Your top 20 favorite Bands or Musicians

[CHRIS B]

If you can come up with that many! I'm just curious to know who likes who or what!

Here are some of my favorites!

1. Tom Waits
2. Dr. Dog
3. Wilco
4. Heartless Bastards
5. Bob Dylan
6. Dr. John
7. M. Ward
8. Howlin' Wolf
9. Elvis Costello
10. Patti Smith
11. Mahalia Jackson
12. Solomon Burke
13. Dan Auerbach
14. Billie Holiday
15. Ella Fitzgerald
16. The Band
17. Louis Prima
18. louis Armstong
19. Screamin Jay Hawkins
20. DeVotchka

Edit: Changed some things around.

[s18]

Bob Marley
Bon Jovi 
Ozzy Osbourne/Black Sabbath
Def Leppard
The Beatles
John Lennon
Phil Collins
Eric Clapton
Bryan Adams
BeeGees
Elton John
MLTR
Will Smith
Wacko Jacko (MJ) 
Queen
Celine Dion
Shania Twain

...

[Gary]

these artists get the most play on WFZR - - it's a pretty good representation of what I like.

Frank Zappa       
Ween    
They Might Be Giants    
Björk    
The Beatles    
Prince    
Aphex Twin    
Stereolab    
Sleater-Kinney    
Led Zeppelin    
Claude Debussy    
Beck    
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band    
Radiohead    
Tomita    
Pink Floyd    
Jimi Hendrix    
Miles Davis
John Zorn    
Tom Waits    
Adrian Belew    
Pixies    
PJ Harvey    
Andreas Vollenweider    
Sonic Youth    
Beastie Boys    
The Flaming Lips    
Slayer    
Devo    
Frédéric Chopin    
The Magnetic Fields    
Maurice Ravel    
Boards of Canada    
Garbage    
Sergei Prokofiev    
Air    
Brian Eno    
Moby    
The Doors    
Jeff Beck    
Nine Inch Nails    
Joe Satriani

[CHRIS B]

Wow! Awesome stuff, guys!! Oh yeah, I forgot about The Flaming Lips!

[Ville]

Something along these lines. Not in any particular order.

Bob Dylan
Frank Zappa
The Mountain Goats
Sonic Youth
Guided by Voices
The Beatles
Tegan and Sara
David Bowie
Pavement
Broken Social Scene
Pixies
Ani DiFranco
Daniel Johnston
Brian Eno
Tom Waits
Prince
Ween
The Clash
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Beastie Boys

[corky]

The Cure
Christian Death
Nick Cave
Depeche Mode
Danny Elfman
Siouxie & The Banshees
Mylène Farmer
The Cranberries
Bob Dylan
Faith & The Muse
Marilyn Manson
U2
Prince
David Bowie
Björk
Moby
The Beatles

...

[ILoveWinona]

1. Firehouse Five Plus Two (Dixieland jazz) ----- 2. Cusco (New Age music) ---- 3. Keely Smith (female singer) ----- 4. Canned Heat ----- 5. The Beatles ----- 6. Fats Waller ----- 7. John Phillip Sousa (march music) ----- 8. Scott Joplin (ragtime) ----- 9. Cab Calloway (R&B)----- 10. Gustav Holst (classical) ----- 11. Bartok (classical)  ----- 12. 20th Century Concepts (modern) 13. Beethoven (classical) ----- 14. Stravinsky (classical) ----- 15. Grieg (Classical) ----- 16. Thelonious Monk (Jazz) ----- 17. Frank Zappa ----- 18. Ravi Shankar (India) ----- 19. Soul Asylum (Rock) ----- 20. The Replacements (Rock)  ----- Rusty

[k3rmit]

my Top 20 from last 3 months:

1. Vespa
2. The Pepper Pots
3. The Liptones
4. Tegan and Sara
5. Dropkick Murphys
6. Against Me!
7. Manu Chao
8. Tim Armstrong
9. St. Petersburg Ska-Jazz Review
10. Reel Big Fish
11. The Adicts
12. Rancid
13. Prague Ska Conspiracy
14. The Aggrolites
15. Jazz Jamaica All Stars
16. The Toy Dolls
17. Gentleman
18. Kult
19. Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
20. Lao Che

[CHRIS B]

Here are some more of my favorites. It's impossible to pick just 20...

Peter Case
Van Morrison
Otis Redding
Gogol Bordello
James Brown
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Dinosaur Jr.
Jesca Hoop
Karen Dalton
Loose Fur
Cab Calloway
Golden Smog
Uncle Tupelo
Dexter Gordon
Daniel Johnston
Harry Belafonte
Bill Fay
Charles Wright

[oinone]

My ipod speaks;

- Mazzy Star
- The Magnetic Fields
- Led Zeppelin
- Devics
- James
- The Cranberries
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- Mogwai
- My Morning Jacket
- Carissa's Wierd
- Ludovico Einaudi
- Feist
- Cat Power
- John Frusciante
- Explosions in the Sky
- Elliott Smith
- Kate Bush
- Sufjan Stevens
- PJ Harvey
- Yann Tiersen
- The Organ
- Max Richter
- Cat Stevens
- Iron & Wine
- This Mortal Coil
- Sun Kil Moon
- ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
- Counting Crows
- Placebo
- Anathema

[eagle-rare]

Here's 20

X
Bobby "Blue" Bland
Lyle Lovett
Grateful Dead
The Clash
Keb Mo
Dr. John
Marvin Gaye
Tommy James and the Shondells
Ornette Coleman
Miles Davis
Thelonious Monk
Buddy Guy
Ten Years After
Richie Havens
David Bowie
Johnny Cash
The Police
Hank Williams
Green Day

[Waltzed Wryter]

my current musical random harvest...

a fine frenzy
blue october
green day
michael jackson
kings of leon
david gray
death cab for cutie
guster
delfonics
lykke li
enigma
enya
third eye blind
kosheen
goldfrapp
journey
k-os
pearl and the puppets
van morrison
plain white t's
puddle of mudd
remy zero
rookie of the year
roxette
seether
spoon
supertramp
switchfoot

...and yes, I suppose I must add Wilco, as well... 

[ty]

1. Minus the Bear
2. Wilco
3. Arctic Monkeys
4. Beck
5. Bjork
6. Ben Kweller
7. The Bird and the Bee
8. Jenny Lewis
9. Rilo Kiley
10. Death Cab for Cutie
11. Bloc Party
12. The Clash
13. Pete Yorn
14. Bright Eyes
15. Devendra Banhart
16. Ella Fitzgerald
17. Flight of the Conchords
18. Jay-Z
19. The Hush Sound
20. Ryan Adams

[Artemis]

chopin(classical's my favorite)
yeah yeah yeahs(my god)
britney spears(since 8 years ago)
ashlee simpson(luv her voice and her baby)
paramore(like punk before)
alicia keys(r&b)
krystal meyers(so young a gal)
rachael yagamata(like her voice)
anya marina(luv indie!)
gaga(shes a genius)

[Addie ESB]

In no particular order...

The Cocteau Twins
Bjork
Radiohead
The Devin Townsend Band
Helios
Laura
At The Drive-In
David Bowie
EF
Explosions in the Sky
Faith No More
Otis Redding
Pearl Jam
Saxon Shore
This Will Destroy You
The Six Parts Seven
Tides From Nebula
UpCDownCLeftCRightCABC+Start
Weezer
The Zombies