Rock and Roll Awards

Is "band" strictly a band, or does it also mean "artist"--that is, an individual can be considered a "band"?

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"Meretricious persiflage!" -- D.H. Lawrence

It can be band or artist, either one.

"We're not too old for this sh*t!" -Riggs and Murtaugh, 'Lethal Weapon 4' (1998)

Favorite Rock Song: All-time: "Mystery Train" (studio version by the Band)
1960-1970: "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues," Bob Dylan
1971-1980: "Won't Get Fooled Again," the Who
1981-1990: "Pick Me, I'm Clean," Frank Zappa

Favorite Rock Band (Of All Time): Frank Zappa

Coolest Rock Band Name: The Clash

Favorite Rock Album Cover: Mott the Hoople (first album)

Favorite Singer: Bob Seger

Favorite Lead Guitarist: Eric Clapton (up to 1970s)

Favorite Drummer: Vinnie Colaiuta

Adding:

Favorite Bassist: John Entwistle

Favorite Keyboardist: Rick Wright

Might as well round out the band!

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"Meretricious persiflage!" -- D.H. Lawrence

Cool stuff, man.

I'll add on as well:

Favorite Bassist: John Pierce

Favorite Keyboardist: Keith Emerson

"We're not too old for this sh*t!" -Riggs and Murtaugh, 'Lethal Weapon 4' (1998)

Too many choices. I've given to those which immediately come to mind. I've also added a few more awards i.e. 90s, noughties, 10s.

Favorite Rock Song 1960-1970: The End - The Doors

Favorite Rock Song 1971-1980: Stargazer - Rainbow

Favorite Rock Song 1981-1990: Fade to Black - Metallica

Favorite Rock Song 1991-2000: Hangar 18 - Megadeth

Favorite Rock Song 2001-2010: Last Fight – Velvet Revolver

Favorite Rock Song 2011- Now: Waiting for the End – Linkin Park (theoretically this was end of year 2010)

Favorite Rock Band (Of All Time): Metallica (up to the Black Album only)

Coolest Rock Band Name: Marilyn Manson

Favorite Rock Album Cover: The Southern Harmony & Musical Companion – The Black Crowes

Favorite Singer: Ronnie James Dio

Favorite Lead Guitarist: Steve Vai (Vai was a lead guitarist in a few bands e.g. Whitesnake prior to solo)

Favorite Bassist: Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)

Favourite Keyboardist: Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest) (He was the Lead Guitarist but also did the keyboards. IMO Judas Priest had the perfect mix of keyboards, lead and rhythm guitars)

Favorite Drummer: Cozy Powell (Rainbow etc)

I wasn't going to participate in this thread, but Izzy inspired me to do so. Furthermore, I'm using Izzy's additional award categories:

Favorite Rock Song 1960-1970: "Paranoid" - Black Sabbath (Released 18 September 1970 in the UK): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96QBXReEQ2k

Favorite Rock Song 1971-1980: "Kill the King" - Rainbow (1978): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83qBRmM00R4

Favorite Rock Song 1981-1990: "The Hellion/Electric Eye" - Judas Priest (1982): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1zAFZ0NX_A

Favorite Rock Song 1991-2000: "Left Hand Black" - Danzig (1992): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mofmOWY3SKc

Favorite Rock Song 2001-2010: "Lightyears from Home" - Primal Fear (2002): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdKN3sFRBJ4

Favorite Rock Song 2011- Now: "Sea of Horns" - Absolute Power (2011): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y0mw4NoaBM

Favorite Rock Band (Of All Time): Judas Priest (1979's "Unleashed in the East" through 2001's "Demolition" - excluding 1986's "Turbo" and 1988's "Ram It Down")

Coolest Rock Band Name: Iron Maiden

Favorite Rock Album Cover: "Somewhere in Time" – Iron Maiden (1986). Not my favorite Maiden album, but the cover is incredibly detailed and full of what we would now call Easter eggs: http://www.dream-wallpaper.com/art-wallpaper/iron-maiden-wallpaper/1920x1200/free-wallpaper-24.html

Favorite Singer: Tie between Ronnie James Dio (Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio), Rob Halford (Judas Priest), and Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)

Favorite Lead Guitarist: Eddie Van Halen (The Van Halen band was my "gateway drug" to the larger world of heavy metal)

Favorite Bassist: Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)

Favorite Keyboardist: Claude Schnell (Dio) - I used to hate keyboards in heavy metal, but Dio was the first band that made them palatable to me.

Favorite Drummer: Dave Lombardo (Slayer) - I have to give a shout-out to my one-time favorite band, and this is as good as any way to do it. I still remember a review of Slayer's "Reign in Blood" album which said it made Metallica's "Master of Puppets" sound like it was "recorded by a bunch of wimps". And Lombardo is a big reason that was true. (FYI - I am a Metallica fan.) No wonder Slayer followed that up with the slower "South of Heaven" - on "Reign in Blood" they were pretty much operating at the limit of human endurance.

Favorite Drummer: Dave Lombardo (Slayer)
Lombardo was pretty amazing. I lost whatever interest I had in Slayer when he left.

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"Meretricious persiflage!" -- D.H. Lawrence

Lombardo was pretty amazing. - darryl-tahirali

Indeed he was. Wikipedia even notes:

Lombardo is most widely known as a very aggressive, phenomenal and exceptionally skilled heavy metal drummer. His use of the drums has been called "astonishingly innovative" and earned him the title "the godfather of double bass" from Drummer World.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Lombardo

I lost whatever interest I had in Slayer when he left. - darryl-tahirali

I was about to say the same was true for me. However I checked, and the last Slayer album I purchased, "Divine Interention", was their first album to feature Paul Bostaph on drums. I have to say that Bostaph did a fine job, and he was not the reason this was my final Slayer album.