Originally Posted by
Jinsai
alright, I'll put together a quick top 25.
Order insignificant.
1. Aphex Twin
2. Coil
3. Billie Holiday
4. Venetian Snares
5. Radiohead
6. Pink Floyd
7. The Beatles
8. Ornette Coleman
9. Mozart
10. Autechre
11. Bob Dylan
12. Radiohead
13. Beethoven
14. Tom Waits
15. Einsturzende Neubauten
16. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
17. Nine Inch Nails
18. Dmitri Shostakovich
19. Brian Eno
20. Unwound
21. David Bowie
22. The Velvet Underground
23. Godspeed You Black Emperor
24. Depeche Mode
25. Chopin
This is right now... Miles Davis would be in here, so would Stars of the Lid, so would J. Dilla, so would The Afghan Whigs.... etc etc etc etc, and somebody would get bumped. Right now I feel like listening to either Sparklehorse or Dead Can Dance more than any of the musicians I just named though, and so much of this is "this artist impacted me so heavily when I was growing up that I cannot not include them" sort of thing (so it's ridiculous that I didn't include Nirvana, so...)
edit: Just realized that I didn't include Joy Division. Goddamn it... And since lately I've been marathoning Jesus and Mary Chain, they should be there too... and on that note, why the fuck didn't I put My Bloody Valentine on there. I'm going to walk away and let it alone.