I'm thinking I might've done this before, but what would be your faves under each letter of the alphabet?

What would see in your A-Z record store at home from just those 26 artists?

Not easy for me on many letters, but I'll try...

Asia
Black Sabbath
Chicago
Dire Straits
Echo & Bunnymen
Fleetwood Mac
Genesis
Heart
Iron Maiden
Jethro Tull
King Crimson
Led Zeppelin
Marillion
nine inch nails
Oasis
Pink Floyd
Queen
Rush
Steely Dan
Thin Lizzy
UFO
Van Halen
Tom Waits
X
Yes
Warren Zevon

I'll give this a shot:
The Allman Brothers Band
Big Country
Marshall Crenshaw
Del Amitri
Earth, Wind & Fire
Fleetwood Mac
Genesis
Buddy Holly
Iron Maiden
Joe Jackson or Billy Joel
King Crimson or The Kinks
LED ZEPPELIN
Bob Marley
Willie Nelson
Opeth
Pink Floyd or Elvis Presley
Queen
Rush or Rolling Stones
Santana or Steely Dan
Toto or Pete Townshend
U2
Stevie Ray Vaughan
The Who or Stevie Wonder
XTC
Yes
Frank Zappa

Angel
Black Sabbath
Cars, the
Doors, the
ELO
Foreigner
Genesis
Hackett, Steve
Islam, Yusuf (Cat Stevens)
Journey
KISS
Led Zep
Motley Crue
Nazareth
Ozzy
Pink Floyd
Queen
Rush
Supertramp
Traffic
UFO
Van Halen
Who
XTC
Yes
ZEBRA


Had to leave off Depeche Mode, ELP, GnR, Porcupine Tree (that one hurts), The Sweet, U2 and Steven Wilson (ouch!).

Hard to pick favourites under some crowded letters:

The Action
Big Star
Cast
Dr. Feelgood
The Electric Light Orchestra
Free
The Gigolo Aunts
The Hollies
The Idle Race
The Jam
The Kinks
The La's
The Move
The Nice
The Onlookers
The Prisoners
The Queen Annes
The Raspberries
The Small Faces
Teenage Fanclub
The Ugly's
The Velvet Crush
Paul Weller
XTC
The Yardbirds
The Zombies

Allman Brothers, The
Beatles. The
Costello, Elvis
Dylan, Bob
Equals, The
Flamin' Groovies, The
Grateful Dead
Hot Tuna
It's A Beautiful Day
Jefferson Airplane
Kinks, The
Love
MC5, The
New York Dolls, The
Ono, Yoko
Pogues, The
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Ramones, The
Smith, Patti
Television
Undertones, The
Velvet Underground
We The People
X
Yardbirds, The
Zappa, Frank

I knew this would be diverse.

Pretty fascinating to see everyone's tastes.

If others participate, I'll add up how many artists got selected but I'm only counting one per letter!

Man, this was NOT easy:

Art of Noise
Beastie Boys or The Beatles
Comsat Angels
Bobby Darin or Dire Straits
Earth, Wind & Fire or Elastica
Fleetwood Mac
Ghost
Daryl Hall & John Oates
The Isley Brothers
Grace Jones
Kraftwerk
Level 42 or Led Zeppelin
Joni Mitchell
Nilsson
OMD
Pink Floyd, Prince, or The Alan Parsons Project
Queen
The Rolling Stones
Steely Dan or The Stranglers
Thin Lizzy
Ultravox
Voyage or Van Halen
Stevie Wonder or War
XTC
Yes
Frank Zappa

Abba
Kate Bush
Johnny Cash
Dire Straits
Electric Light Orchestra
Ace Frehley
Ghost
Michael Hedges
Iron Maiden
Elton John
Kiss
John Lennon
Gary Moore
Ted Nugent
Ozzy
Prince
Queen
Rush
Jill Sobule
Pete Townshend
Uncle Bonsai
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Who

Neil Young
Frank Zappa

Some tough calls on artists to leave off - some with one or two albums that are among my favorites (New England, John Entwistle, Planet P, etc.), some with more (Eagles, Triumph, Dethklok, Mike Keneally, etc.). And I have no one for X. V was especially tough, leaving off Steve Vai and Van Halen.

XTC and X have an unfair advantage in this game.

America
Beatles
Leonard Cohen
Bob Dylan
Eagles
Fleetwood Mac
Guess Who
Jimi Hendrix
Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)
Elton John
Kinks
Love
Van Morrison
Randy Newman
Roy Orbison
Tom Petty
Queen
Rolling Stones
Bruce Springsteen
James Taylor
U2
SR Vaughan
The Who
XTC
Neil Young
Warren Zevon

A special shout-out to John G for Yusuf Islam....very helpful and inventive as well!! I really didn't have an "I".

This really was a tough assignment....so many letters had great alternatives to my list.

I'm stealing John's idea for 'I' too. Very classic rock line-up for me.

ABBA
Beatles
Creedence Clearwater Revival
DEVO
Electric Light Orchestra
Fleetwood Mac
Genesis
Heart
Islam, Yusuf
Jefferson Airplane/Starship
Kraftwerk
Led Zeppelin
Moody Blues
New Order
Oldfield, Mike
Pink Floyd
Queen
Rolling Stones
Springsteen, Bruce
Talking Heads
U2
Van Halen
Who, the
XTC
Yes
ZZ Top

You mean you're not going to compile to see which bands got selected the most under each letter? Slacker...

Nobody's gone with Xymox yet.

A - AC / DC
B - Black Sabbath
C - Clash, The
D - Deep Purple
E - Epica
F - Fleetwood Mac
G - Guns and Roses
H - Helloween
I - Iron Maiden
J - Judas Priest
K - Kiss
L - Led Zeppelin
M - Metallica
N - Nightwish
O - Offspring, The
P - Pink Floyd
Q - Queens of the Stone Age
R - Rancid
S - Sweet
T - Tragically Hip, The
U - U2
V - Volbeat
W - Whitesnake
X - X
Y - Young, Neil
Z - ZZ Top

Most difficult single choice was Blind Guardian versus Black Sabbath under B. although Ozzy versus the Offspring was also tough
Most difficult letter was H, as Hammerfall, or Halestorm. or Heart, or Horrorpops could have been chosen. Been a while since I thought about this, since I think Helix was under H the last time

Jason

edit: Swapping in QOTSA for Queensryche

My favorite British Punk band is X-Ray Spex (yes, even over The Clash and the Pistols).

If X (the band) wasn't in my top 10 favorite groups, I would've chosen them.

If only they weren't a one album wonder, it might have been a closer contest for me, too, but X has just so much more great music.

allman brothers
beatles
crsoby, david
doobie brothers
eagles
fleetwood mac
glass harp
hornsby, bruce
ides of march
jefferson airplane
keb, mo'
loggin & messina
mitchell, joni
nash, graham
once blue
poco
quicksilver messenger service
robertson, robbie
steely dan
ten cc
U2
vannelli, gino
whiskeytown
x
young, neil
zevon, warren

Accept
Black Sabbath
Clark, Gary Jr
Deep Purple
ELP
Faith No More
Guy , Buddy
Hopkins , Lightnin'
Iron Maiden
Joel , Billy
Kiss
Louis ,Joe Hill
Motorhead
Nugent , Ted
Ozzy
Pearl Jam
Queen
Roxy Music
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Thin Lizzy
UFO
Vaughan , Stevie Ray
Waters , Muddy
X
Y&T
ZZ Top

Aerosmith
Black Sabbath
Cradle of Filth
Dio
Enslaved
Fates Warning
Genesis
Heart
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Kiss
Led Zeppelin
Megadeth
Nevermore
Opeth
Pink Floyd
Queen
Rush
Scorpions
Tool
UFO
Van Halen
Whitesnake
XYZ
Yes
Frank Zappa

D was the hardest with Dio, Deep Purple, Def Leppard and Dream Theater.

It was tough for me to leave off Rainbow, The Who, ZZ Top, Deep Purple, The Cars, Ultravox, Uriah Heep, The Police, Kiss, Prince, etc but that's the fun of it.

Hell, I couldn't even pick the Rolling Stones because of Rush!

I'm doing first names for solo artists because it's easier for my brain (and my library sorts them that way!)

Arctic Monkeys
Bo Diddley
The Cure
David Bowie
Elvis Presley
Flogging Molly
Green Day
Howlin Wolf
Iggy Pop
Johnny Cash
KMFDM
Lightnin' Hopkins
Morrissey
Nine Inch Nails
Oasis
Prince
Rolling Stones
The Smiths
Tom Waits
U2
Velvet Underground
White Stripes
X
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
ZZ Top I guess

Man, I had to leave off the Ramones, Madonna, New Order, REM, the Sex Pistols, AND Peter Murphy. It's tough being the also ran.

Allman Brothers
Band, The
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Dire Straits
Eric Clapton
Fabulous Thunderbirds
Genesis
Holly, Buddy
INXS
Joel, Billy
Kinks
Led Zeppelin
Morrison, Van
Nick Lowe
Otis Redding
Petty, Tom & the Heartbreakers
Queen
Rolling Stones
Springsteen, Bruce & the E Street Band
Thorogood, George & the Delaware Destroyers
U2
Vaughn, Stevie Ray
Who
XTC
Yard birds
ZZ Top