re: If your ipod/cds could have 26 bands with unlimited songs, but 1 band per letter

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A: AIC
B: Beach Boys (narrowly over Beastie Boys)
C: ???
D: Daft Punk
E: Excision
F: Foo Fighters
G: Green Day
H: ??
I: ??
J: Jimmy Buffett
K: Kool Moe Dee
L: Liquid Stranger
M: Metallica
N: NIN
O: Offspring
P: Prodigy
Q: ??
R: RHCP
S: Sublime
T: T.I.
U:??
V: Violent Femmes
W: ??
X: ??
Y: Young Jezzy
Z: ??

A- Avenged Sevenfold (All That Remains, AC/DC)
B- Boston (The Beatles, Breaking Benjamin, Black Sabbath)
C- Creedence Clearwater Revival
D- Deep Purple (Def Leppard)
E- Eric Clapton
F- Fireflight
G- Golden Earring
H- Hoobastank (Hollywood Undead, Halestorm)
I- Iron Maiden
J- Jimmy Eat World
K- Kansas
L- Led Zepplin
M- Marshall Tucker Band
N- Nazareth
O- The Outlaws
P- P.O.D.
Q- Queen
R- Rush (Rise Against)
S- Shinedown (Sick Puupies, Skillet)
T- T.I.
U- Uriah Heep
V- The Veer Union
W- The Who
X- The X-Ecutioners
Y- Yes
Z- ZZ Top


"B" was hands down the toughest one for me. So many different choices to go with on that one.

A - Alice in Chains
B - Beastie Boys
C - The Cars
D - Def Leppard
E - Eagles
F - Foo Fighters
G - Guns n Roses
H - Henley, Don
I - INXS
J - Jackson, Michael
K - Kid Rock
L - Lewis, Huey & the News
M - Metallica
N - Nine Inch Nails
O - The O'Jays
P - Prince
Q - Queen
R - Rush
S - Styx
T - The Temptations
U - U2
V - Violent Femmes
W - Williams, John
X - XTC
Y - Yankovic, Weird Al
Z - Zombie, Rob

Edit: Sorry Pantera, forgot about Prince.

A - Alter Bridge
B - Boston
C - Collective Soul
D - Dream Theater
E - Eric Clapton
F - Foo Fighters
G - Goo Goo Dolls
H -
I - Incubus
J - Journey
K - The Killers
L - Linkin Park
M - Metallica
N - Nirvana
O - Ozzy Osbourne
P - Pink Floyd
Q -
R - Radiohead
S - Smashing Pumpkins
T - Tom Petty
U - U2
V - Van Halen
W - Weezer
X -
Y -
Z -

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for albums (one per artist):

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Great, now I gotta do this now. Good list.

Some of these letters are too hard to limit to 1:

Alice in Chains/AC-DC
Black Crowes/Beastie Boys/Better Than Ezra/Band of Heathens
Candlebox/Cross Canadian
David Allan Coe
Eric Church/Elton John
Foo Fighters/Fuel
Guy Clark
Hank Jr
Incubus
Jack Johnson/Jerry Jeff Walker/Jimmy Buffett
Kenny Chesney
Led Zeppelin
Matchbox 20/Merle/Metallica/.moe
Notorius BIG/Nelly (older stuff not new)
Our Lady Peace
Pearl Jam
Q - ?
Rage/Reckless Kelly/Robert Earl Keen
STP/Sublime
(Three)311
Van Morrison
Weezer/Willie Nelson
Y?
Zac Brown Band

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I think you misunderstood the thread title, this is not a list of bands you would omit from your iPod.

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I didn't ask if you liked my taste in music.

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Great, now I gotta do this now. Good list.

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I agree good list... my head would explode trying to do one..

Tried to the album thing. Here's my shot at it:

A – Abbey Road (Beatles)
B – Blood on the Tracks (Dylan)
C – Complete Discography (Minor Threat)
D – Decoration Day (DBT)
E – Emergency and I (Dismemberment Plan)
F – Funeral (Arcade Fire)
G – Goddamnit (Alkaline Trio)
H – The Hot Rock (Sleater-Kinner)
I – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (Public Enemy)
J – Jailbreak (Thin Lizzy)
K – Kerosene Hat (Cracker)
L – London Calling (The Clash)
M – The Monitor (Titus Andronicus)
N – Nevermind (Nirvana)
O – Orange Rhyming Dictionary (Jets to Brazil)
P – Paul’s Boutique (Beastie Boys)
Q – Quadrophenia (The Who)
R – Reckoning (REM)
S – Surfer Rosa (Pixies)
T – Twin Cameras (New Pornographers)
U – The Ugly Organ (Cursive)
V – Vee Vee (Archers of Loaf)
W – Wowee Zowee (Pavement)
X – XO (Elliot Smith)
Y – You Can Play these Songs with Chords (Death Cab for Cutie)
Z – Zen Arcade (Husker Du)
# - 13 Songs (Fugazi)

A- AC/DC
B- The Beatles
C- Creedence Clearwater Revival
D- Dr. Dre
E- The Eagles
F- Fleetwood Mac
G- Genesis
H- Hootie and the Blowfish.
I- Iron Maiden
J- John Butler Trio
K- Kenny Loggins
L- Lynyrd Skynyrd
M- Michael Jackson
N- Notorious B.I.G.
O- Outkast
P- Pink Floyd
Q- Queen
R- Red Hot Chili Peppers
S- Steve Miller Band
T- The Talking Heads
U- U2
V- Van Halen
W- Warren Zevon
X- X
Y- Yonder Mountain String Band
Z- ZZ Top