Your Favorite 25 Bands/Artists???

[matt72582]

If there is ONE thing I love more than film, it's music. Playing, recording, listening, talking about it, etc..

If you can't name as many, or if you want to name more, feel free.

1. Pink Floyd
2. The Beatles
3. The Doors
4. Supertramp
5. Led Zeppelin
6. The Who
7. Steely Dan
8. Electric Light Orchestra
9. The Stylistics
10. Neil Young
11. Bob Marley
12. David Bowie
13. The Rolling Stones
14. Black Sabbath
15. Fleetwood Mac
16. Queen
17. Jimi Hendrix
18. The Eagles
19. The Police
20. Billy Joel
21. Elton John
22. Dire Straits
23. Bob Dylan
24. Rush
25. Genesis (Peter Gabriel)

[Swan]

1. Pink Floyd
2. Aphex Twin

I'd have to spend a lot of time narrowing down and ordering the rest to come up with a good list.

[matt72582]

1. Pink Floyd
2. Aphex Twin

I'd have to spend a lot of time narrowing down and ordering the rest to come up with a good list.

Have you seen any of the Floyd perform?
Favorite albums or songs?

Top 5 Songs
1. TIme
2. Shine On You Crazy Diamond
3. Dogs
4. Us And Them
5. Another Brick In The Wall (suite)

Top 5 Albums
1. Dark Side of the Moon
2. The Wall
3. Wish You Were Here
4. Animals
5. Meddle

[Rahbani]

My older brother is obsessed with Pink Floyd. I think Shine On You Crazy Diamond (pt.1) is probably their best song.

[Swan]

Have you seen any of the Floyd perform?
Favorite albums or songs?

Top 5 Songs
1. TIme
2. Shine On You Crazy Diamond
3. Dogs
4. Us And Them
5. Another Brick In The Wall (suite)

Top 5 Albums
1. Dark Side of the Moon
2. The Wall
3. Wish You Were Here
4. Animals
5. Meddle

To the first question - I wish.

Top Five Songs:

1. The Great Gig in the Sky
2. Goodbye Blue Sky
3. Bike
4. If
5. Wish You Were Here

Top Five Albums:

1. The Dark Side of the Moon
2. Wish You Were Here
3. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
4. The Wall
5. Atom Heart Mother

[Rahbani]

Top Five Songs:

1. The Great Gig in the Sky
2. Goodbye Blue Sky
3. Bike
4. If
5. Wish You Were Here


Bike? Really? :p

[Swan]

Bike? Really? :p

Hell yes. Good memories with that song.

[Rahbani]

That's a good enough reason. I love music that reminds me of the past.

[Swan]

Fun fact: My username comes from "If". :cool:

[Rahbani]

Fun fact: My username comes from "If". :cool:

Cool!! I like the song and have heard it lots of times but I didn't really associate your username with it. I just thought you were a big fan of birds or something :p

[Miss Vicky]

Not really ranked after the first two

1. Tom Petty
2. Lindsey Buckingham
3. Warren Zevon
4. Bob Seger
5. Eric Clapton
6. Phil Collins/Genesis
7. INXS
8. Walter Egan
9. Billy Burnette
10. Bekka Bramlett
11. Roy Orbison
12. Live
13. John Stewart
14. Fleetwood Mac (all eras)
15. The Kingston Trio
16. Cat Stevens
17. The Pretenders
18. R.E.M.
19. Stevie Nicks (Bella Donna – Street Angel only)
20. Traveling Wilburys
21. Creedence Clearwater Revival
22. The Mamas and the Papas
23. Matchbox 20
24. Elvis Presley
25. Michael Jackson

I almost never listen to actual albums, though and beyond a select few I don’t pay much attention to artists, so some of these I know only really by a selection of their hits. My music listening almost always consists of putting my iPod on shuffle.

[neiba]

That is hard... I'll exclude classical music or else I'd have 25 already dead composers and no space to other genres:



Queen
Iron Maiden
Dream Theater
Dealema (portuguese Hip-Hop band)
Frank Sinatra
Amália Rodrigues
Ornatos Violeta
Pantera
Young Blood Brass Band
Miles Davis
Johnny Cash
Dizzy Gilespie
Elvis
Django Reinhardt
Ella Fitzgerald
Rammstein
System of a Down
Nightwish
Metallica
Dio
Opeth
J.J. Johnson
Serge Gainsbourg
Eminem
Simon and Garfunkel

[matt72582]

Not really ranked after the first two

1. Tom Petty
2. Lindsey Buckingham
3. Warren Zevon
4. Bob Seger
5. Eric Clapton
6. Phil Collins/Genesis
7. INXS
8. Walter Egan
9. Billy Burnette
10. Bekka Bramlett
11. Roy Orbison
12. Live
13. John Stewart
14. Fleetwood Mac (all eras)
15. The Kingston Trio
16. Cat Stevens
17. The Pretenders
18. R.E.M.
19. Stevie Nicks (Bella Donna – Street Angel only)
20. Traveling Wilburys
21. Creedence Clearwater Revival
22. The Mamas and the Papas
23. Matchbox 20
24. Elvis Presley
25. Michael Jackson

I almost never listen to actual albums, though and beyond a select few I don’t pay much attention to artists, so some of these I know only really by a selection of their hits. My music listening almost always consists of putting my iPod on shuffle.

I missed Fleetwood Mac this year, as I went and saw Roger Hodgson (Supertramp). What early stuff do you like, Vicky?

As much as I love Rumors and Buckingham-Nicks, my favorite members are Peter Green, most underrated guitarists/singers, and Danny Kirwan... I never cared for any Jeremy Spencer 3-chord bluesy shuffles..

Really love Bob Welch's voice.. Future Games, good stuff.

[matt72582]

Clapton gets an honorable mention, I love Cream, every band he was in... Cat Stevens just missed the list.

Do you mean the John Stewart who did "Gold" - I'm guessing it must be, as Stevie Nicks sings along.. Also sounds like Lindsey fingerpickin the electric.

[matt72582]

To the first question - I wish.





I've seen Roger three times. Saw Dark Side in Chicago and Canada, and The Wall in Detroit.... Gilmour is going to tour soon, and has an album coming. Roger will release his one day...

It's now or never - the greats are dead, dying, or retiring..

[Rahbani]

If there is ONE thing I love more than film, it's music. Playing, recording, listening, talking about it, etc..

If you can't name as many, or if you want to name more, feel free.


I love music as well and it's a huge part of my life. I even took bellydance lessons growing up because of how much I love the music. But I feel like there are so many great genres and artists out there, I don't even know where to start. I feel like there's no way I'd be able to pick favourites. I don't even know what my favourite genre is.

[Miss Vicky]

I missed Fleetwood Mac this year, as I went and saw Roger Hodgson (Supertramp). What early stuff do you like, Vicky?

As much as I love Rumors and Buckingham-Nicks, my favorite members are Peter Green, most underrated guitarists/singers, and Danny Kirwan... I never cared for any Jeremy Spencer 3-chord bluesy shuffles..

Really love Bob Welch's voice.. Future Games, good stuff.

I haven't heard Future Games in ages. I have it on vinyl, but I haven't had a working record player in years and haven't gotten round to getting it on CD or downloading it. I like Bob Welch a lot (and nominated his solo song Ebony Eyes in the current song tournament). My favorite pre-Buckingham Nicks album is 1972's Bare Trees. Beyond that I'm not really that familiar with their early albums (though I have many on CD) but rather am more familiar with songs like Green Manalishi, Albatross, and Spare Me A Little Of Your Love.

I missed them in concert this year as well, but more because I simply couldn't justify the expense, especially since they weren't touring in support of a new album. I saw them three times on their Say You Will tour and have seen Lindsey Buckingham solo five times. I'm still kicking myself for passing on his One Man Show tour though.

Clapton gets an honorable mention, I love Cream, every band he was in... Cat Stevens just missed the list.

Do you mean the John Stewart who did "Gold" - I'm guessing it must be, as Stevie Nicks sings along.. Also sounds like Lindsey fingerpickin the electric.

Yes, that John Stewart. He was a member of The Kingston Trio, who were a huge influence on Lindsey Buckingham's guitar style.

[matt72582]

That is hard... I'll exclude classical music or else I'd have 25 already dead composers and no space to other genres:


I also excluded classical... I love Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Chopin, Schubert - any classical music that's dark, melancholic -- any suggestions?

[Swan]

Alright, guess I'll give it a full go.

1. Pink Floyd
2. Aphex Twin
3. Beck
4. Bjork
5. Radiohead/Jonny Greenwood
6. Bon Iver
7. Boards of Canada
8. AIR
9. Autechre
10. Alt-J
11. Nine Inch Nails/Trent Reznor
12. Micachu and the Shapes
13. Flying Lotus
14. Tom Waits
15. Fiona Apple
16. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
17. Kendrick Lamar
18. Berntholer
19. Amon Tobin
20. Cliff Martinez
21. Krzysztof Penderecki
22. Robyn Hitchcock
23. The White Stripes
24. The Mars Volta
25. Feist

[Camo]

I might try this later but it's pretty much impossible. All i'll say is that a few that would make my top 10 are Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, The Beatles, Nas and The Rolling Stones.

[Camo]

Aside from the top spot the rest are in no particular order as favourites change depending on what particular mood I'm in and tbh there's probably another 50 or more that could/would interchange with some of those from 2-25.

1. Joy Division
2. Sabbath
3. Brenda Lee
4. Cocteau Twins
5. Comsat Angels
6. Clash
7. Cure
8. Garbage
9. Godsmack
10. Ian Dury
11. Imperial Leisure
12. Interpol
13. Laurel Aitken
14. Zeppelin
15. Metallica
16. Misty In Roots
17. Nirvana
18. Rammstein
19. Siouxsie & Banshees
20. Skints
21. Soundgarden
22. Sugababes
23. Type O Negative
24. Winston McAnuff
25. X Mal Deutschland

The Sugababes :D ? It's cool if you like them I just really didn't expect that.

[matt72582]

I might try this later but it's pretty much impossible. All i'll say is that a few that would make my top 10 are Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, The Beatles, Nas and The Rolling Stones.

Yeah, it's definitely tough. I wanted to make a list months ago, but I knew it would take me a while. Not as hard as ranking films though.

[Mr Minio]

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[cricket]

My top 25 goes something like this-

1. The Rolling Stones*
2. The Doors
3. AC/DC
4. Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Led Zeppelin
6. Guns N' Roses*
7. Bob Seger
8. The Beatles
9. Creedence Clearwater Revival
10. The Who
11. The Eagles
12. Neil Young
13. Pink Floyd*
14. Black Sabbath*
15. Jimi Hendrix
16. Eric Clapton/Various
17. Metallica*
18. Janis Joplin
19. Aerosmith*
20. ZZ Top
21. Journey
22. Fleetwood Mac
23. Motley Crüe
24. The Bee Gees*
25. Van Halen*

*Seen Live

Best concert-Pink Floyd

[False Writer]

I've been hesitant replying to this since trying to list 25 bands seemed pretty daunting. There's hundreds of bands that I love. Ah well, I'll do it anyway.

These aren't really in order, but the ones highest are the ones that came to mind the quickest:

1. Hatebreed
2. Breaking Benjamin
3. Enter Shikari
4. Between the Buried and Me
5. The Black Dahlia Murder
6. A Day to Remember
7. Thirty Seconds to Mars
8. I See Stars
9. Underoath
10. The Devil Wears Prada
11. Brand New
12. Carnifex
13. Scary Kids Scaring Kids
14. The 1975
15. Silverstein
16. System of a Down
17. Poison the Well
18. Gideon
19. Cstvt (formerly Castevet)
20. American Football
21. The Ghost Inside
22. Mineral
23. Being as an Ocean
24. Slipknot
25. From Autumn to Ashes

And many, many more. ;)

[gbgoodies]

I've been hesitant replying to this since trying to list 25 bands seemed pretty daunting. There's hundreds of bands that I love. Ah well, I'll do it anyway.

These aren't really in order, but the ones highest are the ones that came to mind the quickest:

1. Hatebreed
2. Breaking Benjamin
3. Enter Shikari
4. Between the Buried and Me
5. The Black Dahlia Murder
6. A Day to Remember
7. Thirty Seconds to Mars
8. I See Stars
9. Underoath
10. The Devil Wears Prada
11. Brand New
12. Carnifex
13. Scary Kids Scaring Kids
14. The 1975
15. Silverstein
16. System of a Down
17. Poison the Well
18. Gideon
19. Cstvt (formerly Castevet)
20. American Football
21. The Ghost Inside
22. Mineral
23. Being as an Ocean
24. Slipknot
25. From Autumn to Ashes

And many, many more. ;)


I haven't heard of any of the bands on this list. :shrug:

[False Writer]

I haven't heard of any of the bands on this list. :shrug:

Lol not even Breaking Benjamin, Thirty Seconds To Mars, or Slipknot? Those bands are considered pretty popular. I understand why you don't know a lot of them though, they're mostly metal/hardcore bands. If you don't listen to that kind of music then you won't know them really, since it doesn't really get played on any radio stations.

[gbgoodies]

Lol not even Breaking Benjamin, Thirty Seconds To Mars, or Slipknot? Those bands are considered pretty popular. I understand why you don't know a lot of them though, they're mostly metal/hardcore bands. If you don't listen to that kind of music then you won't know them really, since it doesn't really get played on any radio stations.


Nope, but I listen to mostly country music and showtunes, so I'm not surprised when I've never heard of a bunch of artists listed in these lists. I'm just surprised that I haven't heard of any of them on your list. Most lists have at least a few artists that I've heard of, like The Beatles, The Eagles, Journey, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, etc.

[False Writer]

Nope, but I listen to mostly country music and showtunes, so I'm not surprised when I've never heard of a bunch of artists listed in these lists. I'm just surprised that I haven't heard of any of them on your list. Most lists have at least a few artists that I've heard of, like The Beatles, The Eagles, Journey, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, etc.

Yeah I gotcha, and nothing wrong with those bands either, they're awesome as well. I grew up in the late 90s/early 2000s and most of the bands on my list are from that era.

Country however, I can't really get into. There are a few songs that I don't mind but overall, not my thing.

[gbgoodies]

Yeah I gotcha, and nothing wrong with those bands either, they're awesome as well. I grew up in the late 90s/early 2000s and most of the bands on my list are from that era.

Country however, I can't really get into. There are a few songs that I don't mind but overall, not my thing.


Yeah, that sounds pretty much like what everybody else here says. Apparently I'm the only country music lover here on MoFo. :shrug:

[Camo]

Pretty surprised that you haven't heard of Slipknot at least. I know you wouldn't like them but i'm sure you have heard something by them before.

[gbgoodies]

Pretty surprised that you haven't heard of Slipknot at least. I know you wouldn't like them but i'm sure you have heard something by them before.


I probably haven't heard them unless they were nominated in a song tournament here. I don't listen to any radio stations that would play that type of music. We don't have a good country music radio station here, so I listen to my mp3 player instead of the radio. The only radio station that I listen to is the sports station while the NY Mets are playing.

[TylerDurden99]

1. Def Leppard
2. Van Halen
3. Talking Heads
4. Genesis
5. The Beatles
6. Aerosmith
7. Queen
8. AC/DC
9. Fleetwood Mac
10. Motley Crue
11. INXS
12. The Smiths
13. The Doors
14. George Michael/Wham!
15. Phil Collins
16. Chicago
17. Hall & Oates
18. Bee Gees
19. Whitesnake
20. Public Enemy
21. Iron Maiden
22. Metallica
23. Poison
24. Extreme
25. The Cars

[Zotis]

1. Alexisonfire
2. Underoath
3. Orchid
4. Sed non Satiata
5. Louise Cypher
6. Anomie
7. I Would Set Myself on Fire for You
8. The Birds Are Spies They Report to the Trees
9. Thrice
10. Rue Montmartre
11. Love Lost but Not Forgotten
12. I Hate Myself
13. Daitro
14. Saetia
15. Zao
16. Gantz
17. Pageninetynine (A.K.A. Pg.99)
18. White Medal
19. Raspberry Bulbs
20. Niel Perry
21. Pig Destroyer
22. Death
23. Optimus Prime
24. Decompose My Darling Daughter
25. iwrestledabearonce

[neiba]

I also excluded classical... I love Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Chopin, Schubert - any classical music that's dark, melancholic -- any suggestions?

You have a whole period with dark and melancholic composers! :p Check Romantic composers, especially from Germany/Austria and Russia.

Besides those, you have Hugo Wolf (a darker version of Schubert), Shostakovich (one of my personal heroes), Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Mahler, Strauss, Glinka, Mussorgsky, Cesar Cui...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfyCfkXVcCw

(This is one of the 3 last songs by Hugo Wolf. Some months later he went insane... It's so amazing to sing this.)

He also had a more excited/psychotic phase:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_6KPYEFe7k

[Zotis]

3. Enter Shikari
9. Underoath
10. The Devil Wears Prada
17. Poison the Well

+rep for those!

My favorite Underoath albums are Act of Depression and Cries of the Past, how about you?

[Zotis]

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Those aren't nearly obscure enough. I've heard of all of those.

[False Writer]

+rep for those!

My favorite Underoath albums are Act of Depression and Cries of the Past, how about you?

I would say a tie between They're Only Chasing Safety and Define the Great Line. I first heard of them when "Reinventing Your Exit" came on a commercial during Headbangers Ball. I also have The Changing of Times on cd.

All their stuff is good though, AoD and CotP are cool to listen to since they were SO much heavier then.

You got a good list as well! I know of a few of them but there's quite a bit I haven't heard of.

The ones I know are:
Alexisonfire
Underoath
Orchid
Thrice
Zao
Pig Destroyer
Death
iwrestledabearonce

All of them are good!

[False Writer]

Yeah, that sounds pretty much like what everybody else here says. Apparently I'm the only country music lover here on MoFo. :shrug:

The funny thing is if you list a few Country singers that you like I would probably recognize all or most of their names. Where I live everyone loves Country music and you hear it everywhere.

[Sedai]

This changes constantly for me, but some artists would include:

Rush
Dark Tranquillity
Pink Floyd
Queensryche
Lights
Devin Townsend
Katatonia
The Beatles
Amorphis
The Cure
Insomnium
Iron Maiden
Otis Reading
The Cure
Megadeth
Radiohead

[The Sci-Fi Slob]

1. Iron Maiden
2. Metallica
3. Bob Seger
4. The Stranglers
5. Creedence Clearwater Revival
6. The Clash
7. Led Zeppelin
8. Red Hot Chilli Peppers
9. Meat Loaf
10. AD/DC
11.Pink Floyd
12. Deep Purple
14. Lynyrd Skynyrd
15. Fleetwood Mac
16. Nirvana
17. The Misfits
18. Black Sabbath
19. Rise Against
20. Oasis
21. Radiohead
22. Pennywise
23. Bad Religion
24. Foo Fighters
25. Pantera

[neiba]

1. Iron Maiden
25. Pantera

Finally somebody here that speaks my language! \m/

[gbgoodies]

The funny thing is if you list a few Country singers that you like I would probably recognize all or most of their names. Where I live everyone loves Country music and you hear it everywhere.


I wasn't going to post a list here because it seemed like a waste of time for me because nobody here listens to most of my favorite artists, but I posted a list a while back on the "Top 10 Favorite Bands/Artists?" thread so I'll copy it here. (It actually has three different lists of 10 artists on each list, so there are 30 of my favorite artists listed.)

http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?p=1186163#post1186163


Since I seem to be the only country music lover on this site, I did a list of my ten favorite artists that you guys might know and appreciate, rather than a bunch of artists that none of you have heard of or like.


My ten favorite pop/rock artists are:

1) Neil Diamond
2) Billy Joel
3) Elvis Presley
4) The Eagles
5) Air Supply
6) Survivor (After Jimi Jamison joined the band)
7) Chicago
8) Bryan Adams
9) Styx
10) Journey


But just for the record, my ten favorite country artists are:

1) Ricky Van Shelton
2) George Strait
3) Don Williams
4) Wade Hayes
5) Steve Wariner
6) Blake Shelton
7) Garth Brooks
8) John Schneider
9) Kenny Rogers
10) Randy Travis


And my ten favorite non-country vocalist/easy listening artists are:

1) Neil Diamond
2) John Barrowman
3) Michael Crawford
4) Dean Martin
5) Gene Kelly
6) Michael Bublé
7) Harry Connick Jr.
8) Steve Lawrence
9) Olivia Newton-John
10) Whitney Houston

[matt72582]

I wasn't going to post a list here because it seemed like a waste of time for me because nobody here listens to most of my favorite artists, but I posted a list a while back on the "Top 10 Favorite Bands/Artists?" thread so I'll copy it here. (It actually has three different lists of 10 artists on each list, so there are 30 of my favorite artists listed.)

http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?p=1186163#post1186163


Since I seem to be the only country music lover on this site, I did a list of my ten favorite artists that you guys might know and appreciate, rather than a bunch of artists that none of you have heard of or like.


My ten favorite pop/rock artists are:

1) Neil Diamond
2) Billy Joel
3) Elvis Presley
4) The Eagles
5) Air Supply
6) Survivor (After Jimi Jamison joined the band)
7) Chicago
8) Bryan Adams
9) Styx
10) Journey



I saw Billy Joel, Styx, and Journey in concert. I'm a big fan of Billy Joel (was upset he didn't play my favorite song, "The Stranger"), love The Eagles... I also love 70's Chicago, I just listened to "Wishing You Were Here"

[gbgoodies]

I saw Billy Joel, Styx, and Journey in concert. I'm a big fan of Billy Joel (was upset he didn't play my favorite song, "The Stranger"), love The Eagles... I also love 70's Chicago, I just listened to "Wishing You Were Here"


I've seen Billy Joel in concert a bunch of times, and he's one of the best entertainers in the business. He knows how to make everyone in the arena have a great time, even if you're sitting in the cheap seats. (He's from Long Island, so he plays here a lot.)

[matt72582]

I've seen Billy Joel in concert a bunch of times, and he's one of the best entertainers in the business. He knows how to make everyone in the arena have a great time, even if you're sitting in the cheap seats. (He's from Long Island, so he plays here a lot.)

I saw him in 2009 I think - he sounded kinda drunk. Didn't put his all, but played a lot of great songs (besides my fav)..

Did he have a "BJ" initial bow he used for an innuendo?

Favorite albums? I'd go with The Stranger and The Iron Curtain (only one of a small number of great 80's albums I think)

[Zotis]

I would say a tie between They're Only Chasing Safety and Define the Great Line. I first heard of them when "Reinventing Your Exit" came on a commercial during Headbangers Ball. I also have The Changing of Times on cd.

All their stuff is good though, AoD and CotP are cool to listen to since they were SO much heavier then.

You got a good list as well! I know of a few of them but there's quite a bit I haven't heard of.

The ones I know are:
Alexisonfire
Underoath
Orchid
Thrice
Zao
Pig Destroyer
Death
iwrestledabearonce

All of them are good!

Screamo is my favorite genre, most of the other bands were Screamo. It's a pretty underground genre, but the internet is helping awaerness grow. Mass media supresses the general public's awareness by calling anything with screaming in it screamo. Kind of like what they do to Emo and Metal.

For Alexisonfire I only like their first album. For Thrice, only The Artist in the Ambulance and older. Post Hardcore is what I grew up on, but a lot of bands changed their style, and I preferred the old style.

[False Writer]

Screamo is my favorite genre, most of the other bands were Screamo. It's a pretty underground genre, but the internet is helping awaerness grow. Mass media supresses the general public's awareness by calling anything with screaming in it screamo. Kind of like what they do to Emo and Metal.

For Alexisonfire I only like their first album. For Thrice, only The Artist in the Ambulance and older. Post Hardcore is what I grew up on, but a lot of bands changed their style, and I preferred the old style.

Yeah I know what you mean about people throwing the term around. They do the same thing with emo when actual emo bands like Sunny Day Real Estate, American Football, Mineral, Christie Front Drive etc. are amazing.

Other actual screamo bands I've heard about besides Orchid are City of Catepellar, Pg. 99, and Circle Takes the Square.

[False Writer]

But just for the record, my ten favorite country artists are:

1) Ricky Van Shelton
2) George Strait
3) Don Williams
4) Wade Hayes
5) Steve Wariner
6) Blake Shelton
7) Garth Brooks
8) John Schneider
9) Kenny Rogers
10) Randy Travis



I heard of George Strait, Blake Shelton, Garth Brooks, and Kenny Rodgers; and I think I heard of Randy Travis.

Thinking about it, I didn't really mind Taylor Swift's music before she went completely pop. I also didn't mind Hunter Hayes when he came on the radio.

Also there's a song by Luke Bryan that I think is ok, that "Crash My Party" one.

Blake Shelton I don't really like but I think that "Chew Tobacca, Chew Tobacca, Chew Tobacca, Spit." song is pretty funny.

[The Sci-Fi Slob]

8) Steve Lawrence
:rotfl:

[gbgoodies]

I heard of George Strait, Blake Shelton, Garth Brooks, and Kenny Rodgers; and I think I heard of Randy Travis.


Randy Travis was in the news recently because of some major health problems and other issues.


Thinking about it, I didn't really mind Taylor Swift's music before she went completely pop. I also didn't mind Hunter Hayes when he came on the radio.

Also there's a song by Luke Bryan that I think is ok, that "Crash My Party" one.



Taylor Swift is not country, and I have no idea why she's been classified as country. Luke Bryan is okay, but he's not one of my favorites.

I like Hunter Hayes. Have you seen these videos of him? He was adorable when he was young.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57sfRo26fAc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m9-5BkL4Mc


Blake Shelton I don't really like but I think that "Chew Tobacca, Chew Tobacca, Chew Tobacca, Spit." song is pretty funny.


I love Blake Shelton, but that's not one of my favorites of his songs. He has a great voice, and it gets lost behind the music sometimes. I prefer when he sings songs like these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb1DTsxBOfE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xXD9-1mLBY

[gbgoodies]

8) Steve Lawrence

:rotfl:


Have you heard him sing? He has a great voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9l--WWFwMg

[Zotis]

Yeah I know what you mean about people throwing the term around. They do the same thing with emo when actual emo bands like Sunny Day Real Estate, American Football, Mineral, Christie Front Drive etc. are amazing.

Other actual screamo bands I've heard about besides Orchid are City of Catepellar, Pg. 99, and Circle Takes the Square.

I think I Hate Myself, The Birds Are Spies They Report to the Trees, and Rue Montmartre were on my list, those are Emo bands.

The Emo I am most familiar with is Emotive Hardcore which stemmed from Hardcore Punk in the 80's. Rites of Spring was one of the most influential founders as far as I'm aware. I'm not very familiar with the wave of mainstream Emo that came out in the late nineties. I've heard Dashboard Confessional and a few bands like that, but that kind of Emo doesn't appeal to me.

I love Hardcore, Powerviolence, Crust, Grindcore, Metalcore. I like Death Metal, and Thrash Metal too, but my favorite type of Metal is Black Metal. I especially like Black Metal that has a lot of Punk/Hardcore influence. I do like Venom and some stuff like that, but a lot of Metal doesn't appeal to me. I really can't stand Metallica, Slayer, Megadeath, and stuff like that.

[False Writer]

I think I Hate Myself, The Birds Are Spies They Report to the Trees, and Rue Montmartre were on my list, those are Emo bands.

The Emo I am most familiar with is Emotive Hardcore which stemmed from Hardcore Punk in the 80's. Rites of Spring was one of the most influential founders as far as I'm aware. I'm not very familiar with the wave of mainstream Emo that came out in the late nineties. I've heard Dashboard Confessional and a few bands like that, but that kind of Emo doesn't appeal to me.

I love Hardcore, Powerviolence, Crust, Grindcore, Metalcore. I like Death Metal, and Thrash Metal too, but my favorite type of Metal is Black Metal. I especially like Black Metal that has a lot of Punk/Hardcore influence. I do like Venom and some stuff like that, but a lot of Metal doesn't appeal to me. I really can't stand Metallica, Slayer, Megadeath, and stuff like that.

Yeah I know of Rites of Spring, that's what people call first-wave emo and the bands I mentioned are considered second-wave emo.

I've only gotten into second-wave emo over the past couple years or so when I discovered American Football on Youtube. I was only like 9 years old when the genre reached its peak so I never really got exposed to it until then. It seems like a genre that fell just as fast as it had risen.

Dashboard Confessional were on TV quite a bit a long time ago, and I myself was never a huge fan of them, I don't really consider them the same as the bands I've mentioned.

I mainly like Metal, Hardcore, and Hard Rock; Melodic Hardcore, Deathcore, Metalcore, and Post-Hardcore being my favorite sub-genres.

Judging by your list and preferred genres have you heard of a band called The Saddest Landscape? If you haven't check out the song "The Temptation That Is You" I have a feeling that you'll like it.

[False Writer]

Taylor Swift is not country, and I have no idea why she's been classified as country. Luke Bryan is okay, but he's not one of my favorites.


She was considered pop-country before going full pop so I agree she was never actually country.

With Country, if it has a pretty good melody and lyrics that aren't too "redneck" then I don't mind it. That's why I think Hunter Hayes isn't that bad. It's when I listen to a Country song and hear "SHE THINKS MY TRACTOR'S SEXXAAYYY!!!" that I can't stand it (and yes everyone... that's an actual song :p)

[Iroquois]

1. Pink Floyd
2. Talking Heads
3. Swans
4. Neil Young
5. Rush
6. Tom Waits
7. Black Sabbath
8. David Bowie
9. Queen
10. The Velvet Underground
11. Miles Davis
12. John Coltrane
12. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
13. King Crimson
14. Queen
15. Big Black
16. Iron Maiden
17. Judas Priest
18. Charles Mingus
19. Metallica
20. Leonard Cohen
21. The Stooges
22. Prince
23. My Bloody Valentine
24. Public Enemy
25. Ween

[gbgoodies]

She was considered pop-country before going full pop so I agree she was never actually country.

With Country, if it has a pretty good melody and lyrics that aren't too "redneck" then I don't mind it. That's why I think Hunter Hayes isn't that bad. It's when I listen to a Country song and hear "SHE THINKS MY TRACTOR'S SEXXAAYYY!!!" that I can't stand it (and yes everyone... that's an actual song :p)


Yes, "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" is a real song, but IMO, it's not a good song. I'm not a big fan of Kenny Chesney. He has a few good songs, but none that I consider great.

[Nausicaä]

The first 25 to pop into my head:

1. The Doors
2. Sigur Ros
3. Our Lady Peace
4. Black Sabbath
5. David Bowie
6. Blondie
7. The Clash
8. Nick Drake
9. Sage Francis
10. Marina and the Diamonds
11. Marilyn Manson
12. Nirvana
13. Jeff Buckley
14. Joy Division
15. Bjork
16. Radiohead
17. Edith Piaf
18. Tiny Tim
19. Sufjan Stevens
20. Patrick Wolf
21. Mogwai
22. M83
23. A Perfect Circle
24. The Chameleons
25. At The Drive In/The Mars Volta - cheated a bit here. :D

[Zotis]

Yeah I know of Rites of Spring, that's what people call first-wave emo and the bands I mentioned are considered second-wave emo.

I've only gotten into second-wave emo over the past couple years or so when I discovered American Football on Youtube. I was only like 9 years old when the genre reached its peak so I never really got exposed to it until then. It seems like a genre that fell just as fast as it had risen.

Dashboard Confessional were on TV quite a bit a long time ago, and I myself was never a huge fan of them, I don't really consider them the same as the bands I've mentioned.

I mainly like Metal, Hardcore, and Hard Rock; Melodic Hardcore, Deathcore, Metalcore, and Post-Hardcore being my favorite sub-genres.

Judging by your list and preferred genres have you heard of a band called The Saddest Landscape? If you haven't check out the song "The Temptation That Is You" I have a feeling that you'll like it.

The Saddest Landscape are great. There's a really good blog I use for getting music.

http://the-poet-you-never-were.blogspot.ca/

It looks like it's last update was in January though, but there's still tons of great bands on there. It was the go-to spot after the Emoisdead and Screamoisdead links got shut down.

I like first wave Metalcore more than second wave Metalcore too, and I like some Deathcore. There are some really interesting modern bands that combine Grindcore and Powerviolence. They have a lot of similarities with Metalcore, but are more intense. Grindcore on it's own I find to be a genre with few good bands that are far between, but bands of other genres that incorporate grind elements are very interesting.

Deathcore
Decompose My Darling Daughter
Last Breath of Jasmine
The Leviathan's Mandible

Grindcore/Powerviolence
Animals on Coke
Carol Ann

First Wave Metalcore
Botch
Cave In
As the Sun Sets

[False Writer]

The Saddest Landscape are great. There's a really good blog I use for getting music.

http://the-poet-you-never-were.blogspot.ca/

It looks like it's last update was in January though, but there's still tons of great bands on there. It was the go-to spot after the Emoisdead and Screamoisdead links got shut down.

I like first wave Metalcore more than second wave Metalcore too, and I like some Deathcore. There are some really interesting modern bands that combine Grindcore and Powerviolence. They have a lot of similarities with Metalcore, but are more intense. Grindcore on it's own I find to be a genre with few good bands that are far between, but bands of other genres that incorporate grind elements are very interesting.

Deathcore
Decompose My Darling Daughter
Last Breath of Jasmine
The Leviathan's Mandible

Grindcore/Powerviolence
Animals on Coke
Carol Ann

First Wave Metalcore
Botch
Cave In
As the Sun Sets

Nice! Though it sucks that it looks like the guy's gonna end the blog.

It's cool that you know The Saddest Landscape, tbh I don't listen to a ton of stuff like that but there's something about them that makes me like them.

Another recommendation is Invocations of Nehek, a metalcore band that sounded really good but it seemed like no one really paid much attention to them, I myself didn't know about them til like 8 years after their only album came out.

Cave-In sounds pretty good, I remember checking out Botch before but something about them I can't really get into.

[Zotis]

Thanks for Invocations of Nehek, really cool band. I looked them up on youtube and I like them a lot.

If you like The Saddest Landscape, there are a lot of bands like that. Screamo is like 70% of what I listen to.

[False Writer]

Thanks for Invocations of Nehek, really cool band. I looked them up on youtube and I like them a lot.

If you like The Saddest Landscape, there are a lot of bands like that. Screamo is like 70% of what I listen to.

No problem man, real glad you liked them!

I'm opened to some Screamo suggestions; I'm always up for some new music lol. Preferably Screamo with breakdowns and/or some real nice melodic parts! :D

[Zotis]

If you want Screamo with breakdowns then Niel Perry is one of the best. :up:

[False Writer]

If you want Screamo with breakdowns then Niel Perry is one of the best. :up:

I dig it! :up:

[Zotis]

I think if you like The Saddest Landscape then you may like Kite Flying Society.

For Entry level Screamo, be sure to check out Daitro, Sed Non Satiata, Saetia, Anomie, Loma Prieta, and Loise Cypher.

[False Writer]

I think if you like The Saddest Landscape then you may like Kite Flying Society.

For Entry level Screamo, be sure to check out Daitro, Sed Non Satiata, Saetia, Anomie, Loma Prieta, and Loise Cypher.

Kite Flying Society is pretty good!

Lately I've been listening to Deathcore quite a bit. There's been some really good stuff that came out in the past year or so—some of the most brutal stuff I've ever heard.

Here's some bands > songs that I recommend:
Traitors > Dissapoint
Black Tongue > Coma
Martyr Defiled > Lvcifer
Boris the Blade > Serpents Crown
Acrania > Totalitarian Dystopia

[gbgoodies]

I haven't been able to convince hubby to join the site yet, but you guys seem to prefer his music to mine, so I asked him to compile a list of his 25 favorite artists. He didn't come up with a full list of 25, but he said that this is his short list of his favorite artists.

Kiss
Twisted Sister
Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourne
AC/DC
Led Zeppelin
Def Leppard
The Eagles
The Beatles
The Who
Metallica
Pink Floyd
Journey
ZZ Top

[cricket]

I haven't been able to convince hubby to join the site yet, but you guys seem to prefer his music to mine, so I asked him to compile a list of his 25 favorite artists. He didn't come up with a full list of 25, but he said that this is his short list of his favorite artists.

Kiss
Twisted Sister
Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourne
AC/DC
Led Zeppelin
Def Leppard
The Eagles
The Beatles
The Who
Metallica
Pink Floyd
Journey
ZZ Top

Does he wanna hang out later?

[gbgoodies]

Does he wanna hang out later?


He'd love to.

I think he'd like to hang out with anyone who doesn't listen to country music and showtunes. You should see what we go through trying to find music for the mp3 player to listen to music in the car.

[matt72582]

I haven't been able to convince hubby to join the site yet, but you guys seem to prefer his music to mine, so I asked him to compile a list of his 25 favorite artists. He didn't come up with a full list of 25, but he said that this is his short list of his favorite artists.

Kiss
Twisted Sister
Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourne
AC/DC
Led Zeppelin
Def Leppard
The Eagles
The Beatles
The Who
Metallica
Pink Floyd
Journey
ZZ Top

The ones I put in bold are my Top 10 of all-time,