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My top 10 without Styx ( In no particular order )

ASIA
DARE
STAGE DOLLS
FOREIGNER
NIGHT RANGER
WHITESNAKE
STRANGEWAYS
SURVIVOR
DAMN YANKEES
URIAH HEEP

Roxy Music
Golden Earring
Kansas
Deep Purple
Black Sabbath
Hawkwind
Manfred mann's Earth Band
Supertramp
Moody Blues
Bee Gees

Good ole Darren.Good of you to come back and spend some time with us.

I like Uriah Heep too.

Nice topic. Here's my master list, inclusive of Styx.

#1 - David Gilmour / Post Waters Floyd. Greatest guitarist of all time. No rushing - He let's the music breathe. Can't think of how else to describe it.
#2 - Pink Floyd. Their music is timeless and endures, as evidenced by the numerous tribute bands that put on a better show and sell more seats per concert than Styx probably ever did. I've seen the Aussie version live, and just ran into a concert by "Brit Floyd" on cable yesterday.....I had never heard of them - they were incredibly good, and honored the original versions. Stole alot of the Floyd video though.
#3 - Supertramp. Post Hodgson, believe it or not. Love Rick Davies bluesey and piano driven music.
#4 - Eagles. Love their various live renditions.
#5 - Genesis. Just got When In Rome for Christmas, what a great concert DVD.
#6 - Alan Parsons, Alan Parsons Project. Love his music, less the "techno" instrumentals. Some real feeling in the 90's and later efforts. "On Air" probably my favorite, but love the old stuff too.
#6 - Fleetwood Mac / Lindsey Buckingham.
#7 - Steve Winwood. Solo stuff, not Traffic. Don't ask my why.
#8 - Queen. Freddie Mercury was probably greatest showman ever, period. Loved the way he involved the crowd.
#9 - Styx. DDY era. No exceptions. One of the first bands I ever heard. Loved the pompous melodies, and I still believe that DDY, TS, and JY provided among the best harmonies. OK, maybe behind the Eagles, but still. I still remember listening to their music on my walkman - headphone pressed to my ears, loud as I could crank 'em.
The rest: Journey, Kansas, Asia, Yes (hot and cold with them).

Unlike many, I am a bigger fan of well produced, live material by these bands. Purists like the original recordings. I'm not sure why that is. It might be because I have no musical talent whatsoever, and regret never learning the piano, or guitar. I do know what sounds good - I simply can't produce it.

I nearly included Supertramp too, they are hovering just outside the top 10 along with Lone Star ( The British rock band from the 70s not the country band ) Bad Company and Giant...

Ahhh Manfred ..... Davys On The Road Again

1.Journey with S.P. only
2.Supertramp
3.Queen
4.Eagles

5.Genesis

In no particular order:

Beatles
Queen
Doobie Brothers
Damn Yankees
Michael Stanley Band
Eagles
Fleetwood Mac
Genesis
Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band

Iron Maiden
Stryper
Saint
Judas Priest
Journey
The Outfield
Beatles
Police
Pink Floyd

Just about anything classic or 80's

Armin Van Buuren
Kamelot
Tiesto
Iron Maiden
H.I.M.
Dash Berlin
Sonata Arctica
Journey
Rush
Symphony X
Dream Theater

My Top 10 (without Styx/DDY - Classic Styx is #1 & DDY is #2) this week........... not in any particular order:

1. Journey
2. Rush
3. Shinedown
4. Night Ranger
5. Dream Theater
6. Porcupine Tree
7. Avenged Sevenfold
8. John Waite/The Baby's
9. Matchbox Twenty / Rob Thomas
10. Paul McCartney & Wings
10.5 ELO

Beatles
Beatles
Beatles
Pink Floyd
LIVE
Simon & Garfunkel
Brian Setzer Orchestra/Stray Cats
TSO

Rush
Journey
Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
Foreigner
Accept
Reo Speedwagon
Scorpions
Toto
UFO

Journey, The Cars, Shinedown, Dream Theatre, Night Ranger, Loverboy, Pink Floyd, Triumph, Nickelback, Supertramp, April Wine, Seether, Breaking Benjamin, REO,Rush.........................................

in no particular order

rush
kansas
queen
pink floyd
the police
king's x
dream theater
eric johnson
def leppard
joe bonamassa

NOT REO and NOT Ted Nugent.

1. Journey
2. Chicago
3. Foreigner
4. REO
5. Queen
5. Heart
6. Eagles
7. The Cars

KISS
Genesis/Phil Collins
Fleetwood Mac/Lindsey Buckingham
Megadeth
Dream Theater
Bon Jovi
Def Leppard
Saigon Kick
ELO
Chicago
Motley Crüe

My wide selection.

def leppard
Meatloaf
Chicago
E.L.O
Pink Floyd
U2
Stan Bush (more of a Studio Musician)
Traveling Wilburys
The Monkees (R.I.P Davy Jones)
Beach Boys

Toto
Porcupine Tree
Moody Blues
Tears for Fears
Rush
Yes
Supertramp
Journey
Fleetwood Mac

Journey
Rush
Reo Speedwagon
Foreigner
Toto (all eras of the band)
Asia (all eras of the band)
Chicago (the newer the better, Jason Scheff era the best)
Eagles
Night Ranger





Just started getting into
Dream Theater
and Auras debut was awesome.....

Abitaman wrote:Journey
Rush
Reo Speedwagon
Foreigner
Toto (all eras of the band)
Asia (all eras of the band)
Chicago (the newer the better, Jason Scheff era the best)
Eagles
Night Ranger





Just started getting into
Dream Theater
and Auras debut was awesome.....

Asia? Seriously? Worst band ever!

Abitaman wrote:Journey
Rush
Reo Speedwagon
Foreigner
Toto (all eras of the band)
Asia (all eras of the band)
Chicago (the newer the better, Jason Scheff era the best)
Eagles
Night Ranger





Just started getting into
Dream Theater
and Auras debut was awesome.....

My favorite Dream Theater album/cd is "Images and Words" one of the best!!!!!

Dream Theatre's latest album ' A Dramatic Turn Of Events' IMO is by far their best. Next is Octovarium GREAT GREAT album!! Then I would go with Images & Words.

yogi wrote:Dream Theatre's latest album ' A Dramatic Turn Of Events' IMO is by far their best. Next is Octovarium GREAT GREAT album!! Then I would go with Images & Words.

Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence does it for me

LOL, Zan! Me too!

Beatles
Simon and Garfunkel
Moody Blues
Steve Perry Journey
Kansas
Yes
Supertramp
Bee Gees (early stuff)
Genesis

I have a fond place in my heart for the folk groups The Kingston Trio and Peter, Paul and Mary. Inspired me to learn guitar and, so far, I have not forgotten.


Bugsy

Styx (Dennis, Tommy, JY, Chuck and John) is my number 1 by far. The rest are:

2. Van Hagar/Chickenfoot/Sammy Solo
3. Queensryche
4. Genesis
5. Damn Yankees
6. Glenn Burtnik
7. Night Ranger
8. Scorpions
9. Rush
10. Asia

gr8whitehope wrote:

Abitaman wrote:Journey
Rush
Reo Speedwagon
Foreigner
Toto (all eras of the band)
Asia (all eras of the band)
Chicago (the newer the better, Jason Scheff era the best)
Eagles
Night Ranger





Just started getting into
Dream Theater
and Auras debut was awesome.....

Asia? Seriously? Worst band ever!

Asia ( Brilliant ) Carl Palmer best drummer I have ever seen live, Asia debut CD one of the best CDs ever ......... dont call out Asia when you list Hawkwind, The Bee Gees and Roxy Music or I will do a Toph on you

DarrenUK wrote:

gr8whitehope wrote:

Abitaman wrote:Journey
Rush
Reo Speedwagon
Foreigner
Toto (all eras of the band)
Asia (all eras of the band)
Chicago (the newer the better, Jason Scheff era the best)
Eagles
Night Ranger





Just started getting into
Dream Theater
and Auras debut was awesome.....

Asia? Seriously? Worst band ever!

Asia ( Brilliant ) Carl Palmer best drummer I have ever seen live, Asia debut CD one of the best CDs ever ......... dont call out Asia when you list Hawkwind, The Bee Gees and Roxy Music or I will do a Toph on you

Been a BIG fan of Asia since the first CD. Followed them ever since. All line-up changes too! Never really cared for any member solo or any other group. But something about them together was magic. In all line ups.

DarrenUK wrote:

gr8whitehope wrote:

Abitaman wrote:Journey
Rush
Reo Speedwagon
Foreigner
Toto (all eras of the band)
Asia (all eras of the band)
Chicago (the newer the better, Jason Scheff era the best)
Eagles
Night Ranger





Just started getting into
Dream Theater
and Auras debut was awesome.....

Asia? Seriously? Worst band ever!

Asia ( Brilliant ) Carl Palmer best drummer I have ever seen live, Asia debut CD one of the best CDs ever ......... dont call out Asia when you list Hawkwind, The Bee Gees and Roxy Music or I will do a Toph on you

That's a different Gr8.I am gr8dane and he is gr8whitehope.
He didn't pick anything.
Though I am not too keen on Asia either.

SuiteMadameBlue wrote:6. Porcupine Tree

Nice to see some love for Porcupine Tree! I think they are the best band of the last 15 years, Steven Wilson is a mastermind.