Your Favourite Bands/Musicians/Artists

**BNghfreak12** · Joined: 17 May 2008 Posts: 583

Top 5

1. Porcupine Tree
An indescribable band. Steven Wilson is definitely one of my favorite, if not favorite, musicians today. They've yet to make an album that I don't like. A large percentage of their albums are superb/grade A.

2. Pink Floyd
Pretty self explanatory. Fantastic in every sense and way. They created three of my favorite albums of all time (Dark Side, Wish You Were Here, Animals) among other great albums.

3. Amplifier
Criminally underrated. They are along somewhat the same vein as Porcupine Tree however it is still original. The music has such texture and beauty to it as well as that rockoutish factor which defines their sound. The self titled album is one of my favorite albums ever.

4. Nine Inch Nails
It's tough to describe why I love NIN so much but I just do. The music grabs me in several ways. It grabs me much more than any other band from the "industrial" genre. Trent's emotion and honesty expressed through the music is phenomenal.

5. Oceansize
Another band that is tough to describe my love for. Oceansize are just so immense and the music is beautifully constructed and like Amplifier has that texture as well as beauty to it.

I love how out of place NIN is on this list.

I might do 6-10 later although that would be much tougher.

**redlar** · Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:58 pm Post subject:

10. Trivium
Favourite song: Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr
Favourite album: Ember to Inferno
Trivium was one of the first "metalcore" bands I ever heard. And I loved the sound. The Crusade was a bit of a flop, but the other albums are wicked, and the new album completely blew my expectations away.

9. Lamb of God
Favourite song: Blacken The Cursed Sun
Favourite album: Sacrament
Ahh. Lamb of God. I love lamb of god so much. This was a difficult list, and I'm still not sure, They should probably be higher. Heavy riffage, and awesome vocals.

8. Children of Bodom
Favourite song: Lake Bodom
Favourite album : Follow The Reaper
First sort of... Death metaly band I listened too. I've yet to see Children of Bodom, and that upsets me, because they write such awesome lyrics, and awesome songs.

7. Pantera
Favourite song: I'm Broken
Favourite album: Vulgar Display of Power
R.I.P Dime. The necessary 90's metal band. Need I say more?

6. Metallica (Pre Load/Reload/Past the Black Album)
Favourite song: Hit the Lights
Favourite album: Ride the Lightning
Ride the Lightning is one of my favourite all time albums. Kill, Puppets and Justice are good, but I just love Lightning. Despite Hit the Lights being my favourite song. Lol.

5. Alice in Chains
Favourite song: We Die Young
Favourite album: Facelift
It was either AiC, or Pearl Jam. I love Ten to bits, but never been able to really appreciate any other Pearl Jam work, where as with AiC, I love the new album, Dirt, Self Titled, and Jar of Flies. AiC rock, and I was so excited to see them live, and back in style.

4. Incubus (Pre-Morning View)
Favourite song: A Certain Shade of Green
Favourite album: S.C.I.E.N.C.E
Odd Choice? Most people probably know Incubus for "Stellar" or "Drive". But before they wrote Alt-Rock, they were a Alt-Nu-Metal Band. I love SCIENCE, and I've probably listened to it over a hundred times. Pre-Morning View Incubus kicked ass for me. I love it.

3. All That Remains
Favourite song: Not Alone
Favourite album: Fall of Ideals
Metalcore at it's finest. In my opinion. AtR rock, and I spent a lot, a LOT of times listening to Fall of Ideals. The new album is weaker than previous releases, but I still love AtR. I would really reccomend for fans of Bmfv, Trivium, Similar Metal Core bands.

2. Machine Head
Favourite song: Davidian
Favourite album: The Blackening
LET FREEDOM RING WITH A SHOTGUN BLAST. Machine Head blow my brains out. Seriously. They are (to me) so awesome. Even the two Nu Metal albums, everything. The only weak song in the whole discography is From This Day. (Don't listen to it, or watch the video. Both are depressing)

1. Slayer
Favourite song: Disciple
Favourite album: Seasons in the Abyss
SLAAAAAAAYEEEEEEERR. Yes, I'm a metalhead, and I LOVE slayer. I've bought all their albums, some twice just to get limited editions, I've got a God Hates Us All, and Reign in Blood flag in my room. Everything they do is Flawless. The true kings of thrash, in my opinion.
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**Blehgopie** · Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 1218

1. The Beatles

HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE GAP

2. Rush
3. Iron Maiden
4. Megadeth
5. Queen

Nothing compares with The Beatles, but GH/RB has at least gotten me to listen to bands other than them, and I'm glad for it.
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**Kinitawowi** · Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:11 pm Post subject:

Wow, this thread is hilarious. I find it somewhere between brilliant and depressing that so many of these lists are virtually identical - "Metallica, Megadeth, Rush, Beatles, Zep, MCR, Queen, Three Others". Seriously. Queen are about the only one of those I can stand.

Here's my half-arsed attempt at a top clump. It's been compiled by going into Catraxx and listing the bands I have the most albums from, which is obviously not a great way of doing things (The Arcade Fire have only released two albums, but they're both stunners), but it'll do.

1. James (15 albums)
Favourite album: Whiplash, 1997
Favourite song: Sit Down (from Gold Mother, 1991)

Weird Manchester indie types (think Stone Roses with less drugs) who simply refuse to quit - they've split up twice and just keep on coming back. Awesome live, and with a stunning variety in their collection that's veered between completely random early work to straightish indie to arena rock to vaguely dance by the turn of the millennium, this is one band that I continually return to whenever I'm asked to make one of these lists. And Matt Nathanson should be shot for his cover of Laid.

2. U2 (10 albums)
Favourite album: Achtung Baby, 1991
Favourite song: One (from Achtung Baby, 1991)

Yeah, they've been a bit shit for the last eight years and Bono is in serious danger of disappearing up his own arse, but when they were good they were exceptional.

3=. REM (9 albums)
Favourite album: Automatic For The People, 1992
Favourite song: I'll Take The Rain (from Reveal, 2001)

Pretty much "see U2".

3=. Saint Etienne (9 albums)
Favourite album: Tales From Turnpike House, 2005
Favourite song: You're In A Bad Way (from So Tough, 1993)

A London-rooted Eurodance collective and pretty much the best all-out pop band out there, as opposed to all the manufactured teen shit that does the rounds now.

5=. Sarah McLachlan (7 albums)
Favourite album: Surfacing, 1997
Favourite song: Possession (from Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, 1994)

Yes, she's not a band and she takes too long between albums, but damn she can sing.

5=. The Corrs (7 albums)
Favourite album: Talk On Corners, 1997
Favourite song: Toss The Feathers (from Forgiven, Not Forgotten, 1995)

Irish folk-pop. Caroline Corr is one of the best chick drummers out there and Andrea's voice can melt metal.

7=. Beth Orton (6 albums)
Favourite album: Central Reservation, 1999
Favourite song: Stolen Car (from Central Reservation, 1999)

Norfolk (my old stomping ground)'s answer to Sarah McLachlan, albeit with rather more of a dance-y bent at times (she hung around with The Chemical Brothers a bit too long, methinks).

7=. The Divine Comedy (6 albums)
Favourite album: Fin De Siècle, 1998
Favourite song: The Certainty Of Chance (from Fin De Siècle, 1998)

The greatest thing to come out of Northern Ireland since George Best. While Neil Hannon described them as Europop in the early days, they found their niche in the mid-Nineties with what might be termed orchestral chamber pop (I hate genre-based classification of music). Hannon is an exceptionally clever lyricist, and his social satires in songs like Generation Sex and A Lady Of A Certain Age are stunning.

7=. Bif Naked (6 albums)
Favourite album: I Bificus, 1999
Favourite song: Lucky (from I Bificus, 1999)

Thank you, Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

Pretty sure most people here know what she is (Canadian kinda punk), and yes, she is still making music.

Then there's a clump on five albums; The Simpsons (shut up), Pulp (Sheffield's answer to The Divine Comedy), Meat Loaf (it pains me that some people here don't know who this guy is), Garbage, Fatboy Slim (the definitive big-beat artist) and Christina Aguilera (when she gets writers and marketers who stop turning her into a slut and let her voice do the work, she can seriously sing).

Honourable mentions: Air (France Dance; a more atmospheric Daft Punk), Arcade Fire (if they can keep it up from the first two albums they'll be unbelievable), Gorillaz (Damon Albarn's best band by a mile).
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**Eastwinn** · Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 2:04 am Post subject:

I gotta agree with Kinitawowi. Some of these lists have been incredibly boring and uninspiring. In fact, I really hate "rock god" worship -- it's worse than metal elitism, jazz elitism, and classical elitism combined (those sorted from least to most extant they disgust me). Somehow in most people's minds, it's okay for somebody to say that Back in Black by AC/DC is undeniably awesome but totally, morally wrong for anyone to say that this is undeniably awesome. Why? Well because top rock experts agree that AC/DC or Led Zepplin or whoever is the shit and we should listen to them because they have authority in subjective matters! It's great that you guys like all these bands that Kinitawowi called you out on listing. He probably agrees. But it's a safe assumption that you don't really listen to anything that's not as popular that you'd probably really like. There's an off chance that your music tastes fit the bands you listed perfectly, in which case, keep on doing what your doing. But since that's likely not the case, you should try to "branch out" for lack of a better phrase.
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**Ensiferum** · Joined: 19 Jun 2007 Posts: 202 Location: UW-Madison

Maybe I need to work on reading comprehension, but when he comes out saying, "Wow. This thread is hilarious," that sounds pretty snobbish to me.

I actually agree with his observations about most of the bands he listed, but some points come across as pretty pretentious.

I just disagree with the attitude of "Well, these lists don't contain bands I like, so I'll come out and denounce them."

Perhaps I'm too sensitive?
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**Twang** · Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 2:26 am Post subject:

Muse - Always have liked them since a guy showed me Butterflies and Hurricanes. I thought it sounded kind of emo, back when I was young and dumb enough to care, but only a bit and with it's hint of prog, and their other songs' riff-filled poppiness, I was hooked. It's really all I could want from a band. Their latest album at first sounded really great to me, but after a while I realized it was overloaded with the poppiness, a little too proggy, and didn't have enough sweet riffs. Oh well, Undisclosed Desires is still nice.

Aphex Twin - My burned copy of the Come to Daddy EP with the Windowlicker single tacked on at the end is probably one of my most prized possessions. In general, the dude's great. I'm not as hot on ambient stuff as most of his fans are, I think, but I enjoy pretty much everything of his I hear, and he has a lot of music.

Mastodon - Yeah, I'll admit the first time I ever actually listened to this band was with Sleeping Giant on GH3, but the only reason I never listened to them before was because I had heard bad things. Things like the songs all sounded the same, and shit like that. Yeah, that's kind of true on Leviathan, but god damn if their last two albums didn't fix that problem nicely. My interest in them has waned recently, but then again, my interest in everything has waned ever since I started listening to...

Lady Gaga - Yeah, you heard me.

Sergei Rachmaninov - His music is so beautiful, yet so dark and sad, like my soul.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - These next three are ones I don't listen to much any more, but were really big with me, back when I was 15 and 16. RHCP especially. At the time, I could not imagine anything better than a mix of funk, punk, and rock. I'm sure I've listened to Mother's Milk more times than I've listened to pretty much any other album (other than maybe The Fame).

Pixies - I think I started to check them out because I heard they were an influence on Nirvana (see: age 15), but it wasn't long until I liked them more than I would ever like Nirvana. I was just getting in to alt-rock at the time, so they were the logical starting point. I don't know what exactly it was that attracted me to them, but the Come On Pilgrim EP was something I listened to a lot and I have memories tied to it even though it was a mere 4 years ago. I still like their stuff, but in smaller doses and often times for nostalgia.

Boris - I'm not sure where I found out about them, but I'm sure it had something to do with them being Japanese, or maybe it had to do with the chick guitarist (both exotic things to me at the time [see: age 15]). I was all about Pink, you know, but I did find time to listen to other albums of theirs, and I was relieved to find they were also pretty good. I don't remember why I stopped listening to them, but I think if I had, they would have been huge with me a year or so back, but nowadays I only like them.

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Oh and I forgot to mention,

Metallica- Damage, Inc., Dyers Eve, Of Wolf and Man, Hit The Lights, Fade To Black.

These songs are enough to get anyone instantly hooked on them
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