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Mine happens to be AC/DC. What's yours?

(A little break from politics)

RHCP, Muse, Bloc Party. And I like AC/DC, too.

I don't know. Who sings bananaphone?

*wispers* green day

don't give me all the AI crap too, I started listening to them when I was younger , pre-record contract and that's how I will remember them.


I also like "They might be Giants" ;)

Fugazi

I have yet to hear a band that managed to have a message, have a desire to make people think, and actually mean it's message, other than Fugazi.

I like the Steve Miller Band (cant remember what its called), and I also like a rubber band.

It changes a lot with me. Right now I'm really into Comeback Kid and With honor. Both straight-edge hardcore bands.

I like the Steve Miller Band (cant remember what its called), and I also like a rubber band.
rubber bands are awesome.

rubber bands are awesome.
Right on, d00D!!

Except when you're thwapped by one.

Right on, d00D!!

Except when you're thwapped by one.
True...but then again, I'm not the thwappee, I'm the thwapper.

Dude, the two best bands on the planet are AFI and Lostprophets.
Marilyn Manson too.

True...but then again, I'm not the thwappee, I'm the thwapper.
Better not th3ap me then!

Better not th3ap me then!
I shall not, for you have excelled in coolness.

Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Massive Attack, David Bowie

Queen and The Beatles

i don't know anymore.

my most listened band would be pitchshifter, but i don't know... i like lots of bands. maybe.... hendrix?

Tool and Nine Inch Nails.

Nine Inch Nails, The Mars Volta.

Rammstein at the moment, though I change every 6 months or so... I'm a bit odd.

Fugazi

I have yet to hear a band that managed to have a message, have a desire to make people think, and actually mean it's message, other than Fugazi.
Excellent choice.

Fugazi

I have yet to hear a band that managed to have a message, have a desire to make people think, and actually mean it's message, other than Fugazi.
Pitchshifter are that *nods*

I don't have one absolute favourite. Ayreon, Sonata Arctica and Dragonforce are favourites at the moment. (and according to last.fm, Sonata Arctica, Ayreon, Radiohead, Rammstein and Bjork are my most listened to, so I guess they count as favourites)

This is one of my favorite bands http://www.marineband.usmc.mil/

used to be The Levellers ewhen i was a college and Uni until I moved onto Steeleye Span

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I shall not, for you have excelled in coolness.
SIGGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Muse :D!

But I also like the Beatles, Cake, Junior Senior, Bloodhound Gang, Queen, Maroon 5, Simon & Garfunkel, Tenacious D, Vavamuffin, hi-posi, and so on :B.

Pink Floyd, no contest. They write such a wide variety of sound and styles, play through their albums (meaning they don't fade out at the end of every song; instead, they transition very smoothly), they've done more concept albums than any other band I know.

pink Floyd

Neutral Milk Hotel
The Velvet Underground
Modest Mouse
Frog Eyes
A Silver Mt. Zion
Bob Dylan
Belle and Sebastian
Cat Power
The Microphones/Mount Eerie

That's all I'd need on a desolate island.

Gogol Bordello (www.gogolbordello.com)

The Offspring and Modest Mouse.

post-rock: godspeed you! black emperor
alternative: smashing pumpkins
trance: astral projection

I also like Live, Garbage, Tool, System of a Down, Rage Against the Machine, Pearl Jam, REM, Explosions in the Sky... lots of stuff! :)

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Goo Goo Dolls... hands down, my favourite group in the universe. I also like... uhm... Oasis, and Barenaked Ladies, and... really not a rocker/metal type at all, heh. Oh, I like Snow Patrol, too.

Blink 182 :p (got hooked on them in middle/high school, Take off your pants and jacket rocks)
Nirvana
Tool
Nine Inch Nails
Staind
Seether

Bob Dylan and the Hawks (aka The Band)

Black Sabbath.

One of the most talented, most influencial, and bar none...the heaviest band ever.

As for second favorite, thats way too hard to make a choice, so I'll list a few candidates:

The Beatles.
Pink Floyd.
The Who.
Alice in Chains
The Doors.
Led Zeppelin.
Alice Cooper.

Recent findings that are growing on me very quickly:

Astroqueen.
Pearls and Brass.
May Blitz
Leafhound.

For Rock
Rush, Yes, Genesis (pre-1978ish), Gentle Giant, Pink Floyd, Joni Mitchell (late 70s early 80s)

For Jazz
Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Andrew Hill, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny, Grant Green...on and on and on...I love a lot of bands not really ONE favorite they're all good.

I don't know. Who sings bananaphone?

Raffi :p

Oh, and I'd say either The Butterfly Effect, although I havn't heard their new album yet, but still. Or perhaps The Doors. It's just hypnotic.

Beatles

I'll list a few...in order...and I'll limit myself to just five (I swear!)

1. Nine Inch Nails
2. In Flames
3. Fear Factory
4. Sevendust
5. Tool

Mine happens to be AC/DC. What's yours?

(A little break from politics)

There are so many

If I have to pick I'd go with the one that I've stuck with since I was 14:

The Smashing Pumpkins.

Lostprophets.

Yeah, they were good. Until they started working on their second album.

www.65daysofstatic.com

the killers, boy kill boy, we are scientists and red hot chili peppers. my fave song happens to be video killed the radio star. classic.

Lost Prophets did Last Summer. Pretty much their only good song but it's still one of my all-time favourites.

Motion City Soundtrack, Nirvana and early Genesis tend to top my playlists.

Lost Prophets did Last Summer. Pretty much their only good song but it's still one of my all-time favourites.
The whole of their first album is pretty damn good, actually. If they'd fulfilled the metal promise that they showed in Fake Sound of Progress in their next albums then they'd be great. As it is, they now suck.

I don't think I could pigeonhole my music taste into one favourite band.

I would probably say either Kyuss or Nirvana.

Other favourites: Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Dead Kennedys, Rage Against the Machine, Sleep, Clutch, The Black Keys, Butthole Surfers, Queens of the Stone Age, the Melvins, the Stooges, Stiff Little Fingers, 65daysofstatic, Alice In Chains, Tool, Mudhoney, Soundgarden, Placebo, The Doors, Electric Wizard, Candlemass, Astroqueen, Cathedral, Spiderbait, Monster Magnet, Fu Manchu, Sonic Youth...

Could go on, but meh.


Recent findings that are growing on me very quickly:

Astroqueen.
Pearls and Brass.
May Blitz
Leafhound.

That reminds me, there was a band I was going to suggest to you, but it seems my mind is blank right now. Meh, it'll come to me sooner or later.

In the meantime, have you checked out Sleep or Kyuss? You might like Candlemass, too...they all come out of the Sabbath tradition, but have a heavier feel than most of those bands. Might not be your thing, but eh.

so many to choose from, but I really like Rob Zombiesome of you might ask why?I like him because he's a cool dude, and the fact that his music is used in the Twisted Metal series :)

Placebo

Yay! <3

Damn, hard to choose between bands. I would have to say my favorite, at the moment (changes weekly:p ) is Against Me!.

Some other favorites would be: Anti-Flag, The Unseen, Good Riddance, The Suicide Machines, Dead Kennedy's, Beastie Boys, Smoke Or Fire, NoFx, Assorted Jelly Beans, The Vandals, and....well, the list goes on and on...

For me it has to be Thrice, I mean I'm a fanatic.

Black Sabbath, then Rainbow.

The Doors, Queen, U2.

I'm seriously digging the Reverend Horton Heat right now.

Aw, well, since everyone else seems to list more than one...

After Pink Floyd:

Queen
Judas Priest
Black Sabbath
AC/DC
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
Aerosmith
Led Zeppelin

Nirvana.

The Smiths. I also like Simon and Garfunkel (sort of a band...), Depeche Mode, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but the Smiths reign supreme.

Opeth.

I'm not too sure. I like so much music it's so hard to get it down to one.

Placebo. Brian Molko is so pretty... :D

Deep Purple
Rainbow
Uriah Heep
Dio

Though I've recently spent far too much time listening to WASP.

Gotta love Rush and King Crimson.

Hellman']Gotta love Rush and King Crimson.

only early king crimson mind... the good old court of the crimson king!

Hard to pick one.

At the Drive-In
The Mars Volta
Led Zep.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
A Perfect Circle
Jeff Buckley

only early king crimson mind... the good old court of the crimson king!



:cool: :D

For me it has to be Thrice, I mean I'm a fanatic.
Yeah, they're pretty good.
<----- Points at name :D

Picking One Favorite Band Is Pretty Hard

But I Guess I'd Have To Say System Of A Down

Although I hate, loathe, and despise their new shit, Metallica will always be my overall favorite band!!! Now, having said that, honorable mentions are as follows:

Acid Bath
Exhorder
My Dying Bride
Cradle of Filth
Slayer
Testament
Pink Floyd
The Doors...and, after all this rock & metal, my final favorite is:
Lionel Richie

In no particular order (except for the first one being the first)...
Biffy Clyro
Radiohead
Broken Social Scene
Oceansize

Jump, Little Children

is my favorite band.

also known as +1

Fugazi
I have yet to hear a band that managed to have a message, have a desire to make people think, and actually mean it's message, other than Fugazi.

Embrace. Embrace are a band which excels at what Fugazi do now, and they did it back in '85. More "scene politics" than "national politics", but all of the above otherwise. Including having Ian Mackaye.

I bet this already got said like 20 times already.:)

EDIT: Well, no I guess it didn't.

Fave Bands: <PUNK>
Blitz
The Business
Infa-Riot
GG Allin
Sheer Terror
Slapshot (early)
Negative Approach

******L>
Slayer ("Haunting the Chapel" to "South of Heaven")
Anthrax ("Spreading the Disease")
Iron Maiden (up until '88)

<OTHER TIMEWASTING CRAP>
Joy Division
Sinead O'Connor

My favorite bands, in no real order:

Sevendust
Within Temptation
Poets of the Fall

NoFX, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Stiff Little Fingers

KSP, Bad Religion is a band that may portray what you are looking for. As for my favorites, i like Reel big fish, SOAD, Dragonforce, A7X, InFlames, and the older Muse.

Yeah, they're pretty good.
<----- Points at name :D
Yes a fellow addict!

Though I have to say aside form Thrice I do enjoy Thursday, and RHC.

Gogol Bordello (www.gogolbordello.com)


Haha that band is awesome. Wasn't there music played in that movie "Everything is Illuminated" with Elijah Wood?


My favorite band would be either Jack Johnson or Goo Goo Dolls

used to be The Levellers ewhen i was a college and Uni until I moved onto Steeleye Span

You must have gone to my college... Levellers was like 'flu.

Gogol Bordello (www.gogolbordello.com)

Yay! Someone else who has heard of them!

Probably have to pick Coil... super influential in so many ways. And, I'm sad to say I didn't find out Jhonn Balance was dead till today, so I've been on a big Coil kick all day.

:(

I really really like seeing some of these awesome choices here... Opeth, Thrice, Mars Volta, Tool.

What's with you Tool/NIN fans? I think NIN is really starting to get a little corrupted with verse/catchy chourus-itis

A couple from me...

Circle Takes the Square
Isis

TADUM! MUSE!

XD listening to Stockholm Syndrome right now actually....and I've been learning to play it on guitar.......*resists temptation to start posting crap*

My current favourite bands are: Radiohead, Silverchair, Oceansize, Howling Bells, Yourcodenameis:Milo. I tend to go through phases. Even liked emo at one stage:p

im gonna go with Iron Maiden, Mars Volta, good ol' Simon & Garfunkel, Journey, Led Zeppelin, Boston, AC/DC, Kiss, Pink Floyd, the Beatles, etc

im gonna go with Iron Maiden, Mars Volta, good ol' Simon & Garfunkel, Journey, Led Zeppelin, Boston, AC/DC, Kiss, Pink Floyd, the Beatles, etc

Led Zeppelin! That's another one of my favorites. And naturally Hendrix, "Purple Haze" is the shit. Can't forget Stevie Ray Vaughn, and...well, Ima stop now...

i can only say that crotchduster must b da most amazing band in da world. but i also enjoy sum chimaira (every1 should listen 2 chimaira) and how could i forget about dragonforce (there playing birmingham in december :D :D )

only early king crimson mind... the good old court of the crimson king!

Later King Crimson has its moments. Larks' Tongues in Aspic is nice.

My current favourite bands are: Radiohead, Silverchair, Oceansize, Howling Bells, Yourcodenameis:Milo. I tend to go through phases. Even liked emo at one stage:p

Well...at least you got in two that I really like (Oceansize and Radiohead, I listed them). As for yci:m, some of the stuff off All Roads To Fault (which I still stick in and give a listen) is really good, but I never heard their album. Good?

Between The Buried and Me
Opeth
The Mars Volta
Avenged Sevenfold
Muse

I love ACDC, Guns and Roses, and John Williams.

The Crazy Frog.

The Crazy Frog.

I think he's more of a solo act

I think he's more of a solo act

True, but his genius is so overpowering.

True, but his genius is so overpowering.

And his originalism (is that a word?)... such vision, such creative flare

cannibal corpse :sniper:

Oh, and I'd say either The Butterfly Effect, although I havn't heard their new album yet, but still.

It's pretty good, but a bit softer than their first album.

I'll go with three.

Agalloch - lush, layered, heartwrenching, mysterious, beautiful, poetic, epic, cold, harsh, soothing, somber, passionate. It can lift you up and bring you crashing down. Doom metal at its finest. Favorite song, The Misshapen Steed. It reminds me of my childhood. The eloquence and complexity of this instrumental paired with the overwhelming sadness it contains is breathtaking.

Iron & Wine - Sam Beam has crafted simple yet irresistible melodies with the flourish of poignant, thought provoking lyrics. Favorite song, Passing Afternoon. It reminds me of change and the falling in and out of love. The withering of all life and the rebirth come every year. Like a lullaby.

A Perfect Circle - The voice of James Maynard Keenan gives this band a soul and shows it off with style. He can convey so many emotions with so little apparent effort. Favorite song, The Nurse Who Loved Me. It is the song shared between me and someone whom I hold dearer than life itself. How fitting that she is a nurse. This is the only song that brings tears to my eyes.

Gogol Bordello

Yay! Someone else who has heard of them!
Well it's not a crime. Maybe we should have a club, start wearing purple or something. :cool: (I really need to upgrade my S.O.H.)

Well the greatest band in THE WORLD (other than NOFX of course) has to be Swingin Utters (http://www.swinginutters.com/).

Hellman']Gotta love Rush and King Crimson.
:D:D:D

My list (yes, it's a list, sue me ^.^):

Rush, Yes (Wakeman-era stuff), King Crimson (Old stuff), Pink Floyd, Gentle Giant, Van der Graff Generator, Genesis, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin

Basically, 70's progressive rock and metal, plus, some newer stuff...

The Mars Volta, Radiohead, Rhapsody, Dragonforce, LostHorizon, Nightwish

GG Allin



I dont presume to believe my musical preferences are superior to anyone elses, and I fully love the fact that musical tastes are subjective, and that it is that very diversity wich makes music special and unique among the arts...

But how in the fuck can you love GG Allin?!

Is it the disgusting acts of fecal frenzy?

Various things he would shove in his ass?

The poo, that he so lovingly threw at audiences?

Such classic songs as "Ten Year Old Fuck"?

Or is it the copropheliac heroin junkie horrible musicianship that you enjoy?

The two best memories of him Ive heard of are when he waltzed into a record store attempting to promote his album.
The record store owner would have taken him more seriously if he hadnt been covered in shit.
The mystery always was, was it his shit, or someone elses?

The other is a quote of GG, asking the crowd for drugs:

"Either share em to me...or give em to me...or GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY LIFE!"

Classic wisdom from a piece of shit of the highest calibre.

If I had to elect one, I'd say Dream Theater

Hey Squatch - check out the band "Alabama Thunderpussy", and tell me what you think.

Hey Squatch - check out the band "Alabama Thunderpussy", and tell me what you think.


Done.

I checked out "agoraphobic Nosebleed"

A bit like Slayer and Ministry had a lovechild, and then fed it some Meth.

Not bad, but a bit too much for me.

Then again, anything faster and heavier than "Reign in Blood", and I get bored.

These days, about the heaviest bands I like are Astroqueen, and the like.

To sum up: Ive heard worse.

"agoraphobic Nosebleed"I haven't heard them, but they seem to be something of a gore-metal band...which means that they would suck. Were you able to discern any lyrics?

Fav band? Tough question.. Today it's probably Neurotic Arseholes. Tomorrow it'll be Loikaemie or The Oppressed. In a week it'll be King Tubby or Einsturzende Neubauten. Bit later it'll be Insurgentes or Asta Kask... Possibly even GG Allin.

Which reminds me, what's your problem with GG BackwoodsS? Sure the guy was retarded, but his music's hillarious & his shows were bril.

I haven't heard them, but they seem to be something of a gore-metal band...which means that they would suck. Were you able to discern any lyrics?


Heh, none whatsoever.

Lots of screeching, and very, very fast riffs, with almost "doomy" guitars.

and by "doomy", I mean that Sabbathy-like guitar distortion, only this was played blisteringly fast, and most "doom-metal" isnt.

Fav band? Tough question.. Today it's probably Neurotic Arseholes. Tomorrow it'll be Loikaemie or The Oppressed. In a week it'll be King Tubby or Einsturzende Neubauten. Bit later it'll be Insurgentes or Asta Kask... Possibly even GG Allin.

Which reminds me, what's your problem with GG BackwoodsS? Sure the guy was retarded, but his music's hillarious & his shows were bril.


I guess, once again its preference.

I dont think his music was at all good.
In fact, I think its nearly the definition of the word "suck".
Poorly played instruments, with very little actual talent.
I like punk.....that just sucks.

As for his shows, GG is remembered more for his throwing, or rolling about in, or eating, or otherwise involving a lot of fecal matter.
Thats not showmanship...thats making oneself a spectacle of the most degenrate kind.

Thats not art.

Mare
Slayer
Dillinger Escape Plan
Deftones
Cannibal Corpse
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza
Isis
Converge
The Red Chord
Daughters
The Smashing Pumpkins
I have alot of bands i like and alot of favorites.. but those are some of them...

I guess, once again its preference.
TrueI dont think his music was at all good.
In fact, I think its nearly the definition of the word "suck".
Poorly played instruments, with very little actual talent.I in no way meant to imply otherwise. But that doesn't mean his music isn't hillarious.I like punk.....that just sucks.OK, you lost me there.As for his shows, GG is remembered more for his throwing, or rolling about in, or eating, or otherwise involving a lot of fecal matter.
Thats not showmanship...thats making oneself a spectacle of the most degenrate kind.Don't forget lots & lots of random violence. I'm curious though.. What's wrong with GG-style degenerate spectacles? It's not like people were forced to be there.Thats not art.Who said anything about art? Moreover, who died & made you the judge of that? :p

I seriously don't see the problem with his works. Now, long after his death, he still manages to make me laugh. The only unfunny thing about him, was his fucked up life off stage.

Seriously though.. Promoting a release by walking into a record store wearing feces. How is that not pure brilliance? Hell, I wish I'd thought of that.

metallica rules!

Heh, none whatsoever.

Lots of screeching, and very, very fast riffs, with almost "doomy" guitars.

and by "doomy", I mean that Sabbathy-like guitar distortion, only this was played blisteringly fast, and most "doom-metal" isnt.

Similar to some Eyehategod stuff, then?

The Offspring

Ayreon (bolded to indicate awesomeness), Stream of Passion, Porcupine Tree, Green Carnation, Placebo, Muse and Pink Floyd are favorites.

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