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I like tons more (and newer) bands, but the ones that I still listen to almost obsessively after a number of years are:
Fugazi,
Minor Threat,
Dead Kennedys,
The Ramones,
Big Black,
Shellac,
Quicksand,
Helmet,
Jawbox,
stiffs, Inc.,
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones,
The English Beat,
Selecter,
Rocket From The Crypt,
The Pixies,
The Misfits,
Refused,
At the Drive-In,
Morphine,
Public Enemy,
The Pharcyde,
3rd Bass,
Foo Fighters,
NOFX,
Gaunt,
Gang Starr,
A Tribe Called Quest,
Eric B. and Rakim,
Fear,
Ministry,
Belly,
Junior Brown,
Dwight Yoakum,
Wu-Tang Clan,
Joy Division,
Run DMC,
The Bronx
Fight Club,
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,
Dr. Strangelove,
Sling Blade,
Freaks,
Of Mice and Men,
SLC Punk,
Donnie Darko,
Battle Royale,
Tetsuo: The Iron Man,
Fist of Legend,
Tron,
Akira,
Metropolis,
Being John Malkovich,
Grosse Point Blank,
The Hudsucker Proxy
Adult Swim,
Reno 911,
The Daily Show,
The Colbert Report,
American Chopper,
Blackadder,
Mystery Science Theater 3000,
Upright Citizens Brigade,
Strangers With Candy
Anything by Chuck Palahniuk,
Hunter S. Thompson (R.I.P.)
or
J.D Salinger, Catch 22,
Our Band Could Be your Life,
1984,
Animal Farm,
Brave New World,
Stupid White Men,
Wuthering Heights,
American Gods,
Neuromancer,
The Difference Engine
COMICS:
Anything by
Evan Dorkin
or
Frank Miller, Sandman,
Preacher,
Understanding Comics,
Bone,
The Invisibles,
Grendel,
Stray Bullets,
Grant Morrison's runs on Doom Patrol and New X-Men,
Maus