Coachella Message Board's "50 acts who haven’t played Coachella but should"

[Boourns]

Smashing Pumpkins are still a thing? I thought it was just Billy Corgan and a bunch of randoms.

It is. And even when it was Billy with the original bunch, it wasn't a great show. Like nosurprises said, it's sad how people would rather see Billy and the latest crop of musical day laborers than REM, Neil Young, Sufjan Stevens, Nick Cave, etc. Speaking of shameful matters, who voted for Justin Timberlake, UB40, Fine Young Cannibals, Adele, Britney? I thought at least Swans and maybe Lush would end up making the top 50.

[luckyface]

Wow, people have differing tastes? This is weird. Never thought it would come out in a poll like this.

[Gribbz]

Shame hardly anyone voted for Ray Davies. The Kinks are one of the greatest bands in rock and roll history.

[Boourns]

I regret missing him at Glastonbury. That set looked like a lot of fun.

[Gribbz]

I regret missing him at Glastonbury. That set looked like a lot of fun.

No kidding. He's aged rather well too. His voice still sounds great:

[greghead]

Shame hardly anyone voted for Ray Davies. The Kinks are one of the greatest bands in rock and roll history.

Best believe I voted for Ray Davies.

[Bons222000]

Is there just a 0% chance of GV ever booking someone like Slayer? Say...to play a similar slot that Refused got this year? Maybe even a Kasabian-type of spot?

I'm not even that into Slayer but I think seeing a band like them at Coachella would be pretty fucking sweet. I know they don't do much metal, if any, but I think they'd be a relatively decent draw.

[juloxx]

I would love to see Slayer at Coachella, only because I would never pay to see them otherwise. Same goes for Korn....... and maybe, A7x


Want to make it clear I am not big on any of these people, but I would enjoy seeing a high profile metal act just for shits and giggles.

[Grant]

the words korn/a7x and high profile should never be in the same sentence

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

Is there just a 0% chance of GV ever booking someone like Slayer? Say...to play a similar slot that Refused got this year? Maybe even a Kasabian-type of spot?

I'm not even that into Slayer but I think seeing a band like them at Coachella would be pretty fucking sweet. I know they don't do much metal, if any, but I think they'd be a relatively decent draw.

The problem with a band like Slayer is that they're just too big get the right time slot at a fest like Coachella and no right to headline or sub-headline. the audience isn't there to support them. Plus, there's plenty of big mainstream metal festivals that Slayer will fit into.

[frizzlefry]

Maybe limit the votes for round two? And Ray Davies should in the top fucking ten

[santasutt]

Also...really on the Tom Petty? REALLY?

Ever been to one of his shows?

This might happen to you.

[Riggins33]

Ray Davies would be my number 1, would be fun to see Paul Simon too...I like that Billy Braggs on there, really want to see him.

[CaseSensitive]

Are people unaware of the hearing conditions that mean neither of these could ever happen, or do they just not care? I'd love to see The Magnetic Fields someday, don't get me wrong, but that's an ATP or nowhere kind of thing.

Adore the Magnetic Fields too, but can't picture them at Coachella either. I must see them some day though.

I would flip out if the Violent Femmes play in 2013 and of course, if David Bowie's name appeared, I'd probably faint. I feel like I'll never get to see him live

[captncrzy]

Tom Petty isn't the right fit for Coachella. Bonnaroo, sure.

[TheBigJT]

I regret missing him at Glastonbury. That set looked like a lot of fun.

I was lucky enough to be there. It was one if the highlights of the weekend for me.

[shiezza]

Massive Attack should be on this. Pretty sure they've never played coachella

[TeamCoachellaHellYeah]

Massive Attack should be on this. Pretty sure they've never played coachella

Played in 2006. Main stage before Tool.

[luckyface]

Massive Attack should be on this. Pretty sure they've never played coachella

All aboard the derp train!

[amyzzz]

I'm not really sure if Massive Attack should come back. How can they top touring with Liz Fraser? Unless they get her again.

[kreutz2112]

Um. No. They should definitely come back. Regardless of Fraser. They can play the songs she doesn't guest on.

[captncrzy]

Outkast 56.86%
David Bowie 44.31%
Smashing Pumpkins 41.57%
The Knife 41.18%
Tom Waits 39.22%
Pearl Jam 38.04%
Led Zepplin 37.25%
Wu-Tang Clan 37.25%
Royksopp 35.69%
David Byrne 34.12%
A Tribe Called Quest 32.16%
REM 31.76%
Parliament Funkadelic 30.59%
Sufjan Stevens 30.20%
Cocteau Twins 30.20%
Rolling Stones 29.80%
The Postal Service 29.41%
Elvis Costello 29.02%
Oingo Boingo 29.02%
Neil Young 28.63%
Adam Ant 28.24%
Boards of Canada 27.45%
Stone Roses 27.45%
Roxy Music (Ferry & Eno) 27.06%
Tears for Fears 25.88%
Violent Femmes 25.49%
Tom Petty 25.49%
Peter Gabriel 25.10%
No Doubt 25.10%
Stevie Wonder 24.71%
The Avalanches 24.71%
Fiona Apple 24.31%
OMD 24.31%
Jamiroquai 23.92%
Ice Cube 23.92%
Primus 23.53%
King Crimson 23.14%
In Living Colour 23.14%
Bruce Springsteen 22.75%
Nick Cave 22.35%
Lou Reed 22.35%
Lady Gaga 21.96%
Gary Numan 21.57%
Bob Dylan 21.18%
Ween 20.78%
The Jam 20.78%
Los Lobos 20.78%
U2 20.00%
Replacements 20.00%
Erasure 19.61%
Grace Jones 19.61%
Pet Shop Boys 19.22%
Mr. Ozio 19.22%
Zombies 19.22%
Lush 18.82%
The Offspring 18.82%
Sting 18.82%
Magnetic Fields 18.43%
Swans 18.43%
John Fogerty 18.43%
The Who 18.04%
They Might Be Giants 17.65%
Justin Timberlake 17.65%
UB40 17.25%
Beach Boys 16.86%
Green Day 16.86%
Robbie Williams 16.86%
Kate Bush 16.47%
Cars 16.08%
Boredomes 16.08%
Eminem 15.69%
Soundgarden 15.69%
Janelle Monae 15.69%
Television 15.69%
Meat Puppets 15.69%
Ulrich Schnauss 15.69%
Paul Westerberg 15.69%
Social Distortion 15.69%
Eurythmics 15.29%
Tori Amos 15.29%
Fine Young Cannibals 15.29%
Bootys Collins 14.90%
Patti Smith 14.90%
Talk Talk 14.90%
Joanna Newsom 14.51%
Adele 14.51%
Van Morrison 14.51%
Pretenders 14.51%
Alicia Keys 14.51%
English Beat 14.12%
The Fall 14.12%
Thomas Dolby 14.12%
Bat for Lashes 13.73%
Spaceman 3 13.73%
The Residents 13.73%
Marianne Faithful 13.73%
Boris 13.33%
Robert Plant 13.33%
Sade 13.33%
Beyonce 13.33%
Sugarcubes 13.33%
Randy Newman 13.33%
Matthew Sweet 13.33%
Pete Townshend 12.94%
D’Angelo 12.94%
Metallica 12.94%
Yellow Magic Orchestra 12.94%
Paul Simon 12.55%
The Damned 12.55%
Merzbow 12.55%
Mary J Blige 12.55%
Janet Jackson 12.55%
Eric Clapton 12.16%
Asobi Seksu 12.16%
Everything but the Girl 12.16%
Nick Lowe 12.16%
Elastica 11.76%
Camper van Beethoven 11.37%
The Faces 11.37%
The Wedding Present 11.37%
Ryan Adams 10.59%
Norah Jones 10.20%
Operation Ivy 10.20%
10000 Maniacs 10.20%
Sinead O’Connor 10.20%
Culture Club 10.20%
World Party 10.20%
Drake 9.80%
Howard Jones 9.80%
Gwar 9.41%
Billy Bragg 9.41%
General Public 9.41%
Mono 9.02%
Laurie Anderson 9.02%
Low 8.63%
Sparks 8.63%
Jellyfish 8.63%
Ray Davies 8.24%
Wall of Voodoo 7.84%
The Housemartins 7.06%
Britney Spears 7.06%
The Unicorns 6.27%
Sundays 6.27%
GoGos 6.27%
Screaming Females 5.88%
Ani DiFraco 5.49%
Lil Wayne 4.71%
Luna 3.92%
Long Black Veils 3.92%
Josh Ritter 3.53%

[citizenerased]

I just can't comprehend why Royksopp hasn't played. They've even been in LA around the same time.

[captncrzy]

Closing the voting now. Round two will be up shortly.

[rasooli]

Boards of Canada not being in the top 20 is a complete travesty. They should be in the top 5.

[rasooli]

I just can't comprehend why Royksopp hasn't played. They've even been in LA around the same time.

I'm never understood this either. Maybe they don't enjoy playing big festivals?

[captncrzy]

Go vote in round 2 then

[citizenerased]

I'm never understood this either. Maybe they don't enjoy playing big festivals?

No they've played a bunch. They also played EDC last year, c'mon...

[bcebce]

I'm never understood this either. Maybe they don't enjoy playing big festivals?

I don't think that's the case, they played Ultra besides EDC Vegas last year.

[Bumblebee]

David Bowie isn't that good live. I think a lot of you would be disappointed.

Bowie killed the 8-10 times I saw him. Though at this point I'd only want to see him in a short set of guest spot scenario. No one has even heard his speaking voice in over 5 years.