Your Favourite Bands/Musicians/Artists

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1. Pain of Salvation
What can I say? They have yet to put out a bad album. Idioglossia is the best song ever. The diversity in their music, heck in every song, is stunning. There's jazzy sounding bits, rapping on occasion, proggy instrumental madness, and of course just flat out great hard rock/metal music. If you listen to Remedy Lane and believe it's anything short of a masterpiece, I pity you.

2. Thrice
This is just really good music. I mean seriously. That's really all there is to say on the matter. subtle reference alert

3. Coheed and Cambria
When you first hear the band (besides the first time you heard Welcome Home - you know that was the first Coheed song you heard, don't be ashamed of admitting it) you thought it was just generic pop-rock. If you were listening to SSTB, you were right, but for the purpose of this thread we'll ignore that album. The music is really well written, Claudio's singing is amazing (though his vocals may not appeal to everyone) and the progressive element is so subtle yet ever-present in all the songs. There's plenty of epic-sounding songs but there's also songs that are just straightforward rockers you can't help but enjoy. Each album is very diverse, and while there's a concept, not understanding the concept doesn't harm your opinions on the music (I don't really understand much about the concept myself )

4. Ayreon (and everything else by Arjen too I guess though I don't have much of the other stuff)
Space metal with a progressive influence. All the albums save one are concept albums. And the music is so diverse! (again, save one album, but that was the point on that album). In The Human Equation alone, you're treated to: 2 slow, eerie vocal-oriented tracks, 2 space-metal epics, 2 songs with metalcore influence, plenty of prog rock, and even a ballad or two. Not to mention the Folk-sounding Loser which ends with a bang, and the prog rock epic Confrontation that closes the album. There's too much about the project's music to really describe in this post, so I'm just going to say that-
*insert concept moment here*

5. Dream Theater
It's DT. The band that really got me into music. I don't care if they haven't released any great albums in the past 7 years. It's freaking Dream Theater. You cannot deny that this is/was a great band.
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[Parama]

STOP
DERAILING
THIS
THREAD

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1. Pain of Salvation
What can I say? They have yet to put out a bad album. Idioglossia is the best song ever. The diversity in their music, heck in every song, is stunning. There's jazzy sounding bits, rapping on occasion, proggy instrumental madness, and of course just flat out great hard rock/metal music. If you listen to Remedy Lane and believe it's anything short of a masterpiece, I pity you.

2. Thrice
This is just really good music. I mean seriously. That's really all there is to say on the matter. subtle reference alert

3. Coheed and Cambria
When you first hear the band (besides the first time you heard Welcome Home - you know that was the first Coheed song you heard, don't be ashamed of admitting it) you thought it was just generic pop-rock. If you were listening to SSTB, you were right, but for the purpose of this thread we'll ignore that album. The music is really well written, Claudio's singing is amazing (though his vocals may not appeal to everyone) and the progressive element is so subtle yet ever-present in all the songs. There's plenty of epic-sounding songs but there's also songs that are just straightforward rockers you can't help but enjoy. Each album is very diverse, and while there's a concept, not understanding the concept doesn't harm your opinions on the music (I don't really understand much about the concept myself )

4. Ayreon (and everything else by Arjen too I guess though I don't have much of the other stuff)
Space metal with a progressive influence. All the albums save one are concept albums. And the music is so diverse! (again, save one album, but that was the point on that album). In The Human Equation alone, you're treated to: 2 slow, eerie vocal-oriented tracks, 2 space-metal epics, 2 songs with metalcore influence, plenty of prog rock, and even a ballad or two. Not to mention the Folk-sounding Loser which ends with a bang, and the prog rock epic Confrontation that closes the album. There's too much about the project's music to really describe in this post, so I'm just going to say that-
*insert concept moment here*

5. Dream Theater
It's DT. The band that really got me into music. I don't care if they haven't released any great albums in the past 7 years. It's freaking Dream Theater. You cannot deny that this is/was a great band.
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[Eastwinn]

Here's a top ten. I know some of you are already acquainted with my tastes and might find this nice to read. Many of these bands are here from sentimental value along with musical value.

1. mewithoutYou - This band means so much to me. I highly recommend listening to them. I don't really have anything to say, so here's a sample.

2. Pearl Jam - I've been listening to them all my life so obviously I've grown quite fond of them. You know how when babies are exposed to certain kinds of music when they're growing up they tend to shape their tastes around that? Well that's them. No sample here because most of Scorehero is familiar with PJ.

3. Every Time I Die - We all know The New Black, and while I do love that song and that album, that's not what puts ETID at number three. The style overflowing in Gutter Phenomenon and The Big Dirty is hard not to love, but what puts ETID so high up is Hot Damn!. Hot Damn! is the high point of their obsessive hardcore career. Afterward their style would change, not necessarily for the better or worse. Sample from Hot Damn!.

4. Alice in Chains - Them Bones was in GHII, we are all familiar with it. There's really not much to say here. Layne Stayley is my favorite vocalist. His voice kills me. Their unplugged album is my personal favorite album of theirs even though it doesn't contain any original songs. No sample because everyone knows them.

5. Brand New - I hear that they have a song on GHV but I really have no idea. I love their first three albums from start to finish. Your Favorite Weapon is a pop punk/emo masterpiece. Deja Entendu contains some of the most original music I've ever heard. The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me is proof that you can jerk tears with simple music. The most latter of those played a key role in my recent struggles with depression. Sample.

6. Bush - They're an old favorite of mine. While most of you have probably heard all the singles off of their first album (they had a lot of success on the radio in 94), that's not what puts them hear. Their next album, Razorblade Suitcase gets little recognition for how it's shaped post- music. I consider that and The Science of Things to be absolute perfect albums, start to finish. Sample.

7. Cynic - I have no words, so just sample.

8. The Sound of Animals Fighting - A supergroup of sorts that only does studio work. My whole summer was filled with this band amoung others and they've grown to remind me of my sister a lot which is why I feel this sort of nostalgia when I listen to them.. They fall under "progressive post-hardcore" I suppose.. I don't really know. Just listen to this sample.

9. Killing the Dream - In Place Apart is perfect from start to finish. These screams are painful. Sample.

10. I can't decide between Bane, Toadies, Taking Back Sunday, At the Drive-in, Bear Vs. Shark, Norma Jean, Circa Survive, Stone Temple Pilots, Deftones, GlassJAw, Have Heart, Ruiner, Portugal. The Man, Radiohead, and These Arms Are Snakes, so pick one.

Edit: I need to go through here and listen to some of the bands mentioned that I don't know.. namely from the lists Fugitive and thecaptainof posted.
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John Cage wrote:

The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.

[Eastwinn]

Here's a top ten. I know some of you are already acquainted with my tastes and might find this nice to read. Many of these bands are here from sentimental value along with musical value.

1. mewithoutYou - This band means so much to me. I highly recommend listening to them. I don't really have anything to say, so here's a sample.

2. Pearl Jam - I've been listening to them all my life so obviously I've grown quite fond of them. You know how when babies are exposed to certain kinds of music when they're growing up they tend to shape their tastes around that? Well that's them. No sample here because most of Scorehero is familiar with PJ.

3. Every Time I Die - We all know The New Black, and while I do love that song and that album, that's not what puts ETID at number three. The style overflowing in Gutter Phenomenon and The Big Dirty is hard not to love, but what puts ETID so high up is Hot Damn!. Hot Damn! is the high point of their obsessive hardcore career. Afterward their style would change, not necessarily for the better or worse. Sample from Hot Damn!.

4. Alice in Chains - Them Bones was in GHII, we are all familiar with it. There's really not much to say here. Layne Stayley is my favorite vocalist. His voice kills me. Their unplugged album is my personal favorite album of theirs even though it doesn't contain any original songs. No sample because everyone knows them.

5. Brand New - I hear that they have a song on GHV but I really have no idea. I love their first three albums from start to finish. Your Favorite Weapon is a pop punk/emo masterpiece. Deja Entendu contains some of the most original music I've ever heard. The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me is proof that you can jerk tears with simple music. The most latter of those played a key role in my recent struggles with depression. Sample.

6. Bush - They're an old favorite of mine. While most of you have probably heard all the singles off of their first album (they had a lot of success on the radio in 94), that's not what puts them hear. Their next album, Razorblade Suitcase gets little recognition for how it's shaped post- music. I consider that and The Science of Things to be absolute perfect albums, start to finish. Sample.

7. Cynic - I have no words, so just sample.

8. The Sound of Animals Fighting - A supergroup of sorts that only does studio work. My whole summer was filled with this band amoung others and they've grown to remind me of my sister a lot which is why I feel this sort of nostalgia when I listen to them.. They fall under "progressive post-hardcore" I suppose.. I don't really know. Just listen to this sample.

9. Killing the Dream - In Place Apart is perfect from start to finish. These screams are painful. Sample.

10. I can't decide between Bane, Toadies, Taking Back Sunday, At the Drive-in, Bear Vs. Shark, Norma Jean, Circa Survive, Stone Temple Pilots, Deftones, GlassJAw, Have Heart, Ruiner, Portugal. The Man, Radiohead, and These Arms Are Snakes, so pick one.

Edit: I need to go through here and listen to some of the bands mentioned that I don't know.. namely from the lists Fugitive and thecaptainof posted.
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As Ellie Draws - surreal sketches and characters.

John Cage wrote:

The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.

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[TehBanStick]

I could never order them by number so in alphabetical order...

Avantasia
Ayreon
Bang Camaro
Cat Stevens
Devin Townsend
Dream Theater
Edguy
Falconer
Frameshift (Don't like Unweaving The Rainbow, but An Absence of Empathy is nice)
Helloween
Nightwish
Poets of the Fall
Sabaton
Shadows Fall
Simon and Garfunkel
Sonata Arctica
Transatlantic

I'll take some recommendations if anyone has them
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[TehBanStick]

I could never order them by number so in alphabetical order...

Avantasia
Ayreon
Bang Camaro
Cat Stevens
Devin Townsend
Dream Theater
Edguy
Falconer
Frameshift (Don't like Unweaving The Rainbow, but An Absence of Empathy is nice)
Helloween
Nightwish
Poets of the Fall
Sabaton
Shadows Fall
Simon and Garfunkel
Sonata Arctica
Transatlantic

I'll take some recommendations if anyone has them
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[Beedlebub]

I could name a number of bands here, but I think I'll devote my post to one band, and one band only.

The Dead Milkmen.

I could go on about this band for hours. I guess if you wanted to put them into a genre you could say pop punk Their early work shows a real carefree nature, they don't take their band seriously, and the simple melodies, ridiculous lyrical subject matter and shortness of their songs may seem, at first, like not a lot of effort has gone into them, and there probably hasn't, but they're just so gosh-darned catchy, you can't help but be sucked in.

Let's take their first (and my personal favourite) album as an example. 15 out of 21 songs go for under 2 minutes. The album covers topics such as rednecks, whiny teenagers, lizards, violence, retards, the beach, drugs, politics, dreams, healthy eating and going to the laundromat. It's refreshing to see a band that don't seem to be trying that hard but all their music turns out to be amazing. There are songs that focus less on the comedy and more on their technical skills as well, like Tugena, KKSuck2 and Surfin' Cow.

Later on, however, on Beelzebubba and Metaphysical Graffiti in particular, some of their songs seem like they were trying a bit too hard to be funny, and as a result the songs come off a bit lackluster. This is balanced out by their last album, Stoney's Extra Stout (Pig), where most of the songs aren't really that funny and they are a bit more mature. It seems like they were trying a bit too hard to be accepted as "real" musicians, and as such it falls a bit flat. It's still good, but doesn't reach the heights that the first four albums reached.

Anyway, I wouldn't actually start with much off Big Lizard In My Backyard if you wanted to get into them (not even Bitchin' Camaro), I'd go with something off of Bucky Fellini or Beelzebubba, like Punk Rock Girl, Watchin' Scotty Die, Surfin' Cow (can't find a video >_>), Smokin' Banana Peels or I Walk The Thinnest Line. Yep, three are dodgy live versions, and you know a band is underappreciated when that's all you can get of their more well known tracks.
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Oh great, I've gone and turned it into another fucking "ROK BEND KUIK UR AZS LOSAR NEVORSAF SUX" board God damnit.

[Beedlebub]

I could name a number of bands here, but I think I'll devote my post to one band, and one band only.

The Dead Milkmen.

I could go on about this band for hours. I guess if you wanted to put them into a genre you could say pop punk Their early work shows a real carefree nature, they don't take their band seriously, and the simple melodies, ridiculous lyrical subject matter and shortness of their songs may seem, at first, like not a lot of effort has gone into them, and there probably hasn't, but they're just so gosh-darned catchy, you can't help but be sucked in.

Let's take their first (and my personal favourite) album as an example. 15 out of 21 songs go for under 2 minutes. The album covers topics such as rednecks, whiny teenagers, lizards, violence, retards, the beach, drugs, politics, dreams, healthy eating and going to the laundromat. It's refreshing to see a band that don't seem to be trying that hard but all their music turns out to be amazing. There are songs that focus less on the comedy and more on their technical skills as well, like Tugena, KKSuck2 and Surfin' Cow.

Later on, however, on Beelzebubba and Metaphysical Graffiti in particular, some of their songs seem like they were trying a bit too hard to be funny, and as a result the songs come off a bit lackluster. This is balanced out by their last album, Stoney's Extra Stout (Pig), where most of the songs aren't really that funny and they are a bit more mature. It seems like they were trying a bit too hard to be accepted as "real" musicians, and as such it falls a bit flat. It's still good, but doesn't reach the heights that the first four albums reached.

Anyway, I wouldn't actually start with much off Big Lizard In My Backyard if you wanted to get into them (not even Bitchin' Camaro), I'd go with something off of Bucky Fellini or Beelzebubba, like Punk Rock Girl, Watchin' Scotty Die, Surfin' Cow (can't find a video >_>), Smokin' Banana Peels or I Walk The Thinnest Line. Yep, three are dodgy live versions, and you know a band is underappreciated when that's all you can get of their more well known tracks.
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Torchy wrote:

Oh great, I've gone and turned it into another fucking "ROK BEND KUIK UR AZS LOSAR NEVORSAF SUX" board God damnit.

[SeaMoney]

Umm, I'm afraid to order them because it shifts back and forth, so I'll just list them.

Fireworks - Five guys who grew up 15 minutes away from me and are now writing some of the best pop punk music in years. I adore every song this band has recorded.

The Fall of Troy - Yeah.

Fall Out Boy - I love them to death.

Dream Theater - First ever band I actually became obsessed with. I have every piece of audio this band has released, as well as a ton of bootlegs.

Between the Buried and Me - Never fails to put me in an awesome mood.

Brand New - Deja Entendu is one of the greatest albums ever recorded.

Polar Bear Club - I can drive around and listen to these guys all day.

HORSE the band - Almost every song makes me want to rage and die laughing at the same time.

Silversun Pickups - Ever since I heard Kissing Families for the first time I've been obsessed.

Foxy Shazam - Unmatched originality and energy. This band rocks.

Others:
Tera Melos
CAKE
The Human Abstract
Protest the Hero
Every Time I Die
Black Eyed Peas
Set Your Goals
Muse
Mastodon
Motion City Soundtrack
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[SeaMoney]

Umm, I'm afraid to order them because it shifts back and forth, so I'll just list them.

Fireworks - Five guys who grew up 15 minutes away from me and are now writing some of the best pop punk music in years. I adore every song this band has recorded.

The Fall of Troy - Yeah.

Fall Out Boy - I love them to death.

Dream Theater - First ever band I actually became obsessed with. I have every piece of audio this band has released, as well as a ton of bootlegs.

Between the Buried and Me - Never fails to put me in an awesome mood.

Brand New - Deja Entendu is one of the greatest albums ever recorded.

Polar Bear Club - I can drive around and listen to these guys all day.

HORSE the band - Almost every song makes me want to rage and die laughing at the same time.

Silversun Pickups - Ever since I heard Kissing Families for the first time I've been obsessed.

Foxy Shazam - Unmatched originality and energy. This band rocks.

Others:
Tera Melos
CAKE
The Human Abstract
Protest the Hero
Every Time I Die
Black Eyed Peas
Set Your Goals
Muse
Mastodon
Motion City Soundtrack
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I collect vinyl records.

[Eastwinn]

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