Favorite Bands/Top Ten Favorite Bands Supergroup

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Post away, folks! Here are mine:

1. Led Zeppelin

2. The Beatles

3. Queen

4. Pink Floyd

5. Aerosmith

6. Black Sabbath

7. Ozzy Osbourne

8. Metallica

9. AC/DC

10. Red Hot Chili Peppers

 

It's okay if it's not in particular order or more than 10!

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

In no particular order:

Kyuss

My Bloody Valentine

Gojira

The Envy Corps

Rage Against The Machine

Tool

The Cat Empire

The Corrs

Radiohead/Atoms for Peace (both VERY SIMILAR, and same vocalist)

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Composers:

 

Claudio Monteverdi

Vivaldi

Muzio Clementi

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Ludwig von Beethoven

Richard Wagner

Richard Strauss

George Gershwin

Leonard Bernstein

Jerome Kern

[Bdub01 201]

And here we go (in no particular order) :

Epica

Rammstein

Sarah Brightman

Arkona

Enya

Susanne Ciani

Leaves' Eyes

Amethystium

Evanescence

Megaherz

[Alejandro24 575]

10? Why 10? My top 15! (no particular order):

Enigma

Deep Forest

Enya

Eisbrecher

Megaherz

[:SITD:]

Rotersand

Unheilig

Rome

In Slaughter Natives

Assemblage 23

Front Line Assembly (here included all the side projects, Delerium, Noise Unit, Intermix, Conjure One, Fauxliage, etc...)

Die Krupps

E Nomine

Hocico

[Muck308 55]

1. Deftones

 

The rest are in no particular order

 

Pink Floyd

Jack White/White Stripes

Nine Inch Nails

Faith No More

Led Zeppelin

Queens of the Stone Age

Guns N' Roses

Alice In Chains

Marilyn Manson

[_marsh_ 1,117]

Sure, Ill bite

 

I chose all the bands I love the most, and then just threw them in order of what I listen to the most often. As well as my favorite/favorite-ish song by them.

 

Was one of the first artists that I started listening to that wasn't metal.

Other artist I started listening to that wasn't metal. I have to thank them both for opening my mind to more music out there.

Modest Mouse

Cake

I'll hopefully be seeing them at Red Rocks in July

Saw him the other month. He played Thick as a Brick 1 and 2 in their entiretys, was a wicked concert.

Pink Floyd

Will also be seeing them in cocnert over the sumer. I can't wait!

 

I would probably kill to get to see a Pink Floyd concert. I had the chance to see Rammstein in concert but due to some conflicting events I didn't get to go.

And Nine Inch Nails just updated the site and said that he's going on a (late) 2013 tour with some awesome people as well as started working on a new album!

http://pitchfork.com/news/49681-trent-reznor-announces-the-return-of-nine-inch-nails-extensive-touring-for-2013-and-2014/

 

Just trying to spark some discussion here (at least with artists Ive seen others list). The music threads on this site people just list stuff but never delve into any actual conversation, I really don't see the point of listing bands but never going beyond that.

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_marsh_: I'm super geeked about NIN. I've never seen Trent or any variation of the NIN moniker. I'll be at that show for sure if it swings through my burgh.

 

I did get a chance to see Roger Waters on 2 separate occasions (he is a genius) but this Saturday I'll be seeing Brit Floyd. You should check them out. Their US tour just started so you might get tickets if you are in the US. They are the next best thing to the real deal and with Rick being dead and the other members not wanting to play house, what other options do you have? I suppose you could go to a laser show but stoned teenagers who still don't know the last line of Mother are not my typical cohorts. I stay away from those shows.

 

My buddy recently got me into Modest Mouse. I haven't explored too much but they are pretty good. Gorillaz are great. Kids With Guns is still one of my favs.

 

Also, quick question here... is the 2post rule still in effect? I stayed away from here for so long I forgot the rules. If so, my bad.

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2 post rule is only required on the Forum Games section of Simtropolis.

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My top favorite is ABBA. After that, my favorites, in no particular order, are:

 

• Fleetwood Mac
• Elton John
• Billy Joel
• Michael Jackson
• Doobie Bros.
• Earth Wind & Fire
• Queen
• Beatles/Paul McCartney
• BeeGees

 

Yup, I love the oldies.

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Muck: Yea, I could have a chance to go to one of those concerts, but unless it was them all I'm not planning on dishing out $300 for nosebleed tickets. And a laser show just isn't the same...

 

I don't doubt NiN will put on a good show, and I can't wait for that. As for Modest Mouse I liked them, but slowly grew into them and love them now. The Moon & Antarctica is my favorite album, and a wicked concept album at that. Coming in tied at 2nd are their first 2, This Is A Long Drive, and Lonesome Crowded West. However by no means am I saying their newer albums are bad, those are just my personal favorites

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In no particular order.

• Gorrilaz
• Daft Punk
• Ludacris
• Young Jeezy
• Jay-Z
• Weird Al Yankovic
• Moby
• Pendulum
• Iron Maiden
• DJ Khaled

A bunch of different types of artists I like, I'm not one to stick to one genre.

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Diverse group here.  I'll join the fun!

 

Led Zeppelin and Tokyo Jihen occupy the top two spots (they're WAY far above the others), the rest really depend on my mood.

 

Stone Temple Pilots

The Toadies

Garbage

Incubus

The Back Horn

New Found Glory

The Brian Setzer Orchestra

Asian Kung-Fu Generation

 

*BONUS: Squirrel Nut Zippers rocks my world as well.

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No particular order and not only 10

Immediate Music

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In no particular order...

 

Not so mainstream:

Tangerine Dream - especially like the Firestarter soundtrack and Stratosphere CD.

Camel - Lunar Sea is one of my favs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03kmoGQBisw

 

Boston

Zeppelin

Eagles

Marshall Tucker Band

Lynard Skynard

Collective Soul

ELO

Loverboy

Bob Seger

Steve Miller Band

Deep Purple

ZZTop

Gary Wright - C'mon, everyone should know Dream Weaver

 

and dozens upon dozens of others.

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Diverse group here.  I'll join the fun!

 

Led Zeppelin and Tokyo Jihen occupy the top two spots (they're WAY far above the others), the rest really depend on my mood.

 

Stone Temple Pilots

The Toadies

Garbage

Incubus

The Back Horn

New Found Glory

The Brian Setzer Orchestra

Asian Kung-Fu Generation

 

*BONUS: Squirrel Nut Zippers rocks my world as well.

 

Is American Classic Rock still popular in Japan?

I know Cheap Trick and Iron Maiden were very popular there a while back.

 

here are mine in no particular order

 

Zepplin

U2

Iron Maiden

Metallica

The Cars

Yes

Genesis/Peter Gabriel/Mike Rutherford

Rush

AC/DC

The Pretenders/ Crissy Hines

Old Ozzy

Anthrax

[Linoa06 1,374]

Within Temptation

Nightwish

 

In no particular order

 

Muse 

Iron Maiden

Beatles (duh ^^)

Metallica

Enigma

Enya (but quickly. lol.)

Rammstein

AC/DC

Eluveitie

Rhaospdy of Fire (when I'm really not in the mood and I don't wanna think about deep stuff)

Queen (duuuuh ^^)

Marilyn Manson

 

More than 12 but that's those I can think  of now.

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In no particular order...

 

Not so mainstream:

Tangerine Dream - especially like the Firestarter soundtrack and Stratosphere CD.

Camel - Lunar Sea is one of my favs *snip*

Boston

Zeppelin

Eagles

Marshall Tucker Band

Lynard Skynard

Collective Soul

ELO

Loverboy

Bob Seger

Steve Miller Band

Deep Purple

ZZTop

Gary Wright - C'mon, everyone should know Dream Weaver

 

and dozens upon dozens of others.

 

Nice choices. Tangerine Dream is another one of my favorites; Stratosfear is a great song.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Diverse group here.  I'll join the fun!

 

Led Zeppelin and Tokyo Jihen occupy the top two spots (they're WAY far above the others), the rest really depend on my mood.

 

Stone Temple Pilots

The Toadies

Garbage

Incubus

The Back Horn

New Found Glory

The Brian Setzer Orchestra

Asian Kung-Fu Generation

 

*BONUS: Squirrel Nut Zippers rocks my world as well.

 

Is American Classic Rock still popular in Japan?

I know Cheap Trick and Iron Maiden were very popular there a while back.

 

There is still a segment of older American rock that is popular here, and among a slightly older demographic, you'll find people who would love listening to your hometown's classic rock station.  Lots of Queen fans and Bon Jovi fans.  The sad reality of music in Japan is that it is absolutely horrendous, an elevator-like nightmare of unimaginative feces spewd out of music factories 'sung' by 'singers' who are little better than clones of one another.  The ones who aren't clones, they are boring boring boring boring boring, with almost no exceptions whatsoever.  Your average Japanese person, from personal experience, has terrible taste in music.  It is VERY easy for me to be a music snob here.

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@NMUSpidey

 

Most popular music is like that now. Then maybe Im just old.

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I just have to interject here, Iron Maiden and Led Zeppelin are British.

 

In no particular order

 

Porcupine Tree

Dream Theater

Frost*

Devin Townsend

Riverside

Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Ayreon + others)

Symphony X

Muse

Sonata Arctica

Threshold

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The sad reality of music in Japan is that it is absolutely horrendous, an elevator-like nightmare of unimaginative feces spewd out of music factories 'sung' by 'singers' who are little better than clones of one another.  The ones who aren't clones, they are boring boring boring boring boring, with almost no exceptions whatsoever.  Your average Japanese person, from personal experience, has terrible taste in music.  It is VERY easy for me to be a music snob here.

 

Ahaha, exactly just like in Greece

Most "artists" here sound like they bark, while their "epic" songs are actually clones of other equally meaningless songs

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I've never heard any Greek popular music, but I like some of the stuff played on various stringed instruments like the Bouzouki (sp?).  We only get little tastes over here in the wilds of the frozen north.

 

Generally I like all music and you can see my feeling about it in my signature.

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Within Temptation

Nightwish

Nightwish just hasn't been the same since Tarja left

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Yeah, don't bring this topic here. I think the singer comparisons are pointless and stupid.

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Just trying to spark some discussion here (at least with artists Ive seen others list). The music threads on this site people just list stuff but never delve into any actual conversation, I really don't see the point of listing bands but never going beyond that.

Sorry just trying to add a little conversation here, didn't mean to open up a raw spot there or anything .

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In no particular order:

Wilson Pickett

The Upsetters

Dave & Ansell Collins

Slade

T Rex

Booker T & The MGs

Lee Scratch Perry

Aretha Franklin

Curtis Mayfield

Desmond Dekker

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Metallica

Megadeth

Bob Segar

Boston

Van Halen (Sammy H era)

Queensryce

Motley Crue (old)

Journey

Ozzy

Godsmack

Bon Jovi (Slippery When Wet and before)

Warrant

.38 Special

 

just to name a few

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Ok... So... In no particular order... 

 

 

Iron Maiden... basically Iron Maiden x10!!

[T Wrecks 10,209]

I just have to interject here, Iron Maiden and Led Zeppelin are British.

 

In no particular order

 

Porcupine Tree

Dream Theater

Frost*

Devin Townsend

Riverside

Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Ayreon + others)

Symphony X

Muse

Sonata Arctica

Threshold

Oooooh, someone likes Prog, eh? Well, there's much in that list that's right up my alley.

 

Devin Townsend, indeed!

Riverside is such a great (and underrated) band, too.

Symphony X - oh yes. Oooooh yes.

Threshold - affirmative.

Dream Theater - yup.

Some of Arjen's stuff is great, too.

 

I'll add (in no particular order)...

Opeth

Dark Tranquillity

Amorphis

The Gathering and their ex-singer Anneke van Giersbergen

Rush

Phideaux

Fates Warning

 

Obviously there's more where that came from, but often just one or two albums (sometimes there is not more than one release). The artists listed above should provide some pointers, though.

 

EDIT

 

@Alejandro24: Just saw you mentioned Front Line Assembly and Die Krupps... great Industrial stuff! Can't say I'm generally a fan of Industrial music, but once in a while I enjoy it a lot, especially these two.  There's also the occasional Skinny Puppy song I might enjoy.