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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 Life 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
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
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.
CrisStyles 02.12.26	I guess since I started, I might as well ask for maybe two or so recommendations for these too: Mark Eitzel (only know California from American Music Club) Lambchop (besides Is a Woman) Cass McCombs Perry Blake (besides California) The Bathers The Church My listening habits have become very erratic over the last few years, I typically only listen to one album from a "new" artist and then move on to someone else, rarely giving more albums within the discography a shot.
Aids 02.12.26	10k ratings with 86% objectivity score. This guy rates music! V good list but I'm gonna put you on the spot: give me a top 3, I'm very curious
DoofDoof 02.12.26	AIDS, a few posts up I put my personal purely subjective top 3 as: 1. The The 2. The Stranglers 3. Tindersticks An objective ‘who are the most important and deserve the title of best’ would be similar to what Zak posted: 1. The Beatles 2. Radiohead 3. Pink Floyd
DoofDoof 02.12.26	CrisS, all these are essential albums: Mark Eitzel: Everclear (AMC), The Invisible Man, 60 Watt Silver Lining Lambchop: Nixon, Mr M, Oh Ohio Cass McCombs: Mangy Love, Big Wheel, Interior Live Oak Perry Blake: Perry Blake, Still Life, Death of a Society Girl The Bathers: Sirenesque, Kelvingrove Baby (not the re-recording on Spotify), Sweet Deceit The Church: Sometime Anywhere, Priest = Aura, After Everything
gabba 02.12.26	This whole list series is awesome, it’s nice to see The Psychedelic Furs ranked so high! There are quite some artists up here that would make it into my top 20, but also plenty I’ve never even heard of. Microdisney??? I’m feeling the urge to give it a go.
DoofDoof 02.12.26	Thanks gabba, there's a few more obscure ones up there yeah, Psychedelic Furs clinging on a bit to a top 100 place but love that band. A top 5 knocking on the door from the tier below I've just not quite got to know well enough would be: 1. Bruce Springsteen 2. The Fall 3. John Prine 4. Cardiacs 5. Current Value Could imagine any of those ending up in my top 100 given some extra focus.
Demon of the Fall 02.12.26	yeah, Microdisney was a wtf moment for me too gabba, haha You're inspiring me to check out The Stranglers. I had no idea you rated them quite this highly. Interesting.
zakalwe 02.12.26	There are some funny ones the major players that are way down the list in the lower tiers. Stone Roses, Jesus and Mary Chain, Smiths…….Joan Armatrading
DoofDoof 02.12.26	The list will keep evolving in the ol' mind palace, not set in stone. Go back 12 months and quite different...three years very different...10 years unrecognisable. Bands I only discovered the last ten years...The Bathers, Cathal Coughlan/Microdisney, Richard Thompson, Jackie Leven, Perry Blake, Grant Lee Buffalo. That's just for the top 100, tonnes more new ones in the lower tiers. After the last week of listening Iron Maiden have gone up two tiers I'd imagine ;)
DoofDoof 02.12.26	Also zak, leave 'THE GOAT' Joan alone !
zakalwe 02.12.26	It is the ever evolving beauty of it. If we were to go by amount listened to over the years, material purchased and who have always been cherished by myself I reckon R.E.M would probably come out on top. Played constantly since 1992. Mental.
DoofDoof 02.12.26	Any respectable top 100 would need an Irish band so name them... U2? Puurlease. The Pogues? Right-o. Thin Lizzy? Not sure I believe you. Fontaines DC? Bit green. Ash? Time to grow up. The Cranberries? Good for the urinary tract. The only answer is Microdisney! (Therapy? don't count as Northern Irish and that's another whole story)
zakalwe 02.12.26	Stiff Little Fingers!
DoofDoof 02.12.26	I remember a couple of people at halls of residence loved that band, had the posters up. I've only checked the one album...see the 1979 debut has an impressive score on RYM.
DoofDoof 02.12.26	As much as I don’t doubt their Irish roots, playing now and SLF don’t sound that inherently Irish. Microdisney/Cathal Coughlan sound painfully Irish in every way.
zakalwe 02.12.26	Whipping Boy
DoofDoof 02.12.26	Think we’re proving it’s harder than it seems and why most people just sling either U2 or The Pogues on there.
DoofDoof 02.12.26	Decent authentic pub punk band album this, but not sure SLF have more legs than that for me. The lyrics are very militant Irish! Rancid copied these lads even more than they did The Clash. Mike Ness/Social Distortion too, similar vocal style.
DoofDoof 02.12.26	Demon - if you want to know my old opinion of The Stranglers read my now borderline cringe DoofusWainwright review of their Stranglers best of: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/69270/The-Stranglers-Greatest-Hits-1977-1990/ I vastly underestimated their discog beyond the first two albums. Proper grower band.
DoofDoof 02.12.26	Ok, I take it back, album grew on me by Jonny Was / Aternative Ulster, shows its range a bit
Demon of the Fall 02.12.26	oh, should be a decent read, haha I know you were maybe aiming for a 'heavyweight' with your Irish question, but doesn't Perry Blake also count? I mean, he's up there (as in literally 'up there' in your top 100). Or are you only counting bands, not solo artists, ignore me I've just realised. Still Life is a genuinely great album tho.
DoofDoof 02.12.26	That’s true, was thinking more of bands - again not one who sounds too Irish, esp on California. He’s bloody excellent though. Cathal C (whether solo, Microdisney, Fatima Mansions, his other load of projects) has the accent, the delivery, the worldview, the Irish perspective. Loads of lyrics of being an Irish band in London, the cynicidm, the dispossession. His lyrics are frequently very odd, there’s probably an English equivalent who I can’t think of, but they’re so damn Irish and his voice just hammers it home. If you want smooth with deep cynicism then microdisney, if you want abrasive then Fatima’s, if you want unfiltered and intimate the solo stuff
DoofDoof 02.12.26	Going back to Whipping Boy after the most recent Fontaines DC is an interesting exercise!
bighubbabuddha 02.12.26	Wu tang didn't take you for a hip hopper bro
gabba 02.12.26	well, Fontaines even covered one of WB's songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qTJ8tm8tu8 re: Irish bands, Virgin Prunes may also be up there
DoofDoof 02.12.26	Hubba - my brother went fully electronic/hip hop by about 1995 so used to hear most of what was going on. Hip hop is taking up even less of my listening these days though, occasionally something still breaks through.
DoofDoof 02.12.26	Virgin Prunes, never heard, band name in the Prefab Sprout tier…not a huge discog, will check!
CrisStyles 02.12.26	Awesome, appreciate the recommendations. May ask for some on other lists within your series, we'll see.
zakalwe 02.12.26	Hip Hop does become redundant by middle age although I would have Beasties Boys in my personal top 50 and would still definitely purchase some stuff on vinyl.
DoofDoof 02.12.26	CrisS - Go for it, no problem at all.
DoofDoof 02.12.26	Zak - some instrumental hip hop sounds timeless, hip hop in general can be a bit time stamped but sometimes I’m in the mood Only about 50 hip hop acts made this top 1000, Beastie Boys top 10 but they can get a bit nagging over full albums
zakalwe 02.12.26	I agree doof. That Deltron 3000 instrumental album is absolutely incredible and still gets listened to a fair bit.