If you could only listen to 10 artists..

[Fnaar]

I'll add Clash, Neil Young and Madness! and the Beatles and Elvis! and John Coltrane and oh.....getting too many!

 

[SamNichols]

Sparks (ok, just me then)

I ruddy love Sparks; when I lived in Exeter, a DJ who I was friends with always used to play me This Town Aint Big Enough for the Both of Us, which would promptly clear the dance floor, but would make me very happy.

 

[barq]

Banco de Gaia

What an excellent choice.

 

[graham56]

Led Zep
Doors
Free
Bad Co
Eagles
Pink Floyd
Clapton
Genesis-early stuff
Deep Purple
Neil Young

 

[chris42]

In no particular order
Rush
UB40
Iron Maiden
Toto
Level 42
Journey
Rainbow
Kaiser Chiefs

42 now you are talking!

 

[chris42]

Level 42
Mark King
scissor sisters
U2
Queen
Depeche Mode
Japan
Bjork
the eagles
hall & oates

 

[lifeson]

Do we spot a fan with by the user name or is that your age?

 

[laurence]

robyn hitchcock (and all his incarnations, e.g. Soft Boys)
r.e.m.
jayhawks
buffalo tom
penguin cafe orchestra
neutral milk hotel
guillemots
hem
josh rouse
uncle tupelo (and the spin-offs - wilco, son volt, golden smog, etc)

L

 

[Dayvo]

Genesis (with Peter Gabriel)
Peter Gabriel
Bob Marley
Scooter
Johnny Cash
U2
Ulf Lundell (a Swedish Neil Young/Bruce Springsteen/Bob Dylan/Joe Cocker)
Blur
Simple Minds
Gypsy Kings

 

[Nortones2]

Johnny Preston
B Bumble and the Stingers
Ink Spots
Buddy Holly
Jimmy Young
Roy Orbison
Elvis Presley
John Lee Hooker
Incredible String Band
Bix Beiderbecke

 

[TVC]

Roger Waters/ Pink Floyd
Paul Weller
XTC
Half Man Half Biscuit
This Mortal Coil
Carlos Santana
Belle & Sebastian
The Pogues
Velvet Underground
Monty Python (we all need a laugh)

 

[chris42]

Do we spot a fan with by the user name or is that your age?

fan!

 

[TheDoctor]

Kraftwerk
Queen
Emerson Lake and Palmer
Pink Floyd
Mozart
Beethoven
George Melly
Chris Barber
U2
and...erm...David Bowie.

An analyst would have a field day with that lot...

 

[Mortiroloboy]

Fleetwood Mac
Clash
Stranglers
Police
Ian Dury (and his blockheads)
Holst
Elgar
Candy Staton
Stevie Nicks
Madness

 

[stephec]

Iron Maiden
AC/DC
The Smiths
The Jam
Oasis
The Stone Roses
Saxon
Guns N Roses
Earlier Whitesnake
Mozart