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All my Top 10 Artists since I first started using LastFM in 2007. The years 2007-2009 was with a now disused account. 2007 01 Siouxsie & the Banshees 83 02 Interpol 72 03 Manic Street Preachers 70 04 Against Me! 64 05 Tomahawk 54 06 Super Furry Animals 51 07 The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster 51 08 Editors 43 09 Arctic Monkeys 38 10 Avenged Sevenfold 2008 01 The Creepshow 105 02 Manic Street Preachers 86 03 Bloc Party 81 04 Killing Joke 81 05 Siouxsie & the Banshees 60 06 Alkaline Trio 59 07 R.E.M. 54 08 Horrorpops 52 09 Slipknot 50 10 Die So Fluid 48 2009 01 The Cramps 228 02 Killing Joke 228 03 Manic Street Preachers 214 04 The Creepshow 195 05 Slayer 158 06 The Eighties matchbox B-Line Disaster 139 07 Christian Death 118 08 The Prodigy 112 09 Nine Inch Nails 95 10 Bruce Springsteen 93 2010 01 Kate Bush 307 02 My Chemical Romance 232 03 Manic Street Preachers 219 04 Killing Joke 196 05 Siouxsie & the Banshees 160 06 The Creepshow 148 07 Christian Death 145 08 Hole 143 09 The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster 143 10 Creaming Jesus 136 2011 01 Schoolyard Heroes 98 02 Hole 65 03 Lydia Lunch 63 04 The Creepshow 57 05 Slayer 56 06 The Cramps 56 07 Pink Floyd 52 08 Dead Kennedys 51 09 Horrorpops 51 10 Garbage 19 2012 01 Schoolyard Heroes 151 02 Pink Floyd 123 03 The Primitives 116 04 Kate Bush 112 05 Hole 105 06 Infected Rain 103 07 Killing Joke 103 08 The Creepshow 103 09 Die So Fluid 101 10 The Sisters of Mercy 100 2013 01 David Bowie 460 02 Manic Street Preachers 427 03 The Sisters of Mercy 348 04 Siouxsie & the Banshees 346 05 Christian Death 324 06 Kate Bush 248 07 R.E.M. 242 08 Creaming Jesus 235 09 Killing Joke 232 10 Pixies 225 2014 01 Siouxsie & the Banshees 376 02 Grabage 347 03 The Creepshow 333 04 Die So Fluid 301 05 Manic Street Preachers 06 The Slits 233 07 David Bowie 232 08 Schoolyard Heroes 226 09 Killing Joke 220 10 Kate Bush 210 2015 01 Manic Street Preachers 434 02 Siouxsie & the Banshees 425 03 Die So Fluid 356 04 Garbage 341 05 Danielle Dax 330 06 L7 323 07 The Sisters of Mercy 302 08 Killing Joke 294 09 Creaming Jesus 288 10 Schoolyard Heroes 2016 01 David Bowie 929 02 Creeper 566 03 Pink Floyd 326 04 Manic Street Preachers 246 05 Throwing Muses 200 06 Kate Bush 176 07 Motorhead 152 08 Siouxsie & the Banshees 152 09 Prince 150 10 Christian Death 147 2017 01 Creeper 1,253 02 David Bowie 281 03 Killing Joke 273 04 Kate Bush 199 05 Siouxsie & the Banshees 176 06 The Cramps 162 07 Birdeatsbaby 161 08 AFI 159 09 Manic Street Preachers 151 10 Simple Minds 134 2018 01 Projector 577 02 Garbage 414 03 Christian Death 363 04 Creaming Jesus 343 05 Creeper 286 06 Doctor & the Medics 278 07 Pink Floyd 255 08 Manic Street Preachers 254 09 The Cramps 227 10 Killing Joke 213 2019 01 Ultravox 713 02 Gaye Bykers on Acid 555 03 Doctor & the Medics 369 04 Birdeatsbaby 348 05 Calva Louise 346 06 Manic Street Preachers 323 07 Hands Off Gretel 276 08 L7 253 09 Talking Heads 240 10 Prince 230 2020 01 David Bowie 950 02 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 655 03 The Cramps 634 04 Christian Death 590 05 Manic Street Preachers 548 06 ABBA 518 07 Killing Joke 505 08 Talking Heads 450 09 Birdeatsbaby 445 10 Inkubus Sukkubus 440 2021 01 Manic Street Preachers 733 02 L7 583 03 Projector 471 04 Creaming Jesus 352 05 Kate Bush 340 06 Kid Kapichi 337 07 Pop Will Eat Itself 08 Birdeatsbaby 319 09 The Jesus & Mary Chain 313 10 Siouxsie & the Banshees 297 2022 01 The Cramps 797 02 Manic Street Preachers 667 03 Ultravox 655 04 R.E.M. 654 05 Talking Heads 651 06 Blondie 632 07 Pop WIll Eat Itself 576 08 Pixies 547 09 Pulp 545 10 The Damned 482 2023 01 The Sisters of Mercy 650 02 Manic Street Preachers 595 03 Pop Will Eat Itself 436 04 David Bowie 399 05 The Cramps 395 06 Sick Joy 321 07 Pink Floyd 316 08 Bathory 298 09 Slayer 293 10 Carcass 291 2024 01 Manic Street Preachers 644 02 Christian Death 467 03 Bruce Springsteen 437 04 Garbage 424 05 Prince 400 06 David Bowie 381 07 Inkubus Sukkubus 326 08 Pixies 324 09 Mimi Barks 314 10 HotWax 310 2025 (so far...) 01 R.E.M. 199 02 Manic Street Preachers 190 03 Lambrini Girls 181 04 The Sisters of Mercy 169 05 Poppy 149 06 Fields of the Nephilim 142 07 Dana Dentata 130 08 Projector 115 09 Pulp 115 10 Ozzy Osbourne 114

I have to admit I don't actually mind that particular Kiss track, even though it's always been considered something of a joke song by a band many already considered a joke in the first place.

Can't say that I care much about anything that's gone so far. Adele, Denver and Lily Allen being the only ones I wouldn't object to hearing again.

This is a total riff on Alice Cooper's Bed of Nails, which by itself isn't that bad a thing, even if it is a bit naff, but somewhere along the way they sucked all the character out of it and made it utterly joyless. There were a ton of watered down Glam Metal bands that sounded much like this in 1988 and it's exactly why Grunge happened. This band has been dying a slow death for years now and I hope the rumours I've heard about this being the last album are true.

For interest the other end of the pole to win scale - Oscar Piastri 75% (3 from 4) Max Verstappen 75% (33 from 44) Emerson Fittipaldi 66.67% (4 from 6) Jody Scheckter 66.67% (2 from 3) Alberto Ascari 64.29% (9 from 14) Fernando Alonso 63.64% (14 from 22) Jenson Button 62.5% (5 from 8) Michael Schumacher 58.82% (40 from 68) Lewis Hamilton 58.65% (61 from 104) Alain Prost 54.55% (18 from 33) Sebastian Vettel 54.39% (31 from 57) Interestingly, Jim Clark is noticeably absent, despite his utter dominance. He doesn't feature in the top 10 as his percentage is 42.42% with only 14 wins from 33 poles. However, since he never gets enough recognition these days it's worth noting that - In 15 of those 33 races his car failed on him (usually whilst running at or near the front), causing a DNF. In 1 race he spun out by himself. In 2 races a mechanical failure caused him to go a lap down and had to fight his way back, finishing 3rd and 6th respectively. In 1 race his engine lost power, allowing Surtees to pass him. 1962 - 6 poles. 2 wins from pole. 4 mechanical DNFs 1963 -7 poles. 4 wins from pole. 2 mechanical DNFs. Finished 2nd in Italy after his engine lost power while leading 1964 - 5 poles. 1 win from pole. 4 mechanical DNFs. 1965 - 6 poles. 4 wins from pole. 2 mechanical DNFs 1966 - 2 poles. No wins from pole. 1 DNF due to driver error. 1 mechanical DNF 1967 - 6 poles. 2 wins from pole. 2 mechanical DNFS. Finished 6th in Belgium following a 2 minute pit stop taken whilst 20 seconds ahead of the field. Finished 3rd in Italy 3rd due to running out of fuel whilst leading on last lap, despite having been a lap down due to puncture (often considered his greatest race) 1968 -1 pole. 1 wind from pole. Killed before the 2nd race I know you can make excuses for a number of other high profile drivers and their stats but I can't think of another driver who was so comprehensively denied the level of success their talent deserved by unreliable cars.

^ Yes - Jean-Pierre Jarier and Stewart Lewis-Evans too, I believe

His overall stats for this are just as bad. He has only converted 5 of his 27 poles to a win. Which give's him a percentage of 18.5% Of those with multiple poles, only 4 drivers have a worse ratio - Jean-Pierre Jabouille - 16.7% (1 in 6) David Coulthard - 16.7% (2 in 12) Ralf Schumacher - 16.7% (1 in 6) Rene Arnoux - 11.1% (2 in 18)

Thought it was a decent enough race. Lando was error free for once and that made the difference

No doubt he'll hang until next year but the general expectation is the cars will be much more of a handful to drive. For that reason alone I doubt it will go well for him.

No one is destroying Lewis except himself. He's never been capable of getting extra out of a poor handling car and never shown himself to be capable of improving a bad one. The current Ferrari is not a bad car. It's a bit twitchy to be fair but Lewis requires a stable platform to excel and now he's getting on a bit his reactions aren't what they were and he can't compensate. Frankly he should really think carefully about his future as he should probably have walked away at least two years ago.

Except for Lewis. He's really struggling still

Yeah, first two are Oasis, then it's the Stones all the way

July Update No surprises to see something of a revisiting of Ozzy Osbourne this past month. new material from Calva Louise, PROJECTOR and Mimi Barks give them notable plays. A week sat in a field for 2000 Trees also forces something of a drop in the number of plays this month too. Top 40 Plays - July 01 Black Sabbath 98 02 Ozzy Osbourne 82 03 Gaye Bykers on Acid 73 04 Calva Louise 65 05 Creedence Clearwater Revival 43 06 PROJECTOR 38 07 Bob Vylan 34 08 Prince 32 09 Pink Floyd 31 10 The Rolling Stones 31 11 Mimi Barks 29 12 The Smiths 27 13 The Yardbirds 26 14 David Bowie 24 15 R.E.M. 24 16 Die Spitz 22 17 Motorhead 21 18 The Jesus and Mary Chain 21 19 Bob Dylan 20 20 Bruce Springsteen 19 21 Oasis 19 22 Pulp 19 23 T. Rex 19 24 Velvetine 19 25 Witch Fever 19 26 Echo & the Bunnymen 18 27 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 18 28 Transvision Vamp 18 29 Blondie 17 30 Iron maiden 17 31 ZZ Top 17 32 Blur 16 33 HotWax 16 34 Pat Benatar 16 35 The Cars 15 36 In This Moment 14 37 Panic Shack 14 38 Toto 14 39 Maid of Ace 13 40 Pop Will Eat Itself 2025 to Date Artists Scrobbled 1,779 (+79) Rank/Previous Position/Artist/Plays/Change 01 (01) Lambrini Girls 181 (+6) 02 (02) Manic Street Preachers 178 (+7) 03 (04) R.E.M. 174 (+24) 04 (03) The Sisters of Mercy 164 (-) 05 (05) Poppy 149 (+3) 06 (06) Fields of the Nephilim 136 (+2) 07 (07) Dana Dentata 130 (-) 08 (27) PROJECTOR 115 (38) 09 (13) Pulp 111 (18) 10 (NE) Black Sabbath 110 11 (12) HotWax 110 (+16) 12 (NE) Calva Louise 108 13 (08) Creaming Jesus 105 (-) 14 (09) Chappell Roan 104 (+2) 15 (29) Mimi Barks 104 (+29) 16 (11) Nova Twins 101 (+6) 17 (10) Taylor Swift 101 (-) 18 (15) Siouxsie & the Banshees 98 (+13) 19 (16) Suede 97 (+12) 20 (31) Witch Fever 94 (+19) 21 (18) Kid Kapichi 92 (+8) 22 (22) Killing Joke 90 (+8) 23 (20) Heartworms 89 (+6) 24 (NE) Ozzy Osbourne 88 25 (26) The Psychedelic Furs 87 (+9) 26 (14) Christian Death 86 (-) 27 (17) Dumfun 85 (+1) 28 (NE) Creedence Clearwater Revival 84 29 (19) Cwfen 84 (+1) 30 (42) David Bowie 84 (+24) 31 (24) Play Dead 84 (+4) 32 (21) Delilah Bon 83 (+1) 33 (41) The Jesus & Mary Chain 83 (+19) 34 (23) Ultravox 81 (-) 35 (33) Garbage 80 (+8) 36 (25) The Horrors 79 (-) 37 (30) Nitzer Ebb 77 (+2) 38 (NE) Gaye Bykers on Acid 76 39 (28) Peter Gabriel 76 (-) 40 (32) Eminem 73 (-) 41 (34) The Clash 72 (-) 42 (RE) Echo & the Bunnymen 70 (+17) 43 (35) Fleetwood Mac 70 (-) 44 (RE) The Smiths 69 (+27) 45 (43) Nine Inch Nails 68 (+9) 46 (40) Public Image Ltd 67 (+5) 47 (36) The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing 67 (-) 48 (38) Eville 65 (+2) 49 (37) Birdeatsbaby 64 (-) 50 (46) Kraftwerk 64 (+6) OUT THIS MONTH Bauhaus 62 (+8) Curve 62 (-) Beyoncé 61 (+3) SNAYX 60 (+4) Ghost 58 (-) The Southern Death Cult 58 (-) El Moono 54 (-) FORMER TOP 40 ACTS Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 60 (+18) Jar of Blind Flies 56 (+2) The Mission 58 (+6) The Rolling Stones 57 (+31) Green Day 52 (+3) Lady Gaga 52 (+6) The March Violets 50 (+2) Heilung 50 (-) Shadow Project 50 (-) Bruce Springsteen 49 (+18) Billie Eilish 48 (-) Crimson Veil 48 (-) Ministry 48 (-) Cassyette 47 (+7) Mudhoney 45 (-) Britney Spears 44 (-) The Beatles 43 (+6) Doechii 40 (-) Betty Boo 40 (-) Viagra Boys 39 (-) Sick Joy 38 (+4) Bambie Thug 38 (+2) Knife Bride 37 (+4) Slung 37 (-) Charli XCX 37 (-) Harpy 35 (+1) Rihanna 35 (+6) Halsey 33 (-) Girls Aloud 30 (-) Du Blonde 29 (-) Siiickbrain 28 (+1) Elvis Presley 25 (-) Heriot 23 (+2) SONS 20 (+3)

Yes. Ocon did it recently too at Turkey 2021, Scored a point

Death Standing 2 works apparently. But I just leave my VPN on all the time anyway.

The 1961 Dutch GP is also one of only 2 in history where no driver made a pitstop. The other? Belgium 2021

I looked into this. These are the only races with no DNFs Even if you discount Belgium 2021 there's still Turkey. This also highlights the ridiculous reliability since the mid 2010's compared to previous years. 1961 Dutch GP 2005 US GP (14 DNS though) 2005 Italian GP 2011 European GP 2015 Japanese GP 2016 Chinese GP 2016 Japanese GP 2018 Chinese GP 2019 Austrian GP 2021 French GP 2021 Belgian GP (Wet 'race') 2021 Turkish GP (Intermittent rain) 2022 Hungarian GP (Bottas retired on lap 65 but classified as 20th - drizzle and light rain at the end) 2023 Miami GP 2023 Spanish GP 2023 Abu Dhabi GP (Sainz retired lap 57 but classified 18th) 2024 Bahrain GP 2024 Spanish GP 2024 Austrian GP (Norris retired but classified 20th) 2024 Dutch GP 2025 Japanese GP 2025 Belgian GP (Wet to dry race)

Unless you include 2021 at Spa.

Lambrini Girls HotWax Slung Calva Louise Cwfen Panic Shack Wet Leg Pulp Ghost Garbage

Impressed with Piastri. His tyre management was a weakness 18 months ago

Yep. They're way too risk averse these days

Nova Twins and Pendulum are the only ones that interest me. Went for Nova Twins. Pendulum track is a bit too Prodigy vs PWEI in 1993 to warrant a vote. Very underwhelmed by D£aler. Lola seems to be one on, one off for me.

Hamilton, Alonso and Antonelli will all start from the pitlane after changing their PUs. Rain before the start and likely showers during the race will hopefully prevent a repeat of yesterday's very predictable result. Otherwise, if it's dry I expect Oscar to be leading by Les Combes

If you live by the sea and ever take walk along the front on a wet winter day, this is your perfect soundtrack