Finale: Top 10 Bands/ Singers of the Rock Genre

Iron Maiden
Blind Guardian
Running Wild
Sonata Arctica
Savatage
Katatonia
Crimson Glory
Manowar
Helloween
Two Steps from Hell - a left-field choice for when I've had enough of metal haha.

If you were destined to be stranded on a desert island alone, which 10 bands'/ singers' complete discographies would you like to have for companionship? - izzy520i
That would be just the bands/singers I have on my MP3 player I guess:

THE BACK HORN
Loudness
Dragon Force
ONE OK ROCK
CNBLUE
Nightwish
Within Temptation
Nicholas Tse
Beyond
Linkin Park

As I found your question interesting I created a thread with your question at IMDF
https://www.imdforums.com/threads/which-10-bands-singers-complete-discographies.359/

--- each brain develops its own preferences  ---

before we move on and go to our separate ways (unless a common Rock forum within a movie forum is recreated). - izzy520i

Let me start by saying such a forum has been created. Elanor and I are already members, and I hope you will join us here: http://imdb2.freeforums.net/

Question-
If you were destined to be stranded on a desert island alone, which 10 bands'/ singers' complete discographies would you like to have for companionship?

I don't own the complete discography of any of these artists (except where noted). It's hard for long running bands to be consistently successful, most have at least one misstep along their careers.

That said, here are my current top ten artists. The number in parentheses after each band is how many of their albums are in my CD collection.

alpha128:

Judas Priest (11) - The first heavy metal band to earn the title of "my favorite band". Priest has been highly influential to heavy metal music in general and me personally. I used sing lead vocals in a band, and I learned how to do that by singing along to Priest in my car. I've seen Priest live twice, once with Rob Halford and once with Tim 'Ripper' Owens.

Manowar (9) - As they themselves will tell you, "Other bands play, Manowar kill". I got to see them kill an incredibly memorable New Year's Eve show. Not only did they blow the fuses in the club, they had fully nude dancing girls on stage with the band! Afterward, I got (and still have) a beat up drum stick with the late Scott Columbus' blood on it. Cloning scientists interested in recreating one of the greatest drummers of all time can send me a private message. 

Accept (5) - Another influential band that I got to see live twice during the Udo years. The first time was in a very small club and I was really close to the band.

Dio (5) - One of the greatest singers of all time and sorely missed. I got to see Dio twice on the 2000 Magica tour.

Iron Maiden (5) - Like Priest, Maiden has been highly influential to heavy metal music. I've seen Maiden live twice, decades apart, and they didn't lose any of their magic in the interim.

Slayer (5) - The second heavy metal band to earn the title of "my favorite band" after I decided to go in a heavier/harder/faster direction. Never got to see them live unfortunately.

Grim Reaper (4) - In this case I do own every album in their discography. Their long awaited comeback album "Walking in the Shadows" was my album of the year for 2016.

Primal Fear (7) - February 6th, 2008, a date that will forever live in my personal history. It was the date that I discovered '80s Metal from the 21st Century (80sM2K) in general, and Primal Fear in particular. Here's a band that picked up the influences of Judas Priest and Accept and carried them into the new millennium, while adding their own contribution. I saw them live once. The show was not well attended and the fans formed a receiving line while the band exited the club. I got to shake singer Ralf Scheepers' hand!

Iron Savior (4) - I discovered this 80sM2K band about the same time as Primal Fear. And like that band, they combine Priest-like guitar riffs and melody with Slayer-like speed. Iron Savior also adds Queen-like multi-layered vocals into the mix. I recently bought their 2016 release "Titancraft".

Mystic Prophecy (3) - I discovered this 80sM2K band not long after the two above. As with Grim Reaper and Iron Savior, I bought Mystic Prophecy's 2016 release "War Brigade". The first song from that album had me saying, "That's good." The second had me saying "That's clever." The third song had me banging my head so hard I practically fell out of my chair.


EDIT:
As I found your question interesting I created a thread with your question at IMDF - elanor

https://www.imdforums.com/threads/which-10-bands-singers-complete-discographies.359/

I found the question interesting as well, so I created a thread with Izzy's question at IMDB v2.0:

http://imdb2.freeforums.net/thread/1617/top-10-bands-singers

Thanks, nice choice, not sticking to more well-known 'mainstream' metal bands.

Hope Sonata Arctica relieves those lonely nights. :-)

Thanks for participating.

I feel guilty now since Loudness was one of the bands I was contemplating and decided to go for others. Big fan.

BTW- Heavy Chains and Let It Go are my favourite classic 80s rock numbers.

As I found your question interesting I created a thread with your question at IMDF
https://www.imdforums.com/threads/which-10-bands-singers-complete-discographies.359/

Thanks for the update, please do, hope it gets good feedback.

Thanks for participating Alpha. Somehow I could more or less predict you would have gone for Priest, Accept, Dio and Primal Fear if you had participated. :-)

I was torn with Dio, but I can't imagine being stranded on an island with music, and not have Stargazer, Light In The Black, Kill the King, Temple of the King etc to keep me company, so had to be Rainbow for me in spite of only 3 albums with Dio on vocals.

Accept are brilliant, but I've only listened to their greatest hits album (as I mentioned previously). Perhaps I should have gone for them to listen to their full discography during my island stay....

Let me start by saying such a forum has been created. Elanor and I are already members, and I hope you will join us here: http://imdb2.freeforums.net/

Appreciate and am honoured by the invite.

I found the question interesting as well, so I created a thread with Izzy's question at IMDB v2.0:

Please do so, I thought it is a befitting 'finale'. Hope it gets a lot of feedback. :-)

Thanks for participating Alpha. Somehow I could more or less predict you would have gone for Priest, Accept, Dio and Primal Fear if you had participated. :-) - izzy520i

I am predictable if you know me. 

I was torn with Dio, but I can't imagine being stranded on an island with music, and not have Stargazer, Light In The Black, Kill the King, Temple of the King etc to keep me company, so had to be Rainbow for me in spite of only 3 albums with Dio on vocals. - izzy520i

For me it was an easy decision since I own only one Rainbow album, "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll".

Accept are brilliant, but I've only listened to their greatest hits album (as I mentioned previously). Perhaps I should have gone for them to listen to their full discography during my island stay.... - izzy520i

For future reference, here is how I would rank the Accept albums I own: (#1 = The Best):

1. Restless and Wild
2. Objection Overruled
3. Balls to the Wall
4. Russian Roulette
5. Metal Heart

But I consider them all good enough to first buy on vinyl and then rebuy on CD. 

Appreciate and am honoured by the invite (to IMDB v2.0). Hope (my question) gets a lot of feedback (there). :-) - izzy520i

It did; 133 views and 8 replies: http://imdb2.freeforums.net/thread/1617/top-10-bands-singers. I know that Elanor prefers alternative site IMDF (where I'm also a member), but this illustrates why I prefer IMDB v2.0 - it has the members and the traffic. IMDF is a nice site, but her comparable thread there has only 15 views and no replies.

I am predictable if you know me.

That is a positive, not a negative point btw. :-)

For future reference, here is how I would rank the Accept albums I own: (#1 = The Best):

Thanks for the personalized ranking. Noted this down, will be useful when I upgrade to their albums.

It did; 133 views and 8 replies: http://imdb2.freeforums.net/thread/1617/top-10-bands-singers. I know that Elanor prefers alternative site IMDF (where I'm also a member), but this illustrates why I prefer IMDB v2.0 - it has the members and the traffic. IMDF is a nice site, but her comparable thread there has only 15 views and no replies.
Thanks for the link. Gone through, there are some good replies. I feel that this hypothetical question I put forth was actually nicely summarized by the member below.

TheSowIsMine wrote:
are not perse my all time favourites(some definitely are), but in a situation like that, I would like a certain variety.


Actually, looking at the lists on imdb here, most have actually appreciated the scenario as well.

The scenario, whilst hypothetical and impossible (I mean why not 10 or 100 albums, as opposed to 10 artist's complete discographies, and don't even ask why you would be bringing albums to a desert island) limits your choices, but at the same time gives you the freedom with the number of albums.

One's choices may not necessarily be your Top 10 favourite artists, or Top 10 best artists. It could be based on:
- Quantity i.e. the artist's discography
- Quality e.g. selected songs you cannot live without
- Quality e.g. selected artists you cannot live without
- Variety - Different moods, different varieties
- Actual scenario - a choice befitting the given scenario of being stranded
- Songs or discographies you always wanted to listen to or appreciate more given this alone/ free time that you have
- etc etc

Sorry for rambling on.