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What is everybody into? What’s your favorite band of all time? What bands have you recently been listening to?

I don’t restrict myself to a certain era or genre. I have high expectations though, ecspecially for newer bands, so I’m kinda picky. My favorite band without a doubt is the Velvet Underground, the forefathers of punk. Currently, I’ve been listening to Beck (saw him a few weeks ago, amazing, Yo La Tengo (the new ablum is awesome), Primal Scream, T. Rex, and some Zappa. This is kind of long but if you want specific albums I’d be more than happy expand. I love talking about music, so let’s get some discussions going.

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I have been listening to “the who” new cd, “endless wire”

Kropotkin

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I just discovered an amazing metal band called Dragon Force.

http://www.myspace.com/dragonforce

Watch the video. It’s very remiscient of Metalocalypse (if you’ve seen that.) Simultaneously hilarious and awesome.

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I’ve gotten into Avantasia and back into Iron Maiden a lot more recently, thanks to the Maiden’s new album and my chance finding of Avantasia’s Metal Opera. My favorite band at this point would probably be Sonata Arctica with Stratovarius behind by a hair.

One band I just have to show around is Verbal Deception. I don’t actually like their music, but their whole setup makes me laugh.
The Pirates of Metal, hah! Click the link, you’ll see what I mean.
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I am a fusion guitarist so my influences are bands like Return to forever, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, etc…
But I put Frank Zappa at the top…infinite talent.

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One of my favorite bands used to be AFI, but don’t listen to their newer stuff or you will declare music dead and withdraw from the world. Other great bands or artists in my opinion would include:

AC/DC, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, As I Lay Dying, The Ataris, The Beatles, Beethoven, Billie Holiday, Billy Idol, Billy Joel, Black Sabbath, Blondie, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Bob Seger (maybe. haven’t heard a lot but i have heard some good stuff from him.), Brand New, Cat Power, The Chariot, The Clash, Coheed and Cambria, Comeback Kid, Cream, The Cure, Damien Marley, David Bowie, Death Cab for Cutie, Dillinger Escape Plan, DJ Shadow, The Doors, The Dresden Dolls, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Foreigner, Fugazi, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Gorillaz, Grand Funk Railroad, The Guess Who, Guns ‘N’ Slash, Haste the Day, Heart, In The Face Of War, Jackson Browne, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, John Mellencamp, Johnny Cash, Kansas, Led Zeppelin, Mars Volta, Metallica, mewithoutYou, Miles Davis, The Misfits, Murder by Death, Nirvana, No Use For A Name, Norma Jean, Pat Benetar, Pink Floyd, Pixies, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Queen, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, The Ramones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Refused, Rise Against, The Rolling Stones, Santana, Saves The Day, Set It Straight, Shakira, Simon & Garfunkel, Stevie Wonder, Still Remains, Stray Cats, Straylight Run, Styx, Sum 41, Taking Back Sunday, Thrice, Thursday, Underoath, Velvet Underground, The Who, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yes

Honorable Mentions Include:
The Animals
Anti-Flag
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Bad Religion
Blue Oyster Cult
The Cars
Charlie Daniels (just for Devil Went Down to Georgia)
Chevelle
Deep Purple
Don McLean (American Pie)
The Doobie Brothers
The Eagles
Edgar Winter Group (Frankenstein)
Eddie Money (Two Tickets to Paradise)
Flogging Molly
Focus (Hocus Pocus)
Foghat (Slow Ride)
Golden Earring (Radar Love)
The Hollies (Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress)
James McMurtry (We Can’t Make It Here)
Julie London
Los Bravos (Black Is Black)
Louis Armstrong (What A Wonderful World)
Martha & the Vandellas (Dancing in the Streets)
Mason Williams (Classical Gas)
Michael Jackson (Thriller)
Mountain
NoFX
Ozzy Osbourne
Quiet Riot
Ram Jam (Black Betty)
Rod Stewart (Maggie May)
The Romantics
The Scorpions
Sonic Youth
Strawberry Alarm Clock (Incense and Peppermints)
Sugarcult
Sugarloaf (Green-Eyed Lady)
Suicide Machines
Supertramp (Breakfast in America)
Sweet (Ballroom Blitz)
Ted Nugent
Ten Years After
Tom Petty
Twisted Sister
The Turtles (Happy Together)
Weird Al Yankokic
The Zombies (Time of the Season)

Let it never be said that I do not have a wide taste in music. :smiley:

[size=75]This list took the better part of an hour at work to make. This is how little actual work I have to do, and how subsequently bored I am.[/size]

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Zappa is the man. I just found this interview of him on crossfire. It’s from 1986 when the whole censorship issue was huge.

youtube.com/watch?v=8ISil7IHzxc

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Did you read his auto-biography? Great book…
If you look at his body of work you can’t help but to put his capacity up there with Beethoven and the rest. His mind was immense. Complex patterns, synthetic modes, you name it…genius.

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I like music without words.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBxz3o9e0yw&mode=related&search=

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I’m beginning to get into Allison Crowe… I don’t listen to enough piano music and I like that she plays an instrument. Too many musicians today have forgotten that imporant aspect of a music career.

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Ehemmm…bahahah!

I’ll tell you what I like!

So hear now…

  1. Radiohead
  2. Sublime
    I’m a fan of Pink Floyd too…
    Of course the Bob Marley, he IS the MAN!
    Chikinki
    The Cure
    Cake
    Muse
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
    Coldplay
    Cream & ‘You know who’
    Dave Mason
    David Bowie (the man)
    Death Cab
    Dispatch
    OoOoO Those Flaming Lips!!
    Gorillaz
    And of course…The Grateful Dead
    Iron & Wine
    Minus The Bear
    Grizzly
    Hall & Oates
    Oh…Mr. Garcia, your bluegrass is the shit!!
    The Mars Volta
    Matisyahu
    Medeski, Martin & Wood
    NOFX
    O.A.R
    The Doves
    Less Than Jake
    The Suicide Machines (THE VANS SONG!!)
    The Outlaws
    Primus
    The Postal Service
    Rod Stewart
    The Secret Machines
    Seu Jorge
    Slighty Stoopid
    The Stills
    Oh Thom Torke…you is the man too…
    The Zutons!!!
    and of course…drumroll THE WHITE STRIPES!!!

thats my 2 cents, AEY!! creation, you have good taste.
[size=84]But where is Sublime!?!?![/size]

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My tastes run the gamut from heavy metal to folk and from jazz to classical. Lately I’ve been listening to Neko Case quite a bit, and the last couple by Bright Eyes. Also a bit of Ani Difranco. But more often I find myself listening to jazz over the last month or so. Holly Cole, Dave Brubeck Trio, Robin McKelle and Sonny Rollins have been spinng over the last couple nights.

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Hmm, I forgot Bright Eyes in my honorable mention list.

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I’ve been playing Digital Ash in a Digital Urn a lot lately. Lifted is probably my favorite overall, but he’s got a lot of good stuff.

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Alright you asked for it…here’s a few (actually quite a few)…

Andrew Bird
The Band
The Beatles
Beck (saw him a few weeks ago…phenomenal)
Belle & Sebastian
Bob Dylan
The Brian Jonestown Massacre (see the documentary ‘Dig!’…it changed my whole perspective on music)
The Clash
The Cure
David Bowie
Devendra Banhart
Electric Light Orchestra
Elvis Costello
The Flaming Lips
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
The Guess Who
Iggy Pop
Interpol
The Jam
John Cale
John Lennon
Kings of Leon
The Kinks
Led Zeppelin
Lou Reed
MC5
Modern Lovers
Modest Mouse
My Bloody Valentine
My Morning Jacket (they are amazing live)
Neil Young
Nick Drake
Nico
Oasis
of Montreal
Phish
Pink Floyd
Pixies
Redwalls
The Replacements
The Rolling Stones
The Smiths
Sonic Youth,
Spacemen 3
Spoon,
The Strokes (seen them live 4 or 5 times…Is This It (their first album) is by far their best)
T. Rex
Television (Marquee Moon is one of my favorite albums of all time)
The Velvet Underground (favorite band)
Violent Femmes
The White Stripes (One of the highlights of my life: I met Jack White after a show)
Who
Wilco
Wings
Wire
The Yardbirds,
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yo La Tengo (check these guys out…they’re great)
The Zombies

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You just know that when a person posts a list of 40+ bands or whatever in alphabetical order, they have waaaaay too much free time on their hands.

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Actually, I just copy and pasted from my facebook account but hey think what you want. To be quite honest, I could care less.

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I typed it all up off of an Ipod and organized it into two lists.

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Haha, I did it at 2 am last night because I couldn’t sleep and had nothing better to do. And yes, I probably do have too much time on my hands but hey that’s not my fault. Blame that on the college I go to; I wish I had more schoolwork to keep me occupied. There’s just so little and it’s far too easy.