EWB's Top 99 Artists of 2011

[apsham]

The Killer and Queens Of The Stone Age? I didn't know my "cool" aunt was on here.

[RPS]

Love that some guy who put the Barenaked Ladies on his list is judging the content of other people's lists. Those in houses made from CD cases from the shitty bands they like shouldn't throw stones?

[MalaCloudy Black]

My musical taste is much better than yours, for I am a fan of [ARTIST] whilst you are a fan of [bAND]. I look down my nose upon you all!

[RPS]

And for the record, I'm not trying to get into the argument that Cloudy is alluding to, just more musing the fact that a guy who put the Barenaked Ladies and Matthew Good on his list is pulling the "your music sucks" card. I'd expect it from a guy who listens to Radiohead or Animal Collective, but not the dude giving the big ups to the "If I Had A Million Dollars" band.

[Guest mr. potato head]

And for the record, I'm not trying to get into the argument that Cloudy is alluding to, just more musing the fact that a guy who put the Barenaked Ladies and Matthew Good on his list is pulling the "your music sucks" card. I'd expect it from a guy who listens to Radiohead or Animal Collective, but not the dude giving the big ups to the "If I Had A Million Dollars" band.

Well that's just totally unfair.

They also did a children's album.

[Skummy]

If people are going to continue slagging off BNL, they'd better be prepared to fucking well take this outside :@

As for the list, The Killers are fucking dreadful. Like...a flight of stairs falling down a flight of stairs dreadful. They're one of the most diabolically awful bands I have ever heard. They're just cock.

QOTSA are alright, really, as are The Misfits. Both have a few awesome songs. I don't know enough Ben Folds to judge...everything I've heard I've been fairly indifferent to, aside from one or two individual songs I've loved; "Brick" in particular, as uncool as that apparently is.

Tom Waits is fucking God and it's all downhill from here.

[LittleDaniel]

[gunnar hendershow]

I'm shocked this board has four fans of The Killers.

[GoGo Yubari]

35. Guns N Roses (33 pts, appeared on three ballots) (Last Year: #153)

34. System of a Down (33 pts, appeared on four ballots) (Last Year: N/A)

30. Pearl Jam (34 pts, appeared on four ballots) (Last Year: #10)

30. The Clash (34 pts, appeared on four ballots) (Last Year: #80)

30. Bob Dylan (34 pts, appeared on four ballots) (Last Year: #82)

30. The Smiths (34 pts, appeared on four ballots) (Last Year: #32)

Next Week, on Clerks: A chrome-colored clone am I.

[LittleDaniel]

Okay, I voted for none of them but those last three are good choices. I also used to listen to System of a Down in middle school. I was talking about then recently with a friend, and...well, Kirkland violated my memories.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Clash are the fourth band off my list to make the 99 so far. Must be some kind of a record. Kinks, Clash, Sigur Ros and Mew. Lovely. I enjoy a bit of QOTSA too so that's good but generally otherwise I'll just copy Skummy's answers.

[GoGo Yubari]

29. Blur (34 pts, appeared on five ballots) (Last Year: #9)

28. Arctic Monkeys (35 pts, appeared on five ballots) (Last Year: #59)

27. Smashing Pumpkins (36 pts, appeared on four ballots) (Last Year: #62)

26. Paramore (37 pts, appeared on three ballots) (Last Year: #8)

Next Time: And you're ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN DRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGS

[Jimmy]

A good ten there. Glad Arctic Monkeys rose a bunch of places and Paramore aren't ridiculously this year, either. Looking forward to seeing where Los Camps and a few others end up placing.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Wahey Blur!

[GoGo Yubari]

This five is pretty awesome, I'm not gonna lie.

25. Weezer (38 pts, appeared on four ballots) (Last Year: N/A? Really? Huh.)

24. Los Campesinos (41 pts, appeared on three ballots) (Last Year: N/A)

23. Led Zeppelin (44 pts, appeared on six ballots) (Last Year: #39)

22. The Velvet Underground (and Nico) (45 pts, appeared on five ballots) (Last Year: N/A)

21. Arcade Fire (48 pts, appeared on five ballots) (Last Year: #54)

Next: dun dun-dun DUNNNN dun-*CLAP CLAP*

[Liam]

My musical taste is much better than yours, for I am a fan of [ARTIST] whilst you are a fan of [bAND]. I look down my nose upon you all!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv9pTajZgYA

First 20 seconds of this is where I am in these kinda threads.

[gunnar hendershow]

We've been doing well from Pearl Jam onwards. Paramore being the only band I have zero interest in. Blur, The Smiths, Dylan, Pearl Jam, and Zeppelin all very well could have been on my list. Again I'm not terribly sure whether I made one or not.

[GoGo Yubari]

19. Muse (49 pts, appeared on four ballots) (Last Year: #7)

19. Leonard Cohen (49 pts, appeared on four ballots) (Last Year: #82)

18. David Bowie (49 pts, appeared on six ballots) (Last Year: #12)

17. Red Hot Chili Peppers (52 pts, appeared on six ballots) (Last Year: #23)

16. Frank Turner (54 pts, appeared on five ballots) (Last Year: #5)

NXT: Keep a mild groove on.

[Guest mr. potato head]

Easily the best five thus far.

[Jimmy]

Yay Los Camps, strong showing for them especially compared to last year. Cannot wait to see them live, not in a festival environment.