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No, not those things you find when you go "Outside" *shudder*, but the music. What kind of Rock is your favorite kind? Now, I won't tell you, but whoever guesses the song, will guess what kind. And if you guess the song and get it, you get a cookie. :wink: So how about it NSGers? Favorite kind of rock?


If your limbs begin dissolving
In the water that you tread
All surroundings are evolving
In the stream that clears your head
Find yourself a caravan
Like Noah must have led

primal scream?

i like metal, me. and classic rock, jazzy rock, rocky rock... lots of rock. but mostly metal *nods*


lyrics of what i'm listening to right now (guess for another cookie!)
Here comes the pain.
Enemy, show me what you wanna be.
I can handle anything even if i can't handle you.
Readily, either way it better be.
Don't you fucking pity me.
Get up, get off.

I like:

Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine, Bon Jovi, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Linkin Park, Nirvana, Billy Talent, Coldplay, Sam Roberts

rose quartz and obsidian.

primal scream?

i like metal, me. and classic rock, jazzy rock, rocky rock... lots of rock. but mostly metal *nods*


lyrics of what i'm listening to right now (guess for another cookie!)
Here comes the pain.
Enemy, show me what you wanna be.
I can handle anything even if i can't handle you.
Readily, either way it better be.
Don't you fucking pity me.
Get up, get off.
Good God, the last time I heard that song I was 16 and very angsty.

You can't kill me cos I'm already inside you.

obsidian.
Wow... That was just what I was going to say...

I like a pretty broad mixture. Sort of like a lump of concrete...
I can stretch from stuff like Dire Straits to Fleetwood Mac to No use for a name, the Ataris. ACDC and other similar groups I can lisen to, but have a limited attention span.

Can NOBODY guess the song I put out?

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:tmlMwG8xpBgwgM:http://www.theartistsweb.co.uk/users/173/t_24696_Brighton%2520Rock%2520Pink.jpg

I refuse to vote for the option that has Nirvana in it

Electronic rock please especially if it includes ADULT.

Can NOBODY guess the song I put out?

I don't know why but it reminds me of radio head :confused:

SNIP

: O he created an avatar without 10K posts, you are clearly the chosen one!

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:tmlMwG8xpBgwgM:http://www.theartistsweb.co.uk/users/173/t_24696_Brighton%2520Rock%2520Pink.jpg
I like Graham Greene too, actually.

Good God, the last time I heard that song I was 16 and very angsty.

You can't kill me cos I'm already inside you.

never used to like em, but in the last couple of weeks i started listening and they're surprisingly good... i kinda feel like i missed out 10 years ago (or whenever it was i was listening to Korn and stuff like this)

makes a break from my usual obsession with Testament though ;)

: O he created an avatar without 10K posts, you are clearly the chosen one!
HA! I can do that too!

Banded limestone. Sandstone's rather nice too.

As for the other sort.... eh..... no multiple choice? I can't pick out just one.

Banded limestone. Sandstone's rather nice too.

As for the other sort.... eh..... no multiple choice? I can't pick out just one.

too bad :p

If I listened to much rock, I'd go Christian rock.. Like how I have Christian hip hop, and am working on getting Christian reggaeton. HAHAHAH! We are taking over everything.:)

Never heard of indie? You're a terrible teenager.

I like Pink Floyd, but if Batman started a band I'd have to go with that. Hey, he already sings the blues!

Never heard of indie? You're a terrible teenager.
*Humms some more Queen and Led Zeppelin* I guess that's what I get for being born in the wrong era.:D

If I listened to much rock, I'd go Christian rock.. Like how I have Christian hip hop, and am working on getting Christian reggaeton. HAHAHAH! We are taking over everything.:)
I can't find any Christian bands that sound like any of the music I like! *sob*

I can't find any Christian bands that sound like any of the music I like! *sob*
What do you like? I can find anything :)

rose quartz and obsidian.

Damn, you beat me to it...

Christian music is terrible. Period. End of sentance. The sentance ended, way back there, and no more can or should be said about it.
Even as a fairly devout Christian I cant stand more than thirty seconds of it.

What do you like? I can find anything :)

Find some band that sounds like the thirteenth floor elevators, Queen, Led Zeppelin, or Black Sabbath, and make sure they have at least 3/4ths of the talent of whichever one you can find.

Christian music is terrible. Period. End of sentance. The sentance ended, way back there, and no more can or should be said about it.
Even as a fairly devout Christian I cant stand more than thirty seconds of it.

You must be listening to things from like the 1980s or something.

Christian music is terrible. Period. End of sentance. The sentance ended, way back there, and no more can or should be said about it.
Even as a fairly devout Christian I cant stand more than thirty seconds of it.
I'm being optimistic. I hope Zilam can find something...

My dad gets the "best of" christian rock selections from a friend at a radio station. I heard one song I could listen to without serious cranial damage, but it was more rock less Rock, if you know what I mean.

Find some band that sounds like the thirteenth floor elevators, Queen, Led Zeppelin, or Black Sabbath, and make sure they have at least 3/4ths of the talent of whichever one you can find.

http://www.christianrock.net/artists.asp

try there maybe? They have a listening of artists. Go through and listen to samples.

http://www.christianrock.net/artists.asp

try there maybe? They have a listening of artists. Go through and listen to samples.
I'm not a sample person. I've never listened to a band sample. Ever. Mostly because I don't want to search through a few hundred or so artists.

Surf..

Jandek
Larry "Wild Man" Fischer
Hasil Adkins
The Shaggs
Daniel Johnston
Dan Fioretti (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQVW3OqGZcE)

Never heard of indie? You're a terrible teenager.

I would think he deserves a medal if he's going through his teenage years and isn't interested in indie.

You forgot one. :( (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19JQYg9oWNM)

What? No viking metal? :(, I actualy listen to a wide range though sometimes heavy sometimes hard, depends on what kinda mood I'm in...

I would think he deserves a medal if he's going through his teenage years and isn't interested in indie.

You forgot one. :( (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19JQYg9oWNM)
YAY! Gimmie the medal! Shiny...

Fraggle.

I'm not a sample person. I've never listened to a band sample. Ever. Mostly because I don't want to search through a few hundred or so artists.

I know one of the good hard rock Christian bands would be Demon Hunter. They are one of my favs. Try also Emery. If that fails, Kutless is still pretty good.

I know one of the good hard rock Christian bands would be Demon Hunter. They are one of my favs. Try also Emery. If that fails, Kutless is still pretty good.

Heard 'em. Hated 'em.

rose quartz and obsidian.

Gneiss one.

rose quartz and obsidian.

Gneiss one.

Are you stoned again?

I like Rock so much that I really can't pick a single favorite out of all the subgenres.

I'm definitely more of a metal person but I like bands more than I like genres. Although I really don't care for death metal and the like much at all.

HAHAHAH! We are taking over everything.:)Which would effectively nail the stake into the palm of the whole "martyr complex", one would hope. :p

Well, kind of dating myself here...

Progressive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMLV05lqsx8

Glam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcbm1kaAU-k

Psychedelic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztc-czluOrg

Old School Hard Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKg4g9zMeHI

And these guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mioGewkWVdo

I'm appalled at the sight of Elvis being anywhere on the poll. Damn.

And these guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mioGewkWVdo

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:mad:

Fraggle.
Awesome.

i noticed there is not a lot of modern rock that falls under those categories. what about indie rock? also, Sabbath can no longer be called metal. i am a big fan of Black metal, as well as deah metal and thrash. people tend to say "heavy metal" and think this generalized thing, when there really is more to it.

However, my favorite rock band is Jethro Tull.

I don't really listen to genres of rock I listen to bands I like regardless of genre.

On an aside, I could argue that Christian Rock isn't a genre per se. Despite what some people think they don't all sound the same, the only difference between them and "regular" bands is the lyrical content. Besides there are plenty of bands who have members that are Christians but don't play overtly Christian music.

All that said I voted for Christian Rock since my current favorite band is Third Day.

Sabbath can no longer be called metal.

Just because you say so?

Black Sabbath were one of the very first Metal bands. They may sound very different from today's Metal, but virtually all Metal was built on the foundation they created. To say they can "no longer be called Metal" is arrogant, to say the least.

W
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:mad:

Agreed, my friend, agreed.

Rock sucks.

I wouldn't say either KISS or Alice Cooper is glam rock. David Bowie, on the other hand, is glam rock.

Also, where's punk? Poll is made of phail.

W
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:mad:

Agreed, my friend, agreed.

What, we don't like Lynryd Skynryd? Heathens.:soap:

What, we don't like Lynryd Skynryd? Heathens.:soap:

That song? No.
That band without the singer? Not so bad.
Singer's a fuckin' dope, and not a good one either.

Poker Face, Thousand Foot Krutch, POD, Project 86, Flatfoot 56 (what's with the numbers, anyway?) Tourniquet, The O.C. Supertones, Five Iron Frenzy, Audio Adrenaline, Guardian, Earthsuit, The W's, and some of Petra

*edit* most of those are Christian Rock/'white' metal type bands. Check YouTube & Myspace to find music samples.

Mostly - industrial, gothic and EBM/Cyber - but I like a pretty eclectic collection of stuff.

Right now, I'm Listening to Kamelot.

Punk rock. Especially hardcore, grindcore, crust, skramz, sludgecore, d-beat and that sorta heavish punk. Some metal too.

Right now I'm working my way through all the Pete Townshend I can find. Psychoderelict is a pretty good bit of rock opera.

Alternative, of course, but most of what's on the poll is good.
And stuff that isn't on the poll, like punk.

There are bands I like and dislike in most of the options on the poll. (And some you haven't included, either) I can't really claim to have a favourite, though.

Math and Post.

Fraggle.
Legendary.

The Animals

Black metal.

Psychedelic, but I wouldn't really count the doors as psychedelic. I also like prog, hard and blues rock equally. I also like alternative quite a lot. The only categories of your list I don't particularly like is Christian (since it's merely copycat music with Christian lyrics) and glam.

Hrm. I'm missing a few options here... it wouldn't hurt to include punk rock and extreme metal (thrash, death metal, black metal) in the list. Heavy metal just isn't intense enough!

Heh, Rush. I mock their fans as often as possible.

I guess Placebo count as Alternative Rock. So I voted for that.

No, not those things you find when you go "Outside" *shudder*, but the music. What kind of Rock is your favorite kind? Now, I won't tell you, but whoever guesses the song, will guess what kind. And if you guess the song and get it, you get a cookie. :wink: So how about it NSGers? Favorite kind of rock?


If your limbs begin dissolving
In the water that you tread
All surroundings are evolving
In the stream that clears your head
Find yourself a caravan
Like Noah must have led


Traditional heavy metal (Black Sabbath) and thrash metal (Motorhead, Megadeth) mostly. A bit of really heavy, wild, and crazy, blues-rock and hard rock (The Who live, Led Zep, Deep Purple). I am into some proto-punk and punk (MC5, bits of The Stooges, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers), can anyone recommend anything good for me there?

I can recommend many things, but let's just stick with Gang of Four. You might like it.

Diamond. The hardest rock/metal known to man. I know it isn't really, shut up

Well, Alice Cooper and Kiss are two of my favourites... *votes*

Diamond. The hardest rock/metal known to man. I know it isn't really, shut up

You're wrong. Diamond is the allotrope of carbon where the carbon atoms are arranged in an isometric-hexoctahedral crystal lattice. And yes, I read the white text. However, if you think that such feeble commands will silence me, you are gravely mistaken!

Traditional heavy metal (Black Sabbath) and thrash metal (Motorhead, Megadeth) mostly. A bit of really heavy, wild, and crazy, blues-rock and hard rock (The Who live, Led Zep, Deep Purple). I am into some proto-punk and punk (MC5, bits of The Stooges, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers), can anyone recommend anything good for me there?Try:

New York Dolls
The Pink Fairies
Spirit
Sepultura
the Ramones
Testament
May Blitz
Sahg (no, not 'Shag')
Cathedral
Nazz

You might also like Hot Tuna, but I can't personally recommend them as I haven't heard them.

Metamorphic?

You're wrong. Diamond is the allotrope of carbon where the carbon atoms are arranged in an isometric-hexoctahedral crystal lattice. And yes, I read the white text. However, if you think that such feeble commands will silence me, you are gravely mistaken!

http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/3/36/Diamond.jpg

I'm a bit surprised Jello Biafra didn't recommend the Dead Kennedys.

post-rock, along with various "extreme metal" genres which would take all day to list given how many silly subgenres people have created :p

Try:

New York Dolls
The Pink Fairies
Spirit
Sepultura
the Ramones
Testament
May Blitz
Sahg (no, not 'Shag')
Cathedral
Nazz

You might also like Hot Tuna, but I can't personally recommend them as I haven't heard them.

Thanks much. I've heard Tuna, but never really got into them. New York Dolls seems like a good try, as I like Thunders' guitar playing. Ramones, honestly too bubblegum. I'll try most of the other stuff.

awesome

The only categories of your list I don't particularly like is Christian (since it's merely copycat music with Christian lyrics) and glam.

That's a little harsh - Flyleaf are awesome.

R A M M S + E I N!

ramms+ein

And, Laibach, obviously. (The band Rammstein based their sound on).

OK:
Rammstein...

...and Laibach...

...and Eisbrecher...

...and Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, etc...

Basically, NDH rules.

I'm a bit surprised Jello Biafra didn't recommend the Dead Kennedys.His tastes are more into the hard rock/metal type of stuff.

Essentially the '"70s Rock Must Die" that Lard sang about. Dead Kennedys wouldn't have been a good mention.

OK:
Rammstein...

...and Laibach...

...and Eisbrecher...

...and Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, etc...

Basically, NDH rules.

ooh.. I listen to three of these already. **heads for youtube to testdrive some to "Die Apokalyptischen Reiter"

That's a little harsh - Flyleaf are awesome.

Well I'm not saying that there can't be good Christian rock, I'm saying more that it isn't a genre at all (the lyrics do not define, imo, a genre).

That's a little harsh - Flyleaf are awesome.
Awesome might be taking it a bit far. They're ok/pretty good. I bought their album on the strength of seeing them once, but I can't say I've listened to it much.

Awesome might be taking it a bit far. They're ok/pretty good. I bought their album on the strength of seeing them once, but I can't say I've listened to it much.

Well, there are very few bands that are quite that good that every track on an album can be a favourite. Flyleaf might not have managed that, but a track like "Breathe Today" is an example of them having a certain amount of awesome-ness.

Heh, Rush. I mock their fans as often as possible.

I guess Placebo count as Alternative Rock. So I voted for that.
YOU DARE MOCK US???? *Calls in the spirit of radio to possess you* See what happens when you mock Rush fans?:p
Well I'm not saying that there can't be good Christian rock, I'm saying more that it isn't a genre at all (the lyrics do not define, imo, a genre).
Blech. It all sounds the same to me.


And can NO ONE get the song?

See what happens when you mock Rush fans?:p


Fan

:p

Fan

:p
You haven't seen my (Only) friend! He likes Rush too!:tongue: With all seriousness, Rush still gots fans!

Hard, Prog, Metal, Punk, Psychadelic, Blues and Alternative/Grunge.

Yes, I am maddeningly indecisive. Largely, largely because I float back and forth. Certain styles and bands tend to resonate with me for a period of time. A couple have stuck permanently, but never with the fervor that they had at the start. Led Zeppelin, Rush and Pink Floyd.

And can NO ONE get the song?

(Can I still have a cookie if it's the Primal Scream version I like?

(Can I still have a cookie if it's the Primal Scream version I like?

Nope. It has to be the original!

You haven't seen my (Only) friend! He likes Rush too!:tongue: With all seriousness, Rush still gots fans!

Is okay, I was joking.

I know there's like 8 of you.... :p

Is okay, I was joking.

I know there's like 8 of you.... :p

Seven. John died last week.:(

Nope. It has to be the original!

But but but

I know what it is, I just don't like the original as much as the later version (like pretty much every Rolling Stones track, too, actually...)

:cries:

But but but

I know what it is, I just don't like the original as much as the later version (like pretty much every Rolling Stones track, too, actually...)

:cries:

How dare you!!! *Sends Grave_n_Idle to his room*

Seven. John died last week.:(

Didn't he leave it in his will, though...? His oldest son is now compelled to like Rush.

:)

Didn't he leave it in his will, though...? His oldest son is now compelled to like Rush.

:)
His entire family. They're trying to find and bury the will though. Little do they realize I have it.;)

How dare you!!! *Sends Grave_n_Idle to his room*

*goes to room, and listens to Sisters of Mercy version of "Gimme Shelter", and Skrew version of "Sympathy for The Devil"*

His entire family. They're trying to find and bury the will though. Little do they realize I have it.;)

I thought his oldest son WAS the entire family? You know... Rush fan... that's not gonna get you laid...

*goes to room, and listens to Sisters of Mercy version of "Gimme Shelter", and Skrew version of "Sympathy for The Devil"*

*Turns up Communication breakdown and Paint it black AT THE SAME TIME, ensuring it is loud enough to reach your room*

I thought his oldest son WAS the entire family? You know... Rush fan... that's not gonna get you laid...
No, but claiming you're Geddy Lee will. 'Sides, don't you know we Rush fans only marry our own?;)

*Turns up Communication breakdown and Paint it black AT THE SAME TIME, ensuring it is loud enough to reach your room*

Actually - "Paint it Black" is the exception. I've heard covers, and it's the one Stones track I'll take in the original form. Blame "Tour of Duty".

No, but claiming you're Geddy Lee will. 'Sides, don't you know we Rush fans only marry our own?;)

Yeah, and she's getting pretty pissed about it now...

Actually - "Paint it Black" is the exception. I've heard covers, and it's the one Stones track I'll take in the original form. Blame "Tour of Duty".

Yeah, and she's getting pretty pissed about it now...

You still haven't said which song it was. *Waves box of cookies in front of GnI's face*

You still haven't said which song it was. *Waves box of cookies in front of GnI's face*

How many 13th Floor Elevators songs have Primal Scream covered? :)
Slip Inside This House
I was letting everyone else guess. :)

How many 13th Floor Elevators songs have Primal Scream covered? :)
Slip Inside This House
I was letting everyone else guess. :)
Yay! Here's your cookie. *Snickers, hands GnI a doggie cookie* :D

Yay! Here's your cookie. *Snickers, hands GnI a doggie cookie* :D

Best kind. :)

Best kind. :)
*Brings his dog in. Dog rips GnI apart for the cookie*

*Brings his dog in. Dog rips GnI apart for the cookie*

*Dog doesn't appreciate how much GnI wanted that cookie...*

Alas, poor Yorkie...

*Dog doesn't appreciate how much GnI wanted that cookie...*

Alas, poor Yorkie...
Yorkie? He's a Lab!
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk294/Tombombadil9/Rye-rye002.jpg
See?:D

Yorkie? He's a Lab!
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk294/Tombombadil9/Rye-rye002.jpg
See?:D

Nah, he has to be a Yorkie for the Shakespeare-ish-ness of it all.

Horatio.

*You may experience a temporary fault in reality, please do not adjust your head*

I'm a bit surprised Jello Biafra didn't recommend the Dead Kennedys.

Too obvious, perhaps?

Actually - "Paint it Black" is the exception. I've heard covers, and it's the one Stones track I'll take in the original form. Blame "Tour of Duty".

At a recent Ren-fair I heard a cover done on a harpsichord.

At a recent Ren-fair I heard a cover done on a harpsichord.

You've heard nothing until you've heard it on massed kazoos.