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So yeah, basically what the thread title says. Mine are Creed (RIP) and Shinedown. Discuss.
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Post by Savant »

I got a whole bunch of 'em. Don't really know which ones my biggest favorite, though: Clem Snide, Gorillaz, Matchbox 20, Sugar Ray and Smashmouth.
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Carlos Santana and 311
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Post by Gez »

Don't have favorites, since this change depending on my mood, but a few somewhat obscure bands I like are:
  • His Name Is Alive -- American group with lots of references to US pop culture that fly high over my head (I've recognized only a few of said references), but I like the music a lot, especially in their earlier albums (Livonia, the Dirt Eaters, Fort Lake...).
  • Letzte Instanz -- German goth band, rather eclectical in their music styles (from metal to pop to medievalish folk-rock to techno to even, shudders, rap).
  • Noir Désir -- French rock group, quite famous here but practically unknown abroad, got a surge of infamy as the lead singer is now in jail for having beaten his girlfriend to death... Still like the music, though.
  • Some really obscure and weird groups published by [url=http://www.prikosnovenie.com/]Prikosnovénie[/url], like for example [url=http://www.prikosnovenie.com/groupes/gork.html]GOR[/url] (no relations at all with the crappy books of the same name, fortunately).
More famous groups or singers I listen too occasionally: Rammstein, The Smashing Pumpkins, Nightwish, old (pre 90's) U2, etc.
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Post by Indoril »

Heavy Metal - System of a Down, Iced Earth, Mettalica, Blind Guardian.

Just Rock - Lincoln Park, P.O.D.

Punk Rock - F.I.F.

Country - Toby Kieth, Tim McGraw.

Classical Type - Lorenna McKinnet.

I haven't come to appreciate Guar's music, but I find their antics on stage histerical.
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R the gorrliaz real? r they synthisized or real recordings?
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Post by Graff »

The Gorillaz are sort of "real", all the band members are alter-egos of Damon Albarn from Blur, with some guests. I think Damon does most of the recording himself.

Killswitch Engage, Trivium, System of a Down, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, etc. If it's metal, I'll listen to it.

Plus, Jimmy Eat World, Taking Back Sunday, Funeral for a friend, Bloc Party, Alkaline Trio and others.

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Post by Odowacar »

Nightwish is a good heavy band. But I asssume that none of you have ever heard of it.
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System of a down
Muse
NOFX
Gorillaz

That's about it for my favourites
oh and possibly greenday if i can discount all theyre crap songs
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Post by Gez »

Odowacar wrote:Nightwish is a good heavy band. But I asssume that none of you have ever heard of it.
That's what I like with these threads. Everybody list things they assume the others don't know of, but don't read the large clutters of bulky, uninteresting answers from others who cited the same. :)
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Odowacar wrote:Nightwish is a good heavy band. But I asssume that none of you have ever heard of it.
Nightwish have never been heavy, their guitar solos sound like theme tunes from 80's Soap Operas :p.

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Post by Anonymous »

Eminem, mainly... I like a lot of Hip Hop and Rapping so I like many Hip Hop players and Rappers.

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Graff wrote:
Odowacar wrote:Nightwish is a good heavy band. But I asssume that none of you have ever heard of it.
Nightwish have never been heavy, their guitar solos sound like theme tunes from 80's Soap Operas :p.

Graff.
Are we speaking about the same band? Nightwish is heavy. At least near it.
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Indoril wrote:I haven't come to appreciate Guar's music, but I find their antics on stage histerical.
*backhand smack*
It's "GWAR", not guar. Show some respect for the Scumdogs of the Universe.
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Odowacar wrote:
Graff wrote:
Odowacar wrote:Nightwish is a good heavy band. But I asssume that none of you have ever heard of it.
Nightwish have never been heavy, their guitar solos sound like theme tunes from 80's Soap Operas :p.

Graff.
Are we speaking about the same band? Nightwish is heavy. At least near it.
Very sure, they are not heavy, at least not in comparison to bands like Trivium, Opeth, etc.

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Post by wishmaster »

Go and take a nap everybody, and think over what "heavy" means for you. Nightwish is Symphonic Power Metal, not heavy metal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heavy_metal_genres
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightwish
wikipedia wrote:Tuomas Holopainen once described their music as "melodic heavy metal with a female voice".
Mainly Metal (and some classic music) for me:

BEST right now...

Agathodaimon
Antonin Dvozak
Arch Enemy
Blind Guardian
Dragonforce
Elvenking
Galloglass
Hammerfall
In Flames
Iron Maiden
NonExist
No Dawn (Local Band!)
Rhapsody
Sonata Arctica
Summoning
Thy Majestie
Wizard


Okay Music:

Cradle of Filth (ugh. dirty pussymetal. But I like Her ghost in the fog)
Dimmu Borgir (They WAS good, until I found out something disappointing about them)
Edguy
Eternal Dementia (Local band)
Highland Glory
Imperanon
Iced Earth
Leprechaun
Mayhem
Manowar
Nightwish
Pagan's Mind
Ragnarok
Satyricon
The Ring
Vivaldi
Within Temptation
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Post by Vernon »

Electronic/Dub
Anthony Child (The God of Music)
Cristian Vogel
Drexciya
Fumiya Tanaka
James Ruskin
Jeff Mills
Kyle O'Connor
Maurizio
Mick Harris
Neil Landstrumm
Pole
Rhythm & Sound
Richie Hawtin
Robert Hood
Stewart Walker
Thomas Brinkmann
The Advent

Other
Babyshambles
Bloc Party
Interpol
Joy Division (old but still fucking good)
The Futureheads
Razorlight (so-so)
The Libertines
The Specials (old but best.band.evar)
The Strokes
The White Stripes
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Post by Timito »

U2's definatly my favorite, shame to see it on noone else's list.
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Post by Nomadic1 »

A Perfect Circle

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Post by The Old Ye Bard »

FOO FIGHTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
STEROGRAM!!!!!!!(N.Z. band, vernon might of heard)
THE FEELERS!!!!!!!(N.Z. band, vernon might of heard)
N.Z. MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if morrowind was a band i'd listen to it :wink:

BANDS THAT SHOULD ROLL OVER AND DIE:
simple plan (sorry canadians out there)
cat stevens (meow)

by the way the gorrilaz are doing a LIVE proformance :?
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Post by Gez »

The Old Ye Bard wrote:BANDS THAT SHOULD ROLL OVER AND DIE:
cat stevens (meow)
Cat Stevens is not a band, but a person. And anyway, his musical career has rolled over and died in 1977, when he became Yusuf Islam.
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Post by The Old Ye Bard »

yeah i know that he is a person.

by the way cat stevens the muslim says "meow"
oh and a burn on America, they said he was a terrorist an sent him back to England mid-flight :wink:
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Post by wishmaster »

Stupid American government. Stupid CIA.
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Post by BalinMinister »

Wow im the only one of the only peope that listed a rap group here, well here it is my flavor of the month: Pretty Ricky.
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Post by Nomadic1 »

Yes... well... rap sucks. :] We can't help it if you are slow on the uptake :P
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Post by BalinMinister »

Well my friend, the same can very well be said of rockers. And be true.
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Post by Dexter »

This is a summary of my favorite type of rap vs. rock argument:
"All rap sounds the same, and it all sucks!"
"Yeah, I like [insert death metal band here]"
"They aren't death metal, they're black metal!"
"I like industrial and goth metal."
"I used to like heavy metal, but then I got more involved in grindcore and hero metal"
The irony hurts so had.
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Post by wishmaster »

Metal forever! \m/

It's Epic/Power Metal, not Hero metal :P
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Post by Nomadic1 »

And there is the first pedantic comment on the thread :roll:

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Post by wishmaster »

It was a joke, based on what Dexter said. [img]http://www.abfnet.com/forum/images/smilies/bonkhead.gif[/img]

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