I love a lot of fave bands- anything from the 30s to the early 90s, I like. Most bands from the late 90s and onwards, I just feel like crap. They're more commercialized popstars I think. What the fudge is Hanson for instance?

But out of the many bands, my top three would have to be The Beatles, Queen, and then... (cover your ears!) Air Supply. I like the Beatles because besides starting the up th 60's and the many musical innovations, they are the first ones who just looked appealing to me at the age of 7 and convinced me to pick up a guitar.

I like Queen because i thought its nice to mix opera and rock and because of their many music innovations like the Beatles. (Did I also mentioned that in my opinion, Freddie Mercury is the best showman in the world and is one of the most amazing singers that i've heard- he has quite the range and a vast complex style and singing techniques- most impressive are his chest voice to falsetto and when he changes from hard (course) to gentle (smooth)singing which is very difficult to do cleanly).

Lastly, I like Air Supply (an aussie group for those of you who dont know them) because of two things: I believe they wrote the best love songs in the late 70s and 80s (no matter how cheesy it is to some people) and Russell Hitchcock (the singer) is arguably the best singer that I've ever heard. Have you any of you guys heard him sing. This guy has the range (5 1/2 octaves)!- he virtually sounds like a girl, not a girly falsetto voice- but a voice with a body (pure chest voice)! The most amazing is, its all natural- he can sing very high notes without screaming the notes out or making his voice course. He doesn't have to make an effort. Quality wise, it's better than Peter Cetera. You guys heard of "The Power of Love" and "Without You" (I can't live if living is without you)- recently sang by Celine Dion and Mariah Carey- these guys were the original singers of those songs! Check out their version if u have the time.