Many ppl have threads, asking others to rate their favorite whatevers, so here's mine.

Standard 1-5 rating system (1=Prefer Jay Leno in a purple tutu, 5=Would hide them in my closet, if I could)

The Tubes
Yes
Y&T
Styx
Whitesnake
Krokus
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Golden Earring
Billy Idol/Generation X
Oingo Boingo
Peter Gabriel & The Real World Core Band
XTC
The Who
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Stakka Bo
Bobby Jimmy & The Critters
April Wine

The Tubes....?
Yes.....3
Y&T...?
Styx.....4
Whitesnake....2
Krokus...?
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.....2
Golden Earring...?
Billy Idol/Generation X.....3
Oingo Boingo.....3
Peter Gabriel & The Real World Core Band...3
XTC....2
The Who.....2
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts....2
Stakka Bo...?
Bobby Jimmy & The Critters....?
April Wine...?

The Tubes (3)
Yes (4)
Y&T (3)
Styx (2)
Whitesnake (2)
Krokus (1)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (3)
Golden Earring (3)
Billy Idol/Generation X (4)
Oingo Boingo (2)
Peter Gabriel & The Real World Core Band (3)
XTC (5)
The Who (3)
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts (3)
Stakka Bo  ???
Bobby Jimmy & The Critters  ???
April Wine (5 x 1,000,000)

The Tubes....?
Yes.....3
Y&T...?
Styx.....4
Whitesnake....2
Krokus...?
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.....2
Golden Earring...?
Billy Idol/Generation X.....3
Oingo Boingo.....3
Peter Gabriel & The Real World Core Band...3
XTC....2
The Who.....2
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts....2
Stakka Bo...?
Bobby Jimmy & The Critters....?
April Wine...?


Well, it's not Ramones but you should really try them. :)

I don't know all of these bands well enough, but I'll give it a try anyway.


The Tubes...n/a.(I only know "Don't Wanna Wait Anymore")
Yes....3
Y&T.....n/a (I only know "Animal Woman")
Styx.....n/a (I only know "Sing For The Day" and "Babe")
Whitesnake....2
Krokus....n/a (Don't know any of their songs)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers...4
Golden Earring....5
Billy Idol/Generation X....3.5
Oingo Boingo....n/a (Don't know any of their songs)
Peter Gabriel & The Real World Core Band....n/a (I know Peter Gabriel, but I'm not familair with the RWCB)
XTC....3
The Who....3.5 (I'm growing to like their stuff)
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts....2
Stakka Bo....n/a (I only know "Here We Go Again")
Bobby Jimmy & The Critters....n/a (Don't know any of their songs)
April Wine....n/a (Again, don't know any of their songs

Examples of some of these groups's songs are as follows:

The Tubes- She's A Beauty, Talk To Ya Later, Don't Want To Wait Anymore, Don't Touch Me There
Yes- Owner Of A Lonely Heart, Leave It!, Big Generator, Roundabout, Love Will Find A Way
Y&T- Open Fire, Summertime Girls, Keep On Running, Lipstick & Leather, Masters & Slaves
Styx- Mr. Roboto, Babe, Snowblind, Renegade, Too Much Time On My Hands, Blue Collar Man
Whitesnake- Still Of the Night, Here I Go Again, Is This Love
Krokus- Screaming In the Night, Headhunter, Ballroom Blitz, Midnite Maniac, Eat The Rich
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers- Refugee, Don't Come Around Here No More, MJ's Last Dance
Golden Earring- Radar Love, Twilight Zone, The Vanilla Queen
Billy Idol/Generation X- Rebel Yell, Dancing With Myself, Eyes Without A Face, Flesh For Fantasy
Oingo Boingo- Dead Man's Party, Who Do You Want To Be Today?, Nothing Bad Ever Happens
Peter Gabriel & The Real World Core Band- Big Time, Sledgehammer, Biko, Steam, Digging In the Dirt
XTC- Respectable Street
The Who- Eminence Front, Won't Get Fooled Again, I Can See For Miles, Boris the Spider
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts- Bad reputation, Little Liar, I Hate Myself For Loving You, Fake Friends
Stakka Bo- Here We Go Again, Down the Drain, Natural, Happyman
Bobby Jimmy & The Critters- Big Butt, Somebody Farted!
April Wine- Sign Of the Gypsy Queen, Just Between you & Me, Crash & Burn, Big City Girls

Hopefully, this will jog some memories.

Golden Earring- Radar Love, Twilight Zone, The Vanilla Queen



Golden Earring scored a total of 46 Top 40 hits in the Netherlands from 1965 to 2005, but this song isn't one of them. In fact, I've never even heard of it.... ???

It's on 'The Continuing Story Of Radar Love'.

Side 1, Track 2- between "Radar Love" and "Candi's Going Bad".

April Wine- Crash & Burn, Big City Girls

Those were B-Sides, not hits.

April Wine only had 3 Top 40 hits in the states .. "You Could Have Been A Lady" (1972), "Roller" (1979) and "Just Between You and Me" (1981)

The Tubes...3
Yes...3
Styx...3
Whitesnake...4
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers...4.5
Golden Earring...3
Billy Idol/Generation X...3
Oingo Boingo...3
Peter Gabriel & The Real World Core Band...4
XTC...2
The Who...5
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts...4.5
April Wine...2

One of the bigger differences between me & the average music afficionados is that I don't pay attention solely to the Top Hits. In fact, I find that some of the songs I enjoy more are in fact B-Sides or "Fillers", as we in the business call them.

Besides, just because a song doesn't reach Top 10 or even Top 40 status, doesn't detract from the pure enjoyment of the song.

That is why I listed the examples I did.

One of the bigger differences between me & the average music afficionados is that I don't pay attention solely to the Top Hits. In fact, I find that some of the songs I enjoy more are in fact B-Sides or "Fillers", as we in the business call them.

Besides, just because a song doesn't reach Top 10 or even Top 40 status, doesn't detract from the pure enjoyment of the song.

That is why I listed the examples I did.


You said those songs will jog memories.  B-Sides and fillers will probably only jog memories for fans of said artists

The Tubes n/a
Yes 4 (based on what I've heard from them)
Y&T n/a
Styx n/a (can't form an overall opinion just on what I have heard)
Whitesnake 3
Krokus n/a
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 4
Golden Earring Only know Radar Love, which is a good song
Billy Idol 3 Generation X  ???
Oingo Boingo n/a
Peter Gabriel & The Real World Core Band n/a
XTC n/a
The Who 5
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 2
Stakka Bo n/a
Bobby Jimmy & The Critters n/a
April Wine n/a

Tom Petty-5
Oingo Boingo-5

The Tubes  5
Yes  4
Styx  5
Whitesnake  5
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers  5
Golden Earring  3... I only know "Twilight Zone"
Billy Idol/Generation X  4
Oingo Boingo  5
Peter Gabriel & The Real World Core Band  5 for just Peter himself
XTC  4
The Who  3
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts  4
April Wine  3

Good! I like productive feedback!

There are a few more I may throw in here, in a few...

Many ppl have threads, asking others to rate their favorite whatevers, so here's mine.

Standard 1-5 rating system (1=Prefer Jay Leno in a purple tutu, 5=Would hide them in my closet, if I could)

The Tubes
Yes
Y&T
Styx
Whitesnake
Krokus
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Golden Earring
Billy Idol/Generation X
Oingo Boingo
Peter Gabriel & The Real World Core Band
XTC
The Who
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Stakka Bo
Bobby Jimmy & The Critters
April Wine


I either haven't heard of, or haven't heard the music of, half of these artists. Of those I've heard, XTC and The Who would rate 5, Yes would rate 4, Joan Jett 2, Whitesnake 2, Billy Idol 2 as well...

I admit, there are a few bands that may puzzle ppl, so here's a brief dossier:

The Tubes- Bay Area band, made it big with "She's A Beauty".
Yes- The famous British band ("Owner Of A Lonely Heart")
Y&T- Hard rock band from the '80s & '90s, first real hit was "Don't Stop Runnin'".
Styx- The famed American band, throughout the '70s, to present.
Whitesnake- The hard rock band that was famous for 2 things: Their music, & Tawny Kitaen.
Krokus- Swiss hard-rock band, made a surprisingly wicked remake of "Ballroom Blitz"- far superior to Sweet.
Tom Petty- Need I explain?
Golden Earring- The famous Dutch band, noted for "Radar Love", and "Twilight Zone".
Billy Idol/Gen. X- The hard punk icon, and the band where he started.
Oingo Boingo- Danny Elfman & his zany crew of ska/rock/punk/pop sidekicks.
Peter Gabriel- The esteemed British singer/songwritier, and his longtime core band.
XTC- A British band known for their clothing, and hard "good time" music.
The Who- 'Nuff said!
Joan Jett- The American punk rock goddess, who will ALWAYS have a fan in me!
Stakka Bo- A wonderful Swedish Europop/Euro-hip-hop group, first noted for "Here We Go Again".
Bobby Jimmy & The Critters- American comedy/parody group, made "Big Butt" & "Somebody Farted!"
April Wine- Canadian supergroup- known primarily for "Just Between You & Me".

-Hope this helps!

April Wine- Canadian supergroup- known primarily for "Just Between You & Me".


32 Canadian Hits (19 Top 40)
7 US Hits (3 Top 40)

The Tubes...5 (70,s)....4 (80's) 
Yes....5 (again 70's)...2 ( 80's and after)
Y&T...?
Styx...4
Whitesnake...3
Krokus...3
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers....Not enough negetive numbers
Golden Earring...4
Billy Idol/Generation X...3
Oingo Boingo...3
Peter Gabriel & The Real World Core Band...3
XTC....5
The Who....5
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts....3
Stakka Bo...?
Bobby Jimmy & The Critters...?
April Wine...4

I never knew! you have excellent taste.

I never knew! you have excellent taste.



Thank you! I always thought so.