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This is a shameless rip-off of Amerigo's metal thread :)
You can find his thread here: http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=337424

I'll include some punk here also.

In no particular order of preference...except for the first two which are my favourites :p

Nirvana
Queens of the Stone Age
Mudhoney
Kyuss
The White Stripes
Led Zeppelin
Sloan (Just started getting into them)
AFI (Ditto)
Smashing Pumpkins
The Doors
The Pixies
Weezer
Placebo
Dead Kennedys
Pink Floyd
Hendrix
Alice in Chains (More metal than rock/grunge IMO, but eh.)
Soundgarden
Butthole Surfers
Angelic Upstarts
The Partisans
Stiff Little Fingers
Spiderbait (Popular in Australia, dunno elsewhere)
Black Flag
The Clash
The Vines
The Strokes
Jet
Helmet
L7
Pennywise
Screaming Trees
Stone Temple Pilots
Toadies
Temple of the Dog
Sonic Youth
Green River
Silverchair (I like some of it and hate some of it...)
The Datsuns
The Butterfly Effect (Australian...to heavy to be "rock" but not really metal.)
Radiohead
Foo Fighters
Franz Ferdinand
R.E.M.
Faith No More
B-52's
Janes Addiction

If something isn't here, I either sadly forgot it, don't know it, don't classify it as "rock", dislike it, or haven't heard enough to pass judgement. Feel free to bring up bands that aren't on here, because I want to hear of more good artists and bag ones I think suck, hehe. :) I'll keep updating it as time goes on.

Here it goes...

Nirvana - some good songs, don't understand the whole Kurt cult
Queens of the Stone Age - okay, they cover Kinks songs, so good
Mudhoney - nah
Kyuss - never heard of them
The White Stripes - they have 2 good songs, the rest are crap
Led Zeppelin - hella classic
Sloan - never heard
AFI - no, not my thing
Smashing Pumpkins - dislike them
The Doors - like some of the songs, a bit overrated
The Pixies - not my thing at all
Weezer - dislike them
Placebo - loathe with a passion
Dead Kennedys - like them quite a lot
Pink Floyd - don't know enough about them
Hendrix - overrated
Alice in Chains - not my thing
Soundgarden - dislike them
Butthole Surfers - never heard
Angelic Upstarts - never heard
The Partisans - never heard
Stiff Little Fingers - like them
Spiderbait - never heard
Black Flag - never heard
The Clash - love them
The Vines - don't love them
The Strokes - ditto
Jet - boring
Helmet - never heard
L7 - dislike them
Pennywise - really dislike them
Screaming Trees - never heard
Stone Temple Pilots - never heard
Toadies - never heard
Temple of the Dog - never heard
Sonic Youth - dislike them
Green River - never heard
Silverchair - HATE them
The Datsuns - okay
The Butterfly Effect - never heard
Radiohead - I really, really, really, really HATE this band
Foo Fighters - don't impress me very much
Franz Ferdinand - quite like them

Add The Who

Been meaning to really get into The Who...haven't got around to it yet...So I cant really pass judgement, yet.

(On a personal level, I also hate silverchair with a passion, Daniel Johns is a girly Kurt wannabe dick, but they have a couple of alright songs. I just pretend i'm listening to another band)

Nirvana - easily the best band ever
Queens of the Stone Age - okay band
Mudhoney - great band
Kyuss - heard of, nothing by
The White Stripes - okay band
Led Zeppelin - most overrated of all bands
Sloan (Just started getting into them) - like what i've heard
AFI (Ditto) - good band
Smashing Pumpkins - 2nd best band ever, based mostly upon the sheer volume of their catalogue
The Doors - okay band
The Pixies - great band
Weezer - good band
Placebo - great band
Dead Kennedys - great band
Pink Floyd - okay band
Hendrix - he's okay
Alice in Chains (More metal than rock/grunge IMO, but eh.) - good band
Soundgarden - great band
Butthole Surfers - great band up until "weird revolution"
Angelic Upstarts - heard of, nothing by
The Partisans - never heard of
Stiff Little Fingers - like what i've heard
Spiderbait (Popular in Australia, dunno elsewhere) - never heard of
Black Flag - good band
The Clash - good band
The Vines - good band
The Strokes - good band
Jet - good band
Helmet - good band
L7 - great band
Pennywise - like what i've heard
Screaming Trees - great band
Stone Temple Pilots - good band
Toadies - good band
Temple of the Dog - good band
Sonic Youth - great band
Green River - good band (too few songs to be great)
Silverchair - good until "diorama" which sucks.
The Datsuns - heard of, nothing by
The Butterfly Effect (Australian...to heavy to be "rock" but not really metal.) -never heard of, except the movie, which i imagine you're not talking about.
Radiohead - peaked with "creep"
Foo Fighters - good band
Franz Ferdinand - like what i've heard

My additions (limited to 10):
Local H
Babes In Toyland
Bikini Kill
Sebadoh
Dinosaur Jr.
The Melvins
Therapy?
Circle Jerks
R.E.M.
Faith No More

The Who are my favourite band. Ever.

I'm a bit uber-60s - that's why my answers to your quiz were a bit negative. I don't hate all rock music, honest! If you had groups like The Rolling Stones and The Yardbirds on there...

The Who are my favourite band. Ever.

I'm a bit uber-60s - that's why my answers to your quiz were a bit negative. I don't hate all rock music, honest! If you had groups like The Rolling Stones and The Yardbirds on there...

Yeah, well, up until not long ago I hadn't heard a whole lot of the older stuff, just starting to get into it now. It's a generational thing :)

Nirvana - easily the best band ever

Amen to that :D

As for the bands you mentioned:

Local H - Don't know them.
Babes In Toyland - Been meaning to hear them.
Bikini Kill - Don't know.
Sebadoh - ditto
Dinosaur Jr.- ditto
The Melvins - Hmm...Well, I've heard some of their stuff which sucks, and some isn't bad. I have a DVD of theirs that's pretty average. Could you give me examples of their best songs?
Therapy? - Dont know them
Circle Jerks - Heard of, but don't know any of their stuff
R.E.M. - *Slaps head* OF COURSE! How could I forget!
Faith No More - Like them.

An example of a good album by the Melvins would be "Houdini" their major label debut. (They aren't on the label anymore) Kurt Cobain plays on two songs, another plus.

Generational thing? I'm only 18!

I've been through modern rock. I just prefer the older stuff. Dunno why, I relate to it more. Born too late and everything...

Oh, and admittedly their albums tend to be inconsistent. I don't really like the follow up to "Houdini," "Stoner Witch."

Generational thing? I'm only 18!

I've been through modern rock. I just prefer the older stuff. Dunno why, I relate to it more. Born too late and everything...

Heh, i'm 18 as well. The older stuff is for the most part good, it's just I've focused more on newer stuff until now.

An example of a good album by the Melvins would be "Houdini" their major label debut. (They aren't on the label anymore) Kurt Cobain plays on two songs, another plus.

Oh, and admittedly their albums tend to be inconsistent. I don't really like the follow up to "Houdini," "Stoner Witch."

Right, I'll check it out. Some of the songs i've heard are from Stoner Witch (got a friend whos into them, and he put it on one day while I was at his place, didn't do much for me), so I dunno, maybe i've just been unlucky with the ones i've heard.

Most of those are good bands.

Except this one:

Smashing Pumpkins

Nirvana - Legends, passable.
Queens of the Stone Age - Boring
Mudhoney - Who?
Kyuss - " "
The White Stripes - Mediocre
Led Zeppelin - Unstoppably good
Sloan (Just started getting into them) - *shrugs*
AFI (Ditto) - Fucking amazing
Smashing Pumpkins - Not bad
The Doors - Legends
The Pixies - The Pixies are FANTASTIC
Weezer - lame
Placebo - lame
Dead Kennedys - punk as fuck
Pink Floyd - good at times, lame also
Hendrix - legend
Alice in Chains (More metal than rock/grunge IMO, but eh.) - crap
Soundgarden - lame
Butthole Surfers - lame
Angelic Upstarts - lame
The Partisans - not bad
Stiff Little Fingers - fantastic band
Spiderbait (Popular in Australia, dunno elsewhere) - who?
Black Flag - WOOOOO
The Clash - of course
The Vines - meh
The Strokes - good(ish)
Jet - who?
Helmet - who?
L7 - nah
Pennywise - overplayed, overated
Screaming Trees - okay
Stone Temple Pilots - nah
Toadies - nah
Temple of the Dog - nah
Sonic Youth - nah
Green River - nah
Silverchair (I like some of it and hate some of it...) - only frogstomp
The Datsuns -nah
The Butterfly Effect - maybe
Radiohead - seen live CRAP
Foo Fighters - CRAP
Franz Ferdinand - CRAP
R.E.M. - average to fair
Faith No More - dunno
CRASS - PUNK LEGENDS
SUBHUMANS - UNSTOPPABLE
CITIZEN FISH - YEAH YEAH YEAH
RUDIMENTARY PENI - GREAT

Queens of the Stone Age - Boring

Trust me, you have to sit down and hear the whole of Songs for the Deaf or Rated R, they're anything but. If you've only heard "No One Knows" on the radio, that's not doing the band justice- you have to take their albums all together.

Most of those are good bands.

Except this one:

Smashing Pumpkins

Heh, howcome? (Aside from Billy Corgan's singing voice)

The Partisans

"17 Years Of Hell" remains a minor clasic, and does actually stand up surprisingly well even today. Is it time to forgive the guitarist for starting Transvision Vamp after the Partisans split up yet?

This may have been said but...you need to put Robin Trower up there. That guy plays some of the best guitar ever. If you want a really really good CD I recomend Bridge Of Sighs by Robin Trower. Amazing. My dad gave me his old albums and i'm hooked. :)

"17 Years Of Hell" remains a minor clasic, and does actually stand up surprisingly well even today. Is it time to forgive the guitarist for starting Transvision Vamp after the Partisans split up yet?

That was the first song of theirs I heard- when I was 17. Hehe, very cool. I don't know Transvision Vamp.

This may have been said but...you need to put Robin Trower up there. That guy plays some of the best guitar ever. If you want a really really good CD I recomend Bridge Of Sighs by Robin Trower. Amazing. My dad gave me his old albums and i'm hooked.

I'll check him out.

Nirvana- Good band, bit overrated. good nonetheless
Queens of the Stone Age- Some good songs as far as I can tell
Mudhoney- Haven't Heard
Kyuss- ditto
The White Stripes- I agree with someone who said they have two good songs; Those two are every single one of their songs.
Led Zeppelin- As Page put it, perfect blending of light and dark.
Sloan- never heard of them
AFI- new album grew on me, don't much like the older stuff
Smashing Pumpkins- whoever is sayin this band sucks is just trying to not sound like a trite biatch, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is easily one of the best albums ever made.
The Doors- good musically and lyrically= great band
The Pixies- been meaning to give them a listen
Weezer- great american rock band, trite but who the hell cares.
Placebo- blank on this one too
Dead Kennedys- punk isn't much my thing
Pink Floyd- some great epic songs, like zeppelin except treading more on the dark
Hendrix- best blues guitarist ever...well him and SRV
Alice in Chains (More metal than rock/grunge IMO, but eh.)- decent
Soundgarden- Kim Thayil is a great guitarist and Chris Cornell can sing like... can't think of a good simile but the man can sing
Butthole Surfers- nice name?
Angelic Upstarts-
The Partisans-
Stiff Little Fingers -
Spiderbait (Popular in Australia, dunno elsewhere)-wow, don't know a lot of these
Black Flag- not bad
The Clash- overrated IMO
The Vines- I honestly want to kill them.
The Strokes- Their music is pretty contrived, but it works for me, they have a nice feeling to their sound
Jet- just another trendy band like the vines
Helmet-
L7- square?
Pennywise- decent
Screaming Trees- listenable, but not my cup of tea
Stone Temple Pilots- these guys got coupled with grunge but they are just a great rock band. Interstate Love Song, Big Empty, Plush are just great songs
Toadies-
Temple of the Dog- isn't that the grunge supergroup?
Sonic Youth- continually doing something new and different.. for decades now. great band.
Green River-
Silverchair- reject cobain clones?
The Datsuns
The Butterfly Effect- umm to seem completely ignorant... Ashton Kutcher sucks.
Radiohead- great ambient sound, not much unlike coldplay
Foo Fighters- I'd like to say they are better than Nirvana. I'm sure some people would like to punch me, but I think Grohl is more diverse in his songwriting and comes up with great hooks.
Franz Ferdinand- Most annoying song i've ever heard. It's so damn repetitive that i would like to assassinate the whole band.. but that's how WWII got started so i better not.
R.E.M.- haven't heard a lot of their stuff but Losing My Religion is a damn good song
Faith No More- another of those that i say aren't my thing, but something i wouldn't mind listening to

I would reccomend:
The Verve Pipe
Jane's Addiction
Pearl Jam
Sum 41
Beck
and for people who said smashing pumpkins suck to go f*** themselves.

I would reccomend:
The Verve Pipe
Jane's Addiction
Pearl Jam
Sum 41
Beck
and for people who said smashing pumpkins suck to go f*** themselves.

The Verve Pipe- Don't know them
Jane's Addiction- Meh, heard some that's alright. Should get into them.
Pearl Jam- I skimmed over them, really. Undeniably talented, but didn't make me sit up and say "wow". Been meaning to buy their albums and check them out properly though.
Sum 41- The image and the sound...just no. I hate that "In too deep" song.
Beck- Old Beck is good. You'd probably like the Butthole Surfers.

Oh yeah, and about the Butterfly Effect- They have no relation whatsoever to the movie. Wrong name at the wrong time I guess :)

Well I might as well pay patronage to a self-proclaimed blatant rip-off of my thread.

Nirvana dislike slightly
Queens of the Stone Age pretty good... like only slightly
Mudhoney never heard of
Kyuss i think i heard something or other by them... i dunno
The White Stripes hate
Led Zeppelin don't really like but they're good
Sloan (Just started getting into them) never heard of
AFI (Ditto) hate
Smashing Pumpkins meh... okay
The Doors pretty good
The Pixies never listened to
Weezer one song i liked was hash pipe... but other than that i don't like
Placebo never heard of
Dead Kennedys never really listned to
Pink Floyd don't really like but good
Hendrix never really listened to
Alice in Chains (More metal than rock/grunge IMO, but eh.) pretty good
Soundgarden pretty good
Butthole Surfers never heard of
Angelic Upstarts never heard of
The Partisans never heard of
Stiff Little Fingers never heard of
Spiderbait (Popular in Australia, dunno elsewhere) never been to Australia so i wouldn't know them either
Black Flag never listened to
The Clash don't really like
The Vines dislike strongly
The Strokes dislike strongly
Jet never heard of
Helmet never heard of
L7 never heard of
Pennywise hate
Screaming Trees never heard of
Stone Temple Pilots dislike
Toadies never heard of
Temple of the Dog never heard of
Sonic Youth same
Green River same
Silverchair (I like some of it and hate some of it...) same
The Datsuns same
The Butterfly Effect (Australian...to heavy to be "rock" but not really metal.) same
Radiohead dislike strongly
Foo Fighters dislike strongly
Franz Ferdinand never listend to
R.E.M. pretty good
Faith No More pretty good

Nirvana - A bit overrated, but harmless fun
Queens of the Stone Age - Gay
Mudhoney - Gay
Kyuss - Gay
The White Stripes - Very gay
Led Zeppelin - Very overrated and very gay
Sloan (Just started getting into them) - Gay
AFI (Ditto) - Good stuff
Smashing Pumpkins - overrated and gay
The Doors - gay and overrated
The Pixies - I see them when I drink...
Weezer - Two good songs, otherwise gay
Placebo - Gay. Literally.
Dead Kennedys - Don't deserve to be in a list surrounded by all this other shit
Pink Floyd - Dull as fuck
Hendrix - Yeah, not bad
Alice in Chains (More metal than rock/grunge IMO, but eh.) - Your opinion is wrong. Gay.
Soundgarden - Very gay
Butthole Surfers - Very cool
Angelic Upstarts - Cool
The Partisans - Cool
Stiff Little Fingers - Excellent
Spiderbait (Popular in Australia, dunno elsewhere) - Blah
Black Flag - OK
The Clash - Fucking popstars
The Vines - Very gay
The Strokes - Very gay
Jet - Uber gay
Helmet - Boring and gay
L7 - Good shit
Pennywise - Brilliant
Screaming Trees - dull
Stone Temple Pilots - dull as all fuck
Toadies - gay
Temple of the Dog - gayyyyy
Sonic Youth - boring
Green River - gay
Silverchair (I like some of it and hate some of it...) - the worst live act I've ever seen
The Datsuns - Fucking gay. They're really Australian.
The Butterfly Effect (Australian...to heavy to be "rock" but not really metal.) - Gay
Radiohead - Gay and dull
Foo Fighters - OK
Franz Ferdinand - Gay
R.E.M. - very gay
Faith No More - very cool

Well I might as well pay patronage to a self-proclaimed blatant rip-off of my thread.

Hehe, well there were no other rock music threads :) At least I did link to yours :p

The Datsuns - Fucking gay. They're really Australian.

New Zealand actually. Get your facts straight :p lol

Hehe, well there were no other rock music threads :) At least I did link to yours :p
Yeah I s'pose...

Although technically Nu-Metal made a thread like mine a long long time ago...

And I made one that was a blatant rip-off of his... also self-proclaimed...

Since so much time passed though... I just made another one... and this time with no self-proclamation of ripping off any other thread.

Rammstein
Linkin Park
Manowar

Primus
Ween

they should be on the list

Well done Primus, Ween, Devo(especially 1975-1984) Helmet started out badass but trailed away from thier roots like Strap it on and In the MeanTime.
Primus- To me the ultimate album there is Frizzle Fry!
My favorite song by Ween is The Blarney Stone "Aye Aye Aye.. Sharpen your boot and blugeon your eye!"

I did not notice Tool on here. Aeinema is a superior album but We like anything by them.
Faith no More- We are convinced that Epic contains no bad songs especially the epic saga of Woodpecker from Mars and a better version of War Pigs in our opinion. We also enjoy the Album Angel Dust

Finally, Devo an extremley underated band that has far superior tracks than just Whip it. Gates of Steel, Mongoloid, My personal B-side fav "Mr. "B"s Ballroom, Freedom of Choice, Girl U want, Jocko Homo I can go on all day.
OH yeah one more it is a death metal Band called Meshugga(Swedish for crazy) I think they are scandinavian or something but they kick ass.

Well I might as well pay patronage to a self-proclaimed blatant rip-off of my thread.


Mudhoney never heard of

Sloan (Just started getting into them) never heard of
Placebo never heard of
Butthole Surfers never heard of
Angelic Upstarts never heard of
The Partisans never heard of
Stiff Little Fingers never heard of
Spiderbait (Popular in Australia, dunno elsewhere) never been to Australia so i wouldn't know them either
Jet never heard of
Helmet never heard of
L7 never heard of
Screaming Trees never heard of
Toadies never heard of
Temple of the Dog never heard of
Sonic Youth same
Green River same
Silverchair (I like some of it and hate some of it...) same
The Datsuns same
The Butterfly Effect (Australian...to heavy to be "rock" but not really metal.) same


Oh dear.

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6:"Who is number 1?"
2:"You are number 6."


Nah - you left out the all important silent comma:

Number 2 - "You are, Number 6"

Oh dear.

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Nah - you left out the all important silent comma:

Number 2 - "You are, Number 6"
Commas are evil. They cause comas. For this reason I do not use them.

Commas are evil. They cause comas. For this reason I do not use them.

For this reason you completely misrepresented what Number 2 was saying?
She isn't telling him that he is Number 6, instead that he is Number 1, although he doesn't pick up on this.

For this reason you completely misrepresented what Number 2 was saying?
She isn't telling him that he is Number 6, instead that he is Number 1, although he doesn't pick up on this.
Well the fact I haven't actually seen the Prisoner but this little sound byte is from the intro to the song The Prisoner by Iron Maiden.

And EVIL!!! You have used the evil comma. Quick... must protect myself from evil.... \m/

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I did not notice Tool on here. Aeinema is a superior album but We like anything by them.
Faith no More- We are convinced that Epic contains no bad songs especially the epic saga of Woodpecker from Mars and a better version of War Pigs in our opinion. We also enjoy the Album Angel Dust

Finally, Devo an extremley underated band that has far superior tracks than just Whip it. Gates of Steel, Mongoloid, My personal B-side fav "Mr. "B"s Ballroom, Freedom of Choice, Girl U want, Jocko Homo I can go on all day.
OH yeah one more it is a death metal Band called Meshugga(Swedish for crazy) I think they are scandinavian or something but they kick ass.

Devo, ehh.
Tool are one of my favourite bands but I don't know what I should classify them as, I don't classify them as traditional "rock" so they didn't make the list.
As for Meshuggah, they're alright, but like you said, they are metal, not rock :).


Rammstein
Linkin Park
Manowar

I don't mind Rammstein but not being able to understand the lyrics prevents me from saying I truly like the band.
Linkin Park, I used to hate them, now i've softened that to "strongly dislike". Their music pisses me off but they aren't the most shit band around.
Manowar, I don't know.

Heard of Primus and Ween but don't know the music. I added the B-52's (forgot them- Rock Lobster is cool even if I don't know a whole lot more of their songs) and Janes Addiction to my list (Heard some good songs by them)

blah.

This was a bump. 'Cause I felt like it.

One word: Rush.

Bump

Bump.