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I was just wondering what are some of the favorite bands of the forum peoples here at NS. Hopefully this isn't an extremely noobish type thread :\. I know that most of the discussion here is, of course, political and/or religious, but I figure that this particular section still says "discussion or debate on anything."


Anyway, to list off my current favorite bands or artists...


Death (The first ever "death metal" band, and a very progressive metal band. Best musicianship I've ever heard out of a metal band in my life. Too bad that they're gone now :(. RIP Chuck Schnuldier)
Acid Bath (Louisiana metal band. VERY unique, kind of jazzy even. "New Death Sensation" is one ridiculously beautiful song O.o)
Dir En Grey (Genre less japanese band. Poster boys for "visual kei" or visual rock, but that doesn't mean anything for how they sound. Some of their songs are dark dark metal, some are very bright and poppy, some are even rap.)
Immortal Technique (I'll get in trouble with any conservatives for mentioning this man, but I don't care. Underground political rapper from Harlem. Very awesome in my opinion)


You?

Here's my latest, in no particular order.

Rush: Prog Rock at its finest. No boring shit here --- it's all great.

Husker Du: One of the most important bands of the 80's. Bob Mould's guitar style influenced virtually every "Alternative" band.

The Cure: Mellow and moody, but at the same time, melodic and catcy. Great stuff.

Bob Mould: Very personal music with a sarcastic edge.

The Professionals: Super-catchy Power Pop.

The Eagles: This is my favorite Rock band of all time. I actually love all of the stuff preceding "Hotel California" such as "Already Gone", "Take it Easy", etc.

Earth Wind & Fire: To deny that this band is amazing is to commit heresy to the nth degree.

Matchbox 20: I like them. It's a combination of what the Eagles did and a little bit of Earth Wind & Fire. Especially on their second album Mad Season.

Rhapsody and Luca Turilli: These two bands are very very interesting. They are metal bands, but their music is in 1200 AD bard style. Ie, they tell tales about sorcerous lands, etc. They also use full Choir and Orchestral accompaniments. Completely amazing. The singing isn't too amazing, but just the entire concentration of different music types is astounding. (an Acordian and a Heavy metal beat? Yeah, that's the shit).

The Brian Setzer Orchestra: JAZZ! JAZZ! JAZZ!

Royal Crown Revue: MORE JAZZ! MORE JAZZ! MORE JAZZ!

Aerosmith: Pink...

Death (The first ever "death metal" band, and a very progressive metal band. Best musicianship I've ever heard out of a metal band in my life. Too bad that they're gone now :(. RIP Chuck Schnuldier)

Hell yes! Chuck lives on in the masterpieces he has left us. In my personal "Musical Hall of Fame"... Chuck sits there playing chess with Beethoven. It's kind of hard to get into my Musical Hall of Fame... You have to be dead and you have to never have made subpar music after your first album/symphony/opera/whatever...

Oh as far as my favorite bands go... I have quite a few... But because I've already posted that lsit in the "What is metal" thread not long ago, I'll just name a few... (at least one from each subgenre of metal)

Death
Scythe - an obscure death metal from Germany...
Savatage - symphonic metal
Iron Maiden - traditional heavy
Judas Priest - speed metal
Fates Warning - progressive/power metal
Candlemass - doom metal
Electric Wizard - stoner doom metal
Finntroll - Folk Metal
Stratovarious - Black Metal
Eisregen - a somewhat obscure German semi-melodic black metal band
Black Swan - a very obscure melodic black metal band
At the Gates - Gothenburg
Blind Guardian - power metal
Spiral Architect - the most technical prog metal (actually very likely the most technical band ever)
Mekong Delta - technical thrash metal (an extremely underrated technical thrash band)
Metal Church - classical thrash metal
Moonsorrow - viking metal
Sirenia - goth metal
Tiamat - atmospheric goth/doom metal
Strapping Young Lad - industrial death metal
Cacophony - shred/speed metal

um I better stop now... before I can't...

Five Iron Frenzy-Skah Punk, Christian
Relient K-Christian, Punk pop
L' Arc en Ciel-J-rock
the Pillows-J-rock
the Seatbelts-Jazz, j-pop/rock
MxPx-punk
Los Lobos-Latin
Belmonts-doo-wop
the Starting Line-punk
Simon & Garfunkel-folk

My French teacher's favorite band is Judas Priest XD. She talks about how Ozzfest rocks every now and then. It's kind of unsettling, considering she seems like a generally insane foreign language teacher, with no traces of being a metal head :\


Oh, and one surprisingly good area of music that I discovered due to an academic club I'm in, Renaissance era choir music. O.o. "Adieu Ces Bons Vind De Lannoys", a piece by Guillame DuFay is especially good.

But I hate "El Grillo" by Josquin Des Prez!!!!

Besides that it's pretty stuff.



(Simon and Garfunkel was one of my first musical loves! Along with The Beatles and Elvis)

some of my favorites

TOOL
Radiohead
Incubus
Rage Against The Machine
Red Hot Chili Peppers
John Butler Trio - rock/country, aussie band
Purelode - a sydney local band, prog metal (too bad i live in melbourne damnit)
The Cat Empire - aussie latin/hip hop band, very cool
a Perfect Circle
Miles Davis
John Scofield
Sunk Loto - aussie metal band, very cool

at the moment...:D

My French teacher's favorite band is Judas Priest XD. She talks about how Ozzfest rocks every now and then. It's kind of unsettling, considering she seems like a generally insane foreign language teacher, with no traces of being a metal head :\

I'm not much of a metalhead either, by stereotypical standards. I don't always wear band t-shirts and my hair isn't too my shoulders, nor do I ever say "These fries slay" or "That burger crushes all." Metal is very diverse genre... and besides your teacher was probably a fan of priest since the 70s...

My three favorite are Led Zeppelin, the Grateful Dead, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. I have a lot more, but you don't want your time wasted.

I'm not much of a metalhead either, by stereotypical standards. I don't always wear band t-shirts and my hair isn't too my shoulders, nor do I ever say "These fries slay" or "That burger crushes all." Metal is very diverse genre... and besides your teacher was probably a fan of priest since the 70s...

Yeah, she has.

Hehe, the thought of saying "That burger crushes all" with a particularly demonic tone is really just too awesome. I'm going to have to start doing that, along with already using gamer speak in everyday conversation. "You just got owned, n00b."

My hair is to my shoulders, but it's clean and well groomed, and besides that very minor resembelence to a metal head, I don't fit the stereotype.

Yeah, she has.

Hehe, the thought of saying "That burger crushes all" with a particularly demonic tone is really just too awesome. I'm going to have to start doing that...

And why stop there? Instead of saying "I'm gonna go to the restroom." say "To the grim and frostbitten flushable forest of defecation I shalt go, to shed the blackened contents of my darkest bowels."

Reel Big Fish (Satire-Skapunk)
Aquabats (Upbeat Whimsical Skapunk)
Flogging Molly (a blend of Irish Folk and Punk)
CAKE (Jazzy Alt Rock)
Rancid (Reggaeish Punk)
Sublime (Garage Punk)

I greatly enjoy black metal especially from Norway. Here are some of my favorites:

Abigor
Absurd
Bathory
Behemoth
Burzum
Carpathian Forest
Darkthrone
Dimmu Borgir
Emperor
Gorgoroth
Graveland
Immortal
Marduk
Mayhem
Nargaroth
Noturnal Mortem
Rotting Christ
Satyricon
Samael

Non Black Metal Bands:
Rammstein
KMFDM
others

I love metal a lot.

Radiohead (awsomness at it's peak)
Mountain Goats (alt/folk - great lyrics and catchy melodies)
The Go! Team (california surf rock/jazz/hip-hop sampling)
Arcade Fire(catchy lyrics and beat, a bit on the pop side of things)
. . .And You Will Know us by the Trail of Dead (rock)
Modest Mouse(the indie band that everyone loves)
The Seat Belts(Jazz)
John Vanderslice (folk)
The Exploding Hearts (garage rock)
Mount Eerie (kinda ambient/folkish)
Wilco (southern folk and rock)
The Wrens (alt/indie rock)
Joy Division (older combination of rock and some electronica)
Muse (synthesized rock)


and a lot of others as well. Mostly Indie rock.

Rush: They just kick ass and have been doing it for decades.

Dream Theater: Just wow. See them live. It's well, scary.

Tony MacAlpine: My favorite Neoclassical Fusion guitarist, and one of the best keyboard players on the planet.

Greg Howe: Not Steve Howe (Yes), but Greg Howe. Started out a Shrapnel "Varney guy" but evolved into more Jazz Fusion. Latest CD is with Victor Wooten and Dennis Chambers. Maybe the most talented trio ever assembled, ever.

Yngwie Malmsteen: I pretty much emulated him as a guitarist for 15 years. Yeah, he is a arrogant ass, but man he can flat out play.

Whitesnake/w John Sykes

Pat Benatar: She was just kick ass

Boston: 'Nuff said

There are alot of others but that is a overview. :D

A black metaller? Excellent. I need some reccommendations for some more black metal...


Abigor -- i have not heard anything by them... what do they sound like?
Absurd -- same as above
Bathory -- from what i've heard i am somewhat interested in the band that some claim started viking metal... which album would you reccommend?
Behemoth -- dont much like from what i've heard
Burzum -- i have been trying to find some burzum... but no such luck...
Carpathian Forest --- i have bloodlust and perversion (the best of) and i quite like it, any albums i should definately check that are not mostly on the best of album?
Darkthrone -- don't much like from what i've heard
Dimmu Borgir -- meh
Emperor -- same as darkthrone
Gorgoroth -- don't know much about them, what do they sound like?
Graveland -- same as above
Immortal -- call of the wintermoon is a hilarious music video.
Marduk -- if i remember right, i don't think i like what i heard from them
Mayhem -- same as above
Nargaroth -- don't know them too well... whats their sound like?
Noturnal Mortem -- i have twilightfall and i love it... any albums have a similar sound... i dont particular feel i'll enjoy their venture into NSBM
Rotting Christ -- meh
Satyricon -- awesomeness... i've been really trying to get an album of theirs... which album would you reccommend
Samael -- i have blood ritual and want to really get passage...

Aside from the bands mentioned above... I'm also partial to the following bm bands... (they are mostly melodic bm)

Black Swan (i wonder if you heard of them... very few have... they have only one album and i dont think they were with any other relatively known band)
Graveworm
Ancient Rites (i like but not as much as all the other bm bands i mention here...)
Eisregen (excellent german black metal)
Radigost

Also how's I.C.E.? Their album art has been intriguing me for a while... but I hear they sound like Immortal and I'm not too partial too Immortal...

Guns N' Roses: Axl Rose is the last true rockstar and the greatest frontman of all time. Backed by the greatest songwriter of all time and best guitarist. You can't go wrong with the band that ruled the world from 1987 to 1994. They changed what rock was, made it better, and then allowed different ideas to break them up. They were the loudest, most controversial, best band in history. Rock on, Ax'.

(Axl threatening to kill Kurt Cobain was good too.)

The Stone Temple Pilots: The band was formed because the frontman, bass player, and guitarist found out they were all dating the same SoCal girl. Can't go wrong with a band that found it's roots like that; even if it's NOT a hairband. Not really as big as they could have been since they were accused of being a Pearl Jam ripoff. Still a great band. Eventually they broke up after their frontman became more about drugs than about breathing.

VELVET REVOLVER: The best of both worlds. We've got Slash, Duff, and Matt from Guns N' Roses; some dude from the Nine Inch Nails; and SCOTT WEILAND (see above.) Not the best songwriting, but with HARD vocals, hairband like guitar playing, drugs, vocals, drugs, random sounds, drugs, and some GN'R covers: This is the best band out today.

In no particular order:

Kraftwerk: Kick ass German techno group. Been around for ever, but so cool.

The Beatles: You can't go wrong with a group that defined an entire generation. Plus, they had such an amazing, ever changing sound. Brilliant.

The Who: I like to think of The Who as The Beatles, if the Beatles did harder rock. Tommy was a great show.

Pink Floyd: Listening to a bunch of stoners from the 70's sing about acid trips while you drift off to sleep (not a drug induced, for the record ;) )? Priceless.

Weird Al: Terrible singer, but an wonderful creativity.

That's about all I can think of for now.

90's-00's
Tool
Ween
Stone Temple Pilots
Maroon 5
System Of A Down
Coldplay
Radiohead
Dream Theater
70's-80's
Billy Squier
The Tubes
Led Zeppelin
10cc
Yes
King Crimson
Marillion
Elton John
The Clash
Bad Company
Talking Heads
Cat Stevens
Eric Clapton
Pink Floyd
and before that?
The Beatles
Simon and Garfunkel
The Doors
Dion
Eddie Cochran

My favorites all times are

Pearl Jam
Nirvana
U2
and got to throw this one in there
Duran Duran, they were the 80's

65daysofstatic (as I always say in any thread about music...there's a link in my sig, with songs on their website. It's too early to try to define what their music is, but it's not what you're expecting, I'll tell you that much)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
System of a Down
Sigur Ros
Rammstein
Mogwai
Dead Kennedys
Pink Floyd
Muse
The Clash

My 'top 25' on my Ipod (which I checked for the first time today) seemed to be entirely Guns 'n roses and The Violent femmes....



I think I need to stop using it when I'm driving.

Great bands include
sex pistols
Rage against the machine
iron maiden
Manson
System of a down
Guns n roses
Queen-legends of all music
Prodgidy
Red hot chillis
Nine inch nails
ACDC
White stripes
Weird al-alberquerque etc are great
And many more I forget at this moment in time

All the people on this site seem to have great taste in music, i havent seen any chav music!
Score for nation states!

Yngwie Malmsteen: I pretty much emulated him as a guitarist for 15 years. Yeah, he is a arrogant ass, but man he can flat out play.
What the... He's known outside of Sweden? He's known at all? I just thought he played on the local radio... Huh.

Favourite band is, without question,

Rammstein - I don't think I've ever heard a song by them I didn't like.

I can see there are a lot of metallers like me here! I like that!

anyway, my favourite bands are:

System of a Down
Finntroll
Dimmu Borgir
Rammstein
HIM
Weird Al (Beeeeeeeeeer, is liquid bread it's good for you...)
the Bloodhound Gang
Muse
Iron Maiden
the Prodigy
Blind Guardian
judas Priest
backyard babies
KoRn
Metallica
nirvana
Kaiser Chiefs
and coldplay ( when I'm depressed i listen to their music, as they always make me smile again)

and coldplay ( when I'm happy i listen to their music, as they always make me depressed again)
Right...now it makes sense.

MY favorite band is the one around a stack of hundred Dollar bills.

You take the band - I'll take what's inside:D

Top 3:

Pink Floyd: From the Barrett era, to the classic era and then the Gilmour era, you just can't go wrong with Floyd. Roger Waters is quite easily the best British songwriter alive, and one of the best songwriters of all time. Without question, David Gilmour is the best guitarist alive, and as far I'm concerned opitimises what playing guitar is all about. Rick was an alright keyboardist, and Nick was very sub-par drummer, but the hey. Roger couldn't exactly play bass very well, but meh. They made some of the best music, and any band that can survive the loss of two frontmen, been rocking for almost 40 years and can still draw a hell of a lot of attention for a classic line-up reformation at a charity gig has got to say something about that band.

Jimi Hendrix: This covers his solo albums, his work with the Experience and his work with the Band of Gypsys. I almost hate saying this because it makes me sound like a brainwashed teenager who goes along with the hype, but quite frankly, he is the greatest guitarist to have walked this earth. To see and/or listen to him live is just amazing; the music is so powerful it almost paralyses you. He was one with his guitar; he could express his every thought and emotion. He wrote some of the best riffs and songs in rock history. He revolutionised the way the guitar was played, even looked at in general. He succesfully combined pyschadelia with blues and hard out rock music. He is one of the most influential musicians of all time, and is still one of the best known, even 35 years after his death.

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble: Again, one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Again, dead. Very similar to Hendrix in playing ability; both had the ability to express their every thought and emotion, to solo for as long as it took for them to fulfill themselevs without it ever getting boring, and neither were too concerned about making it big and making money out of their music. Anyways Stevie is possibly the best blues guitarist of all time in my opinion. Died in a helicopter crash after playing with Eric Clapton. Truly a tragic incident. But still, 15 years later he's still touching people with his music and emotion.

Anyways, others include Runrig, Dire Straits, Yes, Rush, The Eagles, The Beatles, Radiohead. Woo, my music rocks :p

In no particular order, and I'm not sure I'm not forgetting anybody either.

The Beatles
The Who
Genesis
Peter Gabriel
Steve Hackett
Anthony Phillips
Emerson Lake & Palmer
The Nice
Yes
King Crimson
Jethro Tull
Kansas
Egg
Hatfield and the North
National Health
Brand X
Bruford
Pink Floyd
Pat Metheny Group
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Return To Forever
Weather Report
Steely Dan
Dave Matthews Band
Phish
Grateful Dead
Traffic
Bruce Hornsby
Frank Zappa
Joe Jackson
XTC/Dukes of Stratosphear
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Vanilla Fudge
Iron Butterfly
Simon and Garfunkel
The (Young) Rascals
The Association
Spanky and Our Gang
Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Crosby Stills Nash & Young
Eagles

changes just so much, but right now:

Crowbar - depress-fest metal produced by phil anselmo of pantera

Bolt Thrower - grindcore metal

Five Corners Quintet - smooth modern jazz

assorted drum n bass (DJ CruncHmagneT being my favourite)

Cream - of the jack bruce, ginger baker, eric clapton variety

Hendrix - especially his cover of sgt. peppers' lonely hearts club band

KISS
The Eagles
The Doobie Brothers
Sum 41
Cauterize
Simple Plan
TRUSTcompany
Bowling for Soup
Foo Fighters
Avenged Sevenfold
Relient K
The Used
Fall Out Boy
My Chemical Romance
Breaking Benjamin

I think that's it.

sum 41 are awesome live... guitarist is shit hot :)

Another one of these threads...I say that not because I'm sick of them, but because I invariably forget someone worth mentioning.

I think that since I have too many, I'll just post from one (very broad) type of music, and then if the thread lives on I'll post from other types.
Since metal seems to be dominant, I'll post it.

My favorite metal bands, in no particular order:

Metallica, Megadeth, Motörhead, Iron Maiden, the Melvins, Napalm Death, Death, Slayer, Carcass, Cathedral, Trouble, Saint Vitus, Earth, Bolt Thrower, Dark Tranquillity, Tiamat, Sentenced, Iced Earth, Blind Guardian, Rhapsody, Brutal Truth, Venom, Bathory, Amon Amarth, Emperor, Testament, Death Angel, Celtic Frost, Circle of Dead Children, Dream Death, Amorphis, My Dying Bride, Sunn 0))), Quintaine Americana, Judas Priest, Pentagram, Black Sabbath, Tool, Thought Industry, King Diamond, Godflesh, Kittie, Crisis, My Ruin, Vader, Tristania, Repulsion, Fates Warning, Morbid Angel, White Zombie, Butt Trumpet, Samael, Nevermore, At the Gates

The Who, Genesis, Dire Straits, The Clash, ELO, The Travelling Wilbury's, INXS, The Doobie Brothers, Cold Chisel and Relient K.

im glad to see there are other Blind Guardian fans on here.

i'm open to music some of the bands I dig are:

Silverchair
Tool
Sigur Ros
Evergrey (www.evergrey.net)
Blind Guardian
Ani Difranco
A Tribe Called Quest
Public Enemy
Kos
Bikini Kill
Ramones
Dj Shadow
Donovan
Dropkick Murphys
They Might Be Giants
Polyphonic Spree
Pink Floyd
Sonic Youth

im glad to see there are other Blind Guardian fans on here.

i'm open to music some of the bands I dig are:

Silverchair
Tool
Sigur Ros
Evergrey (www.evergrey.net)
Blind Guardian
Ani Difranco
A Tribe Called Quest
Public Enemy
Kos
Bikini Kill
Ramones
Dj Shadow
Donovan
Dropkick Murphys
They Might Be Giants
Polyphonic Spree
Pink Floyd
Sonic Youth


Donovan? Just exactly how old are you? :confused:

OK, heres a few...

Nirvana
Led Zeppelin
Kyuss
Queens of the Stone Age
Rage Against the Machine
Dead Kennedys
Tool
Mudhoney
Soundgarden
Black Sabbath
Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Doors
The Velvet Underground
The B-52's
The Kinks
Stone Temple Pilots
Weezer
Candlemass
Cathedral
Monster Magnet
Butthole Surfers
The Clash
Placebo
Smashing Pumpkins
Alice In Chains
The Pixies
Spiderbait
Sonic Youth
The Melvins
System of a Down
Sleep
Refused
Sepultura
Radiohead
The Cure
Public Enemy
Corporate Avenger
T.I.S.M.
The Hives
Screaming Trees
Fu Manchu

Donovan? Just exactly how old are you? :confused:

You hooligans with your rock and roll...

What about the classics?

Beethoven
Tchaikovsky
Bach
Mozart
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
Frank Sinatra

Nothings better than ending a stressful day with some classical or jazz music. I'm tired of everyone raving over druggies that shout into microphones :rolleyes:

Nothings better than ending a stressful day with some classical or jazz music. I'm tired of everyone raving over druggies that shout into microphones :rolleyes:

And what makes you certain that classical composers didn't indulge?

You hooligans with your rock and roll...

What about the classics?

Beethoven
Tchaikovsky
Bach
Mozart
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
Frank Sinatra

Nothings better than ending a stressful day with some classical or jazz music. I'm tired of everyone raving over druggies that shout into microphones :rolleyes:

I've got Mozart's Symphony #40 on right now. Classical music is just as good as rock and roll. What about Glenn Miller?

I've got Mozart's Symphony #40 on right now. Classical music is just as good as rock and roll. What about Glenn Miller?

Another excellent choice. Mmm...Moonlight Serenade...

all time favorites, in no particular order:

David Bowie
Devo
Kraftwerk
Brian Eno
Captain Beefheart
The Beatles
The Beach Boys
Harmonia
Raymond Scott
Iggy Pop and the Stooges
Gary Numan
Talking Heads
Edgard Varese
Faust
John Cage
Igor Stravinsky
The Residents
Laurie Anderson
Can

This is hard. Agh!
Okay.
- Beck
- The Boredoms
- The Clash
- David Bowie
- Dave Matthews Band
- Dead Kennedys
- Depeche Mode
- The Jesus and Mary Chain
- Kraftwerk
- Matisyahu
- The Pillows
- The Pixies
- The Postal Service
- Radiohead
- The Ramones
- The Screamers
- The Shins
- The Strokes
- The Talking Heads
- The Velvet Underground
- The Who

- Brahms
- Gershwin
- Sibelius
- Wagner

And what makes you certain that classical composers didn't indulge?

I'm sure a few did. However, they turned out near-perfect symphonies, concertos, sonatas, etc. They didn't walk up to a microphone after shooting up heroin or snorting coke, and yell into it.

I'm sure a few did. However, they turned out near-perfect symphonies, concertos, sonatas, etc. They didn't walk up on stage after shooting up heroin or snorting coke, and yell into it.
Have you even seen "Amadeus"? ;)

Yep, but I liked the Broadway performance with Ian Mckellan and Tim Curry better.

Yep, but I liked the Broadway performance with Ian Mckellan and Tim Curry better.
Of course. You can still "see" a stage performance. :)
Broadway > celluloid version.

I do believe the reason why composers never vomited into a tuba bell is because they saved the truly wild stuff for the after-party.

I like mostly rock stuff, but my big favorites are:

Green Day
The Eagles
The Pillows
Barenaked Ladies

And being a band geek, I do enjoy classical. Ever heard "Hikari" (orchestral version) from the Kingdom Hearts soundtrack? It's fantastic. And of course, The Imperial March is one of the most listened-to songs on my iPod.

I like mostly rock stuff, but my big favorites are:

Green Day
The Eagles
The Pillows
Barenaked Ladies

And being a band geek, I do enjoy classical. Ever heard "Hikari" (orchestral version) from the Kingdom Hearts soundtrack? It's fantastic. And of course, The Imperial March is one of the most listened-to songs on my iPod.

The FLCL soundtrack is sometimes the very air I breathe.
That sounded a little excessive.

Primus- very trippy, so cool, Claypool is really good at bass and vocal
Lamb of God- heavy and great
Tool- prog metal at its finest
Radiohead- prettiful
Rush- best prog rock I've heard so far, though I'm a bit new to the genre
Rage Against the Machine- great rock and rap mix
NiN- super uberly excellent
R.E.M.- light and tight
Led Zeppelin- old school, classic
Jimi Hendrix- awesome guitars, naturally
Cream- again, excellent guitar by Clapton
Black Sabbath- great vocals on Ozzy
Pink Floyd- nvm about the Rush thing, Pink Floyd is the best
Yes- third best prog rock I've heard, great keys
Tenacious D- Jack Black does rock justice
Bob Marley- of course
The Cure- like R.E.M., light and tight
The Doors- also has great keys, though nothing fancy
Black Dahlia Murder- heavy
Guns n Roses- nostalgic for me
God Forbid- mostly really good songs

Rush- best prog rock I've heard so far, though I'm a bit new to the genre

Stick with Rush, because they're about the only really good Prog Rock band out there. Not one song is trite and/or boring, which is rare for Progressive.

Stick with Rush, because they're about the only really good Prog Rock band out there. Not one song is trite and/or boring, which is rare for Progressive.

well i took it back anyway, pink floyd is the best.

well i took it back anyway, pink floyd is the best.

Well... I like them a lot, but they wrote a buttload of filler. Lots of boring songs.

I just walked in, & everybody's spouting huge lists of bands! Well, here're my two cents:

Rush: Spirit of Radio is the greatest song alive.

Boston: Other than other Rush pieces, the only two songs that can rival Spirit of Radio are More Than a Feeling & Peace of Mind. Too bad they turned into drink-free, tree-huggin' PETA freaks.

Queen: How could they only merit one mention in this entire thread? I'll give'em another.

Other gooders are far too numerous to attempt a listing. Suffice it to say that I agree with nearly all of the aforementioned, 'cept all the metal, of which I am too ignorant to form a valid opinion. Exception: Metallica, whose greatness cannot be described in words.

Also a big nod to Jewish Righteousness for the classics mention. I do love the jazz.

& finally, how does one add those footers?

I'm sure a few did. However, they turned out near-perfect symphonies, concertos, sonatas, etc. They didn't walk up to a microphone after shooting up heroin or snorting coke, and yell into it.

Those that lasted the test of time, you mean. ;) I'm sure there were plenty of degenerate composers that are forgotten about, and that's probably for the best.

Just as there will be thousands of forgotten rock musicians, because they sucked....that doesn't mean *all* of them do, though.

My favourite band is U2.

Other favourites are: Coldplay, Feeder, The Jam, The Clash, Limp Bizkit, the Levellers and the Pouges.

I have many.

But, at gunpoint, when asked this question, I would choose Black Sabbath.

No question.

Death (The first ever "death metal" band, and a very progressive metal band. Best musicianship I've ever heard out of a metal band in my life. Too bad that they're gone now :(. RIP Chuck Schnuldier)

Steve DiGiorgio is a constant inspiration to me as a bassist.

But yeah, my favourite bands as such, rather than my most inspirational artists are:

Killswitch Engage, John Butler Trio, Lamb Of God, The Beautiful Girls, The Mars Volta, The Black Dahlia Murder, System Of A Down, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Led Zeppelin, Parkway Drive, Trivium, The White Stripes, John Lee Hooker, The Black Keys, Slayer, Poison The Well, Nile, Ben Harper, Clutch, Bob Dylan, Spiderbait, Sakkuth, The Beatles (John Lennon's solo work is my favourite though), The Rolling Stones (earlier stuff), Rage Against The Machine, Queens Of The Stone Age, Unearth, Xavier Rudd, Devendra Banhart, and the majority of the local bands here no one has ever heard of in their entire life.

As you can see, I've got fairly diverse tastes.

SNIP-
Killswitch Engage, Lamb Of God, Trivium, Poison The Well, Unearth,
.

You win in music taste.

You win in music taste.

Yay! I feel special!

Oh, are we including classical composers in our description of favorite bands? OK.

Bach
Haydn
Chopin
Liszt
Schubert
Tschaikovsky
Moussorgsky
Debussy
Ravel
Bartok
Stravinsky
Poulenc
Messaien
Copland
Gershwin
Ellington
Britten
Vaughan Williams
Bernstein
Reich

-Bach
-Prokofiev
-Rage against the machine
-Anti Flag
-NOFX
-Mozart
-Les Baudoins Morts (they rock, very minimalistic music but super lyrics, unfortanetaly they ceased to exist, most of them died and/or were arrested)
-Biohazard
-Tool
-The unnamable band in wich I play and wich has never done any concert due to it's lack of musical quality and will to play and,... you know
-The Presidents of the United States of America
-Toy Dolls
-Bullet for my valentine
-Oi Polloi
-more stuff I don't want to write down right now

edit: (sorry of course i forgot: Nirvana, bad religion, St Germain)

Favorite Bands....

Green Day!
My Chemical Romance
All American Rejects
Fall Out Boys
Black Eye Peas.

Yes can't u tell I'm a girl lol.:D

Iron Maiden (Dickinson and the "Killers" album, not a fan of the other stuff)

Megadeth

Black Sabbath/ Tony Iommi

Genesis

Free

Steve DiGiorgio is a constant inspiration to me as a bassist.

But yeah, my favourite bands as such, rather than my most inspirational artists are:

Killswitch Engage, John Butler Trio, Lamb Of God, The Beautiful Girls, The Mars Volta, The Black Dahlia Murder, System Of A Down, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Led Zeppelin, Parkway Drive, Trivium, The White Stripes, John Lee Hooker, The Black Keys, Slayer, Poison The Well, Nile, Ben Harper, Clutch, Bob Dylan, Spiderbait, Sakkuth, The Beatles (John Lennon's solo work is my favourite though), The Rolling Stones (earlier stuff), Rage Against The Machine, Queens Of The Stone Age, Unearth, Xavier Rudd, Devendra Banhart, and the majority of the local bands here no one has ever heard of in their entire life.

As you can see, I've got fairly diverse tastes.

Awesome. You remind me of me. :p :)

I should have included some bluesier stuff in my list...but eh.

Guns N' Roses: Axl Rose is the last true rockstar and the greatest frontman of all time. Backed by the greatest songwriter of all time and best guitarist. You can't go wrong with the band that ruled the world from 1987 to 1994. They changed what rock was, made it better, and then allowed different ideas to break them up. They were the loudest, most controversial, best band in history. Rock on, Ax'.

(Axl threatening to kill Kurt Cobain was good too.)

The Stone Temple Pilots: The band was formed because the frontman, bass player, and guitarist found out they were all dating the same SoCal girl. Can't go wrong with a band that found it's roots like that; even if it's NOT a hairband. Not really as big as they could have been since they were accused of being a Pearl Jam ripoff. Still a great band. Eventually they broke up after their frontman became more about drugs than about breathing.

VELVET REVOLVER: The best of both worlds. We've got Slash, Duff, and Matt from Guns N' Roses; some dude from the Nine Inch Nails; and SCOTT WEILAND (see above.) Not the best songwriting, but with HARD vocals, hairband like guitar playing, drugs, vocals, drugs, random sounds, drugs, and some GN'R covers: This is the best band out today.

hehehehe, thanks, i havent laughed that hard in years. especially the first paragaph. classic.

*end sarcasm*

ok in response to the thread

radiohead are incredible.
the libertines were fantastic.
bearsuit are mental. (www.bearsuit.co.uk/mp3.htm)
help she cant swim are angry. (www.areyoufeelingfashionable.net)

avenged sevenfold
staind
audioslave
nirvana

Marilyn Manson*
My Chemical Romance


*Don't take [my liking for MM's music] as a bad influence on a twelve year-old like me. I don't feel converted to becoming antichrist (I'm Christian) and I don't feel he affects my judgement to other people.

Marilyn Manson*
My Chemical Romance


*Don't take [my liking for MM's music] as a bad influence on a twelve year-old like me. I don't feel converted to becoming antichrist (I'm Christian) and I don't feel he affects my judgement to other people.

Actually, I'm more concerned that you called it music

More or less in order from my favorites to my not-so-favorites-but-still-cool:

Symphony X
Queensryche
Dream Theater
Iron Maiden
Pink Floyd
Iced Earth
Kamelot
Aria (to clarify: www.aria.ru)
Nightwish
Evergrey
Metallica (up until early 90's)
Demons & Wizards
Vanden Plas
Judas Priest
Blind Guardian
Stratovarius
Rhapsody
Jimi Hendrix
Black Sabbath
Fates Warning
The Misfits
Megadeth
Weird Al (mostly just the lyrics, or sometimes the ironic contrast of the lyrics with the type of music... hate to say it, but he's not that talented as a musician)

Quite progressive/power metal oriented, as you can see. I also very much like classical music, but I rarely listen to it, because I play enough of it on the viola already! :) I do have a special place in my heart for Gustav Holst's The Planets, though.

Radiohead
Pink Floyd
Pearl Jam
Massive Attack
Joy Division
Echo & the Bunnymen
David Bowie
Placebo
Cake

I guess I'll add some more:
The Who
The Band
Sublime
The Beatles
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
Cream
The Stones (I get to see them in January!:D )
Aerosmith (saw them last weekend)
Steppenwolf
Dispatch
Fleetwood Mac
AC/DC
Eagles
The Doors
Doobie Brothers
The Allman Brothers Band
Paul McCartney/Wings (saw him back in September)

I do have a special place in my heart for Gustav Holst's The Planets, though.

has anyone heard Isao Tomita's electronic version of The Planets? it's pretty nifty.

Ooooh, this could be a long list. :D

-Rammstein
- Led Zeppelin
- Queen
- Muse
- Apocalyptica (EVERYBODY needs more cello-metal!)
- NIN
- Sepultura
- System of a Down
- The Who
- The Tea Party
- Asian Dub Foundation
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
- Bob Marley and the Wailers
- David Bowie
- Elton John
- Live (up to and including Secret Samadhi)
- Massive Attack
- Placebo
- Skunk Anansie
- Smashing Pumpkins

I recently started listening to Isis, and I like muchly. Nicking your boyfriend's CD's is the best. :p

*sigh*
Haven't seen At the Drive-In mentioned yet...

*sigh*

I know this isn't the point, but hip-hop sucks. The fact that 'rap' rhymes with 'crap' points to a random sense of justice embedded in this hellish language of ours.

If (most of) the classical composers weren't already dead, I think they would have a collective heart attack & die when they heard some of what passes for music these days. (Or they'd go on a shooting rampage.:mp5: I'd join them.)

Feel free to call me childish names & argue vehemently in support of your quasi-musical noises. I'll be sure not to care.

Anyway, here's more, again in no particular order.:

Punk: The Misfits, The Damned, Green Day, the Offspring, My Chemical Romance, M.D.C., The Epoxies, Anti-Flag, Husker Du, The Minutemen, The Descendents, Bikini Kill, The Gits, The Lunachicks, X, The Saints, The Replacements, Goo Goo Dolls, Circle Jerks, Black Flag, Dead Boys, Dead Milkmen, Dead Kennedys, D.O.A., Verbal Abuse, D.I., D.R.I., Cryptic Slaughter, Government Issue, Fugazi, Butthole Surfers, Superchunk, Slant 6, Muchacha, Television, Patti Smith, The Ramones, AFI, At the Drive-In, Balzac, Big Black

I know this isn't the point, but hip-hop sucks. The fact that 'rap' rhymes with 'crap' points to a random sense of justice embedded in this hellish language of ours.

If (most of) the classical composers weren't already dead, I think they would have a collective heart attack & die when they heard some of what passes for music these days. (Or they'd go on a shooting rampage.:mp5: I'd join them.)

Feel free to call me childish names & argue vehemently in support of your quasi-musical noises. I'll be sure not to care.
*sniff* *sniff* I smell pretension.

The Bangles. Everybody loves The Bangles. :fluffle:

Rhapsody
Blind Guardian
Therion
Haggard
Edguy and Toby´s Avantasia project
Virgin Steele
Empyrium
Theatre of Tragedy
Xandria
Leeves eyes

and more of this kind of genre

The Bangles. Everybody loves The Bangles. :fluffle:
*Pictures CC walking like an Egyptian on a manic Monday near an Eternal Flame.*

I know this isn't the point, but hip-hop sucks. The fact that 'rap' rhymes with 'crap' points to a random sense of justice embedded in this hellish language of ours.

If (most of) the classical composers weren't already dead, I think they would have a collective heart attack & die when they heard some of what passes for music these days. (Or they'd go on a shooting rampage.:mp5: I'd join them.)

Feel free to call me childish names & argue vehemently in support of your quasi-musical noises. I'll be sure not to care.

It's not reallly fair to dismiss an entire genre and anyone could very easily dismiss classical as a load of over complicated rubbish played by and listened to by wankers who enjoy sitting around and stroking their beards, real or stuck on. As for calling you childish names i will you smelly bum face

As for favourite bands I'm gonna have to go with-
Motorhead-for plain hard rocking no one does it better
Minor Theat-hardcore pioneers and just all round class
Big Black-for making some of the nastiest yet most enjoyable music of all time
NomeansNo-pure experimentation and cos their the hanson brothers (not the long haired girl-boys)
Discharge-heavy as fuck punk that even metallers like

Blind Guardian - Imo the best metal band to walk this earth. They started out as Helloween style speed metal, but evolved to a more complex and bombastic form of power metal over the years. They really have some amazing songs.
Best album: Nightfall in Middle Earth. If you're a Tolkien fan you really should listen to this at least once.
Random fact: With the departure of their drummer earlier this year, BG had their first line-up change since their forming in 1985.

Savatage - a very close runner-up for the title best metal band in the world. They evolved from a 80's American heavy metal band to one of the best symphonic/progressive metal/rock bands in the world.
Best album: Edge of Thorns. A milestone in the bands history for 2 reasons. It is the first album with another singer than Jon Oliva (he stays in the band as song writer and piano/keyboard player), who everyone assumed was irreplaceable. Although very different from Oliva's raw voice, Zak Stevens' voice fits the music perfectly. But even more important than the change in vocalist is that this is the last album featuring master guitarist Criss Oliva (imo one of the best guitar players ever) who was killed by a drunk driver in a hit and run a few months after the release of the album.

Rhapsody
Blind Guardian
Therion
Haggard
Edguy and Toby´s Avantasia project

Most awesome. \m/

(I do wish Haggard would come to America for a couple of gigs).

1) Biffy Clyro
And then in no particular order:
Nirvana
Smashing Pumpkins
Radiohead
Metallica
Rancid
Weezer
Fugazi
Green Day
Foo Fighters
Queens of the Stoneage
Oceansize
Beck
Ben Folds
Jeff Buckley
Brand New
Muse
Blink 182
Cream
Finch
Funeral For a Friend
the Futureheads
Led Zeppelin
Gomez
Hundred Reasons
The Kinks
The White Stripes
Idlewild
InMe
Johnny Cash
Pixies
Sigur Rós

Anyway, here's more, again in no particular order.:

Punk: The Misfits,..........


I take back any nasty crap I may or may not have said about you.
(Although I dont actually think I ever have)

Immortal Technique (I'll get in trouble with any conservatives for mentioning this man, but I don't care. Underground political rapper from Harlem. Very awesome in my opinion)

HELL YES. Immortal technique is amazing... Recently heard him, and it's amazing...

Heavenshallburn- metalcore band from germany... my faves
Cattle Decapitation- grindcore from right here in San Diego
In Control- R.I.P., hardcore from Oxnard,California
Outbreak- Hatecore from Maine
Take Your Shot- Small hardcore band from Laredo, Texas

There's tons more, but those are on the top.

Sunn 0)))...

The Sunn 0))) gig I was at last year was one of the loudest experiences of my life, and I have been to a hell of a lot of gigs in my time. I saw Khanate the other day with one of the Sunn 0))) guitarists playing for them just the other day. Slightly underwhelmed I have to say, they were alright, but the two local bands supporting them turned out almost their best performances ever, and the crowd was sated before the main course.

1) Biffy Clyro
And then in no particular order:
Nirvana
Smashing Pumpkins
Radiohead
Metallica
Rancid
Weezer
Fugazi
Green Day
Foo Fighters
Queens of the Stoneage
Oceansize
Beck
Ben Folds
Jeff Buckley
Brand New
Muse
Blink 182
Cream
Finch
Funeral For a Friend
the Futureheads
Led Zeppelin
Gomez
Hundred Reasons
The Kinks
The White Stripes
Idlewild
InMe
Johnny Cash
Pixies
Sigur Rós

I would congratulate you on the brilliance of that list, if it weren't for Blink and Finch. (and the ones I don't know) :p

I would congratulate you on the brilliance of that list, if it weren't for Blink and Finch. (and the ones I don't know) :p
Blink aren't great, but they're good, happy, fun music. Nothing to take too seriously, but good for getting you in a nice mood.

Finch? gone off them the last year or so, but they still have a couple of good songs. Probably shouldn't be in there, but meh.:p

I like tons of different types of punk like crust, hardcore, thrash, anarcho, d-beat, the real pissed off, political stuff. I'm also into some grindcore bands, and I love Folk!

Some bands I like..

Amebix
Discharge
R.A.M.B.O.
Capitalist Casualties
Bob Dylan
Against Me!
ISKRA
Skarp
Crucial Unit
WxHxN?
Limpwrist
Dropdead
Crass
Conflict
A//Political
Civil Disobedience
S.T.R.E.E.T.S.
INEPSY
Motorhead
Chuck Norris
Born/Dead
Diskonto
DOOM
Gauze
G.I.S.M.
Battle Of Disarm
Voetsek
Behind Enemy Lines
Aus Rotten
etc etc etc I like tons of bandss

Actually, I'm more concerned that you called it music
Why say that?

In no particular order:

Black Sabbath - no explanation needed... right?
Slayer - YaaarRrrr, Angel Of Death!
Finntroll - Troll Metal. Nuff said.
Iron Maiden - Ah, memories...
Megadeth - Good trash.
Dio - Know a guy who tried to name his son after him. They said he couldn´t :(
Tiamat - Psylocybe Larvae anyone?

And how could i forget these:
Velvet Revolver & Led Zeppelin

My favourites:

Anathema
My dying bride
Forest of shadows
Asgaroth
Manowar
Iron Maiden
Rage against the machine
Dimmu Borgir
Absurd
Deftones
Lifehouse
and many others....

Pink-pop
All American Rejects-rock
Green Day-rock
Queen Latifah-jazzish
Papa Roach-rock
Terri Clark-country
:cool:

Why say that?

goin' for cheap laughs, as ever.

That and I don't like Manson. It's like a fusion of M People and Hansen:eek: :p

Ooooh, this could be a long list. :D

-Rammstein
- Led Zeppelin
- Queen
- Muse
- Apocalyptica (EVERYBODY needs more cello-metal!)
- NIN
- Sepultura
- System of a Down
- The Who
- The Tea Party
- Asian Dub Foundation
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
- Bob Marley and the Wailers
- David Bowie
- Elton John
- Live (up to and including Secret Samadhi)
- Massive Attack
- Placebo
- Skunk Anansie
- Smashing Pumpkins

I recently started listening to Isis, and I like muchly. Nicking your boyfriend's CD's is the best. :p


I forgot, Beck, Garbage, Black Sabbath and REM. I'm sure there are more! *picks brain*

queens of the stone age
kyuss
the smashing pumpkins
led zepplin
sabbath
foo fighters.....etc

The Gathering, Björk, U2, Smashing Pumpkins, Opeth, Blind Guardian, Thin Lizzy, Debussy

I like tons of different types of punk like crust, hardcore, thrash, anarcho, d-beat, the real pissed off, political stuff. I'm also into some grindcore bands, and I love Folk!

Some bands I like..

Amebix
Discharge
R.A.M.B.O.
Capitalist Casualties
Bob Dylan
Against Me!
ISKRA
Skarp
Crucial Unit
WxHxN?
Limpwrist
Dropdead
Crass
Conflict
A//Political
Civil Disobedience
S.T.R.E.E.T.S.
INEPSY
Motorhead
Chuck Norris
Born/Dead
Diskonto
DOOM
Gauze
G.I.S.M.
Battle Of Disarm
Voetsek
Behind Enemy Lines
Aus Rotten
etc etc etc I like tons of bandss

You own. Get more grind. Get more hardcore. Then you are the coolest person ever.

I no longer feel as though I am no longer the only priest fan out there! :eek:

My favorite bands are classic rock types like: Boston, Rush, Grand Funk Railroad, The Doors.. etc

Zeppelin rocks too.

Having said that, im always open to new music.

HELL YES. Immortal technique is amazing... Recently heard him, and it's amazing...




I'm listening to "Dance With The Devil" right now. Very good song, and the only song that has ever given me a case of the hibbelie jibbelies.

"any motherf**king coward can sell drugs
any bitch nigga with a gun, can bust slugs
any nigga with a red shirt can front like a blood
even Puffy smoked the motherf**ker up in a club
but only a real thug can stab someone till they die
standing in front of them, staring straight into their eyes"

(the song is very much against the thug lifestyle)

The Smiths!

Senses Fail
Brand New
Jimmy Eat World
Saves The Day
Mindless Self Indulgence

The Smiths!

They're quite good, as are Depeche Mode.

Asian Kung Fu Generation
Flogging Molly

Those are the two I'm currently listening to as of late. I enjoy them both thoroughly, despite prefererring classical or soft rock as a whole.

-Asylum Nova

The Bangles. Everybody loves The Bangles. :fluffle:
The Who???
No i dont mean The Who but The Who???

The Who???
No i dont mean The Who but The Who???

They're an all girl band. I'm not actually sure what they play.

The Who???
No i dont mean The Who but The Who???
'Walk Like an Egyption', 'Just Another Manic Monday', 'Eternal Flame', .... ringing any bells? If not lucky you, you must have missed that particular decade of musical depravation....;)

My nation name should give you enough of a clue as to which is my favorite band.
Here's some more:
The Beatles
Rush
Guided by Voices
Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
Alice in Chains
Stone Temple Pilots
Guns 'n' Roses
Hüsker Dü
Black Sabbath
Black Flag
The Sex Pistols
Juliana Hatfield
The Who
The Doors
Iron Maiden
Tool
King's X
The Clash
Melvins
Rage Against The Machine
Steely Dan

Tool
NIN
The Smiths
The Cure
Depeche Mode
Korn
Disturbed

The list goes on and on...

My nation name should give you enough of a clue as to which is my favorite band.
Here's some more:
The Beatles
Rush
Guided by Voices
Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
Alice in Chains
Stone Temple Pilots
Guns 'n' Roses
Hüsker Dü
Black Sabbath
Black Flag
The Sex Pistols
Juliana Hatfield
The Who
The Doors
Iron Maiden
Tool
King's X
The Clash
Melvins
Rage Against The Machine
Steely Dan

DUDE.

*hands you the biggest box of special brownies ever*

The Hives
The White Stripes
The Kaiser Chiefs
The Rolling Stones
The Stone Roses
The Dandy Warhols
The Caesars
Kings Of Leon
Pink Floyd
Bloc Party
Franz Ferdinand
Goldfrapp
Q.O.T.S.A.

I'll remember another dozen right after finishing this list...

My $.02

The Beatles: The single best band of all time, every album was good, though I could have done without the sone The Long and Winding Road.

Parliament: George Clinton is the funkiest man alive, then you add the second and third most funkey men, namely Bootsy Collins, and Maceo Parker, and you have a recipe for the P-Funk, uncut funk, THE BOMB...

Elvis Costello: One of the most talented solos out there, a constant source of intelligent, and soulful music.

Tom Waits: Another extreamly talented solo. Some of the most amazing sounds I've ever heard, and he was at at least .10 BAL while making it...

Warren Zevon: May he rest in peace. No list is complete without the guy who wrote Werewolves of London.

The Band: The weight, and that's all there is to say.

Pink Floyd: Making sadness and madness rock for more than 25 years.

The Cherry Poppin' Daddys: For making me understand that horns CAN rock.

Janis Joplin: THE woman of rock. No one else can compare. She could even make a Kris Kristofferson song cool.

There are many more, but those are at the top for me.

DUDE.

*hands you the biggest box of special brownies ever*
I hope they are hash brownies.

My €0.02:

Nightwish. The ultimate combination of symphonic metal and beautiful vocals.

Rhapsody. More symphonic metal with a fantasy story-telling background.

Therion. Even more symphonic metal, though of the darker sort.

Gackt. Upbeat J-rock.

Enigma. Alternative and unusual with a rather mellow sound.

Blackmore's Night. Great folk music.

Simon and Garfunkel. No description necessary.

Blink aren't great, but they're good, happy, fun music. Nothing to take too seriously, but good for getting you in a nice mood.

Finch? gone off them the last year or so, but they still have a couple of good songs. Probably shouldn't be in there, but meh.:p

I can tolerate Blink's early stuff, but songs like "All the small things", and the immature humour (it's not so much that it's immature, more unfunny, actually) really annoys me.

As for Finch, it's more a "don't like" rather than any real emnity.

queens of the stone age
kyuss
the smashing pumpkins
led zepplin
sabbath
foo fighters.....etc

Yay! Another Kyuss/QOTSA fan! :fluffle:

My nation name should give you enough of a clue as to which is my favorite band.
Here's some more:
The Beatles
Rush
Guided by Voices
Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
Alice in Chains
Stone Temple Pilots
Guns 'n' Roses
Hüsker Dü
Black Sabbath
Black Flag
The Sex Pistols
Juliana Hatfield
The Who
The Doors
Iron Maiden
Tool
King's X
The Clash
Melvins
Rage Against The Machine
Steely Dan

Awesome!!! :D Really similar to what I like. (Nirvana is also my favourite band, and I like pretty much everything you listed)

I can tolerate Blink's early stuff, but songs like "All the small things", and the immature humour (it's not so much that it's immature, more unfunny, actually) really annoys me.

As for Finch, it's more a "don't like" rather than any real emnity.

It's mostly the Blink stuff off "Take off Your Pants and Jacket" that I like. Unashamedly cheesy, happy and fun. Even when it pretends to be serious. The rest is more than a bit shit.

It's mostly the Blink stuff off "Take off Your Pants and Jacket" that I like. Unashamedly cheesy, happy and fun. Even when it pretends to be serious. The rest is more than a bit shit.

Well, okay. Of course, I won't hold it against you. :p :D The only album of theirs that I can stand is "Dude Ranch".

For happy, fun music, I go for the B-52's. :p

They're an all girl band. I'm not actually sure what they play.
Instruments?

Well, okay. Of course, I won't hold it against you. :p :D The only album of theirs that I can stand is "Dude Ranch".

For happy, fun music, I go for the B-52's. :p
I'll have to look into them :)

I would like to think that the rest of my musc list makes up for Blink ;)

Emperor
(old) Metallica
Mayhem
Type O Negative
Dimmu Borgir
My Dying Bride
Cradle of Filth
Black Sabbath

'Walk Like an Egyption', 'Just Another Manic Monday', 'Eternal Flame', .... ringing any bells? If not lucky you, you must have missed that particular decade of musical depravation....;)
Born in '83
I however listened to good music.
*shifty eyes*
'Just Another Manic Monday', 'Eternal Flame'

I think i have heard of these.
Eternal Flame has been redone by Automatic Pussy right?

Well, okay. Of course, I won't hold it against you. :p :D The only album of theirs that I can stand is "Dude Ranch".


I have a copy of that album. I liked it when I was 14.

Instruments?


They play them, yes.

They play them, yes.
Like Mili Vanili?

too much metal in here...

1.Ministry of Sound
(house)

His Infernal Majesty and Funeral for a Friend.

I'll have to look into them :)

I would like to think that the rest of my musc list makes up for Blink ;)

It does, don't worry. :D

I have a copy of that album. I liked it when I was 14.

Yeah, exactly what my problem with them is...

I have a copy of that album. I liked it when I was 14.
I like Dude Ranch and I'm 14 now!

Senses Fail
Brand New
Jimmy Eat World
Saves The Day
Mindless Self Indulgence



Brand New and Jimmy Eat World are awesome- the new Brand New stuff is different to their old stuff though...very good still.

My nation name should give you enough of a clue as to which is my favorite band.
Here's some more:
The Beatles
Rush
Guided by Voices
Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
Alice in Chains
Stone Temple Pilots
Guns 'n' Roses
Hüsker Dü
Black Sabbath
Black Flag
The Sex Pistols
Juliana Hatfield
The Who
The Doors
Iron Maiden
Tool
King's X
The Clash
Melvins
Rage Against The Machine
Steely Dan


I'm impressed.

The Hives
The White Stripes
The Kaiser Chiefs
The Rolling Stones
The Stone Roses
The Dandy Warhols
The Caesars
Kings Of Leon
Pink Floyd
Bloc Party
Franz Ferdinand
Goldfrapp
Q.O.T.S.A.

I'll remember another dozen right after finishing this list...


and even more impressed...you have impeccable taste dude!

I like Dude Ranch and I'm 14 now!
Heck i like Blink 1-82 as well but i wouldnt pay to see them.
I am into the whole pissing about thing.
Apart from them not much of my other Musiks is like that it is all 'serious'.

More, in no particular order:

"Alternative":Nirvana, the Smashing Pumpkins, Local H, Therapy? Nine Inch Nails, Alice In Chains, Babes In Toyland, Hole, L7, Helium, Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, Candlebox, Screaming Trees, Everclear, Bush, Silverchair, Silverfish, Soul Asylum, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Placebo, Skunk Anansie, Wilco, Cracker, The Cranberries, Concrete Blonde, The Cult, Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Veruca Salt, Tugboat Annie, Sister 7, Sloan, Foo Fighters, R.E.M., Garbage, Stabbing Westward, Uncle Tupelo, Oasis, A Perfect Circle, Baby Chaos, Fluf, Fluffy, Green River, Mother Love Bone, Tad, K's Choice, Jack Off Jill, scarling., Greta, Slowburn, Rusty, Ruby, The Flaming Lips, Mark Lanegan Band, Tori Amos, Paula Cole, Chevelle, The Jesus Lizard, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Bob Mould, Nickelback, Oleander, Blind Melon, Gin Blossoms, Salt, My Bloody Valentine, Live, Lit, Life of Agony, Better Than Ezra

I take back any nasty crap I may or may not have said about you.
(Although I dont actually think I ever have)Lol. Actually, you might have, and we were discussing the Misfits at the time. I think it was because I said that American Psycho was their best album.

More, in no particular order:

[b]"Alternative":...Therapy?...

Hands up if you were at their first ever gig.


* Raises hand. *

Ah, that's just me then.

Hands up if you were at their first ever gig.


* Raises hand. *

Ah, that's just me then.You say that every time I mention them. :)
I'm still pissed that I can't get their newest album. :(

It's not reallly fair to dismiss an entire genre and anyone could very easily dismiss classical as a load of over complicated rubbish played by and listened to by wankers who enjoy sitting around and stroking their beards, real or stuck on. As for calling you childish names i will you smelly bum face

As for favourite bands I'm gonna have to go with-
Motorhead-for plain hard rocking no one does it better
Minor Theat-hardcore pioneers and just all round class
Big Black-for making some of the nastiest yet most enjoyable music of all time
NomeansNo-pure experimentation and cos their the hanson brothers (not the long haired girl-boys)
Discharge-heavy as fuck punk that even metallers like

1. Classical is not a genre--it's a collection of them. It's just that nobody these days pays enough attention to tell them apart. (Man do I like to get technical.)

2. Genre of what? It's not fair to the rest of music to include rap under that designation. It might pass for some sort of oral literature, but that's being generous. You do get points for trying to be open-minded--perhaps you are a better person than I am. However, I stick by my rampage comment. :mp5:*mixture of gunfire & maniacal laughter* Come on, how do think they were gonna die anyway?

3. I'm not much into the REALLY heavy stuff, but that at least I can respect. I have no beef with you, sir. (I assume you are a sir based solely on your name.)

& in response to Jello Biafra, you're damn right you smell pretentiousness. In the words of Denis Leary, I'm an asshole, & I'm proud of it.

and even more impressed...you have impeccable taste dude!

Thank you.

Add to that list:

The Who
The Strokes
The Futureheads
Led Zeppelin
Miles Davis
R.E.M.
Red Hot Chili Peppers

*sigh*
More I've forgotten, no doubt...

Queen
Pink Floyd
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Weezer
Offspring
Guns 'n' Roses
Smashing Pumpkins
Rammstein
Faith No More
Blink 1-82
Soundgarden
Audioslave
Weta
HLAH

RHCP
Deftones
Metallica

Hmm. And like a range of other things from time to time.

Thousand foot krutch all the way...nu metal+punk+lite and heavy rock+rap+worship+even a bit of hiphop....the only thing they don't have is heavy metal...the only thing worht listening to, that is