5 Favorite Bands/Music Artists

[chaos85652]

Venetian Snares - known core. Love their gigs
Jose Gonzales - music to chill, sometimes romantic
Johnny Cash - timeless music
Naked Tourist - twisted psytrance
Carla Bruni - she's been everywhere

 

[ckm]

I have four, I can't decided on a final one because I don't listen to any artists as much as these:

1. Radiohead
2. Sigur Rós
3. Portishead
4. Sufjan Stevens.

 

[Puffy]

Probably obvious from my avatar but I love KC's variety.

1. King Crimson
2. Primus
3. Captain Beefheart
4. Charles Mingus
5. Miles Davis

Top 5 is too hard

 

[The Frood]

1. Coldplay
2. Mannheim steamroller
3. Narada
4. John Shmidt
5. Lex de azvedo

Normally though, i like one or two songs of an artist/band/whatever rather than the artist in general. The above are the exceptions to that rule

 

[Misanthropy]

In no specific order:

Shostakovich
Tool
Opeth
King Crimson
Bach


This was really, really hard.

 

[ktp]

Thrice
Coheed and Cambria
Circa Survive
In Flames
Paramore

 

[zxc]

No order because I can't possibly order these:

Matt Uelmen: (Instrumental/melodic) dark ambient. Example song: Rogue

Spoiler

Rogue

Pain of Salvation: Progressive metal. Example song: The Perfect Element

Spoiler

The Perfect Element

Dream Theater: Progressive metal. Example song: Metropolis Part 1

Spoiler

Metropolis Part 1

Opeth: Progressive death metal. Example song: Serenity Painted Death

Spoiler

Serenity Painted Death

Porcupine Tree: Progressive metal. Example song: Way Out of Here

Spoiler

Way Out of Here

Vàli: Neo-folk. Example song: Sorg

Spoiler

Sorg

Be warned that the sound volume varies wildly between the youtube videos. Each of these songs change quite a bit over the course of the song, so don't prematurely decide that you don't like any of it!

(Yes I can count, I listed 6 artists!)

 

[warryer]

Right now im feeling (no order):

Tool
Agalloch
Bush
Dark Tranquillity
Septic Flesh

Notable mentions:
In Flames (older stuff)
Amon Amarth
Millencolin
Tom Petty
Modest Mouse

 

[asdfasdfasdfsdf]

this is going to be a tough choice:
Buckethead (Soothsayer)
Iron Maiden (Hallowed Be Thy Name)
Alice in Chains (either "Head Creeps" or "Real Thing")
Joe Satriani (Searching)
Megadeth (My Last Words)
(argh, i didnt get to include black sabbath and pink floyd)

 

[asdfasdfasdfsdf]

why do so many people like tool?
i mean, they arent TERRIBLE .. i just.. dont see anything likeable about them.
(although id much rather hear them then half of teh bands that get radio play)

 

[Irishpenguin]

1. Joe Satriani
2. Collective Soul
3. Daft Punk
4. Jethro Tull
5. Beethoven

This list really isn't in order either except for the first 2, or at least the first one. The other 3 are just bands that I really like.......but that's along with a lot of other bands once I actually think about it......DARN YOU RULE OF 5!!!!!( Aww crap I didn't even get to put Led Zepplin up there......*sigh)

And I am also noticing some similar bands pop up like Nine Inch Nails and of course Tool.....The funny thing about me and Tool is that I can't even remember hearing an entire song by them, what I have heard was pretty good though, but the funny part I had in mind in the fist place was that I have heard a lot more of A Perfect Circle and they are reeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllly good...(and I know they have the same singer)

 

[Minuend]

Here are my favorites, in no particular order, except the shortest name is last:

Diablo Swing Orchestra
Pain of Salvation
Borknagar
Helloween
Kamelot

I actually don't have that many bands I like. Enjoyable music is hard to find. And when I find a band which have some good songs, they usually have three bad songs for every good one. Meh.

 

[Deleted member 1424]

In no particular order

1. Infected Mushroom
2. Moby
3. Queen
4. Garbage
5. Rob Dougan

Of course subject to change

 

[Eljua]

The Mountain Goats
Meatloaf
Morrissey
Ben Folds
Lou Reed

Justifications for all of them involve some mention of the particular artists voice, and lyrical content.

 

[del]

In general I dislike even the premise of ranking artists, but one person whose work I've come back to time and again has been Chopin. Something about a listening to one of his preludes on a rainy evening after an incredibly stressful episode in my life, sipping tea and blankly staring out the window... it just sooths my soul.



Beyond that, it's way too hard; I think ranking any further would make my brain explode, lol.

 

[amorfati]

In no particular order...
Immortal (black metal)
Morbid Angel (death metal)
Beethoven (classical)
The Doors (classic rock)
Bad Religion (punk rock)

 

[Antagonist]

No particular order. I have alot more bands I really like but these would be my choices at the moment. I should note that this list changes every month.

Panthera
Queen
Dream Theater
Supertramp
Alan Parsons Project

 

[Polaris]

Here are my favorites, in no particular order, except the shortest name is last:

Diablo Swing Orchestra
Pain of Salvation
Borknagar
Helloween
Kamelot

I actually don't have that many bands I like. Enjoyable music is hard to find. And when I find a band which have some good songs, they usually have three bad songs for every good one. Meh.

Holy cr.p.....I just listened to Borknagar's Colossus....would have been awsome to see live. Prrrrrrrrrr.......

 

[bovinity]

1) Agalloch (atmospheric folk/black metal)
2) Summoning (epic black metal)
3) Ulver (experimental/avant garde, black metal, folk, electronica, trip hop, dark ambient...)
4) Immolation (death metal)
5) Burzum (black metal, dark ambient)

 

[shoeless]

just five... oh god, this is gonna be impossible. okay. here i go.

1) the dresden dolls. punk-cabaret, some weird brand of indie-alternative, i dunno. this is the only band i can ever say i had a true obsession with, and though it's died down in recent times, i think i'll always love them. amazing piano + amazing drums + amazing lyrics + just the right amount of angst = LOVE. plus, they're both fantastic people (i've met them!) even if they're on an indefinite hiatus right now.

2) arctic monkeys. british indie? i don't think i've heard a single song by these guys that i havent loved. their music is fantastic, and catchy, and their lyrics actually have depth. wonderful.

3) regina spektor. anti-folk. i don't even have words for how amazing this woman is. i would kill my own child to have an ounce of her talent, creativity, and sexiness.

4) jason webley. some brand of european-style-folk-awesomeness. he's also all sorts of amazing, and a really awesome guy (again, i've met him). he gives fantastic hugs, and somehow managed to remember me from a different show, a year prior. amazing talent.

5) this is a toughie... i feel like i have an obligation to say the red hot chili peppers, because they're the only band i can say i really "grew up" with and still listen to, and i love them to death, but lately, there are so many other bands that i'll be more inclined to listen to... i dunno. we'll just call this a filler spot.

anyway, that's it.

 

[Puffy]

why do so many people like tool?
i mean, they arent TERRIBLE .. i just.. dont see anything likeable about them.
(although id much rather hear them then half of teh bands that get radio play)

They're a band you have to grow in to and it also depends what you have heard. I first got their album 10,000 days a few years back and other than the first track Vicarious I hated it. Months later I ended up getting Lateralus, first listen it was interesting but not something I could really focus on, after about 10 listens I couldn't stop playing it. It's one of the best albums of the 00's imo and it is usually in my top album lists. I have Aenema as well and tbh I loved that on first listen, so i'd start there, then again it might be because I'd already heard Lateralus, dunno, but ofc it isn't for everyone anyway.. A Perfect Circle is an easier listen.

Arghh, no Captain Beefheart mentions! Trout Mask Replica is the most complex piece of music I have ever heard.

 

[snafupants]

Modest Mouse
Radiohead
Nirvana
Captain Beefheart
Beatles

I basically did this by what I would just automatically put on and enjoy anytime. Also, a well-rounded oeuvre counts for something. Although, CB and Nirvana do not have two dozen records each - especially Nirvana, only like four dozen songs total over three proper albums///

 

[Ermine]

Hard to say. I have tons of bands I love. I guess I'll rule some out as they've already been mentioned: Dream Theater, Pain Of Salvation, Porcupine Tree, Kamelot, Buckethead, Joe Satriani... I guess most of my favorite bands have already been mentioned.

1. Nine Inch Nails
2. Zeromancer
3. Kill Hannah
4. Isis
5. Pelican

I guess I've been in an industrial/electronica/ambient metal mood.

 

[FrostFern]

Radiohead
Elliot Smith
Iron and Wine
Smashing Pumpkins
Modest Mouse
Tom Waits
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Brian Eno
Lustmord (dark ambient)
Biosphere (dark ambient)
Kammarheit (dark ambient)
Sigar Ros
Portishead
Eric Satie
Bach
Segovia

Yea, I broke the rules but I don't give a fuck. There's no way I can list only 5. I can't even guarantee that those are my favorites. My tastes change from day to day, month to month, etc... depending on my mood and whatnot.

 

[Anthile]

Hard to say. I have tons of bands I love. I guess I'll rule some out as they've already been mentioned: Dream Theater, Pain Of Salvation, Porcupine Tree, Kamelot, Buckethead, Joe Satriani... I guess most of my favorite bands have already been mentioned.

1. Nine Inch Nails
2. Zeromancer
3. Kill Hannah
4. Isis
5. Pelican

I guess I've been in an industrial/electronica/ambient metal mood.

You should definitely check out Rosetta. Their latest album is pretty much the best Post-Metal album there is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZTR3GCs_k0

 

[WeAreTheStrange]

-Led Zeppelin/Queen/The Smiths/Joy Division/Dream Theater/Symphony X
(I... CAN'T... DECIDE!!!)
-Tool
-Depeche Mode
-Interpol
-NIN

this of course is no order whatsoever...

 

[Anchorite]

- The Beatles
- Bright Eyes
- Jack's Mannequin
- The Libertines
- Bob Dylan

I wanted to throw Arctic Monkeys on there but I think I have to put The Libertines above all other modern British punk/rock.

 

[ThoughtfulSlacker]

Doing my best to limit myself to 5:

1. The Mars Volta
2. Dream Theater
3. Shostakovich
4. Porcupine Tree
5. Charles Mingus

 

[shanname]

1. Silver Jews
2. Conor Oberst (I'm not ashamed to admit it, Bright Eyes has been my favorite band for nearly 6 years)
3. Neutral Milk Hotel ('nuff said)
4. Modest Mouse
5. Rilo Kiley (really all Jenny Lewis)

wow, choosing a top 5 is awful. I must also include: Tilly & the Wall, Streetlight Manifesto, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Regina Spektor, and Defiance, Ohio.



Way to make my first post on a relatively inactive thread.. haha. Yeah.

 

[shanname]

Radiohead
Elliot Smith
Iron and Wine
Smashing Pumpkins
Modest Mouse
Tom Waits
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Brian Eno
Lustmord (dark ambient)
Biosphere (dark ambient)
Kammarheit (dark ambient)
Sigar Ros
Portishead
Eric Satie
Bach
Segovia

Also... there are 2 t's in Elliott Smith. People misspell it all the time and it bugs me.

 

[Haven]

1. Earlimart
2. The Dandy Warhols
3. The Unicorns
4. Hot Hot Heat
5. Muse

My car music.

 

[Logos]

I can get to the forum with my phone (i'm currently on a train)! For my all time 5, I choose coheed & cambria, the mars volta, the protomen (please listen to their second album, preferably in one sitting), at the drive-in, death. And for my current top 5; between the buried and me, protest the hero, meshuggah, animals as leaders, cynic.

 

[the internet]

black lips, pavement, mgmt, vampire weekend, nas, wu tang clan (specifically rza), benefit, weezy, cardigans, almighty defenders, smiths, casiotone for the painfully alone, gravediggaz, dum dum girls, girl talk, phoenix, animal collective, mf doom, jay reatard

 

[PapyrusAirplanes]

1. Jon Foreman
2. Nickel Creek
3. Hans Zimmer
4. Nelson Keyes
5. Bebo Norman

 

[TheHmmmm]

Five bands? I'm still exploring, so my listening is erratic at best. Warning, the stuff is loud, listen at your own risk.

Parkway Drive- Boneyards

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tptChkpxMoQ

Five Finger Death Punch- Ashes

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owbt1_slgN4

Darkest Hour- Fire in the Skies

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocxMyifYghE

Protest the Hero- The Dissentience

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vLboLr6rWM

Heaven Shall Burn- Endzeit

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTkZt8r2lko

 

[Dunno]

It's not easy to rank things, especially when you have to choose all-time and all-kind music artists, so...

Beethoven
Shostakovich
Rammstein
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Metallica (before the black album)

And I cannot talk about Slayer or other bands

 

[snafupants]

It's not easy to rank things, especially when you have to choose all-time and all-kind music artists, so...

Beethoven
Shostakovich
Rammstein
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Metallica (before the black album)

And I cannot talk about Slayer or other bands

your location is a rip off of lou reed's "some kinda love" (velvet underground) right? that line, "between thought and expression lies a lifetime". great line though.

 

[Dunno]

I don't even listen at Velvet Undeground... Just typed the first thing coming in my head to fulfill the casis.
But I'll try this

 

[HemlockTrouper]

what i've been listening to lately, in no order

old crow medicine show
alice in chains
hank williams sr.(hillbilly shakespeare)
rob zombie
stevie ray vaughan

 

[Maniceureka]

Hmmm...

1. Pink Floyd, and all solo careers related to the band.
2. Thåström, and everything invloving him.
3. The Dear Hunter.
4. The Doors.
5. Funkadelic/Parliament (It's pretty much the same band, just different labels).

 

[Agent of Chaos]

First and foremost...Alice Cooper
Pink Floyd
The Animals
Queensryche
Metallica

But here are a few other songs 1 or 2 others might like...
YouTube- ‪Green Jello "Little Pig, Little Pig"‬‎
YouTube- ‪Dennis Leary - As*hole‬‎
And I can't forget Tom Lehrer
YouTube- ‪Tom Lehrer - The Masochism Tango - now on DVD‬‎

 

[pjoa09]

huh....

i must be pretty damn shallow then.

The-Dream
Drake
ATB
Daft Punk
John Legend

why are most of the music here have something to do with a guitar?
strange, i have always found rock really difficult to listen to.

 

[ElderToadstool]

Pink Floyd (not coming up as much as I would have thought)
Black Sabbath
Led Zeppelin (thus completing the Holy Trinity)
Earthless
Wu-Tang Clan (and all associated acts)

 

[lightspeed]

I am pleasantly surprised to see most of my favorite bands already listed here.

Here is from my fb profile:



Angelspit, Combichrist, Miss Kittin & The Hacker, Chemlab, Aphex Twin, Acid Bath, Atreyu, Alice in Chains, Bjork, Death in Vegas, Deftones, Depeche Mode, The Doors, David Bowie A Perfect Circle, Angelspit, Dead Men Rising,, Electric Hellfire Club, Enya, Front 242, Fear Factory, Adam Jones, Maynard James Keenan, Front Line Assembly, Gravity Kills, God Lives Underwater, Killswitch Engage, Laibach, Leather Strip, Lords of Acid, KMFDM BAND, Liquid Tension Experiment, Lollipop Lust Kill, Ministry, Marilyn Manson, MDFMK, Mudvayne, Massive Attack, Meat Beat Manifesto, Nine Inch Nails, Neurosis, The Orb, Pantera, Pig, Pig Destroyer, Portishead, The Prodigy, Pitchshifter, Primus, Pink Floyd, Project Pitchfork, Poe, Rammstein, Rob Zombie, Radiohead, Skinny Puppy, Stabbing Westward, System of a Down, Slipknot, Test Department, Type O Negative, Tool, Tweaker, Throbbing Gristle, Tori Amos, Velvet Acid Christ, White Zombie, Zeromancer, Strangeletter, Glibella

 

[Hysteresis]

- Opeth. Recommended song: Face of Melinda

Spoiler

YouTube- Opeth Face of melinda live 2006 ( Roundhouse tapes)

- Dio, Ozzy and/or Black Sabbath. Song: Don't Talk To Strangers

Spoiler

YouTube- Dio - Don't Talk To Strangers Live

- Summoning. Song: Long Lost To Where No Pathway Goes

Spoiler

YouTube- Summoning - Long Lost To Where No Pathway Goes

- Death. Song: Voice Of The Soul

Spoiler

YouTube- Death - Voice Of The Soul

- Alcest. Song: Percées De Lumière

Spoiler

YouTube- Alcest - Percées De Lumière (HQ)

Honourable mentions to Insomnium, Beethoven, Muse, Les Discrets, Mastodon, In Flames and many more.

 

[AnExperimentalTom]

- Rush
- Pink Floyd
- Rainbow
- Genesis
- Deep Purple

 

[typus]

A Day to Remember (not sure if I'm to be ashamed of this)
Slagsmålsklubben (Swedish blip-blop, fuckyä)
Bring Me the Horizon
Devin Townsend
Maybe... Raised Fist?

But I really don't listen that much to the same band, every time I hear a new one I like the first few songs I hear of them but the ones I hear later never seem as compelling as the first few. Hence, I like two/three songs by many different artists.

 

[snafupants]

the velvet underground
radiohead
thelonious monk
joy division
bob dylan

 

[terraxceles]

Neutral Milk Hotel
The Beatles
The Smiths
Belle and Sebastian
Stars

Not entirely representative of my taste, but these are the artists I listen to the most at present.

 

[nexion]

mewithoutyou (alternative/experimental rock)
As Cities Burn (post-hardcore, alternative rock, progressive rock)
Oh, Sleeper (metalcore)
The Word Alive (post-hardcore)
Tides of Man (alternative/progressive rock)

These few artists do not constitute entirely what I listen to most, but they are my favorite artists at the time.

Notable mention:

Oceana (post-hardcore)
This or the Apocalypse (technical Metalcore)
Becoming the Archetype (progressive death metal)
The Faceless (progressive death metal)
Culling the Weal (technical deathcore)

EDIT: How did I put almost the exact same disclaimer as the person above me?