Favourite Bands
In alphabetical order.
A-list
My absolute favourites, proved over multiple years and thousands of hours of listening.
Criteria for inclusion might be that I have liked them for at least 2 years, actively seek to carry them with me, go out of my way to promote/introduce them to others, and basically just love them.
Globe
Nightwish (tentative)
Nobuo Uematsu (composer) (including THE BLACK MAGES)
They Might Be Giants
X-Japan
Yoko Kanno (composer) (including all side projects)
B-list
Bands who I like a lot, but don’t quite hit the A-list. Criteria would be that I have liked them for a long time, have them on my iPod, still listen to them regularly, would feel guilty about not including them.
aiko
Air
Ash
Beatles
Bryan Scary
David Bowie
Dragon Ash
Electronic
GO!GO!7188
Kenji Kawai (composer)
Midnight Oil
Orbital
Queen
Pet Shop Boys
Pop Will Eat Itself
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Shiina Ringo
Shiroh Sagisu (composer)
SUPERTRAMP
TRF
Weezer
YMO
Yuki Kajiura (composer) (including FictionJunction YUUKA)
C-list
This band list would be several hundred entries – I won’t bother writing it all out.