Current Events > Best artist or band to start with the letter: T

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Past winners:
A - Alice in Chains (runner-up: Aphex Twin)
B - Black Sabbath (runner-ups: The Beatles/Bone Thugs-n-Harmony/Beastie Boys)
C - Creedence Clearwater Revival (runner-up: Chief Keef)
D - David Bowie (runner-up: Dio!)
E - Eminem (runner-up: Electric Light Orchestra)
F - Frank Zappa (runner-ups: Fleetwood Mac/Foo Fighters)
G - Green Day (runner-up: Gorillaz)
H - Hall and Oates (runner-up: Hans Zimmer)
I - Iron Maiden (runner-up: Ice Cube)
J - Judas Priest (runner-up: Joanna Newsom)
K - Kendrick Lamar (runner-up: Kanye West)
L - Led Zeppelin (runner-up: Linkin Park)
M - Metallica (runner-up: Michael Jackson)
N - Nine Inch Nails (runner-up: Nirvana)
O - OutKast (runner-up: Opeth)
P - Pink Floyd (runner-up: Prince)
Q - Queen (runner-up: Queens of the Stone Age)
R - Radiohead (runner-ups: Red Hot Chili Peppers/Rush)
S - to be announced

welcome to my new series. name your favorite band or music artist to start with the letter of the day, and let's see who wins. we'll do some sort of competition with all the winners when we're done.

the definite article 'the' will be ignored for the purposes of this topic. i.e the rolling stones are eligible to win r, but not t.

if you want to nominate a specific musician rather than the band they play in (i.e chad kroeger instead of nickelback) i won't stop you, though i'd prefer you'd only do this on the merits of their singles career.

only vote for one artist, please. if you want to leave "honorable mentions" that is fine, but make it clear what your actual vote is.
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https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/400-current-events/75656844 still have a couple hours left to vote for s before i lock it.
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Talking Heads
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Inb4tupacwins
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Tom Waits my number solo artist of all time.

Honorable mentions:

Talking Heads
Talk Talk
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Tupac

That list so far reeks of nothing but rock and the occasional rap
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Tool
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JustMyOpinion posted...

The Beatles

That's B.
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Slip-N-Slide posted...

Tool

When you're listening to Tool, just remember that they're not like other bands. Their music is incredibly artistic, almost to the point where you have to be paying complete attention to them to even remotely understand them. I remember listening to a song on Lateralus (though I can't remember what it was), where I thought a song was absolute bollocks during the listen. Then, I closed my eyes for a second, and all of a sudden the song had an entirely new meaning. It was insane the way Tool could just become something so different when you take a look into the music.

Another thing you should note about Tool is that it's easy to get a headache listening to them. Not because they're a bad band, but because of how many ideas their music is riddled with and how complex they are. Soon enough your head will fill to the brim and the rest will just sound like noise to you. Just turn it off and give it a listen the next day.

If you don't like the music, you'll definitely at least enjoy reading through the lyrics, and picking apart the song itself and all of the artistic values that go into making it the complexity that it is.

Also, second vote for Tool
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Does 311 (Three Eleven) count?
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SamsungGearS2 posted...

Does 311 (Three Eleven) count?

TC said there will be a dedicated numbers round as well.
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SamsungGearS2 posted...

Does 311 (Three Eleven) count?

That would be numbers. Supposed to be a category after we finish the letters.
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Tenhi
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Tool
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I'll vote for Tool.
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Taylor Swift
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Toto

HM: Tears for Fears

It was almost a tossup for me. But Africa sealed.

Plus Toto is still rocking it.
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SamsungGearS2 posted...

Does 311 (Three Eleven) count?

it's tricky. i'm not sure whether spelling should matter or not. shouldn't three six mafia count under t but 3 doors down count under numbers?

then you have tupac who could qualify for either.
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Temptations

hm
Tool
Three Dog Night
Traffic
Twisted Sister
Tenacious D

Tool
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talking heads
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King Rial posted...

Toto

HM: Tears for Fears

It was almost a tossup for me. But Africa sealed.

Plus Toto is still rocking it.

That's such an amazing song. I actually used it as a part of my Christmas Gift theme last year.





Brother later pointed out that head banging and Toto don't exactly go together.
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Tupac Shakur
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Tupac
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Temptations baby
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Toto
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ItsVinceRusso posted...

SamsungGearS2 posted...

Does 311 (Three Eleven) count?

it's tricky. i'm not sure whether spelling should matter or not. shouldn't three six mafia count under t but 3 doors down count under numbers?

then you have tupac who could qualify for either.

If it doesn't I'll go with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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Thrice
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Talking Heads
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Tupac

Tupac
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Travis
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Taylor Swift

Can't vote against bae.
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Tool
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Talking Heads
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Twenty one pilots
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Tom Petty

Takings Heads

Paper_Okami posted...

Tom Waits my number solo artist of all time.

Honorable mentions:

Talking Heads
Talk Talk

change your vote. he's not going to win.
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Tigers Jaw

HM to Taylor Swift
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Tupac
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Tool.

Glad the copypasta has been taken care of already
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Tool

hm:
Thin Lizzy
Tears for Fears
Tupac Shakur
Type-0 Negative
Taking Back Sunday
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Tupac
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Tupac Shakur
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