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[thomas08]

So who is your favourite band who is still together and making music? I'd have to go with Pearl Jam or Beady Eye

Still not even close to how much I love R.E.M. though.....

[Jeur]

R.E.M. has always been my favourite band, but to answer your question: ELBOW!

[fanofrem]

for me it is bon jovi who is my favorite band  who is still active. saw them in oslo this summer and i have to say what a show. i think they are the best active live band in the world right now. bruce springsteen and rolling stones are also great live.

[Kimo]

The Brian Jonestown Massacre. They need no introduction.

Guillemots. What an overlooked band! Fyfe Dangerfield is an incredibly talented singer/songwriter, you should check them out.

Pearl Jam.

Them Crooked Vultures. = Josh Homme + John Paul Jones + Dave Grohl + Alain Johannes. The first album was stunning. Looking forward to hearing their second effort.

Mark Lanegan.

The Black Angels. The modern day Velvet Underground, as I like to call them.

Elbow, even though their last album (Build a Rocket Boys!) sucked big time.

Plus Alanis Morissette, Robert Pollard and Guided by Voices, the Feelies, Radiohead, Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3, Kristin Hersh...

[Slow Education]

Joanna Newsom
Bill Callahan
Bon Iver
Andrew Bird
The Handsome Family
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Lambchop

[sashwap]

guided by voices

[lordweary]

Kent
Florence + The Machine
Belle & Sebastian  (though their recent stuff is...)

[REMCHICAGOBOY]

Arcade Fire
Death Cab for Cutie
Editors
Rolling Stones (they really aren't active right now, but I know they are doing something for their 50th year)
The Cure
Depeche Mode
Duran Duran
Madonna
Patti Smith
Peter Gabriel

[thomas08]

Kimo, on 12 November 2011 - 05:35 AM, said:

Them Crooked Vultures. = Josh Homme + John Paul Jones + Dave Grohl + Alain Johannes. The first album was stunning. Looking forward to hearing their second effort.

Love this band myself, bought their album the day it came out just on the basis of a shitty camera phone youtube video of elephants haha

are you a big queens and foos fan? or did you get into the band another way?

[Kimo]

thomas08, on 12 November 2011 - 06:13 AM, said:

are you a big queens and foos fan? or did you get into the band another way?

Yes I do like QOTSA but I much prefer The Desert Sessions and Kyuss !! I'm not too keen on Foo fighters though but Dave Grohl beats drums like nobody's business! I also am a sucker for Eleven and Led Zeppelin.

When I first heard about this "superband" I couldn't believe John Paul Jones was part of it. I heard the album and it really blew me away. This song is my favorite off of it.

[Pete B]

Radiohead
P J Harvey
The decemberist
Arcade Fire
Interpol
Coldplay
Editors
Pearl Jam all contenders and always looking for something to match REM but don't think i will personally

On the up

Cage the elephant
Chapel club

[SweetMusic]

Pff. Tough one.

Musically there are several bands that I like and buy music of. Some I like, some I like a lot, some I just like - you could say -  because I'm used to them. If having more than 1 cd of the band or artist is the criterium for being called a fan, then there are several bands/artist that I appear to be a fan of (look at my bio). Nothing compares to R.E.M. though, if you look at the entire fan experience. By that I mean: how far do you go to buy stuff or stay informed about them. For example: I have the entire Depeche Mode catalog (except for Speak & Spell, by choice), some even double (original + remaster), but I don't have any books about them, nor have I ever seen a live performance. I look forward to a new release of Depeche, but not with the same excitement as with R.E.M. In that respect: R.E.M. was it. And I honestly don't think that any band or artists will ever replace that special spot.

I have a lot of music in my collection that moves me as much as music from R.E.M. Some of my absolute favorites aren't even from R.E.M. Still. It was a package deal, basically. Their music, their personalities, their creative choices (outside music), their interest in what goes on in the world, their 'I'm no better than you'-attitudes, and so on. They were more than just a band that I liked. They were my musical companions in life.

[MAK]

Radiohead
Travis
The Strokes

[Thornado]

Wilco and The Tragically Hip

[Mottje t.H.]

wingenfelder:Wingenfelder,
f.k.a. "Fury in the Slaughterhouse", who "called it a day" a few years ago and now call themselves "newcomers", whithout a major label, with other musicians and with another language: they sing german now and have started a small tour with a small set, sitting on bar stools, adding their greatest former hits in another ... Wow(!)-style.
Here's a video: http://www.youtube.c...bed/jWgWxzZA5bA

[Binky1978]

I think I'd have to say Wilco. Neil Young, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Ryan Adams run them close.

[Driver Nate]

thomas08, on 12 November 2011 - 04:58 AM, said:

So who is your favourite band who is still together and making music?

Naming a "favorite" is a pretty tricky proposition because by naming one, people tend to immediately pigeonhole you based solely on their own assumptions about what else you probably listen to. Most of the time, those assumptions are dead wrong (which is why they're called "assumptions"). With that in mind, some of my other current favorite bands are Mount Moriah (probably my absolute favorite at the moment), Megafaun, the Drive-By Truckers and Wilco.

[fredrik]

U2, Teenage Fanclub, Waterboys, Sting and Toto. Yes, I'm past 35... And then some Norwegian musicians.

[REMCHICAGOBOY]

SweetMusic, on 12 November 2011 - 07:24 AM, said:

Pff. Tough one.

Musically there are several bands that I like and buy music of. Some I like, some I like a lot, some I just like - you could say -  because I'm used to them. If having more than 1 cd of the band or artist is the criterium for being called a fan, then there are several bands/artist that I appear to be a fan of (look at my bio). Nothing compares to R.E.M. though, if you look at the entire fan experience. By that I mean: how far do you go to buy stuff or stay informed about them. For example: I have the entire Depeche Mode catalog (except for Speak & Spell, by choice), some even double (original + remaster), but I don't have any books about them, nor have I ever seen a live performance. I look forward to a new release of Depeche, but not with the same excitement as with R.E.M. In that respect: R.E.M. was it. And I honestly don't think that any band or artists will ever replace that special spot.

I have a lot of music in my collection that moves me as much as music from R.E.M. Some of my absolute favorites aren't even from R.E.M. Still. It was a package deal, basically. Their music, their personalities, their creative choices (outside music), their interest in what goes on in the world, their 'I'm no better than you'-attitudes, and so on. They were more than just a band that I liked. They were my musical companions in life.

I based mine on "How well do I know their catalog, and how much do I follow them when they tour?..."

I obviously know R.E.M.'s catalog very, very well and followed them a ton when they toured, including the side projects, and know their personalities, etc.

So, I have to say I would have to narrow it down to the Rolling Stones, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Madonna and Patti Smith. I know their catalogs very well, as well as get all excited when they tour, etc, spend time on YouTube watching and commenting on their channels, etc.

I love the other bands I mentioned as well, but my "fandom" is a bit more limited them.

I also love and adore Bob Dylan, but I do not consider myself an expert on his vast catalog, not by any means.