NationStates Jolt Archive

Just wondering what kind of musical tastes we have around here?

Here are some of the bands I listen to on a regular basis (yeah, I go for the Euro flavor):

Helloween
Gamma Ray
Nightwish
Blind Guardian
Symphony X
Dream Theater
Stratovarius
Luca Turilli
Rhapsody
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Metallica (old, up to and including the black album)
Megadeth
Rush

... to name a few ...

Ah, what the hell. Here's a few that stay in high rotation around here:

DEVO
The Cramps
Reverend Horton Heat
The Butthole Surfers
Stompin' Tom Connors
The Velvet Undergound
David Bowie
The Thirteenth Floor Elevators
Midnight Oil
Syd Barrett
The Fugs
The Stooges
The MC5
Jane's Addiction
Einstein's Secret Orchestra
William Shatner


Yes, William Shatner. That one. Yes.

:::opens CD case and flips through:::

a compilation of New Orleans band music
Johnny Cash
Clifton Chenier
The Ramones
The Clash
Stray Cats
The Band
The Man From UNCLE soundtrack
Trouble Tribe Japan (local bar band)
Texas Tornados
2 punk compilations
Hank Williams, Sr.
Hank Williams, Jr.
Miles Davis
Wagner
Medeski, Martin, and Wood
Marty Robbins
Hiroshima
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Bo Diddley
"Screaming" Jay Hawkins

You are musical beasts. I cannot listen so many artists simultaneously. In these days I have enjoyed following discs:

Charly Garci'a -Terapia intensiva
Nick Lowe - Labour of lust
a live registry of Funkadelic
Los Jaivas - Palomita blanca

Hmm...

the Smashing Pumpkins
Sigur Ros
The Cure
DEVO
Bright Eyes
VNV Nation
Front 242
Refused
Skinny Puppy
My Bloody Valentine
Jinx
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Pavement
Front Line Assembly
Nine Inch Nails
Swans
the Legendary Pink Dots
Bloody Dead & Sexy
Hlikka
Secret Machines
Dieselboy
Ceiba
Delirium
DJ Rap
Spoon
Eyeless in Gaza
the Flying Luttenbachers
Ladytron
the Faint

That's just the stuff on my MP3 player at the moment.

Based on the 2 cds next to my comp atm, I listen to...


err Shihad and Deja Voodoo



"We are Deja Voodoo
We rock more than you do
Who rocks more than you do?
De.. ja.. Voo.. doo.. do
Deja vu.."

I'm really big on the underground stuff (too many to actually list them all, so here's the most recent).

The Missing
The Dresden Dolls
Collide
Conspiracy of Four
Megaherz
Stahlhammer

I also like a lot of mainstream bands (again too many to list them all)

Rammstein
Slipknot
Nine Inch Nails
Tool
Deftones
Disturbed
The Smashing Pumpkins

Yeah, I'd put more, but I'm bushed, peace y'all

Swans
I heard a rumor a long time ago that Sinead O'Connor was once a member of the Swans, but I've never been able to confirm or deny. Have you ever heard that?

I heard a rumor a long time ago that Sinead O'Connor was once a member of the Swans, but I've never been able to confirm or deny. Have you ever heard that?
I can't say I have. Then again, I'd probably be the last person to hear of something like that, if it were true...