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Community => Watto's Junk Yard => Topic started by: JesseVader08 on October 19, 2005, 04:30 AM
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I'm pretty flexible when it comes to listening to music, but my favourite is definitely hard rock. I seem to be getting tired of my current faves and am interested in what you guys like.
Simply put - what are some lesser known bands that you recommend trying out?
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Jesse, im with you. Hard Rock is the only place to actually still hear guitar solos. Something that became extinct with the intro of Grundge in the late 80's early 90's. That is probably my biggest disappointment nowadays. Where are all the great new guitarists of our age ??? As for new bands. I listen to alot of stuff and have not found any group in the last 10-15 years that shows any promise. Godsmack is the only band that comes to mind that I really enjoy. Along with alot of older bands such as Maiden which alot of people dont realize are still around and pumping out albums. Zakk Wylde, Audioslave and Velvet Revolver come to mind but they are all pretty well known. You may want to check out a band called Avenged Sevenfold. I havent bought the album yet but what I have heard sounds promising.
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I guess it depends on your definition "hard rock". I listen to a lot of stuff that is pretty heavy and abrasive, but wouldn't necessarily be considered hard rock.
What kind of stuff are you listening to now?
John
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Agree with the others that "hard rock" is a vague category, but I'll give it a go anyway.
First if you haven't already, check out Velvet Revolver. They have one album ("Contraband") and it's not the greatest record you ever heard, but it's a pretty decent straight-ahead rock and roll album.
Second, check out L.A. Guns' first record ("L.A. Guns"). It's very raw and not like their later, more "hair band-ish" records. Like AC/DC, all the songs on the record sound the same, but it works because it happens to be one great ******' song.
As for something truly "lesser known," check out the first album by Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction ("Tattooed Beat Messiah"). These guys were moderately successful in the UK for about 2 weeks in the 80s before dropping off the face of the earth, but this record really rocks.
Finally, and this is really hard to admit, but I absolutely love the debut albums of both Faster Pussycat and the Bulletboys. In both cases, you have to get past the hair spray and the lipstick, but if you can do that they're both great, extremely simple, three-chord rock and roll parties.
I'll let you know if you think of any more. Do tell what you're currently listening to that you're getting sick of. If you like AC/DC, Guns N Roses or any 1980s pop "metal" (using that word very loosely), I think you would like all of the above.
:)
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I think I chose the vague term "hard rock" so as not to limit people's recommendations. I enjoy a wide variety of stuff from AC/DC to Linkin Park, so I try to keep an open mind when it comes to new stuff.
There's already some great ideas being listed, it's great to see what others have "discovered".
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OK, here’s some heavy, rock-oriented stuff I like:
A Perfect Circle
Alice in Chains
Anthrax
Audioslave (some of the first disc anyway)
Danzig
Dillinger Escape Plan
Disturbed
Dog Fashion Disco
Down
Earshot (first disc only)
Failure
Faith No More
Fantomas
Foxy Shazam!
Godsmack
Helmet
Hum
Iron Maiden
Megadeth
Metallica
Ministry
Molly McGuire
Mr. Bungle
Mudvayne
Orange 9mm
Pantera
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Soundgarden
System of a Down
Tomahawk
Tool
Tub Ring (particularly “Drake Equation”)
Year of the Rabbit
This is just a start – just a few off the top of my head. I listen to a lot of stuff that’s heavy-ish that I might add later. Depending on how bizarre you like your music, take caution with Dillinger, Sleepytime, and Foxy Shazam. ;)
John
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John, being that you and I are of like mind in our love of prog rock, I'd like to turn you onto Porcupine Tree. They are very heavy in tone and sound, but are considered to be on the fring of prog. I went to a show on a recommendation having never heard a note and was blown away.
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Porcupine Tree rock. Stephen Wilson is a genius, pure and simple. I've seen these guys quite a few times, and they never disappoint. Check out the newest album (Deadwing) if you want to be blown away. He also produces records for another band - Opeth. A little more on the "metal" side, but awesome none the less.
My musical taste is all over the map. For some good "hard rock" check out some bands like Our Lady Peace (they are from Canada, so you may know them already), 30 Seconds to Mars, Coheed and Cambria, A Perfect Circle.... I could go on and on.
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Thanks fellas. :) I just downloaded an album from each of those two bands, and hope to listen to them tomorrow. I'm in a "must have new music" mode myself, so I'm trying to pick up as much new stuff as I can.
I had my MP3 library stuck onto some data CDs for listening in my car, since I have a CD player that will read them. I could stick 120-ish songs on each CD, so I could stick in a CD, put it on random, and not take it out for a week. Well, my daughter conveniently spilled a bottle of chocolate milk all over the lot. I was going to make some more, but thought I'd add some songs first. Right now I'm sitting at 2746 songs (plus whatever I take off of the CDs I've just bought and downloaded), and don't plan on making the new compilation CDs until I hit 3000 tunes. Won't be long at the rate I'm going. ;)
John
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I've been really digging Muse lately, I call them a mix betwixt Radiohead and Queen
Not sure if I'd consider them to be Hard Rock though...but I wanted to add something
Audioslave and Velvet Revolver would be my other suggestions
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Some great stuff in here!
One band I stumbled across is Lucid Blue. Great stuff.
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I've been really digging Muse lately, I call them a mix betwixt Radiohead and Queen
It's hard to get me onto a new band sometimes, but this is just the right ingredients to make me want to listen. Thanks.
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The first one is probably the only one here that's true Hard Rock, but I wanted to contribute so I'm just tossing this stuff out there....
--The Darkness -- has been described as "the gay AC/DC or the straight Queen". You're perhaps familiar with them already.
--George Thorogood & The Destroyers -- best known for "Bad to the Bone" and "Who Do You Love?". Blues-rock, heavily influenced by Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, John Lee Hooker, etc.
--Jethro Tull -- OK, not so lesser known, but everybody seems to have forgotten about them since the '70s. Blend of hard(ish) rock and pretentious English prog/folk rock. Good ****! 8)
--Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble -- mostly blues-rock and straight-up blues, but still rocks. One of my Top Five fave guitarists.
--Robert Randolph and the Family Band -- hard to categorize. Live/jam band. Their lead singer and guitarist plays pedal steel and I like to describe his playing style as a cross between Duane Allman (of the Allman Brothers) and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
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Not a hard rock band, but definately rock... My Morning Jacket - get their It Still Moves album, or at least download 'One Big Holiday' or 'Run Thru' to know what I'm talking about.
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Funny, I was just going to make a thread like this. Thanks for all the suggestions, they're great!
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Hammerfall, Stratovarius, Iced Earth, Blind Guardian, Dream Theater, West World.
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Dream Theater- get the Images and Words album. Now.
Pearl Jam- I've heard some bootlegs of stuff that's supposed to be on their next album, and it has a distinct flavor to it that I gamble people will either love or hate, as it is with most of Pearl Jam's music.
Iron Maiden- Powerslave, Somewhere in Time, and Seventh Son are some of my favorite albums of all time. They're a little cheesy, but they revel in it. Who else would write a song about Alexander the Great?
Kiss- This was the first band I really liked, and I can't recommend them enough. Good solid rock tunes, if you like songs about screwing and partying.
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quartz striata -it's a good chance of finding a geode
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JesseVader08,
What is "Hard Rock"? Is it diet metal or metal or progressive rock.
I am an old school, thrash/death metal listener and can't really decipher what you mean. Why don't you list some bands you consider hard rock and I'll go from there.
I would say that these 2 bands are clutch, straight-forward bands that definitely rock. The first is pretty obvious, the second a bit more obscure...
QOTSA - Queens of the Stone Age- any and all. Epic stuff.
Fu Man Chu - any and all. They just plain rock.
I also like the later cds by Faith No More. Also epic.
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What is "Hard Rock"? Is it diet metal or metal or progressive rock.
I'd say it's all of those. I try not to narrow down my categories of music too much so I can find out about other bands that I may not have otherwise tried.
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Dream Theater- get the Images and Words album. Now.
I&W is actually a lesser favorite Dream Theater album for me. I think a lot of it has to do with Portnoy's drums though...that sampled snare drum just *sucks*. So many hits that should have been ghost notes but ended up with the same dynamics as a solid hit. Bad bad bad decision on the producer's part. I think my favorites are Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (particularly the 1st disc) and the song "Change of Seasons".
So how's the search going? Are any of these suggestions providing some new favorites?
John
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So how's the search going? Are any of these suggestions providing some new favorites?
John
I've found a few that have really impressed me. I'd previously heard of Dream Theater, but never knew what it was like - but I definitely like what I've heard.
I picked up the newest Audioslave CD, Out of Exile, and am really enjoying it.
On a very different note, does anyone listen to Linkin Park? They seem to have the right blend of guitars and bass beats that gets me going. I don't even know what you'd categorize them as - I don't normally like rap, but there's even that too.
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If you want some anger music, try Hatebreed or Full Blown Chaos.
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Okay. Got it now.
I personally am not a big Linkin Park fan...
These are the more obscure bands I like - some of them are no longer making music unfortunately... Most are on the heavy side.
Atrophy - any (if you can find them)
Carcass - Heartwork, Swan Song - and the ultra-heavy Discanting the Insilubrious
Coronor - Grin
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
Death - RIP Chuck Schuldiner - any
Defiance - Any - Beyond Recognition especially
Entombed - any
Exodus - Another Lesson in Violence - live
Faith No More - Album of the Year
Flotsam & Jetsam - Any
Forbidden - Any
Forced Entry - Any
Intruder - Psycho Savant
Kreator
Lamb of God!!! (Burn the Priest)
Machine Head - The More Things Change... and their latest one
Obituary - any and all!!!
Overkill - The Years of Decay
Possessed - Any - former band of Primus guitarist Larry Lelonde
Primus
Sepultura - Any with Max - ROOTS!!!
Slayer...
Soundgarden (obviously Superunknown)
Suicidal Tendencies
Testament - Any
Vio-Lence - Any
Xentrix - Any
I'm sure I left some out, but they were more obvious choices. Hope you can enjoy something here...
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Don't get mad at me, but I hate Linkin Park. :) When they first came out I thought they were Ok, decent enough to get their first album. Then while listening to it I realized they were the single most predictable band on the planet. I even bought their second album because I'd heard it was better, only to find it further backed up my opinion. Their arrangements were virtually the same from one song to the next, which only minor variations in a few cases. Considering my love for songs complex and unpredictable, that didn't settle well with me. ;)
John
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On a very different note, does anyone listen to Linkin Park? They seem to have the right blend of guitars and bass beats that gets me going. I don't even know what you'd categorize them as - I don't normally like rap, but there's even that too.
My favorite band. :-*
What would you like to know?
Kevin
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On a very different note, does anyone listen to Linkin Park?
My favorite band. :-*
What would you like to know?
Do you know of anyone similar in style to them? Some days I like their "newer" sound.
Don't get mad at me, but I hate Linkin Park. :)
John
Hey, no worries, everyone's entitled to their opinion. Other days, I like the "truer" rock sound that I've enjoyed with Audioslave. It all depends on the mood I'm in, I suppose.
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Similar, no.
But, Mike Shinoda, the groups rapper and keyboardist has an Album coming out called The Rising Tied. I'm on the Street Team (promoting), so I have tons of demo material. I can send you a demo disc if you'd like. It might be up your alley, it might not.
Also, Chester Bennington (the lead singer, the one who screams) has a Solo album coming out before Linkin Park comes out with a new album. I've got no info on this album, just that it's starting to come together. Hopefully I'll make myself a member of this street team too.
My favorite Linkin Park CD happens to have come with a DVD. It's Linkin Park Live in Texas. It's absolutley phenominal.
Kevin
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I forgot to mention a good one - Laundry. Tim "Herb" Alexander plays drums for them. As far as I know they have two albums out, "Blacktongue" and "Motivator". Dark and moody stuff, not incredibly heavy and very good.
John
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John, being that you and I are of like mind in our love of prog rock, I'd like to turn you onto Porcupine Tree. They are very heavy in tone and sound, but are considered to be on the fring of prog. I went to a show on a recommendation having never heard a note and was blown away.
Can you guys recommend a good place to download some of their stuff? I'm having a hard time finding anyone that has any. I tried yahoo music and download.com. :-\
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I found Porcupine Tree at emusic.com. It's not the greatest download site by any stretch of the imagination, but you can find some obscure stuff there. You get 40 songs free for signing up.
Speaking of Porcupine Tree, I'm finally getting a chance to listen to the CD I downloaded (Signify). Pretty good from what I've heard! :)
John
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I recently came across the most amazing website - Pandora.com (http://pandora.com/).
It uses similarities between music styles from the "music genome project" to create personalized music stations. The best part is they've introduced me to some great bands I'd never heard of before, like Pillar and Ill Nino. I'm sure many more are to come. 8)
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If you like those bands Jesse you may like Deftones. They are my all time favourite band.