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  1. 1
    Alternative rock, Rock music, Hard rock, Punk rock, Alternative metal, Post-grunge, Post-hardcore, Grunge music More
    Seattle
    Skin and Bones, The Pretender, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, Back and Forth, Learn to Fly, Next Year, Big Me, One by One, Foo Fighters, Wasting Light, 2007-11-12: Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, UK, My Hero, DOA, I'll Stick Around, Live at the Melkweg, Amsterdam, 10-17-99 (one disc version), Best of You, This Is a Call, We Will Rock You, Five Songs and a Cover, In Your Honor, Live at Big Day Out 2000, Long Road to Ruin, Medium Rare, Monkey Wrench, Resolve, For All the Cows, Stacked Actors, Live in Holland (Part 1: Breakout), The Colour and the Shape, 2002-12-04: Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway, 2005-05-21: KROQ Weenie Roast: Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA, USA, Everlong, Live in Holland (Part 2: Next Year), Inédits, The Wireless, 2001-14-01: Live Rock in Rio 3: Rock in Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Frenzy, Generator, The Pretender, The Colour and the Shape, Winnebago, Mine Is Yours and Yours Is Mine, Big Me, Have It All, My Hero: Japan Special Edition, Times Like These, Foo Fighters: Greatest Hits, Greatest Hits, Rope, Live at Roswell, Everywhere But Home, AT&T Wireless Acoustic Series, Quiet before the Storm, Brain Damage, ITunes Festival: London 2011, 1995-03-06: Enter the Dragon: King's College, London, UK, Narada Lotus Acoustic Sampler 5, 1995-06-03: X Static: Europe, 2001-08-17: Bizarre Festival, Weeze, Germany, 2002-09-16: Triple J: Live at the Wireless, Sydney, Australia, 2004-05-30: Rock in Rio Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, 2002-08-24: The Main Stage, Carling Reading Festival, Little Johns Farm, UK, 2005-08-13: Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2006-06-17: Hyde Park, London, UK, Fighting the 'N' Factor, Unplugged, All My Life, There Is Nothing Left to Lose, Times Like These, Acoustic, Low, The One, Walking After You, Breakout, Alone + Easy Target, Generator EP, Times Like These, Let It Die, The missing pieces, 5 songs and a cover, 2007-08-17: BBC Radio 1, Brighton, England, UK, B-Sides More
    RCA Records, Capitol Records, RCA Records, RCA
  2. 2
    Classical music, Alternative rock, Rock music, Hard rock, Progressive rock, Pop rock, Electronic music, Post-grunge, Progressive metal, Electronic rock, Art rock, Symphonic rock, Space rock, New Prog More
    Devon, Teignmouth
    Muscle Museum, Absolution, Muse EP, Absolution Tour, Plug In Baby, Sing for Absolution, HAARP, Sunburn, Uprising, Sing for Absolution, Showbiz, This Is A Muse Demo, New Born EP, Plug In Baby, The Resistance, Black Holes and Revelations, Dead Star / In Your World, Muscle Museum EP, Uno, New Born, New Born, Bliss, Time Is Running Out, The Haarp Tour: Live From Wembley, Live , Hullabaloo: Live at Le Zenith, Paris, Cave, Stockholm Syndrome, Sunburn 2, Hysteria, Muscle Museum EP, Origin of Symmetry, Knights of Cydonia, Hyper Music, Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever), Butterflies and Hurricanes, Starlight, Plug In Baby, Random 1-8, Supermassive Black Hole, Muse, 2 Tracks Demo, Exogenesis: Symphony, Dead Star, Muscle Museum 2, Hullabaloo Soundtrack, Invincible, Cave, Feeling Good / Hyper Music, Unintended, Plug In Baby EP, Cave, Hyper Music / Feeling Good, Hyper Music / Feeling Good, Feeling Good, Map of the Problematique, Undisclosed Desires, Dead Star / In Your World, Unintended 2, Hullabaloo Soundtrack, Unintended, Newton Abbot Demo, The Resistance More
    Warner Bros. Records, Mushroom Records, Warner Music Group, Atco Records, East West Records, A&E Records, Taste Media More
  3. 3
    Alternative rock, Rock music, Britpop, Indie rock, Piano rock, Pop
    London
    Safety E.P., In My Place, Talk, A Rush of Blood to the Head, X&Y, Ode to Deodorant / Brothers + Sisters, Strawberry Swing, Brothers & Sisters, Trouble, Parachutes, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, Brothers & Sisters EP, Ode to Deodorant, Clocks / Yellow, The Scientist, The Blue Room E.P., Yellow, The Singles 1999-2006, Speed of Sound, X & Y Live 2005, Viva la Vida, 2003-01-28: Houston, TX, USA, Greatest Hits, Prospekt's March, Clocks, 2008-10-04: Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium, A Rush of Blood to the Head (instrumental), What If, Violet Hill, Life in Technicolor ii, Lhuna, 2008-07-23: United Center, Chicago, IL, USA, Don't Panic, Live in Charlotte, Mince Spies, Sparks, Trouble Live EP, Christmas Lights, God Put a Smile Upon Your Face, Clocks, Shiver, Trouble Remixes, Live 2003, LeftRightLeftRightLeft, Lost+ / Viva la Vida, 2000-07-24: Maida Vale, London, UK, 2008-07-22: United Center, Chicago, IL, USA, Best of You, Remixes, The Remixes (vinyl), Speed of Sound, Coldplay's fifth album, Fix You, Remixes, Trouble: Norwegian Live EP: Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo, Coldplay's fifth studio album, Lost!, Viva la Vida (The Dirty Funker remixes), The Hardest Part More
    Universal Music Group, EMI, Capitol Records, Parlophone, Fierce Panda Records More
  4. 4
    Alternative rock, Pop rock, Soul music, Experimental rock, Indie rock, Indie pop, Electronica, Experimental music, Art rock, Neofolk, Anti-folk, Baroque pop More
    ITunes Festival: London 2010, Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up), Between Two Lungs, Live At The Wireless, Lungs, Between Two Lungs (disc 2), Dog Days Are Over, You've Got the Love, Drumming Song, Kiss With a Fist, Drumming Song, A Lot of Love, A Lot of Blood, ITunes Live from SoHo, A Lot of Love. A Lot of Blood, Live at the Wiltern, Ceremonials More
    Island Records, Moshi moshi records, IAMSOUND Records
  5. 5
    Folk music, Folk rock, Alternative country, Roots rock, Indie rock, Bluegrass, Folk punk More
    Greenville, Concord
    Live At The Double Door Inn, Live, Volume 2, Live, Vol. 2, Four Thieves Gone, 2010-09-30: Morning Becomes Eclectic, Santa Monica, CA, USA, Mignonette, Emotionalism, A Carolina Jubilee, The Second Gleam, The Gleam, I and Love and You, Country Was, Swept Away, Four Thieves Gone: The Robbinsville Sessions, Live, Volume 3, 2009-05-29: World Cafe Live, WXPN-FM, Philadelphia, PA, USA, The Avett Brothers, The Avett Bros. More
  6. 6
    Alternative rock, Rock music, Post-punk, Pop
    Dublin
    October, U2 Popmart - Miss Sarajevo, Stay (Faraway, So Close!), Melon: Remixes for Propaganda, Walk On, Under a Blood Red Sky, Achtung Baby, Wide Awake in Europe, Mountains in a Blue Sky Denver, Tokyo: Last Night at the Zoo, The Best of 1990-2000, U2 Beautiful Day, The Total Thing, The Best of 1980-1990, Two Hearts Beat as One, Boy, U2 Greatest Hits 2001, Where the Streets Have No Name, Unreleased & Rare, Pop, Please: PopHeart Live EP, Zoo TV: Live From Sydney, Last Night on Earth, Live from under the Brooklyn Bridge, Stuck in the Middle of New York City, Magnificent, All That You Can't Leave Behind, Zooropa, The Joshua Tree, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, Fire, Gloria, Lemon, A Day Without Me, Popmart: Live from Mexico City, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, War, Zoo TV Live, Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky, Sweetest Thing, Rattle and Hum, Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, Mysterious Ways, Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, Maximum U2, U2 Live at the Taboo Club, Scarborough, 1997-09-30: Ramat-Gan National Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Stop the Traffic: Rock & Roll, Pride (In the Name of Love), U2.COMmunication, A Tribute to the Greatest Hits of U2, The Million Dollar Hotel: Music from the Motion Picture, All Because of You, The Complete U2, The New Word, Volume 1: [1979-1983], I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight, One, New Year's Day, The Best of 1990-2000 & B-Sides, Get on Your Boots, The Concert - Red Rocks, Beautiful Day, U218 Singles, Vertigo: Live from Chicago, The Unforgettable Fire, All That You Can't Leave Behind, If God Will Send His Angels, 2000-12-05: Irving Plaza, New York, NY, USA, Greatest Hits 2000, Elevation: Live From Boston, 2001-07-21: Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin, Italy, No Surrender, Live from the Point Depot, When Love Comes to Town, Zoo TV: Live From Sydney, War (Deluxe Edition) (disc 2), Live from Paris, U218 Singles, U2 360° at the Rose Bowl, U2 Duals, Staring at the Sun, Pride - the Classic Hits Recorded Live in Chicago, Electrical Storm, Original Soundtracks 1, Medium, Rare and Remastered, Keeping the Faith [1984-1988], The Everlasting Love (New and Best), Live From Under the Brooklyn Bridge, Elevation, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, God Part II, Another Day, U218 Singles, Hasta La Vista Baby!, U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland, 20 Years: The Definitive Covers' Story From 1979 to 1999, Live From Boston 1981, Tokyo: Last Night at the Zoo, Zoo TV Tour, Earthquake in Rome, The Eye of the Fly, No Surrender: Live in Dublin 1980, Zoo TV Live, Mountains in a Blue Sky Denver, Welcome to Boston, U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland, Governor Mecham & MLK, Even Better Than the Real Thing, Window in the Skies, Island Treasures, October (Deluxe Edition) (disc 2), Vertigo, Passengers: Original Soundtracks 1, Angel of Harlem, History, I Will Follow, Wide Awake in America, Elevation, Three, Songs of Ascent, City of Blinding Lights, Artificial Horizon, All I Want Is You, Please, No Line on the Horizon, A Celebration, U2, Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own, 7, Exclusive, The Unforgettable Fire, The Fly, Last Night on Earth, Soon, Desire, U2 7, Unplugged, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, Wide Awake In Europe, Mofo Remixes, Last Night on Earth, With or Without You, Discothèque More
    Interscope Records, Columbia Records, Mercury Records, Island Records, CBS Records More
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  8. 8
    Alternative country, Indie rock, Southern rock
    Seattle
    Infinite Arms, Cease to Begin, The Funeral, Georgia, Everything All the Time, No One's Gonna Love You, Tour EP, Band of Horses More
    Columbia Records, Sub Pop, Fat Possum Records
  9. 9
    Alternative rock, Rock music, Hard rock, Blues-rock, Indie rock, Psychedelic rock, Punk blues, Garage rock, Americana More
    Akron
    Till I Get My Way, I Got Mine, Live, Juanitas (Mar 18, '04), Brothers (Deluxe Edition), Thickfreakness, The Big Come Up, Magic Potion, Leavin' Trunk/She Said, She Said, Live at the Crystal Ballroom, Rubber Factory, ITunes Session, Ohio, The Live, El Camino, Attack & Release, Strange Times, Brothers, Blakroc, The Six Parts Seven/The Black Keys EP, 10 A.M. Automatic, All by Yourself, Live at Shepherd's Bush, Hard Row, The Black Keys, At TT the Bears (Cambridge, MA 2003-5-16 Live), Borderline, 2003-05-07 Peel Session, Live in Austin, TX, The World Cafe (Live) 2004-11-11, 2004-09-05: KEXP Live, 2005-03-18: Sydney, Australia, 2003-02-21: Southgate House, Newport, KY, USA, The Moan, Borderline, Have Love Will Travel, Your Touch - The EP, Attack & Release, Chulahoma, Your Touch, Just Got to Be / Black Door More
    Nonesuch Records, V2 Records, Fat Possum Records, Alive Records
  10. 10
    Alternative rock, Experimental rock, Indie rock, Psychedelic rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Dream pop, Space rock, Psychedelic pop More
    Oklahoma City
    1984-1990: A Collection of Songs Representing an Enthusiasm for Recording... by Amateurs, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Part 1, The Soft Bulletin, Due to High Expectations... the Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles for Your Balloons, Oh My Gawd!!!, Hear It Is, Wastin' Pigs, Brainville, Zaireeka, At War with the Mystics, In a Priest Driven Ambulance, Shambolic Birth and Early Life Of, Gummy Song Skull, She Don't Use Jelly, Christmas on Mars, Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell, The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Bad Days, At War With the Mystics 5.1, At War With the Mystics Instrumentals, It Overtakes Me, Do You Realize??, Race for the Prize, Fight Test, Hit to Death in the Future Head, Telepathic Surgery, Do You Realize??, Silent Night, The W.A.N.D., Christmas on Mars, The Flaming Lips, Songs From the Future Album Embryonic, The Dark Side of the Moon, Embryonic, Clouds Taste Metallic, Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell, Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid, Turn It On, The Southern Oklahoma Cosmic Trigger Contest, The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side of the Moon, Christmas on Mars, Yoshimi Wins: Live Radio Sessions, U.F.O.s at the Zoo: The Legendary Concert in Oklahoma City, Fight Test, Waitin' for a Superman, Transmissions from the Satellite Heart, Yeah, I Know It's a Drag... But Wastin Pigs Is Still Radical, Late Night Tales: Flaming Lips, The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song, 20 Years of Weird: The Flaming Lips 1986-2006, 20 Years of Weird: Flaming Lips 1986-2006, Do You Realize??, Flaming Lips 2011: The Flaming Lips with Neon Indian, Heady Nuggs, This Here Giraffe, The Soft Bulletin 5.1, ITunes Originals - The Flaming Lips More
    Warner Bros. Records, Restless Records

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    Best Live Bands of 2011 at 12/12/2011 11:32 PM
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