50 Bands in 50 States

[masterofsparks]

Then again, picking Cheap Trick as the best band from IL is a little like saying Heart was the best band from WA.

This is definitely a punk-friendly list.  Which I'm totally okay with.  I'll never own a Cheap Trick album, gonna be honest.

From this statement, one can only conclude you have never heard their debut.  There's a reason Black Flag covered them.

What Cheap Trick song did Black Flag cover? I'd like to hear that. Or are you talking about the Big Black cover of He's a Whore?

[Zookeeper Joe]

Best band from NJ comes down to Misfits vs Four Seasons?

MOTHER 13!

[Turf Out]

Illinois:

All-Time Best Band: Big Black

Okay, who was in charge of this list?  They don't suck.

I'm thinking of a phrase that begins with Cheap and ends with Trick.

i'm just thankful it didn't start with smashing and end with pumpkins.

[masterofsparks]

I'm sad* that ZZ Top are not mentioned in the Texas results. I guess I can't be too upset about the 13th Floor Elevators winning (and I'm sure Billy Gibbons would second their nomination), but still.


* - OK, "sad" is overstating it. "Mildly inconvenienced" might be more appropriate.

[Vambo]

Then again, picking Cheap Trick as the best band from IL is a little like saying Heart was the best band from WA.

This is definitely a punk-friendly list.  Which I'm totally okay with.  I'll never own a Cheap Trick album, gonna be honest.

From this statement, one can only conclude you have never heard their debut.  There's a reason Black Flag covered them.

What Cheap Trick song did Black Flag cover? I'd like to hear that. Or are you talking about the Big Black cover of He's a Whore?

Freudian slip.  Original post fixed.

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From this statement, one can only conclude you have never heard their debut.  There's a reason Big Black (not Flag) covered them.

I've met and worked with both Cheap Trick and Steve Albini.  Albini would probably be amongst the first to ridicule the list, if I guessed anything at all.  And then maybe he'd ridicule me for dismissing interest in Cheap Trick.