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Jumping on the musical bandwagon
Your five all time favourite bands. What are they?
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:26, 123 replies, latest was 17 years ago)
hmmmm
Metallica
Monster Magnet
Tool
Pink Floyd
Led Zep
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:27, Reply)
Mine:
Soundgarden
Black Stone Cherry
Nightwish
Diablo Swing Orchestra (Thanks, Resident Loon)
Metallica
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:28, Reply)
a nice selection
I really like a couple of Diablo Swing Orchestra tunes that I've heard. is the rest of their stuff as good as Balrog Boogie?
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:29, Reply)
Oh yes, definitely.
Balrog Boogie is probably the best though. But not by much.

Edit: This one is probably the next best: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SWdrQw0e0A
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:32, Reply)
Coo, Nightwish!
I do like 'Nemo', that's quite fun. There's another one I like too, but can't think of the name right now...
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:36, Reply)
Is it
Over the Hills and Far Away? The solo in that is amazing.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:40, Reply)
Beauty and the Beast?
I loved watching them do that one live with Tony Kakko.

The other one that is reasonably well known is Wishmaster, from the misheard lyrics video.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:41, Reply)
Something about a White Stallion or a White Knight, I think.
It's on the Nemo EP.

EDIT: White Night Fantasy, that's the one.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:45, Reply)
Hm, don't know that one.
I shall have to have a look.

Edit: Mmm, its ok, but I think there are much better ones.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:54, Reply)
Like I say, my experience of Nightwish is limited
But I am willing to be told which tracks to try!
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:00, Reply)
Well, I'm not as clued up in their earlier stuff but:
Over the Hills and Far Away, as stated earlier. Easily my favourite.

Anything off the Once album. Especially Dead Gardens, Planet Hell and Wish I Had an Angel.

Moondance, Wishmaster, Sleeping Sun and Away.

I personally prefer Tarja to Anette, but off the new album, Last of the Wilds is brilliant, as is the Islander. The Poet and the Pendulum is epic.

Oh, and try While Your Lips Are Still Red. Not technically Nightwish, but beautiful.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:09, Reply)
Oh dear,
I didn't mean to be so over enthusiastic...
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:14, Reply)
Gethsemane (sp?)
is a good track. good bit of piano at the beginning.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:47, Reply)
mine
Jon spencer blues explosion
Eels
The Killers
Manic Street Preachers - up to 1994 only, everything after is shit
Beastie boys
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:30, Reply)
Manics
Apparently the new album, with Richies lyrics, is rather good.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:47, Reply)
It's not bad, but it's nothing compared with the old stuff

(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:53, Reply)

I have to say I really enjoyed Everything Must Go and TIMTTMY.

Everything after THAT is shite!
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:47, Reply)
I cannot stand that whiny cunts voice
musically, not too bad, but that tosser makes them my most hated band after U2
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:51, Reply)
After U2 it's a toss up between Oasis and Coldplay
for "Most hated band"....
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:55, Reply)
Everything after The Holy Bible is shit

(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:53, Reply)
allmusic.com disagrees
allmusic.com is God.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:55, Reply)
You are absolutely right on this.
The Holy Bible is a masterpiece.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:01, Reply)
You're all wrong, you know.
The Manic Street Preachers suck donkey balls. Period.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:01, Reply)
^
This.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:02, Reply)
Fuck you both in the ear

(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:04, Reply)
Saucy.
I usually have to pay for that kind of action.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:08, Reply)
I didn't say it would be me doing it
I'd get belgaer to do it for me
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:15, Reply)
In that case:
I LOVE THE MANIC STREET PREACHERS! THEY ARE THE BEST BAND EVER AND I HAVE A TATTOO OF THEM!

Please don't let him near me, I am no-one's fuckmeat.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:19, Reply)
Hahahaha, you're scared of a darts player

(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:24, Reply)
Erm...
Saves the Day
Foo Fighters
AC/DC
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Cave In
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:30, Reply)
Saves The Day
Huge fan of Stay What You are and another few songs. Tried listening to In Reverie and Through Being Cool but never really felt drawn back to them. Which is/are your favourite album(s)?
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:02, Reply)
Sorry, dragged away on work stuff!! Haha
I would say my favourite album is probably Stay What You Are, mainly because it has This Is Not An Exit on it, and thats like my favourite song of all time!! :)

In Reverie is a good album but they went a bit Beatles mad so I wouldn't really rate it. Stay What You Are and probably Sound The Alarm are good albums to give a go.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:28, Reply)
Too tough.
But
A Perfect Circle
Queens of the stone Age
30 Seconds to Mars
Reel Big Fish
Thin Lizzy
(I think. Could change tomorrow)
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:30, Reply)
5? why only 5?
Queen
Sonata Arctica
Arch Enemy
Nightwish
Freedom Call
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:33, Reply)
Because otherwise I'd be here all day
Listing every band I love :)
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:35, Reply)
I could quite easily do that as well
Screen stretch!
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:42, Reply)
Okey dokey then:
Counting Crows
Foo Fighters
System of a Down
Queen
Led Zeppelin
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:33, Reply)
Oh christ...
Thrice
Funeral for a Friend
The Dave Matthews Band
Cream
RHCP
Tool
it just goes on and on...
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:35, Reply)
Thrice...
Heard nothing save a song or two since Artist in the Ambulance,
which should I get first: Vheissu or Alchemy Index?
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:39, Reply)
Both...
Vheissu is a great Album, but the Alchemy Index is their Magnum Opus. It truly is fantastic.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:47, Reply)
they sound like a band I should listen to from reading a description
who would you liken them to?
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:49, Reply)
That's hard to answer, because they have changed so much...
Think: A bit punk, a bit screamo, a bit metal. Excellent songwriting and (latterly) mind-blowing musical arrangements. I really do recommend that you try the following, in order:

The Artist in the Ambulance
Vheissu
The Alchemy Index (Volumes I, II, III and IV)

EDIT: Spotify has them all, you can try before you buy! :D
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:54, Reply)
Coming from someone who only heard their first 3 albums,
Artist...is the most radio friendly (for wont of a better phrase) but a good all round mix, whereas I prefer The Illusion of Safety. A little heavier I seem to remember.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:00, Reply)
Hehe
I was listening to SOAD - This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm On This Song, this morning while racing into work and a woman was staring at me like I was insane when we both stopped at a crossing. Hehe
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:38, Reply)
Jimi Hendrix Experience
'DC
Motorhead
Hawkwind
The Pretty Things
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:34, Reply)
Sigur Ros
Death Cab For Cutie
Led Zep
Divine Comedy
Ben Folds
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:36, Reply)
Oooh
I like all these. Ben Folds particularly.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:40, Reply)
Just got into Divine Comedy in the last week or two,
Absolutely blew me away. I highly recommend them if you're not already a fan.
EDIT: Just read what you said properly. What a spazz.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:44, Reply)
Oooh Death Cab
I knew I missed someone off my list.

I love Lack of Colour, thats a great song!
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:41, Reply)
Are we allowed
solo musicians, or just bands?
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:37, Reply)
You can have solo musicians
if you like
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:40, Reply)
I think I do like

(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:46, Reply)
Go on then
I'm intrigued
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:51, Reply)
Tom Waits all the way
Eels
Dogs (not a joke)
Bit of Bob Dylan, he is fucking awesome
The Raveonettes

But then that could change as well.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:58, Reply)
Yes, I would like to
remove Dogs, and put Howlin' Wolf in there instead.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:01, Reply)
I'm afraid Bob Dylan is the only one I vaguely know.

(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:16, Reply)
Yay!
Obscure musical tastes make me look cool.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:22, Reply)
Hmmmm
Tool
Christina Aguilera
Pantera
Megadeth
Duffy
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:38, Reply)
Hmm
Metallica
Chimaira
Pantera
System Of A Down
Busted (I'm not ashamed in the slightest)
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:40, Reply)
That's alright,
I'm ashamed for you.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:41, Reply)
Could be worse!
Could be McFly!
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:43, Reply)
Ah, true.
I suppose I should mention that ever since I took my sister to see him, I've become rather into... Enrique Iglesias.

*hangs head*
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:44, Reply)
Hehehe
aww, it could be worse, erm... you could have thrown your pants at him!?
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:46, Reply)
I didn't do that,
But I very nearly bought an Enrique thong.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:50, Reply)
Love
it. :)
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:53, Reply)
Damn!
If you hadn't said 'nearly', that would have been a prime POIDH moment!
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:54, Reply)
POIDH?
It was £12, and I wasn't going to pay £12 for a glorified wedgie.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:57, Reply)
I dunno
My brother used to sell them quite well at school.

"Give me a sweet, or I'll give you a wedgie."

A fair deal, all in all. Tosser.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:06, Reply)
Ah, I know what it means now.
I do actually have a picture of one on my phone, but its on the wall of the merch stand, not on me sadly.

That sounds like quite a clever scheme. Did it work?
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:11, Reply)
Yep!
I just wish he'd done it someone else every once in a while!
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:16, Reply)
Oh, you poor thing
*sympathy*

I'm so glad I'm the older sibling.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:20, Reply)
Youngest of 6
Can suck from time to time, haha.

They have their uses though!
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:40, Reply)
Oh my.
I couldn't cope with six of my sister. One is enough, thank you!

Yeah, my little sister gets more use out of me than I do of her.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:54, Reply)
Haha!
I.e. Alcohol buying, etc?
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 17:08, Reply)
She's not at that stage yet.
But I can see it coming.

I double as a chaperone, personal stylist/hairdresser, therapist, maths tutor.. the list goes on.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 17:13, Reply)
Sweet
Still not that bad then!

And how have you managed to get a bruise collection?
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 17:16, Reply)
Ahaha,
Read the last paragraph before the picture on my profile.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 17:21, Reply)
Sweet!
That sounds good!

*reads rest of profile*

Ooh, manchester eh? You'll have to give all us Manc b3tans a show, haha!
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 18:14, Reply)
B*Witched
times 5
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:42, Reply)
Korn
Pearl Jam
The Levellers
Foo Fighters
New Model Army
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:43, Reply)
As they came to mind
RATM
SOAD
Muse
Iron Maiden
The mars volta
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:44, Reply)
HURRAH for TMV!
Best band ever.

Saw them in Manchester and Paris last year.
No much is too much to see a band that able.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:11, Reply)
I don't enjoy anything as much as their debut album
But I love it enough that they're in my top 5 because of that one album alone.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:52, Reply)
Hmmmmm
The Clash
The Pixies
Radiohead
The Ramones

and I can't decide the 5th between Super Furry Animals and The Replacements.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:46, Reply)
The Replacements
are made of ace. That is all.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:33, Reply)
Hmmm
Queen
Something Corporate
Dresden Dolls
Bastard Fairies
ELO
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 15:56, Reply)
I would AFP so hard

(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:34, Reply)
Who wouldn't?
More people should do crazy shit with their eyebrows, too.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 18:35, Reply)
Mine
Nine Inch Nails
Tool
Queens of the Stone Age
The Wildhearts
Machine Head Changing this to VAST. Deal with it.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:00, Reply)
Hmm, tricky...
Depeche Mode
The Sisters of Mercy
Pop Will Eat Itself
The Young Gods
Fields of the Nephilim

All spring to mind.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:03, Reply)
I've heard of 2 of those,
and heard music by one.

*Feels young*
*Skateboards off with cap backwards*
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:10, Reply)
HURRAH for FOTN!
Lovely lovely gatefolds.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:12, Reply)
I like the Young Gods
Super Ready / Fragmenté is growing on me, I'll admit.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:28, Reply)
Oooh, toughie
According to my Last.fm page my most listened to (which isn't quite the same thing but I have precious little brain function to spare at the mo) are:
The National
Wilco
Andrew Bird
Belle and Sebastian
Modest Mouse

Edit: Just realised that this leaves out Half Man Half Biscuit and I could never leave them out. Cammell Laird Social Club would definitely be included in my Desert Island Discs.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:05, Reply)
Nice - can I recommend
Sparklehorse?
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:12, Reply)
Cheers for the tip
Heard bits and bobs but never really explored 'em properly. Shall have a butchers on Spotify this evening.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:30, Reply)
Hmmmm, they could change in 5 minutes
Erm...

Alice in Chains
Captain Beefheart
Days of the New
Erasure
Faith No More
Porcupine Tree
Soundgarden
Vast

You can't make me choose just 5. You can't!
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:14, Reply)
did I mention
I'm going to see Faith No More tonight?

:D
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:15, Reply)
Ah, Layne Staley.
Have you ever heard of the band Mad Season?
Part AiC, part Pearl Jam and part Screaming Trees.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:18, Reply)
Yep
Got the Mad Season album, lovely and chilled out (and all PJ and a couple of Screaming Trees albums - love the grunge!)

Even though Layne's gone I'm really looking forward to the new AiC album. I manlove Jerry Cantrell.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:21, Reply)
Me too! I loves it.
You're officially the only person I know who has.

I'm more into Soundgarden though, but I love Pearl Jam.

Ooh, I shall have to check that out.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:24, Reply)
Temple Of The Dog
also comes highly recommended.

It kind of sits between Mother Love Bone and Pearl Jam. Chris Cornell provides vocals, with Eddie Vedder chipping in on a couple of tracks.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:38, Reply)
Another brilliant album suggestion
Two of the greatest voices ever on the same songs, you just can't lose.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:41, Reply)
I know them,
Their album has been on my 'to buy' list for ages. Eddie Vedder + Chris Cornell = teh sex.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:44, Reply)
I had a spare copy
You could have had it if this thread was made last week. It now resides with my 15yr old cousin who is currently undering a musical education courtesy of moi.

EDIT: I have a spare copy of AiC - Dirt going free if anyone wants?
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:49, Reply)
Lucky bugger.
I would snap your hand off with that offer, but if my mum caught me receiving packages from someone I met on the interwebs, she'd kill me.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 17:01, Reply)
Pearl Jam are a great shout
They are one of the few bands that I think have got more interesting as they've gone on. I find Ten a bit pompous and overbearing but loved most of their stuff after that.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:38, Reply)
Mudhoney
Also bloody excellent but often overlooked.

And Tad - best chubby grunger ever!

I get were you're coming from with Ten. There is no denying the quality of the writing but I think VS was much better.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:46, Reply)
Top5 ... only5?

Queen
Thin Lizzy (for Whiskey in the Jar)
Crash Test Dummies
Barenaked Ladies
The Polyphonic Spree
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:29, Reply)
Erm
of Montreal
Los Campesinos!
Muse
Arcade Fire
Menomena


maybe? I find this hard :)
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:33, Reply)
That'll do me.
The Clash
The Specials
The Stone Roses
Small Faces
The Who
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:40, Reply)
...
Nine Inch Nails
Faith No More
At The Drive-In
Pearl Jam
Radiohead
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:47, Reply)
Why ATDI?
and not The Mars Volta.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:51, Reply)
Personal preference.
I only like Deloused by TMV. The rest is, in my opinion, over-the-top wankery.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:55, Reply)
Because
Relationship of Command is a fucking amazing album whereas TMVs are 'only' great?

The Mars Volta are mind-bogglingly good live though. Much better than ATD-I ever were I suspect.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:55, Reply)
Also,
Special mentions go to QOTSA, Monster Magnet, Johnny Truant, EMB-LD and Therapy?
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 17:04, Reply)
QOTSA
I've got 'Rated R' and the 'Songs for the Deaf' - both brilliant albums, but not heard any others yet.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 17:10, Reply)
Hmm...
Lullabies To Paralyse is pretty good too!
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 17:13, Reply)
And only £5.00 from play,com
I think I'll invest in that.

Cheers ears.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 17:17, Reply)
I'm probably going to look quite old-fashioned now
The Who (as Boycey could probably have predicted)
The Beach Boys / Brian Wilson (technically separate entities, but the latter did write all the best stuff for the former so...there...)
The Doors
Tom Waits (can we have solo artists?)
Quintessence (probably. It was either that or Pink Floyd. Or Hawkwind. And now I'm not sure. Aagh...)
EDIT: Hmm...Now I'm not sure whether I should have included Johnny Winter in there...let alone Ian Siegal. And there's no room for any jazz...five is not enough. I listen to too much musicam too indecisive.
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 17:04, Reply)
Pay no attention to Boycey
I hear he likes Boyzone..
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 17:51, Reply)
Now then
In no particular order:-

XTC (OK, THAT'S in a particular order)
Aimee Mann
Billy Bragg
Green on Red
The Dream Syndicate

(I may have come to this party a bit too late to play my fave tunes.)
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 19:11, Reply)
I know I'm late and I don't really care
Guns N' Roses
Rilo Kiley
Savage Garden
Dragonforce (I'm not sorry)
Aerosmith
(, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 22:15, Reply)

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