What's your Music?

[Maizel]

What's your favorie kind of music?

I know there's Ton's of different topics about this, But i didnt want to resurrect anything.

I'd make a poll, but there's just too much subgernes,

List any of your favorite bands too!


I like: Ska, Rock, Some Pop-Punk, Metal

My favorite bands

The Offspring
Counting Crows
Catch 22
Less than Jake
Nirvana
The Strokes

[Csargo]

I'm a Pop-Punk Ska kinda guy.

Blink 182
LTJ
Angels and Airwaves
New Found Glory
Pennywise
Anti-Flag
Rancid
The Clash
Sex Pistols
Green Day
The Killers
Oasis
Bob Dylan
All-American Rejects



The list goes on and on.:dizzy2:

[Strike For The South]

Country

David Allan Coe
Robert Earl Keen
Garth Brooks
Billy shaver
Steve Earle

[Orb]

All sorts:

Sinatra
Rachmaninov
Mussourgsky
Dire Straits
ELP

And so on...

[IrishArmenian]

Ska, Punk, Blues and Psychobilly:
Rancid
Reel Big Fish
Reverend Horton Heat
Tiger Army
Stray Cats
John Lee Hooker
Howlin' Wolf
Flogging Molly
Dropkick Murphys
Street Dogs
The Adicts
The Clash
Sex Pistols
And, my number one favorite: Social Distortion
Just a small sampler ^

[CountArach]

Okay a list of my favourite bands (Alphabetical order):

Arctic Monkeys
Blink 182
Bloc Party
CKY
The Darkness
Everlast
Foo Fighters
Franz Ferdinand
Green Day
Grinspoon
HIM
JET
Little Man Tate <----Definately my favourite band
Living End
Lordi
Offspring
Placebo
Powderfinger
Queens of the Stone Age
Rammstein
The Ramones
RHCP
Sum 41
Thristy Merc
White Stripes

[Csargo]

Ska, Punk, Blues and Psychobilly:
Rancid
Reel Big Fish
Reverend Horton Heat
Tiger Army
Stray Cats
John Lee Hooker
Howlin' Wolf
Flogging Molly
Dropkick Murphys
Street Dogs
The Adicts
The Clash
Sex Pistols
And, my number one favorite: Social Distortion
Just a small sampler ^

How could I forget The Clash and Sex Pistols? :shame:

[Quietus]

1) Bob Marley:
Coming In From the Cold (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqMyj5pXeSk) [acoustic].

2) Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Dennis Bovell Dub Band:
Sonny's Lettah/Dread Beat an' Blood/Fite Dem Back (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY_S3D1iX9E)

Reggae Fi Peach/Reggae Fi Radni (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1Rjgs1tWAA) ("Reggae Fi Radni" is a fave :) ).

3) Fela Kuti:
Teach Don't Teach Me Nonsense (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_T4ueVg25I)

4) Burning Spear
5) Peter Tosh

:skull:

[Fragony]

Anyhting that isn't rap. But that's not music, so, everything.

[Mikeus Caesar]

I like allsorts.

Elastica
Interpol
Sinatra
Nirvana
Gorillaz
R.E.M
Johnny Cash
Feeder
Sex Pistols

Just those to name a few.

[Scurvy]

Mianly metal

Iced Earth
Blind Guardian
Fantomas
Jag Panzer
Iron Maiden
Primus
Bolt Thrower
Demons and Wizards
Manowar
etc.

:2thumbsup:

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Les Baxter
Martin Denny
Astrud Gilberto
Bebel Gilberto
Koop
Afro Celtic Sound System

[IrishArmenian]

Thanks, Curry-- The man in black must've slipped me mind.

[Dutch_guy]

Anyhting that isn't rap. But that's not music, so, everything.

About the same here, although I do not like Rock and Pop that much either.

:balloon2:

[Ronin]

I like mainly rock music...some alternative stuff, stoner, some punk, metal, I also like blues and blues influenced music.

favorite bands:
Queens of the Stone Age
Danko Jones
Eagles of Death Metal
Mondo Generator
Kyuss
Bad Religion
The Offspring
A Perfect Circle
Moonspell
NightWish
Tarot
Eric Clapton
George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Stevie Ray Vaughan

[Roderic the Emptyhanded]

I like most sort of metal, and classical music is something i listen to aswell :D
Only to name a few:

Iron maiden.
Guns N' Roses.
Takida.
Hammerfall.
AC-DC.

Regards Wiking.

[IrishArmenian]

I like mainly rock music...some alternative stuff, stoner, some punk, metal, I also like blues and blues influenced music.

favorite bands:
Queens of the Stone Age
Danko Jones
Eagles of Death Metal
Mondo Generator
Kyuss
Bad Religion
The Offspring
A Perfect Circle
Moonspell
NightWish
Tarot
Eric Clapton
George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Stevie Ray Vaughan
I forgot Stevie. Definitley one of the greatest and the best white blues musician ever.

[Reverend Joe]

Those below 35 years of age: see if you can recognise any of these names! ~D

The Band
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Quicksilver Messenger Service
The Lyres
Steppenwolf
Blue Cheer
The Electric Flag
The Byrds
Captain Beefheart
Hot Tuna
Yesca (extra points to whoever knows where the last two came from. And I shall worship you as a hippie god forever.)
War

Chuck Berry
Little Richard
Jerry Lee Lewis

John Lee Hooker
Muddy Waters
Lightnin' Hopkins
Robert Johnson

(Here's the rest... they should be farily recognisable.)
Jefferson Airplane
The Doors
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Jimi Hendrix (Esp. Band of Gypsies)
Syd Barrett
Stevie Ray Vagaun
Iron Butterfly

[The Wizard]

It's easier to ask me what I don't like, considering I can live with just about any kind of music.

But, of all of it, you can find me listening to black music the most, and of that hiphop.

Got too many favorite artists to go and list. That'll find me editing this post with the peeps I forgot for the next two hours ~;)

[Byzantine Prince]

Industrial/Noise

Skinny puppy,
Merzbow,
Axiome,
Tarmvred
Massona
Throbbing Gristle.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

A mix of industrial, classic rock, hard rock, various classes of metal (though little of this new stuff, little black metal, and no gothic metal), jazz, Deutschrock, Russian/German marches and folk songs, and, of course, classical works.

My favourite bands/artists include:
AC/DC
Die Toten Hosen
Schweisser
Böhse Onkelz
BAP
Die Ärzte
Kaizers Orchestra
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Iced Earth
Iron Maiden
Blind Guardian (some great LOTR themed songs)
The Beatles


This is but a small selection of what I listen to, however.

[Kääpäkorven Konsuli]

Metal, mostly Melodic Death Metal.

In Flames
At the Gates
Dark Tranquillity
Children of Bodom
Sentenced

[GreatEmperor]

Mostly Metal but I like Punkrock too:
Iron Maiden (my favorite)
Metallica
In Flames
Hammerfall
The All-American Rejects
GodSmack
Sonata Arctica
Helloween
Papa Roach

[King Henry V]

I like many kinds of music, tolerate most and can't stand a select few. However, my favourite has to be the centuries of music that is called Classical, then some Jazz (Cole Porter, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee etc.), a bit of Bossa Nova and some Soul music (Barry White, for instance), not forgetting a whole host of military music.

[The Wizard]

Anyhting that isn't rap. But that's not music, so, everything.

O RLY?

You know only black people make good music. White people just imitate ~:pimp:


Mussourgsky

Great Gate of Kiev \o

[Dutch_guy]

Industrial/Noise


Like what ?



O RLY?

He has a good point you know.

:balloon2:

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Hmm...

Scooter
ACDC
Metallica
Nirvana
The Stones
The Who
Rammstein
Creedance
Manson
Darude
The White Stripes
The Guess Who
System of a down

+ plenty of others who I have a song by that I really like, but haven't listened to enough of there music to know if I like more...a few of the bands listed above I only really like 4 or 5 songs...

[Dutch_guy]

Hmm...

Scooter
......


Just out of curiosity, which song do you like best. If we're talking about the same scooter that is.

:balloon2:

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Just out of curiosity, which song do you like best. If we're talking about the same scooter that is.

:balloon2:

Take a Break

[Kralizec]

Rap is my second favourite genre.
The first one is everything else!

RHCP
Coldplay
The Offspring
Snow Patrol
Bloodhound Gang (sometimes)
The White Stripes

[Strike For The South]

O RLY?
You know only black people make good music. White people just imitate ~:pimp:


Rap is good for one thing dancing and dancing alone. Its like Techno. Besides we all know country is the best music anyhow.:smash:

[Csargo]

Rap is good for one thing dancing and dancing alone. Its like Techno. Besides we all know country is the best music anyhow.:smash:

How bout No?:no: :thumbsdown:

[JimBob]

Me likey the Americana and the Jam:

Umphrey's McGee
The Big Wu
The Freddy Jones Band
Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers
The Drive-By Truckers
The Bottle Rockets
Warren Zevon
Dwight Yoakam

Then a good bit of everything else.

[Byzantine Prince]

Like what ?
Read below at my examples genius.

Navicon Torture Technologies is my fave right now.

[Zalmoxis]

Well, I like various genres, a bit of everything.

The Clash
Pearl Jam
Rage Against The Machine
Gorillaz
AC/DC
Guns N' Roses
Foghat
And yes, various Mozart pieces.

[naut]

Those below 35 years of age: see if you can recognise any of these names! ~D

The Band
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Quicksilver Messenger Service
The Lyres
Steppenwolf
Blue Cheer
The Electric Flag
The Byrds
Captain Beefheart
Hot Tuna
Yesca (extra points to whoever knows where the last two came from. And I shall worship you as a hippie god forever.)
War

Chuck Berry
Little Richard
Jerry Lee Lewis

John Lee Hooker
Muddy Waters
Lightnin' Hopkins
Robert Johnson

(Here's the rest... they should be farily recognisable.)
Jefferson Airplane
The Doors
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Jimi Hendrix (Esp. Band of Gypsies)
Syd Barrett
Stevie Ray Vagaun
Iron Butterfly

:yes: :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup: :yes:

What about The Greatful Dead?


(extra points to whoever knows where the last two came from. And I shall worship you as a hippie god forever.)

You mean Yesca and Hot Tuna? Or Yesca and War?

I have First Pull Up, Then Pull Down on Vinyl. Very sexy.

War are pretty cool, although I prefer Parliament/Funkadelic (because Eddie Hazel = amazing)

Although I have no clue who Yesca are.

EDIT: Bob Dylan!
EDIT: Led Zeppelin

[The Wizard]

Rap is good for one thing dancing and dancing alone. Its like Techno. Besides we all know country is the best music anyhow.:smash:

Merle Haggard ~:pimp:

But I disagree on the dancing bit. Hip hop is good for listening; reggaeton and other Latin (or Brazilian) genres are for dancing, my friend.

[Fragony]

O RLY?

You know only black people make good music. White people just imitate ~:pimp:


That's a bit of an overpimpification ~;)

[naut]

Personally I hate rap and hip-hop.

Give me some Muddy Waters or Funkadelic!

[Beirut]

Can we cut out the black & white stuff please?

I'm sure Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page would agree that everyone from everywhere can make great music.

[Reverend Joe]

What about The Greatful Dead?
EDIT: Bob Dylan!
EDIT: Led Zeppelin
I'm not really a big fan of Bob, Led, or the Dead. Actually, you seem to have summed up my boundaries of musical taste perfectly there.

(And I meant Yesca and Hot Tuna. Everyone knows who War is.)


Can we cut out the black & white stuff please?

I'm sure Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page would agree that everyone from everywhere can make great music.

Jimmy Paige sucks. :hide:

Actually, I think you should have mentioned Stevie Ray Vagaun instead. Or Gregg Allman. Or Jorma Kaukonen. Or John Fogerty. Or David Gilmour. And I'm not even a big fan of David Gilmour, but I think he's better than Jimmy Paige. (He can sing better, anyhow. He doesn't sing like he has his balls in a vice.)

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

I like:


Soft Rock
Rock
Little bit of Hip hop/Rap (some of it is good,rests I dislike)
Jazz

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Fairly eclectic tastes. Though the only rap I like is Weird Al's "White and Nerdy". ~;p

Some musics:

They Might be Giants
Iron Maiden
Girly Techno (like Cascada)
Weird Al, particularly his polka remixes

Ska in general, Five Iron Frenzy for #1.

There are lots of songs that I like from artists I don't really listen to otherwise. For instance, "Doubleback" by ZZ Top, because it was in Back to the Future. But I don't listen to ZZ top otherwise.

[Motep]

I like rock&roll, 70s pop, and country, and early rap

favorite bands:
acdc
metallica
kiss
johnny cash
the highwaymen
beatles
rolling stones
wild cherry
jimmy hendrix
iron maiden
guns&roses
twisted sister
elvis
Led Zeppelin
cant think of the rest

[naut]

Hmmm, this threads making me want to go listen to Ace Of Hearts.

[Craterus]

Punk, Pop-Punk - just generally rock music, but I can tolerate anything, as long as there isn't too much unnecessary screaming.

The Ramones
Blink-182
Sex Pistols
Death Cab for Cutie
The Libertines
Dirty Pretty Things
The Killers
The Clash
Elvis Presley
My Chemical Romance
Angels and Airwaves
Taking Back Sunday
The Strokes
Oasis
Lostprophets

... just to name a few. :beam:

[Denizar]

Symphony X
Dream Theatre
Manowar
Abyssos
Steve Vai
Malmsteen

[SCRIBE]

What's with all this hip hop bashing? Just because what you see on TV or hear on the radio, that doesnt mean that what's hip hop really is.
Hip Hop itself has a deeper history than most ppl really think.
For 1 thing, it is not rap. I'd like to quote one famous hip hop artist, KRS-One:

"Rap is something you do, Hip Hop is something you live"

Its composed of 4 elements, breakdancing, graffiti art, emceeing (or commonly known as rapping) and turntablism (or DJing).
Essentially Hip Hop is beyong the bravado and macho postering, money, drugs and objectification of women. Thats the major label corporations fault for endorsing that negative image for Hip Hop.

Hip Hop is for expression of one's feelings, or to talk about society or the world.
Originally, it was used to escape the violence of the streets and the sorrow, but sadly Hip Hop is reciprocatinf back to what it tried to escape from.
You want real Hip Hop, listen to Blackstar, KRS-One, A Tribe Called Quest,
De La Soul, k-os, etc.
An FYI, there are many aspects of hip Hop, just like the art of Painting has many styles. There are socio-political artists, poetry in general or just straight emceeing.
There's just too many to name and too much to get into.
So before you start bashing other people's beloved music, please do the research and look into the history of it, not just ranting about this or that, cause thats just plain ignorance. And we don't want an ignorant world, do we?

This is the 21st century, not the Dark Age

[SCRIBE]

I generally have a fond admiration for hip hop, but I do like any kind of music,

Khaled (great artist of World music),
james Blunt,
Thelonius Monk and other Jazz artists,
System of a Down,
Rage Against the Machine (Rock/Rap + Socio/Political Talk = Total Ownage),
Atmosphere,
Brother Ali,
K-os,
Classified,
BlackStar,
Mathematik,
Canibus,
The Fugees,
Wu-tang Clan,
Theivery Corporation (great ambient/electronica music),
DL Incognito,
the Streets,
GoTan Project (ahh, Parisian accordians with hip hop/tango beats)
MF Doom,
Dilated Peoples,

Just to name a few, theres alot more!

[Glaucus]

Those below 35 years of age: see if you can recognise any of these names! ~D

The Band
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Quicksilver Messenger Service
The Lyres
Steppenwolf
Blue Cheer
The Electric Flag
The Byrds
Captain Beefheart
Hot Tuna
Yesca (extra points to whoever knows where the last two came from. And I shall worship you as a hippie god forever.)
War

Chuck Berry
Little Richard
Jerry Lee Lewis

John Lee Hooker
Muddy Waters
Lightnin' Hopkins
Robert Johnson

(Here's the rest... they should be farily recognisable.)
Jefferson Airplane
The Doors
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Jimi Hendrix (Esp. Band of Gypsies)
Syd Barrett
Stevie Ray Vagaun
Iron Butterfly

I'm 14, and I love most of those. Jefferson AIrplane, The Doors, The Band, Steppenwolf. Other favorites:

Bob Dylan
The Grateful Dead
The Beatles
Bruce Springsteen
Cat Stevens
John Lennon
REM
Nirvana
Talking Heads
U2

[naut]

I'm 14, and I love most of those. Jefferson AIrplane, The Doors, The Band, Steppenwolf. Other favorites:

Bob Dylan
The Grateful Dead
The Beatles
Bruce Springsteen
Cat Stevens
John Lennon
REM
Nirvana
Talking Heads
U2

I like your list, except Nirvana.

[Reverend Joe]

I should go ahead and add the Moody Blues to the list; and after watching "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid," I am starting to like Bob as well.

(Dylan, not Denver.)

[Kanamori]

Electronica.

I like the simplicity, pureness, and electronic feeling of the sounds. How they are arranged is up to the artist, and there are tons of genres; they fit moods and purposes easily.

Groovesalad when I'm doing homework, it gets me in the zone.
More energetic PvD and Tiesto stuff for clubs.
BT
Sasha
Digweed
Aphex Twin's 'mainstream' stuff

For drugs
Orbital
Dream Theater

If I want emotionally elicitive, I listen to classical

A few songs that I know of from Beethoven, Bach, and Haydn.

[Dutch_guy]

PvD

Number one DJ again, right?

:balloon2:

[Kanamori]

Number one DJ again, right?

:balloon2:

Dunno... I wouldn't be very surprised. I would have a hard time imagining a better show than the one I saw of his in Turnmills, I'm sure that they're out there, but it was certainly a unique and powerful experience.

[satchef1]

Little Man Tate <----Definately my favourite band

:2thumbsup: Im a big fan of the above!

The Cooper Temple Clause and Biffy Clyro are my favourite bands:

The Cooper Temple Clause - http://www.myspace.com/thecoopertempleclause
Biffy Clyro - http://www.myspace.com/biffyclyro

Other stuff im listening to at the moment:

Bedouin Soundclash - http://www.myspace.com/bedouin
The Dandy Warhols - http://www.myspace.com/thedandywarhols
The Dears - http://www.myspace.com/thedears
The Dead 60's - http://www.myspace.com/thedead60s
Less Than Jake - http://www.myspace.com/lessthanjake
Gomez - http://www.myspace.com/gomez
Placebo - http://www.myspace.com/placebo
Muse - http://www.myspace.com/muse
Nine Black Alps - http://www.myspace.com/nineblackalps
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - http://www.myspace.com/11441193
Alkaline Trio - http://www.myspace.com/alkalinetrio
Pennywise - http://www.myspace.com/pennywise
My Chemical Romance (the new album is brilliant!) - http://www.myspace.com/mychemicalromance

[GreatEmperor]

My Chemical Romance (the new album is brilliant!)
Aah so very true.. especially Welcome To The Black Parade is great

[Craterus]

Agreed, the whole album is brilliant but if I had to rank songs in order of preference, Welcome To The Black Parade wouldn't place so highly.

Teenagers, however, is an absolutely fantastic song!

[GreatEmperor]

and the songtext is also great

[JimBob]

Why are so many people's rock lists full of old artists?

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Listenning to Wrestlers Theme Music isn't Bad ehiter, IMO..

[Quietus]

Why are so many people's rock lists full of old artists?
Because old music is plain great without any gimmicks.

Case in point (should have in What are you listening to thread), this classic song:
"I Don't Want To Talk About It (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZFcbBnnsEY)" - Rod Stewart.

The nervous sexy chick flubbed it a bit, but an excellent version nonetheless :smash:

[JimBob]

Because old music is plain great without any gimmicks.
Of course, don't get me wrong. Dylan, Springsteen, Harrison, Lowell George, Entwistle are all my heroes. But there are great bands playing now : Wu, Umphrey's, Truckers, Ekoostik Hookah...why do we gotta rely on past generation's music?

[Quietus]

Of course, don't get me wrong. Dylan, Springsteen, Harrison, Lowell George, Entwistle are all my heroes. But there are great bands playing now : Wu, Umphrey's, Truckers, Ekoostik Hookah...why do we gotta rely on past generation's music?
IMO, it's stronger songwriting, better musicianship and its influence on current music.

For example, some old bands sound dated because they stopped influencing newer bands. However, a lot of old bands sound fresh because they continue to influence the new crop.

[naut]

Why are so many people's rock lists full of old artists?
Because they contain that raw sound that newer bands just can't maintain, sustain or in some cases even create.

[JimBob]

Because they contain that raw sound that newer bands just can't maintain, sustain or in some cases even create.
But that's just false. Can you honestly say that the Truckers, Wu, and the Peacemakers don't have a raw sound (especially live). Hell Patterson Hood (lead singer for DBT) is known for collapsing on stage in a fit of bad ass musical passion. Sure bands for middle schoolers are slick but when weren't they?

[AntiochusIII]

It justifies the ego, a.k.a. I'm superior musically 'cause I'm above the mainstream. ~:pimp:

You guys can't deny it. Don't even try. ~;)
____________________________________

For some reason I despise the mainstream 80's crap and their pathetic pretenses of "rocking" and "banging," not to mention their terrible fashion which makes me cringe just about everytime I catch a slightly older movie or music video with a girl who wears Jean shirts and whose hair apparently is a disastrous consequence of civilization gone backwards. Also, I find myself repulsed by the mainstream of today's hip hop, which increasingly feels like a soulless machine whose only maintenance is based on repetition alone, and whose negatives are endless, ranging from offensively low-intelligence lyrics to generic voices.

I used to be a true trogolyte rap-and-hip hop-hater, but has come to admit that there's crap in everything and there's gold in everything. With every Beatles comes a thousand crappy imitators, or more; millions more.

Not to mention really cool hip hop lyrics can really exudes your social awareness meter, reminiscent of what the glorious John Lennon, Bob Dylan, among others, used to incorporate society into their songs. Boy, wasn't the hip hop during Crash's ending credits (the last one) fun!

[/rants off]

Otherwise, I'm receptive to most. Quite frankly, this is actually the start of my personal musical renaissance -- and, to my tongue-in-cheek horror, I realized I actually liked emo music long before I even pretend to possess a musical taste! Linkin Park, Evanescence...

:grin:

[naut]

But that's just false. Can you honestly say that the Truckers, Wu, and the Peacemakers don't have a raw sound (especially live). Hell Patterson Hood (lead singer for DBT) is known for collapsing on stage in a fit of bad ass musical passion. Sure bands for middle schoolers are slick but when weren't they?
JimBob I wasn't referring to those bands, I was referring to the very mainstream bands.

Drive-By Truckers are decent. However, they seem to lack something. Its not whole, its not a full glass. Their too bland, just feels ordinary.

By the Peacemakers, I assume you mean Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers. Likewise, good for a mellow mood, but not enough ompf for me.

Ekoostik Hookah are uhh, odd to say the least, some good stuff. BUT way to much country influence in it for me.

Umphrey's McGee, good jams. However, its a bit to random sometimes, no real flow.

The Big Wu, :inquisitive: serious? Its way too white (if you understand what I mean) for my tastes.

[The Wizard]

I'm sure Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page would agree that everyone from everywhere can make great music.

I suppose, but then Jimmy Page was merely building on top of a foundation (or rather, IMO, a rather elaborate construction) already laid by black people decades before (note: I'm a big Led Zepp fan, mind). Nobody has had such a profound impact upon modern Western music as black people.

But I'll let it slide, since you're the boss.

So now I'll try to list some of my favorite artists. Awaiting edits (~;)):

Pete Rock & C. L. Smooth ("Carmel City" is a track on their album, The Main Ingredient)
De La Soul
Gang Starr
Immortal Technique
Jedi Mind Tricks
Biz Markie
Chubb Rock
Jeru the Damaja (only the first two albums, Premier-produced)
OutKast
Goodie Mob
Nas (Illmatic)
Mobb Deep (The Infamous...)
Notorious B.I.G.
A Tribe Called Quest
Jungle Brothers
Big Daddy Kane
Scribe
k-os
Heavy D & The Boyz
Ice-T
Pete Philly & Perquisite
The Roots
(Eric B. &) Rakim
Wu-Tang Clan
Kool G. Rap (& DJ Polo)

I've probably forgotten legion of MCs who aren't on my iPod as of now. And I don't much like KRS-One, for some strange reason...

So that concludes hip hop. Onwards:

Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
Parliament Funkadelic
The Whispers
Oliver Cheatham
James Brown
Barry White
Marvin Gaye
Aretha Franklin
Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holiday
Sonny Rollins
Buena Vista Social Club
Celia Cruz (&#161;Az&#250;car! ~D)
Miami Sound Machine (Dr. Beat ~;))
Juan Luis Guerra (& 4.40)
Juanes
Claudius Philips & OREO
Immorales
Luny Tunes
Zion y Lennox
Hector y Tito
Don Omar

Phew! That was it. For now ~:pimp:


Also, I find myself repulsed by the mainstream of today's hip hop, which increasingly feels like a soulless machine whose only maintenance is based on repetition alone, and whose negatives are endless, ranging from offensively low-intelligence lyrics to generic voices.

Word up. They took up the lyrical simplicity (boo!) of characters such as Snoop Dogg or Eazy-E, and then tried to imitate Mobb Deep (The Infamous...) and Raekwon (Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...) -- but they couldn't handle it. Result: 50 Cent. And why did Jay-Z squander his lyrical ability on the bling-bling era?

[IrishArmenian]

Why are so many people's rock lists full of old artists?
Because:
A) The 'raw power' is largely undiscovered by Orgahs here. See: Tiger Army, Flogginy Molly, Dropkick Murphys and many more.
B) The sound recording is bad, in a good way. Biggest examples I can think of is Iggy and the Stooges on the album Raw Power--Search and Destroy has a lot of dead air that is taken up by the feedback and the guitar sounds like it is played on an Amplifier witha fuzz setting but that is just the sound quality. Also, Social Distortion's Mommy's Little Monster and Mainliner. Both great albums from my favorite band, yet Mainliner is not a bonafide studio recorded album. It is all recorded in basements and such.
C) I don't think old music is better, I just think 95% of the real talent today is undiscovered.

[Reverend Joe]

Why are so many people's rock lists full of old artists?
Because 60's music was the only music ever made -- EVER -- that was made not just for sound alone, but with conscious thought given to how this sound would affect the listener's visual and tactile senses. Since I have Tourette's Syndrome, my head does not work entirely normally; with one effect being that I can "see" and "feel" the shape and texture of music. I have had this wierd sense for as long as I can remember, and it is quite entertaining. Without fail, the only music that has a conscious feel and texture is 60's psychedelia; everything else feels too haphazard and random to me.

[GoreBag]

I'm in a grind band. I listen to metal and grind with a few exceptions. A list would be terribly long and a waste of time.

[satchef1]

Because:
A) The 'raw power' is largely undiscovered by Orgahs here. See: Tiger Army, Flogginy Molly, Dropkick Murphys and many more.
B) The sound recording is bad, in a good way. Biggest examples I can think of is Iggy and the Stooges on the album Raw Power--Search and Destroy has a lot of dead air that is taken up by the feedback and the guitar sounds like it is played on an Amplifier witha fuzz setting but that is just the sound quality. Also, Social Distortion's Mommy's Little Monster and Mainliner. Both great albums from my favorite band, yet Mainliner is not a bonafide studio recorded album. It is all recorded in basements and such.
C) I don't think old music is better, I just think 95% of the real talent today is undiscovered.

Think you've pretty much hit the nail on the head there! The current wave of indie-pop seems to be focused on bland, overproduced sounds. It makes the music dull! (see The Killers' and Razorlight's new album's for the best examples i can think of)

Seeing Less Than Jake & Dropkick Murphies on they're joint tour next week! ~D :thrasher: :charge:

[Roman_Man#3]

mainly rockish, punk and slightly underground

saosin, senses fail, AFI, from first to last, protest the hero, blink 182, silverstein, alexisonfire, the used, all american rejects,

[IrishArmenian]

Think you've pretty much hit the nail on the head there! The current wave of indie-pop seems to be focused on bland, overproduced sounds. It makes the music dull! (see The Killers' and Razorlight's new album's for the best examples i can think of)

Seeing Less Than Jake & Dropkick Murphies on they're joint tour next week! ~D :thrasher: :charge:
That concert would be invredibly great. Mind-blowing even. Dropkick, don't know about Less Than Jake, has a ton of energy in live shows.

[SCRIBE]

I suppose, but then Jimmy Page was merely building on top of a foundation (or rather, IMO, a rather elaborate construction) already laid by black people decades before (note: I'm a big Led Zepp fan, mind). Nobody has had such a profound impact upon modern Western music as black people.

But I'll let it slide, since you're the boss.

So now I'll try to list some of my favorite artists. Awaiting edits (~;)):

Pete Rock & C. L. Smooth ("Carmel City" is a track on their album, The Main Ingredient)
De La Soul
Gang Starr
Immortal Technique
Jedi Mind Tricks
Biz Markie
Chubb Rock
Jeru the Damaja (only the first two albums, Premier-produced)
OutKast
Goodie Mob
Nas (Illmatic)
Mobb Deep (The Infamous...)
Notorious B.I.G.
A Tribe Called Quest
Jungle Brothers
Big Daddy Kane
Scribe
k-os
Heavy D & The Boyz
Ice-T
Pete Philly & Perquisite
The Roots
(Eric B. &) Rakim
Wu-Tang Clan
Kool G. Rap (& DJ Polo)

I've probably forgotten legion of MCs who aren't on my iPod as of now. And I don't much like KRS-One, for some strange reason...

So that concludes hip hop. Onwards:

Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
Parliament Funkadelic
The Whispers
Oliver Cheatham
James Brown
Barry White
Marvin Gaye
Aretha Franklin
Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holiday
Sonny Rollins
Buena Vista Social Club
Celia Cruz (¡Azúcar! ~D)
Miami Sound Machine (Dr. Beat ~;))
Juan Luis Guerra (& 4.40)
Juanes
Claudius Philips & OREO
Immorales
Luny Tunes
Zion y Lennox
Hector y Tito
Don Omar

Phew! That was it. For now ~:pimp:



Word up. They took up the lyrical simplicity (boo!) of characters such as Snoop Dogg or Eazy-E, and then tried to imitate Mobb Deep (The Infamous...) and Raekwon (Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...) -- but they couldn't handle it. Result: 50 Cent. And why did Jay-Z squander his lyrical ability on the bling-bling era?

Yes, a thoroughly great list of artists ~:cheers:
I like your style.

Scribes pretty nice, his a talented emcee from New Zealand.
Jedi Mind is pretty good, but I perferred the lyrics of Vinnie Paz in their first album, the bio-socio-chem-elec-magnetic manipulation of human consciousness instead of his hate filled and very simplistic lyrics of neaderthal brutishness. But Stoupe on the other hand, brilliant producer, ever listen to his productions on Canibus' Rip the Jacker album. :2thumbsup:

Immortal tech, De La, ATCQ, Eric B n Rakim, Nas (his still nice tho), k-os (mos definitely), WUTANG CLAN!, Roots, and so on and so forth, are all great additions to a music list.
You listen to Tupac Shakur, Dilated Peoples and Atmosphere?

And Jimi hendrix, Barry White and Marvin Gaye... :yes:

Its like ... ~:cool:

Listen to the music, and you will see.
Enough said.

[satchef1]

That concert would be invredibly great. Mind-blowing even. Dropkick, don't know about Less Than Jake, has a ton of energy in live shows.

Best gig EVER!
I felt like i was going to die! :laugh4:
Got up on stage during The Spicy McHaggis Jig then had to fight my way back into the crowd for Less Than Jake (greatest live band ever! 2nd time ive seen them this year)
If you get a chance to see either of these bands i recommend you take it, if you get a chance to see both at the same gig in a 1500 capacity venue then fight tooth and nail for tickets!

[Byzantine Prince]

I'm in a grind band. I listen to metal and grind with a few exceptions. A list would be terribly long and a waste of time.
I'm thinking of doing something with grindcore too. Mainly a solo project, not really a band. I would use noise to fill the background.

[GoreBag]

Grind is too much fun not to play. There are a lot of grind/noise and grind/faeces-core bands out there, I'm sure there'd be a scene for you if you were to put something out. If it's offensive enough, we should do a split.

[Csargo]

Best gig EVER!
I felt like i was going to die! :laugh4:
Got up on stage during The Spicy McHaggis Jig then had to fight my way back into the crowd for Less Than Jake (greatest live band ever! 2nd time ive seen them this year)
If you get a chance to see either of these bands i recommend you take it, if you get a chance to see both at the same gig in a 1500 capacity venue then fight tooth and nail for tickets!

Ah that's nice to hear. Less Than Jake I'll probably go see them this summer in the Warped Tour. Should be fun

[Clearchus]

Big into metal. Most kinds, though definitely not all:

Here's my top bands list:

Agalloch
Evoken
Meshuggah
Isis

Bloodbath
Cult of Luna
Daylight Dies
Devin Townsend
Diabolical Masquerade
Dolorian
Enslaved
Godflesh
Gwynbleidd
Insomnium
Katatonia
Mr. Bungle
Nest
Neurosis
Noltem
Novembers Doom
October Tide
Opeth
Orphaned Land
Pantera
Red Sparrowes
Strapping Young Lad
Susurrus Inanis
Symphony X
The Ocean
Tool
Winter

Honorable mentions: (like some stuff by them, or else just basically kinda like them)
Edge of Sanity
Empyrium
Entombed
Dream Theater
Faith No More
Hypocrisy
Metallica
Moonspell
Nirvana
Nothing
Porcupine Tree
Sculptured
Ulver

[dacdac]

^ man, i only recognized 3 of those bands. Pantera, Nirvana, and Metallica. If you want something really heavy, try to find the video for the new Celtic Frost album. That thing is so dark and depressing you become suicidal and satanic just listening to it. Those guys are twisted.

Anyway, I am a Grunge fan, but the new grunge sucks. I'm old school grunge man, noe of this new poser stuff. original early 90's all the way

Nirvana (overrated)
Pearl Jam (too political now)
Soundgarden (Superunknown is a grunge anthem)
Screaming Trees (I'm tired of writing comments for each one)
Temple of the Dogs (Eddie Vedder's debut and one of Grunge's greatest albums)
Mudhoney (Why do I keep writing comments?)
Stone Temple Pilots (Forget this new Velvet Revovler stuff)
Alice in Chains (Layne Staley has the most incredible voice)
Hole (Just kidding they suck. But that's Courtney Love for ya')

[GoreBag]

The new Celtic Frost album is garbage. Worst comeback ever.

[dacdac]

^how were the others? I never heard them. I saw the video on mtv.com and my dad said he remembered them as being too depressing for him to listen to. He liked the more punkish Descendants and Dead Kennedy's.

[Clearchus]

I've heard its good from people whos judgement I trust, although i've never heard much of anything by them. I may check it out in time.

[GoreBag]

The first two full-lengths are classics. You guys must be new to the scene.

[The Wizard]

Yes, a thoroughly great list of artists ~:cheers:
I like your style.

Thanks ~:)


Jedi Mind is pretty good, but I perferred the lyrics of Vinnie Paz in their first album, the bio-socio-chem-elec-magnetic manipulation of human consciousness instead of his hate filled and very simplistic lyrics of neaderthal brutishness. But Stoupe on the other hand, brilliant producer, ever listen to his productions on Canibus' Rip the Jacker album. :2thumbsup:

Meh, Vinnie Paz is still pretty good. It's pretty sickly aggressive at times, true, and inferior to the likes of, say, a Mr. Lif or an Immortal Technique, but he busts out a real good piece of lyricism every track or so on average.


You listen to Tupac Shakur, Dilated Peoples and Atmosphere?

I listen to the last two, but not 2Pac. I can't explain why, really, but to me he's never been of the level that a Rakim or a CL Smooth reached. Probably the taint of the West Coast ~;)

[Clearchus]

The first two full-lengths are classics. You guys must be new to the scene.
Maybe...although I don't like very much black metal, so...

[IrishArmenian]

Best gig EVER!
I felt like i was going to die! :laugh4:
Got up on stage during The Spicy McHaggis Jig then had to fight my way back into the crowd for Less Than Jake (greatest live band ever! 2nd time ive seen them this year)
If you get a chance to see either of these bands i recommend you take it, if you get a chance to see both at the same gig in a 1500 capacity venue then fight tooth and nail for tickets!
Yeah, when visitng my brother in Sacramento California, I went to see ADD (A band from Sacramento), The Street Dogs (McColgan's new band) and Flogging Molly. That was awesome. Small, fenced in outdoor venue. I did not get up on stage, though. I did not want to get into much trouble while I as in a foreign country, but it was still a great concert nonetheless.

[GoreBag]

Maybe...although I don't like very much black metal, so...

It's hardly black metal by today's standards. Proto-black, you might say.

[Clearchus]

I don't even know what you mean by that. Today's standards?