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December 19, 2008 | 12 Comments
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Kaiser Chiefs have made public a list of Mark Ronson's 99 favourite bands and artists.

As part of their takeover of the Guardian's website, the Leeds band originally asked Ronson, producer of their recent 'Off With Their Heads' album, to compile a list featuring 100 artists, but he chose to leave one place available for a future band.

Ronson says he chose not to compile the list numerically, as that would "falsely bestow some sort of order on it," reports The Guardian.

The full list of Mark Ronson's 99 favourite musical acts ever is:

The Beatles
Radiohead
Guns N' Roses
The Band
Traffic
David Bowie
Led Zeppelin
A Tribe Called Quest
The Rolling Stones
The Beach Boys
The Smiths
Stevie Wonder
Beastie Boys
The Strokes
Duran Duran
At The Drive-In
Average White Band
Ben Folds Five
Blondie
Franz Ferdinand
Blur
The Specials
Brand New Heavies
Brand Nubian
Chic
The Clash
Coldplay
Cream
The White Stripes
The Cult
D'Angelo
Hall And Oates
De La Soul
Earth, Wind And Fire
Snoop Dogg
Electronic
Elton John
Elvis Costello
EPMD
Eric B And Rakim
Fela Kuti
Franki Valli And The Four Seasons
Fugazi
Gang Starr
Ghostface Killah
Happy Mondays
Isley Brothers
James Brown
Jamie T
Jane's Addiction
Jay-Z
Jimi Hendrix
John Barry
July
Kaiser Chiefs
Kings Of Leon
The Kinks
Klaxons
Kool And The Gang
KRS-One
LCD Soundsystem
Life Without Buildings
Lily Allen
MOP
Marvin Gaye
The Meters
Mobb Deep
Neil Young
Nine Inch Nails
Notorious BIG
OutKast
Pete Rock And CL Smooth
Prince
The Pretenders
Public Enemy
Queens Of The Stone Age
The Who
Run-DMC
Scritti Politti
The Shangri-La's
Shuggie Otis
Sly And The Family Stone
The Jackson 5
Smokey Robinson And The Miracles
The Spencer Davis Group
Steely Dan
Stevie Wonder
The Stone Roses
The Zombies
T-Rex
Tears For Fears
The Go! Team
Todd Rundgren
Tom Jobim & Elis Regina
Talking Heads
Vampire Weekend
Vince Guaraldi Trio
Weezer
The Whatnauts

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sinsybinsy

Dec 19, 2008

I notice the distinct lack of Oasis in that list... Hmmmm... Could that perhaps be anything to with the fact that Noel publicly slated him in Radio 1 that time?And who the fuck is Mr. Ronson to cast his opinion onto the masses anyway? I wouldn't say the guy's talentless, but he is a complete arse bandit.

gazmassie

Dec 19, 2008

He should compile a list of his favourite covers bands instead. Thats more up his street. Who gives a shit what this talentless no mark thinks anyway. I realise by posting this it would suggest i give a shit but i had to comment on this waste of space who destroys other peoples music for a living.

Tommy D.

Dec 19, 2008

... so just about every popular band there is then. Ronson you twat

sarahshoe802

Dec 19, 2008

does anyone really care who mark ronson's top 100 bands are?!

danshaggy292

Dec 19, 2008

Wot no Winehouse?

the enforcer

Dec 19, 2008

Who gives a fuck what Mark Ronson thinks, but the fact that Kaiser Chiefs determine this as news is a total joke. He doesnt even like Muse, what a loser!

jamesyp

Dec 19, 2008

sinsybinsy- Who is he to cast his opinion to the masses? Well he didn't, did he? He told the Kaiser Chiefs and they published it. It must be terrible in your world not allowing people to have an independent mind and think for themselves. You are you to voice your opinion on this website? Anyway, why is Stevie Wonder on there twice?

Evil_Stu

Dec 19, 2008

No Zutons either. Shame, he's made them rich!!!

Bigshoutout

Dec 21, 2008

Radiohead?the band you covered? / massacredtwat?

Tremor

Dec 21, 2008

Well, I'm going to combine the enforcer's marvellous point with what Jamesyp has noticed (should I be worried or impressed?) and assume that he meant to put Muse. Reasonable assumption I think.

SomeWittyCrap

Dec 21, 2008

Very... average, nothing surprising.But what I find funnier is the people slagging off his taste in music, and saying he's talentless.

rodrigortega

Dec 21, 2008

Brazilian correction to Ronson: Actually, Tom Jobim & Elis Regina are two different singers that recorded one album together and nothing more. It was the same as put Freddie Mercury & Montserrat CaballÃ© or Jack White & Alicia Keys together a list of best artists ;)