I love all bands mentioned today. Grew up with Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Beach Boys, The Byrds. Love love Big Star, very underrated band Alex Chilton and Chris Bell deserve more fame. Love Veruca Salt and Juliana Hatfield (solo and with Lemonheads and The Juliana Hatfield Three) especially their first two albums I still have them on CD. Smashing Pumpkins is one of the few bands I can't stop listening like The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Depeche Mode, Cocteau Twins, Dad Can Dance, Belly, L7, Sonic Youth, Jane's Addiction, The Darling Buds, The Primitives, or Nine In Nails, among many others I love.

Glad to see someone of your generation appreciating Big Star. They always kind of reminded me of Bad Finger. Both bands have a very limited catalog and we're only together for a short period of time but they made great music and their influence runs deep. Both were plagued by mental illness and tragedy but their legacy lives on. I'd like to give a shout out to Shuggie Otis (Inspiration Information) and Love (forever changes) as two albums you could maybe comment on. From one rocker to another, I dig what you got going on here keep it up!

Hello Hanna, always love to hear people's favourite bands. I'm still hoping X will come to England, and play live. My favourite band of all time is Sweet, and my favourite solo artist is David Bowie. Keep up the good work, and stay safe.

Nina Gordon's solo work is excellent. Do you know Throwing Muses(Kristin Hersch/Tanya Donnely) Also Blake Babies(Julianna Hatfield) Belly(Tanya Donnely) Pixies/Frank Black solo and maybe Shawn Colvin(solo) a few artists that come to mind. All excellent material

Nice list, Hanna. Solid variety of styles and eras. An exciting watch. Cheers!

Great unique list Hanna!!! Top 20 for me. I could go on forever but these are my go to bands. 1. Black Sabbath 2. Blue Oyster Cult 3. Rush 4. Pink Floyd 5. Porcupine tree 6. Alan Parsons Project 7. The Damned 8. Alice in Chains 9. Aerosmith 70s 10.Metallica ( early) 11. Fleetwood Mac 12. The Beatles 13. Golden Earring 14. Genesis/Phil Collins solo 15. Moody Blues 16. Budgie 17. The Police 18. Styx 19. Rolling stones 20. Deep Purple

Fun to watch this one and I wasn't at all surprised by the bands that you put in your top 10 at all. You number one was a total given and I think everyone is kind of like that when they connect with them that young. They're all good.

Glad to see The Damned getting a mention. "Strawberries" is their finest moment and Captain Sensible an underrated guitarist. It was terrific to see "Evil Spirits" being so strong 36 years after "Strawberries" came out.

What a great list. You showed so many awesome artists/bands. There was definitely a lot of bands I enjoy on there as well. I can honestly say I have not listened to a lot of Depeche Mode other than the hits. I should actually look into delving into some of their albums. Shawn

Cool list. These things are always fun to watch. It also provides alot of insight into our tastes. Thanks for sharing. I have mad love for Big Star. Those records are just magic. I was lucky enough to see Big Star three times and was at the Levitt Shell Alex tribute in Memphis the year he passed. Was even luckier to have met Alex. He was cool, to be sure. Jody is a sweetheart and all the nice things you hear about him are true. At that tribute show, I spotted John Fry and walked up and shook his hand and just said how much I appreciated what he did. I think he was a little perplexed at my outpouring. He really was a humble dude. I have so many Memphis stories, so I won't go on. Thanks for sharing... TB

Hello from France. I love Veruca Salt too. Never saw Eight arms to hold you in vinyl before ! Wow ! Lucky you! Thanks for showing.

Top 20: 1. The Byrds 2. The Beatles 3. R.E.M. 4. Pearl Jam 5. Juliana Hatfield 6. The Lemonheads 7. Depeche Mode 8. Flying Burrito Brothers 9. Gene Clark 10. The Cardigans 11. Kraftwerk 12. Fleetwood Mac 13. Supergrass 14. The Strokes 15. The Cranberries 16. The Kinks 17. Kings of Leon 18. Beach Boys 19. Nirvana 20. Weezer That’s probably my most listened to artists - some of them I’ve really gone off and some I love as much now as i ever did (Juliana!)

Before clicking on the video i was hoping for The Smiths to make an appearance as they are my all time favourite band. I was pleasantly surprised when they immediately appeared! Great video :)

I think this is one of your best videos, Hanna. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

New subscriber...I really enjoyed your list, especially seeing Big Star and Veruca Salt get some well-deserved love.

The Smiths are my favourite band of all time. So, it's great to hear you talk about them first (even though they're 20th on your list!

Love your choices. I’ll have to agree with you on X. Love “Los Angeles” so much. If you haven’t read the book “Under the big black song”, it’s a book about the LA punk scene. Great book and great video keep it up!

Great list of bands/artists. Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s Everybody Knows album still sounds fresh. So many highlights on the album - I love the mysterious intro to Cowgirl in the Sand. Every song is killer. Big Star No 1 record. That album is just so good. I listen to it often. When Alex Chilton died, they played The Ballad Of El Goodo on BBC Radio Two. A song of such power. Great stuff.

Great top 20 Hannah. I’ll give you my list. We only have a couple in common but most of yours are at least in my top 50. 1. The Beatles 2. R.E.M. 3. The Kinks 4. The Pixies 5. The Rolling Stones 6. The Ramones 7. The Church 8. Elvis Costello 9. U 2 10. The Velvet Underground 11. Bob Dylan 12. The Replacements 13. Bruce Springsteen 14. The Smiths 15. David Bowie 16. The Strokes 17. Wilco 18. The Cure 19. Husker Du 20A. The Psychedelic Furs 20B. The Hoodoo Gurus

Love this top 20, Hannah. A few i'm not familiar with, but i trust your gut...except for Neil Young. As a Canadian i should probably be shot, but i can't do that whiny voice.

I Like Sonic Youth, Husker Du, Sugar and the Replacements as well. Glad you know about Kleenex/Lilliput, Raincoats, Slits and Roches too.

Hey Hanna , I am discovering your back catalogue ! My Top 20 The Comsat Angels , The Chameleons , The Sound , The Cure , The Talking Heads , XTC , Siouxsie & The Banshees , The The , Big 🌟 , The Doors , The Hollies , X, Wall Of Voodoo , Gang Of Four , Depeche Mode , Til Tuesday , Big Black , Killing Joke , The Dream Syndicate , Massive Attack , Portishead , Cocteau Twins and The ⛪ ! Great vlog. Repercussion by DB's is classic , as you like them I bet you would dig Mitch Easter's Let's Active. I omitted Mazzy 🌟 and Love !! I must stop ! See ya 🎸

Again, new to your channel and impressed with your list. I honestly love so many different artists and bands from different times and genres that a top 200 list is as inconceivable as a top twenty. Everything in your top ten is essential to me. Stella (of Stella’s Encounters) and I were recently sharing our mutual love of R.E.M., and I was surprised someone so young in China would even know who they are!

Hey Hanna, Well I quite enjoyed this, even though I'm not a rock person for the most part...it of course doesn't matter....I have the same passion for my own top 20 if I were to ever make a list. :-) Hard not to appreciate Jimi, whatever one is into. Quite a striking cover on that first REM! I seen a documentary on them once and found them to have quite an interesting story. As soon as you showed Neil Young, I thought of our sister Lis coming in with a 'Wooo!' ;-) I actually have always liked Neil very much and have 5 or 6 of his albums. My personal favorite is 'Prairie Wind'. My best buddy growing up was obsessed with The Doors, and I guess I got into them a bit at least vicariously through him. Nothing at all wrong with off-the-cuff videos. :-) For sure, bring on the variety of topics. Always enjoyable. -Carm

I love lists!! Favorite bands, favorite albums, best of (fill in year), and especially when people go into details on each selection. Thank you!!

it is always fun to see and hear others favorites.....as your list is nice and unique. I still never seen Robyn’s Dream of Trains vinyl. cheers, steve

Really cool list, thank you for the video.

Great list, depeche mode great band one of my favourites

Good to see the Smiths on your list. I like them too. I would have them higher on the list but at least they’re on there. 👍

Wow, what a great list. All of these artists are excellent one way or another. Depeche mode, REM, MBV, the smiths, the birds, the damned! etc def some of my favs, keep up the great videos!

Great video. Lots of ideas for me to look out for.

Hi Hanna. I really loved this run through and your personal take on the artists. It's always a pleasure watching you and hearing your appreciation of the music. You can always see the passion is real and heartfelt. Some of the music you showed has obviously moved you emotionally and been a real source of inspiration, comfort and strength and connected with you on a deep level. Beautiful stuff. Alan

Awesome list of bands, Hanna! time to check some of them out!

Wow. Seems like it''s all the rage to be posting up ones' "Vinyl Hit Lists" up in this joint lately...but yours are the most interesting not least of all because of our general common tastes. We are joined at the hip with the Doors (1st and all), The Smiths (per your previous post in "Hatful Of Hollow" and this ones' "Queen Is Dead"), X's first two releases specifically and Neil Young's second solo effort). We respectfully but vehemently part company with Pet Sounds, The Byrds, and to a lesser degree The Who. It feels like you and I lose each other in the turn when you take a decidedly more folky route and I tend to curve into psychedelic/alt--(Were this my compendium. I would throw something like Love & Rockets' "Express" in the mix somewhere). Going to give My Bloody Valentine a shot--your tastes are well secure enough for me to take you at your word (ear) on this. Thank you for your posts, interesting and thought provoking as ever...it's so important to keep an open ear and you are a great template!

Wonderful list. Great musical minds think quite alike. Although I have all the albums and bands/artists you mentioned, not all of them would make my top 20, but several of them would certainly make the call. It's especially nice to see Robyn Hitchcock (an all time favorite of mine) and The db's get some love out there in the world. Thanks for sharing your favorites.

Great list of fantastic artists and bands! I lived in Chapel Hill for 7 years and saw so many shows at Cat's Cradle concert venue with several of these artists. I'm a musician and was a regular at the cradle and got to meet several of the artists you've listed. A few stories you might like - saw Big Star Third show years ago. This was a show recreating Big Star's third album (obviously) including Jody Stephens, Mike Mills, Chris Stamey, Mitch Easter, and others. Jody Stephens is a very sweet guy and generous with taking photos with fans - such a genuine smile he has! X played a show at the cradle also - fun fact: John Doe is one huggy guy. He loves to wander around after a show and hug the fans and have photos taken. Seen Robyn Hitchcock many times (with the Venus 3) - super nice guy and enjoys chatting with fans and signing records (as does Peter Buck). I used to run into Chris Stamey at the local multiplex where he would be taking his daughter to see the latest Disney-Pixar movie. Very genuine guy and a local record producer. He produced records by my guitar teacher. Peter Holsapple is a kinda quiet guy but very kind. He was coaxed up on stage to play The Ballad of John and Yoko with the Minus 5 when they were playing at the cradle. Saw the dBs just once - great show. I spoke with Chris Stamey after the Big Star thing and he said "thanks for coming out - and come see the dBs in a couple weeks." The cradle also hosted a tribute night to Alex Chilton featuring several local musicians. Such a wonderful night and such reverence for the man by all in attendance! Side fact: the Depeche Mode show at the United Center in Chicago during their Spirit tour was one of the best shows I've ever seen!!! Crazy crowd and Gahan was on fire that night. Wish I could relive that one. Don Dixon is an incredibly nice guy and has an amazingly powerful voice. Mitch Easter plays shows around the area and produces records at his studio outside of Winston-Salem. One Halloween night (I was dressed as the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland) I walked up in costume to help Mitch and his band load his equipment into a venue, and he kind of freaked out when I grabbed an amplifier until his wife said "Oh, that's Kevin." I was such a fan boy of R.E.M. and their early records produced by Dixon and Easter - it was such fun to hang out with Easter and Dixon and even help them load in and out of shows. Any way - great list again. I'll have to check out Aimee Mann solo stuff, more Veruca Salt, and Julia Hatfield. Thanks!

It’s always nice when your taste in music is similar.

Hanna, good top 20. I quickly scribbled a list last night. Now, in the light of the following morning I am "thinking" about my list and starting to edit it. This could go on for a while. Makes me think of you just going off the cuff comment! Thanks, Chris

Hi Hanna, very enjoyable video. I have a lot of time for your descriptions here, you do very well in summarising your artists, I can tell it's coming from the heart and shows a lot of time and thought spent in the music. A real labour of love. Couldn't agree more with you on Hendrix being in everyone's top 20. Love seeing the db's in there (actually, love how you go for solo/ band works as well). Yes, Pumpkins! Big star are starring high, and it just gets better... great video, cheers- Dean

I love your list! So good! Thanks for the video. Great taste! Goodness....

Nice top 20 list. Glad to see Robyn Hitchcock on there, of course! And I couldn't agree more with your #1 pick. Great stuff, Hanna! Take care.

Hi Hanna I enjoyed your video of your favourite artists. It so happens your favourite is my favourite as well. I have been following The Who since 1983. I was lucky enough to have seen them in Sydney in 2002. A lot of your favourites unfortunately I have not even heard off, but it is always interesting to explore different music tastes.

Greetings Hanna, just discovered this video from your "archives".Love your list. Because of the passage of time, perhaps your current top 20 has a different look. For my list I have omitted some bands with small discographies: Suburban Lawns, Joy Division, Big Star, Jellyfish. My top 20, in reverse order: 20 Dead Can Dance 19 Mazzy Star 18 Talking Heads 17 Pink Floyd (pre 1980) 16 New Model Army 15 Stan Ridgway/Wall of Voodoo 14 The Damned 13 The Church 12 The Smiths 11 Siouxsie and the Banshees 10 Sonic Youth 9 Fish Karma 8 The Jesus and Mary Chain 7 Nina Nastasia 6 The Doors 5 Robyn Hitchcock (plus Egyptians and Soft Boys) 4 The Billy Nayer Show 3 X 2 Sparklehorse 1 XTC Honorable mentions: Magazine, Wire, Laurie Anderson, The Sound, Dirty Three, Mercury Rev, The Residents, Alice Donut, PJ Harvey.

I love that “Black and White” is your intro song

Hi Hanna new subscriber! Greetings from England! I found you via James Griffiths’ channel. Totally agree with you on R.E.M., those first five albums are totally flawless. I picked up my vinyl copy of Fables on a visit to Athens last year, great thrill!

Great list Hanna. Not sure I could decide on a list of my own top 20. Stressful, all those decisions! 😁

I clicked on Amazon Music to check out the DBs. Turns out I have heard their Katrina fundraiser song but was surprised by how well recorded their stuff was. I like them. thanks! Now I will continue the video.

Subscribed! Very awesome list. I have different faves for many of these groups, but that just goes to show how great they are. For example, I was thinking of three other Neil Young LPs when you mentioned his live stuff (Songs for Judy, Weld, Live Rust) only to be stumped. I'll be digging out that Massey Hall album and a couple of your top 20 picks that I'm not that familiar with for next week's playlist for sure. My top 20: Neil Young, Aimee Mann, PJ Harvey, My Bloody Valentine, The Replacements, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Liz Phair, Talking Heads, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Aztec Camera, The Rolling Stones, Steely Dan, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, R.E.M., Sigur Rós, The Byrds, Tom Waits.

Great bands and artists on this top 20 list. I love that you showed Veruca Salt. I have 3 of their albums on vinyl. They are both great songwriters and sound amazing. I have not seen them live yet. If they tour again I am definitely checking them out ! Awesome video !

Happy Tuesday morn to yee! Having a cuppa ☕️ and enjoying your top 20 list, my list would be a rotation from day to day or maybe sitting down an listening to an album that I haven’t pulled for awhile and go “ dang!!! That’s in my top 20! Heehee but kudos to you and your collection my friend. My fav Doors is Soft Parade, love Days of The New...they did 2 covers on the Stoned Immaculate covers album, The End and LA Woman they have the wow factor on those two! Cool seeing ya have a great week ahead- Lis

Great video Hanna, really enjoyed it. The Doors are my favourite band of all time. The Who are a great band also.

Hi Hanna... love this video ! So many great bands ! The Smiths is always a band I have wanted to check out. I love Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac also . I have to check out Juliana Hatfield. I have never heard her stuff. You know I like Depeche Mode and The Who. I saw Depeche Mode last year and I’ve seen The Who twice and Roger Daltrey do a solo show in recent years. I can’t wait to see your Depeche Mode ranking video. I’ve been getting into The Kinks more lately especially their stuff from 1975 onward. I love rediscovering older bands that I might have missed out on before and right now it’s The Kinks. Your video has given me some more to check out. Great stuff! Thanks Hanna. Chez

Liz Phair, Lemonheads, Evan Dando, Sunny Day Real Estate, Velocity Girl, Letters to Cleo.

Love the diversity of taste here, but all being melodic music. Some off beat ones that would make mine are The Pretty Things (a 1964 band who did power pop with Cross Talk), Sloan, The Zombies/Argent/Blunstone, ELO, Melanie, The Easybeats/Wright, Jellyfish/Faulkner, The Marmalade, Love, Blue Oyster Cult, Big Star and The Move/Roy Wood (got their box set and the Big Star twofer at Amoeba in SF.)

Hi Hanna, a good list. Has me inspired to make a similar list. Have a good week. - Steve

Aimee Mann!!! Kool list. I’m not sure about my top twenty. But my top two are Love and the Small Faces. BTW, you shouldn’t have to defend your choices. My friend Mark and I were talking today about why it’s uncool to run down music. Somewhere in the world it’s somebodies favorite record. You did good.

Hi Hanna.. You put a lot of thought into your picks.. You made me proud with Jimi Hendrix, Doors, Byrds, Who and a few others from MY era..

Solid list. I was on board with a number of them.

You have impeccable taste. Big Star, Doors, Byrds, REM, X, are some of the greats. Strange Days is the best Doors record. Great channel.

I'm so happy to have discovered your channel because I'm getting sort of bored listening to guys talk about vinyl. Since you mentioned Juliana Hatfield I wanted to recommend watching the Christmas episode of "My So Called Life" where she plays an angel.

Very cool list! A few of those artists appear on my top 20, but for the most part it is different. What’s not different is The Who at number #1, greatest band of all time! The Who is the reason why I found your channel. Anyway great list, really enjoying the content!

Apparently, when David Crosby first saw the cover of "The Notorious Byrd Brothers" he recognized himself straight away as the horse. Also apparently, he was not particularly pleased about it 😄

Good girl The Who/Townshend have been an absolute obsession of mine since I was in my teens the perfect number 1

I've watched 2/3 of this vid but still have to finish the rest. Kudos to you for pulling off this difficult task. I was going to post one of my own but when I started to compile a list I got stuck and then I was like "I can't do this, it's too hard" Whaaa…. lol After talking to you (in the comments) and watching your vids I knew we had some things in common musically- that's what first drew me to your channel. After watching your Top 20 I realized that there might be more differences in our tastes than I first thought. But that's okay variety is the spice of life, as they say. Great job and I'll be back to finish....

Cool idea for a video Hanna, when you think about it it's strange that not that many people do favourite band/artist countdowns, although plenty do album rankings. I Often Dream Of Trains is the one Robyn Hitchcock album I know really well. The DB's is one band whose name I've discovered through watching your videos and will now be looking out for their records. It's nice to hear someone saying something nice about Pet Sounds for a change. Speak soon, James

Another great list. Thank you. Definitely going to check out Veruka Salt (sp) and The Damned. And Julia Hatfield.

Damnation. An authentically eclectic list. If you love Loveless, Darling Buds' Erotica has some serious bangers on it.

Hello Hanna; I like your list very much, concise and to the point. The albums you picked showed a wide range of musical styles and genre's. I believe this way to be better than a narrow listening range. Congrat's to you on your list. Independent thought in opinion is the way to go. Let those who disagree make and post their own list. As much as I will admit I am not knowledgeable with all the artists you showed. I couldn't agree more with the classic rock artists and albums. Damned, Hendrix, Byrds, Doors, Neil Young, Big Star, and The Who. Great picks. Good Luck, Till next time. Your friend Tina !!!!

Recent convert and subscriber to your channel and am enjoying it. I have a similar passion and desire to share. I have gotten several bits of input and have been checking some bands out, so thanks Always happy to hear of another Big Star fan. A little surprised I haven't heard you speak of Sleater-Kinney (great band), but I am a newbie. Thanks again.

Wow. So many overlaps with my own top 20, if I had one: Byrds, Beach Boys, Damned, Smiths, MBV, Neil Young, Robyn Hitchcock and Depeche Mode would all be in there. The Doors and The Who are pretty great too. You have convinced me to give some of these other acts a go. Take care. Stephen

Wow Hanna, you got some awesome bands on your list girl! I must own light at the end of a tunnel. I am a big Dammed fan. I agree about captain sensible guitar playing. I have seen Hitchcock in new york in late 80s early 90s. Fegmania with the Egyptians is my fav album. His song writing and musicianship is brilliant. He tells amazing stories live in concert. DBs as we have discussed before are great. you go girl for havingbthem on your list. The Smiths and Morrissey are def. In my top 20. Meat is Murder one of many my fav. The queen is dead another one. I just ordered the Smith tee shirt that has meat is murder album on tee shirt. Coming in mail. I have seen REM 3 times. first 4 REM albums are my fav. That includes your ep. I was getting nervious you would leave out Neil Young. Great list! Have a great week. Cheers.

Hi, 20 is a lot and not enough at the same time ! I just drop some artist names that I would put on my list : Sufjan Stevens, Elliott Smith, Gram Parsons, Elvis Costello, The Finn Brothers (everything they’ve done is fine), Richard Thompson (and Linda)… As a Veruca Salt fan, You should listen to a french singer named Vincent Delerm whose Veruca Salt named song is very nice (with Dominique A and Keren Ann)

Hi, thanks for taking the time and effort to do this video. It was interesting seeing your choices. Out of the twenty artists you showed i have music by seventeen of them in my collection so i can see why you chose those specific artists. Personally i don`t think i could do a favourite top twenty list or even a top hundred list because i like so many artists and different genres of music. And it`s all of equal importance to me that i couldn`t choose one over the other. Two artists that would definitely be in a top twenty list of mine are the Sex Pistols and The Cure. You mentioned Jazz. Personally i`m not the biggest Jazz fan but have you heard Shhh - Peaceful by Miles Davis ? I find a lot his music a bit directionless but Shhh - Peaceful from his album In A Silent Way is a really deep, lush sounding track. It`s quite relaxing and beautiful. You mentioned Harvest Moon by Neil Young. The track Harvest Moon from that album is so beautiful it actually made me cry the first time i heard it. Completely random question, but has a piece of music ever made you cry ? I`d love to hear your favourite Depeche Mode songs lists. Thanks.

Killer top 20 Hanna! Several that would make my list. One band I need to get into is X. I have a couple of John Doe cds. You know how I feel about The Who.

Thank you for reminding me that I'd wanted to check out Robyn Hitchcock already a while ago! 😄👍

Hey Hanna, first off I am afraid that I lost touch for a while and I have a lot of catching up to do. But I'll get there. Anyway, The dB's on your list was very surprising and very nice to see them recognized. You must be aware that Chris Stamey is also pretty much responsible for Big Star's Third (the band) and, next to the real thing, are amazing. Juliana Hatfield is a cool choice as well. I think the Blake Babie's cover of Temptation Eyes is just about perfect. Interesting list. Take care...

Awesome video Hanna. Great insight into your musical tastes. Not that we didn't already know a lot of these. I've been considering making a Top 100 albums video series like others have done but that just seems too daunting a task. Plus a lot of my top 20 would be multiple albums from only a few artists. People would tell me to expand my horizons. 🤔 BUT this top 20 bands/artists is a very interesting concept that I may borrow at some point. Spoiler alert #1 is Genesis! Ha! Nice disclaimer in the beginning too. I don't get why people have to interject "but you didn't include such and such." Back off this is my list! 😀 Take care. -Bill

You had to put some effort for this. TOP lists are always hard ones. This one was good one.

Do you listen to much Prog? It's an e dress deep dive from 1969-1989. Great instrumentation, movements and vocalised stories. 1970s Prog being the pinnacle

You're going to be joining the VC 1K club soon Hanna...nice list, always tough to do these kind of things, might change from day to day so sometimes off the cuff is the way to go. Think maybe the only ones here I haven't heard anything by are Veruca Salt and maybe the Damned. Oh and Big Star, for all the hype I've never owned anything by them. Cool list, cheers!

New subscriber. You have great taste in music Hannah. Keep up the good work.

Came across your vids under the “recommended for you” links. And when I saw that 7 of your Top 20 are also in my Top 20 I had to hit the subscribe button! Jimi, The Doors, The Who, Beach Boys, Pumpkins, REM, and Veruca! I’m an American living in Sweden now, and am so blown away at all the great new rock bands here in Europe. If you like female fronted bands with killer guitar check out Pip Blom from Holland. She would’ve fit in perfectly in the 1990’s Alternative scene. They (her band is also called Pip Blom) do not even make their U.S. debut until March at South By Southwest and their debut album doesn’t come out until May. They’ve released several singles and a kick ass EP so far and they are one of the best live bands I’ve ever seen.

I don't think I could do a list like that. But I enjoyed watching your list. Many of the artists are new to me. 😊

I love The Damned. A band that I think are under appreciated on the VC and in Rock History in general. Have you ever seen them live? Every time I try to see the live something bad happens and I can't go. Great Video.

You have a similar taste in music as me. Instant sub

I never expected to see X in your top 20. What a nice surprise Hanna. I’m from Australia where they’re almost unknown. I did pick up the first three albums on vinyl about 5 or six years ago and love them to bits. I since bought one of those 5 classic albums in a cheap box CD things. I still like the first three best. The new one Alphabetland is very good and it is nice to see Robbie Krieger guesting. It took me a few listens to get what X were up to with the vocal harmonies but it’s actually quite extraordinary at times and grew to love it very quickly. Have you ever listened to all female band The Raincoats? Their first three albums were released 77-84 and then they reformed in the 90s and released another album. Your top 20 list I’d guess you’re a fan already and if not you may like them. Kurt Cobain was a big fan. It was a treat to see Juliana Hatfield as a pick as she was well known in Australia in the early/mid 90s and had a bit of airplay. I’m sure you knew X were an early ‘life changing’ influence on Hatfield too. The Lemonheads album It’s a Shame About Ray was very popular here and Juliana Hatfield played on it. I’ll have to check out some of her albums as I haven’t really heard her since the 90s. There are a lot of other artist I like in your list and could talk about but I’ll leave it there for now except I love Big Star, especially Radio City. Sorry for responding to older videos. Cheers!

Great taste you have there!! Curious if you’ve seen “Storefront Hitchcock”? Great stripped down video of him live in New York. Does a version of Glass Hotel that will blow your mind. Also, couldn’t agree with you more about REM. My fav album is probably Reckoning, but Murmur, Pageant and Fables are all great. Actually, I really love “Up” too, a highly underrated album. It was just after Bill Barry left the band and was a very deep, thought provoking record, including some of Stipe’s best lyrics. Fun fact, my first REM show, Robyn Hitchcock opened for them. That’s how I got turned onto him and also the DB’s. Peter Holsaple was playing with REM for the tour as an additional backing musician. Several years later the band I was in opened for Hitchcock at a small club in So-Cal. He was a very cool dude, chilled at the bar during our set, and was just as humorous in conversation as his his lyrics reflect. Really enjoyed this rundown!

Listening to your list - I was trying to think of who to recommend that you might also like. Obviously I don't know who you've heard overall and so some of these suggestions may be artists you're already familiar with - if so I apologize for those and just skip on past them. You mentioned you really like Dave Gahan's singing voice (I do too) and there's another guy who's voice isn't the same but who I would say might be in the same vicinity. His name is Brendan Perry from the band Dead Can Dance. If you've heard them already, do you agree that his voice is kinda similar? If you haven't heard them - I'm not sure how to describe their music. I guess you could say post-punk, but that has more to do with the time when they started as a band ('79-80) and I'd say only their first album and ep have a post-punky type sound. They were on the 4AD label - with the Cocteu Twins and Bauhaus and others and so maybe that kind of hints at their sound. But over time their sound morphed into I don't know what. There aren't many bands like them at all and so its hard to compare them. Regardless though, Perry's singing is kind of like Gahan's. He's sort of a crooner but not but Perry's vocals are just perfect for the band. If you haven't heard them and you like post-punky kind of Joy Division-ish but not really sort of music, check out their first album which is self-titled and the EP Garden of Arcane Delights. From the EP the song "In power we entrust the love advocated." Yes, its a mouthfull, but I think its a great song and it highlights his singing. If you want a more developed sound of theirs check out their subsequent albums Spleen and Ideal from 1985 (the song Enigma of the Absolute) and the next album Within the realm of a dying sun from 1987 (songs Anywhere out of this world and the instrumental Windfall are really great) and then later songs check out "Severance" (its one of their better known songs) from The Serpent's Egg and from the album Into the Labyrinth check out the song "The Carnival is over" (one of my favorites of theirs). The other primary band member is a woman named Lisa Gerrard and she and Perry split the vocal duties sort of. Sort of b/c she doesn't actually sing words - instead she vocalizes but in a more abstract way. Its really beautiful but its very different and it does provide a cool/interesting contrast to the songs that Perry sings on. Perry also has really great lyrics as well. So, DCD are a winning combination all around. (The name of the band supposedly coming from the fact that they use a lot of really old instruments - like medieval and ancient type instruments - and so these "dead" instruments and styles are being brought to life.) Again, they really are difficult to pin down stylistically, but I think you might like them if you haven't heard them. So, I went on way too long about that one band and so I'm going to be super brief about the others I mention. Check out Scott Walker's 1960's albums Scott 1 - 4. Since you said you really like the Who, if you haven't heard them check out the Small Faces (though I'm guessing you've probably heard them also), The Creation, The Move. You said you like Alt-Country, there is a 70's band that is kinda like that. Called the Flatlanders with a guy names Jimmie Dale Gilmore (I think that's his name) and they have some really great songs - check out the song "Dallas." Glenn Campbell's album By the Time I get to Phoenix is really great. The Charlie Rich song "San Francisco is a lonely town" (or at least his version if he didn't write it) is beyond great. A band that sort of pre-dates Alt-Country a bit but also is punk, the Meat Puppets (you've probably heard them already though). If you like weirder rock stuff check out Can and any of the "krautrock" (or their preference "kosmische musik," which I'm guessing is translated as cosmic music?) bands like Neu and Faust and/or Amon Duul and any Tangerine Dream album up through Phaedra. Ok - that's a lot, but you can skim over them and see if you like any of their stuff and you've probably heard a lot of them already, so its not quite as daunting as it looks here. Oooh ooh. Last one. Brilliant awesome wonderful female artist that gets overlooked now and absolutely shouldn't be - Kate Bush. And not just for Hounds of Love (which is a super amazing wonderful album) but for her later albums as well. There is a really neat documentary on her on YT - there's actually two, but the easier to find one is probably the best and it covers both her earlier years a la Wurthering Heights, but continues on down through The Sensual World('89) and The Red Shoes('93) and maybe to her 2000's albums - can't remember. But it does a good job of representing just how fascinating a person/artist/performer she is over the breadth of her musical career. So, if you haven't heard all of her stuff - check out the documentary and any of her albums you haven't already heard. Hounds of love is one of my favorite albums period, but she did so much more. Okie doke, that's it. Too much, but hopefully there is something in all of that you haven't already heard and will like. I love sharing music with people and that's why I rambled on so much here. Good hunting. (I haven't seen all your videos and so if you mentioned some of these in other vids I apologize again, didn't mean to be redundant and just to be clear, when I find new channels with interesting stuff I tend to sift my way through them and comment here and there. So I just didn't want my comments or views to come across as weird)

Nice video, lady! I had a feeling Who would make it to #1 but I was waiting with baited breath incase something crazy happened LOL!!! :) I can't even make Top 20 lists yet....still discovering music at this point, but maybe in time that will happen and I will follow your lead :) XO -Ambie

Hei, Hanna! I'm not a big fan of "lists" especially if I would "have" to make them by myself but I find it interesting to watch other people's lists. Your list included some band that I like very much. The Doors are very high on my "list". :) As a some kind of guitar player myself, of course Jimi Hendrix is something else. Maybe I should make some kind of list someday, Jarkko / MyVinylBar

I stuck to favourite bands/artists in my life time :) Like most people it would be a different list if I did it in 10 minutes time ! :) 1. Manic Street Preachers 2. The Smiths/Morrissey 3. Joy Division 4. Blondie 5. The Damned 6. REM 7. PJ Harvey 8. Pixies 9. Placebo 10. The Clash 11. The Cure 12. Smashing Pumpkins 13. Psychedelic Furs 14. Echo And The Bunnymen 15. Ramones 16. Garbage 17. The Distillers 18. Gaslight Anthem 19. Interpol 20. Stiff Little Fingers

I'm loving your Top 10 mostly because of the inclusion of both The Beach Boys and The Doors. :) Veruca Salt and Depeche Mode too.

Hi Hanna, love the start, this is my Top 20 so damit dont be a hater lol. Loved that. Nice job doing a video without new stuff. I had 19 of 20 of your bands. I am missing the db's but it is on my list to find. Peter Buck had a "jangly" guitar sound. I have most all of the stuff by REM but they came out when I was in my 20s. Harvest Moon was my first Young album. Frankly I was not a fan of his until I heard that album, it is one of my favorites. My kids also heard that one a lot lol. I have thought about videos of my top artists but man it changes constantly depending on my frame of mind. I really have a hard time committing. Talking Heads, Cramps, Jethro Tull, Miles Davis would be there but I have such varied taste. Very difficult to do. Glad you managed it. Great job saving money and making a interesting video laced with some personal stories ( always a favorite part for me). Steve

well done on your top 20.....mine would change daily, in fact i think it would be impossible for me to pick a top 20, i am hearing 'new' music all the time, and checking out 'new' bands, when i say new i mean new to me.....there is so much i havent heard yet, cheers

Very nice eclectic list. Can't beat THE WHO. Since I live in Memphis, love to see THE BIG STAR thumbs up. I'm sure you know that they named themselves after a grocery store in Memphis called ....wait for it...Big Star!! 😊

Hey Hanna! Nice top 20 ! :) i also love rock, actually when i started collecting i mostly went for Rock, mostly 70ies rock ( Nazareth, Deep Purple, Ac/dc, Rare Earth, STeppenwolf, Titanic..etc) and slowly opened to other genres.. I have to say i was not so much into Jazz, but i am sure you could really enjoy some nice jazz stuff. try out Nubya Garcia, Yazz Ahmed or Christian Scott, they are Uk Based players and their stuff is awesome and not too conventionally jazz ;) cheers! David.

It is sad... but i know why we have to give a disclaimer like you gave at the start. We all know that everyone has their own opinions and that they should be respected and we should use it as a starting point for discussion... But there are so many knuckleheads out there that do not get that and we need to "remind" then to not be douche's! It is a sad world we live in! As I am writing this I am listening to the Beat Street soundtrack you gave me... It is soooo 80's old school! Love it! The one record you gave me that I got the best discovery of was the Judith by Judy Collins. I literally teared up listening to a few of the songs... So emotional and beautiful. Send In The Clowns... ..magnificent... Long story short.. All of the records played good enough for me and I am still enjoying them.. another thank you!

i love your top 20 my friend. i love jimi hendrix got a few of his cds love when he shreds the guitar. i love rem. wish they never broke up. they made some fantastic albums. my fav is 1991s out of time and 1994s monster. i love love the doors. vercua salt is fantastic.juliana hatfield got a new cd. she is singing olivia newton john songs. i may get it. i been a depeche mode fan since 1990 (i was 12 turned 13 that year) the album was violator. great video my sweet friend i really enjoyed. hugs and love your friend mike from canada eh

Veruca Salt was one of my first shows in a "nightclub". That would have been the American Thighs tour I believe with the Muffs and Triple Fast Action. I also went to the Eight Arms tour that you speak of with the same openers :)

I love many of the bands/singers you featured, including The Smiths, DM, My Bloody Valentine, and of course The Who. I agree, early REM is brilliant. I was fortunate enough to see them when Fables came out at an university gym in Vancouver. I'm also building the Neil Young collection and they are very hard to find up here as well, especially in good condition. Cheers E