What's your favorite band?

[God_of_Luck]

My favorite band is JUDAS PRIEST. What's yours?

[ZombieRockStar]

Well, this isn't the first time this thread has appeared (I started one of my own a while back), but for the record mine is Nirvana.

[Michael_Proteau]

King Crimson
-M

[Jack Squat]

ooh, tough decision. right now, I'd have to say Meat Loaf, Brian Adams, Tom Petty, Def Leppard, or Journey. in no particular order.

[Chunklets]

Out of many possible choices, I've got to go with The Clash.

[Don Beegles]

For me, that would be pretty easy: Queen. I like a lot of stuff, but Queen is the only band I've eer heard where I like all of their songs, which is amazing. Of newer stuff, probably Motion City Soundtrack, because they have amusing and occassionally insightful lyrics and a much smoother sound than a lot of today's music.

[Athanatos]

Arcade Fire, Architecture in Helsinki, Murder by Death, New Pornographers, Wolf Parade. Asking me to get any more specific than that won't get you anywhere.

[B-Man]

I would have to say that my favourite band is Metallica, and I don't remember my reason behind it. I just have a lot of their albums and they fit my tastes right now.
In the runner-up positions are System of a Down, Megadeth, Mudvayne, Godsmack, and Disturbed.

[Vaynor]

Jonathan Coulton, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Monty Python. ;)

[Lucky]

I would have to say that my favourite band is Metallica, and I don't remember my reason behind it. I just have a lot of their albums and they fit my tastes right now.
In the runner-up positions are System of a Down, Megadeth, Mudvayne, Godsmack, and Disturbed.


Wow, you listen to some freaking awesome music. Almost makes up for you cheering for the maple leafs.

Almost.

I like so much, plenty from (almost) everywhere. Though I really like Punk Rock and Metal of all kinds.

As said before, my favourite band is Bad Religion, but any of ^those could easily come in second, plus more. Most likely System. Dunno.

[BelkarsDagger]

Lesium. They do really, really good music. Nice mix of modern and classical.

[McBish]

Flogging Molly, then The Pillows.

[Dhavaer]

Metallica. I like most of what they play, and it takes me a while to get bored of their music.

[Dispozition]

Wolfmother, The Prodigy, Black Betty, SOAD, Rage agaist the machines and Tenacious D.

The Cat empire are also very good, but only a few of their songs. Same with Presidents of the United States of America.

[Athanatos]

Lesium. They do really, really good music. Nice mix of modern and classical.


Lesiem is excellent. I completely agree.

[soozenw]

pearl jam. i've seen them 8 times in concert. which isn't a lot compared to some jam-heads...

[Nostrabel]

I have a few: Theatre of tragedy, Rammstein, stratovarius... No particular order.

[bosssmiley]

Motorhead, the Wildhearts, early Green Day, Johnny Cash. Though this week I have mostly been listening to Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington; teach me to watch a documentary about jazz music on BBC4. :-[
Good thread God_of_Luck, although arguably a repost...

[God_of_Luck]

Posted by Dispozition:

Wolfmother, The Prodigy, Black Betty, SOAD, Rage agaist the machines and Tenacious D.

The Cat empire are also very good, but only a few of their songs. Same with Presidents of the United States of America.

The Prodigy, that's some really good stuff.

Well, "What's your favorite..." is a cliché in almost every site with message boards and in the mood of the previous thread I started. I also like Quiet Riot and Pantera.

[GeeVee]

http://imagegen.last.fm/Geldropdown2/oartists/Gvictor.gif (http://www.last.fm/user/Gvictor/?chartstyle=Geldropdown2)

I love, love, love Pink Floyd.

[Thiel]

Iron Maiden, DragonForce, Korpiklaani, Rhapsody, Turisas, Wintesun and Ensiferun in no particular order.

[Allandaros]

Iron Maiden FTW! Any band that makes songs about Dune and The Prisoner has to be six types of awesome.

[Lucky]

Iron Maiden FTW! Any band that makes songs about Dune and The Prisoner has to be six types of awesome.


666 actually.

[CombustinPorcupine]

My favorite band is probably Nirvana, though I like almost every rock band mentioned on this thread.

[Hungerdog]

Band: Pink Floyd

"Band": Billy Joel

[Piotr_Zak]

http://imagegen.last.fm/basic10/oartists/kyaroch.gif (http://www.last.fm/user/kyaroch/?chartstyle=basic10)
Yeah, I guess I'm not real bound by genre.

[Zangor]

Ooh, tough choice. I'd probably say Fear Factory or Rammstein. Both have such frikkin' awesome music.

[Marcus]

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

Defenitely. I've never heard such intensely powerful and moody songs from artists who still manages to remain versatile. Just listen to the ''Murder Ballads'' or ''Lyre of Orpheus'' albums and tell me that music is not brilliant, I dare ya. Insanely well written lyrics as well.

[Em]

Iron Maiden (hurrah, we're winning).

[Dr._Weird]

Rammstein. Definitely Rammstein.

After that I guess I would say Marilyn Manson, System of a down (Not the last two albums though), and Rob Zombie.

[Akiosama]

Every Little Thing, FTW!

Runners Up:
Goddess Family Club
Fire Bomber
L'Arc en Ciel
Two-Mix
Chemistry
My Little Lover
T.M. Revolution

My 2 well-spent yen,

Akio

[Silly_Bean]

KISS *laughs manically* or Tenacious D.

[God_of_Luck]

Also Queen.

[JabberwockySupafly]

howdy, semi-new here.


Favourite Band? Wow, tough choice, I couldn't choose just one, so my favourites would be, in no particular order:

Clutch
Iron Maiden
Tool
Slipknot (I'm originally from Iowa, it's kind of a prerequisite)
Faith No More (well, actually anything with Mike Patton)
Primus
Aesop Rock (underground hip-hop Icon in his own right)
Lacuna Coil
and last but not least, God Forbid

[Gorbash Kazdar]

My favorite fluctuates, but it tends to be one of the top five (current preference shown):

1. Led Zeppelin
2. The Beatles
3. Rage Against the Machine
4. Nirvana
5. Weezer

Those five are the ones I almost always have on my playlist, and even when I get tired of one song or album, just switch to another by that band. The top 3 haven't changed or moved in quite some time (and even when I change my mind those three generally just change spots); Nirvana as almost always been 4 or 5, and the last in the list fluctuates a bit more (though Weezer has either been in the top 5 or not much outside for quite some time as well).

After this, it's a crapshoot depending on what I'm currently listening to. For example, I'm hooked on Monster Magnet right now, and about half of what I listen to currently is their stuff. Prior to that, I was on a big Yoko Kanno kick, and before then lots of Kanye West. Normally Godsmack would be around the low end of my top ten, but I over-listened to their latest album when it came out, so they're down around the 30 range currently.

[soozenw]

howdy, semi-new here.


Favourite Band? Wow, tough choice, I couldn't choose just one, so my favourites would be, in no particular order:

Clutch
Iron Maiden
Tool
Slipknot (I'm originally from Iowa, it's kind of a prerequisite)
Faith No More (well, actually anything with Mike Patton)
Primus
Aesop Rock (underground hip-hop Icon in his own right)
Lacuna Coil
and last but not least, God Forbid


welcome! and lacuna coil is pretty good, but nightwish is better. ;)

[Lord_of_the_Helms]

Overall, when including personal importance, discography and live performances, I'd have to say it's Iron Maiden, too.

As for the favorite band currently around, Virgin Steele. Definitely Virgin Steele. Everything they did in the last twelve years is nothing short of amazing.

[Drell]

wow, i think..mmm

-medicine
-a perfect circle
-blind guardian
-radiohead

[Lidjis]

Uh...let me think about it.....oh yeah....U2
and has anybody heard of Muse?

[Serpentine]

I know and believe I like Muse, but I keep getting them mixed up with the Hives and Jet and a few others like that.
Lessee now... >cracks knuckles<
Cake
Rammstein
Queen (though apparently only one "best of" album, really)
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin's growing on me
Architecture in Helsinki
The Flaming Lips
Franz Ferdinand
Avalanches
Does Badly Drawn Boy count?
Chemical Brothers
Daft Punk
Gorillaz
Gerling
Machine Gun Fellacio
Modest Mouse
Dandy Warhols

I think that's about it, more or less. I usually don't like just listening to one band for an extended period of time (Gorillaz's Demon Days is a notable exception, largely I think because it tells a story)

[Silly_Bean]

Monty Python.

ROCK ON!!!!!!


Uh...let me think about it.....oh yeah....U2
and has anybody heard of Muse?

Yes. Yes I have. Good chioce.

I don't really have favourite bands as such. But if I had to pick bands which has the most listenable songs, the list would look like:

Antony and the Johnsons
Bon Jovi ;D
Foo Fighters
JJ72
Lost Prophets (early work)
Muse
Offspring
Scissor Sisters (just getting into and they rock!)
System of a Down (early)
QUEEN

(These are the ones not mentioned earlier - I do listen and like the previously mentioned bands but if I write them again the threadf will get repetitive.)

There are a billion more but their names excape me at the mo

[Logic]

Grand Prize goes to:
Audioslave

Runners Up:
Tool
Metallica
A Perfect Circle
The Offspring
U2

Semi-Finalists:
Marilyn Manson
Green Day
Johnny Cash
Nine Ince Nails
Linkin Park

[Annarrkkii]

Marilyn Mansin worries me, but I like "Beautiful People" and "This is the New [Fecal Matter]".

Favorite bands? Gorillaz, Lemon Demon, and Red Hot Chili Peppers, I believe, though I may be missing a few.

And Cake. Yes. I knew I'd forget one.

[JabberwockySupafly]

Overall, when including personal importance, discography and live performances, I'd have to say it's Iron Maiden, too.

As for the favorite band currently around, Virgin Steele. Definitely Virgin Steele. Everything they did in the last twelve years is nothing short of amazing.


Holy *insert religious icon here* on a pogo stick! I'm not the only person who knows of Virgin Steele!

They are such an awesome band. I can't believe I forgot to add them to my original list.. man, I feel so dirty... so very very dirty.

[Serpentine]

Hurrah, someone else besides Goff's mum and myself likes Cake!

[ElfLad]

1. The Beatles

Love, love, love, love, love, love, all you need is love, love, love, love the Beatles. Every song on Abbey Road or Revolver is good, and most songs on their other albums are good. Too many favorite songs to list, but top is While My Guitar Gently Weeps, And Your Bird Can Sing, She Came in Through The Bathroom Window, Something

2. Relient K

Christian pop-punk band. Fairly simple guitar-playing, but it shines occasionally, and I love their lyrics. Every new album has been better than the last. Two Lefts Don't Make A Right... But Three Do is full of fun songs full of wordplay and Mmhmm has a lot of good, introspective songs. Favorite songs: Falling Out, Life After Death and Taxes, Failure to Excommunicate, Maintain Consciousness

3. Jimmy Eat World

Awesome songs. Bleed American (retitled Jimmy Eat World after 9/11) and Futures are my favorite albums. They have good lyrics, and even when about sad topics they avoid slipping into melodrama. Favorite songs: The World You Love, Kill, Get It Faster, Clarity

4. (three-way tie) Led Zeppelin

Nobody does epic better than Led Zeppelin. They have the best songs longer than 6 minutes. Led Zeppelin II and Led Zeppelin IV are my favorites. Favorite songs: Stairway to Heaven, Battle of Evermore, Hey Hey What Can I Do, Kashmir

4. Pink Floyd

Absolutely awesome. From the psychedelia of Piper at the Gates of Dawn to the paranoia of The Wall, Pink Floyd delivers quality. Also, their lyrics are utterly quotable. "You'd better watch out: There may be dogs about!" Favorite songs: Dogs, Hey You, Have A Cigar, Comfortably Numb

4. Switchfoot

Can't really think of anything to say, so albums: Nothing is Sound, Beautiful Letdown. Favorite songs: Golden, Lonely Nation, Adding to the Noise, The Setting Sun

7. The Beach Boys

Some awesome surf songs and car songs, and they have a few really good songs that are fairly deep. Favorite songs: Heroes & Villains, Good Vibrations, Help Me, Rhonda, Sloop John B. Seeing them in concert tomorrow, which should be awesome.

[Don Beegles]

Other than my two absolute favroite bands mentioned earlier, I like, in some sort of order:

Billy Joel
Three Dog NIght
Johnny Cash
Chris Rice
Third Day
Wierd Al
Pink Floyd
Journey

[ghost_warlock]

Ghost Warlocks' Top 5 Bands:
1) A Perfect Circle - the release of Mer de Noms changed my life and got me truly interested in music for the first time. "Judith" was like an implanted suggestion that took years to germinate and realize it's potential on my psyche. Compare with 10,000 Days by Tool.

2) Splashdown - Melissa Kaplan (not to be confused with the herpetologist of the same name) has a truly beautiful voice. Though R.I.P. Splashdown, she's now recording under Universal Hall Pass.

3) Tool - a natural extension of APC, but it took me years to explore the crossover. 10,000 Days, although not my favorite Tool album, sets the new standard for the band (and APC). In the title song 10,000 Days (Wings for Marie pt. 2), it appears that Maynard is finally coming to terms with his mother, Judith's, affliction and subsequent death - after a stroke, she suffered with partial paralysis for 27 years (roughly 10,000 days) before finally passing on.

4) Fiona Apple - All hype aside, she's got an amazing talent and wonderful, sexy voice. The release of Extraordinary Machine demonstrates the progress and growth she's made in the last few years and sets a shining example of what artistry can come out of an individual's personal struggles in coming to accept themselves and their place in the world.

5) Poe - C'mon, she recorded her second album with her brother, in their basement, following the death of her father. Haunted is a fantastic example of the beauty that can result from working through grief.

Ghost Warlock's Top 5 Albums (for comparison/contrast)
1) Mer de Noms by A Perfect Circle
2) Blueshift by Splashdown (Don't expect to find this in stores, you'll have to steal it off the internet; try Limewire.)
3) August and Everything After by Counting Crows
4) Lateralus by Tool
5) The Sickness by Disturbed

[MasterofDisaster]

I just can't have an order i love a lot such as

Led Zep
Cream
Queen
Green Day(the older stuff)
Jimi Hendrix
Bob Dylan
The Beatles
The Allman Bro's
Alice Cooper
Pink Floyd
The Doors
The Rolling Stones
Derek And the Domino's
The Kinks
Yes
Bob Marley
Credence Clearwater Revival
Weezer
The Who
Grateful Dead
David Bowie
Pretty much the good music ;D

Theres a lot of other bands i listen to though but this is the top the best and the awesomest

[ZombieRockStar]

I might as well get in one the list craze. Making lists is always fun.

Top 10 Bands/Artists
1. Nirvana
2. Bob Dylan
3. The Beatles
4. Pink Floyd
5. Ani DiFranco
6. Beck
7. The Velvet Underground
8. Janis Joplin
9. Simon & Garfunkel
10. The Barenaked Ladies

Top 5 Albums
1. Abbey Road (The Beatles)
2. Unplugged in New York (Nirvana)
3. Bringing it All Back Home (Bob Dylan)
4. The Velvet Underground & Nico (The Velvet Underground)
5. Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)

Top 5 Songs
1. Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd)
2. You Know You're Right (Nirvana)
3. Friend of the Devil (The Greatful Dead)
3. Me & Bobby McGee (written by Kris Kristofferson but performed by Janis Joplin)
4. Sounds of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel)
5. All Along the Watchtower (The original Bob Dylan version)

So, obviously my tastes are a bit of a patchwork. I tend to gravitate towards good songwriting and (especially) powerful/intelligent lyrics, no matter what genre it technically falls into.

[General Leitmann]

Top Ten Artists/Bands

1. Pink Floyd
2. David Gilmour (Solo)
3. Syd Barrett
4. The Tea Party
5. The Blue Man Group
6. David Bowie
7. The Beatles
8. The Guess Who
9. Rush
10. Rammstein

Top Five Albums

1. P-U-L-S-E Pink Floyd
2. The Division Bell - Pink Floyd
3. Ziggy Stardust David Bowie
4. Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd
5. Transmission The Tea Party

Top Five Songs

1. Coming Back to Life[The Division Bell] - Pink Floyd
2. Comfortably Numb[LIVE - 1994(P-U-L-S-E)] Pink Floyd
3. Terrapin[LIVE at Royal Hall, London, 2003, written by Syd Barrett] David Gilmour
4. All Is Full of Love Bjork (<-- don't ask)
5. Ziggy Stardust David Bowie

[Fredricus]

Favourite band is Megadeth

Then hmm...

Marilyn Manson, disturbed, Static X, Rob/White zombie and Korn
The queen of the damned soundtrack is awesome, lots of good music
Apocalyptica is very good background music when don't want to listen to lyrics
Iced Earth, Judas Priest(they where very good live in Helsinki)
The best warm-up band is Teräsvilla, those who where there know why.
Now 'a days I listen to melodic goth music from the north ew. Nightwish, Sirenia, Sentenced, Tristania and within temptation

And who would forget Gun's N' Roses and W.A.S.P

And alot of Finnish bands

[Jibar]

Tenacious D, Coldplay, Athlete, Maroon 5, Green Day, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Crowded House, White Stripes, Evanesence,

Oh the list is too long, and I can't remember some of their names...

[josHy_Hardison]

Norma Jean

www.OGodtheAftermath.com

[sapphail]

I'm torn between nominating Rammstein, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Muse as my favourite, but I can't deicide. So I won't. I'll just say that all three rock greatly. :D

[Elina]

mmm, many choices.... ???

Rammstein
Blind Guardian
U2
Era
Apocalyptica
Metallica (in their old times)
Bob Sinclair and Gigi D'Agostino mixes

In genres I like Heavy metal, rock in English and Spanish, classic, bossa nova, blues, electronic lounge, chill out, old salsa and some electronics sounds.

[Dispozition]

Wolfmother, The Prodigy, Black Betty, SOAD, Rage agaist the machines and Tenacious D.

The Cat empire are also very good, but only a few of their songs. Same with Presidents of the United States of America.

It's amazing how much ones preferences for songs/bands can change in one month...

Wolfmother, SOAD and RATM and the only ones that are still there...Sum 41 has now joined them, as have RHCP and Infected Mushroom.

[Wayril]

I just finished upgrading the stereo system in my bedroom (a project I am quite proud of) and I found that Rammstein sounds incredible with a dual chambered subwoofer. They rose to third on my list:
1. Switchfoot
2. Counting Crows
3. Rammstein (thank god most people I know don't know german, including myself!)

[Raven_Nightwind]

Favourite Album:
Fallen (Evanescence)

Top 5 Favourite Bands:
Evanescence
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Green Day
Puffy AmiYumi (catchy stuff!)

Top 10 Favourite Songs:
Whisper (Evanescence)
Surrender (Evanescence)
Numb (Linkin Park)
Nemo (Nightwish)
Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day)
Toxic (Britney Spears)
Jumping Jack Flash (The Rolling Stones)
We Are (Ana Johnsson)
Poison (Alice Cooper)
Unforgiven (FeFe Dobson)

None of these are in order. Oh, and the "Toxic" thing? I hate BS Britney, but that song is awesome.

[McDeath]

Rammstein, Wolf Parade, Ladytron, Clor, Saffire, Butterfingers, Radiohead, Queen, the Beatles, Dubdoubt.

Wow. Grab-bag there. Heavy rock, light rock, indie, techno and hip-hop.

[Iron_Mouse]

Favorite band? Well, I like a LOT, but if I have to pick one...
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter. Best band ever.
http://www.reitermania.de/

[tyr]

blink 182, J. S. Bach and Amon Amarth.

[BreathingMeat]

has anybody heard of Muse?

Ooh, yes. I'm in a big Muse phase at the moment.

[Athanatos]

I've heard of Muse. They're pretty good, but they tend to give themselves a bit too much credit.

[twerk_face]

Top 5 Bands (in no particular order other than the first one)

1. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS (they are UNDOUBTOBLY number one for me. the rest of my list is not necesarilly in order)
2. Weezer
3. The Beatles
4. Barenaked Ladies
5. Frank Zappa

Top 10 Albums

1. Blood Sugar Sex Magic (RHCP)
2. Stadium Arcadium (RHCP) (NOT the radio hits people, listen to the good songs on there)
3. What hits?! (RHCP)
4. Californication (RHCP)
5. Weezer (Weezer) (the blue album)
6. Pinkerton (Weezer)
7. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles)
8. All of Frank Zappas recordings, live and otherwise.
9. One Hot Minute (RHCP)
10. Aerosmith Greatist Hits

JUST A FEW of my Favorite Songs

Walkabout (RHCP)
Brothers Cup (RHCP)
I cant name all the chili peppers songs i like, it would fill the post
My Name is Jonah (Weezer)
Ragdoll (Aerosmith)
Dream On (Aerosmith)
El Schorcho (Weezer)
I am the Walrus (The Beatles)
For the Benefit of Mr. Kite (The Beatles)
All you need is love (The Beatles)
Man on the hill (The Beatles)
Across the Universe (The Beatles)
F*cking in the Bushes (Oasis)
Toxicity (System of a Down)
No Rain (Blind Mellon)
Pink Triangle (Weezer)
This Fire (Franz Ferdinand)
Willi the Pimp (Frank Zappa)
Muffin Man (Frank Zappa)

Bye Bye for now folks!

[Mephibosheth]

Mephibosheth's Musical Mish-Mash:

Top 5 Bands (in no particular order)
Jars of Clay (probably the closest I have to a single favorite)
Old '97's
Nickel Creek
Great Big Sea
Toots Thielemans (chromatic harmonica jazz)Top 5 Albums (again, no particular order)
Furthermore: From the Studio/From the State (Jars of Clay)
Satellite Rides (Old '97's)
Nickel Creek (Nickel Creek)
The Hard and the Easy (Great Big Sea)
Who We Are Instead (Jars of Clay)Top 10 Songs (see above)
Bird in a Cage (Old '97's)
Love Song for a Savior (Jars of Clay)
Only Alive (Jars of Clay)
Come and I Will Sing You (Twelve Apostles) (Great Big Sea)
River Driver (Great Big Sea)
The Fox (Traditional, Nickel Creek)
Killer Joe (Benny Golson, Toots Thielemans)
Question (Old '97's)
House of Tom Bombadil (Nickel Creek)
The Valley Song (Jars of Clay)There you have it. Alt country, folk-rock, and the traditional music of Newfoundland FTW!

Mephibosheth

[Avalyn]

First of all... yay, first post :D

Let's see... Elf Power, The Unicorns, Bright Eyes, Wolf Parade, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Architecture In Helsinki, Arcade Fire, A Silver Mt. Zion, Iron and Wine, Of Montreal, Three Mile Pilot, The Album Leaf...

Oh, and 65daysofstatic.

Uh, right now, anyway. I can't choose a single favorite band x.x

[Nightmarenny]

, early Green Day,
Uuuuggg


A)Fav Bands
1)Bad Religion
2)Green Day
3)Bowling For Soup
4)Led Zeplin
5)Less Than Jake
6)Disturbed
7)Yellowcard

B)Fav Songs
1)Letterbomb(Green day)
2)Welcome to the New South(Less than Jake)
3)Ten Thousand Fists(disturbed)
4)Things Fall(Yellowcard)
5)Smothie King(BFS)
6)Radio(Goldfinger)
7)Als War
8)Broken(Bad Religion)

[Rydia]

The Beatles or Queen. The only C.Ds I have "^_^

[Lord_of_the_Helms]

Holy *insert religious icon here* on a pogo stick! I'm not the only person who knows of Virgin Steele!

They are such an awesome band. I can't believe I forgot to add them to my original list.. man, I feel so dirty... so very very dirty.

Hehe, well Virgin Steele are really pretty well-known among metal fans since they're a pretty cult band :)


Favorite band? Well, I like a LOT, but if I have to pick one...
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter. Best band ever.
http://www.reitermania.de/

Yeah, they're a huge load of fun. Saw them live three times this summer (Dong Open Air, Wacken and on thier headline tour in Berlin) and I enjoyed it a lot every time. I also quite like the new album :)

[MrsbwcMD]

Currently, my favorites are Train, Black Eyed Peas, John Mayer (though he's technically not a band, per se), and many of the musical comedians found on the "Bob and Tom Show".

[bundy_dragon]

Trivium, and most other metal/metalcore bands along the same lines

[Death, your friend the Reaper]

Blind guardian, most of the others I enjoy greatly as well. But if it has to be one...

[Tormsskull]

Favorite bands:

Disturbed
Trapt
Godsmack
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Greenday
Nirvana

I listen to a lot of different music, but mostly rock and roll. The only kind of music I really can't stand is country, especially old twangy twang country.

[Don Beegles]

Listening to my music, I've decided that Journey is also up there. Maybe my #4 or so. I mean, they're not 'good' in the sense that Billy Joel or Queen is, and there music can be annoying at times, but at others it just gets in their head, and I love the lyrics.

[Death, your friend the Reaper]

Listening to my music, I've decided that Journey is also up there. Maybe my #4 or so. I mean, they're not 'good' in the sense that Billy Joel or Queen is, and there music can be annoying at times, but at others it just gets in their head, and I love the lyrics.

You woudln't happened to have watched Scrubs would you?

Men at Work also feature highly, for "Land Down Under" mainly.

[cthulhu_waits23]

Bands currently producing music:

Clutch and Slayer.

Favorite bands ever:

Faith No More and Pink Floyd.

[Cows Go Rawr]

i gotta say im a disturbed nothing face and static X kinda guy but everything but rap and country is tolerable

[Don Beegles]

You woudln't happened to have watched Scrubs would you?


Obviously not teh episode you're thinking off I guess. Why, does it feature a tangent something like that one? Hmm, I guess I'm good enough to write for Scrubs now.

Or not, but I can hope.

[Samiam303]

http://imagegen.last.fm/basic10/oartists/Samiam303.gif (http://www.last.fm/user/Samiam303/?chartstyle=basic10)

According to Last.FM, that's what I listen to.. I also got into Bomb The Music Industry! really heavily since last night when I discovered that they had all of their albums available for download on their site. I've listened to them a ton just this morning and last night.. :smalltongue:
(http://www.last.fm/user/Samiam303/?chartstyle=basic10)

[FarseerUlthran]

Nightwish, HIM, Metallica, The Beatles, They Might Be Giants, Disturbed, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Breaking Benjamin, Celdweller, Green Day, Flogging Molly, Ferron. In no particular order.

[Goff]

Led Zeppelin



Any band that involves theremins, violin bows, a mellotron and lemon squeezing gets my vote.*



*Not actually true. Only this band can pull it off.

[Lykan]

Are we talking classic stuff, or more recent music?

Before my lifetime, I gotta go with Queen. In the matter if newer music, Linkin Park. There's only one of their songs I don't like.

[Angela]

Let's see... I'm fairly eclectic, so my list includes (in no particular order and by no means complete...)

Tool & APC
Evanescence
Nightwish
Disturbed
Alex Lloyd
Pete Murray
Cat Empire
Loreena McKinnet
System of a Down
Neil Finn/Crowded House/Split Enz (they rocked live :-)
Midnight Oil

and so on...

[***DEADLY ASSASSIN***]

My fav is proberly Muse :o)

[Athanatos]

In the matter if newer music, Linkin Park. There's only one of their songs I don't like.

Well, considering that every one of their songs is the same thing, you must hate them pretty badly!

... I kid, I kid! LP is actually my favorite Nu-Metal band. Quite a cut above the rest of that soggy ol' genre.

[Myatar_Panwar]

Hmmm, I'd have to say Dragonforce. There just a really fast paced band with what I think are great lyrics. Plus, I cant seem to put their music down, I just never get board of it. My freind says that they sound like Iron Maiden, but I think only a little. You know, they kind of have that whole 80's metal thing going, but they are a new band.

[ElfLad]

After seeing this, I got Last.fm open. Then I noticed that I posted on page 2.

But statistics are always nice.

http://imagegen.last.fm/basic10/oartists/10/AngryBalrog.gif

[Amiria]

Top 5

Blind Guardian (rather the old stuff)
My Dying Bride
Iron Maiden
Queen
Metallica (only the old stuff ('80s))

[Atlas]

King's X. No question. After that, Cake, SRV & Double Trouble, Leo Kottke, Louis Jordan, Dave Brubeck, in no particular order. That's limiting it to this past century or so. But the best music is the older stuff, Bach, Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart, Gilbert & Sullivan, Verdi, etc.

[Caelestion]

Queen. No question. Then again, I'm almost older than Bohemian Rhapsody, so hey. I even like almost all of their tracks.
I also like a lot of Abba's work, but then that's really starting to date me! :)

[smellie_hippie]

Favorite Band... Pink Floyd. Hands down, they are immortal. Oh, and Syd, you will be terribly missed my friend.

Runners up... in no particular order.
Phish (seen in concert many times)
Stevie Ray Vaughn (you will be missed)
Radiohead
The Cure
Led Zeppellin (seen in concert)
The Beatles
Nine Inch Nails (seen in concert)
Ani DiFranco (seen in concert)

Oh, there are many others, but my time grows short... oh, and yes I have also seen Pink Floyd. twice. life changing my friends... life changing. :smallwink:

[Lykan]

Hmmm, I'd have to say Dragonforce. There just a really fast paced band with what I think are great lyrics. Plus, I cant seem to put their music down, I just never get board of it. My freind says that they sound like Iron Maiden, but I think only a little. You know, they kind of have that whole 80's metal thing going, but they are a new band.
I just found them in my brother's stash of music... They are among my favourite top ten now. :biggrin:

[ray53208]

in no real order:

led zeppelin, rush, the doors, jimi hendrix, journey, queen, david bowie, ccr, csny, bob dylan, bob marley, the cure, the beatles, elo, cream, pink floyd, fleetwood mac, louis xiv, me first and the gimmie gimmies, they might be giants, the dead milkmen, weird al yankovic, danny elfman, otis redding, miles davis, black sabbath, dio, peter gabriel, portishead, red hot chili peppers, the rolling stones, santana, the shins, squirell nut zipper, stevie ray vaughn, styx, supertramp, tenacious d, the white stripes, cake.

[Cheats McGee]

My favorite band is personally Dragonforce.

[B-Man]

I need to update my list from whenever I last posted.
In no particular order:

Metallica, Megadeth, Mudvayne, Static-X, Killradio, The Killing Joke, Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Chimaira, Mendeed, Mastodon, Funeral for a Friend, Linkin Park, Godsmack, Bullet for my Valentine, System of a Down.

[Lianae]

Led Zeppellin (seen in concert)

Awww, no fair! I missed any sort of LZ concert by about a decade! I've got the live DVD though, and that's ridiculously awesome!

[SDF]

Explosions in the Sky, The Smashing Pumpkins, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Jimmy Eat World, Saves the Day, Sigur Ros and The White Stripes would be at the top.

[The Vanishing Hitchhiker]

The Traveling Wilburys (that's them in my avatar, all silhouetted like), and various groups/artists within three degrees of seperation from them, like Tom Petty (sometimes with Heartbreakers), Roy Orbison, George Harrison, the Beatles, Julian Lennon...then I have a few outliers, like Cat Stevens (my most recent CD purchase is An Other Cup), They Might Be Giants, and "Weird Al" Yankovic. The rest of my Ipod delves into several other bands, but only one or two songs from each. Of course, that's where you get the really weird songs...

Ohyes, and I've seen Tom Petty in concert. Last year. Darn guy is still sexy. Good for him.

[Amotis]

Come on Vanishing Hitchiker. You forgot the coolest member of that supergroup. Mr. Bob Dylan. Though he wasn't in all of their albums.

I can't name just one, so I'll give a top 5.

1. Bonnie "Prince" Billy
2. Mogwai
3. Broken Social Scene
4. Animal Collective
5. Bob Dylan

[Reinforcements]

My favorite band, now and forever, is They Might Be Giants, followed by the present flavors of the month Jonathan Coulton and The Aquabats. Seriously, go listen to Jonathan Coulton (http://www.jonathancoulton.com/songs). I highly recommend "Dance, Soterious Johnson, Dance", "Re: Your Brains", and "Baby Got Back".

[Mr._Wilson]

Tool, Nirvana, Metallica, Rage Against the Machine, Green Day, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, SoaD, Fionna Apple, and Smashing Pumpkins. I think those are all the bands I have listed as top favorites over at Lauchcast.

[Hexa_Regina]

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes rocks! But I think I'll have to stand by my old favorites Flogging Molly and the Dropkick Murphies.

[God_of_Luck]

An update to the first post: I love Megadeth!

Five Magics and Tornado of Souls have blown me away!

[Zeal]

Reel Big Fish
Metric
Tenpenny Joke
In that order, obviously.

[Shadow of the Sun]

I used to like DragonForce until I realized that they recycle there riffs way to much. Currently my tops would be Wintersun, Kalmah, Carcass(May they live forever!), Thyrfing, Stratovarius, Sonata Arctica, Candlemass, Pelican, Hammerfall, Blind Guardian, Adagio, Isis, Mogwai, Ensiferum, Michael Angelo Batio, Yngwie Malmsteen, Joe Satriani and finally, Stevie Ray Vaughan. I really really really likes me metal. And blues.

[SDF]

Well Dragon Force has been known to speed up their tracks in studio, and that is no metal. :P Though I've never been too much into metal myself.

[Shadow of the Sun]

If you want fast, go here (http://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-7348121519212763390&q=michael+angelo+batio)

[Om]

I've started listening to a bit of Can. Good stuff even if it is too experimental for my tastes.

[Nebo_]

In no particular order:
Evanesence
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Switchfoot

[Talon_McScruffles]

1. Tally hall: WONKY!!!
2. Oingo Boingo: Danny Elfman, you're not my hero. But you are close.
3. A tie between Pink Floyd (after Roger Waters left) and Queen.

[nifty>>virago<<]

wow thats hard... i can name my top three favorites but I don't really have one... I'd have to go with JET, AFI, and 30 Seconds to Mars

[Krimm_Blackleaf]

Rhapsody of Fire.
Pure liquid awesome.

[Sir_Rosh]

Mr Bungle are clearly my fav band.

[Lord Herman]

1. Iron Maiden - especially their last 3 albums
2. Kamelot - anything sung by Khan
3. Blind Guardian
4. Nightwish
5. Rhapsody of Fire - mangling the English language since 1993!
6. Hammerfall - doing the exact same thing as Rhapsody!

[smellie_hippie]

Man... there's a lot of metal fans around here. I recall my days of Maiden and Megadeth (saw Mustaine in concert too... love the bullet belt). But I digress, I guess I lost my appreciate for double (or quadruple) bass drums and heavy distortion (not to mention the occasional gorilla grunting in the mic) as I grew older. Oh well, enjoy the high decibles while you can folks... :smallamused:

[Sundog]

Mine would be Icehouse, just edging out Queen.

And I am older then Bohemian Rhapsody.

[Narmoth]

I have a few: Theatre of tragedy, Rammstein, stratovarius... No particular order.

Went on a consert with Theatre of Tragedy a ear ago last spring, because little metal comest to my town (Tromsø in Norway) and it wasn't a pleasant experience.:smalleek:

First of all, it was also a gother-night, so it looked more as a party for cross-dressing people and fetishists with dork-paint in their faces and the clothes of porn-movies or 18th century undertakers.
Second, and the one thing that ruined my evening: They had 2 guitarists (but no bass-player, they are 6 in the group) who played exactly the same boring chord-stuff, with the pianist playing some arpegios or loop-like stuff. All in all it sounded as a technoband that was backed up by distortionguitars - not realy my style of metal.

[Narmoth]

Time for my topp 20 list (in order of my liking at the moment):
1 Pendragon
2 Nevermore
3 Blind Guardian
4 Iron Maiden
5 Iced Earth
6 Opeth
7 Uriah Heep
8 Dark Tranquillity
9 Black Sabbath
10 Gary Moore
11 Rainbow
12 Queensryche
13 Sieges Even
14 Angra
15 Allman Brothers
16 Excelsis
17 Blackmore's Night
18 Elvenking
19 Lynyrd Skynyrd
20 Sonata Arctica

[danielf]

i like U2 .

[Jack Squat]

...15 Allman Brothers...

Strange that they should be on the list but Eric Clapton is lacking. They're very similar; Eric and Greg Allman were even in a band together for awhile.

Your entire list is a nice compilation though, Most bands there are enjoyable to listen to, and I haven't had the chance to listen to the others.

[Urban-Legend]

Reel Big Fish, Streetlight Manifesto, The Forces of Evil, The Aquabats, and Catch 22, in that order.

[Scorpina]

Flogging Molly.

[Shadow of the Sun]

Yay Flogging Molly! An Excellent band, I must say

I really really really like the band Agalloch. Think of a combo of Black Metal and post-rock and you have how they sound. It looks weird on paper, but they manage to make it work really well.

[The Orange Zergling]

Demons & Wizards is rivalling Lesium at the moment due to "Crimson King" and "Blood On My Hands". Blind Guardian (which is one half of D&W) also is up there for their song "Thorn".

[Don Beegles]

I've only heard two of their songs each on Pandora.com, but I rather enjoy the K.G.B and Black 47. Though that latter is mostly because they have a song called "I Got Laid on James Joyce's Grave." That always makes me laugh.

[Narmoth]

Strange that they should be on the list but Eric Clapton is lacking. They're very similar; Eric and Greg Allman were even in a band together for awhile.

Your entire list is a nice compilation though, Most bands there are enjoyable to listen to, and I haven't had the chance to listen to the others.

Part 1: The reason is simple, even though I like Clapton, I like Allman Brothers more, partially because of the guitarworks, and I posted a finite number of bands.

Part 2: Happy that you approwe. Hm... on second thought, I'm not - I don't care! Why did I post in the first place?

[Silkenfist]

Top 20 sounds nice:

1. Haggard
2. Sonata Arctica
3. Therion
4. Equilibrium (German Metal)
5. Elvenking

big gap

6. Elexorien (Dutch Metal)
7. Gamma Ray
8. Blind Guardian
9. Subway to Sally (German Folk/Gothic/Metal)
10. Die apokalyptischen Reiter (German Metal)
11. Luca Turilli (includes Rhapsody of Fire and Dreamquest)
12. Korpiklaani
13. Heather Alexander (Irish Folk/Chanson)
14. Queen
15. Dark Moor
16. Die Ärzte (German Pop/Punk)
17. Finntroll
18. Helloween
19. The Offspring
20. Hammerfall


Oh, and Javie: There is a small difference between Rhapsody of Fire and Hammerfall. Rhapsody uses an ongoing story for their albums, while Hammerfall's songs usually stand on their own.

[Dudukain]

I'm listening to a lot of The Aquabats, Flogging Molly, and the Dresden Dolls.



Also I'm listening to Bowling for Soups "My hometown" which has to be one of the funniest songs ever.

[Scorpina]

I'm listening to a lot of The Aquabats, Flogging Molly, and the Dresden Dolls.

Oooh, Flogging Molly and The Dresden Dolls are amazing...

Never heard of Aquabats...

[Rama_Lei]

The Decemberists, Of Montreal, Razorlight, Tahiti 80, Incubus, Cake, Ben Harper, Brendan Benson, and much more. Indie-riffic.

[Shadow of the Sun]

Silken: Where is Blind Guardian on that list? Judging from your choices you are a power metal fan, so how can you ignore Blind Guardian? It is just impossible for someone who likes such cool bands to not like Blind Guardian.

[Lord Herman]

Oh, and Javie: There is a small difference between Rhapsody of Fire and Hammerfall. Rhapsody uses an ongoing story for their albums, while Hammerfall's songs usually stand on their own.

True. With 'exactly the same' I meant they both mangle the English language. Their music is quite different.

edit: Oh, and that they started in the exact same year. (according to the infinite wisdom of the almighty Wikipedia)

[Silkenfist]

Silken: Where is Blind Guardian on that list? Judging from your choices you are a power metal fan, so how can you ignore Blind Guardian? It is just impossible for someone who likes such cool bands to not like Blind Guardian.

They are on the list. See 8th.

[Khantalas]

1. Black Sabbath.
2. Pink Floyd.
3. Queen.
4. Gah! Damn accented Latin incompatibility of the boards!

The others would be, in no particular order, Within Temptation, Nightwish, Opeth, Iced Earth, Manowar and Pentagram.

Can't say anything about Blind Guardian, I haven't listened to them that much (I hear they're good, though).

[Shadow of the Sun]

They are. They have the best male vocalist I have ever heard. By the way, nice work for liking an awesome doom metal band (Pentagram for those that do not know)

[Silkenfist]

Shadow: Hansi Kuersch is good but he has weak moments when performing live. If I had to judge on pure skill alone, I would put Meat Loaf on my list as the best male singer.

[theKOT]

Five Iron Frenzy (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=138319359), and it's not even close. AC/DC and the Jimi Hendrix experience are somewhere off in the distance though.

[Narmoth]

They are. They have the best male vocalist I have ever heard. By the way, nice work for liking an awesome doom metal band (Pentagram for those that do not know)


Shadow: Hansi Kuersch is good but he has weak moments when performing live. If I had to judge on pure skill alone, I would put Meat Loaf on my list as the best male singer.

Matt Barlow for me! (with Hansi Kursch and Michael Stanne contesting for 2nd)

[Khantalas]

By the way, nice work for liking an awesome doom metal band (Pentagram for those that do not know)

Oh, you're talking about the American Pentagram. Or, as Dark Lyrics tells me, Pentagram (US). I am talking about the other one. The Turkish one.

[Vampiric]

Iron Maiden
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Tenacious D
Wierd Al Yankovich
Queen
U2
Bruce Dickinson
Feeder
Bon Jovi
Snow Patrol
Linkin Park

'Maiden and Chili's are my main favourites, tend to listen to those the most, and I went to see 'Maiden at Earl's Court, London, last saturday, last concert of their 'A Matter of Life and Death' Tour. Was *&%^$£^&* amazing, words cannot even encompass the amazingness of it.

Top 10 Albums (in no particular order)
A Matter of Life and Death - Iron Maiden
All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2
Stadium Arcadium - RHCP
Echo Park - Feeder
Eyes Open - Snow Patrol
Dance of Death - Iron Maiden
Brave New World - Iron Maiden
Fear Of The Dark - Iron Maiden (a CLASSIC album!)
Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park
Greatest Hits Vol. 2 - Queen

Top 10 Songs (again, in no particular order)
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns 'N' Roses
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me - U2
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Revelations - Iron Maiden
Poison - Alice Cooper
Numb - Linkin Park
White and Nerdy - Wierd Al Yankovich
School of Rock - Jack Black & School of Rock
Tribute - Tenacious D (of course)
Peaches - the Presidents of the United States of America
She Moves In Her Own Way - the Kooks

[Fiendish_Dire_Moose]

Favorite Band, would have to say Cradle of Filth.

From there Mudvayne, afterwards, Duran Duran.

[Shadow of the Sun]

Ahhh. Ok Khantalas. My bad. The same too Silken.

[Lord of the Helms]

If you want fast, go here (http://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-7348121519212763390&q=michael+angelo+batio)

Batio is awesome. But generally, when I want fast, I'll go for early Helloween, late 80s Riot, or Dark Angel - Darkness Descneds :smallcool:


True. With 'exactly the same' I meant they both mangle the English language.

Awww, no fair, there's no comparison at all! Hammerfall never made a song called "eemeril swarr" :smallbiggrin:

[Narmoth]

If you want fast, go here (http://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-7348121519212763390&q=michael+angelo+batio)

For more showing of, look here; http://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=3091831922849485550&q=michael+angelo+batio

But, actually, it's kind of boring. I can also play fast, do tapping and sweeping (no, I'm not half the way that proficcient that he is, and I play on one guitar, not two), but that's NOT what makes a good melody or a good song. I prefer those who show that they can create music where atmoshpere of the song and the lyrics fit, where the story in the lyrics is ephas... emphasi... , well, underlined by melody and solo, and if it calls for technical playing, the artist should be able to do that, but he/she must also know when to play it simple.

If you are looking for fastplaying bands, check out to Angra and Elvenking :smallsmile:

[slipnslide]

pink floyd

[Shadow of the Sun]

If you want fast, you look for Chris Impellitteri. He can play faster than Batio any day. But I prefer music that is emotional over technical- if it is both, like Shawn Lane or Al DiMeola, that is a nice bonus.

[A Pointy Object]

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, and Incubus.

[Reidegost]

I would say, Jethro Tull, The Allman Bothers, Leo Kottke and The Flaming Lips.

[Amotis]

I would say, Jethro Tull, The Allman Bothers, Leo Kottke and The Flaming Lips.


Wow...for one of the rare times someone makes I list who I liked every single one of.

[Dib]

What!? I can't ebelive in all of 5 pages, only one person has mentioned Slipknot!!! (2 now) They are without a doubt my most favourtist band ever!!

Fave bands
1. SLIPKNOT!!!
2. Linkin Park
3. Korn
4. Green Day
5. Papa Roach
6. System of a Down
7. Evanescence
8. Tenacious D
9. Metallica
10. HIM

[Baldknight]

Top 5:
Foo Fighters
Snow Patrol
Rammstein
Feeder
Bloc Party

[Hannes]

Blind Guardian. Period.

[Lefty the Drunken Lush]

Rush!








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[Shadow of the Sun]

Yeah, Blind Guardian are cool. Hansi Kursch is an amazing vocalist.

Anyone else like the bands Kalmah and Wintersun? They are both melodic death/black metal (it is hard to tell, some of their stuff screams "Death metal!' and some of it just screams)

[Narmoth]

This can go on forever:
Pendragon
Nevermore
Opeth
Blind Guardian
Iced Earth (preferrably with Matt, but he is gone, so get on with your life)
Demons & Wizards
Iron Maiden
Dark Tranquillity
Sieges Even
The Shadows
Excelsis
Angra
Rhapsody (of Fire)
Uriah Heep
Gary Moore
Queensryche
Black Sabbath
Rainbow
Blackmores Night
Scorpions (old)
Sonata Arctica
Hammerfall
Allman Bothers
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Elvenking
Dream Theater
Deep Purple
Arcturus
Dire Straits
Thin Lizzy
Freedomcall
Grave Digger
In Flames
Kamelot
Minor Majority
Enslaved
The Pussycats (this norwegian band from the 60s band has nothing to do with the bodypart, only with cats http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2004-01-14)
Black Majesty
Pink Floyd

and many moore

Edit: oops, I have posted in this tread before. Well, whatever, this list is longer :nale:

[Amotis]

A lot of metal heads on these boards...

What's wrong with some good 'ol pop music? Belle and Sebastian is awesome and witty (and twee). Pavement are cornerstones. Who said musicians had to take themselves seriously?

[Shadow of the Sun]

Hey, just because I really like metal doesn't mean I don't like other stuff- I really like indie rock and post rock, as well as jazz. Out of those two, metal and post rock are my favourites, which probably explains my love of post-metal (which, as you can tell, if a post rock-metal fusion).

[Scorpina]

Anyone else like the bands Kalmah and Wintersun?

Yay for Wintersun!

[Shadow of the Sun]

Yeah, Wintersun rocks incredibly. I love the song Beyond the Dark Sun (kinda fits my name, doesn't it). Jari is pretty hot- at least he would be if he shaved his goatee (Yes, I am male).

[Scorpina]

Beyond the Dark Sun is good... I love Death and the Healing though...

[Shadow of the Sun]

Yeah, Death and the Healing is a cool song, but it sort of doesn't fit with the other songs musically- it is slower, without the frantic tremolo picking and palm muting of the other songs on the album, and it has clean vocals. It has the same lyrical themes, but not the same musical characteristics. Even the slower songs have grunted/shouted vocals.

[Ted_Stryker]

Neither of these lists is exhaustive, but...

Favorite Bands
Pixies
Sleater-Kinney
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Metallica, esp. Cliff Burton-era Metallica
Fugazi
The Beatles
Ani DiFranco
Nick Drake
Primus
Phish
Genesis (prog rock, Peter Gabriel frontman version)
They Might Be Giants

Favorite Albums
Surfer Rosa - Pixies
Doolittle - Pixies
Trompe Le Monde - Pixies
Dig Me Out - Sleater-Kinney
All Hands On The Bad One - Sleater-Kinney
In On The Kill Taker - Fugazi
Houses Of The Holy - Led Zeppelin
Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
Bryter Later - Nick Drake
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
Red-Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson
Ride The Lightning - Metallica
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis
Frizzle Fry - Primus
Antipop - Primus
OK Computer - Radiohead
Dry - PJ Harvey
Exile In Guyville - Liz Phair
Little Plastic Castle - Ani DiFranco
Imperfectly - Ani DiFranco

And so on...

[MinusInnocence]

I don't really have a favorite band. I like everything I've heard from Foreigner and Depeche Mode but there will always be a soft spot in my heart for Stabbing Westward.

[Amotis]

Foreigner and DM? There's not much a space between them. DM is cool, a few good records and awesome songs. They seem to be the target of a lot of covers nowadays.

[McDeath]

This will make my musical tastes clear to anyone who cares to ahve a peek.
http://www.radioblogclub.com/fav/0/1487458/0

[zeratul]

I like to many to choose one but my favorite bands are
Ben Folds
Guster
Weezer
Greenday
Voltaire
Decemberists
Ben Kweller
Death Cab For Cutie
Postal Service
Weird Al
ozma
and Nirvana is raly good too

[zeratul]

oh and the band thoushaltnot is awsome (ive just gotten intoo goth music)

[Don Julio Anejo]

The ones I'm probably okay talking about:
Green Day
Linkin Park
Rammstein
Evanescence

Guilty pleasures:
Pussycat Dolls (well, Nicole does sing pretty well)
Rihanna
Sean Paul (funny!)
Nelly Furtado (catchy and she IS from almost where I live).
All-American Rejects

[Shadow of the Sun]

Odd, I would consider the first list to be "guilty pleasures". But then I am a nut about traditional metal, so meh.

[xhado123]

The beatles. Number one band.
number one album? love.

[Amotis]

Abbey Road? The White Album? St. Peppers? I really can't decide...

[Dretch]

David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, KMFDM, Marilyn Manson, Lou Reed, Tom Waits, Velvet Underground, Rob Zombie, Smashing Pumpkins, Iggy Pop, Dusty Springfield, Rammstein, Placebo, Ladytron, Gogol Bordello, The Beatles, Murder By Death, Green Day, THE MAN TOM JONES, Johnny Cash, Joy Division, U2, AFI, Beastie Boys, Gnarls Barkley, The Strokes, Outkast, the late, great James Brown, The Killers, The Postal Service, New Order...

I can't pick a favorite...

[Nevrmore]

Bands:
Pink Floyd
Queen
Iron Maiden
AC/DC
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Albums:
Dark Side of the Moon ~ Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here ~ Pink Floyd
The Wall ~ Pink Floyd
Meddle ~ Pink Floyd
Greatest Hits ~ Queen
Sheer Heart Attack ~ Queen
A Night at the Opera ~ Queen
Edward the Great ~ Iron Maiden
Californication ~ Red Hot Chili Peppers

[Lord of the Helms]

A lot of metal heads on these boards...

What's wrong with some good 'ol pop music? Belle and Sebastian is awesome and witty (and twee). Pavement are cornerstones. Who said musicians had to take themselves seriously?

Well... I do like Abba, but that's about it as far as pop goes. It's way up there with Hip-Hop and Electronic music as "stuff I really don't want to bother with at all".

Shadow, just thinking about it as I'm listening to it right now, you happen to like Goat Horn? Really well-done gruff, ugly mixture of Heavy and Doom Metal, with some elements of Thrash and occasionally Power Metal thrown in. Lovely stuff :smallsmile:

[zeratul]

Well... I do like Abba, but that's about it as far as pop goes. It's way up there with Hip-Hop and Electronic music as "stuff I really don't want to bother with at all".

Shadow, just thinking about it as I'm listening to it right now, you happen to like Goat Horn? Really well-done gruff, ugly mixture of Heavy and Doom Metal, with some elements of Thrash and occasionally Power Metal thrown in. Lovely stuff :smallsmile:

ugh not to say you are wrong (you cannot jusge peoples taste different people like different things) abba causes me physical paine "mamamia" is a desicration of broadway. sorry if you were offended. once again,just my opinion.

[Angelus]

Heh hard to pick a favorite indeed. Think it might change over time also..

Although my favorite group for a long time now is Muse!!

Goo Goo Dolls, Live, Skunk Anansie, Korn, Radiohead, Coldplay, System of a Down, and Moby are good competetors though

[Amotis]

Oh, and I adore Frank Zappa. In my top ten, definately.

[Liv]

Mostly I like post-hardcore, punk, and what my family would call "emo". I really can't choose my favourite bands. Even thinking about it makes me dizzy.

Ben Folds (Five) will always be up there, though.

[wobbegong]

In no particular order :

New Model Army
Nick Cave (and the Bad Seeds)
Buffy Sainte Marie
Rush
Queen *
Steeleye Span
Suzanne Vega
Souad Massi
Kate Bush
The Who

Also more than happy to listen to most of The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Beatles. When in a lighter mood would probably say Monty Python and Les Barker.

*(I'm older than Bohemian Rhapsody - in fact one of the things to got me listneing to music : I also remember when Iron Maiden were a small band)

[October]

Well, I've got a 200+ list but I've narrowed it down to about 10 or so really good bands.

1. Led Zeppelin
2. Cradle of Filth
3. Guns N' Roses
4. AC/DC
5. Bleeding Through
6. Death Cab For Cutie
7. Everytime I Die
8. Sex Pistols
9. Avenged Sevenfold
9.5. Thin Lizzy
9.75 Queen
10. The Killers

[Don Beegles]

I got a Bob Seger CD for Christmas, and I hav eto say I lkike much. I don't know how he ranks among other stuff like him, but he's really a change of pace from what I usually listen to, so I think he's wormed his way into the Top Ten or so, amybe even 5.

[Dire Penguin]

I've taken a liking to lemon demon =P

[GolemsVoice]

Uhm, anyone knows the band Smmoning? That would be my favorite one.

[Haruki-kun]

Sweetbox is my favorite. Jade's voice is great.

[zachol]

A toss-up between Pink Floyd and Red Hot Chili Peppers, depending on my mood.
Also, Led Zeppelin and Nirvana.
And Jimi Hendrix.

And then a sort of floating pool of Air, Depeche Mode, Massive Attack, Mogwai, Tosca, and some others.
My favorite genre is Goa-style trance, but I take from far too many sources (and usually just listen to one of those streaming radio stations) to have a favorite band of that genre.

[Police_palace]

Scary kids scaring kids, Armor for sleep, fall out boy, my chemical romance in no special order \../(oo)\../

[Dragor]

Oooh, lists. I like lists.

TOP 5

1) Led Zeppelin
2) The White Stripes
3) The Answer
4) Nightwish
5) Muse

[Corlindale]

My favourite band is probably Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

Others in no particular order:

Radiohead
Genesis(Gabriel era)
Jethro Tull
The Decemberists
Rhapsody
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
Kaizer's Orchestra
IQ
Marillion
Red Sparowes
Under Byen(or "Below the City", as their name translated to English would sound)
Sigur Rós
Blackmore's Night
Pink Floyd
A Silver Mt. Zion

Albums:
GY!BE: Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennaes to Heaven
GY!BE: F#A# Infinity
IQ - Dark Matter
Genesis - Foxtrot
Radiohead - Ok Computer
Sigur Rós - Agætis Byrjun
Decemberists - The Crane Wife
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

[Amotis]

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
Yeah! They rock. As does most of your list, good job.

[Shadow of the Sun]

Godspeed You! Black Emperor are incredible. I went so far as to proclaim post rock as the new classical using them as an example. They are just so amazing.

This one may not be liked by many people, but I will say it anyway. Simon and Garfunkel. I like folk, and probably always will, and these guys are my favourite folk/folk rock band.

[Amotis]

You like folk? Who's your favorite?

Mine would be...Dylan, Guthrie, Nick Drake, Elliot Smith, BPB, Seth Lakeman, Ramblin' Jack, Seger, and a whole lot more.

[Lord Sidereal]

Rancid FTW

[Shadow of the Sun]

They are more folk rock, but Redgum. Being an Australian folk fan it is actually required for me to like Redgum. Some of their stuff is very funny, but all of it is incredible.

[Amotis]

Ah, I've heard of them. They're pretty cool and I like how they sing with an accent, makes it more intimate.

[Shadow of the Sun]

If you get the chance listen too the song Where You Gonna Run To Now by them. It is amazing, completely amazing. The climax of the song is very intense. Most of their songs are cool, like Caught in the Act- if you can get the 9 minute version, do so because it is as funny as hell.

[Darkshade]

Oooh, lists. I like lists.

TOP 5

1) Led Zeppelin
2) The White Stripes
3) The Answer
4) Nightwish
5) Muse

omg someone else knows who Nightwish is! Are you from the UK?

my top 5 bands

1) Nightwish
2) Gorillaz
3) Greenday
4) Sublime
5) Nobuo Uematsu




6) The Bags

[Shadow of the Sun]

I know who Nightwish is- they are fairly mainstream in the metal community, about the same popularity as Opeth. Next too no-one knows about Agalloch, which is a shame, because they are an amazing band.

[Darkshade]

yeah in australia and the UK and south america and japan
but they are almost unheard of here in the U.S.
I was lucky enough to see them at the house of blues in chicago in their one american tour!

[Rumda]

in no particular order
dragonforce, nightwish, hammerfall, U2, coldplay ammong others

[Amotis]

No...I'm from the US and Nightwish is damn popular. I think one of the 10 ten videos on youtube (top 10 period) is a Nightwish video.

Ironically I didn't even know of them until my pop/80's rock/bon jovi friend showed me them.

[ravenkith]

Rolling Stones.

I live in US and have never heard of Nightwish.

[Darkshade]

No...I'm from the US and Nightwish is damn popular. I think one of the 10 ten videos on youtube (top 10 period) is a Nightwish video.

Ironically I didn't even know of them until my pop/80's rock/bon jovi friend showed me them.

they're big underground with those of us who are totally cool
but the mainstream doesnt know about them at all, I have personally introduced 8 or 9 friends and coworkers to the perfection that is nightwish and made new fans out of them, but you never hear them on the radio, you never see them on mtv Evanescence is almost like a cheesy US version of them but no one know who they are

[Amotis]

I don't like them though :smalltongue:
But yeah, cool band. Getting people into new music is always good.

[Shadow of the Sun]

I personally prefer Epica. Nightwish are alright, but after listening to them as much as I have it gets a bit boring, but that happens with any music I suppose.

[Darkshade]

I'm waiting to find out who the new singer is going to be and what she'll sound like, still their old stuff is great and their recent Nemo album was excellent and different enough imho that it shouldn't be boring

[Tussy the Druid]

System of a Down, Snow Patrol, Seether, Breakin Benjamin, Disturbed.... I listen to a wide variety.

Also from U.S..... and Nightwish is?...

[Amotis]

The little prayer I say every night that all those bands dissappear.

I mean...Nightwish. Oh! They're a Finnish symphonic metal band.

[Morrsleib]

top 10 bands/artist
1. Pink floyd (i'm really in love with this band, i have every album and i like it all, really a fan)
2. Deep purple are the best of heavy
3. ac/dc they are just good heavy rock music
4. Tom waits he's just good, fantasic voice and good lyrics
5. Gorrilaz, that just amazing what new kind of music they make
6. Mettalica rocks, their first album is jusst good
7. Queen
8. Weather report i hear a lot of different thinks including jazz
9. black sabbath
10. Prince

5 best albums
1.Pink floyds dark side of the moon
2.Pink floyds wish you were here
3.Pink floyds the final cut
4.Gorilaz's gorilaz
5. ac/dc flick of the switch

top five songs:
1. Pink Floyds comfortably numb (pulse 1994)
2. Tom waits Road to Peace (orphans)
3. Deep purple child o' time (made i japan)
4. metallica: whiskey in the jar (garage inc)
5. gorilaz's fire coming out of the monkeys head (demon days)

[FdL]

Throwing Muses.

Amotis, I like your taste in music. Can't say much about the others for what I've read (not meant as an offense).

[Amotis]

Thank ya! : D You're probably the first to know them acutally. Do you like artists of the similiar vein?

Throwing Muses is cool too, totally different from what I excepted from an '80s band I recall.

[Skydiving_Ninja]

Pink Floyd

2nd place: The Who
3rd place: So many other choices.

[FdL]

Thank ya! : D You're probably the first to know them acutally. Do you like artists of the similiar vein?

I like a lot of folkish or alt-country bands. I like Nick Drake, and Dylan, and the music Will Oldham makes. I love Neil Young and the Velvet Underground. I like indie rock but also "alternative" bands from the 80s, 70's and 60's. There's just so much good stuff around. I could type Mbs about the music I like and why. But forced to choose just only one band (a difficult, quasi-ridiculous proposal) I choose Throwing Muses.

I'm not a lot into Animal Collective though, it never "clicked" for me.

Belle and Sebastian, Pavement, you nailed it. Although B&S's shift in style a couple of albums back has nearly lost me.



Throwing Muses is cool too, totally different from what I excepted from an '80s band I recall.

Yeah, well, it's refreshing to have artists like Kristin Hersh who have such a unique artistic vision, even if it's just "guitar rock" in the end.

Someone mentioned other stuff I like in this thread. TMBG, ditto. Can too. Decemberists, but mostly their early stuff (this could prove controversial). I'm so into Of Montreal lately that I'm starting to see people as cartoonish drawings :) hahaha!

Pixies, of course. Sleater-Kinney! Ted_Stryker posted a very interesting list. Fugazi! Clap Your Hands are interesting but I tend to hate things that get overhyped until I can say for myself if they are worth it.

Then you mentioned Elliott Smith. He's so good that I'll stop listing names right here to make a point :)

I don't care for music that is image or attitude. I like music that is a genuine expression of individual creativity, regardless of trends, commercial potential or clear cut genres.

[ZombieRockStar]

Decemberists, but mostly their early stuff (this could prove controversial).

Nah, not really. General consensus among the true fans that their earlier stuff is better than Picaresque or Crane Wife, not that those aren't good albums.

[Ego Slayer]

Never did post on here, did I?

Fall Out Boy,
All-American Rejects,
Bowling For Soup,
and The Fray.

:smallamused:

Whaaat?! I wish I could lie more eloquently.:smallbiggrin:

[Amotis]

Elliot Smith is a beautiful artist, I moarn his death everytime I listen to his work. I really do. Have you heard his cover of 13? It truely is a pretty pretty song.

I love folk, you really should come to SD were we have tons of it. Neo/Noise/Acid/Doom/etc folk are all here. I like Jewelled Antler stuff and Flying Canyon and others like them.

Some stuff I can't put down recently are The Knife and The Mountain Goats. Oh and some Devotchka and Beruit. Repeat. Over and over. I can't get enough.

[FdL]

Nah, not really. General consensus among the true fans that their earlier stuff is better than Picaresque or Crane Wife, not that those aren't good albums.

It's a band I like, but I'm really not married, and to be honest, Picaresque makes me zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...Never got to finish listening it. That's why I really feel no need to try Crane Wife, I kinda know what's inside.
My cousin loves them, though. The same with the Shins. Latest record is, I don't know, such bland stuff...A couple of good songs, but nothing memorable at all.

Amotis: I loved his rendition of the Big Star classic. His choices of covers were always refreshing. He surely is missed. Today I listened to a b-side compilation and even that stuff was great...What a pity.

Folk scene in SD? Interesting. If I ever go there it would be a nice thing to check out.
I should love Mountain Goats, it's just that I've never got to listen to a lot of his stuff (something to do with my drive not reading a couple of particular backup cds). That Knife thing, I'm going to have to check that out because everybody is speaking about them, though I haven't heard a single note by them.

Another wonderful band: Ida. Probably just too good for words.

[Amotis]

That garage b-sides?! Me too! I was surprised too, I thought it was gonna be dirty and washed out. But it was spot on.

Yeah, folk scene here. Very cool...sometimes. But I don't wanna insult people I don't know. *coughstupidwannbeunoriginalfolkartists*

Dealing with the Mt. Goats, he's a good songwriter I think. His stuff varied a lot depending on what album you listen to. It goes from pop to punk to folk and a mix of it all, a lot.

The Knife is very good. Silent Shout (the track as well as the album) is very very good.

Ida is very good too, I agree. New York folkish bands seem to be pretty good (though you said you don't like Animal Collective). I love the harmonics of their voices more then anything and the whole mellow flowing feel to it.

[FdL]

I'm willing to give Animal Collective another try. Just point me to anything they made that can change my mind about them.

With indie folk, though, there's a great risk of having anyone who can strum an acoustic guitar calling himself part of the scene. Self-indulgence. I mean, there's got to be a line, I guess...Not that you'd have to be Bert Jansch, or something but... :)

[Amotis]

Or Jana Hunter! She's so cool...

Animal Collective - Leaf House (http://youtube.com/watch?v=3BGkF6uNIl0)

Animal Collective (kinda, just Avey) - Purple Bottle (http://youtube.com/watch?v=k0c8xqjgkqs)

That's the best I got using youtube though they are fav's of mine.

[Ted_Stryker]

Pixies, of course. Sleater-Kinney! Ted_Stryker posted a very interesting list. Fugazi!
Thanks. You and I may be thinking "Pixies, of course," but I think we were the only ones to mention them. We might be dating ourselves a bit, which is kind of depressing, given that they broke up only like 2-3 years before Nirvana did.

[Setra]

Either Nightwish, or Rhapsody of Fire.

Probably Nightwish.

[FdL]

Thanks. You and I may be thinking "Pixies, of course," but I think we were the only ones to mention them. We might be dating ourselves a bit, which is kind of depressing, given that they broke up only like 2-3 years before Nirvana did.

You're right. I tend to look for the origin of the stuff I like, but people don't. Nirvana it's kind of ok, but they're overrated. There was better music at the time, and before and after. It was just a matter of marketing.

Pixies, on the other hand, were among the originators (well, maybe a latter wave than the early eighties stuff like R.E.M., Replacements, Meat Puppets, Husker Du, SY etc) of an new, original kind of music.

[reorith]

1. tool
2. a perfect circle
[/list]

[Samiam303]

Lately I've really gotten back into Flogging Molly... They're coming to Cleveland in March and I've been listening to them a bunch.

[Sewer_Bandito]

....REEL BIG FISH!!! Fun catchy music that's easy to dance to.

[ZombieRockStar]

With indie folk, though, there's a great risk of having anyone who can strum an acoustic guitar calling himself part of the scene. Self-indulgence. I mean, there's got to be a line, I guess...Not that you'd have to be Bert Jansch, or something but... :)
Hey! I resemble that remark! :smallwink:

[Amotis]

Does anyone here know a band called Dimemberment Plan? They're really good. Awesome vocalist, probably one of my fav indie ones, great guitar playing, mindblowing beats and rythmns, and really catchy songs all while done with this cool laid back ice attitude.

[Nightmarenny]

I like Fall Out Boy. They're cynical but not depressed. Fairly skilled with their instuments(they wont when any award just for solos or anything but their competant) and somewhere between hardcore and Pop punk. Thats my favorite band so.

Favorite....

Ska-Less than Jake

Old Metal-Led Zeplin

New(as in age not genre) Metal-Disturbed

Punk-Bad Religion

Pop-Punk-Green Day

Emo-Yellowcard

Honorable mention;
Pink Flyod
My Chemical Romance
Bowling for soup
The Who
David Bowie
Goldfinger

[The 8th Sin]

Either Sum 41 or the Beatles, with They Might Be Giants and Queen trailing right behind.

[Andiamo]

I have 5 tied for first place:

Black Sabbath
Bad Religion
Rise Against
Soundgarden
Authority Zero

[FdL]

Does anyone here know a band called Dimemberment Plan? They're really good. Awesome vocalist, probably one of my fav indie ones, great guitar playing, mindblowing beats and rythmns, and really catchy songs all while done with this cool laid back ice attitude.

Yes, a really excellent band. It was a pity they broke up. Really intelligent, catchy and powerful music, the kind of stuff that is beyond genres. I love the "Emergency & I" album. My favorite song from there is "You Are Invited", it was the first song I heard from them and it hooked me up with the album which is great.
In fact I'm going to listen to it while driving my car to work tomorrow.

[Amotis]

I adore that song too but the whole album is full of gems like that. "The City" and "Gyroscope" are awesome. "The Ice of Boston" though not on that album, is great too.

Have fun :D I was just doing that!

[Glaivemaster]

Either Nightwish, or Rhapsody of Fire.

Probably Nightwish.

Rock On! These'd be my second and third, with first being Dragonforce. I love songs with lots of guitar and cheesy, fantasy lyrics

[SDF]

Yes, a really excellent band. It was a pity they broke up. Really intelligent, catchy and powerful music, the kind of stuff that is beyond genres. I love the "Emergency & I" album. My favorite song from there is "You Are Invited", it was the first song I heard from them and it hooked me up with the album which is great.
In fact I'm going to listen to it while driving my car to work tomorrow.


Oh, Dismemberment Plan... For a moment I was totally lost there. The s threw me and I was going crazy trying to remember where I'd seen that before. In honesty I haven't heard too much of them, but I do remember when they came through several years ago.

[Vespe Ratavo]

Billy Joel. Period. Not much else to say.

[Minty]

Therion, even if Gothic Kaballah was somewhat disappointing. I'll forgive them that, due to the sheer majesty of Lemuria, Sirius B, and Secret of the Runes.

Also, honourable mentions to Nightwish, Hammerfall, Edguy, Wintersun and Dimmu Borgir.

[Jewish_Joke]

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, David Bowie, followed shortly by the Mt. Goats, Magnetic Fields (for a very minstrelesque feeling), the Decemberists (knock it all you want, but Picaresque is my favorite), Minus the Bear, the late R.L. Burnside, Deathcab for cutie, Arcade Fire, TV on the Radio, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, etc.


Currently in love with the Beatles Love album and Rarities and B-sides of Nick Cave.

[Amotis]

RL Burnside? I though I was the few that knew him! Great bluesman, a huge surprise to find a man of the dying breed nowadays. Good choice.

Mt. Goats and TV on the Radio are both awesome as well.

[K'tai]

Coheed and Cambria

[FdL]

Yeah, cool list, Jewish_joke. I like DCFC, especially the first albums, I've not listened beyond Photo Album.

[Amotis]

So is Fdl the only one who knows Will Oldham/Bonnie "Prince" Billy/Palace?

Out of all his...personas (I guess that's what they are, his sound changes a lot from each name), I enjoy Bonnie "Prince" Billy's the most. His I See A Darkness album is perfect and what musicians should strive for. His latest album is also surprisenly good, with the first two tracks and Cursed Sleep being excellent songs. His use of a female vocalist is also spot on.

His live performances are also something out of this world. He has an uncanny ability to somehow make his songs darker/mellow/screaming in this kind of destructive manner. I really can't describe it.

[Jewish_Joke]

So is Fdl the only one who knows Will Oldham/Bonnie "Prince" Billy/Palace?

Out of all his...personas (I guess that's what they are, his sound changes a lot from each name), I enjoy Bonnie "Prince" Billy's the most. His I See A Darkness album is perfect and what musicians should strive for. His latest album is also surprisenly good, with the first two tracks and Cursed Sleep being excellent songs. His use of a female vocalist is also spot on.

His live performances are also something out of this world. He has an uncanny ability to somehow make his songs darker/mellow/screaming in this kind of destructive manner. I really can't describe it.



Amotis, you outrank me by like 4 or 5 bard levels at least. And thanks, it's great to see other blues fans out there.

Also, your taste in music is enviable. I'm currently searching for all the bands you mentioned via the infamous myspace.

My gift to you:

http://www.kexp.org

Station out of Seattle. The very best. I hope you like.

[Jewish_Joke]

Yeah, cool list, Jewish_joke. I like DCFC, especially the first albums, I've not listened beyond Photo Album.

The photo album was great, but the one that really stole my heart was their 2003 transatlanticism, which (however mainstream) was a very personal record to me. Their latest, Plans, left me a lil disappointed, for I wasn't expecting and/or desiring such a sterile, electronic postal service sound to it.

[Artega]

As it comes to mind...

U2
R.E.M.
Muse
Depeche Mode (so sue me. =p)
Bob Dylan (when he was coherent in a song, obviously)
The Rolling Stones
The Beatles
Blue Oyster Cult
CCR

[FdL]

Depeche Mode (so sue me. =p)
Bob Dylan (when he was coherent in a song, obviously)


What do you mean by what you said about Dylan?

Also, I don't listen to DM, but they are a good band. In their case it's interesting how their songwriting has trascended any genre they were said to be. The early stuff is not that good, but they've outgrown it by far.

[Old One]

Hard question that... Let me think... :confused: Blind Guardian (not the last 2 albums), Helloween (same there), Therion, Running Wild, Iced Earth, Gamma Ray , Savatage and Grave Digger... yep... and probably some more I forgot now! Don't ask me to choose one 'cause I can't! :biggrin: But anyway, as long as it's metal and good enough it's a favourite!

[Artega]

Well, I've noticed a lot of media lately that shows Dylan hard to understand anything he's saying when he sings lately. I was watching this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbnqbIUJcY0&mode=related&search=) and would have to agree its has become much harder to understand him.

[Amotis]

Jewish Joke - Oh awesome! I was looking for a good radio station! Bloody thanks. Have you seen the bluesman documentary "You See Me Laughin'" ? I was sooo excited to see Burnside and a bunch of other modern players with him. The interviews were awesome and spot on. You really should see it if you haven't already.

Artega - Heh, DM is okay. They have a few good songs and Fdl is right when he says they've transended genre.

And when you provided that link I swear it was gonna be to "Like a Woman" where Dylan's wearing that gold shirt. Haha....oh man he must of been wasted out of his mind that day.

Anyway, I acutally like Dylan's mumbling incoherrent singing style. I couldn't image his songs being sung any other way. The way he vocally explores his songs every time he sings them. I've always been a Dylan fan and even when he sung clean and very folk like in his early years and off-key and exploring in his mid and now more old and dirty, I still love him. : D

[FdL]

Given the state of worlwide music industry/audiences, I find it refreshingly obvious that people don't understand a genius like Bob Dylan. Nice metaphor.

(I've just read and posted in the RHCP hate thread and man, is people wrong about what makes good music)