Favourite Artists/Bands?

Kevmaster · Post by **Kevmaster** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:33 am

Well, I haven't found a Thread like this, so I just went ahead and made one

I have 3 favourite bands. They're all Progressive Bands, however they all stuck out in that Genre:

1. Tool

Genre: Progressive Metal/Alternative Metal
Years active: 1990–present
Origin: Los Angeles, California, United States

Current Members:

Maynard James Keenan - Vocals
Justin Chancellor - Bass
Danny Carey - Drums
Adam Jones - Guitar

Albums:

1992 - Opiate EP
1993 - Undertow
1996 - Ænima
2000 - Salival
2001 - Lateralus
2006 - 10,000 Days (Favourite!)

Tool is a very alternative Band and their Music is just not comparable to anything else. They impress to an unreachable maximum, both lyrically and musical. Their Album "10,000 Days" is for me the most amazing piece of art that ever existed.

- Do I massively exaggerate?
- No, I'm not.

2. The Mars Volta

Genre: Progressive/Psychedelic/Experimental Rock
Years active: 2001–present
Origin: Long Beach, California, United States

Current Members:

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez – guitar, production (2001–present)
Cedric Bixler-Zavala – lyrics, vocals (2001–present)

Isaiah Ikey Owens – keyboards (2001–present)
Juan Alderete – electric bass (2003–present)
Thomas Pridgen – drums (2007–present)
Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez – percussion, synthesizers (2003–present)
Adrián Terrazas-González – flute, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, and additional wind and percussion instruments (2004 in studio, 2005-present in show)
Paul Hinojos – guitar, sound manipulation (on stage 2003–2004, joined officially 2005–present)
John Frusciante - guitar (2002-present in studio)

Albums:

2002 - Tremulant EP
2003 - De-Loused in the Comatorium
2003 - Live EP
2005 - Frances the Mute (Favourite!)
2005 - Scabdates
2006 - Amputechture
2008 - The Bedlam in Goliath

The Mars Volta are absolutely crazy Bastards. Listening to their Music is just like being on drugs, it will get you high

3. Opeth

Genre: Progressive Death Metal
Years active: 1990–present
Origin: Stockholm, Sweden

Current Members:

- Mikael Åkerfeldt - lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitars
- Fredrik Åkesson - rhythm and lead guitars (2007–present)
- Martin Mendez - bass (1997–present)
- Martin "Axe" Axenrot - drums, percussion (2006–present)
- Per Wiberg - keyboards, backing vocals (2005–present)

Albums:

1995 - Orchid
1996 - Morningrise
1998 - My Arms, Your Hearse
1999 - Still Life (Favourite!)
2001 - Blackwater Park
2002 - Deliverance
2003 - Damnation
2003 - Lamentations
2005 - Ghost Reveries
2007 - The Roundhouse Tapes
2008 - Watershed

Opeth are a Progressive Death Metal Band and their Album "Still Life" is probably the coolest Progressive Concept Album ever. Their Music switches from dark and evil Death Metal with Growling Vocals to melodic and Moody Rock: Just beautiful.

Now...who are yours?

Reevothemusefan · Post by **Reevothemusefan** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:33 am

Good idea mate, The Mars Volta are teh sex.

I might as well use the same display format:

1. Muse

Genre: Alternative rock, Progressive rock
Years active: 1994–present
Origin: Teignmouth, Devon, United Kingdom

Members:
Matthew Bellamy
Christopher Wolstenholme
Dominic Howard

Albums:
1999: Showbiz
2001: Origin of Symmetry (Favourite)
2002: Hullabaloo Soundtrack
2003: Absolution
2006: Black Holes & Revelations

Muse have been my favourite band since 2002 and everything they have done,i've always loved them to hardcore songs like Dead Star and Stockholm Syndrome to the melodic sounds of Bliss and Unintended.

2. Hope of the states

Genre: Indie rock
Years active: 2000 - 2006
Origin: Chichester, United Kingdom

Members:
Sam Herlihy
Michael Hibbert
Simon Jones
Michael Siddell
Anthony Theaker
Paul Wilson

Albums:
The Lost Riots (Favourite)
Left

I wasn't a fan of the band until i picked up a copy of Left and I was very impressed, then I picked up The Lost Riots album which is a work of genius, they might be the darkest band in my collection but the amount goosebumps I get when I listen to them is incredible, R.I.P Hope of the states.

3. Interpol

Genre: Alternative rock, Indie rock, Post-punk revival
Years active: 1997–present
Origin: New York, New York, USA

Members:
Paul Banks
Daniel Kessler
Carlos Dengler
Sam Fogarino

Albums:
Turn on the Bright Lights (Favourite)
Antics
Our Love to Admire

Not only do I think Interpol are one of the coolest bands at the moment but the amount of great songs they seem to pump out are awesome, plus with PDA on Rock band 2 and Obstacle 1 on Guitar hero, I'll be playing them for hours.

NS · Post by NS » Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:07 pm

Volta is indeed the pwnage.

Here's mine:

1. Streetlight Manifesto

Genre: Ska punk (Third wave ska)

This is hands down my favorite band, they are the band that REALLY got me into music and they just kick major ass. I love all of their music. Their singer/guitarist is a very talented singer and can play the guitar very well, they have probably the best horn section i've ever heard and their drummer is phenominal.

Albums:
Keasby Nights
Everything Goes Numb
Somewhere in the Between

2. Against Me!

Genre: Punk, Anarcho Punk, Folk punk.

This is Hands down my second favorite band, I have gotten into them only recently, but they are amazing. Their older stuff (like first album and before) is just simply amazing punk / Anarcho punk, recently they have kinda sold out and strayed from their roots, and their lyrics talk about how mad they are that they've strayed away, but some of the recent songs are still good. The singer has a GREAT voice and the music is just great.

3.

There are far to many bands after those two that I like. There are about 15-30 bands that I like about the same that would be in 3rd place.

str1ngheese · Post by **str1ngheese** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:09 pm

I'll bite.....

1. Meshuggah

Genre: The level of experimentation, stylistic variations, and progress during Meshuggah's career have caused music journalists to categorize Meshuggah under several musical genres. In general, Meshuggah have been labeled as (often a combination of) thrash metal, death metal, avant-garde metal, experimental metal, extreme metal, math metal, progressive metal, post-thrash metal, alternative metal, grindcore, or even terms like tech-thrash or hi-tech metal.)

Years Active: 1987-present
Origin: Umeå, Sweden

Current Members:

Jens Kidman (Vocals)
Fredrik Thordendal (Lead Guitar)
Mårten Hagström (Rhythm Guitar)
Tomas Haake (Drums)
Dick Lövgren (Bass)

Discography:

1989: Psykik Testbild (EP)
1991: Contradictions Collapse (LP)
1994: None (EP)
1995: Selfcaged (EP)
1995: Destroy, Erase, Improve (LP)
1997: The True Human Design (EP)
1998: Chaosphere (LP)
2001: Rare Trax (Compilation)
2002: Nothing (LP)
2004: I (EP) [font color=red]FAVORITE[/font]
2005: Catch 33 (LP)
2008: ObZen (LP)

Trademarks and characteristics that define Meshuggah's sound include complex, extraordinary technical metal with mathematical songwriting, odd riff cycles, neo-jazz chromatics, usage of polyrhythmic structure, rapid key and tempo changes complex "rotating" time signatures and rhythmic syncopation. The music's complexity combined with aggression makes some critics call the music cacophonous; the polyrhythms can make the music sound like band members are playing different songs simultaneously. Hagström notes that "it doesn’t really matter if something is hard to play or not. The thing is, what does it do to your mind when you listen to it? Where does it take you?"

2. Isis

Genre: Post-Metal/Atmospheric Sludge
Years Active: 1997-present
Origin: Boston, Massachusetts

Current Members:

Aaron Turner (Vocals/Rhythm Guitar)
Jeff Caxide (Bass)
Michael Gallagher (Lead Guitar)
Aaron Harris (Drums)
Bryant Clifford Meyer (Electronics/Guitar/Vocals)

Discography:

1998: Mosquito Control (EP)
1999: The Red Sea (EP)
1999: Sawblade (EP)
2000: Celestial (LP)
2001: SGNL>05 (EP)
2002: Oceanic (LP)
2004: Panopticon (LP) [font color=red]FAVORITE[/font]
2004: Oceanic: Remixes & Reinterpretations (Collaboration)
2006: In The Absence Of Truth (LP)

There is an overt intention of progressing heavy music present in Isis' output; a desire to further the intellectual cause that pushes them forward. This is evident within the clear progression of their sound from release to release, their influence on heavy music, and their acceptance in art circles where other metal bands are not so readily embraced. Their stated goal is "not to break away from the scene that [they] came from, but to expand upon it". Turner has complained that "metal in general has long been unjustly maligned as solely the province of knuckle-dragging meatheads [...] That said, there's never been a group of musicians like there is now, who are helping to advance the form."

3. Mastodon

Genre: Progressive Metal/Sludge
Years Active: 1999-present
Origin: Atlanta, Georgia

Current Members:

Troy Sanders (Vocals/Bass)
Brann Dailor (Drums)
Brent Hinds (Vocals/Lead Guitar)
Bill Kelliher (Vocals/Rhythm Guitar)

Discography:

2001: Lifesblood (EP)
2002: Remission (LP)
2004: Leviathan (LP)
2006: Call Of The Mastodon (Compilation) [font color=red]FAVORITE[/font]
2006: Blood Mountain (LP)

Mastodon are working with Brendan O'Brien on their next album. While the lyrics have been reported to explore topics relating to Czarist Russia, the band has denied that the album will be about Grigori Rasputin. These rumors started after a drawing by Munk One of Rasputin was featured in merchandise. Besides dismissing the rumors the band has also stated not to expect a new release until next January at the earliest. The band debuted three new tracks at the Bonnaroo Music Festival. The track names are said to be called: Divinations, Ghost of Karillah and Oblivion.

Thankfully, I have seen all of three of these bands live...

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:21 pm

1. King Crimson

Progressive Rock
Years active: 1969-present
UK/US

Current members:
Robert Fripp (guitar, soundscapes)
Adrian Belew (guitar, vocals, percussion)
Tony Levin (bass, stick, backing vocals)
Pat Mastelotto (drums, percussion, samples/loops)
Gavin Harrison (drums, percussion)

Discography
1969 - In the Court of the Crimson King
1970 - In the Wake of Poseidon
1971 - Lizard
1972 - Islands
1973 - Larks' Tongues in Aspic
1974 - Starless and Bible Black (favorite)
1974 - Red
1975 - USA (live) (favorite)
1981 - Discipline
1982 - Beat
1984 - Three of a Perfect Pair
1994 - THRAK
2000 - The ConstruKction of Light
2003 - The Power to Believe (favorite)

King Crimson is huge, as far as musical influences go. The band singlehandedly started the entire progressive/symphonic rock movement in 1969, and with the same album also laid important groundwork for metal. Shockingly, instead of becoming a big tribute band to their first revolutionary album, they've kept pushing - helped by the frequent breakups of the band, in which only Robert Fripp remains an original member. Going into very dark heavy territory in the 72-74 territory, then lighter but extremely intricate sound in the 80s, and then increasing experimentation toward the late 90s which resulted in a number of "ProjeKcts" and then new material for the new millenium, their sound consistently changed and frustrated those who wanted to hear them play old hits.
In my estimate, this band has been a constant 20 years ahead of their time, throughout their 40-year career - it's the audiences that ought to be catching up to them. They are a primary and direct influence to virtually any progressive rock/metal band around today.

I saw KC live in 2003.

2. DDT

Russian Rock
Years active: 1980-present
USSR/Russia

Current members:
Yuri Shevchuk (lyrics, vocals, guitar, percussion)
Igor "Dotsa" Dotsenko (drums)
Pavel Borisov (bass)
Alexei Fedichev (guitar, backing vocals)
Konstantin "Cat" Shumailov (keyboards, samples/loops, backing vocals)
Mikhail "Uncle Misha" Chernov (sax, flute, backing vocals)
Ivan Vasiliev (trombone, clarinet)
Igor Tikhomirov (sound engineering, bass)
"Raduysya" duet (female backing vocals)

Discography
1981 – DDT 1
1982 – Svinya na Raduge [Pig on the Rainbow]
1983 – Kompromiss [Compromise]
1984 – Periferiya [Periphery]
1985 – Vremya [Time]
1988 – Ya Poluchil Etu Rol’ (favorite)
1990 – Ottepel’ [Thaw]
1991 – Plastun
1992 – Aktrisa Vesna [Actress Spring]
1993 – Chernyi Pes Peterburg [Black Dog Petersburg] (live)
1994 – Eto Vse [This Is All]
1996 – Lyubov’ [Love]
1997 – Rozhdennyi v SSSR [Born in the USSR]
1999 – Mir Nomer Nol’ [World Number Zero] (favorite)
2000 – Metel’ Avgusta [Blizzard of August]
2002 – Edinochestvo I [Oneness I]
2003 – Edinochestvo II. Zhivoi. [Oneness II. Alive.]
2003 – Pesni [Songs]
2004 – Gorod bez okon [City without windows] (live)
2005 – Propavshyi bez vesti [Missing without a trace]
2007 – Prekrasnaya Lyubov’ [Beautiful Love] (favorite)

DDT is to Russian rock what Rolling Stones are to Western rock music - not because of similarity in style, but in terms of how much the movement is identified with them.
Many bands like to talk or sing about rebellion, oppression, going up against authority - DDT have had to do this. As puruers of a forbidden style in the Soviet era, they were threatened, searched, arrested, and banned by the KGB. Their songs were always full of wry social humour but at the same time compassion.
They were one of the few bands to survive the euphoria of drugs, alcohol and commercialization which ravaged the Russian rock movement in the early 90s when they were finally let out of the underground.
The band's hallmark and sole constant member, Yuri Shevchuk, is known for his harsh, intense, rasping voice - he sings with the full volume of his lungs; and the no less intense, honest, but humane lyrics about life in Russia, corruption, war, soldiers and workers - a true voice of the people.
Major changes in the band's sound started taking place in 1997 when they were invited by Aerosmith to record at their studio in Massachussetts, where they carefully studied every detail of American sound engineering, eventually building their own studio in Russia; and in 1998 when Yuri Shevchuk brought in experimental keyboardist Konstantin "Cat" Shumailov. With the release of 1999's "World Number Zero", the band took on a very industrial-influenced sound, which alienated some of the older fans but brought in many younger fans. They do come back to a simpler sound, too - including 2003's re-recording of many favorite DDT songs and 2007's project where Yuri finally went to studio with many of his "kitchen songs".

I saw DDT earlier this year in Toronto.

3. Akvarium

Russian Rock
Years active: 1972-present
USSR/Russia

Current members:
Boris "B.G." Grebenschikov (lyrics, vocals, guitar, harmonica)
Boris Rubekin (keyboards)
Oleg "Shar" Shavkunov (drums, percussion)
Igor Timofeev (sax, flute, guitar)
Andrei Surotdinov (violin)
Andrei Svetlov (bass)

Discography
1973 – Iskushenie Svyatogo Akvariuma [The Temptation of Saint Aquarium]
1974 – Menuet Zemledel’tsu [Minuet to a Farmer]
1974 – Pritchi Grafa Diffuzora [Parables of the Great Count Diffusor]
1976 – S Toi Storony Zerkal’nogo Stekla [From That Side of the Mirror’s Glass]
1978 – Vse Bratya-Sestry [All Brothers-Sisters]
1981 – Siniy Al’bom [Blue Album]
1981 – Treugol’nik [Triangle]
1981 – Elektrichestvo [Electricity]
1982 – Akustika [Acoustic] (favorite)
1982 – Tabu [Taboo]
1983 – Radio Africa
1984 – Ihtiologiya [Ichtiology] (favorite)
1984 – Den’ Serebra [Day of Silver]
1985 – Deti Dekabrya [Children of December]
1986 – Desyat’ Strel [Ten Arrows]
1987 – Ravnodenstvie [Solstice]
1989 – Feodalism
1991 – Russkiy Al’bom [Russian Album] (favorite)
1993 – Lyubimye Pesni Ramsesa IV [Favorite Songs of Rameses IV]
1994 – Peski Peterburga [Sands of Petersburg]
1994 – Kostroma Mon Amour
1995 – Navigator
1996 – Snezhnyi Lev [Snow Lion]
1997 – Hyperborea
1996 – Lilith
1999 – Psi (favorite)
2002 – Sestra Khaos [Sister Chaos]
2003 – Pesni Rybaka [Songs of the Fisherman]
2005 – ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM
2006 – Bespechnyi Russkiy Brodyaga [Careless Russian Wanderer]

If DDT is Russia's Rolling Stones, then Akvarium is the Beatles - again, not to say anything about their sound, rather about their iconic status in the movement. Under the leadership of sole constant member B.G., a prolific, truly lyrical and intellectual songwriter (and former engineer), they are a darling of Russia's intelligentsia and widely appreciated for their softer, quirkier sound (compared to, say, the heavy driving DDT).
It's hard to sum up the scope of their music. Much of B.G.'s lyrical work is influenced by Buddhist philosophy.

4. Porcupine Tree

Progressive Rock
Years active: 1987-present
UK

Current members:
Steven Wilson (lyrics, vocals, guitar, keyboards, production)
Richard Barbieri (keyboards)
Colin Edwin (bass)
Gavin Harrison (drums)

Discography
1991 - On the Sunday of Life
1993 - Up the Downstair
1995 - The Sky Moves Sideways
1996 - Signify
1999 - Stupid Dream
2000 - Lightbulb Sun
2002 - In Absentia
2005 - Deadwing (favorite)
2007 - Fear of a Blank Planet

Well, what to say - these guys are one of the most professional, talented and best-produced bands you can find today. Generally probing through gloomy territory, especially in their later work PT edges close to metal - but still retains a melancholy tone. Wilson's genius as a composer, player and producer needs to be appreciated first-hand!

Saw 'em live last year

5. David Sylvian

Avant-garde
Years active: 1984-present (previously member of Japan)
UK/US

Discography
1984 - Brilliant Trees
1985 - Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities
1986 - Gone to Earth
1987 - Secrets of the Beehive
1988 - Plight and Premonition - with Holger Czukay
1989 - Flux and Mutability - with Holger Czukay
1989 - Weatherbox
1991 - Ember Glance : The Permanence Of Memory - with Russell Mills
1991 - Rain Tree Crow - with Steve Jansen, Richard Barbieri, & Mick Karn
1993 - The First Day - with Robert Fripp
1994 - Damage: Live - with Robert Fripp (favorite)
1999 - Dead Bees on a Cake
1999 - Approaching Silence
2000 - Everything and Nothing
2002 - Camphor
2003 - Blemish (favorite)
2005 - The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter - Blemish remixes
2005 - Snow Borne Sorrow by Nine Horses - with Steve Jansen & Burnt Friedman (favorite)
2007 - Money For All by Nine Horses - with Steve Jansen & Burnt Friedman
2007 - When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima

David Sylvian, at his best, is less a singer and more a poet + musical texturist. With a distinct, deep tone of voice and very loose musical arrangement, he goes to a level of subtlety that no pop singer would ever muster.
I am not ashamed to admit that I find David Sylvian's voice ridiculously sexy

6. Delfin

Alternative/Electronic/Rap
Years active: 1996-present (previously member of Malchishnik)
Russia

Discography
1997 – Ne v Fokuse [Out of Focus]
1998 – Glubina Rezkosti [Depth of Sharpness] (favorite)
2000 – Plavniki [Flippers]
2001 – Ya Budu Zhit’ [I’m Gonna Live] (live)
2001 – Tkani [Fabrics]
2004 – Zvezda [Star] (favorite)
2004 – Live 19.11.04
2007 – Yunost’ [Youth] (favorite)

Delfin is an oddity - coming out of a shock-rap outfit initially, he was no stranger to loud yelling and heavy use of repetitive beats and samples... yet a lot of what I can say about him is similar to what I say about David Sylvian above. His music, which has origins on the dance floor, definitely goes places noone else's does. Much of his material has a desperate, romantic lyricism to it - and the music is also extremely rich in texture and subtlety.

7. PilOt

Russian Rock
Years active: 1997-present
Russia

Current members:
Ilya "Chort" Knabenhof (lyrics, vocals, guitar)
Victor Bastrakov (guitar)
Stas Markov (bass)
Nikolai Lysov (drums)
Andrei Kazachenko (keyboards, samples)

Discography
1997 - Voina [War]
1998 - Zhivoi Koncerrrt [Live Concerrrt]
1999 - Koncert v Sankt-Peterburge [Concert in St. Petersburg]
2001 - Skazka o Prygune i Skolzyaschem [Tale of the Jumper and the Slider]
2002 - Nashe Nebo [Our Sky] (favorite)
2002 - Dzhokonda [Gioconda] (favorite)
2003 - Vremena Goda [Seasons]
2004 - Ryba, Krot i Svinya [Fish, Mole and Pig]
2006 - Ch/B [B/W] (favorite)
2007 - 10 Let, Polet Normal'nyi [10 Years, Flight Normal]
2008 - 1+1=1 (not yet released)

Arising on the ashes of the old Russian rock scene came a new one in the early 1990s. Originally named Military Jane and singing exclusively in Engrish, Pilot were an underground grunge band who had fun and didn't give a damn, until the late 1990s when Yuri Shevchuk (of DDT) invited them to play at a major rock festival, but on one condition: they had to perform two songs in English.
Thus began their journey, under a new name (which according to them was picked as the stupidest, blandest option so that they'd never get popular) - which eventually took them to become one of Russia's premiere rock bands.
Thanks to Ilya Chort's quirks, the band retains an intellectual edge. Heavily influenced by Buddhist philosophy and other complicated (pretentious?) ideas, he keeps pushing Pilot's otherwise very straightforward, song-oriented format into concept albums and other such projects. Some can't stand that, I personally enjoy the philosophical elements.

8. Inna Zhelannaya

Progressive Folk
Years active: 1994-present (previously member of Alyans)
Russia

Discography
1995 - Vodorosl' [Seaweed] - with The Farlanders
1998 - Inozemets [Foreigner] - with The Farlanders
2000 - Moments (Live) - with The Farlanders (favorite)
2002 - Tancy Tenei [Dances of Shadows] - with The Farlanders
2004 - Vymysly [Figments] - with The Farlanders
2006 - 77RUS - with MALERIYA (favorite)
2008 - ZIMA [WINTER] (live)

Inna is a remarkable singer who has been surrounded by remarkable musicians, pushing traditional Russian folk music into new, experimental direction. Going from an energetic folk-fusion Farlanders, her sound has recently developed more and more in a heavier, more electronically-drive, industrial direction. 77RUS remains the best new album I've heard in the past several years, alas woefully underrated.

Kevmaster · Post by **Kevmaster** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:35 pm

str1ngheese: Nice Choices, Good taste

Emong · Post by **Emong** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 4:46 pm

Ridiculously hard to pick faves... and put the in a certain order! >_>

Well, my faves include Tool, who have been introduced before. But I'll throw something new to the mix:

Blonde Redhead

Genre: indie, experimental, post-rock, noise-rock, dream pop, no wave etc. Pretty much depending on their albums. The earliest work is very no wave and noise-rock influenced but the newer work leans more on strange and dramatic post-rock and on their latest album they're experimenting with electronic textures and dream pop / shoegaze.

Years active: 1993-present

Biography:

Blonde Redhead's noisy, dissonant guitars, alternate tunings, and quiet, stilted lyrics have often been compared to early Sonic Youth. After randomly meeting at an Italian restaurant in New York, Japanese art students Kazu Makino and Maki Takahashi and Italian twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace formed the band in 1993. The name was taken from a song by the '80s no wave band DNA. With Makino and Amedeo on guitars and vocals, Simone on drums, and Takahashi on bass, the band's chaotic, artistic rock caught the attention of Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley, who produced and released the band's debut album, Blonde Redhead, on his Smells Like Records label. Shortly after the album's release, Takahashi left the band. The remaining members continued as a trio, releasing a second album in 1995 on Shelley's label, titled La Mia Vita Violenta. For their 1997 release Fake Can Be Just as Good, recorded on Touch and Go, the trio was joined by guest bass player Vern Rumsey from Unwound. By 1998, the band eliminated bass and scaled back to guitars, drums, and vocals for In an Expression of the Inexpressible. Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons and the Melodie Citronique EP followed two years later. The band's first for 4AD, Misery Is a Butterfly, was released in spring 2004. For 2007's 23, the group opted for a mix of dream-pop and delicate electronic textures.

(yeah, I stole that from allmusic.com)

Discography:

1995: Blonde Redhead
1995: La Mia Vita Violenta
1997: Fake Can Be Just as Good
1998: In an Expression of the Inexpressible
2000: Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons
2004: Misery Is a Butterfly
2007: 23

+ EPs and singles

This is propably one of the most unique bands you can find. Not necessarily "underground" or "indie" anymore, but they're certainly doing their own thing.. Personally, I fell in love with the dreaminess and Kazu's sweet and melancholic vocals on "23" and quickly exposed my ears to their other albums. Their noise-rock and intriguingly experimental guitar work on "In an Expression of the Inexpressible" is quite hard no to love and get drowned in :3 The songs are often melacholic and dramatic, centering on themes or having one's feelings unrequited or dysfunctional relationships etc. There's something really romantic about Blonde Redhead and their misery has propably as much to do with it as their whirly and delicate soundscapes.

http://www.myspace.com/blonderedhead

MSIfan_emo · Post by **MSIfan_emo** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 6:59 pm

Mindless Self Indulgence

Frankinstien Girls will seem strangly sexy

downwithpants · Post by **downwithpants** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 7:09 pm

Reevothemusefan wrote:3. Interpol

So I have antics, and it is the most dreary album i've heard. like it's not all sad, but it makes me want to go to sleep. are the other albums any better?

downwithpants · Post by **downwithpants** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 7:16 pm

oh yeah and it's interesting how the poses the bands have in their photos match up within genres. like you could teach a class on statistical correlation with this thread.