Re: Expanding my music collection. Any sugestions?
hmm, I was really into sublime, rancid,gorillaz, sum 41, and the transplants about a year ago, and then over the winter I got into some electronica like Massive Attack and Juno Reactor.
Then I found progressive metal and my music library's volume has skyrocketed. I'm not sure if you'll like it, but I was had a similar taste to you at one point, so it's worth a shot:
check out bands like Dream Theater, Opeth, and Ayreon.
and if that doesn't work for you, Rancid is a good punk band, and Transplants is a mix of rap and punk. as for ska, I liked The Specials, as well as some stuff by The Clash, though I guess that might be getting back into punk.
As for reggae, I'm not a huge fan, but you probably won't go wrong if you look up the major names like Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, UB40, and so on.
With electronica, Massive Attack is great, though their newer stuff is very dark, if you have the stomach for it i would recommend it. Another good group is Theivery Corporation. Juno Reactor was another I liked, and were responsible for a lot of the soundtrack to The Matrix sequels; a lot of it is overblown and too 'epic' sounding, but thats what I liked about it.
and then of course theres some thread around here titled "Suggestions for a loser" and I would recommend you check that out as well. anyways, I hope this helps.
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