Your three fave bands/artists: maximum of three; a running survey

[adams house cat]

The Beach Boys
Nina Simone
Louis Armstrong

And again, ask me tomorrow.

[Amor de Cosmos]

One interim conclusion is that it’s music by white men.

Specifically British middle-aged white men.

No love for Hendrix, Chuck Berry, Elvis, Aretha...

[Bermuda Iron]

The Fall

The Smiths

(Fuck, it's easy for the first two, like most I suspect really difficult to find a third from so many...)

Today, it's The Cramps

[Sporting]

Updated again...keep em coming...

[Mr Cogito]

Tom Waits
Bruce Springsteen
The Jam

All time list, so many others to sadly leave out...

[Moonlight Shadow]

Tangerine Dream
Joy Division
Metallica

[Sits]

Excellent work Sporting, and us. As someone (DG?) said, lots to investigate.

Two picks for Sparklehorse is an interesting one; I'd never even heard of them until I joined Spotify a few months back and they started coming up on my "Discover Weekly" playlists. A 100% hit rate for the two songs I've been provided so far.

[gavc23]

Hanoi Rocks
Turbonegro
Hevisaurus

Judging by my most played

[Sporting]

Three more completely new to me. I couldn't even begin to guess the genre of music, but I will toddle off to investigate (well, when I say toddle off I mean go a googling).

[Furtho]

Near my old gaff in Kent was some graffiti on a railway bridge that read HANOI ROCKS IS THE BEST.

[WOM]

In the early days of music video, City TV's New Music always managed to feature Hanoi Rocks, Tenpole Tudor (yay!) and an outfit called Huang Chung who went on to more mainstream success with their slightly altered moniker. Lene Lovich, Nina Hagen and Eva Everything also made frequent appearances.

[adams house cat]

Millie Jackson
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Mamas and Papas

Probably different tomorrow.

[Sporting]

Added.

[Gerontophile]

U2, Matt Monro, Pet Shop Boys.*

*Not enough. It will change in the next 5 minutes.

[Gerontophile]

Mamas and Papas.

Ever seen the movie "Beautiful thing"?

[danielmak]

Rolling Stones
Replacements
Echo and the Bunnymen

But that was not easy. A top 10-15 would probably leave me more confident in the choices. The Stones would be top for sure but I could easily see the other two being replaced by The Clash, JAMC, Springsteen, or New Order. But I'll stay with those 3.

[andrew7610]

David Sylvian
Kraftwerk
The The

First two are unshakeable and would be on any list at any time, but there's about 5 or so who I could say were my third choice depending on the mood of the day...

[Sits]

Where would Japan rank Andrew?

[Hot Orange]

Where would Japan rank Andrew?

I'm going to guess they'd have him at 7,610th.

[Sits]

Boom boom tish!

[ale]

Bowie
Joy Division
Associates

[gavc23]

Three more completely new to me. I couldn't even begin to guess the genre of music, but I will toddle off to investigate (well, when I say toddle off I mean go a googling).

Hevisaurus are an all dinosaur power metal band for the under 10s from Finland. My eldest controls the music in the car hence them appearing as my most played artist. Their concerts have a pretty brutal pit.

[andrew7610]

Where would Japan rank Andrew?

I'm cheating and basically counting anything with his vocals in here, so Japan, Rain Tree Crow, Nine Horses and guest appearances all count as David Sylvian for me. I'd listen to him reading a phone book. Mrs7610 on the other hand finds him to be a thoroughly depressing bastard and never misses an opportunity to voice this opinion.

[Bored Of Education]

This has been surprisingly hard. Motorhead at number one, obviously, but, after that, it is harder. It's between AC/DC, Sex Pistols, Elvis, ABBA, Ramones, Johnny Cash, the Manics. Oooh, and Public Enemy and a band that no-one knows apart from Ray called The Wigs (featuring the main potter from The Great Pottery Throwdown).

[Patrick Thistle]

Hevisaurus are an all dinosaur power metal band for the under 10s from Finland. .

That sounds amazing. I'm going to have to check them out.