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Skip lunch, and fill in all your fave artists from each letter of the alphabet.

a - Abba
b - Boredoms
c - Can
d - Claude Debussy
e - Ellery Eskelin
f - Faust
g - Ground Zero
h - Harmonia
i - ISO
j - Scott Joplin
k - Koenji-Hyakkei
l - Gyorky Ligeti
m - Magma
n - Toshimaru Nakamura
o - Yoshihide Otomo
p - Picky Picnic
q - Queen
r - Ruins
s - Stereolab
t - Tangerine Dream (probably a dis of N. Takemura, as I'm not a huge TD fan)
u - UFO or Die
v - Various!!!
w - Tom Waits
x - XTC
y - Tatsuya Yoshida
z - John Zorn

― dleone, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm just bored enough to do this....

A - Alien Sex Fiend B - Black Sabbath C - Cop Shoot Cop D - Devo E - Echo & the Bunnymen F - Firewater G - Gun Club H - Hitchcock, Robyn I - Iron Maiden J - The Jam K - KILLING JOKE L - Lene Lovich M - Motorhead N - New Order O - Sinead O'Connor P - Plasmatics Q - Queen R - Ramones S - the Stranglers T - Talk Talk U - the Unband V - Virgin Prunes W - the Wonder Stuff X - XTC Y - Young Gods Z - Frank Zappa

― Alex in NYC, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

these things always look really wrong, doesn't really express at all, they're more whatever came into my head first a - autechre
b - Beach boys
c - Chocolate watch band
d - dmx krew
e - todd edwards
f - Flowered up
g - Grimble grumble
h - Happy mondays
i - Isan
j - jay-z
k - Krome & time
l - lfo
m - Manix
n - new order
o - orbital
p - Piano magic
q - um?
r - Random number
s - St etienne
t - tindersticks
u - Ultra vivid scene
v - Velvet underground
w - Tom Waits
x - X-heart
y - er,....yargo?
z - um, frank zappa i guess

― gareth, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

A: Apples in Stereo or Abba
B: Beach Boys (sometimes Bon Jovi)
C: Carpenters
D: Dinosaur Jr
E: Elfpower
F: Four Tops G: Godzuki
H: Heartworms
I: Isley Brothers J: Japancakes
K: Kraftwerk
L: Lotion
M: Man or Astroman?
N: Neutral Milk Hotel
O: Olivia Tremor Control
P: Poison or the Philistines Jr
Q: Quasi
R: Rentals
S: Slayer or Smashing Pumpkins
T: Therapy?
U: ?
V: Vacaciones
W: Weezer
X: Xentrix
Y: Neil Young
Z: ?

So many of my favourite bands begin with the same letter, I have a very uneven distribution, so this list is probably not that representative.

― jel --, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

A: Acen
B: Big Black
C: The Cure
D: Depeche Mode
E: 808 State
F: Front 242
G: Guru
H: The House Crew
I: Insane Clown Posse
J: Jay-dee
K: Kenna
L: Lamb
M: My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
N: Nine Inch Nails
O: Orbital
P: Prince
Q: Queen Latifah
R: The Roots
S: Severed Heads
T: A Tribe Called Quest
U: Ultra Vivid Scene
V:
W: Walt Mink
X: X-Clan!
Y: Yolk
Z: John Zorn

The letters C, D, M, N, P and S suck because many of my favorite bands start with those letters. This list is very incomplete without mentioning Curve, Cocteau Twins, Die Warzau, Ministry, New Order, The Prodigy, Skinny Puppy, Shriekback, The Smiths and Sisters Of Mercy.

― Dan Perry, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)


a - Aphex Twin

b - Bally Sagoo

c - Cardiacs / Current 93

d - Digable Planets

e - Edith Piaf / Brian Eno

f - Fred Bongusto

g - Serge Gainsbourg / they might be Giants :0)

h - Harrison Birtwistle

i - Invisibl Skratch Piklz

j - Jacques Brel / Jean-Michel Jarre

k - Kid 606

l - Los Cucas / Lee "Scratch" Perry

m - Momus

n - Negresses Vertes

o - Ozomatli / Oval / Osymasy

p - Plaid / Plone

q - mu-ziQ (!)

r - Ryuichi Sakamoto  

s - Steeleye Span

t - Tom Waits / The The

u - Ultramarine

v - Luke Vibert

w - Wu Tang Clan 

x - Clan of Xymox 

y - Yello

z - Gheorghe Zamfir

― phil, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

ZZ fucking Top, motherfuckers!!!

― Andy K, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh ... and think one thing becomes obvious. We need more bands that begin with Q. Anyone thinking of starting a band ... consider a Q name.

― phil, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Queen, Queensryche, Queens of the Stone Age, the Queers, Quiet Riot, Quarterflash

― Alex in NYC, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

oh no, i forgot kratfwerk

i guessed jels list was jel by the letter d. i guessed dans was dans at the letter c.

― gareth, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm getting so predictable!

― jel --, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Yeah, I was looking at my list and thinking, "Good God, I'm a caricature!" (I think I want to replace Kenna with KMFDM, though.)

― Dan Perry, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I know I'm going to mess up and change my mind about at least 8 of these in the next 30 minutes, but here goes:

Archers of Loaf
The Beatles
Elvis Costello
Bob Dylan
Steve Earle
Flamin' Groovies (Sire years, in particular)
Gang Of Four
Robyn Hitchcock
Inxs - yes!
Jesus & Mary Chain
The Kinks
Led Zeppelin
Madonna
New Order
Will Oldham
Pixies
Queens of the Stone Age - not really a big fan, but can't think of many "q" bands at all...
The Rolling Stones
Bruce Springsteen
Talking Heads
Urban Verbs
Van Halen - mostly the "DLR era," but I can appreciate a lot of the rest...
Wire
XTC
Neil Young
Z - ??? nothing immediately comes to mind.

― paul, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

(Quorn the vegetarian tribute band to Korn! :)

― jel --, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Dan's right about certain letters being hard to pick... Here goes: A: AR Kane
B: Boards of Canada
C: Comsat Angels
D: Daft Punk
E: Eno
F: Faust
G: Galaxie 500
H: House of Love
I: Inner City (cheating?)
J: Joy Division
K: Kraftwerk
L: Labradford
M: Madonna
N: New Order
O: Orbital
P: Public Image Ltd.
Q: Queen
R: Roxy Music
S: Spacemen 3
T: Talking Heads
U: ?
V: what Dominique said
W: Wire
X: Iannis Xenakis
Y: Young Gods
Z: ?

― Clarke B., Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Weren't Quickspace Superport named that expressly because of the Q shortage? Oooh! And aren't XTC popular today?

― dog latin, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

A - Autechre
B - Bad Religion
C - Comus
D - Dylan, Bob
E - Enon
F - Flying Burrito Brothers
G - Guided by Voices
H - Hancock, Herbie
I - Iran
J - Jawbreaker
K - Kraftwerk
L - Les Savy Fav
M - Magnetic Fields
N - Neutral Milk Hotel
O - O'Rourke, Jim
P - Palace
Q - Queen
R - Rodgers, Jimmie
S - Smog
T - Talking Heads
U - Uncle Tupelo
V - Van Dyke Parks
W - Walker, Scott
X - Xenakis, Iannis
Y - Young, Neil
Z - Zappa, Frank

― Jeff, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Q and Z are mostly there by default:

Maryanne Amacher
The Beatles
John Coltrane
Deep Purple
Efzeg
Fugazi
Goodie Mob
Jimi Hendrix
Ryoji Ikeda
Joy Division
Kid606
Led Zeppelin
My Bloody Valentine
Robert Normandeau
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Krzysztof Penderecki
Queen
Rush
Sonic Youth
Cecil Taylor
The Unireverse
The Velvet Underground
Anton Webern
Iannis Xenakis
Yes
Frank Zappa

― sundar subramanian, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Maybe Glenn Branca over the Beatles. Maybe.

― sundar subramanian, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

able tasmans

broadcast

chills

dolly mixture

even as we speak

fonda 500

gorky's zygotic mynci

hood

insides

joy division

kitchens of distinction

long fin killie

moose

neutral milk hotel

omd

pram

quickspace

rosehips

slowdive

talulah gosh

ultra vivid scene

verlaines

would be goods

xtc

yummy fur

z???

― keith, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

a. Albert Ayler b. Derek Bailey c. John Coltrane d. Miles Davis/Dirty Three e. Bill Evans f. Fred Frith g. Ganelin Trio h. Hrvatski i. Abdullah Ibrahim j. Keith Jarret k. Rahsaan Roland Kirk l. George Lewis m. Masada n. Naked City o. Tony Oxley p. Evan Parker q. Quartett r. Max Roach/Rachmaninov s. Erik Satie t. Lenny Tristano u. UMO Jazz Orchestra v. Ken Vandermark w. World Saxophone Quartet x. Iannis Xenakis y. Otomo Yoshihide z. John Zorn

― Geoffrey Balasoglou, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

You know, I probably really should rate La Monte Young above Yes but I somehow don't feel in the mood to do so now.

― sundar subramanian, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i got sundars, i was thinking it was his list possibly, but the pqrst section cemented it

― gareth, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Haha Gareth, you're so right! If I were to try and explain Sundar's tastes to someone, I could do no better than to simply show them this snippet of his Alphabet faves.

― Clarke B., Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Can't sleep.

Avalanches; Brown, James; TEH CLASH; Dylan, Bob; Elastica; Funkadelic; Gaye, Marvin; Hell, Richard; Isley Brothers; The Jam; Kraftwerk; Lifter Puller; Massive Attack; New Order; Outkast; Public Enemy; Queen (by default, I guess); The Replacements; The Stooges; Television; UNKLE; Van Halen; White Stripes; X; Yo La Tengo and Zappa, Frank.
If that's not esoteric and interesting enough then I hereby nominate Barry Adamson, Baby Huey, Calexico, Davy DMX, Edan, Funk Factory, Goblin, Hellacopters, Infesticons, J-Zone, Kompressor, Lard, Mushroom, Naked Raygun, Osymyso, Prefuse 73, Quarashi, Radio Birdman, Sage Francis, Tremolo Beer Gut, Untamed Youth, VHS or Beta, The Wipers, X Mal Deutschland, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Marco Zaffarano.

― Nate Patrin, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Avalanches Basement Jaxx Camp Lo-wah Daft PUnk (St.)Etienne Felix da Housecat Gaye, Marvin Herbert Infesticons Jackson, Michael Kraftwerk Lootpack (for madlib) MF Doom Neptunes Order, New (new order in a new order hehe) Pulp Q-Tip Ramones Stooges Timbaland Underworld Velvet Underground Wu-Tang Clan X Young, Neil (i guess. it was that or Yak Ballz) (umm...)Zit Remedy

i am boring and i don't care :)

― minna, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Air
Beatles
Clash
Bob Dylan
Brian Eno
Funkadelic
Giorgio
Husker Du
Ice Cube
George Jones
Kraftwerk
Led Zeppelin
Madonna
Negresses vertes
Outkast
Elvis Presley
Queen
Rolling Stones
Bruce Springsteen
Talking Heads
UB40
Velvet Underground
War
X-Ray Spex
Neil Young
Warren Zevon

H was the toughest tie to break (other candidates: Buddy Holly, Howlin' Wolf, Mississipi John Hurt, Heavens To Betsy and Hot Chocolate)

― Patrick, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

A - the able tasmans B - the bmx bandits C - the clean D - nick drake E - ed's redeeming qualities F - the flaming lips G - gorky's zygotic mynci H - robyn hitchcock I - neil innes J - japancakes K - the kinks L - lambchop M - kate and anna mcgarrigle N - laura nyro O - mark olson P - prefab sprout Q - quasi R - rem S - stackridge T - talking heads U - the undertones V - velvet underground W - victoria williams X - xtc Y - yo la tengo Z - zumpano

― commonswings, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Atari Teenage Riot
James Brown
James Carr
Bob Dylan
Esquerita
Four Tops
Al Green
Isaac Hayes
Inner City
George Jones
Krust
Jerry Lee Lewis
Massive Attack
Willie Nelson
Orbital
Pulp
Qbert
Rolling Stones
DJ Shadow
T. Rex
Underworld
Velvet Underground
Tom Waits
XTC
Neil Young
DJ Zinc

― Martin Skidmore, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Aphex Twin
Beefheart, Captain
Chopin, Frederic
Dylan, Bob
Eskelin, Ellery
Faust
Glass, Philip
Hurt, Mississippi John
Impressions, The
Jefferson, Blind Lemon
Kool Keith
Lacy, Steve
Monk, Thelonious
Naked City
Omoide Hatoba
Pavement
Quasi
Ra, Sun
Sonic Youth
Taylor, Cecil
Ubu, Pere
Velvet Underground
Warwick, Dionne
X
Yoshihide, Otomo
Zorn, John
...or something like that

― o. nate, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

two years pass...

Ubu, Pere?

Pere Ubu is the name of a character in a play, not a band member.

― Ds (ikue mori), Sunday, 19 June 2005 22:30 (twenty years ago)

I can't decide on some letters, so I cheated.

Aphex Twin / Amon Duul II
Blondie / Bikini Kill / Brian Jonestown Massacre (can't decide)
The Clash
The Damned / Dukes of Stratosphear
Edith Piaf
Fleetwood Mac
Grateful Dead
Heatmiser
Inspiral Carpets
Joy Division
Kraftwerk
Lagartija Nick / Led Zeppelin
The Motors / Magazine
Nina Hagen
The Orb
The Prisoners / The Plimsouls
Queens of the Stone Age
Rolling Stones
Siouxsie and the Banshees / Sundial
The Teardrop Explodes / Thee Headcoatees
U2
The Verve
Wombles
X
Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Yuri
Zappa, Frank

― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 19 June 2005 23:14 (twenty years ago)

Aphex Twin
Brainiac
Cop Shoot Cop
Devo
Eels
Foetus
Godspeed You Black Emperor!
Harvey, PJ
Idiot Flesh
Jawbox
Killing Joke
Les Savy Fav
Mr. Bungle
Nomeansno
Oingo Boingo
Pixies
Queen
Refused
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum/Squarepusher
The The
Underworld
Vaughan, Sara
Waits, Tom
X-Clan
Yello
Zorn, John

― John Justen (johnjusten), Sunday, 19 June 2005 23:49 (twenty years ago)

Aphex Twin
Beatles
Can
Daft Punk
Eno, Brian
The Flaming Lips
Happy Mondays
Interpol
Joy Division
Kid606
Liars
My Bloody Valentine
Nirvana
Oasis
Pulp
QOTSA
Radiohead
Spacemen 3
Talking Heads
The undertones
The Velvet Underground
The Who
Xiu Xiu
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Zombies

yep...

― That One Guy (That One Guy), Monday, 20 June 2005 00:09 (twenty years ago)

A = the Association
B = the Beatles
C = Culture Club
D = the Doors
E = Erasure
F = the Four Tops
G = Grass Roots
H = Hawkins, Sophie B.
I = Indigo Girls
J = Jefferson Airplane/Starship
K = King, Carole
L = Love Unlimited
M = the Monkees and Barry Manilow (tie)
N = New Invisible Joy
O = Orpheus
P = Pet Shop Boys
Q = Queen
R = the Rosenbergs
S = Sly & the Family Stone and Nina Simone (tie)
T = the Turtles
U = U2
V = Vanilla Fudge
W = War, Robbie Williams, and Stevie Wonder (tie)
X = XTC
Y = Yaz
Z = the Zombies

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Monday, 20 June 2005 03:11 (twenty years ago)

this is fun.

a - autechre
b - j.s. bach
c - john coltrane
d - miles davis
e - george enescu
f - fennesz
g - sofia gubaidulina
h - jimi hendrix
i - charles ives
j - leoš janáček
k - györgy kurtág
l - györgy ligeti
m - gustav mahler
n - luigi nono
o - outkast
p - pan sonic
q - quartetto italiano
r - radiohead
s - dmitri shostakovich
t - talk talk
u - galina ustvolskaya
v - ralph vaughan williams
w - anton webern
x - iannis xenakis
y - otomo yoshihide
z - john zorn

― you will be shot (you will be shot), Monday, 20 June 2005 03:17 (twenty years ago)

some ties..

Autechre
Big Star / Birchville Cat Motel
Can
Drumm, Kevin
Eno, Brian
Funkadelic
Green, Al
Hafler Trio / Haino, Keiji
Iran
Jefferson, Blind Lemon
Kuti, Fela
Low
Mingus, Charles
Neu! / nmperign
O'Rourke, Jim / Otomo Yoshihide
Pita / Prince / Prurient
Quasimoto
Radiohead
Sonic Youth
Talking Heads
U.S. Maple
Veloso, Caetano / Velvet Underground
Wolf Eyes / Wiese, John
X
Young, Neil
Zorn, John

― fauxhemian (fauxhemian), Monday, 20 June 2005 03:50 (twenty years ago)

Adult.
BOC
Caustic Window
Daft Punk
Elbow
Felix da Housecat
Godspeed You Black Emperor
Herbie Hancock
Invisibl Skratch Piklz
Jega
Klute
Land of the Loops
Muslimgauze
Nurse With Wound
Orb
Plastikman
Quasimoto
Raymond Scott
Sun Ra
The Mars Volta or Tricky for cheater nick-pickers
Underworld
Vangelis
Wagon Christ
uh, xylophone...
y
z

― Archibald Algonquin McGillicuddy, Monday, 20 June 2005 05:24 (twenty years ago)

Not looking at what I entered last time:

Ambarchi, Oren (You're doing fine for yourself otherwise, Aphex Twin)
Beatles (Sorry, Derek Bailey and Boards of Canada)
Coleman, Ornette
Davis, Miles (Sorry, DJ Shadow)
Eno, Brian (I'm just starting to explore Duke Ellington's oeuvre)
Frith, Fred/Frisell, Bill
Glass, Philip
Hendrix, Jimi
Ibarra, Susie
Joy Division
Krishnan, T. N./Kid Koala
Led Zeppelin
Mori, Ikue (just edging out John McLaughlin tonight)
NOJO/Namtchylak, Sainkho
Oneida
Pan Sonic/Pavement
Queen
Radiohead/Reinhardt, Django/Reich, Steve
Sonic Youth
Television
Ulmer, James 'Blood'
Velvet Underground
The Who (sorry, White Stripes)
Xenakis, Iannis
Yoshihide, Otomo
Zorn, John

― Sundar (sundar), Monday, 20 June 2005 06:22 (twenty years ago)

Parliament, Funkadelic, Outkast, and K-Os can get slashes too.

― Sundar (sundar), Monday, 20 June 2005 06:57 (twenty years ago)

Antony & the Johnsons
Buckley, Jeff
Czars
Dylan, Bob
Eno, Brian
Foo Fighters
Godspeed You Black! Emperor
Hendrix, Jimi
Interpol
Joy Division
Kraftwerk
Leaves
Mars Volta
Neu!
Organisation
Pink Floyd
Queens of the Stone Age
Radiohead
Stars of the Lid
Tyrannasaurus Rex
Verve
Wainwright, Rufus
X
Young, Neil
Zwan (slap!)

― dmun drive-in (dmun), Monday, 20 June 2005 15:56 (twenty years ago)

Oops, guess i missed out U - United States of America

― dmun drive-in (dmun), Monday, 20 June 2005 18:44 (twenty years ago)

These all-letters-being-equal things are always annoying, because there's way too many indispensibles filed under B, M or S; and way too few under I, J, Q etc. Z. But fuck it, here goes:

(From memory...)
Albert Ayler, Beatles, John Coltrane, Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Funkadelic, Guru Guru, Jimi Hendrix, Ice Cube, Jackson 5, King Crimson, Led Zeppelin, MX-80 Sound, Nomeansno, Yoko Ono, Prince, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Rush, Sun Ra, Cecil Taylor, Union Carbide PRoductions, Velvet Underground, Stevie Wonder, X, Yes, Frank Zappa.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Monday, 20 June 2005 20:19 (twenty years ago)

six years pass...

OK...I hated having to snub Beefheart and Miles Davis and many others. So here's a list of 2nd-favourites:

Abba
Byrds
Captain Beefheart
Miles Davis
Earth Wind & Fire
Faust
Groundhogs
Herbie Hancock
Iron Maiden
Jethro Tull
Kinks
Love
Mötörhead
Nirvana
Ohio Players
Parliament
Queen
Rolling Stones
Sly & The Family Stone
Temptations
Ulmer, James Blood
Van Halen
The Who
X-Ray Spex
Neil Young
ZZ Top

― boring wank about Linda's pies and Denny Laine's tunings (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 23 June 2011 06:36 (fourteen years ago)

A guy called Gerald, Boo Radleys, Can, Bob Dylan,
Elastica,
Fall (The),
G
H
I
Jesus and Mary Chain,
Kraftwerk, Love,
Mutantes (Os)
New Order,
O
Public Image Limited,
Quads (the),
R
Stereolab
Television
Underworld
Voice of the Seven Woods
World Domination Enterprises
X-Ray Spex
Y
Zombies

― Mark G, Thursday, 23 June 2011 10:02 (fourteen years ago)

Aphex Twin
Black Devil Disco Club
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Daft Punk
Emeralds
Friendly Fires
Gravenhurst
Hot Chip
International Feel
JJ Cale
King Creosote
LCD Soundsystem
Mungolian Jet Set
National
Oneohtrix Point Never
Phoenix
Quannum Projects
Radiohead
Super Furry Animals
Talk Talk
Underworld
Virgo Four
Washed Out
XTC
Young Galaxy
Zarrylade

― groovypanda, Thursday, 23 June 2011 10:22 (fourteen years ago)

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