93 - Bob Marley

Number 93 is reggae master, Bob Marley. I only have "Legend", but that album itself lands him on the countdown.

Wiki - Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for the ska, rocksteady and reggae bands The Wailers (1964–1974) and Bob Marley & The Wailers (1974–1981). Marley remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music, and is credited for helping spread both Jamaican music and the Rastafari movement to a worldwide audience.

Marley's best known hits include "I Shot the Sheriff", "No Woman, No Cry", "Could You Be Loved", "Stir It Up", "Jamming", "Redemption Song", "One Love" and, together with The Wailers, "Three Little Birds", as well as the posthumous releases "Buffalo Soldier" and "Iron Lion Zion". The compilation album, Legend (1984), released three years after his death, is reggae's best-selling album, being 10 times Platinum (Diamond) in the U.S., and selling 20 million copies worldwide.

Favorite Songs -

Is This Love?
No Woman No Cry
I Shot the Sheriff
One Love
Three Little Birds
Buffalo Soldier
Redemption Song
Jamming

Favorite Lyric -

"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them can stop the time." - Redemption Song

Now hear this:
STIR IT UP


next up: a band with a skeleton on the cover of their second CD

94 - AFI

At # 94 is California punk band, AFI. They have great hair.

Wiki - AFI (A Fire Inside) is an American alternative rock band from Ukiah, California, formed in 1991. They have consisted of the same lineup since 1998, lead vocalist Davey Havok, drummer and backup vocalist Adam Carson, with bassist Hunter Burgan and guitarist Jade Puget, who both play keyboard and contribute backup vocals.

Discography -

AFI has released eight studio albums over 18 years as a band, the first being "Answer That and Stay Fashionable" in 1995. The band then went on to release "Very Proud of Ya" the next year, followed up by a third in three years, "Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes". Over the years, AFI has changed its style from the earlier days of hardcore punk, to the horror punk-influenced sound of 1999's "Black Sails in the Sunset" and 2000's "The Art of Drowning". It was not until this, the band's fifth album, that the band first featured on the charts, as The Art of Drowning peaked at #172 on the Billboard 200.

The band had its first major success 12 years after it formed, in 2003, with "Sing the Sorrow" reaching #5 on the Billboard 200. The album was supported by singles "Girl's Not Grey" and "The Leaving Song, Pt. II", both featured in the top 20 of America's Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart in 2003. It went onto receive Platinum certification with over one million units sold in the US.

The band returned in 2006 with "Decemberunderground", which featured the hit single "Miss Murder". Both achieved #1 in their respective charts, the Billboard 200 and Hot Modern Rock Tracks. The album also featured "Love Like Winter", which attained #4 on the Modern Rock charts. It reached as far as Australia, where it grasped Gold certification, and also achieved this in the United States, where it has sold in excess of 900,000 copies. AFI's eighth studio album is titled "Crash Love" and was released on September 29, 2009.

Singles -

Days of the Phoenix
Girl's Not Grey
The Leaving Song, Pt. II
Silver and Cold
Miss Murder
Love Like Winter
The Missing Frame
Medicate
Beautiful Thieves

Favorite Lyric -

"She exhales vanilla lace" - Love Like Winter

I haven't heard anything from these guys prior to 2000, though they've released 4 albums before "Art of Drowning". Their polished, mainstream alt-rock sound that they've focused on since 2003 is mainly why they are on this list.

now pless play to hear:
THE LEAVING SONG PT II


next up: this countdown gets some dreadlocks (finally)

95 - Sum 41

At #95 is pop/punk band Sum 41. Sum 41 recently split into a three-person band. Their debut album, "All Killer, No Filler", is one of the best albums of its genre. The group used to consist of Bizzy D, Cone, Brown Sound and Steveo-32, now Brown Sound has been replaced by Tom Thacker.

Wiki - Sum 41 is a Canadian rock band from Ajax, Ontario,[1] active since 1996. The current members are Deryck Whibley (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Jason McCaslin (bass guitar, backing vocals), Steve Jocz (drums, backing vocals), and Tom Thacker (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboard).

Discopgraphy

All Killer, No Filler (2001)
Does This Look Infected? (2002)
Chuck (2004)
Underclass Hero (2007)

Singles

Fat Lip
Motivation
In Too Deep
Still Waiting
The Hell Song
We're All to Blame
Pieces
Underclass Hero
Walking Disaster

I haven't cared about anything this band has done since "Does This Look Infected?" Didn't hear anything from the last two albums that would make me A. want to get them, B. feel like I'm missing out.

The Hell Song is one of my favorite songs.

All their videos are great.

Favorite Lyric

"Don't know what you really got.
It's hard to stay and not pretend.
Can't make sense in what you thought.
Seems I can't comprehend.
I'm happy to be, only all that you see.
And I'm not one to learn to be the same.

I don't wanna hear you bitch no more.
I was better off a year before.
No matter how I try I can't ignore.
Every time I think my brain gets sore
When I'm with you.

What's so hard about goodbyes?
I'm sorry I'm just not as keen
On planning out our perfect lives
When I'm only 19.
I'm happy to be only all that you see.
And I'm not one to learn to be the same.

I don't wanna try and just be friends
Nothing's gonna change my mind again
If ever there were thoughts I had they're dead.
I can't even think inside my head,
When I'm with you." - Crazy Amanda Bunkface


now listen to the melodic sounds of:
IN TOO DEEP


next up: a band with more members than letters

96 - The Arcade Fire

At #96 is indie rock band, The Arcade Fire. Arcade Fire is one of the best live indie bands, and is no stranger to music festivals.

Wiki - Arcade Fire is an indie rock band based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and fronted by the husband and wife duo of Win Butler and Régine Chassagne. In addition to instrument mainstays guitar, drums and bass guitar, members play piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, xylophone, glockenspiel, keyboard, French horn, accordion, harp and mandolin. The band takes most of their instruments on tour, and the multi-instrumentalist band members switch instrumental duties throughout their shows.

Discography -

Funeral (2004)
Neon Bible (2007)

Best Songs -

Neighboorhood #1 (Tunnels)
Neighboorhood #3 (Power Out)
Rebellion (Lies)
Wake Up
Keep the Car Running
The Well and the Lighthouse
Neon Bible

Favorite Lyric -

"A vial of hope and a vial of pain
In the light they both looked the same" - Neon Bible

Here is
REBELALION (LIES)


next up: "The dark armies then will come, when their __ is __."

97 - Bush

At #97 is Bush. Bush is from Britain, but they were way more successful in the United States than in their homeland. Their album Sixteen Stone is their main highlight, as the rest was all downhill from there, minus a few good tracks.

Wiki - Bush was a British alternative rock band formed in London in 1992 by singer/guitarist Gavin Rossdale and guitarist Nigel Pulsford. Their debut album was Sixteen Stone (1994). They have sold well over 10 million records in the United States.

Discography -

Sixteen Stone (1994)
Razorblade Suitcase (1996)
The Science of Things (1999)
Golden State (2002)

Best Songs -

Everything Zen (1994)
Little Things
Comedown
Machinehead
Glycerine
Swallowed (1996)
The Chemicals Between Us (1999)


Favorite Lyric:

"I don't believe that Elvis is dead" - Everything Zen


Bush is one of the many bands that I and a lot of other people tend to forget about, but the 5 singles off of Sixteen Stone are all really good and accessible. Machinehead's opening riff is still one of the best in 90's rock.

listening sesh!
here's LITTLE THINGS


next up: a well-known Indie band... if that's possible

98 - Rolling Stones

At #98 is the classic rock band, the Rolling Stones. The Rolling Stones have been around since the 1960's and are surprisingly still making music. They're not nearly what they once were.

Wiki - The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in 1962 in London when guitarist and harmonica player Brian Jones and pianist Ian Stewart were joined by vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards. Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early lineup. Stewart, deemed unsuitable as a teen idol, was removed from the official lineup in 1963 but continued as the band's road manager and occasional keyboardist until his death in 1985.

Notable albums -

Beggars Banquet (1968) · Let It Bleed (1969) · Sticky Fingers (1971) · Exile on Main St. (1972) · Goats Head Soup (1973) · It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1974) ·

Best Songs -

Satisfaction
Sympathy For The Devil
Paint It Black
Jumpin Jack Flash
Brown Sugar
Gimme Shelter
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Beast of Burden
Start Me Up


Best Lyric -

"Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game, ooh yeah

Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails just call me Lucifer
I'm in need of some restraint

So if you meet me, have some courtesy
Have some sympathy and some taste
Use all your well learned politics
Or I'll lay your soul to waste" - Sympathy for the Devil

And now... jusslissen
to PAINT IT BLACK



Next up: 1994 brought so many great CD's. There's is no Little Thing.

99 - Mastodon

Today at number 99 is Mastodon.

Wiki - Mastodon is an American progressive metal band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 1999. They are one of the most notable bands in the New Wave of American Heavy Metal. The band comprises bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders, guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds, guitarist Bill Kelliher and drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor. They have released four full-length albums and have toured worldwide, achieving increased album sales and an ever expanding fan base with each new release.

Discography -

Mastodon has released four studio albums, each representing an element, fire, water, land, and sky respectively.
Remission (2002), Leviathan (2004), Blood Mountain (2007), Crack the Skye (2009).

Songs you should check out -

Blood and Thunder (Leviathan)
Sleeping Giant (Blood Mountain)
Colony of Birchman (")
Oblivion (Crack the Skye)
Divinations (") [below]

sample lyric:

"I tried to burrow a hole into the ground
Breaking all the fingers and the nails from my hands
The eyes of a child see no wrong
Ignorant bliss, impending doom" - Oblivion

why I like them:
Their guitar riffs and breakdowns are amazing and so impressive. Sometimes they scream a bit too much for me, but the vocals for the most part are solid.

and now check out:
DIVINATIONS


next up, a band who performed the Super Bowl halftime show without wardrobe malfunctions (thank god)

100 - Spoon

Favorite Bands

I’ve counted down the top 20 music videos. Now, it is time for something bigger and better. I will now count down the, not 20, 40, 60… but 100 of my favorite musical artists. That is, a blog a day specifically devoted to each band on my top 100 artist list, which took about a week for me to come up with on and off.

NOTE: this is not a matter of talent; merely a list of my personal favorite artists. There are plenty of times where a lower number band is more talented than the band after them.

With that said…

# 100 - SPOON

wiki - Spoon is an American indie rock band from Austin, Texas. The band is composed of Britt Daniel (vocals, guitar); Jim Eno (drums); Rob Pope (bass) and Eric Harvey (keyboard, guitar, percussion, backing vocals).

discography -

"Telephono" (1996), "A Series of Snakes" (1998), "Girls Can Tell" (2001), "Kill The Moonlight" (2002), "Gimme Fiction" (2005), "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga" (2007)*, "Transference" (2010)

songs you should check out -

"The Way We Get By"
"I Summon You"
"I Turn My Camera On"
"Don't You Evah"
"The Underdog" (below)
"Got Nuffin"

favorite lyrics:

I Summon You -
"Remember the weight of the world
It's a sound that we used to buy
And all that you can
All that you can give is a cold goodbye
The law enforcement's impressed you've survived to this age"

And for your listening pleasure...





next up: a band from Atlanta that brings the thunder.. and water, forest, and now sky.

Super Bowl Preview

Should be a game. I'm not going to go into too much detail, because by now, you've probably heard either too much about this game, or none at all if you don't care.

Pressure's On: BOTH QUARTERBACKS. Let's be honest, each will have to out do the other in order to win.

Prediction: COLTS: 38, SAINTS 27. I think it'll be a great game, and I can't wait to see it.


Cheers, everyone