5 Favorite Bands/Music Artists

[Prof_Pointless]

Obviously this is subject to change and I'm sure a lot you would like to list way more than 5, but for simplicity sake lets try to keep it down to 5 or so. Feel free to add lyrics or specific songs or whatever you feel is significant. I assume there will be a huge variety of genres here but I could be wrong and am interested to know what you enjoy.

1. Amon Amarth- melodic death metal, viking inspired. If you are capable of kicking this much ass then you will love it. Song: Fate of Norns- so awesome, about the death of a young child followed by his burial and the implied suicide of the father.
2. Skinlab- groove metal, one of my oldest listening experiences. In your face, don't give a fuck slap to society. Song: Never Give In.
3. Offspring- great youth energy punk. Some songs are kinda pop'ish, but for the most part they got a good attitude on life. Song: several
4. Opeth- metal, really deep lyrics worth reading but at the same time very emotional and involved growling and song writing. No matter what you like I'd definitely think you will enjoy some of their music. Song: Blackwater Park
5. Orbital- electronic/techno. Great way to relax and I love the feeling behind their songs. Oldschool and awesome. Song: Deeper.

honorable mention: lamb of god- love their pure emotional intensity

 

[Felan]

1 - Sarah McLachlan
2 - Pink Floyd
3 - Nosferatu
4 - (not a band but I like eerie Celtic music)
5 - ABBA

 

[thebarran]

These may not be my definitive top five but are the bands i have the most albums of in my collection. (out of this list i think only Radiohead and Chemicals would make my all time list)

Radiohead:
Chemical Brothers:
Beatles:
Snow Patrol:
Air:

 

[Beat Mango]

1. Pearl Jam
2. Ben Harper
3. Jeff Buckley
4. Metallica
5. The Tea Party

Introspective, 90s rock for the most part. Preferably with a good mix of slow/soft songs and fast/heavy ones.

 

[thebarran]

At home drawing pictures of mountain tops!

Was jeremy an INTp?

 

[snowqueen]

Hmm 5 is a bit restrictive at my age

Patti Smith
“No, daddy, don't leave me here alone,
Take me up, daddy, to the belly of your ship,
Let the ship slide open and I'll go inside of it
Where you're not human, you are not human.”

Bob Dylan
I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don't think twice, it's all right

The Clash
'N' every gimmick hungry yob digging gold from rock 'n' roll
Grabs the mike to tell us he'll die before he's sold
But i believe in this-and it's been tested by research
That he who fucks nuns will later join the church

Chemical Brothers
Grateful Dead

 

[preilemus]

hmm, ill go with...

Tears for Fears

Massive Attack

Blink 182

Sublime

and... New Order, I suppose (cant think of anything thats affected me more right now)

 

[GTPJay]

Coldplay
RadioHead
The Killers
blink 182
Keane

and thats in no particular order

 

[mathy]

I second Opeth! (Favorite song--Deliverance. Favorite album, I'd say I like Ghost Reveries or Still Life best.)

Also:
Porcupine Tree
Devin Townsend (This man is amazing.)
Ulver
OSI

So hard to only pick 5...

 

[Beat Mango]

At home drawing pictures of mountain tops!

Was jeremy an INTp?

 

[Vegard Pompey]

1. Amon Amarth- melodic death metal, viking inspired. If you are capable of kicking this much ass then you will love it. Song: Fate of Norns- so awesome, about the death of a young child followed by his burial and the implied suicide of the father

They have a great sound but there is zero diversity in their material. Damn shame.

Devin Townsend
Dream Theater
Arcturus
Voivod
King Crimson

 

[Prof_Pointless]

Thanks for the replies so far guys. Seems pretty diverse to me, anyone noticing some patterns?

They have a great sound but there is zero diversity in their material. Damn shame.

A lot of their songs, especially on the older albums can get very repetitive I'll agree.

 

[echoplex]

In no particular order:

Nine Inch Nails: Love the mood created by many of NIN's songs. I can relate to alot of the feelings being expressed. There always seems to be a NIN song that currently feels like a theme song for me at any given time. Very innovative. Fav albums: Broken, The Downward Spiral, With_Teeth. Fav songs: The Becoming, Right Where It Belongs, Wish, Happiness In Slavery, etc...

Tool: Very unique and sometimes challenging. I love the depths of their music, both sonically and lyrically. Fav albums: Aenima, Lateralus. Fav songs: Schism, Aenema, Parabola, Forty Six & 2, etc... (see also: A Perfect Circle)

Alice in Chains: Love their vocal harmonies and their powerful, often dark songs. Fav albums: Dirt, Jar of Flies. Fav songs: Them Bones, Man in the Box, Am I Inside, Heaven Beside You, etc...

Katatonia: Very dark and moody. I love alot of their melodies. I should have some of their songs played at my funeral.....or better yet, wedding . Fav albums: Discouraged Ones, Last Fair Deal Gone Down, Viva Emptiness. Fav songs: Day, Quiet World, Nightmares By the Sea, I Am Nothing, etc...

Strapping Young Lad/Devin Townsend: Some awesomely genius stuff. I had to group them together so as to include both. Can be awesomely heavy or awesomely soft. Lyrically aggressive or soothing. Either way, it rocks. Very unique and weird, which is usually good. Fav albums: City, Alien, Terria, Ziltoid The Omniscient. Fav songs: Love?, Skeksis, Earth Day, Hyperdrive, etc...


Other considerations: Deftones, Black Sabbath, Opeth, Mastodon, Voivod...

 

[mikal]

- efterklang
- magma
- a silver mt. zion
- tom waits
- mia doi todd

 

[Carnap]

PJ Harvey
Brett Anderson
Magnetic Fields
Suede

 

[Vegard Pompey]

So much Devin Townsend love on this forum! I feel at home.

 

[Broden]

1. The Smiths
2. David Bowie
3. Radiohead
4. Sigur Ros
5. Pixies

I don't notice any pattern so far.. Seems some of you are into protopunk (I noticed Patti Smith referenced a few times)

 

[lucazin]

-Led Zeppelin
-Pink Floyd
-Yann Tiersen
-Loreena McKennitt
-Genesis

 

[boomkablamo]

-black sabbath
-pink floyd
-alice in chains
-metallica
-pantera

 

[Ulysses]

Boards of Canada
Queen
Fatboy Slim
Genesis
Cockney Rebel

 

[Anthile]

Oh, not easy...


Pain Of Salvation
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
The Mars Volta
King Crimson
Koenjihyakkei


If you don't know why I picked those bands you either don't know them or you are downright evil.

 

[phantome]

Radiohead
Muse
Keane
PLACEBO
depeche mode

 

[mathy]

So much Devin Townsend love on this forum! I feel at home.

Feel the love...

Man, I feel bad leaving out some of my favorites... I guess I was focusing on newer material? Some old greats I love: King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa.

 

[Seducer of the Homeless]

current favourites (not all time)

Mastodon
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Fair To Midland
Hector Berlioz
Metallica

 

[Venture]

I disagree with most of you but it is YOUR favorite

Jimi Hendrix
Ozzy Osebourne
Queen
Cold War Kids
John Pisano

 

[Malkavian]

Ryuichi Sakamoto
Miles Davis
Pendulum
Infected Mushroom
Dj Shadow

I get bored with most artists after an album or two, but these 5,especially Sakamoto and Davis,I can listen to everyday.

 

[Seducer of the Homeless]

INFECTED MUSHROOM!

classical mushroom is a masterpiece

 

[sarin]

Great thread. I found Echoplex's tastes to be closest to mine. Anyways...

Bands (Off the Top of My Head):
Alice in Chains - Grunge

TOOL - Progressive Art Rock - Tool is absolutely amazing.

Nine Inch Nails - Experimental/Industrial - The lyrics always get me.

Radiohead - Experimental/Rock

Primus - No one knows what genre to call Primus. Funk Metal? Who knows.

I should also mention:

Cynic - Melodic Death Metal - Just because 'Integral Birth' is such an amazing song.

 

[brain enclosed in flesh]

I hate ranking things (so many variables), yet I feel compelled...

Bob Dylan
Bright Eyes
Modest Mouse
Sonic Youth
Chopin

(Hooray for Patty Smith and The Clash, Snow Queen!)

 

[The Lurker]

In no particular order (depends on my mood, I guess.):

Rammstein
Ozzy Ozbourne
Megadeth
Metallica
Alice in Chains

 

[Android]

Bad Religion
Bob Dylan
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Wu-tang Clan
Misfits

 

[Hawkeye]

Rush
Rainbow
Pink Floyd
Frank Zappa
King Crimson

 

[chocolate]

1. Mozart

 

[Dr. Why]

In no particular order

-Rush

-Led Zeppelin

-Pink Floyd

-Radiohead

-Miles Davis

 

[juturna]

1. Chopin "GOD"
2. Mozart
3. Circa Survive
4. Secret and Whisper
5. Streetlight Manifesto

 

[drumir93]

1.The Beatles
-I'm Looking Through you

2.The Libertines
-Skint and Minted

3.The Rolling Stones
-House of the Rising Sun

4.Jack's Mannequin
-Caves

5.Bright Eyes
-Something Vague

 

[Seducer of the Homeless]

atm...

Absu
Strapping Young Lad
Mastodon
Igor Stravinsky
Frank Zappa

 

[Xel]

1. The Beatles YouTube- The Beatles
John Lennon and Paul McCartney are great song writers, turning out good song after good song
2. Bob Dylan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia06DeCxhTM
The lyrics are always great even if sometimes nonsensical
3. Joy Division YouTube- JOY DIVISION-Transmission
The dark atmosphere combined with guitar rifts go so well together
4. Squarepusher YouTube- Squarepusher - Hello Meow (Full Video)
This is some of the best electronica there is imo
5. Laibach YouTube- Tanz Mit Laibach
They are not fascists, they are just keeping true to life

 

[thestralDM]

1 - Opeth
2 - Cynic
3 - Bauhaus
4 - Porcupine Tree
5 - Aghora

Other amazing bands that I have to include: Tool, My Dying Bride, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Necrophagist, Midnight Syndicate, & Kayo Dot.

 

[JoeJoe]

My absolute favorite is Denny Schneidemesser, a young German composer.

 

[motrhead]

Matthew Good Band (He finally got help for being bipolar & depressed- I identify too closely for my own good.)
Concrete Blonde (The best band from the USA ever!)
The Tragically Hip (Gord Downie is the other of the two most intelligent writers alive, along with Matt Good.)
Junkhouse (anything)
Pink Floyd (specifically Wish You Were Here,Animals,Meddle and DSOTM,in that order )

It pains me to stop at five, when there are Radiohead, Live, Green Day, Jane's Addiction and Rush missing the cut!

 

[Citizen X]

It's difficult to just put it down to five, but as of right now, these are my five most liked, in no particular order.

-Porcupine Tree
-Pink Floyd
-Current 93
-Ulver
-Deaf Center

 

[fatalbeliever]

I can only name an absolute #1 - Dir en grey. And I have a strange feeling their lead guitarist is an INTP... anyway, people either love them or hate them. It's sometimes embarrassing to be a part of the fanbase [oh god, I hate most of those people just by looking at them], but I try not to mingle with the fans too much. It doesn't change the fact that the band is awesome.

It's always hard for me to 'define' my taste by using a few artists, because it's diverse and very specific at the same time. BUT, since you are aware of this, I guess I can answer the remaining part of this question traditionally:

The final four [took me forever to pick]:

Onmyouza
Maximum the hormone
Tokyo Jihen
abingdon boys school

 

[earthdyedred]

My 5 from favorite to fifth-favorite and my guesses as to their types:

Genesis - INxP. I bet Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett are Ts, while Tony Banks is an F. Phil Collins would be ENFx.

Underworld - INxP again. They make so many connections from seemingly disjointed lyrics and segue from song to song in ways that only make sense in their own little world.

Porcupine Tree - Claimed many times on this board to be INTP, which sounds very accurate.

Peter Gabriel - I can't imagine him not being an INTP. "Growing Up"'s lyrics ooze INTP.

BT - No clue here, actually. ENTJ? He's still technically brilliant regardless.

 

[mfratt]

In no particular order

Rush (They got me into music in the first place and are absolutely brilliant musicians)
Tool (The artistic expressiveness, talent, and themes of this band never cease to amaze me)
Porcupine Tree (Musically, they're all about the groove, which I love. The lyrics can be very dark at times, but I still love it)
Dream Theater (What happens when you mix a Berklee education with a prog metal band?)
Dave Matthew's Band (Lessard is an awesome bass player, and I love both jazz and rock so these guys catch my attention)

ps. I think Porcupine Tree is a very INFP band. I don't know if Wilson (or whoever their lyricist is) is writing about his life growing up or just making it all up, but either way it seems to be quite emotional in a dark way. Definitely some Fi going on there.

pps. if you're one of the people who think DMB is just Dave Matthews (eg., you refer to the band in the third person as "him"), I will instantly ignore any musicial input you have to offer.

 

[nickgray]

Shostakovich
Wagner
Mahler
Beethoven
Chopin

in no part. order

 

[Seducer of the Homeless]

Shostakovich is amazing, i especially like the way he spent his life fighting against the Russian government. a true punk rocker

 

[earthdyedred]

ps. I think Porcupine Tree is a very INFP band. I don't know if Wilson (or whoever their lyricist is) is writing about his life growing up or just making it all up, but either way it seems to be quite emotional in a dark way. Definitely some Fi going on there.

pps. if you're one of the people who think DMB is just Dave Matthews (eg., you refer to the band in the third person as "him"), I will instantly ignore any musicial input you have to offer.

The lyrics are primarily F, but the music is definitely T - sort of F cream wrapped in a T pastry filling. Two things cloud my judgment: first, that I'm an INTP whose song lyrics go Fi more than the Fe they "should" go; and second, that the one INFP I know is my sister-in-law, who more often than not needs my INTJ wife to translate between us. Porcupine Tree's mood resonates deeply with me, whereas she doesn't even come close to the genre never mind the specific band.

And DMB has always been about Beauford/Lessard. They're the two truly irreplacable guys and wonders to behold.

 

[mfratt]

The lyrics are primarily F, but the music is definitely T - sort of F cream wrapped in a T pastry filling. Two things cloud my judgment: first, that I'm an INTP whose song lyrics go Fi more than the Fe they "should" go; and second, that the one INFP I know is my sister-in-law, who more often than not needs my INTJ wife to translate between us. Porcupine Tree's mood resonates deeply with me, whereas she doesn't even come close to the genre never mind the specific band.

Yea, I'd have to agree, the music itself does indeed resonate very well with both myself (intp) and my intp friend.

 

[Yellow]

-Dance Hall Crashers
-Rage Against The Machine
-The Pixies
-Flobots
-Violent Femmes

I could just as easily replace these with five others, it is so hard to pick... I don't know if they are particularly INTP, but they make me happy.