EWB's Top 99 Artists of 2011

[GoGo Yubari]

Someone literally voted for "Rob Zombie/White Zombie" and I don't really care enough to separate them. Same rule applies to Ben Folds/Ben Folds Five. Also I'm in finals season right now so I will be updating this sparingly for the next few days. After that I will have no excuse!

[Skummy]

Next time round I'm going to vote for Roy Orbison/Napalm Death

[SRN]

That update needed a lot less Nightwish and Sevendust and a lot more Miles Davis. However that works.

[Bodom]

I hope to see The Strokes on this. Fantastic band with no bad albums, especially "Room on fire". "Angles" This year is on the top of my year end list...maybe.

[GoGo Yubari]

49. Blink 182 (25 points, appeared on two ballots) (Last Year: #52)

49. The Ramones (25 points, appeared on two ballots) (Last Year: N/A)

48. Aerosmith (26 points, appeared on three ballots) (Last Year: #53)

47. Johnny Cash (26 points, appeared on four ballots) (Last Year: #103)

Next Time On This Thing: Skummy's not gonna like this.

[Quom]

God remind me to never ask you cunts what I should listen to. Fucking horrible.

[Skummy]

Oh dear, who's next? Is it Queen? I'm kind of over that particular bugbear now, but I feel I probably owe you a regurgitated rant all the same. Or is it just some wank?

That list was okay. Blink 182 and Aerosmith are terrible, but The Ramones and Johnny Cash more than make up for that.

[gunnar hendershow]

Aerosmith?

Come on guys.

[DFF]

I saw Aerosmith at Download last year, and they were awesome. Much better than AC/DC, and for a fraction of the cost!

This list is pretty good - it's the usual EWB clusterfuck of genres.

[GoGo Yubari]

45. Queen (28 points, appeared on two ballots) (Last Year: #66)

45. Green Day (28 points, appeared on two ballots) (Last Year: #25)

44. Black Sabbath (28 points, appeared on three ballots) (Last Year: #153)

43. Brand New (28 points, appeared on four ballots) (Last Year: #91)

42. The Stooges (29 points, appeared on two ballots) (Last Year: N/A)

41. Alkaline Trio (29 points, appeared on three ballots) (Last Year: #19)

Next Time on This: Been thinking a lot today.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Meh! Only bands I care about there are Sabbath and The Stooges. Green Day's alright - I like most of Dookie but that's about it.

[Skummy]

Sabbath and The Stooges rule. Green Day are awful. Brand New and Alkaline Trio I barely know, but don't like.

Queen - as I've said - I mellowed on recently. I still think a lot of their stuff is absolutely horrendous, but my recent renewed love for the Highlander franchise has reminded me that, actually, they've got their moments. Princes Of The Universe, Hammer To Fall and Gimme The Prize are all bad-ass.

[Quom]

Greenday and Brand New? Really EWB? Top 50? Really? Better than Elvis and Johnny Cash? Really?

[Sousa]

Maxx got a tattoo of a dick just to show how much he loves Green Day, so there's that.

[Liam]

Greenday and Brand New? Really EWB? Top 50? Really? Better than Elvis and Johnny Cash? Really?

I hate these threads, primarily from these posts. Seriously......two to four people voted for these bands, in a ballot which was probably voted on by about 20. They aren't that representative, and they probably are going to be full of bands that probably fall under the banner of 'popular' rather than 'good'. It happens, get over it, done.

[gunnar hendershow]

I have always had a soft spot for Queen despite how absolutely over-the-top most of their catalog is. I think the appeal is that they did what they did better than anyone else in history.

Sabbath are great, Stooges are good but I've never had a huge urge to listen to them on the regular.

Alkaline Trio I'm neutral on, not a fan but they've never mamaged to get on my nerves.

Green Day get on my nerves but it's more because of how disappointing and overplayed everything from Warning onwards is. Their material before then I appreciate and in some cases like "Welcome to Paradise", "J.A.R.", and "Geek Stink Breath" really enjoy. But I cannot stand American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown to the point where they are 2 of my least favorite albums of the last decade.

[Heroin Bob]

This is the biggest collection of dad rock I've ever seen. Makes me wonder if you guys listen to music made in, you know, 2011.

[Guest zrc]

This is the biggest collection of dad rock I've ever seen. Makes me wonder if you guys listen to music made in, you know, 2011.

Says the guy with a show in his sig so 2010.

Edited December 17, 2011 by zrc

[Matt]

This is the biggest collection of dad rock I've ever seen. Makes me wonder if you guys listen to music made in, you know, 2011.

To be fair I think I've liked all of about 3 albums released this year.

[GoGo Yubari]

I can't actually think of an album I really really like from this year. Art Brut's album was disappointing and Fleet Foxes' album was pleasant but not really memorable for me.

40. The Killers (29 pts, appeared on four ballots) (Last Year: N/A)

39. Tom Waits (30 pts, appeared on 2 ballots) (Last Year: #86)

38. The Misfits (30 pts, appeared on four ballots) (Last Year: N/A)

36. Queens of the Stone Age (32 pts, appeared on four ballots) (Last Year: #20)

36. Ben Folds (Five) (32 pts, appeared on four ballots) (Last Year: #21)

Next Time, on etc.: YOU GONNA DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE