I saw Tom Petty up above and that would be my second. I am going to be Cliche and say The Beatles because they have always been my favorite and thier music got me through some hard times when I was in High School in the early 90's.

Depeche mode

Radiohead or Arcade Fire. Arcade Fire is the band that got me into music, and Radiohead is just magical.

I always thought that was a huge part of it too. The teeth. I saw him live in the mid 90s. I can see why interacting with him might be difficult--the alcoholism was well known and yeah speaking he was hard to understand (on a live mic anyway I've never met the guy). But I love their music and don't find him hard to understand when singing. The studio cuts always sounded comprehensible to me.

I guess I just always found it tiresome that this guy comes over and mumbles incoherently while everyone crowds around him and pretends he’s being profound. He’s like a brain-damaged, foul-smelling Chauncy The Gardener.

At least he’s cheerful I guess, that’s worth a lot in my book. And Victoria is lots of fun even on a bad day.

I’ve not been home in a few years, so I’ve not seen them since he got his new teeth. Maybe he’s easier to understand now.

Yes his alcoholism made it worse but I always understood him well enough. There were other singers of that era who clearly prioritized sound of word over meaning and were also hard to understand. Michael Stipe for example in R.E.M. I find it sad you know the guy personally and took the time to make this comment. And since plenty of us do understand his lyrics in songs, he really is not completely unintelligible when singing.

Punk music has never been about enunciating or singing properly. Someone like Christy Moore would not take the time to cover Fairytale of New York if it were not an awesome song.

Heard that

Grateful Dead. I mean, I've already been a Deadicated daily listener for over half my life (so far)...so I might as well keep going.

Funkadelic or Devo

primus- anything les claypool

Thank you. I never actually did the homework to see if they got permission... I just heard the identical riff and thought wow, they stole this shit.... but you have opened my eyes to the truth, so thank you again.

311

Tom Waits without a doubt.

Hmmm… tough choice, but I’m probably going with Garbage.

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Yup. But many other artists stole from them.

Orale

Fuck yee

They didn't steal it, they asked for permission and received it from Ralf Hutter.

Billy Corgan is a national treasure.

Fun fact, coldplay stole music from kraftwerk.

Heard that

Great band. Love um'

Have you ever listened to their discography? And also the "animation" is Jamie Hewlet... the music is Damon Albarn and tons of other collaborative artist... and they're definitely a band of some sort... Clint Eastwood is the radio sex that simpletons groove to, and I know they used a pre-recorded instrument... infact Damon posted a story where he said work smarter, not harder... Also, eat a whole case of wieners because you have no idea what you're talking about mate.