DoofDoof
02.11.26 | Part 10 of a 'sort of' countdown of the Top 1000 bands of my life - in terms of both IMPACT and QUALITY, some more one than the other.
Welcome to the highest level of doofcore - positions 1-100! All these bands have had some sort of impact on my taste and/or I've listened to a lot...and these are my untouchables.
A few newer artists to me (Adrianne Lenker, Richard Thompson, Jackie Leven, etc), from say the last five years of my listening, have joined some long set in stone picks. |
Demon of the Fall
02.11.26 | Nice. It's done (at last!)
There are certainly a few here that I wouldn't have backed to make the cut (some of which are pleasing to me) and at least two artists I have never heard of.
If I did this, placing a band like the Manics would be impossible. Historically they would be very important. But now? I don't care for them. |
zakalwe
02.11.26 | You’ve come round to Depeche Mode then, good lad.
Massive credit for Grant Lee Buffalo and The Stranglers.
Animal Collective can get to fuck |
DoofDoof
02.11.26 | Animal Collective were at risk true, definitely in the bottom five, maybe with Soundgarden, Psychedelic Furs...and Jim O'Rourke is a massive one in impact across indie in general (seems to have produced or played on half the big indie albums of the last 30 years) but I am maybe overrating his actual solo output a shade having him in the top 100. |
DoofDoof
02.11.26 | 'Massive credit for Grant Lee Buffalo and The Stranglers.'
Stranglers would be top 5 for me now, I'm even beginning to like the nu-Stranglers stuff with the replacement singer now.
GLB would be top 30, and strangely my most played Buffalo album is now the last one they did, Jubilee. That is one of the best sellout stadium style alt rock albums of the 90s, amazing stuff. |
DoofDoof
02.11.26 | 'But now? I don't care for them.'
I revisited the Manics a bit this year, I have a huge problem with them as a band after Richey left - before then I always respect their chutzpah even if some of the music is hit and miss. |
Demon of the Fall
02.11.26 | Same. I just feel even the Richey era lost some of its lustre over time. Enough for me to abandon ship and quit 'while I was ahead' during my last stint
maybe one day I'll feel nostalgic enough to return |
zakalwe
02.11.26 | The artists of abandonment are your Green Days, your Eminems, your multitudes of pish when discovering new genres.
Manics always offer something. |
zakalwe
02.11.26 | As a present for this quality countdown I will dig out another secret one from the Zak vault.
I won’t divulge fully but here’s a cryptic clue for ya.
There is another Cathal who has done one of the greatest albums of the 21st century but they’re not on sput.
Madness I tell ya |
DoofDoof
02.11.26 | Love it Zak, I’m on the case… |
bighubbabuddha
02.11.26 | Quite incredible taste Mr Doofy |
DoofDoof
02.11.26 | Any surprises here hubba? |
CrisStyles
02.11.26 | Ever considered writing a review for 80? For any of their albums, really. I wish I could write about A Night Full of Farewells, but I just don't have the writing skills that I feel would do it justice. Regardless, they deserve more love on here |
DoofDoof
02.11.26 | CrisS - The Apartments are one of my favourite discoveries of the last ten years, I really should write a review and am somewhat surprised I haven't.
Right now I'm not in the zone for writing but it could happen, incredibly consistent artist. |
Titan
02.11.26 | so these are the core doof bands yes? |
DoofDoof
02.11.26 | These are the ones.
Based on the impact they've had on my life/listening and a notion of inherent quality. |
Titan
02.11.26 | interesting!
is exile your favorite stones? i ask because it's indeed mine.... |
DoofDoof
02.11.26 | I've probably listened to 90% of the combined output of the bands on this list, and a lot of them I've listened to for 25+ years. |
DoofDoof
02.11.26 | 'Exile' is the one growing on me the most, and the one I listened to most last year...it's that one or 'Sticky Fingers' |
Titan
02.11.26 | ahhh yes - i hope you stay at it so it fully sticks its head out.....amazing once it all clicks |
zakalwe
02.11.26 | My 12 to 35 yr old me would spit in my face but the top ten from this bunch
1. Beatles
2. Nirvana
3. R.E.M
4. Radiohead
5. The Stones
6. Pink Floyd
7. Zeppelin
8. Dinosaur Jr.
9. Massive Attack
10. The Cure
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DoofDoof
02.11.26 | From a non personal/'objective' viewpoint I'd agree with that, they're all massive bands, so many iconic albums.
My personal top 10 would be more like:
1. The The
2. Stranglers
3. Tindersticks
4. Bowie
5. Lambchop
6. Radiohead
7. Nirvana
8. American Music Club and Mark Eitzel if you add them together
9. Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon if you add them together
10. not sure, maybe Elliott Smith, it would have been The National ten years ago
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DoofDoof
02.11.26 | Thought Bowie might have snuck in your top 10 ahead of Massive Attack or Dino Jr |
CrisStyles
02.11.26 | Do you have a Top 5 for The Stranglers outside of Rattus Norvegicus and No More Heroes? I want to eventually listen to more of their material because I love Rattus in particular |
DoofDoof
02.11.26 | Black and White, The Raven and La Folie are all incredible but they take a lot longer to sink in than the two first albums which were more punk and immediate.
They're generally a slow burn band...but I have a Top 100 songs playlist (just the Cornwell years) for them and honestly I could just listen to that over and over as my only listening for a week and not get bored.
I'm now trying to get more into the 'nu-Stranglers' stuff without Hugh Cornwell, which is very different (which annoyed me at first) but there's merit there I'm finding. |
zakalwe
02.11.26 | Spot on doof.
Black and White is the bollocks
Stranglers are a band that growing up everyone respected, they were the ‘talented’ punk band that had the bite.
Bloody massive in the UK back in the day but largely ignored nowadays because of the internet blob culture. |
RVAHC13
02.11.26 | Excellent list
I interviewed the guy who did all the album art for 18 (Wes Freed was his name) he used to roll into one of the grocery stores I worked at when I was in school and chat with me. Interesting guy, I was sad to learn he passed away a few years ago.
I still have a poster he drew and gave to me hanging on my wall |
DoofDoof
02.11.26 | RVAHC - his style really suited the band's albums. |
