Music tastes

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Rock.

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I think most of what I've been listening to lately is grind/crust, but I'm also into rockabilly/psychobilly, some punk, some hardcore, some surf, hell even a little death metal sprinkled here and there.

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Tiger Army is good psychobilly.  And check out Guitar Wolf.  Japanese garage punk/rockabilly.

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Originally posted by canned eggs:
Nerdlingus, you need to get out more.  Maybe quit popping e and frugging with a bunch of 14 year olds for a couple days.

Hey man, I'm out quite abit as it goes. I don't "pop E" (although its not like I haven't tried) and I certainly don't bop with 14yr olds.
You offended me you skank.
Besides, dancing manically is better than standing like a plum with your lighter in the air.

Regardless;

   

Originally posted by canned eggs
Hardcore is the genre that emerged from the confluence of punk and thrash metal in the early '80s. Think Minor Threat and Black Flag. It's diversified a lot now, and the scene ranges from straightedge to emo to power violence and grind, but it's all just punk with metal drumming.

Thats not the Hardcore I know! I think I'll call it Breakbeat Hardcore in any future reference.

   

Originally posted by Otis P Jivefunk
I think the Hardcore confusion here stems from one being just Hardcore, while the other being Happy Hardcore...

Err, not really, no.
Happy Hardcore (for the 14yr olds) broke off from Hardcore around 1994.
Hardcore gave birth to two genres, Drum and Bass and Happy Hardcore the latter being complete arse.
The Breakbeat Hardcore I listen to is from around the years 1990-1993. There is still quite an underground following, especially on the net which is how I got hold of most my records.
Actually alot of the raves where this "Hardcore" I listen to was played were held by Fantazia etc.. and they were in the papers quite alot back in the day and was pretty much the reason why the government passed the criminal justice bill.
Hardcore you know the score!

Me is off to download some Rush now...   
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Notice Me, Deep Trust. white (SYA001)

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Originally posted by nerdlingus:
You offended me you skank.

You dance ths skank too... cool...

Oh wait.

Whilst you guys talk about Rush, here's an awesome Neil Peart drum solo.

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I have a wide taste in music but I prefer Jazz/Swing/Big Band. I do have some U2, Queen and 80's in my collection too, but my most recent purchase was an Ella Fitzgerald album. So a bit different to the majority!

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...woo, Archie. That reminds me... I love ska fans. I don't listen to or own much ska, but it makes for a good concert... I think it's great to see so many people dressed in suits dancing like fools. I'd shake the hand of whoever invented skanking... I enjoy it so much more than being around hardcore/punk/metal fans during a concert. A fun show for me doesn't involve punching strangers...

...and I vote "other". There's loads of good stuff...

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Yeah, two tones are cool, but have you ever seen "Heavy Metal Parking Lot"?  Come on, how can you beat drunk surly metal fans from 1986?

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Come on, how can you beat drunk surly metal fans from 1986?

...with a shovel.

"Leppard ruuuuuuuuu...."
*thud*

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Originally posted by canned eggs:
Early '80s Rush rules.  And that's really insightful, about your favourite albums being the best when you're 15.  For me, it was Houses of the Holy back then.  Oh, man, those were the days.  I can remember sitting up all night listening to that.  Led Zeppelin is probably the single reason I survived that period.

After NP  stopped being an Objectivist, Rush went down hill.........  But I understand the sentiment.

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I like quite a range of shit. Anything that's good really, but my main pleasures are:

Hip-Hop (dunno what sub styles really)
Progressive rock (mainly british 70s)
a sprinkling of (classic) punk
Progresive Electronica (including 'krautrock')
Whatever the hell the Flaming Lips are (acid-prog-punk-something I think)

Plus loads of realy random junk

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Originally posted by canned eggs:
Tiger Army is good psychobilly.  And check out Guitar Wolf.  Japanese garage punk/rockabilly.

Tiger Army are vaginas. It's just AFI with an upright bass(they even have the same damn drummer). Nekromantix rules all in that world. I'm also a fan of Reverend Horton Heat, the Quakes, Three Bad Jacks, The Cramps, etc.

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Actually its AFI's old bass player that is in Tiger Army. Tiger Army's drummer is Fred Hell, and is a nice guy but not a former AFI member.

I personally like Ska, Punk(mostly 70's 80's but some current), Psychobilly, Orginal Garage Rock(ex. The Sonics), Singer Songwriter, Underground Hip Hop, Hardcore, Indie Rock, Reggae(60's, 70's and 80;s),  Power Pop(ex. Weezer), orginal emo(thus the 80's school, Samiam, Fugazi, Rites of Spring), Oh and I also really like The World Inferno Friendship Society but they defy genres.

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...what, pray tell, is psychobilly?

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Originally posted by Mr.MastodonFarm:
...what, pray tell, is psychobilly?

Combine punk and rockabilly and you've got yourself psychobilly. Take songs at a punk beat, the fine slap tones of an upright bass, and crazy guitar lines(straight out of rockabilly land) and you've got the genre.

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There's too many labels. Hell, I haven't pinned down what rockabilly is... still, I'm pretty sure I know what it sounds like.

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It sounds like if the Misfits played "Blue Moon of Kentucky."  At its best.  At its worst, it sounds like a bunch of swaggering jerks trying to out-gay the Stray Cats.  Hey, that's what the Reverend Horton Heat sounds like...

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is rock the same as alternative? cuz i vote for alternative. or as aol calls it "Xtreme alt rock"

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I like industrial, synthpop, 80s new wave (Depeche Mode, New Order, no freaking Tony Basil or Missing Persons), some goth rock (Fields of the Nephilim, The Sisters of Mercy, esp. their early bad synth stuff), some unclassifiable mope-out music like Leonard Cohen. I'm going thorugh a serious Smiths/Morrissey obsession right now. It's kind of funny because every angsty teenager I ever hung out with was a Morrissey worshipper and I never really got into him until now. It's like I'm 10 years too late to indulge my displaced teen angst, but I was too busy being an angry teenage dirtbag back then.
I also like a smattering of other stuff: The Damned, Adam Ant, string quartet music, Peaches, The Doors, Rasputina, Voltaire...geeky junk like that.

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Yuki.. you rock.. .peaches is awesome..
the doors... absolutely poetically tragically amazing...
and what about the cure?..their earlier stuff was good for teen angst... songs like 'the hanging garden' and 'jumping someone elses train' are very depressingly gothic 80's... jesus i love the cure...
i love... definitely ska... skaskaska... reel big fish, dr octopus, the porkers...
some indie rock like pretty girls make graves..

i'm all over the shop..and it's great... I've been lucky enough to have seen almost everyone... (including all listed above, except the doors of course)..i just have to see radiohead, and tori amos and i can die happy.... hooray!...

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Originally posted by Melllvar:
For those who who like ..Trail Of Dead, et al - please go "find" some tracks by Aereogramme.

"Zionist Timing" is a standout track.  Spiff, you'll like them especially.

Why haven't I seen that post before?
I've been listening to Aereogramme for quite some time now (interestingly, I found out about them on my own since I didn't read this post up untill now) and I agree, they're indeed awesome. And "Zionist Timing" is one of the best tracks on "A Story in White".

Right now, I'm trying to get my hands on the "Seclusion" EP. Let's see how that turns out, the reviews I've read were promising so far.

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Cool man, I had your interests at heart when I posted that.

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Originally posted by airbagfailure:

and what about the cure?..their earlier stuff was good for teen angst... songs like 'the hanging garden' and 'jumping someone elses train' are very depressingly gothic 80's... jesus i love the cure...

The Cure used to be my true love, but I found that listening to them inspired me to write too much bad poetry. Now I just listen to The Smiths and write stories about hott angstaholics. Someitmes I still listen to the Cure, if I'm in the right mood.
I forgot to mention how much I love Siouxsie and the Banshees /the Creatures too. That lady knows how to be creepy hott.
And I did get to see Bauhaus for the reunion tour a few years ago. Daniel Ash still rocks.
Does anyone like The Tea Party?
Most people I've met have never heard of them, but it's good Doors-style semi-goth rock.

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i dislike the party because of his jim morrison complex unfortunately.. they're playing here next month but alas...

i am very poor....

and i know about the bad poetry thing.. heh.. i love the cure... it boarders on really good and really bad....but i love it anyway...

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To sum things up, I like anything that was made before 1980, I do like a few things made after then, but they tend to be few and far between.

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Yeeeey pop

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Simple. Whatever I like, I listen to.

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I just realised how awesome the year 1997 was for music.

6 of my top 10 albums...
Radiohead - OK Computer
Blur - Blur
Elliott Smith - Either/Or
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
The Verve - Urban Hymns

And a few other really good albums...
Echo & The Bunnymen - Evergreen
Oasis - Be Here Now
Travis - Good Feeling
Prodigy - Fat Of The Land

Will we ever see another 1997? 2005 is great so far, but not this great. And what's everyone elses favourite years for music?

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My fave year for music is probably 1992...

The Prodigy Experience
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Alice in Chains - Sap
Rage Against the Machine
Extreme - III Sides to Every Story
Megadeth - Coundown to Extinction
Def Leppard - Adrenalize

Not all of those are fave albums of mine, but it's a lot of awesome stuff...

I agree that 1997 was also a good year. Mainly for...

Prodigy - The Fat of The Land
Radiohead - OK Computer
The Verve - Urban Hymes
Metallica - ReLoad
Deftones - Around the Fur
Mindset
Megadeth - Cryptic Writings

And while we're at it, 2004 was one of the best years for music of late too...

Prodigy - Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned
Fear Factory - Archetype
Lenny Kravtiz - Babtism
Chevelle - This Type of thinking Could Do Us In
Lostprophets - Start Something
Beastie Boys - To The 5 Boroughs
Seal - 1991-2004 Best Of

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My favorite year is 1997 too. That's when my favorite album Hello Rockview by Less Than Jake came out. But over all the 90's rocked.

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I also enjoyed 2004 a lot, mainly for:

Arcade Fire - Funeral
The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Polyphonic Spree - Together We're Heavy
Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
Brian Wilson - SMiLE
Elliott Smith - From A Basement On The Hill
TV On The Radio - Desperate Youths, Blood Thirsty Babes
U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
Snow Patrol - Final Straw
Beastie Boys - To The 5 Boroughs
Keane - Hopes And Fears
!!! - Louden Up Now
Air - Talkie Walkie
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
The Futureheads - The Futureheads
The Killers - Hot Fuss
McLusky - The Difference...

Well, that is a lot of very good music.

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My favourite year is 1996...

Beck - Odelay
Weezer - Pinkerton
Pavement - Wowee Zowee(may have been 95)
The Bluetones - Expecting to Fly
The Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Mettallic
Sparklehorse - Vivadixiessubmarinetransmissi onplot

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My favourite music year is like 1978.  Also my favourite year for kung fu movies.

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Dude. You're old.

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Dude, I was born that year.  I don't remember it, I just think recent music sucks.

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I think it's been well established that nobody gives a shit about my music tastes at this place.

Also, they were mentioned earlier on this page.

Edit: But since when is Tiger Army a psychobilly band? Tiger Army are a bunch of bass string sucking bear trap fuckers.

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Hmmmmmm, favorite Music year....

1966
-"Revolver", The Beatles
-"Freak Out!", Frank Zappa
-"Pet Sounds", Beach Boys

1969
-"Led Zeppelin I & II", Led Zeppelin
-"Abbey Road", The Beatles
-"Soft Parade", The Doors

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Korn Guitarist Finds God, Leaves Band

By Jonathan Cohen

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Korn guitarist Brian "Head" Welch has parted ways with the hard rock act, citing a recent religious awakening.

Welch broke the news Sunday on Bakersfield, Calif., station KRAB-FM.

"I had it in my heart to come here and explain to you," Welch said. "I'm good friends with Korn. I love those guys, and they love me, and they're very happy for me."

Addressing the aggressive tone of the music he made with Korn, Welch said, "Anger is a good thing, and if kids want to listen to Korn, good, but there's happiness after the anger. I'm going to show it through my actions how much I love my fans."

Welch added that he would be appearing at a local church on Feb. 27, during which time he would "speak (about) how I got to this place in my life, and I'll answer all your questions."

On its official Web site (http://www.korn.com), Korn's remaining members said they respect Welch's wishes and hope "he finds the happiness he is searching for." The group is in the studio working on a new album, due in September, which will be its first since fulfilling its contract with Epic last year.

For now, no replacement for Welch has been named, nor has a new label home for the band.

Wow I didn't see it comming, well not this way anyway! I hated KoRn's last album, but always hoped they'd find their form again. I guess the next album could be quite different, and quite possibly their last with how things are looking...

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heh.


Hmm.. favorite year is hard, but I loved 1996...

Tool- Aenima
Failure- Fantastic Planet
Weezer- Pinkerton
Beck- Odelay
The Wallflowers- Bringing Down The Horse
Sublime- Sublime
Pearl Jam- No Code
The Cure- Wild Mood Swings
Soundgarden- Superunknown
Foo Fighters- Foo Fighters
Rage Against the Machine- Evil Empire
Eels- Beautiful Freak
Descendants- Everything Sucks
The Melvins- Stag
Alice In Chains- Alice In Chains
311- 311
The Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Mettallic

...among others

The mid 90's was a great time for alternative/ post-rock/whatever it's called... ah, the 90's...