May this stand as Keeping Our Day Job's first edition of TOP FIVE. Anyone can play.
(And may future Top Five threads be titled also in caps.)
Top Five artists you'd summarize rock n roll with - the entire genre, however you define it, for better and for worse.
Primal Scream - psychedelia, fuzz punk, blues - name a genre, I'll name an album they've made
Radiohead - between Pablo Honey & In Rainbows, what have these guys not shown us? and they're antisocial artistes!
Prince - the entire 80s in one effeminate man's discography
Weezer - they're nerdy, sexy, & have their metal moments; Weezer is rock n roll
Gorillaz - if this isn't a borderline, I don't know what is
Guns N' Roses - Such absurd, manic opulence and bullshit. An album 17 years in the making. The best of the excess.
Oasis - Two brothers breaking out of blue collar England to historic success. Let's be frank.
U2 - The prototypical "let's become the biggest band in the world" story, only it actually came true.
Art Brut - FORMED A BAND WE FORMED A BAND LOOK AT US WE FORMED A BAND. The do it yourself attitude gone mad in the best way.
Joy Division - A generation's tragic hero, and an inspiration for those who followed.
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