If you could only listen to 10 artists..

[gbb]

Yoy gotta have a range to listen to
Metallica
Hendrix
Johnny Lee Hooker
Devin Townsend
Massive attack
Faithless
Bjork
Deftones
The Orb
and for a bit of culture..
Erik Satie

I think i could go for a while on those

 

[Andy in Sig]

Rory Gallagher
The Only Ones
Barbara Dennerlein
Coleman Hawkins
Dexter Gordon
Mozart
Bach
The Stones
Jeff Beck
Bo Hansson

 

[Intelligenthamster]

For starters I'll have...

Thomas Dolby
Dresden Dolls
Peter Gabriel
Kraftwerk
Jethro Tull
Morcheeba
K T Tunstall

... and did I mention Kraftwerk?

 

[Rhythm Thief]

I'll have a completely different set of ten next week, but for the moment:

The Pixies
Tom Waits
Nick Drake
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Faure
AC/DC (Bon Scott era)
Jethro Tull
Beatles
McLusky
Lee "Scratch" Perry

Not forgetting the Rhythm Thieves (see my signature for details).

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Oscar Peterson
John Coltrane
Mozart
Vaughan Williams
Bjork
Lou Reed/The Velvet Underground (can they count as one artist? Please?)
Enablers
God Speed! You Black Emperor
Sufjan Stevens
Schubert

Ideally more classical and jazz would be in there, but I need the variation. Sufjan's on there due to the fact that he's got 48 states left to go in his an album for each state of America project - so, 50 albums would be a good catalogue to have at any time.

Good call, in so many ways very similar to a list I could make, so I am going to have to make mine deliberately slightly different!

I'll keep Sufjan Stevens, and the Velvet Underground (and on another day, Bjork, but not today). But plus:
Bach
Curtis Mayfield
Orbital
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Kinks
Miles Davis
dEUS
Super Furry Animals

 

[Cranky]

Junior Walker
Defunkt
Herbie Hancock
EST
Jimmy Hastings
JS Bach
Soft Machine
Akasha
Aretha Franklin
Frank Zappa

 

[dub-no-bass]

Mozart
Metallica
System of a Down
Soundgarden
Faith No More
Pixies
Nomeansno
Janes Addiction
Nine Inch Nails
The Clash

Haven't really strayed very far from these in the last 20 years, so I can't see me changing now.

 

[Domeo]

In no particular order

Zep
Genesis
Clash
Rush
Iron Maiden
Dave Matthews Band
Black Sabbath
AC/DC
Yes

stuck on the last one, but it could be between CSN/Neil Young, Dio, Metallica or Fairport. You would need to select bands with a large catalogue to ensure you had some variety.

 

[ChrisW]

No Neil Young yet!

Shocking.

Neil Young
Kinks
David Bowie
Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Who
Clash
CSN and Neil Young
Arcade Fire
Johnny Cash and of course...
Neil Young

 

[ChrisLS]

Johnny Cash
The Beatles
Bob Dylan
David Bowie
Neil Young
Leonard Cohen
The White Stripes
Jimmi Hendrix
Bob Marley
and last but not least...Oasis

 

[dan_bo]

David byrne
Roy Harper
Shaun Ryder
Damian Albarne
Page & Plant (for they are one)
David Byrne
David Byrne
David Byrne

 

[laurence]

David byrne
Roy Harper
Shaun Ryder
Damian Albarne
Page & Plant (for they are one)
David Byrne
David Byrne
David Byrne

once saw Byrne waiting in line at the Bush Hall in london to see Joe Henry. he was eating a kebab.

L

 

[User169]

I could more than likely make do with Beethoven's late string quartets, with perhaps Hindemith's viola oeuvre thrown in for some light relief.

 

[longers]

It might be:-

Queen
REM
Sparks (just discovering their wondeful oddness - big back catalogue too!)
Keith Jarrett
Ladysmith Black Mombazo (spelling?)
Faith No More
Euthymics
Jools Holland (squeeze and his big rythym and blues orchestra)
Faithless
Pink Floyd
The divine comedy

Then I'd come and borrow your cd's.