# The best band ever?

- Site: Analog Industries
- Author: Chris Randall
- Date: 2005-12-31
- URL: https://analogindustries.com/2005/12/the-best-band-ever/

I'm sitting here working on the graphics for a future AD product, and I've got my iTunes cooking, and I can't decide. Which is the best band ever? Agent Orange or Killing Joke? It's got to be one or the other.

UPDATE: I'm pretty sure it's [Agent Orange.](http://www.agentorange.net/)

## Comments (9)

**inteliko** (2005-12-31):

After listening to this about 800 times http://www.spectraphysics.net/Kraftwerk/
I'd have to say Kraft will send the Robots to anhiliate both bands and sample the whole slaughter fest,then create a vst emulation of the whole slaughter fest,soon to be seen as a spoof on musicthing..just me i guess, different strokes for different folks.Happy new yrs!

**InvisibleMensch** (2006-01-01):

Having seen Agent Orange live a few times, I have to agree.

**Aahzekiel** (2006-01-01):

My band, of course - the guys who like playing with me.

**Jaysen** (2006-01-01):

Damn Chris, you have to ask if KJ or AO is better? Crack is wack and so is that egg nog you are drinking. ;)

Oh yeah, KJ wins hands up. Happy NY.

**Chris Randall** (2006-01-01):

I dunno. I've seen both bands live a dozen times each at least, (probably a few more than that for KJ) and the quality of their records being equal, Agent Orange puts on a much better show. I mean, Jaz just kind of stands there with his Green Hornet face paint, and shakes a little bit.

So I have to give "Best Band Ever" honors to Agent Orange.

The reason I bring this up is that I had made a heavy playlist for listening to whilst coding, and I had KJ's "Seeing Red" immediately followed by AO's "Everything Turns Grey." Now, that's a great segue anyways, but it got me thinking...

Don't get me wrong, though: of my top five bands of all time ever in the history of music, those are two of them, and I'd hate to choose.

-CR

**Heretic_D™** (2006-01-01):

And this is all being said by a man who admittedly had over 24 hours of Neubauten on his player for travel.

I've yet to see either, though. AO has a tendency to play West Coast shows, and KJ, well... Yeah.

**Chris Randall** (2006-01-01):

I'll tell you what. Give me an iPod with nothing but Tom Waits, Underworld, Neubauten, Agent Orange, and Killing Joke on it, and I'll be just fine, thanks.

Oh, wait... I already have one of those...

-CR

**neB** (2006-01-03):

Killing Joke...no contest.

as kickass as AO is, let's see how much they rule when the get to the KJ ages.

**niall** (2006-01-04):

it's the trick question. the best band is swans, obviously.