legman

The problem with ranking artists and deciding whom I like better is complicated. I know I like Iron Maiden better than Steve Miller, but what about David Bowie verses Slade? Testament verses Destruction?
SO Screw numbering the music I like! I'll just list here all the stuff I like enough to have either a) an full album of stuff I like, b) lots of singles that I like, or c) several albums I like.

Accept, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Tori Amos, Ancient, Angel WItch, Annihilator, Anvil, Aqua, Armored Saint, Assassin, Attacker, At the Gates, Bal-Sagoth, Bathory, Bad Co., Basement Jax, Battlezone, Beastie Boys, Beatles, Pat Benatar, Bitch, Bjork, Black Crowes, Black Flag, BLACK SABBATH, Blind Guardian, Blue Oyster Cult, Bon Jovi, Bolt Thrower, David Bowie, Michelle Branch, Cancer, Cannibal Corpse, Carcass, Carpathain Forest, Johnny Cash, Cathedral, Celtic Frost, Cheap Trick, Children of Bodom, Cinderella, Cirith Ungol, the Clash, Alice Cooper, Cradle of Filth, CCR, Sheryl Crow, the Crown, the Cure, the Damned, Damn Yankees, Dangerous Toys, Darkthrone, Death, Death Angel, Deep Purple, Def Leppard, Deicide, Demon, John Denver, Depeche Mode, Destruction, Dimmu Borgir, DIO, Dismember, Dissection, Dizie Chicks, DRI, Donnas, Dokken, Bob Dylan, Eagles, Melissa Etheridge, Exciter, Exodus, Faith No More, Faster Pussycat, Fastway, Firehouse, Fight, Foghat, Foreighner, Lita Ford, Franz Ferdinand, Fear, Ace Frehley, Gamma Ray, Girlschool, Gary Glitter (the music, not creepy him), Goldfrapp, Grave Digger, Great Kat, Green Day, Grim Reaper, Guns N Roses, Sammy Hagar (DL Roth is cooler though), Hallows Eve, Helloween, Don Henley, Hypocrisy, Natalie Imbruglia, Inxs, IRON MAIDEN, Joe Jackson, JOAN JETT, Jewel (the pop album), Journey, JUDAS PRIEST, Kansas, Killer Dwarfs, King Diamond, Carole King, KISS, KIX, Kreator, Krokus, Led Zeppelin, Cyndi Lauper, Avril Lavigne, Lizzy Borden, L7, Lynyrd Skynyrd (not Freebird though, except for the guitar part near the end), Madam X, Madonna, Yngwie Malmsteen, Manowar, Marilyn Manson, Marduk, Bob Marley, Sara McLachlan, Megadeth, John Mellencamp, MERCYFUL FATE, Metal Church, METALLICA, Steve Miller, Misfits, Molly Hatchet, Mandy Moore (cover song album), Morbid Angel, Mortiis, MOTLEY CRUE, MOTORHEAD, Napalm Death, Nasty Savage, Nazareth, Willie Nelson, Night Ranger, Nuclear Assault, Ted Nugent, Obituary, Omen, Ozzy Osbourne, OVERKILL, OZ, Pentagram, Tom Petty, Piledriver, Pink, Pink Floyd, Poison, Possessed, Precious Metal, Pretty Boy Floyd, Prince, Public Enemy, P.I.L., Suzi Quatro, QUEEN!!!, Quiet Riot, RAGE, Rainbow, Ramones, Ratt, Raven, Razor, R.H.C.P., Rolling Stones, Rose Tattoo, David Lee Roth, Runaways, Run DMC, RUNNING WILD, Rush, Savage, Michael Schenker Group, Scorpions, Sepultura, SEX PISTOLS, Sigh, Six Feet Under, Skid Row, Slade, SLAYER, Smiths, Sodom, Stereolab, Stryper (they had one good album, I swear!), Styx, Swordmaster, TESTAMENT, Thin Lizzy, Twisted Sister, Tygers of Pan Tang, UFO, URIAH HEEP, VAN HALEN, VENOM, Voivod, Vondur, WARLOCK, Warlord, Warrant, W.A.S.P., Whiplash, Whitesnake, the Who, Edgar Winter Group, Witchery, Wolfmother, YEAH YEAH YEAHS, Yes, Neil Young, White Zombie/Rob Zombie, ZZ Top.

and added today: Jag FUCKIN' Panzer! and added later: Warfare, Jet!

..this is not counting the stuff I haven't listened to yet... or have listened to but familiar enough with to know for sure if I like it or not.
I found some cds today I'd forgotten I'd bought...