Unoriginality Exposed: Favorite Bands/Artists

Vlad86 · Post by **Vlad86** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 7:27 pm

I know what you mean about small bands becoming big and everyone only acknowledges what is popular and yeah, too bad to those that don't delve deeper into their favorite artists.

For me, when I find a band that I really like, I go and get all their albums. For two of my favorite bands System of a Down, and Orgy, I came across these bands when their second albums had just come out. I liked them so much that I tracked down the first albums and was glad I did. Some bands have a greater creative spark when they are trying to be noticed, so their eariler work is sometimes better.

Also, you should just get the music that you like. It bugs me when people get obscure bands just to show off they have bands that nobody knows about.

Furthermore, many bands are starting out in high school so only the locals would know about them. So there are always new bands. Have you ever heard of a band called Thickwit?

One last note, does anybody else out there like Orgy?
For some reason I feel like I'm the only one (besides...Yuppa? I think it was..) who likes Orgy.

Jace Tsunami · Post by **Jace Tsunami** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 7:31 pm

I look into bands as soon as I hear about them, and since I work in the media (dear god no, NOT MTV and such) I hear about bands as soon as they are.

I download a couple of the bands song soff their MP# site, determine if they're good enough to go see live or not, see them live, buy their EP when it comes out, and then wait eagerly for their first full length album.

I'm really into Story of The Year right now. They are so amazing, their full length comes out September 16th and I can't wait.

RobLoge85 · Post by **RobLoge85** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 7:37 pm

I hear about bands by just reading on message boards like this and from friends and stuff and then I get curious about them so I decide to listen to a few songs by each band which I download from Kazaa and if I like the songs I hear by any band that I just recently heard about, I'll then take sometime and do some research on them.

Story of the Year kicks ass by the way Jace: just felt like adding that.

RobLoge85 · Post by **RobLoge85** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 7:45 pm

Forgot to add this in last post: I've been listening to some bands like Opeth, Lacuna Coil, In Flames, Poison The Well, Yellowcard, Story of the Year, Arch Enemy, Gob, The Lawrence Arms and all of them seem quite good so far(well... to me anyway.)

Yeah I know theres some metal bands, hardcore and punk bands in their but I'm pretty open-minded towards music and I'm not all that picky.

Jace Tsunami · Post by **Jace Tsunami** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 11:30 pm

Well, here's a band for you.

Fall Out Boy

This band doesn't get a lot of promotion, all they have is word of mouth, and it does them justice. Juust got back from a show of theirs and not only was it full on a night that it should have been dead, but they kicked some major ass.

I recomend the song "Saturday" to start off with.

shadow-the-hedgehog · Post by **shadow-the-hedgehog** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 12:03 pm

I hate to interupt this pointless bickering with muh list:

Catch 22,
Forces of Evil,
Less than Jake,
Two Seconds Left,
Lucky Boys Confusion,
Allister,
AFI (Pre 'Sing the Sorrow'),
Hikaru Utada,
Hippos, The,
Cheapskates, The,
Real Big Fish,
MxPx,
NoFX,
Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution,
Streetlight Manifesto,
New Found Glory,
Girlband,
Powerman 5000,
Brodie,
System of a Down,
Crooked,
Blink182,
Ataris, The (Old Stuff),
Madd Caddies,
Dropkick Murphys,
Tsunami Bomb,
Third Eye Blind,
Letter Kills.

I think thats it...

ithauqa wrote:Still, it's good to explore new genres every once and awhile, especially when they overlap.

Isn't this completely pointless. Its like saying I like to listen to country only when the artist does it kinda pop-y. I do like a variety of music, eg: Punk, Ska, Techno, Dance, Industrial Metal, Jazz, JRock and Jpop, and Orchestral Scores.

MrScribble · Post by **MrScribble** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 12:22 pm

Lady Dana
DJ Tom Harding
DJ Clive King
Technoboy
Showtek
Scooter
Within Temptation
Nightwish
Rammstein
KMFDM
Eminem
The Postmen

Weird list, I know, but those are just bands/artists/DJ's I write from the top of my head. There's many more I like. I have a broad taste in music.

MetalWolf · Post by **MetalWolf** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 1:41 pm

My favorites are

AC/DC
Iced Earth
Blind Guardian
Demons & Wizards (pretty much Iced Earth/Blind Guardian together)
Judas Priest (Both Halford and Ripper era, I like either one)
Metallica
Megadeth
Motorhead
Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band
Nightwish
Black Label Society
Alice Cooper
Rollins Band
Black Flag
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Anthrax
Halford/Fight! (Rob Halford's solo band)
Queensryche
Sepultura (I know many will not like it but I like the Kisser era more than the Max's time with Sepultura)
The Union Underground

I have more but these are the main ones.

Jace Tsunami · Post by **Jace Tsunami** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 1:47 pm

shadow-the-hedgehog wrote:I hate to interupt this pointless bickering with muh list:

Catch 22,
Forces of Evil,
Less than Jake,
Two Seconds Left,
Lucky Boys Confusion,
Allister,
AFI (Pre 'Sing the Sorrow'),
Hikaru Utada,
Hippos, The,
Cheapskates, The,
Real Big Fish,
MxPx,
NoFX,
Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution,
Streetlight Manifesto,
New Found Glory,
Girlband,
Powerman 5000,
Brodie,
System of a Down,
Crooked,
Blink182,
Ataris, The (Old Stuff),
Madd Caddies,
Dropkick Murphys,
Tsunami Bomb,
Third Eye Blind,
Letter Kills.

I think thats it...

ithauqa wrote:Still, it's good to explore new genres every once and awhile, especially when they overlap.

Isn't this completely pointless. Its like saying I like to listen to country only when the artist does it kinda pop-y. I do like a variety of music, eg: Punk, Ska, Techno, Dance, Industrial Metal, Jazz, JRock and Jpop, and Orchestral Scores.

If you like The ataris and Less Than Jake you DEFINETLY need to check out, Fall Out Boy.

shadow-the-hedgehog · Post by **shadow-the-hedgehog** » Thu Aug 28, 2003 12:02 am

I did check them out. And yes they are good. Damnit I forgot to mention:

Suspect 7,
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra,
Apollo Four Fourty,
Bush (Razorblade Suitcase),
Naoki (from DDR),
Daft Punk,
Count the Stars,
I Voted for Kodos,
Lagwagon,
Liveonrelease,
Mustard Plug,
Skankin' Pickle,
Steven Lynch,
Pillows, The,
Offspring, The