We tend to be celebrity driven, as a culture (America) so it's not surprising that cults of personality are more appealing than a band. We want to know people without ever having met them. This got me thinking about one-man "bands" like, say, Papa M, or even Magnetic Fields, or Songs:Ohia...

Also, the article above alludes (at least) to Taylor Swift being a solo act. She isn't. She has a band, pretty sure she always has. There's a HUGE difference between an MC/producer (Drake) and Taylor Swift. They don't seem to differentiate in the above article. Finally, there's no shortage of bands...

A discussion I saw between Andy Schwartz (New York Rocker editor) and Joe Carducci (SST label manager; author) last weekend got me thinking: Say what you will about the atrocious '90s bullshit we've been dropping into this thread, but at very least, that stuff was all played by bands . Awful ones, g...

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Boy, would that be a funny gag submission to Discogs...

I have seen this photo many times, but wow, I did not catch that detail. Thank you for pointing it out. Amazing. I think two or three members of this band worked as garbagemen during MG's existence. And while that's nothing to romanticize, it's somehow consistent w/the shirt being an extremely clev...

That shirt is still incredible. Yes it's the bug spray.. I have seen this photo many times, but wow, I did not catch that detail. Thank you for pointing it out. Amazing. I think two or three members of this band worked as garbagemen during MG's existence. And while that's nothing to romanticize, it...

I'm not and never have particularly been into hardcore, even though I like a handful of bands that orbit the genre. My favorites—say, Spike in Vain, Effigies, or Rudimentary Peni—tend to fall just outside of the borders. Adjacent to it, but maybe not quite of it. But here goes: Black Flag (Only The ...

Song is about a meth addict. Oh, fantastic. It's outside both the scope and timeframe of this poll, but Buckcherry had that one tune about "the cocaine." I still can't fucking stand it, though. Not exactly "Pusherman," these two songs. (Granted, I'll give you the whole guilty pl...

Kinda surprised that nobody has mentioned Third Eye Blind's "Semi-Charmed Life." I wanted to wring someone's neck every time I heard that peppy intro blasting out of a car radio. Does Sugar Ray's "Fly" make the cutoff date? It's also quite nauseating. From the above, the Live or ...

Harry. I feel like we'd have way more in common (a fondness for the Contortions, for one). And she's a downtown scene queen, whereas I associate the Plasmatics w/midtown sleaze. Plus Harry is much easier on the eyes. And she made way better music, light and poppy as it was. Were she still kicking, W...