Music: What do you listen to?

[Daniel]

I've been mulling this idea for a while now: how about a thread where we can list our favorite bands and artists...

It's a little like letting the personality cat out of the bag since you can gain some understanding about a person based on what they listen to.

But you Good People already know far more about me than most of my own family(!), so I'm comfortable with the idea to say the least.

I will also put my list in three stages since I've gone through several genres over the years...


Favorite Bands/Music during teenage years and earlier:


· Fleetwood Mac (debut, Rumours, Tusk -all LPs!)
· The Eagles (older brother's LP collection)
· Neil Young
· The Outlaws (Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson -Dad's album ; 1970s "outlaw" Country, as in outside of Nashville's formulaic country of the era)
· AC|DC (Back in Black -1st album after Bon Scott's death)
· Van Halen (1984 especially, but also thier self-titled debut)
· Def Leppard (remember Pyromania!? 1981 smash hit album)
· Motley Crue (ugh, Shout At the Devil -fortunately moved past this stage!)
· Scorpions (Blackout especially)
· ZZ Top
· U2
· Heart
· Eric Clapton
· The Eagles
· Dire Straits
· Jimi Hendrix
· Jim Morrison and The Doors
· Lynyrd Skynyrd
· various New Wave, same time MTV debuts (1981)
· Pat Benatar (several smash-hit singles)
· The GoGos
· various "Hair Metal" bands (Guns N' Roses, Ratt, Dokken, Great White, Quiet Riot, Slaughter, Poison, Cinderella, Extreme, etc. blah)
· some rap (friends into it): LL Cool J, Run DMC, Beastie Boys
· sick of Hair Metal, commercial sell-outs, too formulaic, and what's the deal with this hair/make-up thing? Game over
· REM



Pre-, Syn-, and Post-Grunge Era:

· Stevie Ray Vaughn -all of his albums, wow
· introduced to Metallica via Master of Puppets, 1991, wow
· told about Nirvana's Nevermind album in early 1992, go get it and really dig the Grunge sound
· Nirvana: Nevermind & In Utero albums
· Pearl Jam: Ten, debut smash
· Mother Love Bone (Apple –hear the transition from Hair Metal to Grunge)
· various old-time blues (BB King, Sonny Boy Williamson, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters)
· Soundgarden: Louder Than Love, Ultramega, Badmotorfinger (the first one I heard), Superunknown, Down on the Upside
· Alice in Chains: all of them
· Neil Young
· Mad Season -supergroup of AiC members plus Pearl Jam
· attended Lollapallooza 1992, 1993, 1994 (yes, mosh pits galore)
· Tool
· Sonic Youth (Dirt especially, but also Goo, Daydream Nation)
· Smashing Pumpkins
· Helmet
· TAD
· Rage Against the Machine
· Nine Inch Nails
· Melvins
· Drama Rama



What-I’m-Listening-to-Now Era:

· Johnny Cash
· Red Hot Chili Peppers (By the Way album)
· some Swerve Driver
· late 90s electronica: Chemical Brothers (Exit Planet Dust) & The Crystal Method (Vegas)
· Moby’s Play album
· Son House
· The Killers
· Kyuss (HUGE); still can’t hear enough of this now-defunct band
· Stanley Brothers bluegrass (think killer banjos)
· Neil Young –now have about 2/3 of everything he’s done musically
· Them Twisted Vultures (one-off by supergroup: Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, John Paul Jones)
· The Sword (from Austin? one song –Maiden, Mother, and Crone)
· Blood Horse (one song –Son of Man)
· Chris Tomlin (Arriving)
· The David Crowder Band –awesome Christian worship



Daniel

[Dewvis]

The Police
Van Halen (Roth era only!)
Beatles
Sex Pistols
Joy Division, New Order
Jane's Addiction
Bob Dylan
Stones
PJ Harvey
The Pogues
Tom Petty
AC/DC

[artguy34]

I love so many types of music I think I need two posts to list them all. :D But I'll try...

Rock/Metal:
Metallica, Godsmack, Disturbed, Tool, Nine Inch Nails, Korn, Pantera, Smashing Pumpkins, Rage Against the Machine, Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Rob Zombie, Papa Roach and many more...

Classic Rock:
Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Ted Nugent, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Pink Floyd, Iron Butterfly, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Rush, Rolling Stones, Lynard Skynard etc...

Funk/R&B
The Commodores, Earth-Wind & Fire, Heatwave, Parliament, George Clinton, Curtis Mayfield, White Cherry, Barry White, Gerald Levert, Keith Sweat, Golden Earring, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Guy, Boyz II Men, Mary J. Blige, Dru Hill, and many more...

Pop/Dance
Destiny's Child, En Vogue, Rhianna, Mariah Carey (Early years), Brenda K. Starr, AC/DC, Styx, Van Halen (Hagar Years), Journey, Madonna, Gloria Estefan etc.

Spanish
Shakira, Marc Anthony, Olga Tannon, Tito Nieves, Julio Iglasias and more I keep forgetting.

Classical/Opera
Sara Brightman, Celtic Woman, Andrea Bocelli, Michael Crawford, Bond.

Ok, Im sure Im leaving off many artists, but you get the point!

[Vorlan]

Music! I love music, my music ranges widely from folk to metal to rock to gypsy punk :P

I'll just list the main bands, only the first few are in any real order:

• Bob Dylan
• Pink Floyd
• Bright Eyes
• Iron & Wine
• Woody Guthrie
• Arlo Guthrie
• Pete Seeger
• Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam
• The Used
• Seether
• Flogging Molly
• Levellers
• Buffy Sainte-Marie
• Green Day
• Gogol Bordello
• Led Zeppelin
• Manu Chao
• Neil Young
• Johnny Cash
• Malvina Reynolds
• Within Temptation
• Nine Inch Nails
• Joan Baez
• The Beatles
• Bob Marley
• Frank Turner
• My Chemical Romance
• David Gilmour
• Papa Roach
• Jimmy Eat World
• The Specials/Special AKA
• Black Sabbath
• The Clash
• The Doors
• Mark Almond
• The Mars Volta
• Ian Brown
• Syd Barrett
• Clannad
• The Coup
• The Eagles
• Willie Nelson
• Chuck Fenda
• Iron Maiden
• Meat Loaf
• Yes
• Disturbed
• John Lennon
• Phil Ochs
• Anti-Flag
• Bullet for my Valentine
• Stevie Wonder
• Rage Against the Machine
• Dream Theatre
• Suicide Machines
• HIM

[MyNameIsMatt]

First cassette I ever bought: Def Leppard - Hysteria


Twenty most played artists according to iTunes (last reset Jan 1, 2010):

Naked Raygun
Fugazi
Jawbreaker
The Arrivals
The Make-Up
Jesus Lizard
Pegboy
Against Me!
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Edith Piaf
The Tear Garden
Sub Society
Me First and the Gimme Gimmies
Johnny Cash
Engine 54
Wonderful Broken Things
The Lillingtons
Blondie
Dinosaur Jr.
Louis Prima

[Sonomette]

It totally depends on my mood. I'll leave it to you to figure out which bands are for which moods, but here are a few:

Soundgarden, Nirvana, L7, The Breeders, Mary Prankster, Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphies, Beastie Boys, Hole, Courtney Love, Ciara, Missy Elliott, Elliot Smith, David Bowie, Len, Bif Naked, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Aqua, Abba, Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, the Village People, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Serge Gainsbourg, world music-especially Bhangra, Kiss, Skid Row, G'N'R, Norah Jones, Liz Phair, Marvin Gaye, Barry White, Stevie Wonder, Bach, Mozart, Debussy, Rollins Band, Pantera, Mary J Blige, gospel, RHCP, musical theater soundtracks.....

I'm a little all over the map.

[City Fool]

It totally depends on my mood. I'll leave it to you to figure out which bands are for which moods, but here are a few:

Soundgarden, Nirvana, L7, The Breeders, Mary Prankster, Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphies, Beastie Boys, Hole, Courtney Love, Ciara, Missy Elliott, Elliot Smith, David Bowie, Len, Bif Naked, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Aqua, Abba, Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, the Village People, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Serge Gainsbourg, world music-especially Bhangra, Kiss, Skid Row, G'N'R, Norah Jones, Liz Phair, Marvin Gaye, Barry White, Stevie Wonder, Bach, Mozart, Debussy, Rollins Band, Pantera, Mary J Blige, gospel, RHCP, musical theater soundtracks.....

I'm a little all over the map.

What? No Lady Ga Ga? You also forgot the Meat Puppets, Los Straight Jackets and Alice. I catch a lot of flak over ABBA on the musical site I'm on. Big deal. I like ABBA. Marvin Gaye. Good choice, though I like Jackie Wilson a bit more. Just a bit.

[artguy34]

Since TTF is all about healing and honesty, I'll confess...

I like ABBA and Lady Ga-Ga. ~X(

But I'm really ashamed to say I like Styx & Journey... (Oh the embarrassment) LOL!

[Sonomette]

I DO like Lady Gaga, and I make poor dog sing along with "Bad Romance" by moving his jowls...

And while I'm not a fan of Styx, I ........

....'m just a small town girl, Livin in a lonely woooooorld....

Man, I LOVE Journey!

[City Fool]

Rory Gallagher
Alice
Love/Arthur Lee
Doug Sahm/SDQ/Texas Tornados
Los Lobos
Nada Surf
Big Bad Voo Doo Daddy
Emily Remler
Sonny Rollins
Chet Baker
Namoli Brennet
The Beach Boys/Carl Wilson/Brian Wilson
Foghat (Fool for the City)
Quicksilver Messenger Service/John Cippolina
Moby Grape
The Flamin' Groovies
Sandy Duncan
Richard Thompson/ RTB
Marianne Faithfull
Dixie Dregs
Buddy Rich
Poco
Richie Furay
The Monkees/Mike Nesmith
Nicolette Larson
Dolly
The Beatles
Luther Allison/Albert Lee/BB King et al.
Southside Johnny
ABBA

Led Zeppelin/Jimmy Page/Bonzo
......just to name a few