kenickie vs sonic youth.

I think sonic youth would win. Sleeper come in third.

radiohead vs radiohead.altrhough to be honest i dont really have a favourite band i just have favourite albums.my favourite album is ok computer so its radiohead :)

Feeder vs 65daysofstatic

So that one's pretty easy.

Ash vs Daft Punk.

Not really a contest, is it? Oh, so young and foolish...

Frank tips it now as I was only really into The Holy Bible but then Bob Dylan tips them both as all time fav.

Mr Cave takes it. But it was a photo-finish.

The latter, easily. And i've seen them 15 times and not seen Linkin Park once.

who were each my favourite at various stages of being a teenager

And I'm not sure I have a favourite band now?

So it would be:

Soundgarden/Blur/Godflesh/Fugazi/Living Colour

fighting each other? My money would be on living colour. Muzz skillings would slay all-comers with his name alone.

It's got to be Down I Go. They've got songs about dinosaurs and a botched space shuttle launch. All Less Than Jake sung about was smoking and Johnny Quest.

No Doubt vs I don't have one anymore.

I used to just listen to Tragic Kingdom everyday.
Now I mostly listen to my 'recently added' playlist in itunes so it's different all the time.

(said in MORTAL KOMBAT voice)

BOWIE WINS - not really, I love them both equally :)

I think I had a different favourite band for about every one of my teenage years.

13. The Offspring
14. The Offspring
15. Blink 182
16. NOFX
17. Coheed and Cambria
18. At The Drive-In
19. The Mars Volta

Then, as if by magic, when I get to 20, I lose the ability to define a favourite band of the year. It has to be broken down to favourite band of the day...

January 1...

i think i'd go see pantera most likely, (well certainly) if only :'(

Never seen the Pixies, but I have seen the other two, and despite seeing SY more I would definitely rather see them again.

seen them both live loads. If i could choose the set, i'd go with TMV

ARMAGEDDON!!!!

do I count?

My favourite bands of my teen years:

13: RHCP
14: radiohead/rage against the machine
15: at the drive/mars volta/aphex twin
16: daniel johnston/elliott smith/tom waits/venetian snares
17: the smiths and more

But i like loads more music for gods sake believe me.

i don't really have a favourite band anymore. there's so much music available due to the internet that i don't know where to start sometimes and i don't really give albums the attention that i used to, my attention span has become shorter.

as a teen i'd say that soundgarden were my first favourite band. i used to watch mtv2 all day and i was down with the whole nu-metal and pop punk thing. when i was around 15 i saw the video for 'black hole sun' for the first time and i just thought that the sound and imagery was really cool. so i saved up and bought the discography. after that came the grunge obsession. listening to siamese dream lead me into a shoegaze. i had a deftones/tool phase and i was pretty into radiohead at somepoint.

listened to at the drive-in and it changed everything.

most of my friends at 6th form were into metalcore (which was huge in south wales at that point). that was a starter point for stuff like botch, d.e.p and stuff.

how i got from there to where i am now is anyones guess.

sorry for the life story, i have an essay to avoid!

or
queens of the stone age vs. queens of the stone age.

the world would die of awesomeness.

It's either a tedious Chumbawamba v Chumbawamba debate, which helps no-one. Or, for the purposes of trying to make it a fight, it's Suede v Elbow.

Elbow have won through SHEER NORTHERN GRIT.

Radiohead vs the Dismemberment Plan.

Mainly because Emergency & I perfectly describes my life right now, and RH never did rock out as much as I'd hoped they would, the D Plan win.

mwahahahaha

Linkin Park vs Arctic Monkeys.
I was fourteen, so yeah :'D

Nirvana vs Radiohead

I think Radiohead have got to win that one...

vs smashing pumpkins.

my music taste really hasn't moved on.

IT TRICKY!

Unless Dimebag was back from the dead I'd go see Jeffrey Lewis

It's a never ending love.

They Might be Giants vs Tunng...
I'll have to say TMBG for the sheer number of hours of geeky nasal pleasure they have provided!

smashing pumpkins were my favourite band of my youth, don't know what my favourite band is now but it was bright eyes for most recent years, if I could see 1995 pumpkins (billy with hair era)I would see them for old times sake and BE have lost it recently

I never got to see the Libs, but I have seen Bright Eyes... I think I'd still pick Conor - too much water's passed under the bridge with Pete and the gang...

Trail of Dead > Sonic Youth > Talking Heads > The Fall

Seen both T of D and The Fall. Suppose I'd most like to see Sonic Youth before they lose it completely.

Joy Division.

This is ignoring Manic Street Preachers, who have unfortunately embossed themselves into my life from an early age forever more.

I HAVE seen Daft Punk, and i'd see them again, and again. and again.. etc..

Can't really compare the two. I havn't listned to Incubus in years though, but when I do it's a fond twinge on nostalgia.

I have seen both live many times but would love to have seen the Fall live circa 82 with the Hex two drummers line up, alas.

Metallica and the Pet Shop Boys. Still trying to work that one out. I must thank Blur and 'Leisure' for sorting me out!

I've seen both twice. Based on Less Than Jake's recent offerings, and Pearl Jam's general aura of awesome, I'll go with the Washington boys.

Pool Panel Verdict: Score Draw

though I also liked Nirvana (they clearly didn't have a radical effect on my tastes)

14/15: I didn't really have a favourite band, just grunge and pretty much any metal.
Later teens: I first heard Fugazi I think when I was 15/16. They have been my favourite band ever since.

So it is Bon Jovi vs Fugazi. Fugazi win, just.

is still my favourite band now!
Faith No More

I was last a teenager almost twenty years ago but out of Depeche Mode/Dead Kennedys/U2/ZZTop and Blue Oyster Cult it would be BOC that ruled the period.

These days Deerhoof are probably the band I'm most excited about.

Haven't seen Deerhoof yet so it's a clear win for them.

It'd be Franz vs Radiohead

Radiohead would spin plates straight through Kapranos' well-groomed face. Still like them though.

U2 WERE good in the 80s...believe me!

Still listen to Nirvana loads but Beach Boys have to win.

Would be an interesting fight!

than a band I prefer now? SILLY QUESTION.

The Manics'd probably win in a fight.

the Wildhearts vs. Juno

tough one!

DING DING!!!

The Donnas get it
if
they only play songs off their first four albums...which gives them plenty to work with.