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My favorite bands are: Avenged Sevendfold - a great band, I'm still fairly wrecked that "The Rev" died, RIP.
Silpknot - A beast 9. Errr 8 member band because their member died too. T^T
Back-On - Awesome Linkin Park-esque band, also Japanese
Girls Dead Monster - Best All Girl anime band. Screw Hokago Tea Time
Rise Against - Awesome band, Favorite Song: Behind Closed Doors
Pendulum - An Australian Drum'n'Bass band, Favorite Song: Ransom
P.O.D. - A Christian Music band, but it's rap mixed with rock
Manafest - Another Christian Music Band, but more Rap oriented
GranRodeo - Another Awesome Japanese Band
32 Leaves - Awesome beat to all their songs
A Perfect Circle - A nightmarishly awesome band, definitely not Christian Music
Atreyu - A Metal band who screams alot
PowerGlove - A Metal Band that converts old Video Game Themes into metal
UverWorld - A Japanese Band that does alot of Anime Openings for My Fave Animes.
There's alot more, but It'll take too much space.
Silpknot - A beast 9. Errr 8 member band because their member died too. T^T
Back-On - Awesome Linkin Park-esque band, also Japanese
Girls Dead Monster - Best All Girl anime band. Screw Hokago Tea Time
Rise Against - Awesome band, Favorite Song: Behind Closed Doors
Pendulum - An Australian Drum'n'Bass band, Favorite Song: Ransom
P.O.D. - A Christian Music band, but it's rap mixed with rock
Manafest - Another Christian Music Band, but more Rap oriented
GranRodeo - Another Awesome Japanese Band
32 Leaves - Awesome beat to all their songs
A Perfect Circle - A nightmarishly awesome band, definitely not Christian Music
Atreyu - A Metal band who screams alot
PowerGlove - A Metal Band that converts old Video Game Themes into metal
UverWorld - A Japanese Band that does alot of Anime Openings for My Fave Animes.
There's alot more, but It'll take too much space.
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Jun. 21, 2011 7:31 PM
Okay yeah, seeing as I'm a huge muso, I SHOULD do this thang.
1. Queens of the Stone Age: Mr. Homme's guitar work and writing are sublime, and his tone is ALWAYS impeccable, and always piques my interest. The drumming is great, the bass is great, the songs are sexy, sweaty, dirty rock, and I like that. They grind, and move, and yeah. Plus, Homme is ginger. A lot of my playing is kinda reminiscent of them of late, because of the influence. They do spooky so well, too, a great use of Homme's disconnected, floating vocals.
Also, great live band.
2. Muse: As Roan said, it's Muse. Okay, their last album wasn't amazing (had a fair few good tracks on it), and the live experience has suffered now that the crowd is full of women with kids and teenage girls who only know one or two songs, instead of thousands of passionate fans who can sing the guitar lines and know EVERY song. Even when they pull out a Japan-exclusive track for the first time in a few years. That was my first gig, and it was MINDBLOWING. Basically, Matt Bellamy inspired me to learn guitar, and is a huge influence on my style (though I'm not as creative or skilled). The distortion and tone is amazing, their songs, Bellamy's vocals.... They were my favourite band for years for a reason, and they're the first band I truly loved, the reason I got into music as a whole. Pretty much, they changed my life hugely.
The last gig I went to being a bit off, Muse were great, but the crowd sucked bottoms. Seriously, I went mad jumping during Bliss (my favourite song, which I'd never seen live), and some guy stared at me like "WTF". I jumped harder into his shoulder... There were CHILDREN in the area where there should have been MOSHING. GET YOUR CHILDREN OUT OF MY SHOES.
Because of that, and the fact I'm kinda tired of the music for now, they've slipped.
Still, great live band.
3. The Manic Street Preachers: Three Very Angry Welshmen make Music, Insult other musicians, or anyone who raises their ire. Most of this insulting is done by the 6 foot tall, cross dressing, stationary and housework loving (and married) bassist. The other two are pygmies and cousins. James Dean Bradfield is probably the most underrated guitarist ever, not counting some really obscure examples. He can riff with the best, and his solo’s are hair raisingly good. The passion in their music is always incredible, they have an amazing sense of melody, and the lyrics are arguably the best of any band, ever. Honestly, Nicky Wire (the bassist, whose towel I have from a gig here) is a wizard with words, and Richey James Edwards was bloody good before he disappeared.
Honestly, for pure RAWK, you can’t do better than these boys. The political side is always nice, too. They’re my dad’s favourite band, and now one of my own.
Also, great live band.
4. The Dandy Warhols: Psychedelia, Rock, and Sweet, simple tunes.
The Dandy Warhol method of Music Making
1. Get High
2. Enter Studio
3. Get Higher
4. Hit Record, Record some chilled-out rock tracks that are amazing
5. Get even higher
6. Write 16 minute long groovy, psychedelic journey.
7. Get higher
8. Record some really weird stuff, tack it onto end of album.
9.Get higher.
10. Wonder why record company won’t publish it.
They’re the best band to chill out to. They’re a whole lot of fun, even if sometimes they tend to drag things out a bit.
Also, great live band (when they’re not too stoned.
5. Midnight Oil. A band I greatly regret not having the chance to see live. Such an energetic band, and IMO the best Australian band (until I get mine going, anyway). The Exxon stunt was amazing, and I want to do something like that myself one day. A huge, bald, towering skeleton man who couldn’t dance to save his life (instead, he danced like a stick insect) as a frontman, with vocals reflecting the harshness of the Australian landscape. Impeccable guitar work, great musicianship all around. Brilliant songs, brilliant politics. Shame to see what Pete’s become, but oh well.
Probably the best live band Australia ever produced, but I never got to see them
6. Amon Amarth: Viking Melodic Death metal: What’s not to love? Honestly, these guys are so much fun live. One of my favourite gigs, for sure.
Great live band.
7. Rammstein: You have a *****, I have a ****-a.
It’s Rammstein, what’s not to love?
Also, great live band.
Yeah, I think that’ll do for now. I’ve got a last.fm though: http://www.last.fm/user/Common_Name
1. Queens of the Stone Age: Mr. Homme's guitar work and writing are sublime, and his tone is ALWAYS impeccable, and always piques my interest. The drumming is great, the bass is great, the songs are sexy, sweaty, dirty rock, and I like that. They grind, and move, and yeah. Plus, Homme is ginger. A lot of my playing is kinda reminiscent of them of late, because of the influence. They do spooky so well, too, a great use of Homme's disconnected, floating vocals.
Also, great live band.
2. Muse: As Roan said, it's Muse. Okay, their last album wasn't amazing (had a fair few good tracks on it), and the live experience has suffered now that the crowd is full of women with kids and teenage girls who only know one or two songs, instead of thousands of passionate fans who can sing the guitar lines and know EVERY song. Even when they pull out a Japan-exclusive track for the first time in a few years. That was my first gig, and it was MINDBLOWING. Basically, Matt Bellamy inspired me to learn guitar, and is a huge influence on my style (though I'm not as creative or skilled). The distortion and tone is amazing, their songs, Bellamy's vocals.... They were my favourite band for years for a reason, and they're the first band I truly loved, the reason I got into music as a whole. Pretty much, they changed my life hugely.
The last gig I went to being a bit off, Muse were great, but the crowd sucked bottoms. Seriously, I went mad jumping during Bliss (my favourite song, which I'd never seen live), and some guy stared at me like "WTF". I jumped harder into his shoulder... There were CHILDREN in the area where there should have been MOSHING. GET YOUR CHILDREN OUT OF MY SHOES.
Because of that, and the fact I'm kinda tired of the music for now, they've slipped.
Still, great live band.
3. The Manic Street Preachers: Three Very Angry Welshmen make Music, Insult other musicians, or anyone who raises their ire. Most of this insulting is done by the 6 foot tall, cross dressing, stationary and housework loving (and married) bassist. The other two are pygmies and cousins. James Dean Bradfield is probably the most underrated guitarist ever, not counting some really obscure examples. He can riff with the best, and his solo’s are hair raisingly good. The passion in their music is always incredible, they have an amazing sense of melody, and the lyrics are arguably the best of any band, ever. Honestly, Nicky Wire (the bassist, whose towel I have from a gig here) is a wizard with words, and Richey James Edwards was bloody good before he disappeared.
Honestly, for pure RAWK, you can’t do better than these boys. The political side is always nice, too. They’re my dad’s favourite band, and now one of my own.
Also, great live band.
4. The Dandy Warhols: Psychedelia, Rock, and Sweet, simple tunes.
The Dandy Warhol method of Music Making
1. Get High
2. Enter Studio
3. Get Higher
4. Hit Record, Record some chilled-out rock tracks that are amazing
5. Get even higher
6. Write 16 minute long groovy, psychedelic journey.
7. Get higher
8. Record some really weird stuff, tack it onto end of album.
9.Get higher.
10. Wonder why record company won’t publish it.
They’re the best band to chill out to. They’re a whole lot of fun, even if sometimes they tend to drag things out a bit.
Also, great live band (when they’re not too stoned.
5. Midnight Oil. A band I greatly regret not having the chance to see live. Such an energetic band, and IMO the best Australian band (until I get mine going, anyway). The Exxon stunt was amazing, and I want to do something like that myself one day. A huge, bald, towering skeleton man who couldn’t dance to save his life (instead, he danced like a stick insect) as a frontman, with vocals reflecting the harshness of the Australian landscape. Impeccable guitar work, great musicianship all around. Brilliant songs, brilliant politics. Shame to see what Pete’s become, but oh well.
Probably the best live band Australia ever produced, but I never got to see them
6. Amon Amarth: Viking Melodic Death metal: What’s not to love? Honestly, these guys are so much fun live. One of my favourite gigs, for sure.
Great live band.
7. Rammstein: You have a *****, I have a ****-a.
It’s Rammstein, what’s not to love?
Also, great live band.
Yeah, I think that’ll do for now. I’ve got a last.fm though: http://www.last.fm/user/Common_Name
Jun. 21, 2011 8:06 PM
Jun. 21, 2011 8:18 PM
^^ Well I can't exactly compare with that but...
I literally love Avenged Sevenfold. Like, it's all I've listened to for the last 2 months :L
Synyster Gates is easily comparible with Slash, and the guitarmonies they put in their songs are beast as well >
M.Shadows has a sick voice (though not as good as The Rev's imo, just a lot stronger though ), and obviously the Rev is the only drummer worth mentioning
Their last 3 individual albums are great (City of Evil, Avenged Sevenfold, Nightmare), bought all of them, as well as them doing a COD: Black Ops exclusive song: Not Ready to Die, which is amazing too + the solo.
Favourite song of theirs is probably Critical Acclaim, due to the Rev's vocals, followed by Afterlife and Save Me and God Hates Us. I'm an evil child, hehe (not the name of a song btw).
I like Pendulum, still think they're beasts, so s'all good. Immersion (last album) had a few good songs, but In Silico was all out stunning. I like Granite, Propane Nightmares and The Island Part I- Dawn.
Others include: Radiohead, Guns n' Roses, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Oasis, Blur, Pulp, Muse...
I literally love Avenged Sevenfold. Like, it's all I've listened to for the last 2 months :L
Synyster Gates is easily comparible with Slash, and the guitarmonies they put in their songs are beast as well >
M.Shadows has a sick voice (though not as good as The Rev's imo, just a lot stronger though ), and obviously the Rev is the only drummer worth mentioning
Their last 3 individual albums are great (City of Evil, Avenged Sevenfold, Nightmare), bought all of them, as well as them doing a COD: Black Ops exclusive song: Not Ready to Die, which is amazing too + the solo.
Favourite song of theirs is probably Critical Acclaim, due to the Rev's vocals, followed by Afterlife and Save Me and God Hates Us. I'm an evil child, hehe (not the name of a song btw).
I like Pendulum, still think they're beasts, so s'all good. Immersion (last album) had a few good songs, but In Silico was all out stunning. I like Granite, Propane Nightmares and The Island Part I- Dawn.
Others include: Radiohead, Guns n' Roses, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Oasis, Blur, Pulp, Muse...
Jun. 21, 2011 8:23 PM
Gotta be honest man, being comparable to Slash isn't really all it's made out to be, though it's probably fair enough to say he is, Slash is overrated. He's great, but there are better players, both technically, and especially feel-wise. As a guitarist, I tend to pay more attention to feel. I don't really know if Synyster is up to par with him there, but I don't listen to enough A7X to say either way. Seen Slash live though, he's okay, but meh, there are far more impressive guitarists out that.
BTW, all rage it'll cause aside, losing the Rev and getting the greatest drummer in the world (technique-wise), isn't too bad tbh. I mean, yeah, he was a huge part of the band, but still, Mike bloody Portnoy is pretty much able to do anything that is possible (and plenty of things that shouldn't be possible) with a drum set.
Actually, I saw this Aboriginal guitarist on TV the other week, on an indigenous channel. He was as good as Satriani, Vai, Petrucci, anyone. And man, could he rock. All the other bands were playing reggae or rap, he played every style under the sun, and was also amazing on bass and keyboards. Couldn't sing to save his life, but yeah, he was an amazing musician, and I can't find out who he is...
I'd best not get into music I hate here, I'm a harsh critic, and I either love stuff or hate it, usually. It'd start a flamewar... But being the kind of guy I am about music, it's hard to avoid.
So yeah, try not to take offence at what I say, it's all just opinionated sludge anyway.
BTW, all rage it'll cause aside, losing the Rev and getting the greatest drummer in the world (technique-wise), isn't too bad tbh. I mean, yeah, he was a huge part of the band, but still, Mike bloody Portnoy is pretty much able to do anything that is possible (and plenty of things that shouldn't be possible) with a drum set.
Actually, I saw this Aboriginal guitarist on TV the other week, on an indigenous channel. He was as good as Satriani, Vai, Petrucci, anyone. And man, could he rock. All the other bands were playing reggae or rap, he played every style under the sun, and was also amazing on bass and keyboards. Couldn't sing to save his life, but yeah, he was an amazing musician, and I can't find out who he is...
I'd best not get into music I hate here, I'm a harsh critic, and I either love stuff or hate it, usually. It'd start a flamewar... But being the kind of guy I am about music, it's hard to avoid.
So yeah, try not to take offence at what I say, it's all just opinionated sludge anyway.
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