.19.16	just giving u shit man, its chill.
user 07.19.16	periods can often come off as non-chill but it was also chill on my side. bad astronaut rules. well, at least Houston does. haven't heard the other two. :\|
LotusFlower 07.19.16	their first is some outstanding piano/punk fusion while their third album is mixed quality wise, but the context of the record makes it perfect in its own special way for me. Also the tracks The "F" Word and San Francisco Serenade are the two best tracks in Joey Cape's entire career.
MeatSalad 07.19.16	Third bad astronaut album is fucking great for the most part, first is aight but I feel like houston did everything the first album did but much better
MeatSalad 07.19.16	And yeah the F word is their best song by far
LotusFlower 07.19.16	The first has a lot of great cuts though and the piano component is so heavenly, it ties it together well.
Funeralopolis 07.19.16	In Flames, but a few others are very close
LotusFlower 07.19.16	The F Word and San Francisco Serenade, I especially love the bridge of that song with the piano, the drum line that sounds like fireworks, and the "la la la" slightly modulated inbetween. The sound design on their record are always heavenly.
p4p 07.19.16	chiodos - all's well that ends well
MeatSalad 07.19.16	Yeah.. fuck man, I'd really love to see joey cape and the other remaining members make some more music together. Under a different name though, for obvious reasons
LotusFlower 07.19.16	I remember Joey said in his reddit AMA there was enough finished material for another Bad Astronaut album and a lot of demos/unfinished cuts but he is simply sitting on it out of respect for Derrick. Though he did say there may be a possibility for it to be released in the future, so on could hope.
GreyShadow 07.19.16	AFI. La Dispute is quite the close second though.
Rowan5215 07.19.16	maybe mine is Floyd actually, the National is a current favourite but Floyd fits the definition better as the one artist that has always stuck with me my whole life... idk, I guess time will tell which of the two I prefer it's those or blink.
BMDrummer 07.19.16	unwound
user 07.19.16	tbh rowan I was quite taken aback by your pick. and nice, bm, I can dig it.
Rowan5215 07.19.16	huh, well you can change it I guess unless you're not updating this list in which case natty is fine to represent me. right now Gator is my favourite album of all time and it's helping me thru some stuff so that's why natty were my first pick on your post, but y'know
RadicalEd 07.19.16	Jakob
user 07.19.16	I'll see how I feel in ~15 minutes
Futures 07.19.16	who is user "guess" he seems cool tbh
TheHamburgerman 07.19.16	Virgin Steele, even now when I mostly listen to electronic music and much less to power metal I can't withstand this raw and epic sound of the band.
SgtShock 07.19.16	Man I wish I was cool enough to have listened to GYBE in 8th grade. The most advanced shit I was rocking back then was System of a Down.
sonictheplumber 07.19.16	Deicide changed my life. I am Satan
user 07.19.16	I made up for it by being a shithead overall
iloveyouall 07.19.16	tf did you update this for?
iloveyouall 07.19.16	where's the discussion gonna go now?
user 07.19.16	it'll all make sense in the end, you fickle little shitbrain
iloveyouall 07.19.16	what's the point of remembering what i'm talking about when it's all there in the list? people will argue me, and imma just say look at the list. like i will right now: look at the list
user 07.19.16	so your entire discussion would be, "I'll be etienne." ooooooooooooooook
iloveyouall 07.19.16	refer to the list for guidance.
user 07.19.16	I am mad
tempest-- 07.19.16	i mean i've always liked judas priest but they werent my #1 band until a couple years ago but yeah, definitely my absolute fav now
p4p 07.19.16	yo shithead where's my favorite album
DazSkunk 07.19.16	I'm way more of an Around The Fur guy, I adore every record by them except for Gore but ATF and White Pony have always been my top picks
Mort. 07.19.16	a few years ago i would of said Fear before the march of flames or enter shikari, but for the last year and a half Unwound have been my favourite band by far and i fully expect them to stay there
ScuroFantasma 07.19.16	@user that video is still pretty intense, if there's one thing I can respect about Jon it's his emotional honesty. On your topic of how stuff sticks with people and in what way, I'm definitely less drawn in by the 'angst' or 'heaviness" as I am with their groove now (love Fieldy's bass btw).
Anthracks 07.19.16	bowie
guitarded_chuck 07.19.16	been pink floyd for a long time yeah
Zig 07.19.16	Frank Zappa. #1 since 2009.
Sinternet 07.19.16	so I'm not good enough for your list huh? HUH? listen here you shit add Rise Against now you dumb bastard
bloc 07.19.16	Yeah where the fuck am i bitch
theacademy 07.19.16	where the FUCK is bloc
RadicalEd 07.19.16	so I'm not good enough for your list huh? HUH? listen here you shit add Jakob now you dumb bastard
user 07.19.16	am I allowed to sleep
hal1ax 07.19.16	sleep tight my little pickle
user 07.19.16	thank you halsicle
LotusFlower 07.19.16	no sleep allowed
smaugman 07.19.16	Rrrrrrrush
Sevengill 07.19.16	Mastodon, based on their first four albums. No matter what they do, I'll always have those first four.
Claystation 07.19.16	Animal Collective/Glassjaw. Could never really pick between the two but those are definitely at the top
omgbecky 07.19.16	Thursday. Saw them on the cover of alt press. Read the article. Listened to Friends In The Armed Forces and I've loved them ever since
teamster 07.19.16	All time ?? Rush. Over last 5 years? Fen.
dbizzles 07.19.16	Shiiiiit, Murder by Death, I suppose. Never been disappointed by them- ever. Seen them maybe 3 times, own shirts, vinyls, backed kickstarters. I guess they're the one.
heck 07.19.16	The Cure
Relinquished 07.19.16	Meshuggah literally helped motivate and inspire me to gain around 50 pounds of muscle