1. radiohead
2. oasis
3. beatles
4. gnr
5. led zeppelin
6. rolling stones
7. smashing pumpkins
8. weezer
...and here come the seattle bands
9. nirvana
10. pearl jam
11. soundgarden
12. alice in chains
13. beastie boys
14. rem
15. green day
Obviously, I am "from" the '90s.
The above bands have mulitple albums that I appreciate/still listen to. Albums like Coldplay's "ROBTTH", The Strokes' "Is This It," Pulp's "Diiferent Class", Portishead's "Dummy," and The Verve's "Urban Hymes" rank right up there with the ones by the bands I've listed.
Alice Cooper
Aerosmith / Joe Perry
AC/DC
Bon Jovi
Bruce Springsteen
Guns N' Roses / Slash
Jim Steinman / Meat Loaf
Jimi Hendrix
Brian Wilson
KISS
Led Zeppelin
Hawkwind
Michael Jackson / The Jacksons
Nine Inch Nails
Elvis Presley
Pink Floyd
Savage Garden
Skid Row / Sebastian Bach
Black Sabbath / Ozzy Osbourne / Dio
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Suzi Quatro
The Byrds
The Doors
The Rolling Stones / Keith Richards
Tom Jones
Weird Al Yankovic
It's what happens when you start with one artist, find what they did and then hook on to another. Started with U2, heard some snippets of AC/DC, went on to their stuff finding out Steven Tyler did the HoF induction for them and then started on Joe Perry. It goes around.
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