From the "Oh yeah, they hang around this Forum as well but they're not like the rest of us" corner...
Best Band In The History Of The World, Like, EVER:
Rush, consistently pushing the boundaries for over forty years, and their last two albums - as fellow Forum member Duncan recently noted - are still raising the bar.
Best "Local" Band When I Was Growing Up:
Mott The Hoople, and especially the solo work of Ian Hunter - like Rush, in the last few years the old bloke has hit a bit of an Indian Summer.
Best Artist Of The Last Twenty Years:
Steven Wilson - No Man, Porcupine Tree, Blackfield (well, until Geffen started taking over), Storm Corrosion... Just utter class. The finest contemporary progressive music there is. When I were a young shaver in love with all things heavy metal, my mates would rib me about liking Japan. And yet, these many years past, Richard Barbieri has been tinkling the ivories plastic for the Tree.
At the end of May I saw Rush (for the umptysomethingth time), in October I will be seeing Wilson perform his latest solo work (with Nick Beggs of Kajagoogoo in his band), and a few weeks later I see the reformed Mott (for the second time). All this and the Fragrant Miss G. has a record out that sounds at last like what we fell in love with her for in the first place. It's good to be alive (today anyway).
APL
Sartori said:Royksopp...They played this live with Robyn & Annelli Drecker at Shepherds Bush a few years back , my life was complete , I had been to the best gig of my life
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