What are your top 5 musicians in the world? Rules are you can't name bands, just members. Please discuss and elaborate!
Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree, Solo Work, Storm Corrosion) Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth, Storm Corrosion) Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment) Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails, How to Destroy Angels, Film Score) John Williams (Film Score)
No order: Gotye Mike Shinoda (of Linkin Park) Stromae Brian Molko (of Placebo) Jerry Cantrell (of Alice in Chains)
Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails, How to Destroy Angels) Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Then Crooked Vultures, Queens of the Stone Age, ex-Nirvana) Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures) Neil Peart (Rush) Les Claypool (Primus) The first three are based of musicians that I really like and are talented, the last two are based off raw talent. The first three are set in stone, but a bunch of other people could have taken the last two spots, like Eddie Van Halen, Slash, Randy Rhoades, Geddy Lee, or pretty much any metal drummer.
Paul McCartney Mike shinoda Dave Grohl Trent Reznor Matt Bellamy And for film music composers/scorers/-arrangers: John Williams Danny Elfman Hans Zimmer Alexandre Desplat John Barry
Mike Shinoda Chris Martin Trent Reznor John Frusciante Matt Bellamy Yeah, frontmen of my favorite bands, and Frusciante, can't really think of a guitarist that comes close to him. Or, actually, that I appreciate more than him.
From bands: Mike Shinoda (of Linkin Park) Chris Martin (of Coldplay) Alex McMillan (of Razor Red Noise) Jared Leto (of Thirty Seconds To Mars) Dan Smith (of Bastille) cause his voice is fucking awesome Composers: Martin O'Donnell (known for: Halo Series) Hans Zimmer (known for: Inception, The Dark Night Trilogy, Man of Steel, and others) Ramin Djawadi (known for: Pacific Rim, Medal of Honor Series, Game of Thrones) Neil Davidge (known for: Halo 4) Jukka Rintamäki and Johan Skugge (Known for: Battlefield 3 & 4) I cheated a bit on that last one cause it seemed like Jukka and Johan were given equal credit on the soundtracks and did equal work for them, too.
Adam "Nergal" Dask (Behemoth) Devin Townsend (Strapping Young Lad/Solo) Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse [I don't care what you think of the band, go watch video of this soloing, it's bonkers]) Trent Reznor (NIN) Keith Moon (The Who)
James Hetfield (Metallica) Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer) Joe Satriani Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth, Storm Corrosion) Danny Carey (drummer for Tool) Honorable Mentions: Rodrigo y Gabriela Rory Gallagher Eicca Toppinen (Apocalyptica) John Butler (The John Butler Trio) Chris Letchford & Pat Skeffington (guitarist/songwriter & drummer for Scale the Summit) Adam Jones & Justin Chancellor (guitarist & bassist for Tool) Kirk Hammett, Cliff Burton & Lars Ulrich (Metallica)
Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer) Trent Reznor (NIN) Mike Shinoda Rody Walker(Protest The Hero) Paul McCartney/John Lennon(... fucking Beatles)
Rough list: -Steven Willson (Porcupine Tree/Solo) -Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cuties/The Postal Service/Solo) -Josh Homme (Kyuss/Queens of the Stone Age/Eagles of Death Metal/Them Crooked Vultures) -Matthew Bellamy (Muse) -Eric Johnson -Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers/Chicken Foot) -Travis Barker (Blonk-182/Box Car Racer/+44/Transplants/The Aquabats/Solo) -Dave Grohl (Nirvana/Foo Fighters/Tenacious D/Queens of the Stone Age/Them Crooked Vultures/Probot) -Neil Part (Rush) -Jón Þór Birgisson (Sigur Ros/Solo) -Rob Halford (Judas Priest/Solo) -Issac Slade (The Fray) I did 11 because I didn't want to try and narrow it down. That would be hard!
Roger Waters (Pink Floyd, Solo) Daniel Ingram (DHX Media Vancouver; Martha Speaks, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) Neil Finn (Crowded House, Split Enz, Solo) Paul McCartney (The Beatles, Solo) Leigh Daniel Avidan (Skyhill, Ninja Sex Party, Starbomb)
Chester Bennington (Linkin Park) Florence Welch (Florence + The Machine) Jared Leto(30 seconds to mars) Eminem Calin Goia (Voltaj; a romanian band)
Trent Reznor [Nine Inch Nails] Claudio Sanchez [Coheed & Cambria] Flea [Red Hot Chili Peppers, Atoms for Peace] Jack White [The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather] Casey Crescenzo [The Dear Hunter, The Receiving End of Sirens]
Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park) Chester Bennington (Linkin Park) Amy Lee (Evanescence) Jared Leto (30 Seconds To Mars) Chanel West Coast