a = aerosmith & allmans, tied. i swear. i can't pick.
b = beatles
c = cheap trick*
d = deep purple
e = ELO
f = fleetwood mac
g = genesis
h = heart
i = billy idol**
j - jethro tull
k = kansas
l = led zeppelin
m = moody blues
n = NIN neck-n-neck with nazareth, as strange as that sounds
o = ozzy osbourne
p = pink floyd***
q = queen
r = rolling stones****
s = cat stevens
t = t. rex
u = U2
v = van halen
w = the who
x = XTC*****
y = yes
z = zz top
*c = enough people pickin alice around here. time for some cheap trick luvvvvvvv. and if i had space enough and time for honorable mentions that never get mentioned, i might even throw some collective soul on my list.
**i = i'm not much of an iron maiden maiden (altho i think bruce is a sharpie and a riot to listen to.) aside from in-a-gadda-da-vida, i can live without iron butterfly. inxs? rife with mehness. so i was torn between billy idol, the iguanas (bouncebouncebounce), and an obscure american prog band i dig called iluvatar. i'll give the nod to billy.
***p = did anyone else notice there are just too many damn p's to deal with??? pink floyd wins, but fucque me... porcupine tree, pearl jam, pretenders, police, psychedelic furs, robert plant, tom petty, procol harum... ptooey.
****r = ok, so r's are just as crapriffic as p's. post-stones, we got radiohead, rush, rundgren, REM, rainbow, leon russell... yeah, i need to shuddup. i'm over-caffeinated againnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn. zippppppppppppppppppppp.
*****x = XTC, yeah, wunnerful. some of it's fine. do i need it? um, no. not wild about the band X, either. i think we oughtta be able to substitute a double of another letter for x. that's what i think. in fact, maybe i will get my evil twin doppelganger to sign up and make her own list. ahem.