what you say will not affect my taste.

[thebates05]

in no particular order

1. the rolling stones
2. the lights
3. mc5
4. dead milkmen
5. jeff buckley
6. joe strummer and the mescaleros
7. led zeppelin
8. ryu vs. m. bison
9. killtron 9000
10. miles davis
11. moving units
12. the unicorns
13. NWA/early dr. dre
14. weezer
15. the queers
16. the misfits (not just misfits without danzig)
17. a tribe called quest
18. the police
19. phish
20. the pixies