Your Second Favorite Band Next to the Beachboys

[TonyW]

CSN, The Go-Betweens, The Triffids, The Band, Mink Deville (Willy DeVille), Stephen Cummings (Sports).

[southbay]

In terms of sheer OBSESSION? 

1. The Beach Boys
2. The Boston Red Sox
3. The New England Patriots

But I don't think this was the point of your question, so....

In terms of MUSIC?
1. The Beach Boys

2. The Eagles
2a. Fleetwood Mac

[Shady]

Beach Boys obviously being number 1

My second place would have to go to, Van Morrison, Dylan, Beatles, Zeppelin, Prince, Eminem

I can't choose

[Myk Luhv]

Actually, Mac would be 2b, since the Eagles are 2a...

As for me: at the moment, Daniel Ingram

[Jason]

The Moody Blues, followed by Os Mutantes, The Doors, and Serge Gainsbourg.

[over and over]

1. The Beach Boys
2. The Replacements
3. Husker Du
4. The Lovin' Spoonful

[Alan Smith]

listed in order of post BB obsession with links to what got me in:

The Smiths - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRtW1MAZ32M&feature=related

They Might Be Giants - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dQLkxz6c2E&feature=fvwrel

The Who - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8dSBWysmnM

Billy Bragg - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4v8VJ0LRgA

Pixies - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDw-hTuwcvA

REM - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf6vCjtaV1k

The Go-Betweens - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq1s6FCEoZM

The Triffids - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6y1nISLVq4

The Jam - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE1ct5yEuVY&ob=av2n

Anything by these god forsaken Kiwis - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eeuy8PD0bFM, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlVQyJHBKzY, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKWkK1tJxdw

Horace Silver - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLdm1yuoU_Q

And finally, these guys, who were nice enough to include one of my photos in the booklet for their recent retrospective: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAwzhYMtIh0

[Paulos]

Not sure who would be number two, it would be out of the following:

The Beatles
The Byrds
Weezer
The Monkees

[Mikie]

Serge Gainsbourg.

Who??   

[bossaroo]

probably Steely Dan

but also:
Kinks
Grateful Dead
Byrds (mostly Gene Clark, Gram Parsons, and Clarence White)
Flying Burrito Bros.
Ween
The Who
CCR
Stevie Wonder
Burt Bacharach
Thelonious Monk
Antonio Carlos Jobim

the Beatles and the Stones ain't bad either. and that Dylan guy.

I'm a big fan of classic country too:
Hank Sr, Lefty Frizzell, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, George Jones, etc.

[Jason]

Serge Gainsbourg.

Who??   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serge_Gainsbourg

[Stegibo]

AC/DC
Genesis
Volbeat
Bloodhound Gang
Status Quo

[SG7]

Stereolab

[Denny's Drums]

Stereolab

I'd list Stereolab as one of my favorites as well as

The Beatles
The Who
Beck
Pavement
Sonic Youth
Fiery Furnaces
Velvet Underground

[drbeachboy]

The Electric Light Orchestra is probably my second favorite band after The Beach Boys, though Steely Dan comes very close, as well.

[DonnyL]

1. Beach Boys
2. Pearls Before Swine
3. Kinks
4. Love
5. Lee Hazlewood

[GoodToMyBaby]

1. Beatles (The red album was my start)
2. Jackson Browne (Solo Acoustic)
3. The Beach Boys ( Pet Sounds)

[Emdeeh]

No. 2 band for me is Jethro Tull. Nice to see they made a couple of other folks' lists.

[Mikie]

The Electric Light Orchestra is probably my second favorite band after The Beach Boys

Easily in my top 10 all time best. Easily. I don't think I'd be exaggerating if I said that Jeff Lynne is a genius. Right up there with the best writers in Rock & Roll history. Why ELO is not in the Hall is beyond me!

[Mr. Wilson]

Im to lazy to write my list cause 3 people already listed my favorites..Mikie..SmileBrian..Bossaroo..Noticed no one mentioned Steve Winwood/Traffic. + G.Dead.. love The Kinks + Jethro Tull  Steely Dan nice to see them mentioned here. I also love Every Famous Jazz Guitar player + blues players of renown. nice to see such wide ranging interests in different genres of music. Obviously there is a lot of knowledge + musicians + collectors posting here..GREAT TOPIC.!

[Alan Smith]

The Electric Light Orchestra is probably my second favorite band after The Beach Boys

Easily in my top 10 all time best. Easily. I don't think I'd be exaggerating if I said that Jeff Lynne is a genius. Right up there with the best writers in Rock & Roll history. Why ELO is not in the Hall is beyong me!

The beauty of these kind of posts are reminders of things you hadn't thought about for a while - ELO were my first OCD band before the BB's, and I haven't thought about them in sometime, I can feel a Rockaria comin' on

[Runaways]

i'll also add josh rouse.  He's pretty great.  pick up the album nashville for pop perfection.

Personally, My main interest is one that can change without warning - To be perfectly honest I'm quite an excessive Oasis fan along with The Beach Boys, but don't worry, I bought the SMiLE box set before it was even officially released, so I must still have some credibility. And yes, the Beatles are up there too, but I think it's all down to obsessions for me - Beatles led to beach Boys (Pet Sounds being linked to Sgt. pepper so much), but i have no idea how I got into Oasis.... (But I seriously think its a tad excessive, but I love it!)

madferit!

[Malc]

Beach Boys
Bread
Monkees
Eagles
Genesis
Toto
Moodies
... a host of others  (Poco, Byrds, Association. F.Mac ...)

[Iron Horse-Apples]

Mccartney/Lennon were the greatest songwriters of all time

Arrghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

So you've heard every song ever written?

[matt-zeus]

Queen (all eras plus solo) are my all time favourite band
Then Beach Boys (and solo) / Led Zeppelin (and solo)
Then in a vague and changeable order:
Genesis (70s, Gabriel and early Collins era)
Black Sabbath (70s and early 80s basically Ozzy and Dio stuff)
Steely Dan (70s)
Pink Floyd (60s and 70s)
The Beatles (and solo, especially McCartney)
The Rolling Stones (60s and 70s)
The Byrds (later era plus offshoot acts - gram, gene, burritos)
David Bowie (60s and 70s)
Saint Etienne
Nick Lowe
Neil Young (60s and 70s)
Abba
Dion Dimucci
Fleetwood Mac (Buckingham era)
Kate Bush
The Everly Brothers
Harry Nilsson
INXS
Simon and Garfunkel/Paul Simon
Velvet Underground (plus early Lou Reed and John Cale solo)
Salad
Hall and Oates (70s and 80s)
Stackridge
Goldfrapp
Ron Sexsmith
Yes (60s and 70s)
The Who (60s and 70s)
The Waterboys